Who would study psychology unless they had some issues?!-Chapter 98 - 97 Is This Something to Be Proud Of?

Li Minglu’s wife’s name is Wang Sui.

Every time Li Minglu has a consultation intervention, it’s always Wang Sui who accompanies him.

This time was no exception.

She has become quite accustomed to waiting and generally has patience.

Only today was an exception.

Sitting in the lobby at the moment, Wang Sui glanced occasionally towards the consultation room, then glanced once, twice, three times, four times at Lu Jia, observing her face, her figure, her clothes, her jewelry.

"Would you like me to pour another cup of tea for you?" Lu Jia, under these extremely piercing gazes, remained calm and maintained her polite smile.

Wang Sui’s brow furrowed involuntarily, and she pursed her lips, "No need."

She continually fanned herself with a booklet in her hand, the fanning becoming faster and more irritable.

Finally—

With a "click," the door to the consultation room opened.

Li Minglu came out.

Compared to when he first came to the consultation center, he seemed somewhat different after his talk with Nan Zhubin.

Wang Sui’s gaze returned from Lu Jia, and she immediately asked, "Why did it take so long this time?"

Li Minglu’s shoulders showed signs of shrinking forward, then quickly returned to how they were when he first arrived at the consultation center.

He said, "It’s about the same time as before."

Wang Sui’s fanning paused, "About the same?"

Li Minglu didn’t respond.

He rubbed the fingers that had just held a pencil and changed the subject: "Mr. Nan wants to invite you in to discuss something."

Wang Sui threw the now motionless booklet onto the table, complaining, "Why is there so much to do!"

She glanced at her husband, tossed off a "Wait for me here for a moment," and then walked a distance away in her high heels.

Li Minglu watched his wife’s retreating figure, pressing his lips together.

"Hello, would you like some tea?"

A hand appeared in front of his eyes.

Li Minglu slowly looked up and saw Lu Jia’s face, which seemed to imbue one with strength at a glance.

But Li Minglu quickly lowered his gaze, saying "Thank you," and then slowly sat down next to where his wife was sitting, sipping the tea slowly.

Having spent a long time at the consultation center, Lu Jia watched the whole process of the couple’s interaction.

However, Lu Jia, being a professional, despite being young, was already very experienced, and her professional social smile did not change in the slightest.

She slowly walked back to the reception desk and sat down.

In the subsequent time, Li Minglu never looked towards Lu Jia once.

...

Click—

The door to the consultation room opened again, and Nan Zhubin saw the family member of a visitor he had met once before come in.

In working conditions, he habitually scanned the other’s expressions.

[Visible irritation.]

This was a sentiment so apparent that even without [Micro-expression Analysis] it could be detected.

Nan Zhubin took a deep breath, ready to say something with his voice that had an added characteristic of [Emotion Soothing +2].

However, he saw Wang Sui’s irritation suddenly pause.

Previously, when Nan Zhubin was observing the visitor’s family member, he himself had not appeared in the family’s and visitor’s line of sight, so Wang Sui now met the person conducting the consultation for her husband for the first time.

At this moment, visibly, Wang Sui exuded a brightness, like a woman who had just received beauty treatment in a salon, showing a relaxed and comfortable expression.

"Hello, you’re the teacher who previously conducted the consultation for my husband, right? My name is Wang Sui, and my friends call me Xiao Sui." She even greeted first, "How should I address you?"

There was a slight blockage on Nan Zhubin’s face that required [Micro-expression Analysis] to see, but he quickly adjusted.

"I’m called Nan Zhubin, you can call me Mr. Nan."

"How old are you, Mr. Nan?"

"24."

"So young and already a psychological consultant? That’s great, oh, that’s really great."

Nan Zhubin maintained his smile without change, gesturing for Wang Sui to sit down.

"Today is my first consultation with your husband, I just learned a lot, and also collected a fair amount of information through transferred materials."

"But there are still some situations I would like to understand through the family channel, hoping you can help."

...

The consultant collects information to help formulate a case conceptualization from three elements: Visitor’s Complaint, Consultant’s Impression, Other’s impression.

These three elements represent "the visitor in their own view," "the visitor from the consultant’s professional perspective," "the visitor from a third party’s view."

Combined, collected information becomes relatively comprehensive.

However, like with Chen Ting and most visitors, they choose to come for a consultation by themselves and generally shy away from others knowing they are receiving psychological consultation.

So in many cases, consultants cannot collect the "Other’s impression" part of the data.

This time, since there is rarely a visitor accompanied by family, Nan Zhubin certainly would not miss this rare opportunity.

Coincidentally, Nan Zhubin also hoped to verify some previously collected information in consultation through a conversation with Wang Sui.

First, Nan Zhubin wanted to know about Li Minglu’s living environment through Wang Sui.

"Since your husband has been diagnosed with depression, have you been the one taking care of him?"

During his consultation with Li Minglu, Nan Zhubin almost avoided all terms related to "depression," using lightweight alternatives; however, his conversation with Wang Sui was different, as he did not avoid discussing it, and even emphasized it to some extent.

But Wang Sui’s reaction surprised Nan Zhubin a little.

[There was no "sadness" ... not even any related micro-expression reactions, even "negative emotions" were quite minimal.]

[Is it because she adapted after a long time? No... at least there should be "worry" or "concern."]

[But she now has no forward posturing or backward defensive changes after I mentioned "depression," not even a furrowed brow, only...] ƒгeeweɓn૦vel.com

Wang Sui slightly lifted her chin, the skin around her eyes subtly contracting with excitement: "Yes, I’ve been taking care of him! After all, my husband couldn’t find anyone else, and I wouldn’t trust leaving him with others anyway."

This was the first time Nan Zhubin had talked to Wang Sui, far from having had time to establish a baseline for her expressions.

But viewing Wang Sui’s reactions now, he felt an inexplicable déjà vu.

He had seen this reaction before.

It was—in Chen Ting’s mother!

After Chen Ting’s second consultation had ended with sand box therapy, Chen’s mom had come over, and Nan Zhubin smoothly conducted a family therapy session with Chen Ting and her mother. At that time, in order to entice the cognitive contradictions of Chen’s mom, Nan Zhubin repeatedly praised Chen Ting as a "good child."

The statement that "Chen Ting is a good child" also proved that "Chen’s mom is a good mom," providing satisfaction for Chen’s mom.

Back then, the expression Chen’s mom displayed was almost identical to Wang Sui’s now!

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