In the following three days, Xia Yu continued to expand his achievements, successfully increasing the number of therapy room members to eighty.
This had already accounted for a significant proportion of the entire student body.
Meanwhile, there was still no news regarding the Zhong family group.
In that same dim sum restaurant, Zhong Yunze and An Tianfeng were drinking tea together.
“Uncle An, there’s still no progress in the company,” Zhong Yunze said. “The next meeting is coming up soon. The other side should be anxious too.”
“Not yet, let’s wait a bit longer,” An Tianfeng replied.
“Alright,” Zhong Yunze thought he might be too hasty.
The two were eating breakfast when Zhong Yunze’s phone suddenly rang.
After answering the call, Zhong Yunze was visibly shocked.
He told An Tianfeng, “The documents have already appeared at their company, and they’ve started acting on them. This was told to me by an employee we bribed in our company.”
Zhong Yunze became somewhat panicky: “That was a rather important document. If they know about this…”
He couldn’t help but feel resentful toward An Tianfeng in his heart; if it weren’t for An Tianfeng’s idea, the opposing party wouldn’t have gotten their hands on the documents.
“Don’t panic,” An Tianfeng said calmly. “As long as we catch the mole, the other company will be guilty of unfair competition. No matter what they’ve swallowed, they’ll have to spit it back out.”
“I was too hasty,” Zhong Yunze calmed down again, seeing An Tianfeng’s unchanging expression.
“Uncle An, what should we do next?” he asked again.
“Feigning, not feigning—it is making the feigned real. Lesser Yin, Greater Yin, Greater Yang.” After saying this, An Tianfeng raised his teacup and took a sip.
Zhong Yunze’s eyes sparkled with excitement. Although he didn’t understand the meaning of these words, he was certain that An Tianfeng must have a new plan.
“Teach me, Uncle!” he said eagerly.
“In four words: Create something from nothing,” An Tianfeng explained slowly.
“How do we do it?” Zhong Yunze still didn’t understand.
Seeing the eagerness in Zhong Yunze’s eyes, An Tianfeng’s vanity was greatly satisfied.
He said, “I’ll go to the company with you later. You’ll call each of the suspects to your office one by one, introduce me to them, and tell them that I’ve been invited to help with this matter and that I’ll provide personnel to assist with the planning project.”
“This is to deceive them? But why?” Zhong Yunze was still puzzled.
An Tianfeng chuckled and said proudly, “Then, you’ll say that in order to find the mole, the company will continue with its plans.”
“I get it now! The other party knows everything about our company thoroughly and was able to steal the documents without a trace. But they won’t have the same advantage with your people. We’ll deliberately give them an opportunity to act, and they’ll surely leave clues,” Zhong Yunze said excitedly, slapping the table.
“Exactly,” An Tianfeng nodded in satisfaction, feeling that Zhong Yunze did have some talent.
He continued, “There’s another point. Do you know why I asked you to bring them to the office one by one?”
“Calling the suspects in one by one, telling each of them that I already suspect someone but still trust them, making them feel more at ease to act!” Zhong Yunze slapped the table again.
“Teachable indeed.”
After finishing breakfast, the two headed together to the Zhong family’s company.
…
On the other side, after a day of classes, Xia Yu arrived at the psychological therapy room. Now, the therapy room no longer required introductions; many people came voluntarily.
However, today’s visitor was somewhat special.
Looking at the young female teacher in front of him, Xia Yu was astonished—it was An Siyao’s Chinese teacher.
“May I give it a try?” the teacher asked excitedly.
The task required gaining the students’ admiration. Teachers were not within the scope, but Xia Yu couldn’t just turn the teacher away.
“Alright, please lie down on the couch,” he could only agree.
After the teacher lay down, Xia Yu placed his hand on her forehead.
It took fifteen seconds for Xia Yu to guide the teacher into a state of calmness before he asked, “What troubles you?”
He didn’t use the phrase “lost lamb” this time. He could joke with the students, but he needed to be more cautious with teachers.
“I feel like the academic director always treats me like her daughter. Although she does take care of me, it feels a bit awkward,” the teacher said.
Treating her like a daughter? This needed careful analysis—to determine whether it was genuine elder care or a kind of pathological behavior.
“What made you feel this way?”
…
The problems of adult teachers were a bit harder to resolve than those of students. Xia Yu spent twenty minutes before successfully soothing the teacher.
Then he went on to comfort other students.
At 5:30 PM, the Chinese teacher awoke from her nap. She stretched and felt a sense of comfort both mentally and physically.
“It’s actually just like what the forums said!” the teacher was amazed.
She remembered An Siyao’s advice. Unlike philosophers, An Siyao didn’t offer her any profound reasoning. She simply told her not to overthink things.
Such simple words—she had told herself the same thing before, but it hadn’t worked. Why did it feel so calming when An Siyao said it?
She didn’t know that Xia Yu had the ability to bypass the process and directly reach the result of soothing emotions. She could only attribute this effect to An Siyao’s personal charm.
An Siyao was truly a mysterious and wonderful person.
Returning to the office, she met the academic director and the principal.
“Director, Principal, I have to tell you both—An Siyao’s therapy is really effective!” the Chinese teacher couldn’t wait to share her experience.
Hearing this, the principal frowned and looked at the teacher: “How much money did you receive?”
“Eh?” The teacher was shocked, not understanding why the principal would say that.
“As a proud teacher at Dongzhi Xiang Academy, you actually took money to become a shill?” the principal’s expression was stern.
“Cough, maybe Xiaoyu just felt some effect. There’s always some effect,” the academic director tried to mediate.
The principal, who had already been calmed down by the academic director, became angry again.
“Fine, you say it’s effective? Tomorrow I’ll go try it myself and see how thick your face is!” the principal declared firmly. “There’s no way I’ll be fooled by just a fifteen-minute conversation and a nap!”
The next afternoon, completely unprepared, Xia Yu was puzzled to see the principal storming into the therapy room.
The students around quickly made way, allowing the principal to enter.
Arriving in front of Xia Yu, the principal scanned the therapy room and said, “Let me give it a try!”
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