Who would study psychology unless they had some issues?!-Chapter 167 - 165: A Junior Girl with a Pleasant Voice is Coming Over Soon?

Chapter 167: Chapter 165: A Junior Girl with a Pleasant Voice is Coming Over Soon?

"Huang Xin doesn’t have any classes this morning, which is common for senior master’s students."

"But his advisor, Lin Lulin, is quite pushy; Huang Xin has to be at their research group’s office by eight in the morning to organize materials and such. I heard Lin Lulin will be there too."

"Then at nine, he’s scheduled experiments with several subjects to collect data, so he’ll be in the lab until around noon. During this time, he’ll likely be with his junior with a big nose."

"As for the afternoon, I don’t know..."

Nan Zhubin looked at Xia Tian talking about everything in detail and blinked.

It was a bit unexpected.

Watching the girl fold her arms as if she had finished a report, making a gesture of "awaiting the next instruction, but a compliment would be nice,"

Nan Zhubin couldn’t help but ask, "I only asked you yesterday afternoon, right? How did you gather so much information in such a short time?"

Although Nan Zhubin didn’t say it out loud, his expression clearly conveyed praise.

Meanwhile, the kind of explanation coming up that resembled bragging fit precisely Xia Tian’s interest.

The girl couldn’t help but lift her chin by three degrees—in fact, the same gesture by different people really brings about a completely different vibe.

"It’s quite simple. Many student jobs here are at the Psychology College, so just by pretending to be curious and wanting to sit in on classes, we can find out the class schedules of each year."

"Blocking them during class didn’t work, so I attended an experiment. There’s a bulletin board at the entrance of the Psychology College’s experiment floor. You mentioned to me before that Huang Xin had an experiment recently, so by looking at the bulletin board, I could easily find out which lab he’s conducting experiments in and also get his contact information."

"Then I asked some students from the Psychology College about which time slots the labs were rented out. By comparing with the information I had previously gathered, I could figure out Huang Xin’s general movements."

Xia Tian spoke very quickly, but she couldn’t help but pause here.

"Well... of course, out of caution, I may have cheated a little."

Nan Zhubin cooperatively asked, "Cheated?"

Xia Tian nodded, her ears turning a bit red, like a semi-ripe peach.

"I memorized the number for the subject recruitment for his lab and directly booked myself as an experiment subject. I purposely asked about multiple time slots to see if they were available and casually chatted a bit... that’s how I found out about him being pushed by his advisor early in the morning."

Nan Zhubin couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow while leaning back.

He knew the girl took unusual routes and was reliable in her work, but he didn’t realize her methods were this wild, and she was this trustworthy.

Due to some stereotypes about law students, this kind of information-gathering seemed indeed to be in their skill set—better than psychology students, at least.

But considering the naive mindset of undergraduates, Xia Tian’s ability seemed a bit too strong.

Could it be because of her family education?

Nan Zhubin couldn’t help but ask, "Xia Tian, what does your family do?"

"Police."

Understood.

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Nan Zhubin couldn’t help but praise, "That’s impressive."

Xia Tian tilted her head, her ears pink like a ripe peach.

...

Huang Xin swayed his head like a shabby scarecrow in the wind, trudging into the lab.

With a haggard face, he looked more like he was in dire need of psychological intervention despite being a psychology student.

But for psychology students, especially master’s students, such a mental state seems to be the norm.

After all, studying for a master’s degree is never sane.

"Brother."

Seeing small-eyed Huang Xin, who resembled a broken scarecrow, Big Nose Liu Pan, waiting in the lab for a long time as a junior, sighed.

Then, he handed a cup of coffee to Huang Xin.

They had a pretty good relationship.

"Brother, did the teacher scold you again?"

Huang Xin took the coffee and drank it all in one go.

"Not too bad, the teacher didn’t say much to me." Huang Xin sighed, "It’s just that there’s so much work lately, a bit exhausting. Then, I guess the teacher is also anxious..."

Big Nose junior looked at Huang Xin, opened his mouth, seemingly aware that what he was about to say would likely be rejected.

But he couldn’t help but say, "Brother, if the clinic’s materials are too much, I can help you handle some of them..."

Huang Xin moved a bit, with his back facing Big Nose junior. If Nan Zhubin were on the scene, he would easily recognize the fleeting moment of [Heart Movement] on Huang Xin’s face.

But soon enough, that [Heart Movement] was covered by [Fear].

He quickly adjusted his expression and shook his head while turning around, "No, I can handle the clinic’s materials myself, more than that would make your family have opinions... but soon there will be a Jiangdu Province Consultation Supervision Conference; the venue is at our school, you could join the preparation work..."

"I’m not interested in supervision meetings."

Big Nose junior seemed to know this answer deep down, speaking quickly, "Brother, can you set me up with Nan Zhubin?"

Huang Xin blinked and was about to say something when he suddenly had a realization, "Are you using the [Concession Principle] on me?"

[Concession Principle] is a negotiation technique in social psychology. The principle lies in, when an individual wants the other party to accept a "small request," they can first propose an unlikely "big request"; so, when the other person refuses the "big request," they will experience an awkward sense of guilt, making them more likely to accept the "small request."

Big Nose junior seemed to be initiating a practical application of this.

Unfortunately, the execution appeared too rough and was swiftly seen through.

"No." Big Nose junior explained, "I just really want to help you, brother."

The voice was small, and very hesitant.

Then quickly picked up the pace, "But brother, I indeed now have more confidence to deal with Nan Zhubin; I already know what method he’s using to cause us trouble, which can be used to solve him as well..."

Huang Xin took a few deep breaths; after a morning of stress, his own mental state was already very unstable.

The skin around his eye sockets and nose twitched intensely as if he were about to explode with anger, but he quickly forced himself to calm down.

At last, his voice carried a sense of fatigue, "Stop trying to find trouble for yourself constantly. The issue with Nan Zhubin will be handled by the teacher personally."

Having said this, Huang Xin pointed to the computer screen, attempting to divert his junior’s attention, "Let’s first gather the experimental data; this paper is co-authored by us, maybe we can submit it to a core journal."

By saying this, apart from wanting his junior to stay away from the clinic matters, Huang Xin also intended to distract himself and help alleviate his emotions.

"...By the way, the one joining the experiment later is a junior girl, and her voice is very pleasant to hear."

"A junior girl with a nice voice?"

Big Nose Liu Pan, after being refused by Huang Xin, didn’t care too much, as it had happened many times.

His attention quickly shifted, "How pleasant?"

Huang Xin chuckled, showing an expression of "how easy it is to handle this guy."

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