Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Disappearing Chewing Gum
Human instinct is not to swallow a foreign substance like chewing gum into the stomach. Why did everyone swallow the gum unconsciously?
Chen Jiaoyang began to ridicule Yu Fan: "Old Yu." What kind of magic did you play on us while we weren't paying attention? “
Yu Fan smiled: "I didn't take advantage of your inattention, but your attention was diverted." ”
Surprised? What do you mean?
Yu Fan swallowed his saliva, took a half-deep breath, and said, "The ingredients of chewing gum are mainly sugar, spices, and a substance called ester gum. Because ester gum is insoluble in water, every time we eat gum, the thing we chew in our mouth is actually ester gum. And the potato chips contain oil, because of the similarity, the oil can dissolve the ester gum, so the chewing gum in your mouth is not actually swallowed, but quietly dissolved by the potato chips I gave you later. “
When everyone heard this, they suddenly realized. Chen opened his mouth to ask a question.
Yu Fan interrupted Chen Jieyang's question and said, "Do you want to ask if this has anything to do with what we came to talk about today?" Of course there is, in fact, this disappearing gum is the suspect who disappeared. ”
Yu Fan grabbed another piece of chewing gum and pinched it in his hand, and said to everyone seriously and seriously: "But we didn't discuss the case, don't you think it's strange that I let you eat chewing gum and potato chips out of thin air?" But in the course of this little trick, every time I hand you something to eat, I am directing your attention to the case, so you don't notice anything wrong. To use this trick, there must be two elements. ”
Guo Na was curious: "Those two elements? ”
Yu Fan: "First, you must be able to concentrate your attention. Second, shift your attention to other focuses. This feeling is like the original scattered light, the caster only needs to focus the light into a beam first, and then talk about the beam moving away from himself, is this scene a bit like the scene on TV where the police use the spotlight to search for fugitives? This technique is an advanced hypnotic technique in psychology - induction! “
Chen Jiaoyang swallowed: "You, mean, we were all induced?" ”
Yu Fan was categorical: "That's right, the suspect should have already discovered your tracking, and the reason why he didn't hurry up and what he should do is to induce you to shorten your 'beam', until he comes home, you think you can catch turtles in the urn, so you aim the spotlight at the only exit, this is his first step plan." The second step is to induce you to get used to his habit of ordering takeout, and for three days in a row, when you all think that ordering takeout is a habit, he will successfully shift your spotlight and then he can play with his accomplices to disappear under his eyelids. “
Chen Jiaoyang held his chin: "Why is this suspect so cunning, how does he know that we will be hooked?" ”
Yu Fan gently put the chewing gum in his hand on the table and said, "If a person wants everything, then he will not get anything, he takes advantage of your urgent desires, so he will induce success." He can master the induction technique, and he can use it so well, he is by no means an idle person, Lao Chen, our opponent may not be a simple pyramid marketing organization. ”
Chen Frameyang: "I also have this hunch, so how should we prevent being fooled in the future?" ”
Yu Fan: "If you don't want to do it, you are strong, and sometimes it's not a good thing to concentrate too much." To see people in a playground, you don't need a spotlight, you just need a scattered light, although it is weaker than a spotlight, but it can cover the entire playground, we don't need to see everyone's face, we just need to see the figure, we can catch these guys. ”
Everyone nodded thoughtfully.
Yu Fan continued: "Don't worry about the previous gains and losses, think about how to work later, and then try to check the signal source of the remote control light, and then think out of the way to see if there are any missing details?" ”
Guo Na suddenly clapped his hands and said, "There is another important thing I forgot to say, I patronized the suspect who disappeared just now." ”
Chen Jieyang patted Guo Na's head: "Then don't hurry up." ”
Guo Na stuck out his tongue, a little embarrassed: "That's right, we later saw a few big numbers at the guest table in the suspect's house, and we took pictures, you see." ”
Guo Na took out his camera and saw that on the table in the photo, several big numbers were burned with cigarette butts: "16,5" The two numbers occupied the entire table. The lower right called there is a sign "Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleev".
Everyone was amazed, what does this mean? What is this suspect trying to tell us?
Yu Fan first shook his head, and then suddenly burst out laughing.
Chen Jiaoyang looked dazed and said, "Old Yu? What's wrong? Do you understand? ”
Yu Fanle said: "It's so rare, to meet an opponent who understands both chemistry and psychology, could it be that this is the legendary law of attraction?" Things gather like and people are grouped. ”
Guo Na blinked his eyes and asked, "Teacher Yu, what do you mean?" ”
Yu Fan restrained his smile slightly, and said, "Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleev is the author of the periodic table, Dr. Guo, let me ask you, what is element 16?" ”
Guo Na: "Sulfur." ”
Yu Fan: "What about No. 5?" ”
Guo Na: "Boron." ”
Yu Fan: "What are their elemental symbols?" “
Guo Na: "Sulfur is S, boron is B. Does this code mean? SB? Stupid? ”
Chen Jiaoyang was so angry that he almost jumped up from the table: "TMD, it's too much to deceive people!" Check it out for me! Dig them all out for me! ”
Yu Fan patted Chen Jieyang: "Old Chen, calm down, if you are angry, it is their way, the initiative is still in our hands, I want to talk to the fire dragon master you caught last time, and see if you can set some clues?" ”
Chen Frameyang: "Yes, I also have this intention, with you, my heart is much more steady." ”
Yu Fan nodded: "Okay, I'll go out to the bathroom first, and I'll see you later." Yu Fan walked out the door.
Guo Na quietly approached Chen Jiaoyang's side. muttered in a low voice: "The psychochemist in your mouth really lives up to its reputation, you have known each other for so long, how did Big Brother Yu become so powerful?" ”
Chen Jieyang picked up the chewing gum that Yu Fan put on the table, flicked it into his mouth in a chic manner, and recalled: "When we met, he was already very good, an excellent chemist, an excellent psychologist, an excellent businessman, an excellent scholar, maybe in the future, he will still be an excellent writer." ”
Chen Jieyang grabbed a few more potato chips and chewed them with chewing gum, with a mysterious smile on his face.