Who would study psychology if they didn't have some kind of problem?

Chapter 410 How did you convince yourself?
Nan Zhuren observed the changes in Lin Lilin's expression.

"I'd venture a guess: after you realized that no matter what you confessed, you couldn't get the death penalty, you started making things up for the police, right?"

"—Yes, very good. On one hand, you're hoping these things can be your death sentence; on the other hand, you just want to talk to someone?"

"--right."

Nan Zhuren nodded: "You used to be a professor with social standing, the center of attention; now you're just a prisoner paralyzed in a prison hospital, where you can hardly see anyone except the caregivers."

“You crave attention, even if it’s from the police or interrogators, you still enjoy the feeling of them focusing their attention on you, right?”

“…Wrong?” Nan Zhuren frowned, but quickly relaxed as he came up with a new idea. “No, it’s partly right.”

"So that's how you were when you first arrived, but your demands have gradually decreased."

"Even if they don't focus their attention on you, even if it's just talking to you or interacting with you, you feel happy and satisfied?"

"--right."

Nan Zhuren chuckled: "You wouldn't have been bothering the police officers with fabricated stories until recently, to the point that they've stopped talking to you, would you?"

Looking at Lin Lilin's expression, Nan Zhuren sighed, "--Yes."

Xia Yuefeng looked at the guard beside him, whose face was somewhat bewildered.

He looked up and met Xia Yuefeng's gaze, then nodded blankly, indicating that Lin Lilin was indeed very annoying, to the point that his colleagues had stopped paying attention to him lately.

So this young man that Director Xia brought over is really that capable? He really confirmed with just the first question that Lin Lilin had completely stopped hiding anything from the police?

Is interrogation such a simple matter?
……

The caregiver carefully observed Lin Lilin's reaction, ready to rush in and calm the patient down at any moment.

but.

After listening to Nan Zhuren's long speech, Lin Lilin inexplicably fell silent.

He stared at Nan Zhuren and said slowly, "Ahem... what exactly did you come here for today?"

good question.

Nan Zhuren tilted his head, wondering what he was doing.

Perhaps I've been talking about visiting so many times but haven't done it yet, so I'm fulfilling a wish before leaving Jiangdu?
That's too unprofessional. If you're so persistent in your thoughts, then something will surely come of it.

Exploring the underlying logic of surface-level thoughts is one of the fundamental skills of psychology.

"First of all, you are too dangerous."

Nan Zhuren shared his thoughts from the past few days.

“You are unlike any other person I’ve met recently. You have a long career spanning over thirty years, and nobody knows what you’ve done in the past. I want to make sure that the visitors you have hurt are not hidden behind your professional mask and that they all receive the justice they deserve.”

"Now it seems I was overthinking it."

Xia Yuefeng raised an eyebrow behind Nan Zhuren. What, you don't trust us... Oh well, this kid did help a lot.

In past cases, it's not uncommon for a suspect in an old case to suddenly be identified as a criminal already serving time in prison.

Nan Zhuren's "interrogation" today was indeed reassuring.

Lin Lilin chuckled twice: "It sounds like...it sounds like something you could say."

His voice and body seemed somewhat weak. Considering his current physical condition and the several emotional ups and downs he had experienced today, the conversation must have taken a heavy toll on his energy.

Nan Zhuren felt that she might need to be a little gentler in the future.

“Secondly,” Nan Zhuren said slowly, “I’m very curious.”

"Hehe... Curious?" Nan Zhuren nodded: "I've told you before, haven't I? I've been having a good chat with a professor in Beidu, and I plan to take the entrance exam to become his student and go to Beidu in a while."

Lin Lilin nodded: "With your abilities... it's normal, you're the best..."

"I'm curious how you, with your reputation and abilities, got to where you are today, since I'll be following the same path in the future. Having you as a reference will give me another negative example to avoid."

Nan Zhuren tried to soften her words as much as possible.

"Hehehe..." Lin Lilin laughed, "Do you want me to teach you one last lesson?"

For Lin Lilin, who had not been in contact with Nan Zhuren recently, the few words he uttered could be completely ignored.

He immediately perked up.

"I wasn't always like this, Zhu Ren!"

Lin Lilin seemed to be telling a story, or perhaps making a defense.

"Do you know when I started studying psychology? In the last century! I was one of the earliest people in China to study psychology, one of the earliest people to have formal training in psychology!"

"But do you know what the domestic environment was like back then?"

Lin Lilin looked into Nan Zhuren's eyes and said, almost word by word, "Almost the same as now."

“A group of people with only junior high or high school education can become consultants after only a short period of training!”

"A bunch of 'masters' who do hypnosis and mind reading, but they don't understand psychology at all, yet they've become 'authorities' in other people's eyes!"

"And I, with a proper academic background, was tasked with nurturing the young talents of psychology in China. But when I graduated from university, my father described my major as 'superstition' and 'a way to swindle money'!"

Nan Zhuren didn't speak or show any emotion; she just quietly looked at Lin Lilin.

"As a result, those who actually cheated people made a fortune, with bad money driving out good; while I was thirty years old and still had to squeeze into a rented room with my wife and children."

"Do you think I'm harming my clients? Wrong! Zhu Ren, quite the opposite, I'm helping them!"

Lin Lilin stared intently into Nan Zhuren's eyes, which were almost bloodshot: "There are only a handful of capable counselors on the market. How can clients who know nothing find them?"

"Let them find those young, cheap, naive recent college graduate counselors? If I had a problem, I wouldn't even dare to consult myself, who's in my early twenties!"

"Or, let them foolishly stumble upon other fake consultants who are just trying to scam money?"

“It’s no use telling the police these things, but Zhu Ren, you’re in the industry yourself, you must have seen these things before, you must understand!”

Lin Lilin's eyes were hungry and greedy, as if he wanted to get something out of Nan Zhuren.

"You think I'm harming them? On the contrary, they've received professional and targeted intervention and treatment from me!"

"You think using medication is excessive? At least I've stopped them from suffering, stopped their families from being bothered, and prevented them from going out and causing trouble for others in society!"

"Even if I don't earn this money, someone else will, so why shouldn't I be the one to earn it! At least I can genuinely help them while earning the money!"

"I……"

No one else was speaking in the ward.

For a moment, only Lin Lilin's frantic roars echoed.

His voice was so loud that he twisted his head, the only part of his body that could move, too forcefully.

If it weren't for the fact that the person's illness wasn't that serious, viewers would have suspected that the old man was experiencing a final burst of energy before death.

After an unknown amount of time, Lin Lilin finally exhausted his last bit of strength and stopped, panting heavily.

He struggled to lift his head, only to see Nan Zhuren's expressionless face: "You've thought about these words for a long time, haven't you? Is this how you convinced yourself?"

(End of this chapter)