newbobooks Chapter 20 Becoming a Psychology Expert
Chapter 20 Becoming a Psychology Expert
Shen Wancheng closed her eyes and pondered until she heard Shen Yao's even breathing before she focused her mind.
This was the first time Shen Wancheng had proactively approached the Knowledge Ability Achievement System.
She decided to buy a power today.
Shen Wancheng found the psychology expert in the mall and saw that the required achievement points were 10. She currently had 10 achievement points left after buying this knowledge ability.
Shen Wancheng didn't hesitate any longer and bought it directly.
Shen Wancheng's decision to buy this knowledge and ability was made after careful consideration.
Although this ability doesn't have a strong direct monetization potential at this stage, it can enhance Shen Wancheng's insight.
In her previous life, Shen Wancheng was just a high-achieving student with a high IQ, but she didn't have much social experience and had never studied psychology before.
Therefore, she is always on her guard when dealing with people.
When Shen Wancheng was talking to Guo Tao that afternoon, she was thinking that if she knew some psychology, she could understand more about a person's character and thoughts from their body language.
Shen Wancheng knew all too well that Hong Kong was not an easy place to navigate, and that the people she would meet in the future would definitely be more complicated than those of Guo Tao and Shen Mei.
Her primary skill right now should be ensuring her own safety and minimizing the possibility of falling into someone else's trap; making money should come after that.
Therefore, Shen Wancheng resolutely exchanged her knowledge and skills as a psychology expert tonight.
After making the purchase, Shen Wancheng took a deep breath and closed her eyes.
After Shen Wancheng's consciousness fell into a dream, countless fragments of information flooded into her mind like water irrigating a field.
The next morning, Shen Wancheng woke up.
She didn't feel any changes in her body or mind, but she felt a strange sense of fulfillment.
Shen Wancheng wasn't in a hurry to verify her gains, and got up in a relaxed mood.
Just as Shen Wancheng stepped out of the bedroom, there was a knock on the door, and Shen Yao opened it.
Shen Mei entered the room. After getting up and washing up quickly, she went downstairs to buy breakfast.
Shen Mei bought three servings of millet porridge, a basket of eight small steamed buns, and a side dish of spicy and sour kelp. It looked very plentiful and appetizing.
Shen Wancheng asked, "How much did it cost? Let's buy a notebook later and record all our shared expenses in it. Each of us will pay one-third, which is just fair."
Shen Yao immediately responded, "Okay, I'll go buy it in a bit."
Shen Mei agreed, "This is a great idea, but this meal is on me, cousins. If it weren't for you, I would definitely have been taken back by those people."
Oh right, I didn't have a chance to ask Shen Mei how she ended up in Hong Kong Island yesterday.
Shen Yao asked, "How come you're in Hong Kong Island? My sister and I had a lot of trouble getting here."
Shen Mei lowered her eyes, tears welling up again.
Shen Wancheng said, "If you don't want to talk about it, then don't. Let's eat."
Shen Mei sniffed. "It's not that I didn't want to talk about it, it's just that I suddenly feel so fortunate to have met my cousins. If it weren't for you, I would either have married those two idiots or been locked up and sold."
"That night, I ran out of the house while it was on fire and ran as fast as I could in one direction. I kept running until dawn, afraid that my family would catch up with me and take me back."
"It wasn't until the afternoon that we arrived at a town next to ours that I had never been before. I didn't stop, but took a bus that was about to depart and arrived in City A."
"I wanted to settle down in City A, so I rented a room and started looking for a job. The job I found was as an assistant in a tailor shop, which would pay 15 yuan a month."
“My roommate is an older woman who is very outgoing. Within a day or two, she seemed to be able to talk to me about anything. She told me that a tailor’s assistant can only be a tailor for a lifetime, and no one knows how long the shop will last. There is no money and no stability. She said that I have a good image and introduced me to a good job.”
"I was tempted, and when I saw the job posting, I was tricked into boarding the ship."
As Shen Mei spoke, tears welled up again uncontrollably, and she couldn't stop them from flowing.
She was terrified and filled with fear whenever she thought about what happened those few days. She felt both hatred and despair at that time.
"It was alright on the ship; all of us girls were full of hope for our future jobs. But everything changed after we disembarked. We were locked in a dirty and squalid room, and someone taught us... ways to please men. We refused to learn, and each of us was given individual tests and quizzes. If we couldn't answer, we would be beaten and verbally abused."
“I don’t know what happened yesterday, but there was a strife among the people in charge of us, and I ran away with a few girls.”
The events of those ten days or so can be summed up in just a few words, but if Shen Mei hadn't happened to meet Shen Wancheng and Shen Yao, and had instead been captured and taken back, her life would have been over.
Thinking of all this, Shen Mei couldn't stop crying again.
Shen Wancheng sighed, patted Shen Mei on the shoulder, and comforted her.
The same was true in Shen Wancheng's previous life in the 1980s and 1990s. Many girls who went out to work were tricked into going overseas, died in foreign lands, and never returned.
Shen Yao also comforted Shen Mei, "Don't cry. You've escaped now, things will get better."
Shen Mei nodded vigorously, "Thank you, cousin, thank you all."
Shen Wancheng said, "Let's have breakfast, and after we eat, I'll take you to buy some clothes."
In the morning, Shen Wancheng and her two friends went to an affordable clothing store in Mong Kok, Hong Kong Island.
The clothes here are cheap and more fashionable than those worn by people in inland towns. There are simply no such clothing stores in inland towns.
Shen Mei was hesitant and unsure of what to choose, so Shen Wancheng took it upon herself to select three outfits for her.
One long plaid dress, two sets of shirts and trousers.
The reason Shen Wancheng didn't choose shorts or skirts, or fashionable clothes, that are popular among young people in Hong Kong Island wasn't because she was conservative. She just felt that the three girls were alone and helpless in Hong Kong Island, so it would be better for them to dress simply and plainly.
Shen Wancheng herself was also wearing a royal blue floral shirt that she had bought yesterday, paired with wide-leg jeans.
Shen Wancheng didn't realize that her soul came from the modern world, she had seen and known a lot, and that confident temperament was something that ordinary people couldn't possess.
Recently, Shen Wancheng has been taking good care of her health. Her skin has improved, and her energy is different. Combined with the unique temperament she exudes in every gesture, even her most ordinary outfit is quite eye-catching.
Even Shen Yao and Shen Mei, who were by her side every day, couldn't help but stare at Shen Wancheng, genuinely thinking that Shen Wancheng was incredibly beautiful now.
In the afternoon, Guo Tao came to pick up Shen Wancheng and the other two. When he saw Shen Wancheng, he was also amazed by her beauty.
He looked closely at Shen Wancheng and, although he couldn't find any changes in her compared to yesterday, he just felt that she looked even more beautiful.
Guo Tao tried his best to control his expression, only praising the three girls together as "very beautiful".
In his mind, however, he was calculating how to persuade Shen Wancheng to enter the entertainment industry.
With Shen Wancheng's looks and temperament, Guo Tao felt that she was bound to become a big star, and he would also rise to prominence along with her.