After modification, enter the love game

Doctor Wen said seriously, "The wound exists from the beginning to the end. The wound is the wound. Whether it is on the body or the mind, the wound will definitely have an impact."

He seemed to remember something, sighed softly, and turned to look out the window.

In the school, a large sycamore leaf was broken by the wind and fell to the ground. Its emerald color quickly faded and turned into a withered red. It was then picked up by a thin, child's hand.

Jiang Mu looked at the leaves in front of him, his eyes flickering slightly.

Memories are from the distant past, like a dry riverbed.

He couldn't quite remember when he was abducted. He only remembered that when he was very young, he was thrown into a crowd of strangers. If he cried, he was beaten. If he ran, he was beaten even more painfully. Even a woman in her forties or fifties could easily pick him up. In the hands of an adult, a child's resistance was both ridiculous and pathetic.

It is hard to say whether he was lucky or unlucky. He escaped several times, but the worst result was just a beating. Probably in order to sell him at a good price, too many "scars" would affect his appearance.

Even pet dogs are like this, and of course humans are no different.

Children always learn quickly, and Jiang Mu is probably the type who has a particularly strong learning ability. Whether actively or passively, he quickly learns things that he should not learn at his age, but as long as people are alive, they will learn everything.

For example, bargaining, pretending to be nice, and smiling with a dagger hidden behind one's heart.

And most importantly, lies.

By now, lying was as natural to him as breathing, and until now, this time the "seller" thought he was just a fool.

In most cases, if you want to accomplish something, it's better for your enemies to think you're dumber than for them to think you're smarter.

At this time, Jiang Mu was locked in a room that looked like a woodshed. The door was made of iron and locked tightly. The walls were very dirty and broken, but there were no tools that could be used in the room. It would be impossible to dig out by using the corner of the wall, even with the bones of his hands.

There is a window high up, but it is blocked tightly by iron bars. You can see a corner of the sky outside, but that's all.

There is a small hole on the iron door, which seems to be provided for pet cats and dogs. In recent days, it is used as a temporary hole for delivering food into the house.

In fact, Jiang Mu knew that even if he really ran away, it would probably be useless. On the way here, he saw from the car window that this was a remote place with few means of transportation in the village. The most reliable car was the one driven by the "seller" this time.

Jiang Mu had watched cars drive carefully many times, and he could probably drive by imitating others, but driving requires a key, and keys are something that he would only carry with him no matter how hard he tried.

Jiang Mu looked up and saw the sunset through the window. It was cooking time and the smoke from the chimney swirled and rose on the roof, emitting the rich aroma of coffee.

Doctor Wen picked up the smoking coffee and blew gently.

"You said your friend's exact words were 'I've told enough lies to deceive enough girls'."

He paused, "If I'm not mistaken, this sentence itself is a lie."

Li Hua frowned: "So, this thief Sun is trying to frame me again? My worries are in vain?"

"No, he probably did tell a lot of lies and cheated on a lot of girls. That's probably all true."

Doctor Wen said, "But we must know that the nature of 'lies' and 'lies' is different. Some are well-intentioned, and some are malicious. For example, some insignificant little lies, each of us should have told them, such as when I say now, Li Hua, you are really handsome."

Li Hua: “?”

Doctor Wen was stared at silently by Li Hua for a few seconds before he said, "You...don't you think this joke is funny?"

"...Doctor, has anyone ever told you that you sometimes talk really badly?"

"It's not bad." Doctor Wen scratched his head. "It's mainly because many of my former colleagues who worked as psychology teachers in this school were confessed to by students or teachers because they were too considerate, so they changed jobs to avoid suspicion."

Li Hua thought to himself, no wonder you have been able to do this for so long.

"Let's get back to the point." Doctor Wen said, "He may have told a lot of lies and cheated on many girls, but cheating is like skipping school. Once you do it the first time, the guilt will be halved the second time, until there is no guilt anymore."

"what do you mean?"

"I mean, but it's probably not the many lies and the many girls that make him feel guilty enough to become obsessed."

Doctor Wen paused, "Maybe, only 'once', or 'one girl', only that one time."

"It's a crucial moment that I will never forget."

This is probably the last and only chance, Jiang Mu thought.

In the afternoon, he heard the voices of children outside.

Probably the children in the village, they vaguely said that the houses here were haunted recently and they wanted to come over to explore at night.

Life in the village is always boring. It's nothing more than running from here to there and from there to here. The rest is climbing mountains and trees and going to the river to catch fish. It's a rare opportunity to have something interesting. Everyone is very excited and made an appointment to get together in the evening.

This was all thanks to Jiang Mu's harmless appearance, because once before, Jiang Mu wanted to escape in the middle of the night, but he was soon discovered by the human traffickers on guard, caught and severely beaten. He starved for many days and was dying.

He had experienced "almost dying" many times, and that time was the closest he had ever been to death. The Grim Reaper's scythe gently kissed his neck, and half an inch deeper would have hooked out his soul.

After that, Jiang Mu learned to "hide".

Reality is always the best teacher.

This time, because he was harmless, no one was waiting in front of Jiang Mu's door, and no one even came to see him.

This is his chance. Although he doesn't know where this opportunity will be used, an opportunity is an opportunity.

The so-called "ghost" probably refers to Jiang Mu.

He couldn't speak or make too much noise. If he exposed his true situation, those people would not just leave him here without hesitation.

But Jiang Mu would sometimes deliberately make louder footsteps when walking in the house, or make some noise, hoping that some kind person would help him, or at least attract someone else's attention.

Learn to use every tool at your disposal, especially humans.

Human beings are one of the most useful tools.

Jiang Mu pressed tightly against the door, not missing any sound from outside.

When he heard footsteps approaching, Jiang Mu kicked the iron gate hard, making a loud noise.

Suddenly, a terrified cry of "Wow!" came from outside the door, and the children probably scattered like frightened sparrows.

After a while, footsteps were heard.

The lock made a "click" sound.

The man in the van opened the door, looked inside warily at first, walked in slowly, stared at the sleeping Jiang Mu for a few seconds, and then slammed the door shut.

"What's going on?" someone asked.

"Maybe some little brat came here to make trouble." The man who just came in complained, "Tsk, damn kid, why is he not sleeping in the middle of the night? I really want to get rid of one of them."

"Hush! This is not your first time here. This is a village, it's different from the outside world." Another person said, "Outside, if we break the law and get caught, we can go to jail. If we get caught here, do you want to try some yellow rice with cold water?"

Jiang Mu had heard that yellow rice has an insulation layer when it is dipped in cold water, so it needs to be cooked for a long time. After being boiled in cold water, it becomes cold on the outside and hot on the inside. Once it enters the human body, the insulation layer is destroyed, and the burns can make one's life worse than death, and the pain is as if one has swallowed a red-hot coal ball.

The man was obviously a little scared, and said viciously: "Damn, why is the buyer so difficult to deal with? Wait for two more days at most. If we can't reach an agreement in two days, we won't do it this time."

The two voices gradually faded away.

At this time, Jiang Mu was not clear about what "the law leaves room to give victims a chance" meant.

He just felt that the law was really merciful, which was completely different from his own ideas.

And, I have at most two days.

The next evening, the sound of footsteps was heard again.

This time Jiang Mu learned his lesson. He stomped his feet hard on the ground. The sound was just loud enough to be heard by people outside the door, but it did not make a loud noise like kicking the iron door directly yesterday.

Maybe Jiang Mu was lucky, or maybe the sound this time was not as loud as yesterday.

Although most of the children still ran away, this time, rustling sounds came from the food delivery door.

"You, are you a ghost?"

It sounded like a girl's voice, with an accent and a hint of boldness that was unique to village children.

"No, I'm a human being, just like you."

Jiang Mu suppressed his excitement and asked, "Did you grow up in the village?"

"Yeah, yes." The girl also became excited. "You, you, you are from outside? Why are you doing this in the house? Do you want me to open the door for you to touch?"

Jiang Mu tried to understand what the girl said, "Can you open the door here?"

"Yes, all the houses in this area belong to me. I have the key." The girl said, "You haven't told me yet, why are you in this room?"

——At this moment, Jiang Mu subconsciously wanted to say something.

But... he suddenly hesitated.

Want to explain the real situation?

What needs to be done seems to be very simple. Tell the truth, let the girl outside the door call for help, and attract the righteous villagers to drive away the bad guys. Then it seems that you will be saved.

But is it really that simple?

Over the years, Jiang Mu was forced to learn a lot, including deception, inducement, lies, and disguise.

Many people only learn those skills after a long time of adulthood, or even never learn them until they die, but Jiang Mu can use them to perfection.

He just wanted to live, that's all.

But among these skills, the only one missing is "belief".

Perhaps the girl outside the door is just and innocent, but since she has so many keys, are her parents really "just and innocent" as well?

Someone said before, “This is not the first time”... If there is no stable “sales channel” within a “group”, how could it be possible for human traffickers to come so many times?

"Actually, I was playing hide-and-seek." Jiang Mu said.

"Hide and seek?" The girl said excitedly, "If I find you, I will win, right?"

"Yes, you won. You are really awesome." Jiang Mu said helplessly, "Then it's your turn to hide next."

"Haha, I'm telling you, I'm really good at hiding." The girl looked very happy. "Just wait, count to sixty, and I'll show you my hidden treasure."

"No, no, no, I actually have a great hiding spot." Jiang Mu said, "It's right here."

"Ah? But I found you?"

"But I made the sound accidentally." Jiang Mu coaxed, "Think about it, if I didn't make any sound, could you find me?"

"I really can't." The girl said, "Wow, this place is so secret, then come out quickly and let me in!"

"But I don't have the key." Jiang Mo said.

"Oh, that's right... wait a minute, the key is by my bed, I'll be right back!"

"Remember not to tell your family." Jiang Mu quickly added.

"Why?"

"If they knew, you would be exposed."

"That's right...you're so smart!"

Jiang Mu smiled and said nothing.

He was clearly smiling, but there was no trace of smile in his eyes. It was an extremely complex emotion that should not appear in the eyes of a teenager like him. It was an emotion like falling stars.

He took a long breath, as turbid as if he had taken a full puff of a cigarette, and then exhaled slowly, exhaling all the resentment, anger, hesitation and despair along with the cigarette smoke.

"Do you mind if I have a cigarette in my mouth?" Dr. Wen said, "Don't worry, I won't light it. I'm not so tasteless as to smoke in the office."

"Of course, whatever you want." Li Hua said, "You just said, 'guilt'?"

"Yes, guilt." Dr. Wen held a cigarette between his lips. "Positive emotions rarely stay with a person throughout his life, but negative emotions are very common. Just like the popular saying on the Internet, 'even if you wake up in the middle of the night, you should slap yourself.'"

He paused, “Among them, guilt is a common, yet extremely special emotion.

Because people's guilt often comes from their 'conscience', and although this emotion of guilt can bring pain to the person, it can also cause the person to do things that benefit certain people or things."

Dr. Wen thought for a moment and said, “It’s like a popular saying, as long as I have no morals, I won’t be kidnapped by morality;

On the other hand, once people still have something called "conscience," they will definitely feel uneasy about something they have done... Sometimes, we are persuaded by our conscience, and sometimes, our conscience is deceived by ourselves. In any case, people can get comfort from "self-deception."

"It doesn't sound too serious," said Li Hua.

"Yes, humans are such amazing creatures. Their psychology is very strange, isn't it?" Doctor Wen smiled, "But there are exceptions."

"exception?"

"Yes." Dr. Wen said, "The exception is that he can't convince himself at all, but he has reasons to do it. For example, as often happens in war works, if he doesn't do it, he will die."

——She will be fine.

Jiang Mu thought to himself.

I left her the key, and taught her that when someone brings her food, she should wait until the food is fully delivered and the person has walked away before taking it. I taught her not to make any noise when playing hide-and-seek, and I told her that it only takes one day, and after the sun sets outside the window, she will automatically win, and then she can use the key to come out without hesitation.

I only needed her to pretend for one day, just in case, in order to prevent the people delivering the meals from finding out that no one took the meals they delivered.