Chapter 25 Lu Yan felt as if he were soaking in warm water…

Lu Yan felt as if he were soaking in warm water, with a strange sense of warmth and comfort, but at the same time, he also felt suffocated. The two feelings were pulling each other, as if they were pulling him to two different places.

Gu Sheng continued his meaningless questions, only they became more and more probing, but Lü Yan, lost in his own thoughts, was completely unaware.

Su Yin went from being puzzled to understanding what Gu Sheng was doing.

As he watched Lu Yan answer more and more smoothly, he felt a chill. When did Gu Sheng finish hypnotizing him? Why didn't he notice at all?

Su Yin wasn't actually very familiar with Gu Sheng; they had only met once by chance, and that encounter was unforgettable for Su Yin.

It was a masquerade ball held by detectives. The people attending the ball traveled by ship to international waters, and everyone put on masks to join the revelry. Then, one case after another occurred.

It was a challenge issued by one detective to all detectives. Even Su Yin was amazed by the methods used in those crimes. However, Su Yin was no ordinary person. While others were still racking their brains to find evidence, he had already followed the clues all the way forward.

Su Yin was arrogant, and he had the right to be. He was very clever, or rather, extremely clever. In his eyes, those below him were mediocre, and those above him…

No one is above him.

Just when Su Yin thought he had shaken off everyone and was about to find the truth, he turned around to look behind him as usual. This was one of his bad habits; he liked to look down on all living beings before ascending the throne.

This time was different from the past. He found that someone was standing next to him, and that person was Gu Sheng.

That was also the first time Su Yin had ever witnessed true hypnosis.

Of course, this does not mean that Su Yin had never heard of the concept of hypnosis before; on the contrary, he was very knowledgeable about hypnosis.

As someone who has dealt with criminals for many years, he has a deep understanding of psychology. It is because of this deep understanding that he realizes that hypnosis, as people understand it, does not exist in this world.

The hypnosis we see in daily life can at most be considered a form of psychological suggestion. Even someone as powerful as Lü Yan used psychological suggestion to induce his patients to commit crimes. This method amplifies a certain aspect of a person's inner self.

True hypnosis exists only in theory. Theoretically, it is possible to use certain methods to blur a person's consciousness and thus control them, making them do things against their will.

However, achieving true hypnosis is virtually impossible.

But Gu Sheng did it, even without holding any of the necessary props.

On that cruise ship, as the countdown to a new murder was about to end, Gu Sheng took over the power distribution room and, using a method that Su Yin couldn't understand, hypnotized everyone on the ship with lights.

Only Su Yin noticed the anomaly in advance and escaped the hypnosis, which is why he believed he had outmaneuvered Gu Sheng once. Moreover, by this time, he had already found the murderer.

Su Yin caught the murderer, and Gu Sheng was released from hypnosis.

The cruise ship began to roar again as people lifted Su Yin up to celebrate his victory, yet around Gu Sheng, in this crowded room, a vacuum was abruptly created.

Everyone looked at Gu Sheng with fear in their eyes. Even though those cases had nothing to do with Gu Sheng, they looked at him with more fear than they would at the real murderer.

Su Yin will always remember that Gu Sheng, who was isolated, was neither frustrated nor angry. He even had a smile on his face. The reactions of those around him seemed to please him. He stood in the corner, observing his fellow human beings.

His gaze was like that of a researcher staring at a monkey in a cage.

From then on, Su Yin began to keep a close eye on Gu Sheng. He always felt that Gu Sheng would do something bad, and even after he found out that Gu Sheng was actually a member of the Public Security Bureau, it did not change his opinion.

Gu Sheng gave Su Yin a very dangerous first impression, so dangerous that Su Yin found it hard to believe that Gu Sheng was a good person.

He only sought out Gu Sheng this time because he had no other choice.

Gu Sheng did not disappoint him and got the answer he wanted.

At this point, Gu Sheng's questioning was coming to an end. He asked one last question: "You said the suspect mentioned a park that was very important to him? Where is that park?"

At this moment, Lü Yan's eyes had become very unfocused, and even the sheriff next to him noticed the abnormality.

The sheriff looked at Lü Yan and then at Gu Sheng, and opened his mouth to say something, but was immediately stopped by Su Yin.

Su Yin pressed down on the sheriff's shoulder, signaling him to be quiet.

Lu Yan obediently answered Gu Sheng's question: "That park is in the southeast corner of Liuyin Town. He said that park gave him the best childhood memories, and if he could, he would be willing to die there."

Gu Sheng raised an eyebrow. Died there? For a patient to say something like that, Lü Yan, the psychologist, isn't doing a very good job, although this might have been intentional on his part.

Using cherished childhood memories to highlight present suffering amplifies the evil side of the suspect.

Gu Sheng looked at Su Yin, who nodded to indicate that she understood, and then left the interrogation room.

Since the park was the suspect's fondest childhood memory, and he even wanted to die there, it makes sense that he would hide his daughter there.

Su Yin is now investigating the park. Gu Sheng checked the time; there was still some time before Lu Yan was released. Lu Yan was now in deep hypnosis, so Gu Sheng could ask some questions he couldn't ask before.

"Are you deliberately inducing the suspect to commit a crime?" Gu Sheng's voice wasn't loud, but it sounded unusually loud in the closed interrogation room.

The sheriff in charge of taking notes glanced at Gu Sheng nervously. After all, they had interrogated him all day but hadn't gotten anything out of Lü Yan, and had almost gotten something out of him in return.

Although the sheriff noticed Lu Yan's unusual behavior, he didn't think it was related to hypnosis. After all, anyone with common sense knows that hypnosis isn't magic and can't completely control a person like in movies and TV shows.

He assumed that Gu Sheng was deliberately asking so many meaningless questions in order to tire Lü Yan out and expose his weakness.

However, he still couldn't understand why Lu Yan, who had been so uncooperative before, would answer so many of Gu Sheng's questions.

Lu Yan did not answer Gu Sheng immediately this time. A struggle appeared in his eyes, but Gu Sheng was not flustered at all because he knew that Lu Yan could not escape.

In the end, Lü Yan answered Gu Sheng's question: "No, I will not mislead them. I will just let them face their own hearts."

Lu Yan's answer surprised Gu Sheng, but it was also reasonable. It was an objective fact that Lu Yan had misled his patients, but Lu Yan might not have thought so subjectively. He really did not think that he had misled those people.

Gu Sheng frowned. Hypnosis was very effective, but it wasn't a panacea. Although Gu Sheng had a way to get Lü Yan to give him the answer he wanted.

Gu Sheng could get anyone to admit they were a criminal, but that would be meaningless.

Gu Sheng asked a few more questions, which Lü Yan answered obediently, but the answers were not ideal. He did not admit that the patients committed crimes because of him; in his view, those cases had nothing to do with him.

Gu Sheng glanced at the time; twenty-four hours had passed.

He stood up with his water glass and walked out from behind the table. Just then, Su Yin walked in from outside the door, his face showing undisguised excitement.

"Found it."

Gu Sheng didn't expect it to happen so quickly.

Su Yin continued, "I contacted the local sheriff and explained the situation to them. They happened to have some officers patrolling the area, so they contacted them and quickly found the girl in that abandoned park."

Gu Sheng responded with an "Oh," indicating that he was listening.

"Thankfully, we found her. The girl hadn't eaten for days; she might have starved to death any later." After saying that, Su Yin looked at Lü Yan. "So, any new progress?" He was asking if there had been any new developments in the investigation into Lü Yan's alleged inducement to commit the crime.

Gu Sheng shook his head and said, "No, he doesn't think what he did was inducing a crime. To convict him, we need more crucial evidence."

Su Yin's eyes showed disappointment. He looked at Gu Sheng and said, "Can't you make him confess?"

Gu Sheng was stunned. He didn't expect Su Yin to say such a thing. Didn't this mean that Gu Sheng should use hypnosis to force Lü Yan to confess his guilt?

Although they hadn't known each other for long, he could tell that Su Yin was a person with a strong sense of justice, so he was very surprised when Su Yin said such a thing.

Noticing Gu Sheng's probing gaze, Su Yin said with certainty, "Lu Yan is guilty." Even though he hadn't found any evidence yet.

Gu Sheng could understand Su Yin's situation. After all, given Lü Yan's abilities, if he were left outside for even a day, someone might be killed because of him.

but.

Gu Sheng said, "If you want to uphold the law, then stick to it to the end." If you don't want to solve the problem through the law, then please stick to it to the end. Gu Sheng doesn't want Lü Yan to get away with it, but he dislikes doing unjust things in the name of justice even more.

Su Yin understood Gu Sheng's implied meaning, and he rarely lowered his head to admit his mistake: "I'm sorry, I was in a hurry. You're right."

Su Yin glanced at the time. Even if she didn't want to, it was time to let Lü Yan go.

Su Yin said, "Let's follow the procedure."

Gu Sheng didn't speak. As the clock hands reached their end, Gu Sheng released the cup from his hand.

The sound of the glass shattering was unusually jarring in the interrogation room.

The guard at the gate immediately called for someone to clean up.

The moment the cup shattered, Lü Yan's eyes cleared.

He was momentarily confused, but immediately realized what had happened; he remembered everything that had occurred during the hypnosis.

His shirt was soaked with cold sweat.

Lu Yan, abandoning his previous composure, suddenly stood up, his eyes filled with fear, as well as a suppressed excitement.

"What did you do? No, how did you do it?"

Lu Yan's voice was so loud that even the sheriff standing nearby couldn't help but turn his head to look at him. He had never seen Lu Yan lose his composure like this before.

Before Gu Sheng could answer, Lü Yan continued, "A water cup, it is a water cup, but when? Can a water cup be made to this extent?"

Then, as if he had just realized something, he burst into a manic laugh. He looked at Su Yin and said, "You've really invited someone extraordinary, but you didn't expect this, did you? He proved me innocent."

He loudly emphasized, "This time you have to admit that I am innocent."

With a gloomy face, Lü Yan ordered his men to unlock Su Yin's handcuffs.

Looking at his expression, Lü Yan said, "Great Detective, you're not thinking of using vigilante justice to punish me, are you?"

Su Yin didn't speak, but just stared coldly at Lü Yan.

“This isn’t right. The person you invited didn’t do anything just now.” Lu Yan knew that if Gu Sheng wanted to, he would have confessed in front of everyone by now, but Gu Sheng didn’t. So in Lu Yan’s opinion, Gu Sheng must be a person with a very high moral standard.

Although he believes that people with such abilities do not need to have that kind of morality, and that morality, in his view, is an obstacle to human development.

Although Gu Sheng didn't want to, he understood Lu Yan's thoughts from his micro-expressions. He silently thought: He really has a pure antisocial personality.

That's why Lü Yan doesn't think what he did was wrong.

Su Yin didn't want to say anything more to Lü Yan. He pushed open the door and said, "You can leave now."

As Lü Yan walked towards the door, he suddenly leaned close to Gu Sheng, stared into Gu Sheng's eyes, and said, "We can talk alone sometime. You'll definitely be interested in my research."

Gu Sheng remained silent.

Lu Yan left the interrogation room; he still had other procedures to complete.

Gu Sheng looked at Su Yin, whose face was gloomy, and comforted him, "At least the girl has been found."

When he heard about the girl, Su Yin's expression softened. He said, "Thank you, it's all thanks to you."

Just as the two were talking, the sheriff who had been taking notes suddenly stared at the cup on the ground and said, "You hypnotized him?"

At first, he didn't think about hypnosis, but Gu Sheng's sudden action of smashing the cup, the subsequent change in Lu Yan's expression, and the things he said made the sheriff naturally think of hypnosis.

Thinking back to how readily Lü Yan answered all his questions, he still couldn't quite believe it: "Can hypnosis really achieve that level of effectiveness?"

Su Yin seemed to see through the sheriff's thoughts and said, "Ordinary people can't do this. Only the one in front of you can do it."

The sheriff looked at Su Yin with worry on his face: "How can you be so sure that only he can do it?" The thought that someone who could hypnotize others might become a criminal sent chills down his spine.

Su Yin said, "Of course we can be sure, because how could someone who can do this be unknown? If they really exist, we can't be completely unaware of them."

The sheriff felt that Su Yin's words made sense, and he felt a little relieved. However, looking at Gu Sheng, he silently thought that he should pay more attention to this person in the future.

Gu Sheng exchanged a glance with the sheriff, and he instantly understood what the sheriff was thinking. He said, "I'm not from J City. I'm not under your jurisdiction."

The sheriff was somewhat uncomfortable that Gu Sheng had seen through his thoughts at a glance. He lowered his head and avoided Gu Sheng's gaze.

Gu Sheng also disliked the ability to know what the other person was thinking at a glance.

He silently told himself: Don't look too closely, don't think too much, return to normal, return to normal.

After hypnotizing himself for a while, Gu Sheng no longer had that feeling of being able to see through everything.

He still prefers things as they are now; it's good to be a little oblivious in life, and knowing too much isn't always a good thing.

After everything was over, Su Yin offered to drive Gu Sheng back to S City. Helicopters are only to be used in emergencies.

As they came out, they ran into Lu Yan, who had just finished his paperwork, and the three of them walked out of the police station together.

Su Yin didn't even want to glance at Lü Yan. He simply said, "Get the car," and left.

After the two of them were left, Gu Sheng and Lü Yan remained silent for a while.

Gu Sheng suddenly said in a low voice, "My moral bottom line isn't as high as you think."

Lu Yan turned to look at Gu Sheng. He saw that Gu Sheng had been smiling at him for some time now. It was a smile that looked peaceful, but with a hint of eeriness.

Looking at that smile, Lu Yan felt a fear he had never felt before; it was as if he was being watched by something.

His heart was screaming: Don't look back, don't delve deeper, don't go any further, there's an abyss ahead.

But there was an inexplicable centripetal force pulling at Lü Yan; he wanted to know more, much more.

Lu Yan replied to Gu Sheng with a seemingly random question: "What did you see?" In Lu Yan's view, no one could see through the human mind better than Gu Sheng; only someone who had studied psychology could understand what was in there.

Goodness is on the surface, evil is within; there, evil always outweighs good.

Gu Sheng felt strange. He could only see Lü Yan, so what could he see? He replied, "You."

Su Yin saw Gu Sheng and Lü Yan looking at each other from afar. He saw that familiar smile on Gu Sheng's face, exactly the same one he had seen on the ship.

Su Yin's initial gloom from letting Lü Yan go gradually subsided. Perhaps letting Lü Yan go wasn't such a bad thing, because now he was being targeted by an even more terrifying being.

Gu Sheng didn't realize the abnormality in his smile. He was just smiling normally, and he was just making some normal threats.

After getting into Su Yin's car, Gu Sheng looked at Lü Yan in the rearview mirror. He was still standing in the same spot, holding that position, and hadn't moved for a long time.

Later, Su Yin told Gu Sheng that Lü Yan had gone mad. Although he wasn't sent to prison, he was admitted to a mental hospital. He would often say nonsensical things, and he would always say that he was the embodiment of human evil.

However, Su Yin felt that Lu Yan was right.