Me After Meeting You

Amber went out and relayed Trysta’s desire. Trysta’s father and the others didn’t mind, as Amber’s professionalism had already convinced them that she would be able to appease Trysta.NôvelDrama.Org content rights.

He only asked, “Does this mean that Trysta’s recovered?”

“I still have to observe her for a bit more.”

The Wilson family became anxious at her uncertainty, and Trysta’s mother eyed her nervously. “What happened to her?”

Amber’s voice was calm as she reassuringly replied, “It hasn’t been long since the onset of her mental condition, and given how rapidly it developed, it’s very likely that it’s an acute but brief issue. As for the specifics, we have to watch over her. The best thing to do would be to get her a checkup at the hospital.”

This time, Trysta’s father didn’t object.

“When?”

They didn’t want something like this to ever happen again; it felt like they had lost ten years of their life in just a couple days.

“I’ll convince her to go with me. But afterwards, Mr. and Mrs. Wilson, you might have to keep an eye on her and have regular talks with her to stabilize her mentality.”

This sort of rapid-onset mental illness was usually rooted in external causes. And although the mental condition would develop rapidly, if it was handled well, then the patient would recover just as quickly.

However, the most important to be aware of were the aftereffects. Amber was worried that even if Trysta recovered, she would wind up doing something extreme.

But she couldn’t mention this sort of worry at the moment, as all she could do was help her family steer her towards the light.

After grappling with the mad Trysta for so long, Trysta’s parents had become exhausted. But they still had to go back and discuss what to do about Trysta and Frank’s marriage, even though the two had married out of love, they had only been in a relationship for a few years, and the two families had already received quite a few benefits from each other. Thus, it wouldn’t be easy for the two to get a divorce, especially considering the fact that Trysta was now pregnant.

But Amber ignored all of this. After sending Trysta’s family away, she reentered the room. Trysta was currently sitting by the head of the bed, with her gaze directed away as she thought about something that Amber couldn’t discern.

Upon seeing Amber enter, she softly asked, “Rapid-onset mental condition?”

Amber hadn’t deliberately lowered her voice when she was speaking to Trysta’s family outside, and Trysta had easily heard her words by leaning against the door.

Amber didn’t try to hide it from Trysta and nodded affirmatively. Then, she sat down in front of her and casually said, “When regular people are overwhelmingly stimulated by their surroundings, they often experience this sort of thing, though in varying levels of severity.

In a xianxia novel, they would call it something like falling into an illusion, oh rather, more like fighting against your inner demons. There’s nothing to be upset about-you just have to slowly and steadily walk out of it.”

Trysta looked at Amber, her expression looking like she was about to laugh and cry at the same time. Only after a while did she cover up her face and finally say, “Heh, illusion … that does seem to be the case.”

She put down her hands again. The corners of her eyes were still wet, but she was smiling now. “I didn’t expect that Dr. Camille would be familiar with the world of xianxia novels.”

“Yup, I know a little about it.”

Trysta laughed again.

Amber didn’t laugh. Instead, she clutched Trysta’s hands and lightly squeezed her fingers. Trysta gradually relaxed and unclechened her hands, letting Amber knead and pinch them.

The house was incomparably quiet. After a while, Trysta said, “You and Calvin … honestly, I feel like the two of you were incompatible from the very beginning.”

Amber’s heart warmed up slightly. “Yes.”

“He’s too weak and unable to protect you.”

Amber smiled radiantly. “I don’t need his protection … but you’re right. The two of us really aren’t compatible.”

“Forget about him.” Trysta stretched her body, ending the conversation. Then, she sat up.

“Let’s go to the hospital.” Looking back into Amber’s curious gaze, she explained her actions. “Even though I feel like I’m perfectly alright right now, I think that I should listen to you and get a mental checkup at the hospital. An illusion or whatever it was, experiencing it once is enough for me.”

Being able to think like this meant that Trysta really was free from the worst of the problems. But just in case, Amber brought her to the hospital the next day requested.

After a whole bevy of tests, Amber could finally confirm that Trysta had indeed been suffering from an acute but temporary mental condition. She then prescribed Trysta a couple common pills.

“If you feel like you have difficulty breathing or an extremely fast pulse, you can eat some of this. Normally, if you feel your emotions fluctuate wildly, you can also take some, but otherwise, don’t take it.

Also, because I’ve owed someone money recently, I’ve been quite poor for awhile. Do you want to move in with me for now? I’ll cover food, and rent will be very cheap.”

She wasn’t kidding, Ian had helped her weasel information out of Elly’s teacher and made him tell the truth, but he had spent quite a lot to do so. Amber had established a payment plan to fully repay him in installments over a period of twenty years, but each payment was still quite significant.

In addition, Amber regularly helped her parents with their living expenses, so when she said that she was poor, she really meant it.

Trysta laughed lightly. “Are you afraid that I’ll relapse?”

“No. This is preferential treatment I’m giving to an old classmate of mine.”

“Alright then,” Trysta responded indifferently.

And so, Trysta ended up living with Amber.

***

The next day, when Ian invited her out on a date, Amber had a brand-new excuse. “I have to take care of a friend, so I can’t go out.” She was very sincere in her reply. “It’s also almost time for Lunar New Year. Why don’t you work on your things first, and then we’ll go on a date afterwards?”

Ian didn’t respond to Amber at that time, but after she got home and started making dinner with Trysta, he suddenly showed up.

He brought flowers, a bottle of wine, and a whole pile of snacks with him. Also, behind him was an unfamiliar young man ….