The warm winter sun shines through the glass into the urban psychological counseling room, making the whole room unusually warm.

Beautiful and soft light music is playing in the room. A handsome young man in a straight suit stands in the sun, grinding coffee beans elegantly.

Waves of strong aroma unique to coffee drift throughout the room.

The other wall of the room is full of bookshelves, which are filled with books of various types and themes. There is a bookcase with various models of airplanes, and two bottles of daffodils on the solid wood desk.

Li Tianfeng enjoys this slow-paced life. He is brewing coffee slowly, but the young policeman who comes to the room for consultation is not so relaxed.

The first time he fired a gun after graduating from the police academy, he hit the suspect in the head. Blood mixed with brain matter flowed all over the floor, and the young policeman vomited on the spot.

In fact, policemen are afraid to enter this so-called psychological counseling room. They think it is shameful for policemen to be afraid of such things.

So no matter how scared or terrified they are, they usually choose to cry secretly and not tell others.

Li Tianfeng handed the mellow and steaming hot coffee to the nervous policeman and asked, "Do you still suffer from insomnia and nightmares every night?"

The young policeman looked embarrassed but nodded. Li Tianfeng raised his hand to signal him to relax as much as possible and treat him as a person to confide in rather than a counselor.

At the same time, he moved the small hourglass on the table over and placed it there. The black sand inside flowed down bit by bit, as if it could capture the traces of the passing of time.

Li Tianfeng sat next to the young policeman, his voice very soft,

"You can't sleep because of fear or because you feel guilty and sinful. The shadow of the dead will appear in your nightmares at night, right?"

The young policeman's face was covered with sweat and his voice was trembling, "You...how do you know that I wake up from nightmares every day?"

"Have you read Nietzsche's book?

There is a passage in it like this. Why are you afraid of it? People and trees are actually the same. The more he wants to rise to the heights of light, the more firmly his roots extend into the soil, deep down, towards sin, towards darkness, endlessly..."

The young policeman didn't understand what he was saying, but he widened his eyes, held the steaming coffee, and listened very carefully.

Li Tianfeng sat down in front of him and placed sweet almond-flavored cookies in front of him. He said, "Nietzsche always believed that the essence of the world is the will to live, and what we see is the appearance of the individualized will. Therefore, light and darkness, morality and sin, supermen and mortals, are not only opposites, but also interdependent. This depends on the will of each person..."

The little policeman seemed to understand something, but also seemed to understand nothing, with a confused look on his face.

Li Tianfeng smiled a little embarrassedly: "In fact, I just want to say that darkness is inevitable in everyone's heart. The police are like the tree in the story, rooted in darkness in order to pursue light and protect the safety of others. So, don't worry about that kind of darkness. You are not wrong, and you don't have to be afraid."

The little policeman sipped his coffee, lowered his pale face, and nodded gently.

When Li Tianfeng was doing psychological treatment, someone had been waiting outside the door for a long time.

After the treatment, when Li Tianfeng sent the young policeman out the door, he found that Chief He was standing outside the door.

"Director He, how come you have time to come here today? Please come in!"

The young policeman saw that it was Director He, bowed nervously, and said quickly: "Hello, Director He, thank you for your counseling today, I feel much better now. You guys are busy, I will go back first."

He Shenming recognized him, patted his shoulder comfortingly, and said: "Have a good rest, don't let your mind wander!

Li Tianfeng led Director He in and closed the door of the counseling room. After

He Shenming entered, he smiled calmly, "It's true that seeing is believing! It has been said that the new psychological counselor hired by the bureau has real skills. I just listened outside the door. The overseas doctor of psychology is really extraordinary!"

"Director He, you are so flattering. I don't know how to respond to such a compliment."

Li Tianfeng knew in his heart that Director He did not come here to chat with him today, but he was in no hurry to point it out.

"Director He, what kind of tea do you drink?"

He Shenming still could not agree with the hobby this young man learned from the West. He was having a headache because of the smell of coffee in the room, but he became energetic when he heard that there was tea to drink: "Iron Guanyin will be fine." Li

Tianfeng poured tea from the tea pot. His fingers were slender and white, and the movements of making tea looked pleasing to the eye. As boiling water was poured into the white bone china cup, the tea leaves slowly bloomed.

He took the cup and put it down, saying calmly, "Director He, do you want to talk to me about something?"

He Shenming took the cup, took a sip of the fragrant tea, relaxed his shoulders comfortably, and asked, "I heard from Xu Yao that you two have a good personal relationship?

" "It's not a personal relationship, but we still make appointments to have meals together from time to time?" Li Tianfeng sat opposite Director He, drinking the coffee he made himself.

He Shenming frowned and drank several sips of tea without saying a word, so it was Li Tianfeng's turn to ask,

"Director He, something is on your mind. Is it about Xu Yao?"

He Shenming sighed and said, "Xu Yao was brought up by me, and he is my proud apprentice. In my eyes, he is a competent policeman."

Li Tianfeng guessed half of it, "Has his mental state been bad recently? Are the results of his recent psychological assessment very bad?"

"It's not serious enough to affect his work, but his mental strength is getting worse, and his car accident not long ago should be related to the nightmare he had."

"Can Director He be more specific?"

He Shenming talked about this topic, his expression was obviously gloomy and a little worried.

Li Tianfeng lowered his eyes, looking gentle, but as if he saw through everything: "It seems that the result of his last psychological evaluation was very bad."

He Shenming shook his head helplessly: "His situation is indeed a bit troublesome. The continuous blows have exceeded his psychological tolerance. He also has to endure nightmares and insomnia. It is quite good that Xu Yao can achieve this level."

Li Tianfeng asked back: "Why does Xu Yao have nightmares and insomnia?"

"You may not understand his situation because you were not transferred here before. He has been my subordinate since he graduated from the police academy. At first, he only had mild insomnia, but the situation became serious after his first girlfriend died in an accident. From time to time, he would have some very strange dream fragments, and they were repeated!"

"Normal people would not have repeated unified dreams. Did his brain suffer trauma?"

Zhou Zhidong nodded, "I only know that he had a car accident when he was a child and lost all his memories before the age of eight.

But he rarely mentioned what happened. Xu Yao has always been very alert." Li

Tianfeng thought for a while and said, "In fact, most of us have some small psychological problems to a greater or lesser extent, such as confinement, fear of heights, fear of dark spaces. , severe insomnia and irritability, etc. These are all mental illnesses that are prone to outbursts, but this is not a big psychological problem. Xu Yao and I have both studied psychology. Xu Yao should be stronger in self-psychological regulation. I don’t think you need to worry about him. I believe that his psychological willpower is very strong, and his self-healing and regulation ability is very strong. He will not be easily affected by some small problems. "

He Shenming drank two sips of tea, smiled calmly, and said, "It seems that you are quite Understand his situation."

Li Tianfeng smiled gently and joked: "Look at what you said, Director He, I don't think I understand him. But Director He told me so much, maybe it was to give me a shot of prevention, so that when I write the psychological assessment report, I can secretly help Xu Yao open a small back door?"

He Shenming took a deep breath: "He is a very good policeman and the most outstanding apprentice I have ever taught."

Li Tianfeng understood what he meant and replied: "Well, I understand "It's all white."

The two smiled at each other, and He Shenming stood up. Li Tianfeng saw that the plate in front of him was empty, so he said, "Director He, please wait a moment."

He turned around and took out a box of snacks from the drawer of the table, handed it over, and said, "Director He, this is the snack I made myself. When you are under a lot of pressure, eating some sweets occasionally can relieve your mood."

He Shenming was a little embarrassed, but he still took it, smiled and said "thank you", and then accepted the cookie.

After He Shenming left, Li Tianfeng took a sip of water. When the cold water went into his throat, his eyes darkened, frowned, put the cup aside, and turned on the computer.

There was only one line of words in the document:

"Light and darkness are often just a thought away."

Li Tianfeng thought for a moment, raised his hand and typed the second sentence on the keyboard:

"Whatever you decide to choose, you will become."

After writing these two sentences, Li Tianfeng leaned back in his chair and raised his head, just in time to meet the warm sunlight pouring in from the window. The golden and glittering light was like the palm of a lover, delicate and gentle, brushing across his forehead, his eyebrows, his nose, and his cheeks.

Li Tianfeng closed his eyes and slowly, silently, and deeply exhaled .