"Thanks to Mr. Wen's treatment, I feel much better recently." Xu Wenxin held a cup of hot water and said with a smile, "At least the feeling of suffocation is gone, and I don't have insomnia anymore." ”

"Really? It does seem to be working very well," Wen Yifan chuckled, "However, I'm still curious about how you used to feel - among the people I have treated, there have indeed been some murderers, plus the materials I usually read, although I have been exposed to a lot, but there is no pattern to follow." ”

- Because of some strange psychology, I didn't feel the guilt of killing, and I even forgot the feeling of killing for the first time.

"It's hard to describe the feeling, it's like when you close your eyes, the person I killed will appear in front of you, like ...... Everywhere? ”

"Everywhere?" Wen Yifan crossed Erlang's legs and sat on the sofa facing her, "This situation often happens to those who feel guilty, and being able to have this kind of thought proves that you feel ashamed of him, so can you elaborate on what point you feel sorry for him?" ”

"I don't know...... Obviously, there was nothing wrong with killing him, but I always felt guilty......" she lowered her head and whispered.

"Humans are social animals, Wen Xin," he continued, ignoring her slightly flushed face, "No matter how strong a person's ability and intelligence are, he can't change the world, which is why we live in groups, so it's normal to feel guilty, and I want to say that this kind of guilt is actually very reasonable." ”

"Yes, but does a person who kills someone for the first time without any change in his feelings really exist?" Xu Wenxin shuddered and asked.

- This guy sitting in front of you is ah~

Wen Qingyu, who was on the side, whispered in his heart, and then wandered among the snacks again and continued to eat hard.

"It's hard to say that if you only talk about 'mood changes' that include guilt, then there are not a few such cases, and in fact, one of the main factors that can make a killer kill without guilt is hatred. Hatred makes the killer believe that what he did was right and therefore does not carry feelings of guilt. But it is clear that this hatred needs to be accumulated over time, not the low-level impulse to kill in passion. Picking up the honey water on the side, he took a sip and said, "But if your 'emotional changes' include all emotions, then I can only say that such cases are extremely rare, but it doesn't mean that they don't exist." ”

"Someone like that...... Teacher Wen has seen it before? Hearing this, Xu Wenxin just felt that the air around her body became cold, which made her can't help but wrap her clothes tightly.

"Not for the time being, I don't know if we will meet in the future." Wen Yifan smiled and replied.

- If so, it would be an interesting story!

As if sensing her nervousness, Wen Yifan got up, picked up a coat placed on the sofa, draped it over her body, and said with a smile: "What? Scared? ”

"It's okay, but I shudder at the thought of the possibility of such a cruel person." Xu Wenxin glanced at him with a little gratitude.

"Actually, even if it did, I wouldn't feel emotions like fear, you know why?" Wen Yifan sat back on the sofa again, "Because I know the reason why they have no emotions." ”

"'The oldest and strongest human emotion is fear, and the oldest and strongest fear comes from the unknown,' said H.P. Lovecraft in his work, and this explains the nature of fear, which is the unknown." Seeing that Xu Wenxin didn't seem to understand, Wen Yifan was not in a hurry, but patiently explained: "For example, are you afraid of the dark?" ”

"A little."

"What if it's a person in absolute darkness?"

"Then I'll be scared."

"What if a person is in the midst of light? Compared to many people staying in an absolutely dark environment, which one are you more afraid of? ”

"......" Xu Wenxin lowered her head, as if she was pondering something, and finally replied: "I'm more afraid of staying in the dark with many people." ”

"This is the fear of the unknown," Wen Yifan smiled, "When people can't grasp the information within their range in a rational way, the brain will start to think, and try to speculate about the environment around them with an emotional attitude, that is, start to think about the unknown environment." ”

"And those who are afraid of ghosts are actually mistaken about the concept that they have not seen the ghosts in reality, and they can't even be sure that they exist or not. In other words, the ghosts they are afraid of are just some kind of speculation about the unknown in their inner world that leads to this situation, in fact, the ghosts do not exist, and what they are afraid of is just the unknown. ”

"But what if someone is simply afraid of ghosts? What if you were scared during the day? Xu Wenxin asked.

"It's very simple, like I said, they didn't talk about ghosts, ghosts are unknown to them, and in the end, it's still the fear of the unknown." Wen Yifan slowly explained, "In fact, except for the fear of death, all fears can be summed up in 'unknown', and in fact, I suspect that the fear of death is only caused by people not knowing what will happen after death, but because there is no evidence, I am not sure, but these are not our focus." ”

"You say you're afraid of the kind of people who kill people without emotional changes, it's because you don't know what they're thinking and why they're killing people, or you don't know if they want to kill themselves, it's a fear of the unknown. And for me, who knows a little bit about criminal psychology, this layer of uncertainty will not appear. Wen Yifan explained with a smile, revealing Xu Wenxin's reassuring emotions between the words, "Actually, I am even looking forward to meeting such a person one day, which is also a very good insight for me." ”

"In this way, Mr. Wen is indeed a well-informed person!"

"That's right." Wen Yifan nodded, but there was a little more strange brilliance in his eyes when he looked at Xu Wenxin.

- I don't focus on the bizarre mentality of looking forward to meeting the "murderers" and not being afraid of them, but I also agree with my view of "increasing knowledge", the second step of "assimilation" is very effective, and it is time to advance the treatment to the third step......

"Do you know about the virus, Wenxin?" The corners of Wen Yifan's mouth hooked up a slight arc, and seeing Xu Wenxin's slightly puzzled expression, he continued: "The virus is indeed a rare subviral factor, and it rarely appears in our field of vision, because it has almost never broken out among humans. It's all thanks to its strange and strange way of contagion—cannibalism. Slowly getting up, he continued: "Cattle in England have contracted the virus after eating the internal organs of the same kind, which is also the cause of the mad cow disease we know as well, but do you know why this has never happened in humans? ”

"Because we don't eat our kind?"

"Because we've evolved to be immune to this virus."

The corners of his mouth gradually rose, but in the next second he returned to calm, he looked at the shocked Xu Wenxin, and then explained: "You guessed right, the reason why we are immune to this virus is precisely because we have gradually adapted to this virus after years of evolution - this also means that our ancestors have not done less examples of cannibalism." ”

"Oh my God!"

"Don't be surprised, Miss Xu Wenxin, in fact, are there many such incidents recorded in the history books?" Wen Yifan sneered, "The 'sparing fire' that describes the old thin man, the woman calls it 'unenvious sheep', the child calls it 'and the bones rotten' and the 'two-legged sheep' they collectively refer to as the 'two-legged sheep', which is the bestiality committed by the Qi tribe back then, and as for those things we don't know, there are countless things." The fact that the virus that was supposed to be created by nature as a constraint on the bottom line of the species has been erased from humans in the course of evolution makes me wonder: does even nature recognize that humans can inflict any atrocities on their own kind? ”

"Oh my God, please don't go on."

"What are you afraid of? Miss Xu Wenxin? Wen Yifan slowly approached her, "The real source of your guilt is not actually about the reason for the killing, but because you think that you mistakenly killed an innocent person who did not need to be sentenced to death, in your real psychology, you think that killing is guilty, and if you kill a person who will be sentenced to death, you are not guilty." ”

"It's not like that, as long as it's murder, it's not right! I'm just forced to ......"

"Not really, you could have shot him in the shoulder, or something else, but you chose the head, and after I checked your information, I ruled out the possibility of missing, so there is only one possibility left, isn't it?" A sinister smile crept up on his beneficial face, "You think he deserves to die for such a crime, that's why he didn't hesitate to pull the trigger, didn't you?" ”

"No...... Definitely not ......" Xu Wenxin's shoulders trembled, like a frightened sheep.

"You don't need to be afraid, Wen Xin, in fact, I don't think what you did was wrong," the sinister smile disappeared without a trace in an instant, replaced by a reassuring smile that seemed to warm everything: "You got rid of a demon who killed innocent guards, and also protected the safety of your colleagues, in my opinion, everything Wen Xin has done makes me proud of you." ”

"Proud ...... Proud? Xu Wenxin's voice was full of incredulity, she frowned, and looked at Wen Yifan puzzled, his gentle voice had a significant effect on soothing people's hearts, "However, the law will not sentence a mentally ill person to death, and I killed him, isn't this ......?"

"No, you're wrong, you just killed a guilty person, and maybe even saved Liu Wenyu's life, how can this be called a crime? And what reason do they have to condemn you? Wen Yifan smiled and said slowly: "As for the law, you don't need to worry - if what you did violated the law, why can you still go in and out of my room now, even the police station?" ”

"In terms of human feelings, in terms of reason, and even to the level of the law, you have not been punished at all, and you have not done anything wrong, so why should you plunge yourself into the swamp of guilt?" Slowly stretched out his right hand and gently held Xu Wenxin's slightly cold hand, Wen Yifan's gentle voice came, "So, don't feel guilty anymore, you are not wrong, as long as you kill a sinner, then you are righteous." I never doubted that – it hurts my heart to see the way you are suffering. So, cheer up! I will bless you. ”

Wen ...... Teacher Wen ...... "Tears flowed slowly, Xu Wenxin was already moved to tears at this moment, the pressure of a few days disappeared at this moment, at this moment, Wen Yifan's image in her heart has already reached the top.

Even if it was a false paradise, she had long since forgotten to return.

"Thank you...... Thank you, Mr. Wen. ”

"You're welcome."

- Welcome to my world, Miss Xu Wenxin.