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Chapter 963 - 753: Chonghui’s Second Desensitization (Part 2)

He added a touch of humor, "This is homework you’ve assigned to yourself. I’m really looking forward to seeing how you complete it."This served as an anchor point, giving Chen Lizhou an expectation of a "next consultation" to prevent him from doing anything unfavorable while in a state of Personality Dissociation.

Chen Lizhou nodded slightly, "Alright, and thank you, Teacher Nan—after all, today’s consultation was indeed quite rushed, but I feel particularly good about it."

"I...just lucky to have met you."

"You’re welcome." Nan Zhubin waved his hand gently, "It’s not all my doing; the main thing is your own effort."

After the customary Positive Attention-style Support, Nan Zhubin officially began to review the content of this consultation and started summarizing.

Just then, the phone in Nan Zhubin’s pocket vibrated, as if there was a message.

But the professional ethics of a psychological consultant naturally wouldn’t allow Nan Zhubin to check his phone at this moment.

Nan Zhubin continued to speak to Chen Lizhou, "Of course, our consultation isn’t over yet. Although you’ve found direction now, the symptoms of Personality Dissociation will still need some time of intervention to gradually mitigate. Next, we can..."

...

Consultation ended.

The door of the consultation room clicked open, and Nan Zhubin courteously invited Chen Lizhou to leave first.

But as Chen Lizhou stepped out, he paused.

Nan Zhubin, with a curious gaze, looked past Chen Lizhou and found an unexpected yet sensible person in the EAP office.

Shi Chuxin—her back was straight, hands folded in front, speaking to Chonghui.

Chonghui stood at the desk, frowning, his expression helpless.

The tension between the two was like a tightly drawn bowstring.

Inside the office, the other consultants and master’s students appeared busy, yet even Chen Lizhou could tell that they were pretending.

Last time, even though Nan Zhubin and Chonghui had a nearly face-breaking argument with Shi Chuxin, it was completed inside a small conference room.

The consultants and students, at most, knew that Shi Chuxin had visited, seemed unwelcome, and that Nan Zhubin and Chonghui seemed in a bad mood after talking with Shi Chuxin, and hadn’t mentioned the mysterious senior sister again.

Though now on different paths, Chonghui still wanted to maintain some dignity for Shi Chuxin.

No detailed talk was given to the others in the project group about that conversation’s specifics.

Nan Zhubin respected this.

But didn’t expect Shi Chuxin to visit again today.

"Teacher Nan, you seem to have other matters to attend to here," Chen Lizhou whispered.

Oddly enough, recently after Chen Lizhou’s consultations ended, Nan Zhubin often saw a chaotic office area as he walked out.

"Need help?" Chen Lizhou asked quietly. As a technical sales director, though not Shi Chuxin’s direct superior, his words carried some weight.

Nan Zhubin politely declined, adhering to consultation ethics, "Thanks, we should be able to handle it."

Thus, Chen Lizhou said no more and turned to leave.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the consultation room’s door opened, Shi Chuxin’s eyes lit up, wanting to bypass Chonghui and approach.

Nan Zhubin immediately stepped forward, circling halfway to stay between Shi Chuxin and Chen Lizhou.

The action seemed redundant since Chonghui had already shifted his body at the sound. Shi Chuxin had barely taken a step before nearly bumping into Chonghui’s chest.

Chonghui’s broad shoulders and prominent trapezius muscles almost blocked Shi Chuxin’s view, preventing her from even seeing how Chen Lizhou left the EAP office.

But then Nan Zhubin heard Shi Chuxin say, "Dahui, I’ll tell you again, I just want you and Zhuren... mainly Zhuren, to help with a small favor."

"It won’t harm your EAP program, it would be better for the teacher too."

Nan Zhubin raised an eyebrow, finally realizing it wasn’t about Chen Lizhou this time, but seemed directed at him?

His gaze swept over Shi Chuxin and easily spotted much-expected things on that seemingly calm face.

[Eyes deliberately meeting senior brother’s gaze... but blinking rapidly.]

[Jawline tight, corners of the mouth twitching irregularly.]

Nan Zhubin sighed internally.

Upon hearing Shi Chuxin’s words, Chonghui furrowed his brow even tighter, "We’ve already said all that needs to be said last time. Even if you come again, our answer remains the same."

Compared to last time, Chonghui showed a resolute attitude right from the start.

Progress achieved.

Nan Zhubin nodded internally, just feeling that his senior brother indeed didn’t let him down.

However, even with Chonghui’s firm stance, Nan Zhubin could still see the slight trembling of Chonghui’s gluteus maximus wrapped in tight suit pants.

Even if Chonghui was determined to break off emotionally with Shi Chuxin, desensitization still required a process.

From Chen Lizhou’s case, it could be learned that an individual’s Emotion, Cognition, and Body are sometimes not perfectly aligned.

Even for a normal person, when any one of these three changes, there is a period of adjustment needed to integrate them, achieving unity of knowledge and action.

Nan Zhubin stepped forward to help Chonghui out, "Senior Sister, if there’s something, let’s talk in the consultation room. It just so happens that there are no more consultations today."

He would jest privately, but in front of younger brothers and sisters, he needed to preserve Shi Chuxin’s—or rather, Chonghui’s dignity.

Nan Zhubin thought this level of hint should be understood by Shi Chuxin.

But Shi Chuxin seemed to miss it or intentionally ignored it, keeping her back straight, "What’s wrong with speaking here? I haven’t done anything shameful; I just need a small favor from you."

Her voice slightly trembled, "Especially you, Zhuren... I’ve heard, you’re so impressive, even the boss asks you to do micro-expressions and hypnosis to help the company, why not?"

"If you’re willing, I can secure you additional fees, even a separate project. This benefits you, everyone, even the teacher, so..."

The next second, her throat suddenly choked up.

The pretense of composure dissolved faster than Nan Zhubin expected.

Around them, consultants and master’s students paused their actions, but no one dared to lift their heads.

Chonghui was about to say something when Shi Chuxin staggered forward a step.

About to fall onto Chonghui.

And Chonghui—he himself didn’t know why he reacted this way—made a boxing side-stepping move.

Fortunately, there was a desk in front of Shi Chuxin, allowing her to softly lean against it for support.

Nan Zhubin saw Shi Chuxin’s body suddenly tense up rigidly, then completely collapse.

"Dahui... I really can’t handle it anymore..." The next second, Shi Chuxin’s tears began to fall, "Do you think I want to be like this? I’m really at my wit’s end..."

"You knew me during my school days; I brought you out, I could do experiments, I could write papers..."

She showed her breakdown in front of everyone.

"But what’s the use? If I pursue a Ph.D., it’s even harder than the college entrance exam, truly a hundred soldiers on a single-log bridge, how long would it take to make a name for oneself? Senior Sister Weng is exceptional... but how many years to produce one like her?"

"I don’t want to be stuck in a lab my whole life, so I used the teacher’s connections to join a foreign company. But abroad isn’t what I imagined; it’s really different... those employment guidelines are deceitful..."