She is an external psychological consultant. She is twenty-nine years old, has a sharp rationality, and is used to keeping a distance from others. She is a resident physician in the Department of Psychology of the First Affiliated Hospital. She is twenty-six years old, sharp and calm, and is good at hiding herself in crowds.
They met during a consultation case where they also had somatization symptoms. When they met for the first time, Shen Wangshu noticed the thin ice-like coldness in Gu Huaiyu's eyes, and also noticed the occasional glimmer beneath the ice. Gu Huaiyu saw a person very similar to himself - sensitive, intelligent, observant, and able to read the entire emotional context from a subconscious pressing movement.
Because of the case that required physical and mental treatment, they began to cooperate regularly. Two psychological practitioners are better than anyone at reading each other's micro-expressions, tone gaps and the length of their gazes. Shen Wangshu found that when he saw Gu Huaiyu, his eyes would light up uncontrollably, as if someone had opened a whole curtain. Gu Huaiyu found that someone knocked lightly on his door, which was never open to others.
They went to the botanical garden together to see the unopened Amorphophallus giant flower, squatting next to the same flower bud in the fog of the greenhouse. Shen Wangshu stretched out his hand to grab Gu Huaiyu, but he retracted halfway. Gu Huaiyu held her wrist and let go after standing up. They shared a bowl of fermented glutinous rice dumplings in the noodle shop, and she said she would call her next time she went hiking. She stood at the door and said yes, her eyes bright.
Later, before they went to see the Xishan Stream, they suddenly became quiet. The intervals between message replies are getting longer and longer, from half a day to a day, from one day to a week. No one said anything, no one asked any questions. Two people who understand people's hearts best returned each other to their respective lives in a tacit retreat.
There was only one unsaid word between her and Gu Huaiyu.
Intention: Some feelings exist not to be fulfilled, but to allow two people to see each other seriously and then let go quietly between getting closer and restraining.