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Chapter 326 - 324: A Good Outcome

Chapter 326: Chapter 324: A Good Outcome

This situation is not common.

When the "perpetrator" recalls the act of harm, they show [aversion], even a self-directed [aversion]?!

Nan Zhubin hadn’t thought deeply yet, but he saw Lin Junkai’s brow furrow more deeply.

Then, as if explaining, Lin Junkai started to stammer a lot, but he actually said quite a lot.

"It has happened, but..."

"Mr. Nan, this extra training is to help those who didn’t pass the fitness tests to improve quickly..." he paused here, gritting his teeth, "it... is ’necessary’!"

Nan Zhubin was not unfamiliar with this kind of statement.

Li Mingchen and Xu Pengcheng had unconsciously expressed similar kinds of thoughts.

But when Lin Junkai said this, his face and body showed a completely different reaction.

[Throat swallowing, a bodily reaction to suppress vomiting?]

[The sense of aversion was stronger.]

[Eyebrows lowered and gathered, fingers half-clenched into fists.]

[And there was also... [anger] mixed in?!]

His mouth said "necessary," but his face showed a [disgusted] and even [angry] expression.

There was a huge disconnect between Lin Junkai’s words and actions at this moment.

At the same time, his [aversion] and [anger], while diffused outward, still had a large part directed at himself.

In other words—Lin Junkai was currently disgusted with himself, angry with himself.

Nan Zhubin’s mind seemed to be suddenly enlightened, countless thoughts in his mind collided like electric currents and kept sparking.

He felt a sudden clarity.

He understood.

Why Xu Pengcheng’s situation seemed more serious than Li Mingchen’s, but the result was that Li Mingchen was more affected.

Now it’s also clear.

A hypothesis slowly took shape in Nan Zhubin’s mind.

He looked at Lin Junkai again, and his gaze softened.

He posed a crucial question: "Junkai, who told you about this ’necessity’ standard?"

Nan Zhubin used a kinder, even more paternal address.

It was entirely appropriate for a teacher to use this kind of address.

At the same time, Nan Zhubin already knew the answer to his question in his heart.

But he still chose to use an open-ended question, hoping Lin Junkai would say a name.

Instead of using a closed question like "Is it XX Teacher?" asking Lin Junkai to answer "yes" or "no".

After all, the latter method could be somewhat leading.

And at this moment, in Nan Zhubin’s eyes, Lin Junkai was also a student who had been psychologically harmed. Letting Lin Junkai speak that name himself could have a healing effect in some way.

Lin Junkai opened his mouth, seemingly wanting to say something. However, the next second he somewhat panickedly glanced at the working camera beside him.

"Teacher... no one, sports training is like this, everyone knows, those behind must train extra to catch up..."

He spoke a paragraph that was somewhat rigid and almost recited.

Nan Zhubin understood something, and he knew the challenges the work ahead would face.

But he still wanted to try, so he walked to the side and turned off the camera: "Is it because of this? Junkai, I promise you our conversation today is absolutely confidential, it will never be known by others..."

Nan Zhubin’s voice was indescribably gentle.

Lin Junkai gritted his teeth, his whole body tense, as if a switch had been flipped, entering a completely [defensive] state: "Teacher, what I said is true..."

Alright, that’s enough for now.

Nan Zhubin sighed: "All right, in that case, you don’t have to answer, I’ll just ask."

"The words you said, were they taught to you by someone else, right?"

Lin Junkai closed his mouth. From Nan Zhubin’s perspective, he could even see the student trying to bite his lips with his teeth to achieve the action of "silence."

Nan Zhubin continued: "And someone scolded you just two days ago, asking you to be careful with your words when facing me, right?"

— The so-called last two days were actually the period after Nan Zhubin had spoken with Vice Principal Ma and Coach Wang.

Lin Junkai still said nothing, but every part of his body, including his eyes, revealed anxiety.

And Nan Zhubin now knew the answer.

[I see, this explains it. No wonder he switched to a [defensive] mode when facing me earlier; he had been specially instructed.]

"Teacher... can I go now?" Lin Junkai asked.

This reaction had exceeded [defensive].

Nan Zhubin indeed had ways to deal with such situations, forcibly keeping the other party to continue pressing for the information he wanted.

But looking at the student in front of him, he couldn’t help but shake his head inwardly.

[I’ve left a mess behind... students shouldn’t have to bear this.]

"I shouldn’t have doubted you, nor asked those strange questions, I believe you," Nan Zhubin apologized. "You’re feeling a mess now, aren’t you? Going back in this state, you won’t be able to review tonight, will you? That’s the teacher’s responsibility..."

Nan Zhubin sat down, exerting all his power to make his voice the most soothing, wrapping around Lin Junkai like cotton.

In the time that followed, he no longer tried to seek the information he wanted, but instead put all his effort into removing the unease and tension that he had brought to the student.

...

Click—thump thump thump.

Watching Lin Junkai’s departing figure, Teacher Xiao Zhao turned back to Nan Zhubin.

"Mr. Nan, you only talked for half an hour, how did it go?"

Half an hour is a very indeterminate length of time. It’s shorter than a typical counseling session but longer than the single experiment sessions Nan Zhubin and the others usually conducted.

Nan Zhubin didn’t answer, just showing a thoughtful expression.

"Mr. Nan?"

Nan Zhubin was pulled back to awareness by the call, nodding ambiguously: "Things are a bit more complicated than I thought. But in some ways, it’s actually a good kind of result. To be honest, I even breathed a sigh of relief..."

Teacher Xiao Zhao didn’t understand the true purpose of Nan Zhubin and Chonghui’s group; she only knew that they were working on a project and doing counseling alongside it.

But hearing what Nan Zhubin said, she couldn’t help but smile.

"However, the most crucial part might still be needing to counsel Li Mingchen to fully understand everything... but don’t worry about that. I’ll find him tonight. I might need you to help a bit, but I have a way to get him to accept counseling."

Teacher Xiao Zhao collected her smile, blinking in confusion: "Well... there are seven more students to talk to this afternoon, all from the sports team; should we still call them in?"

Nan Zhubin thought for a moment, nodding: "Call them in. Though each will only have around half an hour... I think that each of them might need some psychological counseling; just chatting a little this afternoon probably isn’t enough, possibly need to find them individually afterwards..."

Teacher Xiao Zhao was taken aback; Nan Zhubin’s words were unexpected to her.

"They... all need psychological counseling?"

"Mr. Nan... what exactly happened?"