Chapter 860 Abby's Psychological Research

Tildy looked down at Xiao Peng, who was sitting on the sofa. "Confess and you will be treated leniently. Resist and you will be treated severely! You must tell the truth!"

As she spoke, she was holding up a mobile phone with a video communication app in her hand. The avatars of Marlene and Abby were on the phone. This was a live video call!

Xiao Peng said with a bitter face: "What do I confess?"

Tierti said, "You actually brought another woman into our room alone, and you did it while I wasn't paying attention. Tell me the truth, what shameful things did you do in there?"

Xiao Peng protested, "What shameful thing is this? We were in there for less than ten minutes! What could I have done in such a short time?"

"Ask yourself, don't ask us!" Marlene snorted coldly.

Xiao Peng slapped the sofa and said, "Damn! Others don't understand, but you don't understand? Am I the kind of person who can finish a fight in ten minutes?"

Marlene blushed. "Don't change the subject! Who knows if you've even surpassed your level?"

"Puff!" Xiao Peng nearly vomited blood. "Marin! You can say anything else about me, but you can't use this to attack my dignity as a man!"

Marlene remained silent while Abby said, "Honey, please correct your attitude. Now you need to explain yourself. Why did you bring a strange woman into our room? What were you doing there?"

Xiao Peng sighed and said, "You're overthinking it. Nanji's family is a German financial family. She wants to use my connections to get her father's bank involved in the operations of the Tri-State Salvage Alliance, but how can I have the final say on this matter? Since the Tri-State Alliance is a cooperation between three states, of course there are banks involved. They are the Baden-Württemberg State Bank headquartered in Stuttgart and the Norddeutsche Landesbank in Hanover, with the Norddeutsche Landesbank as the core. They are now also our cooperative bank in Germany. How can I let others intervene and steal my business from my partners? Of course, I can't refuse Nanji outright, so I still have to do what I should do on the surface, such as introducing them to each other. Whether the deal is reached or not is none of my business. Such financial cooperation can easily cause things like stock price fluctuations before it is confirmed, so we have to discuss it privately."

"Really?" Marlene asked.

Xiao Peng replied directly: "I swear to heaven!"

Abby said, "Well, it doesn't look like a lie."

"Huh?" Tildy asked, "Abby, how do you know he's not lying?"

Abby explained, "Observe his micro-expressions. Most people think with the right side of their brain, so when an average person lies, they look to the upper right. This happens in about 80% of people, and based on my interactions with Xiao Peng, he's considered normal in this regard. Another way to improve your judgment is to ask him a few simple questions that don't require him to speak. Observe whether his eyes move left or right. Then, mix in questions that might indicate a lie with your own and observe the direction of his eyes. If the direction of his eyes doesn't match the direction he normally moves when asking questions, then he's lying. Of course, there are seasoned liars who don't fall into this category—the kind who lie without blinking, but fortunately, Xiao isn't one of them."

After hearing this, Xiao Peng slapped his thigh and stood up. "Did you hear that? Did you hear everything? I'm innocent! You're still holding a three-court trial here? Have you considered my feelings?"

But Abby said, "Don't get so excited. You acted so helpless when we kept asking you this question. That's because you wanted to just come clean and avoid being caught lying again and again, to relieve the pressure. If a liar is repeatedly questioned about a lie, they'll either be helpless or furious. This is a very common thing in couples' arguments. Tell me, what else were you hiding in those words just now?"

Xiao Peng was dumbfounded. "Abby, when did you start studying psychology again?"

"It's just a hobby!" Abby said calmly, "Tell me, what are you hiding from us by bringing a strange woman into our room?"

"No, no, no!" Xiao Peng raised his voice.

"See, this is a precursor to rage, the same symptoms I just mentioned." Abby said lightly.

Xiao Peng raised his hands: "I was wrong, I was really wrong, I shouldn't have known you from the beginning. If I didn't know you, I wouldn't have had such random thoughts. If I hadn't had random thoughts, I wouldn't have had sex with you. If I hadn't had sex with you, I wouldn't have to endure this torture..."

"What are you talking about? Speaking Chinese is forbidden!" said Tilti.

Xiao Peng spread out his hands and said, "I'm neither helpless nor angry now. My dears, you guys should get closer. Do you really want me to be an old monk with no desires? Are you in love? This is PUB coming to me! Do you really want to transform me into what you expect? Abby, you keep delving into your psychology. If I leave now, will you still say that I'm angry because of shame? Whatever, I'm a carefree old monk now! Walter!"

He shouted loudly.

Walter, who was outside the door, stuck his head in: "Boss, is the matter resolved?"

Xiao Peng sighed and said, "It's not over yet. Drive Miss Tildy to the dock. She's going to Bremen to catch a flight to Sweden. Then tell Chen Cheng that we're leaving directly on both ships! Abby, if dating is textbook knowledge, does our current situation conform to the rules of dating? Forget it, just be happy!"

After he finished speaking, he turned and walked out. Tildy, Abby, and Marlene on the phone all called out, "Xiao!"

Xiao Peng turned around after hearing what he said, but his expression was indeed not very good. "Don't you say that people who lie should be furious at this time? Look at my expression and my mouth shape and listen carefully: I want a girlfriend! Not a psychologist! Not a housekeeper! Not a nanny! Not a child! And I don't want to have three more mothers! If you want to be together, then be together. If you don't want to be together, get the hell out!"

After hearing this, Walter quickly said: "Boss, don't be so angry, if there is anything, you can talk about it..."

"Walter, if you say one more word, get out of here! Whoever wants to be a peacemaker, get out of here! These days, whoever leaves can get by!" Xiao Peng walked out of the room and slammed the door shut.

The room suddenly became quiet.

Finally, it was Walter who broke the silence: "Well, what did you do to the boss? This is the first time I've seen him lose his temper! Forget it, I won't ask anymore, Tilty, I'll take you to the dock now. Don't let you lose your job, okay? When the gods fight, the little devils suffer. Give me a way out, okay?"