"There's no need to be so nervous. Relax."
After placing a freshly poured cup of hot tea before the anxious man, Nan Tian reached out and patted him on the shoulder, then pulled out a chair and sat down behind the desk.
The sky outside the window was overcast, and a light rain had begun to fall. Amid the misty rain, the rolling mountains in the distance were reduced to faint outlines. The closed windows shut out every trace of the fine patter of rain.
Opening the doujinshi on the desk, Nan Tian picked up his pen, then looked up at the man before him, his tone gentle.
"Alright, you can tell me now."
As a psychologist, Nan Tian had received many people with psychological problems, so he naturally knew how to put someone at ease and lower their guard as much as possible.
But even for him, this was the first time he had met a client as strange as the man before him.
As the weather gradually warmed, many people had shed their heavy coats. Yet the man in front of him was wrapped up from head to toe.
A hat, gloves, a mask, a coat...
Aside from a pair of eyes that constantly darted around in fear and tension, every inch of his skin had been carefully concealed beneath his clothing.
Nan Tian could tell that the other man was in an extremely anxious state, but he had no idea where that anxiety came from.
Perhaps the hot tea had given the man the strength to calm down. Cradling the cup in both hands, he remained silent for a while before looking up at Nan Tian, his voice hoarse.
"Doctor, do you believe there are ghosts in this world?"
"Ghosts?"
Looking at the man before him, Nan