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Chapter 372 [Emotional Spectrum]

"Please, everyone, have a seat," Nan Zhuren gestured to the students.

As usual, Lin Junkai pushed Li Mingchen in. After the Wang Rui incident, their relationship seemed to have become much closer.

While the other students were still hesitating, the two of them had already finished their quiet conversation.

Then Lin Junkai pushed Li Mingchen's wheelchair to Nan Zhuren's side. After a smiling greeting, he pulled the chair to Nan Zhuren's left back and pushed Li Mingchen's wheelchair in to replace the folding stool.

He then walked to the right of Nan Zhuren and sat down in the chair.

They chose the location closest to Nanzhuren.

With the two of them breaking the ice, the other students also came up hesitantly and chose their seats quickly or slowly.

The student with thick bangs, whom I had met before, quickly sat down to the right of Teacher Zhao, while another student who looked timid hurriedly grabbed the chair to the left of Teacher Zhao.

In the end, only the position directly in front of Nan Zhuren remained empty, which was the position directly in Nan Zhuren's line of sight.

The student who was at the very back pursed his lips, avoided making eye contact with Nan Zhuren, and reluctantly sat down.

Because he had previously chatted briefly with each student on the sports team for about half an hour under the guise of an "emotional induction experiment," Nan Zhuren was able to call out the students' names.

If I remember correctly, the student sitting across from me is named "Zhang Zihao".

—She took over the captaincy after Lin Junkai, and was almost scapegoated by Wang Rui later.

I wonder if he knows this now.

Nan Zhuren took a deep breath and prepared to begin.

“We’ve all met and talked before, so I know everyone here.”

"Today's activity is called [Group Counseling]. For the sake of ceremony, let me reintroduce myself—"

Nan Zhuren smiled and said, "Everyone can call me 'Teacher Nan' during today's event."

Li Mingchen and Lin Junkai were out of Nan Zhuren's sight, but Nan Zhuren could hear them exhale forcefully through their noses, which sounded like they were chuckling softly in sync with Nan Zhuren's tone.

The other eight students in sight showed expressions of fear, inattentiveness, and indifference.

Clearly, Nan Zhuren's attempt at humor just now failed to be effective.

However, this is something that often happens in group counseling.

As long as you can express your goodwill and set the tone for the communication, that's enough.

Nan Zhuren continued, “Before we begin today’s group counseling, I need to make a statement—there is no judgment of right or wrong in this activity room today, only genuine feelings that need to be heard.”

At this point, Nan Zhuren paused for a moment, then continued, "Therefore, we need to agree on three rules first—"

"First, you can remain silent, but you cannot lie;"

Second, the topics discussed today will be kept strictly confidential.

"Third, if you feel unwell, you may leave at any time, but you need to raise your hand to signal."

At this point, Nan Zhuren's serious words had successfully captured the attention of all the students.

The students, who had been looking down or tilting their heads, were involuntarily drawn to the task.

But then Nan Zhuren stretched out his arm, drawing everyone's attention to Teacher Zhao.

Teacher Zhao was holding a whiteboard with the three rules that Nan Zhuren had just mentioned written on it.

"Does anyone have anything to add?" Nan Zhuren asked.

His gaze then swept over the faces of the crowd.

……

Nan Zhuren observed everyone's reactions.

Multiple micro-expression changes are transformed into an information flow, which then rushes into the brain through the eyes.

This is several times the workload of a normal consultation. Nan Zhuren felt that his mental energy was being used up exceptionally quickly today.

That's why he told Chonghui that it was difficult to help his project.

Bring your thoughts back.

As mentioned earlier, a complete group counseling session is purposefully divided into multiple stages, each with its own theme.

Nan Zhuren just completed the first phase of today's work: [Security Environment Architecture and Rule Formulation].

This step serves a similar purpose to signing an informed consent form during routine consultations.

However, considering the special nature of group counseling scenarios, it needs to be mentioned again to reinforce the impression through a ritualistic approach.

Let's talk about Nan Zhuren's purpose today.

Currently, these students with similar experiences are roughly divided into two psychological groups.

One group felt guilty towards Xu Pengcheng and experienced traumatic emotions as a result.
Another group still believes that their behavior was not wrong, and is even worthy of praise.

Both parties need cognitive correction.

Nan Zhuren's group counseling session today was designed with this purpose in mind.

The next step is the second stage: [Emotional Spectrum Mapping].

……

Although the name sounds fancy, this step is actually very easy to do.

Teacher Zhao pulled a stack of A4 papers from her bag and distributed them to all the students present.

"Alright, it seems everyone agrees with these three rules for today and has no objections. Let's officially begin—"

“We all know that a lot has happened recently, which is why we’ve all come together.”

All the students had a very good attitude towards Teacher Zhao. The students who had initially been indifferent to Nan Zhuren unconsciously softened their expressions when facing Teacher Zhao.

But he quickly tensed up again because of Nan Zhuren's words.

"What's happening in reality is very important."

Nan Zhuren glanced around.

"But more importantly, it's about how people feel about it and the emotions that arise. That's what we're talking about today—emotions."

Nan Zhuren did not directly address the topic at this moment, but instead used a more subtle but understandable explanation.

This kind of atmosphere is enough to draw everyone's emotions into Wang Rui's incident, without triggering too much defensiveness due to overly detailed or targeted descriptions.

"First, I need everyone to fold this piece of paper in half."

Nan Zhuren also took the A4 paper from Teacher Zhao and took the lead in demonstrating.

This step was nothing special, and the students followed suit.

"Next, I would like to ask everyone to rate their current emotions."

"We use a 10-point system. 1 point represents [extreme pain]; 10 points represents [extreme happiness]."

"I need everyone to write down their current emotional score on the left side of their folded paper, and then share why they are feeling this way."

Nan Zhuren's voice echoed in the empty classroom: "Everyone has two minutes to feel and think."

"After 2 minutes, please take turns to present and express your thoughts."

Nan Zhuren opened his palms up and said, "Let's begin."

Before he could finish speaking, he saw Zhang Zihao sitting opposite him already starting to write.

There was almost no thought, and no feeling.

(End of this chapter)