Chapter 639 - 379: Psychological Counseling (Part 2)

Huang Tianxuan glanced over at Li Peifeng, who was holding hands with Xu Manning while talking to Wu Wenyue, and the shadow in her eyes didn’t lessen at all: "Your heart really must be divided into several pieces. Scram, don’t come looking for me, you’re not welcome here. I work during the day and don’t have time to play with you."

"Then wait for me, I’ll prepare well for pregnancy, and once I move to your place, I’ll make sure to give you a big chubby boy!"

"You say it’ll be a boy, just because you say so? What if it’s a girl?"

"If it’s a girl... then I’ll be the son for you!"

Li Peifeng, with his lucky advantage, dared to say anything, which inexplicably made Huang Tianxuan laugh. Her laughter puzzled Wu Wenyue and Xu Manning, but the latter soon realized something, looking suspiciously: "Are you whispering secrets to him?"

Huang Tianxuan ignored her, teasingly stared at Li Peifeng, "You should rehearse first, call me ’Mom’ and let me hear it. I’ll see if I can get used to it."

"What?"

"Huh?"

The two other girls were stunned, and Li Peifeng cleared his throat and waved his hands: "Don’t, don’t."

Xu Manning realized what was going on, hurriedly tugging at Wu Wenyue, "Look at how twisted their game is? Role-playing secretly in their minds in front of us, and it’s mother-son... too excessive, too disgusting!"

Wu Wenyue’s face also fell: "Xiaofeng! Are you so twisted that you find being bullied by girls rather enjoyable? Do I need to slap you a few times to refresh you?!"

...

He Yimeng: "Are you there yet?"

Li Peifeng: "I’m at the door."

Li Peifeng felt he was fine, but everyone around him said otherwise. One person even forced him to go for psychological consultation, making him doubt himself somewhat.

So, early the next morning, Li Peifeng arrived at Teacher Lin Dan’s office at Beihua University’s Psychology Department.

To be honest, he was a bit nervous before entering because Li Peifeng had too many unspeakable secrets, like his extraordinary peculiarities, his relationships with several girls.

And Lin Dan roughly understood his complex feelings and his playboy antics from He Yimeng. As He Yimeng’s mentor, this old lady probably finds him quite distasteful from a personal feelings aspect, might even ask the names of the other girls besides He Yimeng. You know, there’s also a fellow professor from Beihua, Zhao Qingge...

"Is she going to criticize and educate me? If she knows Old Zhao is involved... hopefully, she won’t call the police?"

Thinking of this, Li Peifeng planned to leave, but He Yimeng’s WeChat urged him to get in quickly. If he didn’t do the consultation, she might throw a fit.

"I’ll keep my mouth shut, at most I’ll take the scolding."

Resolving himself, Li Peifeng knocked on the door!

"Knock, knock~"

"Come in."

Pushing open the door, Li Peifeng discovered that Lin Dan’s office looked different from a typical professor’s office—southern orientation with plenty of sunlight.

The walls featured two tasteful modernist paintings. The seating area had two light gray sofas, one single and one double, with a coffee table in the center, displaying a small pot of lively green plants, looking quite elegant and refreshing.

The office’s owner, Lin Dan, was instantly comforting and pleasant—a little over one meter sixty, very slim, with silver hair styled into a floral bun, wearing a knit sweater and casual pants. Her elegant air matched her graceful aura of hidden scholarly wisdom and grown beauty. Seeing Li Peifeng arriving, she deliberately got up from her desk to welcome him.

Li Peifeng bowed slightly: "Hello, Teacher Lin."

Lin Dan pointed to the sofa, smiling: "Peifeng, right? Please sit."

"Thank you."

"Don’t be so formal, Yimeng has spoken to me about you numerous times... indeed, she’s not exaggerating when she says you’re handsome."

"You’re too kind." Li Peifeng felt inexplicably guilty, sitting on the multi-seater sofa. Observing Lin Dan seating herself on the single seater and staring at him, he dared not make eye contact with her, instead taking in the surroundings.

Lin Dan sized up Li Peifeng but remained silent. After four or five seconds, Li spoke first: "Yimeng mentioned before that your consultation fee is about eight thousand?"

"Yes, but since it’s your first visit and I’m quite interested in chatting, I’ll give you half price today—four thousand per hour will do... If you can accept, shall we start now?"

That’s pricey... four thousand an hour.

Li Peifeng nodded and said then let’s start, though he secretly wished to find some problem in himself; otherwise, the money would be wasted for sure.

"So, Peifeng, have you ever had a consultation before?"

"Not formally, but Yimeng did have heart-to-heart talks with me in chat form..."

"That shouldn’t count. Psychological consultations aim to avoid dual relationships, meaning the consultant should not have a friendship or romantic relationship with the client, otherwise the effect won’t be ideal... Would you mind sharing what kind of topics you talked about during those heart-to-heart sessions?"

Contrary to his previous assumptions, whilst chatting with the old lady Lin, she did not approach him with condescending criticism just because he behaved poorly toward her student, nor did she show an ounce of disdain for him being a "jerk."

Lin Dan didn’t even actively bring up his complex romantic history, avoiding any awkwardness for Li Peifeng.

The two instead talked about Li Peifeng’s daily routines, his mood, his relationship with his parents, their relationship with each other, childhood experiences, and general happiness...

These harmless topics relaxed Li Peifeng, causing him to talk incessantly.

"It sounds like you were quite envious of your parents’ relationship growing up?"

"A bit, maybe. They always flaunted their love in front of me... I suppose no one wouldn’t envy their relationship."

Lin Dan nodded in agreement: "True, how do they view your current romantic situation?"