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81. Psychology: Caught by the Murderer

Translator: Guy Gone Bad

But Su Bei couldn’t just ignore the knocking at the door, finally he got up to answer it.

Just at this time, Xiao Qianran’s phone call came in.

Su Bei picked up the phone while walking. As he opened the door and then said hello,

the phone dropped on the floor.

Xiao Qianran also heard the dropping sound and then got hung up.

He frowned, subconsciously feeling that something went wrong.

But soon he received a message from Su Bei: Sorry, the receiver was broken. I will call you back.

Xiao Qianran suddenly got up, picked up the suit in the chair, directly called the police, and then went to Su Bei’s home.

It was raining hard and the whole world was blurring.

Xiao Qianran drove downstairs of Su Bei’s home, and took the elevator up.

He knocked on the door and then made a phone call.

The phone was powered off. And no one answered the door.

Xiao Qianran lifted his foot and kicked at the door.

After a few kicks, the door opened, no one was inside.

When Su Bei woke up, he felt extremely cold all over.

He looked around. It was like an abandoned factory.

And he was thrown in the corner, bound.

Not far away was cooking a pot of greasy soup.

He felt huge pain in the head, so never open the door without knowing who was out. It was dangerous.

As he opened the door, he got assaulted.

He completely had no idea what had happened.

Su Bei soon heard footsteps, approaching.

A middle-aged man wearing take-away clothes grinned at Su Bei, kind of creepy.

“You moths of the society,” he said, as if to himself, “are wasting food by ordering takeout every day and making not contributions to society.”

“Why? Why do I have to deliver for these social moths every day and got bullied by you?”

Su Bei understood, it was a delivery man who was bullied, so he wanted to kill people and take revenge on society.

Oh no! He only ordered takeout food for two days. He was innocent!

And he never said bad words about any delivery man.

Suddenly, Su Bei remembered that the talk of those middle-aged men when camping, they said that there were two serial killers who specially aimed at Otaku. Was he really so unlucky to meet one of them?

So down on his luck?

He was a man who had never won any lotteries.

Such small odds even happened on him? Shouldn’t he buy a lottery ticket or what?

Su Bei looked calm on the surface, but actually crazily complaining in his heart.

And then it occurred to him that he would fail the mission if he died, which made it even sadder.

He was not afraid of death but only afraid of mission failed, really.

That delivery man took a knife to approach to him, waved it on Su Bei’s body several times, “Which part do you like to eat?”

The hands behind were trying to break free from the rope like crazy, while his expression didn’t change a bit. He said seriously, “I don’t like eating meat, really.”

The delivery man raised his hand and gave Su Bei a slap, “Bullshit. The take-away you ordered is all meat.”

Su Bei’s OS, “What did I do wrong with that? Can’t you be a little bit reasonable?”

Well, you should never reason things out with a lunatic.

Su Bei’s wrists were burning painful, probably the skin had been worn out.

But the good news was that the rope was getting loose and he had to calm down the delivery man to make time for himself.

Su Bei blinked and let himself look more sincere, “Uncle, killing is not good, really.”

The middle-aged man sneered. “I didn’t kill people. I just killed the moths of the society like you, so it’s not murdering.”

Su Bei continued to reason, “Uncle, you see, if you are thrown into prison for these social moths like us, isn’t it a little bit not worth it?”

82. Psychology: Escape

Translator: Guy Gone Bad

After seriously thinking for a while, the middle-aged man suddenly became manic, hysterically shouting, “I am doing it for the good of the society! For the good of the country! Why should they arrest me? Why?”

Su Bei was startled and swallowed some saliva, “Right , right, you are a good man!”

He was being sarcastic, of course.

The middle-aged man did want to hear Su Bei’s jibber-jabber, he took the knife against Su Bei and asked fiercely, “Say it, which part do you want to eat?”

Very close! Su Bei’s wrist had been painfully numb, “I really do not eat human flesh, or you change some other meat? Like pork and chicken?”

The middle-aged man stabbed Su Bei’s leg with the knife, the sudden pain let Su Bei’s face distorted.

He grinned evilly, “Thigh meat then, all lean meat!”

Then he pulled out the knife, but when he was ready to stab again, Su Bei broke free of the rope, took to his heels.

He was really in an abandoned factory. There was nothing but rubbles outside.

It was still raining hard and hard to see the way.

But Su Bei had no choice but to run if he wanted to live.

He took a random direction and ran through the pain.

He could hear the chasing footsteps from behind, his heart pounding.

He skipped a number of mounds and dived into a field of decaying vegetation.

He couldn’t run anymore, so he crouched down and tried to hide himself.

The man’s footsteps were approaching closer and closer, while Su Bei’s heart was also beating loud.

Suddenly, an arm stretched in to hold Su Bei’s arm.

Su Bei started to run, the man quickly followed behind him, whispering, “It’s me.”

It was Xiao Qianran, but because of the big movement of two people, the delivery man also quickly found Su Bei.

Su Bei endured the sharp pain and said, “Run! Come on!”

Xiao Qianran took a look at Su Bei’s trembling leg, showing his concern, “Or I carry you?”

Su Bei pushed him, “Don’t think about these, run fast.”

If we don’t, we’ll be cooked.

As Su Bei who thought they could run away looked up, he saw the delivery man running over with the knife.

Su Bei’s pupils slightly shrunk. As he was about to warn Xiao Qianran, Xiao Qianran had already jumped to fight the middle-aged man.

He got a cut on the arm while they were fighting. He looked back at Su Bei, expression warm as always, “Run, I already called the police.”

Su Bei cursed in his heart. Run? Not possible! No matter he died or his captivating target died, the task would fail anyway.

So he’d rather fight for a chance.

So thinking like that, Su Bei rushed up, bumped into the off-guard delivery man.

Su Bei held Xiao Qianran’s hand and ran.

He felt that he had run faster than ever.

Xiao Qianran cocked his head. Apparently Su Bei was also pretty scared, he still tried to save him. Feeling a bit funny.

He held his hand. It was cold, probably too scared.

The mechanical sound of 748, “Captivating bar increased by 10%, current progress 50%.”

Su Bei nearly felt moved to tears, but this was what he earned at the risk of his life.

Behind the footsteps were shadowing, Su Bei felt that it had reached this limit.

He asked 748, “748, is there a chance that I could top the captivating bar if I died for Xiao Qianran and let him say I love you?”

748 threw cold water on him unceremoniously, “Host, please don’t daydream, thank you.”

Su Bei turned around and saw that the delivery man already was close at hand holding the knife.

He pulled Xiao Qianran and blocked the knife.

Instead of the imaginary pain, he heard a gunshot instead.

There was a sound of shuffling feet and the appearance of numerous policemen.

They quickly surrounded the injured delivery man.

83. Psychology: A Narrow Escape

Translator: Guy Gone Bad

Xiao Qianran held Su Bei into his arms, having some doubts in his heart. How can there be such a stupid person?

Knowing he was going to die if he did that, he still tried to protect him.

748, “Captivating bar increased by 10%, current progress 60%.”

Su Bei was shedding excited tears, he did not die, but even increased the strategy progress.

So the unlucky Su Bei finally got a bit luck?

Xiao Qianran picked Su Bei up around the waist, but his face was not as gentle as before.

The eyes were even more aggressive without warm light.

The delivery man had been arrested, and one of the men they had camped with last time came forward in a police uniform and asked, “Are you all right?”

Xiao Qianran motioned him to see Su Bei’s leg, a big blood hole, still bleeding.

That man hurriedly sent a police car to drive Su Bei to hospital.

Fortunately, the injury did not hurt the vital parts. But he needed a long time to recuperate.

After Su Bei’s mother heard of it, she immediately flew over overnight.

Sniveling and sobbing before Su Bei, saying that she wouldn’t have gone travelling if she had known this.

He was her treasure. Her heart was bleeding. She didn’t want any limited edition handbags! Nothing could compare with her son…

Su Bei was a bit helpless, while Xiao Qianran stood aside, snickering.

The results from the police came out. The take-out middle-aged man was the serial killer.

He once got yelled at for being late with the delivery, and became mentally twisted and started killing people.

Up to now he still did not admit that he was guilty, thinking he was making contributions to the society for eradicating those social moths.

Ye Tongtong came too. She performed a lot better than Su Bei’s mother, but also grabbed Su Bei’s hands, weeping.

Saying that if it hadn’t been Xiao Qianran, she would never see Su Bei again.

And after Su Bei got well, she would thank Xiao Qianran.

Su Bei wore a total expressionless face all the way. Shouldn’t Xiao Qianran thank him?

Although Xiao Qianran may not be so weak as he thought and would not die, anyway, he had saved Xiao Qianran twice.

After Ye Tongtong left, Xiao Qianran sat on his bedside, with a warm smile, “So, it is better to eat less takeout in the future, it is not good for the health, and you may also bring in lunatics.”

Su Bei felt wronged, “I can’t cook. What choice do I have except ordering takeout food?”

Xiao Qianran smiled, “Speaking of which, you are still my savior.”

Su Bei picked his eyebrow, “So…”

Xiao Qianran smiled a little, “So I will definitely cure your wound. For better treatment, after you get well, move to my place.”

Su Bei was silent for a while, so soon cohabiting? Oh Man! He is indeed a captivating genius!

He repressed his little excitement and replied, “All right.”

But who is Xiao Qianran? Su Bei’s expression already told him everything.

So, is Subei looking forward to moving in with him?

The next day, Su Su came, too.

She took a lot of fruit, showing great concern, “Bei, is it serious? How could you be targeted by a serial killer?”

Su Bei replied, “I am not the murderer, how would I know?”

She sighed and began to peel apple for Su Bei. “Fortunately, you are all right. Otherwise, mother will die of sorrow. You are her only son.”

Su Bei didn’t want to react to her sour words, because he already felt sour looking at her peeling the apple.

He hated apples, only hearing the word apple already made his teeth sour, let alone eating it.

Xiao Qianran who went out to answer the phone came in. As he saw Su Su who was peeling an apple, he smiled, “Miss Su Su, Su Bei doesn’t like eating apples.”

84. Psychology: Awkward Conversation

Translator: Guy Gone Bad

Su Su was caught in a daze, looking at Su Bei whose expression was a bit gloomy, “I remember he liked eating apple when he was little.”

Xiao Qianran walked forward and handed a lollipop to Su Bei, “People’s taste always change, don’t you know?”

Su Bei took the lollipop, tore off the sweet paper and stuffed it into the mouth.

A sweet feeling dispelled the uneasiness of seeing an apple.

“No,” he mumbled, “I don’t like apples since I was little.”

Yes, the original owner was the same like him-both didn’t like eating apples.

Su Su’s expression was a little unnatural, she quickly put away the apple, “I remember it wrong, what do you want to eat? I’ll buy you now.”

Su Bei shook his head, “No, thanks.”

Su Su clenched her fists. “Then I will accompany you here.”

Su Bei did not refuse. She could stay if she wanted.

But the problem was, they had no common language. It would be very awkward.

In order to show her concern for this only younger brother Su Bei, Su Su began to pick up a conversation, “I haven’t been staying with Xiaobei so peacefully for a long time. When you were a child, you were like my shadow following here and there, and you were so cute, although…still handsome now.”

Su Bei went through the memory of original owner, there was such a thing, but because Su’s parents favored sons for girls, letting Su Su generating resentment to him.

In places where no one could see, she would bully Su Bei and gradually they became estranged.

So, never believe the plot the system provided, anyway, it was total bullshit.

Xiao Qianran sat on Su Bei’s bedside, slender fingers elegantly peeling an orange.

He had thought that the expression on the woman’s face was falsely appealing to him.

But after knowing Su Bei, he felt the expression on the woman’s face was an eyesore.

As a psychologist, he knew exactly why.

Xiao Qianran soon peeled the orange well, like a work of art.

He put the orange in Su Bei’s palm, Su Bei looked at this work-of-art-like orange, feeling that he had no heart to eat it.

Su Su was kind of jealous of Su Bei. Clearly she first knew Xiao Qianran, the result was Xiao Qianran was even better to Su Bei now.

She opened her mouth, “Xiaobei also doesn’t like eating oranges, does he?”

Su Bei, “click”, crumbed the lollipop, and said, “I’m fine with it.”

It was quite an awkward conversation.

The most awkward person was Su Su, who quickly deflected the awkward conversation by asking, “Will Mr. Xiao still be lecturing at our school? We like your class very much. It’s very good.”

Xiao Qianran slowly wiped away the orange juice at his fingertips, saying gently, “Miss Su should change the major.”

Su Su could no longer maintain her expression, “Why is that?”

Xiao Qianran smiled, “Because Miss Su is not fit to study psychology.”

She could not control her emotions and psychology, and also did not know how to observe others.

The only function of her, probably, was to be a teaching material by negative example.

Su Su’s expression went slightly stiff, but she quickly covered it up and made a sad face. “I know I’m a bit stupid and can’t learn anything well, but I really like this major and I like Mr. Xiao’s class.”

Xiao Qianran looked at Su Su, wearing a gentle smile.

Su Su blushed as she looked at Xiao Qianran.

Xiao Qianran opened his mouth, “What did I teach in the class that day?”

Su Su froze for a moment, she really could not remember, because her goal was not to listen to lectures, but Xiao Qianran.

Xiao Qianran did not ask more questions, obviously giving Su Su enough face.

This let Su Bei feel Xiao Qianran was really a gentleman.

85. Psychology: Why Would I Believe Your Bullshit

Translator: Guy Gone Bad

So Su can’t stay here all the time, so she could only grudgingly leave.

Xiao Qianran asked Su Bei, “What decoration style do you prefer?”

Su Bei was not clear why Xiao Qianran asked that, thinking probably to read his mind

So he said, “Simple, not too complicated.”

Xiao Qianran peeled another orange and put it in Su Bei’s hand, “And the color?”

Su Bei answered, “Any.”

A few days in hospital, Xiao Qianran came every day, so did Su Su.

Su Bei’s OS, ‘To see Su Su using all kind of means to attract Xiao Qianran’s attention was also very interesting.’

When Su Bei got discharged, he was directly taken to Xiao Qianran’s home,

He did not know how Xiao Qianran convinced his parents.

Xiao Qianran’s villa was kind of remote. Su Bei did not understand, why rich people all wanted to live so far away from the downtown.

Su Bei took only a few sets of new clothes, so the luggage was not much.

Xiao Qianran showed Su Bei around the villa, did not know why, feeling kind of depressed.

The design of the house had a retro feeling, as if it had existed for ages.

When Su Bei saw his own room, he really couldn’t help complaining in the heart.

Black and white, simple style, but kind of depressive.

He suddenly remembered that Xiao Qianran asked him what kind of decoration style he liked, so only for decorating the room for him?

Well, stop complaining. At least he was still thinking of decorating his room.

Su Bei’s face expression change was all taken into Xiao Qianran’s eyes.

On the first night he moved in, it rained.

The rain was as heavy as that night, and lightning flashed from time to time outside the window.

Heartless Su Bei was not affected a bit.

Just as he was getting ready for bed, there was a knock at the door.

Su Bei opened the door and saw Xiao Qianran standing in his pajamas.

Xiao Qianran did not wear his glasses now, a little less elegant, a little more oppressive.

“Most people experience too many horrible things,” he said. “It’d leave psychological shadow and some other sequala.”

Su Bei did not react what he was trying to say at the beginning.

Xiao Qianran smiled, suddenly stretched out his hand to turn off the light, just then in the sky rang a thunder.

Su Bei was not afraid at first, but now was reflexively startled.

Xiao Qianran smiled harmlessly, “You see, things that day make you afraid of rainy days.”

Su Bei looked at Xiao Qianran who already entered the room, instantly understood. That was only an excuse.

Any normal person would have been scared just now, OK?

Since when did it leave a psychological shadow on him?

Of course Xiao Qianran did not feel Su Bei’s crazy complaining. Even if he did, he would pretend he did not.

“I think I need to give you some counseling to get you out of it as quickly as possible,” he said.

Su Bei didn’t object. Xiao Qianran is a psychologist, what he said is always right.

Xiao Qianran directly sat on the bed, “The murderer has been arrested, so you don’t have to be so afraid he would come again.”

Su Bei twitched his mouth. He had no fear at all.

When he was ready to turn on the light again, he was stopped by Xiao Qianran.

“Such an environment is very useful for healing your psychological trauma,” Xiao Qianran said.

Su Bei felt that he would never believe his bullshit.

He also sat on the bed and asked Xiao Qianran, “How does Mr. Xiao plan to give me psychological counseling?”

After saying that, Su Bei felt that Xiao Qianran’s expression in the dark looked a bit strange.