That night.
Because of the kidnapping, Class 2's study trip had been forced to end.
After answering the routine questions, Jiang Nian and the others went to the hospital to check on Shen Yang.
The doctor looked through her test results, then told them gravely:
"The blow to the patient's head wasn't severe. She shouldn't have remained unconscious for this long. But her will to live is extremely weak, and she refuses to wake up. You need to prepare yourselves for the possibility that she may remain in a vegetative state."
Everyone fell silent.
Had this silly girl chosen to keep sleeping because she was afraid Fu Zhenzhen would get out?
Was she trying to use herself to imprison that menace?
As the doctor walked away, Jiang Nian turned to look silently at Shen Yang, whose eyes remained tightly shut, and sighed.
Shen Yang's soul was on the verge of falling apart. Trying to suppress someone else in that state was far too difficult.
Fortunately, this was only temporary.
She took out the bracelet she had made for Shen Yang and carefully slipped it onto her wrist.
Looking at the Protective Talisman, Jiang Nian recalled what Granny had told them before they left.
"Didn't you make a Protective Talisman for that child? Give it to her."
"The dominant party in a Symbiosis Talisman will gradually erode the other person's soul. Shen Yang will gradually be devoured by Fu Zhenzhen, too. But the Protective Talisman can stabilize her soul, preventing it from being transformed and consumed."
"Give her the Protective Talisman. Once that child's soul has been nursed back to health, there's no telling who'll be bullying whom."
Remembering how Shen Yang had once tearfully complained that she couldn't beat Fu Zhenzhen in a fight, Jiang Nian held her hand, leaned