Chapter 48: Peace of mind is good medicine
Different from the traditional antique teahouse, the Follett teahouse located on Jiefang Road looks like a supermarket or beauty salon at first glance, the carved art glass foyer is marked with embroidered English letters, the curved window eaves and the waiter who is ready to bow down at the door at the door can see that the service is doubled, the door is the European decoration, the door railing, the ceiling, the building support, and the different shapes, there are no similar tea houses, from the noisy street market at first glance, it will make the vision suddenly come to an impact, and the feeling of a foreign country arises spontaneously.
From a traditional point of view, afternoon tea is a thing that is more formal than content, but its brilliance is also in the form, such as tableware, not sterling silver, you have to use Royal Dalton or Albert's fine bone china, preferably the country rose series, to match the lazy atmosphere of the afternoon. For example, drinking tea is definitely not a traditional kung fu tea or tea tasting, it is best to use Indian Darjeeling black tea with sugar and milk. For example, in addition to the belly of ham or eggs and smoked salmon, there should be eye-catching English muffins, or a few fruitcakes and puff pastries......... By the way, like this place of elegance and taste, don't forget the music, especially taboo can not use domestic music, in the white-collar and petty bourgeoisie, domestic music is lacking a little "soul", must be accompanied by Richard and Mozart's music, preferably a euphemistic "To Alice", so that the men and women sipping milk tea with snacks and sipping milk tea wander in this lazy and full of hysterical atmosphere.
For example, at this time, Jian Fan, whose eyes were flashing with cunning, whispered softly and what Cheng Manting was talking about, looked a little intoxicated, holding the bone china tea tray lightly in his hand, the delicate small tea bowl on the tea tray, containing dark red and rich milk tea, which complemented the glass inlaid on the bone china, occasionally breathing slightly, smelling the rich fragrance, and listening to the soft music, which made people a little confused, whether it was the fragrance of tea or the fragrance of the beauty opposite.
Half of the smoked fish on the tea party was gone, Cheng Manting seemed to have a good appetite, forked a semi-round muffin and smeared with jam, smiled lightly with her braided teeth, put it in her mouth elegantly, raised her eyes inadvertently, and saw Jian Fan staring at herself, it seemed to be ambiguous, not ambiguous, seemed to have a smile, not a smile, but it was so deep, staring like a first love, if she didn't have the scar on her face, if she didn't know that this person was married and cheating, Cheng Manting felt that this kind of look was still quite lethal to women.
Maybe she knew the implicit meaning in her gaze, or maybe she knew that she had enough immunity, Cheng Manting smiled at the face, pursed her lips and teased: "Jian Fan...... You're trying to make eye contact with me? We haven't formed that tacit understanding yet. ”
Talking and blinking at Jian Fan, this period of psychological counseling has been spent in restaurants, tea houses, and concert halls, the relationship is becoming more and more familiar, and the words are becoming more and more casual, Cheng Manting smiled, Jian Fan squinted and smiled, and then nodded: "Yes, what you said is too right, tacit understanding needs to be cultivated for a long time." ”
"Is it?" Cheng Manting asked in a daze, the tea bowl was put to her mouth and paused slightly, as if she was chewing on whether this sentence had a deep meaning, and she glanced at Jian Fan's smiling and groaning appearance, very much like a profiteer slaughtering a fat sheep, which reversed the topic and exploded: "But I'm afraid I ...... if I don't have time."
"Why? Aren't we all right?"
"That's good, but I've decided not to accept your inquiries from next week. ”
"Then why? Doctor benevolence, Doctor Cheng, you have been treating me for so long, don't you lose anything if you leave me behind?"
"I really don't see any effect from this treatment. ”
Cheng Manting responded softly, looked at Jian Fan stunned and pretended, and simply said: "Look, since the first time in my psychological clinic, these two months and twenty-six days, an average of twice a week, we just drink tea, eat, listen to music, taste red wine, by the way, I also tasted your marinated sauce meat once, and accompanied you to fish once...... Why do I think I'm about to be caught by you?"
Belch...... Jian Fan choked lightly, straightened his neck and looked at the outspoken Cheng Manting, the narrow smile was very strong, very beautiful when he laughed, suddenly Lingling's eyes flashed, revealing intellect and wisdom, it seemed that Jian Fan's psychology had been seen at a glance, Jian Fan smiled, and said without embarrassment: "Doctor Cheng, in fact, I think the two of us have a pretty good relationship, you are knowledgeable, funny, and tasteful, I actually want to be edified by your side, you are not so unconfident in yourself, right?" Can I catch you as easily as a rabbit with a grass?"
The first half of the sentence is very positive, and the second half of the sentence is very straightforward, just like the conversation these days, Cheng Manting smiled, spread her hands outward, and asked helplessly: "I have confidence in myself, but I don't have confidence in you." What is this called therapy, but it is actually boring, what effect can it have?"
"Hey...... It's not the same, under your treatment, I have been changing my past two months, and your treatment is very effective. ”
"Won't you?"
"Really, why don't you believe in your own abilities?"
"No, according to you, the third party is very beautiful and charming, and you can bear it for so long?"
"Really, she went to the United States...... I can't help it, I have to endure it......"
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Cheng Manting didn't expect Jian Fan to give this result, after being stunned for a while, she couldn't help laughing, covering her mouth and laughing wildly, after a long time, she also discovered Jian Fan's characteristics, just like most men, thick-skinned, but Jian Fan is extra thick, and the third party who talked eloquently at this time didn't blush at all, I don't know why, there were several times when Cheng Manting was a little blushing by his unabashed words, and at this time, under a smile, I saw Jian Fan looking at herself with interest, Cheng Manting poured Jian Fan full of tea, added a piece of sugar, and changed the topic of the two and asked: "Well, it seems that I don't believe it and I have to believe it, whatever you want, as long as you are willing to spend money, I don't care. ”
"What is wronged money, it must be spent, I used to be very low-key, except for eating, I have no taste in doing other things, I feel quite comfortable living myself, but it's too low-key and cares too much about how I live, which will annoy the people around me, especially women...... So I decided to change, and from you, I found out a lot of things that I didn't understand, such as what you say about a happy marriage, what is it, a deaf man marries a blind woman, she can't see his filth, he can't hear her nagging......"
"That's what Samuel said, not what I said......"
"No matter who says it, is this concept of marriage quite good, as we often say, open your eyes before marriage and close your eyes after marriage is a meaning, it's too persistent, who can't get along with anyone, right?"
"Huh...... Completely correct, in fact, many things are complicated to the extreme, that is, they are simple at a glance, and the union of the two parties in marriage is largely improvised. Especially after the marriage loses its excitement and freshness. ”
"So, you've taught me how to make do, how can you say that it doesn't work......? Think about it, I used to be so poor that I was so poor that my pockets were cleaner than my face, and I could make do with it at that time, and I was here, and I didn't lack any money, but I couldn't make do with it?"
"Well, it barely makes sense, then I wish you all the best until you grow old. Hehe......"
A few words Cheng Manting responded with a smile, talking about this topic more than once, from Jian Fan's very positive expression, there is no lack of attachment to his wife and family, every time at this time, Cheng Manting can intuitively feel that Jian Fan and his wife must have had such a vigorous love, otherwise they would not be so reluctant, usually, a man will consciously avoid talking about his other half in front of another beauty, but Jian Fan is different, never avoided. For this, Cheng Manting both appreciated and was a little disappointed.
It seems that from the occasional flash of admiration in the eyes of this psychiatrist, it can be seen that the person sitting opposite him has a face that is neither elegant nor rough, a little pale, always neither elegant nor rude, always in one sentence, and a very envious experience, these things are curiosity in the eyes of women, and curiosity is the beginning of everything......
For example, at this time, when Cheng Manting was smiling lightly, she had already replayed countless conversations between the two in her mind, looking for a hint of connection between the two people, vague, and unspeakable feelings, only the feeling that she liked, like something surrounded by herself, a sense of security? Whether it is comfortable or comfortable, Cheng Manting can't tell it, but like Jian Fan, she feels that the two of them are very relaxed and happy together, especially when she sees Jian Fan sometimes having fun with her childlike heart, that joy seems to have not been experienced for many years.
The two of them, from marriage to life, from life to all over the world, from what they saw and heard about consumption, from consumption to food, from food to the difference between China and the West, time passed slowly, until Jian Fan reminded him that it was time to end, Cheng Manting saved these two hours, and it passed quickly.
Get up, pay the bill, and get out the door...... Jian Fan generously invited Dr. Cheng to get into his broken pickup truck, every time he saw Jian Fan driving this car Cheng Manting, he wanted to laugh, this will smile again, sat in the passenger seat, and waited for Jian Fan to send him home, the car reversed into the street and asked: "Jian Fan...... There's a question I've always wanted to ask you?"
"Ask me everything, including my private life. ”
"It's not a private life, I think you're a little too low-key, right?"
"Is there one?"
"Don't you feel it? I have a lot of high-profile people, desperately gilding themselves, paying attention to the details of food, clothing, housing and transportation, even if they are overdrafted, they have to live a good life, and they can't wait to eat a bowl of ramen and have to put a knife and a fork with dry red, but you, on the contrary, belong to the kind of master who eats abalone and has to sandwich a flatbread, for fear that others will see it...... I have a friend who works as a department manager at the Tang Emperor Hotel, a four-star hotel, and occasionally I mentioned that I knew the family of Shishang, and he was shocked and wanted me to introduce you......"
"Tang Huang, oh, I know, Jiannan Road is not far away, their ingredients are supplied by me, and the slaughterhouse in the southern suburbs has basically given us all the goods, they can't do it if they don't stammer, they can't open the stove......"
"Huh...... I'm sorry that you're all like this, and you're still so low-key, driving such a car?"
"This is the first car I bought, at that time, a meal after the rear compartment just pulled six meal buckets, on this weather, hotter than this, into the store to carry a person belching, a sweat, my family on this car to earn...... I have feelings for this car, and besides, I'm a master, you can't drive a BMW Mercedes-Benz, pull two slices of pork in the back compartment, and then put a whole bunch of pigs into the water...... Isn't that more chilling?"
"Hehe........."
Cheng Manting was amused by Jian Fan's big truth, and from time to time looked sideways at Jian Fan, who was leisurely and chic, driving with peace of mind, and seemed to have a deeper understanding of Jian Fan, until she reached the downstairs of the psychological clinic, gossiping and laughing all the way, and she felt that this road was so short, the car just stopped, Cheng Manting clicked to open the door, Jian Fan shouted, Cheng Manting turned around, and saw Jian Fan raising his eyes, as if he remembered something, and asked: "Doctor Cheng, by the way, I still want to ask you a question." ”
"Ask me everything, except for my private life. Cheng Manting smiled, learning Jian Fan's tone.
For example, if a man shows love to a woman and wants the other party to feel that I really love her, what should I do?"
Cheng Manting's heart moved slightly, her eyes flowed, and she blurted out: "Your wife?"
"Hmm...... Don't think about who. Jian Fan shook his head and attached conditions: "Don't limit your wife, lover or who you are, just treat the other party as a woman of the opposite sex." ”
"Then it depends on what kind of woman it is?" Cheng Manting's face was very professional, but her heartbeat was a little unprofessional, the psychiatrist was the best at figuring out the psychology of others, and she was also the best at hiding her own psychology, although she sat sideways, she was still so meticulous and did not panic at all.
"She was a very beautiful, very intelligent, very intellectual woman. Jian Fan said.
"Then she ...... with you" Cheng Manting seemed to be inducing a confession.
"Well, well, you should assume that she and I know each other. Jian Fan said.
"Oh, I seem to understand a little......" Cheng Manting's eyes rolled slyly, I don't know if Jian Fan is in the words or euphemistically expressed something, but I feel that Jian Fan's psychology is not as easy to figure out as ordinary people, after thinking for a while, he simply said: "...... That's it, keep it simple, don't think about it so complicated, whether a woman looks like a fairy or is ugly than unsalted, she will be born with a bit of vanity and sophistication in her bones, and the best way to show her love is to give her a subversive performance, subvert your performance in her eyes, and then tell her that you like her...... For example, if you have no financial pressure, the most direct way is to buy an expensive gift to test whether you can open the door of the other party's vanity...... The gift is actually the carrier of your show of love at this time, and the woman actually accepts your show of love while accepting the gift, if she refuses...... Then it's all over, no play. ”
"Oh...... It's a good idea to be simple and straightforward. Jian Fan seemed to understand and nodded.
"Hey, I'm not teaching you to do bad things to seduce a girl from a good family...... This is a universal principle. Cheng Manting smiled, got out of the car door, and turned back to ask uneasily, Jian Fan grimaced and did not answer this question, Cheng Manting smiled like a heart, and asked teasingly: "Can you tell me...... Isn't it targeting someone again?"
"Hey...... This, this can't tell you...... Doctor Cheng, I have such a little secret left, and if you dig it out again, I will be embarrassed......" Jian Fan sneered, avoiding this question for the first time.
Cheng Manting smiled teasingly and understandingly, got out of the car and waved goodbye, watching Jian Fan drive and start, and from time to time stretched out his hand to wave outside the window, the car went far away, and it took a long time to get to the front hall of the building, Cheng Manting looked at the place where the car disappeared for the nth time, the more doubts in her heart, the more anxious she was, and she paced back and forth, Dr. Cheng, who had solved countless psychological problems, couldn't solve his psychological problems at this time.
"What am I going to do if he's hinting at me!?"