Elizabeth snorted, "You... are too amazing! You actually know what I'm thinking about?"
James smiled, "I'm not stupid. It's just a normal inferring question. You couldn't come to me without figuring out anything. This is not your style."
"Alright." Elizabeth sighed gloomily, "I'm wondering... why don't tell him now?"
James didn't expect that she would think this way. He was slightly stunned, "Tell me now?"
"Yeah." Elizabeth nodded, "As I said, I don't know when he can recover from his experiences. Even if we ask him, he will only say yes."
Hearing this, James nodded in agreement, "Xavier will really say yes." Xavier had always been gentle to others. Even if he didn't think it was good, he would hide his real thought and not say it.
"You also think so, don't you? What's more, I think that maybe he can get better soon after seeing the paintings."
"I... don't think he'll get better soon." James said.
That day, on their way home, she told him about it, so he knew the contents of those paintings. At that time, Xavier was desperate in heart, so the paintings represented his terrible state of mind.
If...
"You know the contents of the paintings as well. What if he will be stimulated?"
"I don't think so." Elizabeth said based on her own idea, "He was in a very difficult period at that time, and he might think differently from others. I once saw a TV show and learnt that if we want a person to drag himself out of the morass of despair, we can't tell him how beautiful and bright his future will be. Instead, we should let him know how sad and desperate he was in the past. In that case, he will subconsciously feel that he is living a better life and disentangle himself from the past."
"Is that so?" James was a little curious.
"Yeah, it seems to be like this. I can't remember the details. When I watched the TV show, I also felt that it was novel, just like what you are thinking now, and I almost couldn't believe it. However, the research proved that it was very effective. It seemed that some people who participated in the TV show really got better. Of course, everyone is different."
"But we are just ordinary people, and we don't have much experience. What if Xavier feels worse?"
"It... shouldn't be." Elizabeth retorted with uncertainty.
James glanced at her meaningfully and then continued to look at the road.
Elizabeth curled her lips and sighed with depression, "But, what can I do now? Zena is so annoying! Why did she suddenly want me to do this? Isn't she making things difficult for me?"
James snorted, "You shouldn't have gone to see her at that time."
"Yeah, I think so." Elizabeth nodded and then switched the conversation to some other subject, "She should let you go there. In this case, you would be the one who is in a dilemma." If so, she needn't to be so annoyed and troubled.
"Do you think I would go to see her?"
"Of course I know you wouldn't." Elizabeth shrugged her shoulders, "Zena also knew you wouldn't go there, so she wanted to see me." "But, just think of a way for me. I'm so irritated!" Elizabeth frowned, "I really can't keep secrets in my heart. Otherwise, I would feel so uncomfortable, as if my heart is being scratched by a cat. Can you understand?"
James wanted to tease her, so he said with a very calm face, "No, because I don't have any secret."
"You..." Elizabeth rolled her eyes at him in anger. She really wanted to say that he had been wronged by Xavier for so many years because of a misunderstanding, and that was his secret.
However, she did not say it. Although this matter had come to an end, she knew that James would feel bad if she mentioned it, and he would feel distressed for Xavier.
After all, he had been misunderstood, and he was no longer guilty because the misunderstanding had been clarified. But Xavier was different. Although he knew that he had wronged James, he did not feel better.
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