Everyone followed Xiao Feng into the house and imdiately saw Tiewa sitting on the sofa, staring blankly ahead, his mouth still muttering sothing.
The little girl leaned in to listen and found that Tiewa was mumbling the sa line over and over: "Killed soone, I killed soone…"
"How long has he been like this?" Xiao Feng asked.
Zhao Guo'an checked his watch: "About twenty minutes. No matter what you say to him, it's like he can't hear you. This is a sign of severe shock. A good sleep and he'll recover."
However, that was just what he said.
Everyone present knew very well that what Zhao Guo'an ant by recover was only coming out of this dazed state, not returning to how he was before.
Lone Wolf walked over, pushed Tiewa's shoulder, and frowned: "No way it's this serious. A grown man, and this little thing scares you like crap?"
"Co on!
Have a couple drinks with your bro, I'll straighten you out."
But Tiewa still didn't move, not a single reaction.
Hui Yi also stepped forward and said in a joking tone: "Quit faking it. If you keep pretending, I'm taking my shoes off.
Still playing dead?
Believe it or not, I'll take 'em off right now?"
As he spoke, he made a show of reaching down to take off his shoes.
The result was that Tiewa wasn't scared, but Hui Er and the other roommates were startled instead. They rushed up to stop him.
"Give him a jolt." Xiao Feng said, his face expressionless.
Lone Wolf nodded, filled a cup with cold water, took a mouthful, and sprayed it on Tiewa's face.
"Pff!"
The shock of the cold water slowly brought so life back to Tiewa's hollow eyes. He looked around blankly, and after a while rasped: "That person I smashed to death…"
"He was no good bastard anyway!" Old Ha cut in imdiately: "Tiewa, listen to …"
Zhao Guo'an shot Xiao Feng a look, then stepped out the door. Called out with them was Xue Nuofu.
Out in the yard, it seed there was still a lingering sll of blood.
The light breeze carried it, making one feel a bit nauseous.
Zhao Guo'an lit a cigarette and said, "I can fix physical stuff, but the mind's not my specialty."
"I know." Xiao Feng nodded, tone calm. "Your mouth's usually as clumsy as an old lady's cotton-padded pants waistline, so I never expected much from you on this anyway."
"Don't be so quick to roast . This isn't as simple as you think." Zhao Guo'an blew out a smoke ring. "For so people, this kind of thing is easy to accept and adapt to.
But for soone like Tiewa, getting over this ntal hurdle is harder than for anyone else."
Xue Nuofu said thoughtfully: "Tiewa's a straight arrow. Without soone guiding him, he doesn't think too much about what's behind things.
Like when we had him training with us, he probably just thought it was for fighting, never that it was for killing.
That's my dereliction of duty. I didn't give him enough psychological prep."
After listening to Zhao Guo'an and Xue Nuofu play off each other like this, even Xiao Feng couldn't help doubting whether bringing Tiewa out of Iron Village had been a mistake.
Compared to everyone around him, Tiewa seed out of place, even, to put it harshly, like he wasn't the sa kind of person at all.
After a while, Zhao Guo'an stubbed out his cigarette and asked, "Bosses, have you figured out how you're going to deal with Tiewa's ntal block?"
Xue Nuofu glanced at Xiao Feng, then frowned and asked back: "So you already have an idea?"
"I do know a pretty good psychologist, might be able to help."
At this, Zhao Guo'an's expression grew serious: "I can give you the address and contact info, but on one condition: you can't say I recomnded you, and you definitely can't say you know ."
"Why?" Xue Nuofu asked, puzzled.
Xiao Feng cut in: "Do you even have to ask?
First off, this psychologist he's talking about is definitely a woman.
Second, either he did sothing to wrong her, or that psychologist has a thing for him and he's scared that if Zhen Jinghan finds out, sothing tragic will happen."
Xue Nuofu turned to look at Zhao Guo'an: "That it?"
Zhao Guo'an was dumbstruck for a mont, then snorted: "Just tell if you want it or not."
"We want it." Xue Nuofu nodded in agreent.
"Then can you stick to my condition?"
"Yes!"
Only then did Zhao Guo'an pull out paper and pen, write down the address and contact info, tear off the sheet, and hand it to Xue Nuofu.
And then…
Xiao Feng snatched it away.
He glanced over the note and chuckled: "Old Zhao, old Xue promised not to ntion you. I never promised."
"Old Xiao, seriously, are you even human?" Zhao Guo'an fud. "I'm helping you out here for nothing in return, and you still use it to blackmail ?"
"Cut the crap. Just say yes or no."
Zhao Guo'an suddenly burst out laughing: "You think I didn't take precautions?
The address, the phone number, they're all fake. Go ahead and look, see if you can find her."
Xue Nuofu's mouth twitched twice. Looked like Zhao Guo'an really had learned from getting burned before.
But right then, they heard Xiao Feng give two dry laughs: "Quit acting. I can hear it from your laugh—your bluff is weak.
Old Xue, let's go. We'll go find her together!"
Xue Nuofu looked at Xiao Feng's back, then at Zhao Guo'an's "regretting it to death" expression, and suddenly didn't even know where to start complaining.
The two had just stepped out the door when they ran into Du Qingyue and the others on their way back.
"Where are you two going?" Du Qingyue asked.
"To see a psychologist."
"What do you need a psychologist for?"
Xiao Feng checked the ti and said, "Ask them about the details. I'll fill you in when I get back."
"Then take the car." Du Qingyue didn't press, and handed the keys directly to Xue Nuofu.
The fact that sothing goes wrong every ti Xiao Feng drives had already beco common knowledge in the team.
This, along with "Why does Zhao Guo'an hit every trap?" was known as one of the "Two Great Unsolved Mysteries."
Xue Nuofu took the car keys and drove off, following the address Zhao Guo'an had given.
Twenty minutes later, the car stopped in front of a high-end-looking office building.
The two of them walked in side by side, took the elevator to the fifth floor, and walked to the door at the very end, then rang the bell.
Before long, the door opened. A woman who looked about thirty gave Xiao Feng and Xue Nuofu a once-over and politely asked, "And you two are…?"
Xiao Feng explained, "We ca here because of your reputation. We heard there's a psychologist here—that should be you, right?"
The woman smiled. "Can't really call myself an expert, but I can handle so minor issues. However, it's after hours now. Why don't you two co back tomorrow?"
"Of course I know it's after hours, but this is urgent. We can pay triple." Xiao Feng said evenly.
At least from his tone, you couldn't hear any actual urgency.
The woman fell silent, as if weighing whether to accept.
But before she could decide, her expression suddenly changed: "My pot!"
With that, she quickly ran back into the apartnt.
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