Who would study psychology unless they had some issues?!-Chapter 103 - 102 Round 1

For someone at Nan Zhubin’s level, naturally, "teacher" wouldn’t truly be considered a teacher.

And a few interactions related to the other party before.

The other’s strange way of speaking on the phone, Big Nose and Small Eyes’ odd attitude towards him, the recently acquired abnormal case...

Combined with the memory of that accident, and some vague encounters afterwards.

All made it difficult for Nan Zhubin to categorize Lin Lulin into the "friend" camp.

As for whether he is an "enemy," further evaluation was needed.

That’s why, when Lin Lulin invited Nan Zhubin for a talk, Nan Zhubin agreed without second thought.

——After all, for someone specializing in psychology, what evaluation method could be more straightforward than having a chat?

Although there was a small issue in this.

The person he was about to confront was also a scholar with years of experience in the field of psychology, a renowned professor.

Psychology is precisely that kind of discipline that fits the public impression of "the older, the more cunning".

Thus, in terms of objective expertise and its application, Lin Lulin definitely surpassed Nan Zhubin. If Nan Zhubin rashly came to engage, he might end up being suppressed.

Luckily, Nan Zhubin had other means.

Even before entering the office, he activated his [Micro-expression Analysis].

The previous polite small talk and jokes were actually Nan Zhubin taking advantage of the moment while this psychology professor hadn’t put up defenses against him to establish the other’s "expression baseline"!

[Head and neck deliberately relaxed to let the expression appear loose.]

[Clothes covered the body’s muscle state, overall body language was casual.]

[But——being so "casual" while remaining motionless for nearly a minute appeared somewhat "deliberate".]

[He had already entered the consultant’s working state.]

Just from this conversation posture, it was already clear that the purpose of Lin Lulin’s talk wasn’t some "teacher’s concern for a student", but had other intentions.

In this situation, Lin Lulin still said:

"You are now [defending] against me."

...

Nan Zhubin almost laughed in his heart. Normally, only his visitors would defend against him. Unexpectedly, today he was the one recognized as being [defensive].

The best thing now was not to argue "I’m not", otherwise it might invite a smooth series of "you’re [denying]", "you’re [resisting]", "just listen to me".

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Nan Zhubin chose to lighten the mood with a joke: "Teacher, aren’t you into ’cognitive behavior’? When did you switch to ’psychoanalysis’?"

This sentence slightly shifted the conversational atmosphere from the seriousness of counseling to something more dismissive.

"Although psychology has a hundred schools contending, there’s essentially no barrier between them, we should draw on the strengths of all." Lin Lulin shook his head.

It seemed like Nan Zhubin had successfully diverted the topic, but it wasn’t that simple.

Lin Lulin seemed to have performed a Tai Chi move; his words superficially followed Nan Zhubin’s topic backward, but then took a turn and pushed back with heavier force.

"I have always been very worried about your state, Zhuren, and it seems now that this worry was justified."

"You encountered an accident, especially one during consultation, which would be enough to destroy the career and cause a lifelong psychological shadow for any other consultant."

"No normal person would be without issues after something like this; and someone without issues after experiencing such a thing is inherently not normal."

Lin Lulin said sincerely and earnestly.

"And Zhuren, I am the person who knows you the best as a teacher. Without a doubt, you belong to the former. You are strong, I know, but I believe you can also understand that sometimes excessive strength can be harmful at moments like these."

"When facing harm, we can’t cover the wound and pretend nothing happened, rather we should follow science, tear open the scar, remove the decayed flesh, apply herbal medicine, and let the body and time heal itself."

"Think about it, would you have chosen such aggressive intervention measures when facing visitors back in the day?"

...

These words were rather lethal.

The Behavioral Sect includes [Full Immersion Therapy], much like "throwing a germophobe into a garbage heap", "knocking down neatly arranged blocks in front of someone with OCD", the principle of this therapy is to let the visitor face their trauma to the greatest extent, achieving healing in this way.

But after tearing open the wound, there must be a follow-up to remove the decayed flesh and suture the wound.

Lin Lulin, however, did not.

He simply used Nan Zhubin’s past traumatic experiences as a weapon, intending to pierce through the armor Nan Zhubin had prepared for himself and directly tear open the well-protected wound.

This was quite a vicious verbal weapon.

Honestly, although mentally Nan Zhubin felt nothing, as if he were listening to someone else’s story.

But inside his body, there seemed to be a somatic response, producing extreme reactions of anger, irritation, and sadness even before his mind processed it.

Luckily——

[Emotion Rebalancing]

A slight feeling of fatigue, then turned into serene calmness, as if nothing had happened.

But Lin Lulin was unaware of all this taking place.

He only saw Nan Zhubin’s fist on the table tighten, his teeth clench slightly, the muscles in his exposed head and neck suddenly tighten, looking like he was trying to restrain something.

Lin Lulin’s mouth twitched almost imperceptibly.

Then his expression quickly recovered, continuing: "Zhuren, initially I wanted you to start again from being a consulting assistant, to do systematic Desensitization; but I didn’t expect you to return to the consulting room and start consulting right away, this surprised me."

"Your foundation is even more solid than I imagined, your talent and flair are stronger than I thought."

Lin Lulin offered a touch of [Positive Attention] as a relief, also hoping to draw Nan Zhubin’s positive relationship back to him in this way.

"Later, I transferred a new visitor case to Howard, and repeatedly instructed him not to give this visitor to you, but unexpectedly, he still did."

The teacher sighed, and then his speech unconsciously quickened: "This visitor came too early for you, but since it’s already in your hands, perhaps it’s not a bad thing, you must do well."

"I am also your supervisor, whatever stage the consulting is at now, you can talk to me openly."

"As for the subsequent consultation plan... I can also provide suggestions!"

[Leaning forward, nostrils and pupils both contracted, all because attention was focused.]

[The frequency of blinking also increased.]

[This passage is the main point of today’s meeting.]

[He hopes to achieve some purpose through this visitor with me?]

Nan Zhubin thought several things over in his heart, then slowly said:

"Teacher, about this visitor—"

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