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Chapter 218 - 216: A Small Compensation

Chapter 218: Chapter 216: A Small Compensation

Upon hearing Wang Sui’s question,

Liu Pan leaned his body away from Wang Sui’s direction.

He stammered, "Uh... this... that..."

Unable to say anything conclusive.

Yet Wang Sui seemed to understand something and immediately turned her head to look at Nan Zhubin.

"Look, Mr. Nan."

Look at what?

It didn’t matter.

Wang Sui slightly raised her chin, "Mr. Nan, I don’t understand the deeper things in psychology. But I think that learning psychology and doing psychological consultations is just about helping others, right?"

"But as far as I get along with you, the help I feel from Xiao Liu is more, and more genuine; those things your consultation center couldn’t give me, that’s why I returned to Professor Lin’s here from yours."

Wang Sui gave her judgment, with her whole face only her mouth and apple muscles smiling, and said to Nan Zhubin, "I feel that Professor Lin and Xiao Liu can better help me and Ah Lu."

"I think they are more professional, more like they have learned psychology well."

...

Nan Zhubin gazed calmly at Wang Sui.

Then he turned his gaze to Liu Pan.

Watching Liu Pan’s movements, watching Liu Pan’s face, and the various expressions, micro expressions that appeared on it.

Then, he pulled out a smile.

"When I came over just now, the teacher had already gone in to do a consultation with Li Minglu for over twenty minutes, right?"

Without waiting for Liu Pan to answer, Nan Zhubin looked at the wall clock, "Up to now, it’s thirty minutes... which means, according to the normal consultation duration, we probably have to wait another ten minutes or so."

"This is enough time for us to... do some things."

Liu Pan was at a loss, but intuitively felt that something bad was about to happen.

Wang Sui still had an upturned corner of the mouth. But observing Nan Zhubin’s reaction, she frowned slightly as if dissatisfied.

She was about to say something.

Nan Zhubin said to Wang Sui, "Previously, only two consultations were done with Li Minglu, and the effect was not very good."

Seemingly conceding.

Wang Sui’s forehead eased a little.

"And merely doing two consultations without any results is basically money wasted, in theory."

"So just taking advantage of the time now, I think I can compensate you, Sister Wang, with something in terms of ’psychology’."

Nan Zhubin tugged his lips, "Um... listening to what you just said, Sister Wang, you have some unique insights about psychology. What do you think a professional person who has studied a lot of psychology should be like?"

This kind of consultative phrase made Wang Sui think.

"At the very least, they should give people a good feeling when speaking. Isn’t someone who studies psychology supposed to understand others well, understand what others want?"

Nan Zhubin showed no reaction to the first half of Wang Sui’s words but nodded affirmatively to the latter half.

"Yes, someone who studies psychology ’should’ understand others’ thoughts fairly well."

While saying this, Nan Zhubin looked at Liu Pan.

Liu Pan seemed to realize something, his pupils started to dilate slightly.

Nan Zhubin said slowly, "I, on the other hand, know a psychological technique called ’Micro-expression Analysis.’ This technique can interpret fleeting subtle expressions of others to analyze their emotions. However, this technique has many limitations. After all, micro-expression responses vary from person to person; with different people, I need a long time of interpretation, sharing, building personal templates before it can be used..."

This pile of specialized terminology and explanations made Wang Sui blink her eyes, bewildered.

Liu Pan’s breathing accelerated.

Nan Zhubin smiled, "Simply put, it doesn’t work right away on strangers. But when dealing with familiar people, I can easily tell—whether the other person is lying."

Such a dimensional reduction explanation made it very easy to understand.

Wang Sui immediately showed a knowing expression and a keen interest.

"Of course, for Sister Wang, I definitely wouldn’t use it." Nan Zhubin turned around, "But for my Junior Brother, coincidentally, I know him well."

Nan Zhubin’s gaze was calm, "I don’t know if it’s because of his particularly large nose, but many of his emotions and expressions are reflected in nose-related actions."

"There are many pseudo-scientific writings online claiming that ’men touch their noses when they lie’—that’s a grossly simplified statement; in fact, only a few people do this."

"But coincidentally, my Junior Brother happens to be one of that ’few people.’"

Nan Zhubin slightly pulled up the curve at the corner of his mouth, "And coincidentally again, he has a notably prominent big nose. So the micro-expressions on his face related to the nose will be particularly obvious."

Wang Sui couldn’t help but cast her gaze toward Liu Pan.

Nan Zhubin’s consulting skills were extremely high; his pronunciation was clear, and what he said could be understood the fastest.

And his speech was very fast, so when he finished this paragraph, Liu Pan had no time to make any other response.

Liu Pan could only open up with a rebuttal, "Nan Zhu..."

"Junior Brother!" Nan Zhubin didn’t let him finish a complete sentence, directly interrupted.

"I’m going to ask you a question now, and I need you to lie to me, can you?"

Nan Zhubin quickly connected the dots. After stating the rules and ensuring that Liu Pan heard and understood, he promptly threw out a question.

His language was like a hook, unconsciously drawing Liu Pan’s thoughts along with him.

"What did you have for breakfast this morning?"

The specifics of this question were not the point. Because no matter what Nan Zhubin asked, Liu Pan would undoubtedly not answer directly now.

Liu Pan even subconsciously wanted to change the topic.

"Senior Brother Nan, you..."

"You wrinkled your nose," Nan Zhubin said.

Liu Pan was startled, his eyes widening.

He instinctively turned his head and saw Wang Sui’s face.

If Liu Pan were facing Nan Zhubin alone now, he would definitely turn around and leave.

But—

"Really?" Wang Sui’s tone was filled with a kind of satisfaction of having some curiosity satisfied, along with an unusual sense of anticipation.

Now, Wang Sui’s face was weaving the part of "smiling," not just the corners of her mouth.

Her whole face was embodying the word "happiness."

And faced with such a face that could show "happiness" without even needing Micro-expression Analysis, Liu Pan felt a chill over his entire body.

"Sister Sui, you..."

"My Junior Brother also understands this method." Nan Zhubin didn’t give Liu Pan a chance to finish a complete sentence, "If Sister Wang wants to learn more, you can consult him during later conversations."

"I think he would also be happy to help you practice."

"This is what I give you—a little compensation."