Old Zheng's testimony

"Regarding my experience studying in the United States," Old Zheng's eyes flashed rapidly upon hearing Lin Yu's question, and his tone became somewhat nervous, "Wh... why, boss, why are you suddenly asking this?"

Hearing Old Zheng's flustered tone, Lin Yu was somewhat surprised. "Why are you so nervous? Could it be that you forged your academic credentials?"

"Don't worry, I'm not interested in your past. We've been working together for a while now, and I have no reason to trace your family back three generations," Lin Yu added before Old Zheng could respond. "I just need your past experiences... to corroborate some things."

This is the absolute truth.

Lin Yu brought up Old Zheng at this moment not because he suddenly wanted to learn more about Old Zheng.

He was, of course, trying to "verify" how much of the part about "Fluoxetine" in the story provided by Zuo Xi was true.

The biggest difference between this past known as "Lin Yin" and that of "Bai You" and "Wang Xiaoling" is that this experience did not "end abruptly."

Although the latter part is also Lin Yin's own account, she clearly describes the entire life trajectory of "Fluoxetine" and even includes parts about Old Zheng.

This means that... Lin Yu can immediately verify the authenticity of this experience with Old Zheng.

After hearing Lin Yu's words, Old Zheng seemed to Leng Jing on his own, and his tone softened.

"Okay, boss, what do you want to know?"

Lin Yu did not directly ask Old Zheng about his "Fluoxetine" claim. To ensure the reliability of Old Zheng's answer as much as possible, he chose to beat around the bush.

After all, sometimes... directly posing a "key question" can easily make the person being questioned realize that it is a "key question," thus indirectly inducing them to give a certain degree of "distortion" in their answer.

Especially for a smart person like Old Zheng who is well-versed in psychology, if the way the question is asked is not carefully crafted, it is easy for him to immediately perceive the purpose of the question.

In many excellent interview programs, the host and reporter will ask questions in a "gradual" manner. In addition to considering the "pacing of the interview," this factor is also taken into account to some extent.

Even if Lao Zheng is "trustworthy" to Lin Yu, Lin Yu still has to consider that precisely because Lao Zheng is "trustworthy," what if he senses the purpose of Lin Yu's question and unconsciously gives the "answer" that Lin Yu wants to hear?

Therefore, Lin Yu's first question was...

How well did your studies go during your time studying in the United States?

Lin Yu asked, Old Zheng answered helplessly.

"That's really sharp... Boss, to be honest, if things had gone smoothly, I wouldn't have reacted that way," Old Zheng sighed. "In a sense, I almost dropped out..."

Lin Yu raised an eyebrow. "Almost dropped out? Why would it be possible to drop out, and why 'almost'?"

"Because I couldn't keep up with my internship and returned to China early, I was prepared to drop out of school. But I didn't expect my supervisor to be so lenient; even so, he still issued me my graduation certificate and degree certificate..."

Old Zheng sighed.

Great, Old Zheng brought up the internship himself...

Lin Yu thought to himself without showing any emotion, but did not immediately steer the conversation towards the internship.

"So, your advisor is indeed a nice person, and seems to have high hopes for you."

As Lin Yu spoke, his tone was more like that of someone having a casual chat with a friend than asking a question.

Old Zheng unconsciously relaxed a little.

"That's true. Sometimes I feel really bad for my teacher, that I've let him down. But I just can't adapt to the cultural environment there, and the cultural differences make it hard for me to understand some of the patients' problems... After all, there's a language barrier first."

"Although my English is good, I am not a native speaker. And psychological problems are inherently vague to describe. The emotions that patients convey to me, as a non-native speaker, cause semantic wear and tear on their true intentions, which is amplified invisibly."

"To be honest, that experience made me realize that people of different nationalities should see Psychologist of the same nationality."

Old Zheng spoke, his tone was wistful, as if he were truly reminiscing about the past.

Lin Yu seized the opportunity to say, "I see. But there should be patients from our country in America too, right? If that's the case, you actually have an advantage, don't you?"

"Yes, there were some, but not many. However... I encountered a few, and it was because my advisor took into account that we come from the same country and have the same mother tongue—well, I should have done those things relatively well, at least I did my best."

Old Zheng replied, recalling the events.

"Hey, was there anything in there that left a deep impression on you?"

Lin Yu asked casually.

"There are quite a few... For example, there was one who was also an international student. His roommate overdosed on medication and died next to his bed. He woke up in the morning to find that the person had drowned in his vomit, which caused him great Psychological Trauma," Old Zheng recalled. "He was a very well-behaved kid, not some spoiled brat, but his family was middle class and protected him very well, so seeing a dead person was indeed a huge shock to him."

"What impressed me most was that, despite the huge shock, he didn't suffer from standard post-traumatic stress disorder, but rather a very serious... well, anxiety-induced anorexia."

"Although he knew his roommate died from a drug overdose, he witnessed his roommate drowning in his own vomit, which contained a lot of identifiable undigested food. This caused him to experience an uncontrollable anxiety. Whenever he ate, felt full, or thought about having food in his stomach, he would uncontrollably fall into a state of anxiety or even panic attacks, fearing that he would also vomit and suffocate to death."

"Especially when he gets anxious, the nausea caused by his racing heart will make him even more panicked."

"I provided him with psychological counseling for a long time, starting with sharing high-calorie snacks that didn't make him feel full. In addition to sedatives, I also used my connections at the pharmacy to get him a bottle of strong antiemetic medication to carry with him. Overall, the intervention was quite effective."

Old Zheng spoke, he became quite talkative when he mentioned his professional field.

When it comes to his study abroad experience, Old Zheng seems to have a pessimistic attitude that he is reluctant to talk about, but this is probably one of the few "achievements" he is proud of, so he described it very easily.

Lin Yu listened patiently to Old Zheng's story, then nodded.

"That's certainly interesting... But have you ever encountered patients with more extreme or seemingly more dangerous situations?"

When Lin Yu asked this, Old Zheng casually retorted, "What, boss... So are you looking for material for 'Schreiber'? You want to find a case study to include Schreiber in?"

After all, Old Zheng still remembered the "Schreiber" persona, which has now been updated to the "assistant" he met during his studies abroad.

Lin Yu did not deny it. "You could say that for now..."

After all, if there really is a suitable case of "Schreiber's appearance", then Lin Yu can naturally incorporate it into Schreiber's experience.

Old Zheng pondered, "If we're really talking about things that are too dangerous, there are some... but I don't think they'd be beneficial to 'Schreiber'."

"I once worked with a very dangerous, antisocial minor. Because I was of Chinese descent and a native Chinese speaker like myself, my professor assigned me the task... and the task wasn't even therapy, but 'assessment'."

"That was the Chinese-American girl who murdered an elderly white couple. The method was extremely cruel—she used the couple's wood-chopping axe to hack them to death."

"Moreover, the reason she's considered cruel is because she didn't directly chop off the head... According to the reports I've seen, she initially chopped off the hands and feet, presumably to prevent escape and resistance."

"After cutting off their hands and feet, she performed basic hemostasis, prolonging their lives. Then... she avoided vital organs and continued to slice flesh off their bodies with an axe, practically skinning them alive."

Lin Yu was also somewhat stunned when he heard what Old Zheng said.

Without a doubt, Old Zheng was referring to "Fluoxetine".

Lin Yu had already heard about the case involving Fluoxetine.

So, at least the "epilogue" about "killing his adoptive parents" is indeed true and makes sense.

I did indeed get part of this "story" confirmed by Old Zheng.

Only...

"They really omitted a lot of details..."

Lin Yu thought to himself, "This is what I'm thinking."

Lin Yin only said that she killed her adoptive parents, but she did not say that the methods she used were so cruel.

However, Lin Yu eventually came to his senses.

After all, considering that this was the work of "Fluoxetine," although it was shocking, it didn't seem particularly strange.

So, Lin Yu looked at Old Zheng and spoke again.

"What was her motive for doing this? To so cruelly murder her adoptive parents..."

Old Zheng was a little confused. "Ah, boss, you must have misunderstood... that underage Chinese girl didn't kill her adoptive parents."

"At least... based on the records, there is no evidence that she had a legal adoptive or foster relationship with that couple."

"Perhaps she really was adopted, because that white couple, in a sense, also 'deserved to die'—they had been secretly adopting children through child welfare agencies under their names and then trafficking their organs."

"So, they did adopt many children, and many of those children were actually adopted, but the adoption procedures were not completed."

"However... there is indeed no substantial evidence to suggest that the Chinese girl is their adopted daughter."

"At least the neighbors of that couple didn't say they'd seen her... well, maybe she'd been locked up in the attic or basement or something?"

"However, based on my psychological assessment, she doesn't seem like the type who had been imprisoned for a long period during childhood."