Who would study psychology unless they had some issues?!-Chapter 105 - 104 This is a good start

The subject in front of him pressed the last button for the experiment.

At the right moment, the words "Experiment Complete, Thank You for Participating" appeared on the computer screen.

Seeing this scene, Huang Xin exhaled deeply and followed the customary procedure to thank the junior student in front of the computer.

"Student, thank you for participating in our experiment today. The experiment is now over."

"Ah, is it over?" The junior student seemed to wake from a dream, then after a pause, "So soon..."

Huang Xin nodded with a smile.

His smile was very professional, also quite occupational, with a touch of deliberately practiced standardization, thus fitting most social occasions.

In the present scene, his smile could even compensate for some lack of appearance. Based on this smile, combined with the aura of mystery from the "Psychology" field and being in the lab’s home ground, Huang Xin’s entire temperament seemed to be elevated.

The junior student in front of him indeed returned a shy smile because of this.

"I think this experiment is very interesting, quite like what I imagined psychology to be." she whispered, "Senior, are there any other experiments that need my cooperation?"

Huang Xin enjoyed the gaze and reaction of the junior student, which gave him emotional satisfaction.

But he wasn’t really trying to develop anything; he just wanted to enjoy this emotional satisfaction.

So, upon hearing her request, Huang Xin immediately switched to a stereotyped explanation:

"If you’re still interested in participating in our subsequent experiments, you can follow our Psychology College’s public account or check the subject recruitment bulletin board in front of the teaching building. You can be informed of any recruitment news as soon as it happens."

"Furthermore, since you have already participated in our experiment, you are on our list. Under the same conditions, we will give priority to you in the future."

Huang Xin said this while pretending to check his watch, then showed an apologetic expression.

"We have the next test subject coming in soon. Thank you again for your support of our experiment. Now, please follow our staff to register and collect your experimental reward."

As he spoke, Huang Xin pointed with his hand, and the Big Nose junior immediately understood and stepped forward.

The junior student seemed to have more interest in the lab and experiments but couldn’t say much under this professional process. Despite her reluctance, she could only follow along and leave.

Huang Xin comfortably sat on the sofa that the junior student had just vacated and stretched lazily.

...

As a second-year graduate student in a master’s program, these days, Huang Xin’s main life revolves around conducting psychological consultations, doing experiments, and writing papers.

Although he leans towards the practical consulting psychological direction, if he wants to further his career in academia, his skills in basic experimental research cannot be neglected.

After all, strictly speaking, "Psychological Consultation" is still at the bottom of the contempt chain among the many research directions in "Psychology."

Simple case sharing and analysis cannot be published in core journals. Unless psychological consultation is used as a research method to prove a certain issue, there’s a slight hope.

Of course, if one can add a couple of basic experiments, build some models, and do rounds of data analysis in the paper, the quality would be higher.

For this reason, even though Huang Xin plans to be a psychological consultant as his main occupation, he still spends more time in the lab than in the Psychological Consultation room.

Fortunately—

"Although psychological consultation is at the bottom of the contempt chain in psychology, psychology itself is at the bottom of the contempt chain among the many disciplines of natural science."

Huang Xin took a sip of coffee to refresh himself and muttered, "But in the eyes of laypeople, psychological consultation is actually the most interesting and the most appealing to them."

For this reason, recruiting subjects for psychology experiments is particularly easy, and subjects are particularly cooperative in experiments.

Sometimes after completing an experiment, subjects can offer Huang Xin, as the lead experimenter, an additional sense of emotional value satisfaction.

"This is the proper graduate student life." Huang Xin sighed, "Doing experiments, doing internships, relying on the advisor group’s resources to gain industry experience, and either pursuing a Ph.D. or finding a good job after graduation. Why bother about personal conflicts and stalking former juniors?"

The bit of unpleasantness encountered outside the teacher’s office just now seemed to vanish from his mind in an instant—

"Truly a comfortable life..."

"Oh, hello, Senior!"

Suddenly, a shout came from outside the lab, and from the sound, it was the junior student who had just finished the experiment.

Everyone nearby tends to maintain silence, just like in a library. This junior student making such a loud noise abruptly indicates she had a small moment of losing control at that instant.

This is not the point.

The point is that the vitality, surprise, hope, and anticipation along with other mixed emotions in that voice instantly raised Huang Xin’s spirits.

The emotions in that voice were far more intense than those when she faced him earlier.

Not just anyone can awaken so many mixed emotions in the junior student.

Huang Xin took a deep breath, feeling a bad premonition rising.

He slowly turned his head.

Sure enough, he saw a face he absolutely didn’t want to see.

"Senior Brother." Nan Zhubin nodded towards Huang Xin, "I asked you earlier ’Where are you planning to go later?’ because I thought there was a chance I might need to find you later."

"And indeed, I need to find you now."

Huang Xin’s small eyes suddenly widened to normal size.

No, just because you’re looking for me, do I have to be found by you?

No, that’s not the point.

Huang Xin took a deep breath, silently reminding himself that this was his home ground.

He was ready to take a firm stance to chase the person away, but Nan Zhubin had already taken a brisk step towards him.

"Senior Brother, I mentioned before that I’ve memorized the way you lie, so you can’t lie in front of me now— even if you don’t speak, your expression will give you away."

"So I’ll get straight to the point—are you very afraid of me?"

Huang Xin choked.

"I guessed right. Are you afraid of me personally? No, you have no reason to."

"So you’re not afraid of me, but of some things that might be caused by me, like— getting reprimanded by the teacher?"

"Hmm, I got it right."

Nan Zhubin grabbed Huang Xin’s hand that was raised to chase him away.

Then, he pressed it down little by little with force.

His fingers were as firm as eagle claws, and Huang Xin surprisingly couldn’t shake free for a moment.

"So, Senior Brother, if you don’t want to be reprimanded by the teacher because of me, it’s best to chat with me properly."

"For instance— sitting down first, I think that would be a good start, don’t you agree?"

New novel chapt𝒆rs are published on free(w)ebnovel(.)com