Who would study psychology unless they had some issues?!

"That guy is so weird, wearing so much isn't he hot? Wait... is it him? Just, that... him?"

"Seems like it... yes, it's him."

"Oh~ it's him?"

"I heard that..."

Faintly, Nan Zhihao seemed to hear these voices.

These voices seemed to echo in the classroom, or sounded like they were in his ear, or directly appeared in his mind, or might not even exist at all.

Nan Zhihao didn't think he heard these voices with his ears, but felt the thoughts through his skin.

Were people really discussing like this?

Nan Zhihao didn't know, he just shrank his body a little more and turned his gaze to Nan Zhubin on the podium.

He was somewhat looking forward to what Nan Zhubin would talk about today, but also a bit afraid that Nan Zhubin might mention something about him in his speech.

...

Whether the discussion that Nan Zhihao sensed was real remains to be determined.

But the topic surrounding Nan Zhubin was indeed unfolding concretely.

Watching Nan Zhubin copying his PPT on the podium, a male court staff member with thick black-framed glasses quietly conversed, "Isn't today supposed to be Teacher Nan's last lecture with us?"

"Indeed." A female staff member with a ponytail replied, "I heard that in future cases, he'll be a witness? Once the related materials are confirmed, he won't be able to join our activities temporarily."

The ponytail's tone carried a hint of disappointment. This kind of disappointment was understandable.

"But isn't this our last time too? This time we've almost covered all the universities in our district?" a male staff member with thin white-framed glasses reminded.

The thick black frames shrugged: "Who knows, if the promotional material isn't enough, we might still go around junior colleges and vocational schools. But even if those trips come out, Teacher Nan won't be with us."

Saying this, the thick black frames sighed, with evident disappointment inside.

——Hmm?

The ponytail and thin white frames looked over, what are you disappointed about?

"Oh, I just feel— a bit disappointed." Perhaps realizing his companion misunderstood something, the thick black frames waved his hand repeatedly in explanation, "I just think that, well, it's rare to have a psychological expert come, and it turns out, hmm, rather ordinary."

The ponytail and thin white frames looked at Nan Zhubin organizing his PPT's side profile, then looked at the thick black frames' glasses and eyes.

Some things may need to be expressed and felt carefully, but some things are objectively existing and visible to the naked eye.

The thick black frames lowered his voice and hurriedly explained: "Don't you feel... this psychological expert is not very 'psychological'?"

The two companions showed puzzled expressions.

"I watched those videos of psychological experts online, they're all able to read expressions for lie detection, touch hands for lie detection, some can even outwit master fraudsters, capturing attention with a few words, leading people along their own rhythm and such."

The thick black frames pointed at Nan Zhubin: "But this expert has been working with us for almost half a month, and it feels like... he says things we've said, does things that seem like things we can do."

Oh, that's what you mean by rather ordinary.

The ponytail understood: "You wanted to see him read minds, do hypnosis and such, at least be able to use words to break down someone's psychological defenses or something?"

The thick black frames nodded repeatedly, indicating these were the first impressions one would have upon hearing the term 'psychological expert': "After all, the rumors said he was very remarkable."

Got it, seems like you have a bit of a bloodthirsty audience trait, huh?

The thin white frames adjusted his glasses: "Psychology should be a field that gets more 'magical' with age, right? He's so young, no matter how expert, it's normal for him to have a gap with 'that kind' of expert."

The thin white frames felt he was speaking fairly: "And besides, even if he has skills, the rumors say they're used against criminals. Now in a lecture, how's he supposed to practice on students?"

After listening to his companion's explanation, the thick black frames nodded helplessly. Not sure if he accepted "this expert is too young and unskilled" or "this expert is skilled but can't perform in front of us."

"I've always been curious about psychology." The thick black frames explained.

The thick black frames' tone held some melancholy: "Always felt the things I'm encountering now don't quite match my imagination. Before joining the court, I thought the courtroom would have verbal battles, but every day it's routine; before seeing this psychological expert, I thought there might be some exciting psychological warfare, but it's always so bland..."

A voice interrupted him: "Such routine indicates our day-to-day work is effectively delivered; otherwise, constant verbal clashes would be unmanageable, wouldn't they?"

The three staff members shivered together, it turns out Judge Chen sitting in the front turned around.

Judge Chen looked at the thick black frames meaningfully: "Doing work, still requires being grounded and enduring the mundane."

The three staff members nodded incessantly, sitting like quail, unable to speak further.

Xia Tian sat behind them, wrinkling her nose, feeling quite satisfied.

Yet faintly, she too had some expectations.

Unfortunately, today's situation seemed unlikely to meet everyone's expectations. After all, it's a promotional lecture for college students, mediocrity is the norm.

The lecture soon began.

Possibly because the series of lectures had gone on for too long, the court sides originally came with a task-completion mindset, and by now, they almost came with a near-idle resting mindset.

Judge Chen quietly approached the podium, read the PPT with a steady voice producing a quiet effect, also making the students below quietly drowsy.

When Nan Zhubin went up on stage, only a few people could even be invigorated by his face.

Scanning the state of the students below, Nan Zhubin's opening remarks today were quite straightforward:

"Just now, Judge Chen's presentation content, from the students' perspective, discussed how to protect oneself— very excellent."

"Next, I want to switch the perspective, from the criminals' standpoint, to help students understand some of the criminals'... thought processes, thus making everyone more alert to fraud cases."

At this point, Nan Zhubin paused, switching the PPT behind him.

An extremely minimalist slide design, white background, with only seven words on it.

Nan Zhubin almost read them out word by word: "Fraud syndicates are not people."

Oh ho? Quite an aggressive stance.

But it's an entirely agreeable aggressiveness.

Laughter erupted among the students, breaking up the quiet atmosphere a bit.