Who would study psychology unless they had some issues?! Chapter 942 742: Sudden Arrival

Chen Lizhou carefully recalled those experiences he deliberately forgot, ones he never discussed in detail with anyone—including Nan Zhubin.

After so long in counseling, Chen Lizhou imdiately understood that what he felt at the ti was actually mild dissociation.

That state was like being a bystander, watching his own life yet unable to participate in it.

"Hiss—hoo, hiss—hoo—"

In a corner Chen Lizhou wasn't paying attention to, as those mories surfaced, his breathing gradually beca forceful and rapid.

But he seed oblivious, rely straining to rember.

The sudden clarity of the mories and the sensitivity of his body finally allowed him, after an unknown span of ti, to tear a small hole in the thin mbrane that kept him isolated from life.

"Hiss—hoo, hiss—hoo—" Chen Lizhou pressed against his chest, feeling sothing seemingly brewing powerfully within.

At the sa ti, his mind started to churn more intensely, throwing out a few images.

Before his wife's death, sothing was amiss in their lives—at least with Chen Lizhou himself.

"Mr. Chen? Mr. Chen... are you okay?" Shen Xuecheng's voice rang in his ear, interrupting Chen Lizhou's thoughts.

Chen Lizhou jerked his head up and saw the worried face of his wife's student.

"Hiss—hoo—Xiao Shen, my wife ntioned you to before. It seems she kept in contact with you over the years, right?"

The man's appearance was truly alarming, causing Shen Xuecheng to involuntarily drop his chopsticks, instantly reverting to the restrained state he had when he first t Chen Lizhou.

He answered Chen Lizhou's question thodically: "Yes... we were still in contact last year."

"At that ti, I was looking for an internship. It was Teacher Su who recomnded your company to , saying it was great. But I didn't ntion it before because it never felt like the right ti."

After returning ho, Chen Lizhou rarely discussed work with his wife and never voluntarily exposed any negative information.

Therefore, in Su Fangfang's eyes, any company capable of providing her husband with a high-inco and stable job must be good and even worth recomnding to students.

It was understandable Shen Xuecheng hadn't specifically ntioned getting into the company through Su Fangfang's recomndation, as he was a student who even worried that visiting might seem insincere.

"Okay, so until Fangfang passed, you two were still in contact." Chen Lizhou took a deep breath, "I want to know... would you discuss life topics during your usual conversations?"

"Did she ever complain about her current life, or ntion topics like wanting to return to her hotown?"

Shen Xuecheng's expression imdiately turned awkward: "Uh... well."

A look of "it's inconvenient to say so things."

But for the socially experienced Chen Lizhou, that expression said it all.

Suddenly, Chen Lizhou felt his limbs go numb, a precursor to dissociation. He instinctively locked his right hand onto the thumb muscle of his left hand, while his left hand pressed firmly against his abdon.

This action panicked Shen Xuecheng across from him, "Mr. Chen? Are you feeling unwell, Mr. Chen?"

His voice was loud, and his movents were pronounced, enough to attract quite a bit of attention from people around them.

Among them, two pairs of eyes stopped moving once they locked onto this scene.

"Hiss—hoo—"

"I'm fine," Chen Lizhou said.

In an instant, all of Chen Lizhou's expressions and bodily sensations seed to be covered by a thick isolating film, all wholly repelled.

He presented an entirely normal deanor, not needing any concern from others.

"Let's end it here for today. I need to leave."

Saying this, without waiting for Shen Xuecheng's reaction, Chen Lizhou picked up his untouched al tray and stood up.

Shen Xuecheng was left with a dumbfounded expression, "Mr. Chen, did I... say sothing wrong?"

However, Chen Lizhou made no further response to his late wife's student; after saying goodbye, he turned to leave.

"Director Chen... is it Director Chen?"

However, two figures suddenly appeared, blocking Chen Lizhou's path.

...

Just when Chen Lizhou was undergoing dissociation blockade, Shen Xuecheng's reaction was exceptionally dramatic, attracting abundant attention in the bustling employee cafeteria.

And so weren't just drawn in by the attention; they were directly enticed over.

Standing in Chen Lizhou's way were two people. Both slightly bowed with bloodshot eyes, badges hanging crookedly on their chests.

With a large ink stain on his badge chest, the voice from that man exclaid, "Director Chen, didn't expect to see you here."

Ink-stained badge man's face bead with relief, "I'm from the marketing departnt, usually responsible for channel operations, frequently liaising with your team... A few days ago, we received a layoff notice, felt really insecure about it, yet couldn't find any executives, no one to ask. Didn't expect to et a supervisor like you here."

"So we presumptuously wish to chat for a bit..."

Indeed, starting from mid-level managent, it's rare to have als in the employee cafeteria. It was only under exceptional circumstances today that brought Chen Lizhou there.

Ink-stained badge man's words were courteous. While speaking, his companion consistently tugged at him, genuinely feeling their behavior was overly intrusive.

Nonetheless, ink-stained badge man seed unfazed, casually sat down at the table with his tray.

He maintained a polite expression while speaking incessantly, "Director Chen, half of our departnt got laid off this ti, yet the compensation standard was based only on the basic salary, and it's only 'N', no ' 1'... it's really unacceptable."

"My wife is due next month; prenatal and hospitalization fees have already cost a lot upfront, and Beidu's mortgage paynt is high. With the current standard, we won't last three months."

"Director Chen, we've worked together many tis before. I'd at least count myself as half your subordinate. Our departnt director isn't as considerate as you, neither oversees matters nor protects us..."

Ink-stained badge man's companion tugged at him again, though he remained oblivious, "We really have no alternatives now... could you possibly put in a word for us with leadership? We're not bargaining, just hoping to get what we are entitled to as per labor law, or else we genuinely can't manage..."

Having said that, ink-stained badge man looked at Chen Lizhou with hopeful eyes; his companion, who had been pulling at him, also halted movents, looking up together.

Maintaining his stance, Chen Lizhou, with unfocused eyes, seed not to have fully comprehended their words.

After a mont, he replied icily, "Telling this won't help."