Jian Zhaoxing

Chapter 145 Who dragged whose team down?
Before Lin Zhiqing could ask any further questions, Jiang Liuyun pointed to the study and said, "Qing'er, we just came out like this, what about the evidence?"

Lu Huai looked at her, clearly intending to ask the same question.

“The evidence isn’t inside. I’ve already searched the second and third floors carefully.” Lin Zhiqing described the scene he saw on the second and third floors to the two of them.

"Is Liu Mang's theory of mind-reading really that powerful?" Jiang Liuyun looked towards the study: "I've never heard of paintings and mirrors having such an effect before."

"And the sound of the wind and the turning of pages—I realized you weren't around me as soon as I heard it; it was all an illusion."

Lu Huai also looked towards the study, and shook his head:

"I wonder if Liu Mang has used the 'Mind-Analyzing School' to do anything heinous. If Zhiqing hadn't been here today, Brother Jiang and I might not have made it out."

"Yes, thanks to Qing'er." Jiang Liuyun nodded in agreement.
"I didn't expect my martial arts skills to be useless here. Instead, you've helped protect us."

Lin Zhiqing waved his hand: "You risked your lives to come here because of me. If I couldn't protect you here, how could I dare to bring you in?"

"Fortunately, we have now successfully escaped this study."

“That’s right.” Although Lu Huai had never been to the second or third floor, he could sense the danger from Lin Zhiqing’s description just now.
"To my surprise, despite all the obstacles set up in this study, we still didn't find the evidence we were looking for."

"That old scoundrel Liu Mang must have hidden the evidence in the main house; this study is just a diversionary tactic." Jiang Liuyun stepped forward, wishing he could burn the study down.
"Before Liu Mang notices anything amiss in the study, let's hurry over to the main room and search for him."

With that, Jiang Liuyun rolled up his sleeves and prepared to leave.

"Wait a minute," Lin Zhiqing called out to him, "Let's not go to the main house for now."

"Why?" Jiang Liuyun asked, puzzled. "Qing'er, we've already been in the study for so long. If we don't go to the main house soon, it will probably be dawn."

Before Lin Zhiqing could speak, Lu Huai spoke again:

“Brother Jiang, calm down first. The main house might be even more dangerous than this study. Even if we want to go there, we should discuss our strategy first.”

"Otherwise, we will know nothing and might hold Zhiqing back again."

"You're right." Hearing this, Jiang Liuyun scratched his head. Although he thought Lu Huai made sense, he couldn't help but feel discouraged.

Lin Zhiqing looked at the two people with guilty expressions and shook her head slightly:

"What are you doing? If it weren't for you, I might not even have been able to get into the Liu residence today. I should thank you."

"Furthermore, the Lin family's affairs have nothing to do with you. It was my suggestion to come to the study. No matter what, you are the ones who have been implicated because of me."

Upon hearing this, Lu Huai and Jiang Liuyun shook their heads in unison, indicating that Lin Zhiqing had not implicated them.

Lin Zhiqing shrugged: "I feel the same way. You didn't implicate me."

She has a good attitude. Now that the crisis in the study has been resolved and she has successfully emerged, she hasn't come away empty-handed.

Since there have been gains, it's pointless to dwell on who dragged whom down.

Upon hearing this, Lu Huai took the initiative to speak:

“Zhiqing, why don’t you teach me and Brother Jiang a few methods of mind-reading? That way, Brother Jiang and I can be better prepared and help you.”

"How come I didn't think of that?" Jiang Liuyun gave Lu Huai a thumbs up, then echoed, "Qing'er, Brother Lu is right."

When this was mentioned, Lin Zhiqing waved his hand: "It's not that I don't want to teach you, but the art of discerning the mind is a skill that requires long-term study to master."

"I can't explain its subtleties in just a few words."

She wasn't trying to keep anything to herself. If psychology could be taught casually, she certainly wouldn't hesitate to share it, since teaching Lu Huai and Jiang Liuyun would save her a lot of trouble.

The problem is that she can't teach it in a short time.

Because psychology is a very vast field of study, it includes different aspects such as micro-expression psychology, micro-reaction psychology, micro-emotion psychology, and criminal psychology.

The hypnotic needles in Liu Mang's mansion were not designed using just one element, but rather by integrating several elements and then applying them to objects.

She explained a few words to the two of them. Lu Huai nodded thoughtfully, while Jiang Liuyun felt it was a pity.

"Since that's the case, Zhiqing, you said you're not going to the main house for the time being. Is that because you want to make some other preparations?" Lu Huai grasped the key point.

Lin Zhiqing looked at the study door and frowned slightly: "I doubt that Liu Mang would hide the things in the main house."

"Everyone knows that the study and the main house are the most important places. We've already seen the study; it's extremely dangerous."

"As for the main house, with Liu Mang overseeing it, there will definitely be similar psychological arrangements."

What she meant was that these two places were so obvious, so obvious, that it seemed as if they were specifically designed to attract attention.

He set up a hypnotic array in this empty study, clearly intending to lure those with ill intentions inside and eliminate them without their knowledge.

If Lin Zhiqing didn't know psychology, even if she, Lu Huai, and Jiang Liuyun died here, no one would be able to see anything amiss.

Putting aside the suggestive name of the study, which makes people feel that there must be something there, this place is essentially a huge trap, just waiting for people to jump in.

Logically speaking, most people wouldn't throw evidence against them into a trap.

After Lin Zhiqing's explanation, Lu Huai and Jiang Liuyun understood what she meant.

The evidence is most likely neither in the study nor in the main house.

"Where could it be?" Jiang Liuyun couldn't help but scratch his head.

Lu Huai narrowed his eyes, glancing out of the study every now and then.

Seeing his expression, Lin Zhiqing tentatively asked, "Lu Huai, do you have some ideas?"

“I think there might be evidence somewhere, but it’s just a suspicion, I’m not entirely sure,” Lu Huai confessed.

"Tell me about it," Lin Zhiqing said with a smile.

Lu Huai looked eastward: "When we came from the flower hall, we passed a storeroom."

"Storehouse? I don't remember this place." Jiang Liuyun looked puzzled.

"Next to the kitchen, there's just a very small house," Lu Huai described the approximate location to Jiang Liuyun.

Lin Zhiqing already knew where he was referring to.

Before entering the study, she had taken a look at the storeroom.

The warehouse should have been a rather important place, but the guards around it didn't seem very energetic.

Lin Zhiqing found it a bit strange at the time, so he made a special note of the place.

Now it seems that she and Lu Huai were thinking the same thing.