Stockholm syndrome was a very complicated condition.
Stockholm syndrome, also known as the Stockholm effect, hostage attachment, or hostage syndrome, referred to a psychological attachment in which victims developed feelings for criminals and might even turn around and help them. These feelings caused victims to grow fond of their abusers, become dependent on them, and even assist them.
Hostages developed a psychological dependence on their captors. Their lives and deaths rested in their captors' hands, and when their captors allowed them to live, they were overwhelmed with gratitude. They shared their captors' fate, regarded their captors' future as their own, and treated their captors' safety as their own. Thus, they adopted an "us against them" attitude and viewed their rescuers as enemies.
At that very moment, Qian Renxue was in precisely such a state of mind.
On one hand, she longed to escape this sea of suffering, return to the Spirit Hall Empire, and reunite with her grandfather, Qian Daoliu. She also hated Yang Ming and wanted to use every means available to deal with him.
On the other hand, she could not bear to leave Yang Ming's side. She even hoped to remain bound within the Six Paths Reincarnation World, because there, she had seen her own insignificance and witnessed Yang Ming's greatness.
As a hopelessly insensitive straight man, Yang Ming naturally knew nothing of the complicated changes in Qian Renxue's feelings. Otherwise, he would not have stuffed his filthy sock into her mouth.
Yang Ming looked at Qian Daoliu atop the distant wall and said coldly:
"As agreed, I've brought your granddaughter, Qian Renxue. Where is Dai Mubai?"
Qian Daoliu's eyes flickered.
He, too, wanted to act immediately, but to guard against any unexpected developments and keep his granddaughter, Qian Renxue, from suffering any harm, he suppressed his