Criminal Psychology

Hongjing City Detention Center.

The place where the government guards the prisoners should have the same good work and rest habits as the mental hospital.

It was late at night, and the news from the TV was buzzing.At twelve o'clock in the evening, the voting had been going on for four hours.

The LCD TV placed in the chat room between Lin Chen and Shen Lian has been broadcasting the voting results one after another, and Lin Chen has not stopped drinking water.

Although during this period of time, a lot of news happened in various places.

For example, some students collectively protested against the arbitrary violation of the law by voting to execute prisoners, or there was a gangster-level fight in the dark room of Minjiang No. [-] Prison, which ended in the forced persuasion of Inspector Huang.

But generally speaking, this night is not a big deal, it can be bigger than the opening of voting.

But probably because of the late night, the voting speed slowed down, and there were some slight fluctuations.

The official website of the government still maintains a high ratio of 1:4. No one is surprised by this result.

In the words of a statistical expert, when the sample size is larger, the data tends to be more stable, that is to say, when one-sixth of the total voting time has passed, it is basically possible to determine what the final result will be .

Shen Lian was not surprised by this.

To be honest, although she didn't know the specific ratio of the final result, most people would of course exchange the deaths of four criminals for the antidote that could save more people. The overwhelming advantage is certain and inevitable.

Therefore, what she is most interested in now is what kind of medicine is Lin Chen selling in the gourd?

"Did you know, Consultant Lin..." She said suddenly, seeing Lin Chen stop holding the water glass.

During this period of time, her and Lin Chen seemed to have reversed their roles.She became the one who kept talking and asking questions, while Lin Chen asked for a square stool to rest his feet on, and half leaned on the armchair to sleep lightly.

Lin Chen slightly raised his eyelids to look at him, his face was extremely pale, revealing a spirit of holding on.

"I'm thirsty, so I want to drink water all the time, which is also a kind of acute withdrawal reaction." She said to Lin Chen.

Lin Chen hooked the corners of his lips, tapped the cup wall with his fingertips, and smiled reluctantly: "In this case, you might as well cooperate and give me the antidote so that I can go to rest."

"Tsk." Shen Lian smiled happily, "No, you are so cute like this, weren't you still full of confidence before?"

Lin Chen coaxed her like a little girl: "I'm still very confident now."

Shen Lian frowned, and said: "I really doubt it now, from the very beginning, you wanted to kill those four people in exchange for the antidote, and when you become ruthless, sometimes you are even more inhumane than us."

Lin Chen tapped the cup wall lightly with his fingertips, making a crisp sound. He suddenly looked at her seriously, his dark eyes full of exploration: "You always use 'you' and 'us' to describe What is the basis for the division of the human species?"

"Huh." Shen Lian was surprised, "The first to separate 'you' and 'us', isn't it 'you'?"

"It sounds like a tongue twister." Lin Chen shook his head.

"Criminologists have spent hundreds of thousands of years to study why a person becomes a criminal, from the earliest phrenology to the current genetic determinism. Don't they go to great lengths to select potential criminals?"

"This is just human beings' exploration of their own unknown." Lin Chen said.

He had a calm face, and this attitude made Shen Lian suddenly annoyed: "Yes, yes, it's like the study of human diseases. We are the part that needs to be corrected, treated, and must be cut out when you have to. You all call 'us' I know in my heart what 'you' should be!"

"What do you think it is?" Lin Chen asked back.

Shen Lian choked suddenly, and she realized that she really couldn't find the exact adjective for a while.

"Potential criminals, objects that must be eliminated?" Lin Chen pulled the clothes covering his legs with some difficulty, turned his head and pointed to the TV, "Now, the four real criminals I have selected, in more extreme situations Next, you can take a look at what we think of you."

Although Lin Chen was as weak as an addict, his tone was so firm that Shen Lian didn't know where his confidence came from: "1:4, big brother, you can't win!"

"In your mind, what is the result of my so-called winning?" At this moment, Lin Chen seemed to grasp the key, and answered in a very suspicious manner, "If I win, Those four people won't die in the end, will they?" Lin Chen stopped tapping the glass, this pause made Shen Lian even more irritable, but Lin Chen always knew how to stimulate her, "Look at Chen Lian, it's just that you are very ordinary An idea, but if I were your therapist, I'd tell you that you're not even aware of your cognitive problems behind this question."

"Unfortunately you are not."

Before Shen Lian finished speaking, she was interrupted by Lin Chen.

"You're scared, yeah, it looks like you're confident and taunting me from your position as the winner, but you're scared what if I win? You don't really care about winning or losing, you do It is the point of view symbolized behind this. You win, which symbolizes that your previous beliefs are not wrong. Humans are selfish animals, and you are just one of these animals that is closer to nature. And what if I win?" Lin Chen finally showed a real smile, with an extremely bright breath, "What would it mean if I win, have you really thought about this problem?"

"Shut up, do you think there is such a possibility?" Shen Lian said coldly.

"'Denial' is the most basic and primitive psychological defense method. If I were your therapist, I would seize this opportunity to say a few more words. Although winning or losing is just a very simple word, in my opinion, this The words reflect that you actually have the basic cognitive ability of moral evaluation, you actually have a clear understanding of what opinions I hold, and you even fully understand the social moral evaluation system, but this thing does not impress you at all, so you choose not to Not to mention respecting it, but deep down you really know what kindness is."

Shen Lian was speechless for a long time, she really felt sick to her stomach, and retched at Lin Chen: "Lin Chen, congratulations, your success disgusted me."

"My honor." Lin Chen said.

According to the general procedure, when Lin Chen finished his four-word concluding remarks, the conversation should come to an end.

But maybe Lin Chen's words just now really made her feel uncomfortable, or it was really just some kind of psychotherapist's technique, she couldn't help but retort: ​​"Please, my meaning is very simple, regardless of people's selfishness Still analyzing it from the perspective of people’s blind obedience, they will all cast those four criminals to death.”

"Appreciate further details."

Lin Chen only said four words, no matter how much he talked, Shen Lian would be angry.

"I always thought that you would forge a group of accounts to spread great beauty and goodness on the Internet to induce stupid people to make choices, so as to reflect your so-called brilliance of human nature."

"It's not pretty, as I said earlier. Since it is everyone's choice, it should be decided by everyone's free will."

"But if you don't guide, it doesn't mean that others don't guide you." Just like Lin Chen always wanted to dig out the truest thoughts in her heart, she also wanted to see what Lin Chen exposed, such as being crazy or ugly, so she said , "People follow blindly in a group environment, let alone the Internet. Once someone expresses an opinion, as long as he speaks early, loudly, and looks very reasonable, many stupid people will be affected and continue to spread , to form an inherent concept." Shen Lian paused, and said, "And often, those who can't wait to express their opinions, tsk..."

Lin Chen shook his head, followed by shaking his toes, as if expressing his helplessness together.

Shen Lian knew that, in a sense, Lin Chen had a clearer understanding of this matter than she did, so she had nothing to say.

When she was about to continue, Lin Chen's cell phone rang. Although there was no ringtone, Shen Lian clearly heard the vibration.

This was the first time since Lin Chen sat in this interrogation room that the phone rang for the first time, and Shen Lian knew that something must have happened.

However, when she subconsciously stared at Lin Chen, the frail man who had been half leaning on the chair suddenly stood up, pointed to the secret door in the interrogation room, and coaxed her, "I'm going to the bathroom, you stay alone for a while, good."

This is simply talking nonsense with eyes open, and Shen Lian is almost going to die of anger.

……

The toilet in the interrogation room is very small.

I can walk to the end in two steps, and when I pee standing up, my back can only stick to the cold back wall.

The toilets and sinks are of the worst quality. In order to prevent the prisoners from being impulsive, even the mirror on the wall is covered with a simple layer of cellophane.

So when I stood in front of the sink and looked at myself, I always felt like a ghost.

He turned on the faucet, pointed at his fingers meaninglessly, and connected the phone with the other hand: "Hello."

"Why are you so hoarse, how much nonsense did you say?" Su Fengzi's understated and slightly mocking voice sounded through the receiver, Lin Chen finally heard the tone of a normal person, and felt a little warm.

"I was talking about the psychological defense mechanism with Shen Lian, and we also talked about herd mentality. If we go deeper, we will probably talk about the field of mirror neurons. Fortunately, you called."

Su Fengzi was obviously not a normal person in the traditional sense, he just said: "Whether you are interrogating or dating, Xing Conglian doesn't care about you?"

"I'm more assertive, and he can't control me." Lin Chen laughed helplessly again. He turned off the faucet, sat down on the toilet, and put his knees against the wall. This posture was uncomfortable, but it was inexplicably interesting sense of security.

Su Fengzi probably also knew that he was seated, so he changed the subject: "What time is it now? Your dear Inspector Huang almost shot in the cell. Fortunately, the director cut off the signal in time. Have you found Shen Lian? A breakthrough?"

"No, I haven't talked to Shen Lian about anything about her yet." Lin Chen told the truth.

"There are still 20 hours, classmate Lin Chen. That's the time to have a good time and sleep. Can't you be direct with Shen Lian?"

"I've always been gentle with girls."

"So you asked me to go to Yongchuan Medical College to find something related to Duan Wanshan and to break through the heart of Shen Lian, but you talked about poetry, songs, and ideals of life with the little beauty?"

Su Fengzi seldom has such a bad mood, Lin Chen can almost imagine him standing alone under the street lamp and sulking, although he knows that Su Fengzi said this deliberately to make him relax, but it is difficult to laugh Voice: "After all, I am counting on you, brother."

"I've already looked for it. After so many years, who can remember a small detail many years ago, and you don't even tell what kind of detail it might be. This is the same difficulty as finding another planet with life in the universe. "

Lin Chen hurriedly said: "Brother, your metaphor is really beautiful."

On the other end of the phone, Su Fengzi sighed for a long time, and finally said, "I'm very worried."

Lin Chen knew that this sentence was really not a joke. He looked at the oppressive wall in front of him, and heard Su Fengzi continue: "If more people really think that those four people should die, will you kill them in exchange for the antidote?"

"Yes."

"Then?"

"Pay them with their lives."

"It doesn't make sense." Su Fengzi said.

"But what can I do?" Lin Chen smiled calmly.

"I see." Su Fengzi said solemnly, "Although I think it's not worth it, I respect your choice."

"Thank you."