Evil Emperor Zun

Chapter 1426 Reverse rationalization

Jin Siqi was immersed in deep shock.

Since being awakened by Jiang Caini last time, she seriously reflected on her feelings for Su Shi'an, and found that the starting point was not pure.

What she loves is not his personality charm, but his darkness. She subconsciously feels that only such darkness is enough to match her.When this point is made public, not only is he belittled himself, but he is also belittled.

Such a humble thought made her ashamed to speak out, so after that, she basically gave up.

But seeing him again today, he was still so handsome and unrestrained, and in such a relaxed environment of a party, she had the urge to "rekindle old feelings".She secretly hoped that he could sit next to her and give her a chance to make friends with him.

Unexpectedly, Sister Liu Mo knew him!

Sister Liu Mo was the team leader when I participated in the audition reality show!She was so beautiful, and the first time I saw her, I thought she was beautiful, and even myself, who was also a girl, couldn't help being tempted.Su Shi'an is obviously more willing to accept her overtures... Ah!The opponent is strong!My hope is very slim!

After the two sat down there, Su Shi'an noticed that Liu Mo was still holding his hand, and couldn't help reminding, "You can..."

The original intention was to let her let go of herself, but unexpectedly Liu Mo let go of her hand, and then her whole body hugged him, wrapping her arms around his neck tightly.

"Sorry……"

The three words she uttered made Su Shi'an inexplicably startled.

"I'm really sorry I didn't know you earlier, I'm sorry I didn't protect you and let you bear the cruelty of the world alone... You must have had a hard time these years, right?"

"But... now the darkest days are over!" She raised her head while speaking, looking straight at him with her clear and beautiful eyes, "I will always be by your side from now on, and I won't let you suffer any harm again! "

Su Shi'an was silent for a long time, and finally let out a breath quietly.

Here it comes again... Even though she knew it was just her means, the real warmth she gave him actually moved him a little bit.After all, wasn't that the kind of promise he longed for in his darkest and most desperate days?Even if the whole world abandons him, there will still be someone standing behind him, turning his back on the whole world...

He has already survived those sharp injuries and criticisms. If anyone dares to provoke him again, he will fight back without hesitation. He will repay the pain they inflicted on him ten times and a hundred times.But in the face of a heart-warming word and a kind hug, he couldn't even lose his temper.

Could it be... He smiled wryly, laughing at himself secretly, is he also a person who takes soft things but not tough ones?
"Okay, I see." He tried his best to keep his gaze straight ahead, "let go first."

Liu Mo accepted him as soon as she was good, and let him go obediently.He found a box of chocolate toffee from his satchel, unpacked it, took out one and handed it to him.

"I bought this at a convenience store in the morning. I originally planned to eat one between work, but I didn't expect you to come... It seems that we are really destined! Look, this is your favorite brand, right? In charity reality shows, I often saw you eating secretly, and I only tried to buy this brand after that, the taste is really good!"

What she meant by saying this was to imply to him that I care about your every move on the show, including such trivial things as stealing candy.

Su Shi'an retorted subconsciously: "Who stole it? I ate it openly!"

Liu Mo laughed, she just liked to see his expression.According to her experience, a boy will show a child's side in front of you, which means that he really regards you as his own.Isn't there a saying on the Internet, "If he likes you, he will be naive to you. If he doesn't like you, he will be more mature than your father!"

"That's right, you didn't steal the food, it was the photographer who secretly took pictures of you." Liu Mo echoed his words.As a veteran field clearer, she is still very good at controlling the atmosphere.

"Actually, I used to prefer milk-flavored and strawberry-flavored fudge," said Liu Mo, who was slowly peeling off a layer of plastic wrapping paper on the fudge, as if peeling off a work of art.A woman with all kinds of charm can release her charm in all aspects, including peeling off a piece of candy wrapper, "However, now I also start to like chocolate flavor more, look, I seem to be slowly changing to you even the taste Getting closer—”

"It is said that there is a substance in chocolate that can make people feel happy." Seeing that he didn't respond, Liu Mo brought up the topic in a timely manner, rubbing the peeled toffee on her lips with a charming look, "So , you can eat a few more every day!"

Su Shi'an fiddled with the wine cup on the table, and replied casually: "I do know that there is a substance in chocolate that can make people fat. You should eat less."

"Oh..." Liu Mo groaned lightly, patted him on the shoulder twice, turned her leg and bumped him again, "flirting".She is also considered to have a good psychological quality. Knowing his dangerous black history, she still dares to fight with him without shy away.Jin Siqi asked herself, even though she said she liked him, she really couldn't do it as calmly as Liu Mo.

"By the way, let's order. Is there anything you want to eat?" After playing around for a while, Liu Mo took the initiative to take the menu and recommended the snacks here.

Smart women don't stay on the same topic for too long.For her, anything around her can be used for chatting, which always keeps the topic fresh and the person she communicates with remains interested.

After simply ordering a few cold drinks and desserts, the two faced the screen again and studied the playlist.

Su Shi'an was impatient to choose songs one by one, he directly picked up the microphone from the table, and threw it to Rong Xiao across most of the table.

"Boss, let's play a song!"

Rong Xiao is now a popular idol. To listen to his concert, a ticket outside is not cheap.In other words, everyone at the scene has already sat in the VIP seat without paying a penny.

Such a good opportunity, how could everyone be willing to miss it?So they booed one after another, urging Rong Xiao to "play a song".

Rong Xiao didn't refuse. He flipped through the playlist and chose "Best Friend".

"I know that between you and me,

Some words can only be let go,
Even if I was born dumb,
You know my expression too.

Though we have been terribly close,
But that's not necessarily love, is it?

Then I have to use friends to beautify this embarrassment. "

The affectionate singing voice seems to bring everyone into the artistic conception of the lyrics.

What kind of torment is it that you obviously like someone very much, but you can only remain friends forever.There is no name for caring, and there is no name for jealousy. I want to take this step countless times, but I am worried that the consequences of confessing will make you unable to be friends.So you can only silently watch TA happy, watch TA shed tears, look at TA's side, there is another person.

This lyric is especially touching to Yi Xin.She even wondered if Rong Xiao sang this song to herself specially, as a tactful hint for her to put it down, right?

However, he didn't seem to pay too much attention to himself, his affectionate and slightly sad eyes lingered more on Feng Boliang.

"Honestly how dare I say I love you,

To be honest, I don't care too much about your kindness,

So I never mention it, keep the closest distance,

best friend me and you-

To be honest, how could I not dare to love you,

To be honest, it didn't take me a little courage,

It's just that we are too familiar. "

Feng Boliang lightly supported her chin with one hand, always looking at him with a smile.There was no clue on her face, as if she was just praising "my boyfriend sings really well."

"Perhaps our only problem,
It's slowly becoming a confidant,
Not used to using ambiguous tone,
Come share our secrets.

Then you and I pretended to be happy, happy with our current relationship,
In fact, just for a lifetime, to be together. "

The lingering sound echoed, and the room was lonely.

"That's not right!" The crowd who came back to their senses finally began to boo, "Why did you sing so sadly when we were together just now? Sing a love song duet!"

Feng Boliang nodded generously: "I'm fine, why don't we just sing 'You're going to marry me today'?"

Hearing such a bold song title, the sound of exclaimed whistles became even louder.

Next, the two really sang the song "Today You Will Marry Me". The singing was beautiful and full of tacit understanding, which wiped away the previous sadness.Everyone was relieved, it seemed that there was nothing wrong with Liang Xiao, the sadness that flashed in Rong Xiao's eyes just now should be just to combine the lyrics and show off his acting skills!Sure enough, Brother Xiao's acting skills are amazing!
Next, the desserts and snacks that everyone called for also arrived.

What Liu Mo wanted was a glass of strawberry snow ice. She said that she had a small appetite, so she told them not to waste the two glasses, and that it would be good to have a glass with Su Shi'an.So what the waiter brought was also a "mandarin duck straw", that is, the straight tube at the bottom is shared, but two straws are evenly distributed at the upper end, so that when two people drink a drink together, they avoid touching the same straw together. The embarrassment of straws.

This kind of straw, also called a love straw, is connected with a heart, and is usually suitable for couples, family members or extremely close friends.The relationship between Liu Mo and Su Shi'an is not so good, but a mandarin duck straw is enough to push the distance between them a big step.

This can also be regarded as an emotional routine, which can be explained by "reverse rationalization".

Simply put, when an individual's current behavior diverges from his previous consistent cognition, and infers another opposing cognition from one cognition, it will produce a strong sense of discomfort and unpleasant emotions, so the individual needs to give Find a reason for yourself to adjust this emotion, so that you can accept it, and think that all this is reasonable.

There is such an explanation in social psychology: "People will rationalize their behavior, because in our subconscious mind, we think that self-worth is always correct."

That is to say, when Liu Mo first finds a very natural reason, "I can't drink a whole glass, so I have a drink together to save money and drinks." This is reasonable and usually not rejected.

But when they actually use the mandarin duck straws, the two will still inevitably reveal their intimacy.This is like providing a psychological hint to one of the parties, "I have already had a drink with her, and my relationship with her should be very good. After all, I am not a casual person."

Once you lose the cognition of "I have a good relationship with her" and drink a drink with a girl you don't know well, you will inevitably come to the conclusion that "I am a casual person".And such a conclusion will make the person uncomfortable, so he will naturally choose "have a good relationship with her" as a bridge to eliminate this discomfort.

This kind of logic is equivalent to turning "I have a good relationship with her-so we have a drink together" upside down and become "Because we have a drink together-so we have a good relationship", which is a kind of "Reverse rationalization" based on results.

To use another analogy, there is a saying: "If you can make a woman come all the way to treat you to a meal, and then climb on the last bus, she will have a hard time loving you." .”

So many people emphasize that it is best to let a woman invite you to dinner.Because you resolved the cognitive dissonance between her not loving you and her behavior of loving you.Because after she invited you to dinner, when she came home, she was very depressed, "Why did you invite such a man to dinner?——Because I fell in love with him."

In the end, she could only come to the conclusion that she fell in love with you, so she could barely fall asleep.That's what she justifies her behavior "she's in love with you".

Theoretically speaking, as long as a person—whether male or female—is guided to invest and give TA enough reasons, as long as the reason is in line with TA's beliefs, it will produce a rationalized response.

What Liu Mo has been doing, "guiding men to invest in themselves", can be said to be the practical application of this theory.Because when a person invests enough, even if you are not that attractive, he will still "rationalize" his love for you, and he will try his best to find a reason to love you to prove that his investment is correct.

On the contrary, no matter how many advantages you have, if you don't let TA make investment, your attractiveness will "come quickly and go quickly". Once the love is over, your attractiveness will plummet immediately.

"Strawberry Snow Ice is what I often drink here. It's very delicious. I recommend you to try it!" Liu Mo said softly to him while fiddling with the straw.

Su Shi'an took the other straw without hesitation, and after taking a sip, he said, "I still prefer chocolate ice."

"That's right, you've always liked the taste of chocolate." Liu Mo agreed in a timely manner.

"So you still prefer the strawberry flavor." Su Shi'an glanced at the chocolate toffee on the table, and pointed out lightly.

Liu Mo's expression froze slightly.In order to resonate with him just now, she deliberately said that her taste has changed from liking strawberry to chocolate, but when ordering drinks, she still habitually chose her favorite strawberry.

"Since the taste has not changed, don't force yourself to change. Isn't the most important thing in life is to find what suits you." Afterwards, Su Shi'an said this sentence again.

　Lyrics from "Best Friend"

　　
　
(End of this chapter)