"Unless he can get rid of his inferiority complex, but as of now, he cannot get rid of this inferiority complex. Because Comrade Li Mingguo is looked down upon both in life and in training. In life, because Everyone laughed at him for bedwetting. In training, he was always at the bottom and couldn't find his own value in life."
The squad leader finally understood the instructor's explanation.
"Instructor, so with Xiaopang's current situation, the only way to help his depression is to remove him from the military environment?"
"You could say that."
The instructor shook his head helplessly.
"However, even if Xiaopang is not considered a deserter, sending Xiaopang back to his hometown would be a very disgraceful move in his life."
The squad leader sighed for Xiaopang.
"Alas~, his situation can only be blamed on his poor mental endurance."
After a conversation with the instructor, the squad leader returned to the dormitory disappointed. He really didn't want to give up Xiaopang, but he had no better way.
After returning to the dormitory, the squad leader asked Li Xiang to talk with him with the attitude of giving it a try. Because Li Xiang and Xiaopang are closer, and they are fellow villagers, I hope Li Xiang can cure Xiaopang's depression.
"Li Xiang, come here."
The squad leader suddenly called him. Li Xiang thought he had made a mistake again, and followed the squad leader to the playground with anxiety.
When the two came to the playground, the squad leader didn't talk around in circles with Li Xiang, and said straight to the point: "Li Xiang, do you know? Fatty is suffering from depression."
It turned out that the squad leader only wanted to talk about Xiaopang when he found him, and Li Xiang felt relieved.
"Oh, what is depression?"
This is also the first time Li Xiang has heard of the name depression.
"Let me tell you this, depression is actually a mental illness. It is caused by long-term mental depression."
The squad leader is now learning and selling it, and explains the knowledge learned from the instructor to Li Xiang.
"Ah? How could this happen? Is there any way to save the little fat guy?"
Li Xiang was stunned immediately, but judging from Xiaopang's recent performance, it was a bit like what the squad leader said.
"However, you don't have to worry too much. Xiaopang's condition is not too serious. However, he can only rely on himself to recover from this symptom. The purpose of calling you here is to let you spend more time with Xiaopang. Communicate with Fatty and guide him out of his inner inferiority complex," the squad leader ordered.
"Oh, that's it, then let me try it."
Regarding this matter, Li Xiang could not guarantee that he would be able to complete the task. After all, this was the first time he encountered such a situation.
"It's okay, you give it a try first. Let's try to cure Xiaopang's depression so that he can continue to stay in the army. Otherwise, he will have no choice but to return to his hometown. Once he returns to the place, this may be his A black spot in life that cannot be erased.”
Li Xiang knew that what the squad leader said was unquestionable. As long as he was not retired normally and left the army midway, it would have an impact on his life.
Back in the dormitory, Li Xiang took the initiative to approach Xiaopang.
"Little Fatty, can we have a chat?"
"What to talk about?"
Judging from Xiaopang's current state, it is obvious that he is listless and his eyes are dull.
"Can you tell me why you always want to go home every day?"
Li Xiang wanted to know what Xiaopang was thinking.
"I..." Xiaopang hesitated and said, "I miss my mom and my dad too."
As for Xiaopang's answer, it's all in vain.
"Little Fatty, bedwetting is actually not a scandal. We all had bedwetting when we were children. Do you know?"
"Hehehe..." Xiaopang giggled, "Everyone is laughing at me because I wet the bed. Brother Xiang, it turns out you are laughing at me too."
Li Xiang suddenly had a dark look on his face. His original intention was to say that you don't need to care about other people's jokes about bedwetting, because everyone wet the bed when they were children. Unexpectedly, Xiaopang misunderstood it and understood that he was laughing at him, which really helped him more and more.
…
After turning off the lights at night, Li Xiang did not dare to go into deep sleep because he was worried that Fatty would escape again. He remained half asleep and half awake, always paying attention to Fatty's bed.
In the early morning, there was indeed movement in Xiaopang's bed. Li Xiang quickly got up and dressed, and kept an eye on Xiaopang to prevent him from escaping from the military camp again. If Xiaopang is caught as a deserter again, the rest of his life will be really miserable.
At this time, Xiaopang opened the quilt and slowly walked out of bed without putting on clothes, and walked straight out the door.
"Oh my God! It's such a cold day. Little Fatty goes out without any clothes. Aren't you afraid of freezing?"
While Li Xiang was wondering, Xiaopang had already walked out of the door. Upon seeing this, Li Xiang hurriedly followed him and kept calling Xiaopang: "Xiaopang, where are you going?..."
However, despite shouting several times in succession, Xiaopang did not respond and instead walked forward on his own.
At this time, the first squad leader was also half asleep and half awake because he was worried about Xiaopang. When he heard Li Xiang's shouts, he quickly got up and came out to check the situation.
"Monitor, what's going on with Little Fatty? It's such a cold day and he's not even wearing clothes. Also, no matter how I call him, he doesn't seem to hear him."
Li Xiang saw the squad leader coming over and told the squad leader what he saw.
"Could Fatty be sleepwalking?" the squad leader guessed based on Li Xiang's description.
At this moment, the two discovered that Xiaopang walked under a big tree and started peeing against the tree.
"Little Fatty."
It is a very uncivilized behavior to urinate against a big tree. Just as Li Xiang was about to call Xiaopang to stop, the squad leader quickly interrupted Li Xiang. Because the squad leader knows that people cannot be woken up when they are sleepwalking.
After the little fat guy finished urinating, his body shook a few times unconsciously, and then he returned to the dormitory and got into bed. The two of them felt relieved when they saw Fatty lying on the bed and falling asleep again. It seemed that Fatty was sleepwalking as the squad leader said. Afterwards, Li Xiang and the squad leader went back to their beds to sleep.
That night, Fatty actually slept quite peacefully, but Li Xiang and the squad leader couldn't sleep well all night because they were worried about Fatty.
The next morning, when Fatty woke up, Li Xiang hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Little Fatty, do you know what you did last night?"
Xiaopang looked at Li Xiang in confusion.
"What's going on?"
"You went out without any clothes on, and then peed in front of a big tree." Li Xiang took the initiative to explain to Xiaopang.
"No."
Xiaopang replied calmly, then put on his camouflage hat and prepared to go out for training.
In response to Li Xiang's question, the squad leader was also nearby. Through the questions and answers between them, the squad leader further concluded that Xiaopang was sleepwalking last night.
Because he was worried that something might happen to Xiaopang, after all the recruits in the first class went to train, the first squad leader found the instructor again and told the instructor everything that happened last night.
"Instructor, the fat kid in our class sleepwalked last night. What's going on?"
"Oh, sleepwalking has occurred." The instructor did not show too much surprise. "Medically speaking, sleepwalking is a state of emotional depression, anxiety, and tension for a long time, causing the brain nerves to be in a tight state for a long time and unable to Get effective relaxation, which leads to sleepwalking."
As for the explanation of the instructor's professional terminology, at this moment, the squad leader was not in the mood to understand it in detail.
"Instructor, what should we do now about Little Fatty's problem?" The squad leader was very anxious.
"From the current point of view, Comrade Li Mingguo's condition is getting worse. The only way now is to ask his parents to come to the army to give him more care, or to take Comrade Li Mingguo home so that he can relax. Come down, this will help control his condition."
The first squad leader thought for a while, and now he could only do what the instructor said. He notified Xiaopang's family to come to the army and take Xiaopang home. He had done his best.
…
After Xiaopang's parents received the notice, they took a train from their hometown to join the army overnight.
"Uncle, aunt, you are here."
Seeing Xiaopang's parents coming to the army, Li Xiang stepped forward to say hello.
"Xiangzi, where is our little fat guy?"
At this moment, Xiaopang's parents did not bother to chat with Li Xiang and were eager to see their son as soon as possible.
Li Xiang took Xiaopang's parents to find Xiaopang at the corner of the dormitory. Xiaopang's eyes were still dull and lifeless.
"Mingguo."
Little Fatty's mother's soft call, like an alarm clock, immediately woke up Little Fatty.
"mom……."
Little Fatty Wula burst into tears and threw herself into her mother's arms.
"Mingguo, don't cry, mom will take you home right now."
Later, Xiaopang and Xiaopang’s parents bid farewell to the unit amid the farewells of the company commander and instructor. Watching Xiaopang leave, Li Xiang felt mixed feelings in his heart.
