I just want to be a salted fish quietly Chapter 165

Qin Shi carefully sized him up, seeing faint bloodshot veins in his eyes, she couldn’t help but ask, “You didn’t sleep last night?”

“Only slept three or four hours!”

Lin Xian answered truthfully.

“I probably already know.”

Qin Shi smiled slightly and explained, “Yesterday’s hypnosis left a deep impression on you. Coincidentally, your Chinese teacher has a very gentle voice and also likes to play with her hair, so a phenomenon similar to scene re-enactment occurred.”

Lin Xian thought carefully, and it indeed seemed a bit too coincidental.

“Of course, the most crucial point is that you yourself were sleep-deprived, leading to an inability to concentrate. Under normal circumstances, this kind of scene re-enactment wouldn’t have a hypnotic effect. And your state at that time should be considered when your consciousness was weakest.”

Qin Shi said, pouring herself a cup of black tea, and asked, “Still black tea?”

Lin Xian said calmly, “Coffee, let’s change the taste!”

Hearing this, Qin Shi’s movements paused slightly, then she stood up and brewed a cup of coffee for Lin Xian.

Glancing at the coffee can, Lin Xian smiled, “I didn’t expect Teacher Qin’s taste used to be the same as mine, both liking Blue Mountain coffee.”

“Is that so?”

Qin Shi smiled slightly, her expression unperturbed.

But Lin Xian clearly caught a hint of shyness flashing in her eyes.

That’s right!

It was shyness!

He had seen that look before.

It was in the graduation photo at the Vientiane Bookstore yesterday!

At this moment, Qin Shi had finished brewing the coffee.

“Thank you!”

Lin Xian took the coffee, thanked her, and then suddenly said, “Teacher Qin knows Li Wen?”

“Li Wen?”

Qin Shi frowned slightly and chuckled, “I don’t remember him. Why do you suddenly ask this?”

Lin Xian said indifferently, “Nothing, I just happened to see Teacher Qin’s graduation photo in Li Wen’s bookstore yesterday, and I was surprised by Teacher Qin’s change.”

“People always change.”

Qin Shi said, taking off her glasses and gently picking up a glasses cloth to wipe them.

Lin Xian’s pupils constricted slightly. He had seen very clearly just now that Qin Shi’s glasses were very clean, even spotless.

Is it a habit?

Or a subconscious action?

Putting her glasses back on, Qin Shi regained her elegant and dignified demeanor, “Tell me about your dream after being hypnotized just now!”

“I saw a door in a space composed of pre-consciousness,” Lin Xian said truthfully.

“The so-called door is just the materialization of your consciousness. Because I mentioned the door yesterday, you think that behind the door should be the world of the subconscious.”

Qin Shi took a sip of black tea and continued, “The door is just a metaphor; the passage connecting to the subconscious can be anything.”

Thinking that he was about to push open that door in his dream, he asked with a solemn expression, “What would be the consequences if I pushed open that door?”

“Nothing will happen!” Qin Shi replied.

Nothing will happen?

This answer made Lin Xian slightly stunned.

Seeing his expression, Qin Shi smiled charmingly, “You don’t think that pushing open the door will enter the world of the subconscious, do you?”

“Isn’t it?” Lin Xian raised an eyebrow.

“If the subconscious were really that easy to access, then psychology, having developed to this point, wouldn’t still know nothing about it! I said, that door is just a materialization of your consciousness. You can understand it as having a very realistic dream.”

Qin Shi leaned forward slightly and retorted, “Where do you think a person’s subconscious is?”

“In…”

Lin Xian paused, not knowing how to answer.

He really wanted to say, of course, it’s in the human brain, but then he thought it seemed wrong.

“It’s normal not to be able to answer. If you really knew, then this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology would definitely be yours!”

Qin Shi made a small joke, then said seriously, “Consciousness itself is an existence that cannot be detected or captured. To describe it in more abstract language, one could say that the subconscious resides in a unique space. It could be a four-dimensional space, or even a higher-dimensional space, do you understand?”

“Four-dimensional space?”

Lin Xian frowned, pondering, “Teacher Qin, do you think it’s possible that a person’s subconscious doesn’t exist individually, but is an incredibly vast collective?”

Lin Xian’s words made Qin Shi freeze, stunned in place.

Seeing this, Lin Xian was incredibly surprised.

This was the first time he had seen Qin Shi lose her composure like this.

Holy crap!

Could it be that his random analysis turned out to be correct?

After regaining her composure, Qin Shi pushed up her glasses, her expression subtly excited, “Your speculation isn’t impossible!”

“Student Lin Xian, do you really not want to join my research project?”

This was her second active invitation.

Lin Xian chuckled, “I think the subconscious is too dangerous, so let’s just forget it!”

Qin Shi shook her head, “No, this time it’s different; it’s you researching me went wrong and someone got hurt.”

Regarding psychology, Lin Xian wasn’t even an (beginner), having only attended a few classes. How could he be qualified to research others?

Isn’t this a joke!

Qin Shi explained, “You misunderstood. I am still the lead researcher for this project, and I am also the subject of the research. You are merely assisting from the sidelines!”

“How about you find someone else! I heard that Nanjing Normal University’s psychology department is very strong. Teacher Qin, you could find an assistant there.”

Lin Xian felt her idea was too crazy and quickly declined.

To think of finding him, a complete novice among psychology novices, as an assistant—isn’t that crazy enough?

Hearing this, Qin Shi nodded seriously and said, “I will consider your suggestion. Student Lin Xian, can you leave your contact information?”

“Yes!”

Lin Xian nodded and recited his phone number.

After writing down the number, Qin Shi asked, “Student Lin Xian, is there anything else?”

“No!”

Lin Xian stood up and invited, “Teacher Qin, are you free to have lunch together today?”

“No, I have a meeting to attend later!” Qin Shi politely refused.

“Alright, then I won’t disturb you!”

Lin Xian said, then turned and walked out of the office.

Qin Shi watched his departing back, picked up a ballpoint pen in her hand, and quickly spun it, while asking, “Do you think what he said is possible?”

“The possibility is very small.”

“So, it’s possible then?”

“Your idea is too crazy, and if you invite him, aren’t you afraid of exposing secrets?”

“Do you think he hasn’t discovered it yet?”

Qin Shi’s lips curved into a smile, and her tone was firm, “No matter what, we have to try.”