"She found it very strange herself and decided to stay there for three years, collecting data from the patients while sending it back to her teacher in China for help with the research. After three strenuous years, she finally made a discovery—the reason those patients checked out fine during physical exams but experienced extreme pain during each 'episode' wasn't that they were physically ill, but that their nerves were the problem."
Chu Xi said this with a shallow smile, jokingly adding, "In layman's terms, they were 'neurotic.'
Li Shengxiao, however, was utterly unmoved by her 'humor.' His handsome face was expressionless, giving away no hint of emotion, "And then?"