Gamers Are Fierce

"Oh,"

Wang Congshan rolled her eyes at Li Ang and casually asked, "By the way, do you have any plans for this holiday?"

"Plans..."

Li Ang furrowed his brow slightly, "Let me think."

In the past holidays, Li Ang would usually find a part-time job as a cover, seizing the breaks between work to go "hunting" all over the place.

Now that the hunting list has been checked off, it's rare to have some free time,

yet he can't participate in the conventional tasks in the real world that are already monopolized by major organizations.

Most likely, he'll stay at the Alchemy Workshop and The Portal World.

Li Ang placed the ring-shaped transparent tape and pencil on the table and said casually, "Uh... same as before, just some part-time work."

Wang Congshan raised an eyebrow, "Still private tutoring?"

"Yeah, the elementary and middle school students in Yin City have their final exams earlier than us, so the results came out in advance. The students I tutor have increased their grades by an average of twenty percentage points across the board. Those wealthy families living in mansions and driving sports cars are full of praise for me."

Li Ang scratched his head nonchalantly and said, "Actually, I don't have any special tricks. It's just through observation,

conducting psychological analysis on the elementary and middle school students I manage, profiling their psychological traits, and understanding their true thoughts deep down.

For example, lacking love, wanting attention from their parents;

insecurity and lack of confidence, wanting recognition from others;

fear of failure, thus hating studying and exams, etc.

After understanding the true thoughts of the students I tutor,

I use talk therapy and other auxiliary training methods to make students develop a psychological dependence on learning,

forming the psychological cognition that [studying hard can bring happiness],

Over time, as soon as students see pencils, erasers, hear the class bell, touch textbooks, or smell paper,

stimulus signals are sent to the nerves and the brain, creating a sense of pleasure in the brain, immersing them in studying involuntarily.

By studying hard, naturally good grades can be achieved."

"Oh oh,"

Wang Congshan nodded in unclear admiration. After a while, she suddenly realized, "Huh?

Isn't this Pavlov's conditioned reflex?

Are you training dogs here?"

"Humans are also a type of animal, just a bit more advanced."

Li Ang said with a pout, "The neurophysiology and physiological psychology applicable to animals have no reason not to be effective for humans.

Receiving my psychological tutoring and deriving pleasure from studying,

is much better than deriving pleasure from video games or other stimuli,

really.

In fact, my methods in the field of applied psychology are already considered very, very mild,

If those parents would let me use medicines that meet pharmaceutical standards, I could do even better,

For example, during the student stage,

a combination of medication (including, but not limited to, regulating dopamine, serotonin, norepinephrine) and counseling could correct some teenagers who appear normal but actually have strong personality defects or other psychological issues."

"Hey hey hey, are you sure the [teenagers with strong personality defects and other psychological issues] you're talking about aren't you?"

Wang Congshan covered her forehead in distress. With long-term companionship, she could clearly differentiate through tone and facial expressions,

which of Li Ang's words were feigned ignorance and banter, and which were the truths he casually disclosed.

"I'm alright, to ensure my own physiological and psychological health, I give myself a health check every month, chatting, playing rock-paper-scissors, and poker with myself in front of the mirror."

Li Ang said casually, "A few days ago, several tutoring and education institutions in Yin City and other areas contacted me, inviting me to tutor their tutors during the holidays, charging by the minute."

"Eh, will you go?"

"Of course not,"

Li Ang spread his hands, "In Yin City, I work for myself. If I went there to receive a salary, wouldn't I just be working for others?"

Wang Congshan pouted, "What's wrong with working? This year's Spring Festival Gala will surely include skits with memes like [Working soul, working spirit], [Good morning, workers], [On the road to prosperity, charge forward, if I don't work, who will]."

"Are you the director of the Spring Festival Gala?"

Li Ang crossed his arms in front of his chest, "Add a bit of urban-rural discrimination, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law conflicts, traveling home during the Spring Festival rush, two-child three-child policies, finally with some deeper meaning, in the emotional music, everyone is joyful, the whole family reunites,

Hmm, I can already imagine it, I've started laughing."

"Pfft~"

Wang Congshan stuck out her tongue, "By the way, we've already signed up to intern at the Special Affairs Bureau's outpost, are you coming?"

Li Ang raised an eyebrow, "We?"

Wang Congshan listed some girlfriends' names, "Quite a few classmates from our class and grade have signed up to participate, not sure if some will be screened out.

Anyway, it's idle to be idle during the holidays, might as well intern at the Special Affairs Bureau to broaden the horizon, plus the salary isn't low.

Are you coming?"

"I'll... think about it. After all, the registration deadline hasn't passed yet."

Li Ang scratched his head, really not wanting more interactions with the Special Affairs Bureau in the real world.

"Oh, by the way."

Li Ang took out a small hard paper box from the bottom of his backpack and placed it gently on the table with a "snap."

"What's this?"

Wang Congshan picked up the gift-like box, gently shook it under the table, and looked at Li Ang suspiciously, "Isn't this your saved-up collection of nail clippings in a glass bottle?"

"What are you thinking."

Li Ang said helplessly, "Open it and see."

"Your expression, very suspicious..."

Wang Congshan squinted suspiciously and opened the box, "Eh? This is..."

Inside the box was a finely crafted slender bracelet, with the metal part of the bracelet shaped like a Mobius strip, with silver straps on either side.

"A bracelet?"

"Yeah."

Li Ang propped his chin with his hand and glanced at the bracelet under Wang Congshan's table with the corner of his eyes, "I tutor a family where the parent is a jewelry designer, the company's quite large.

Their kid scored really well this time, and the parent insisted on giving me a red envelope. I didn't accept it, so they gave me a newly designed small gift from their company.

Just this one."

"Ah? Is it expensive?"

Wang Congshan closed the box slightly, squinty-eyed, and leaned back, "Wait, I can't accept unearned rewards, your sudden gift makes me a bit uneasy."

"What are you thinking, this is for past snacks."

Li Ang poked his nose, "Didn't you ever notice that when you were in elementary and middle school, some of the small snacks you hid in your desk would mysteriously disappear?"

"Hmm?? It was you?!"

Wang Congshan's eyes widened in anger, "Damn, I thought there were cockroaches in my drawer."

"Yet you still ate so happily suspecting there were cockroaches."

Li Ang said speechlessly, "Anyway, just wear it, it's not expensive, just over a hundred. If you feel uneasy, you could return the favor with a PS5, XSX, RTX3080 or something."

"Heh heh heh heh,"

Wang Congshan chose to ignore Li Ang's last words, compared the bracelet's size, and suddenly thought of something, blushing a little, "Wait, do you also have one?"

"Yeah,"

Li Ang said as if it was obvious, "But mine is much larger, I wear it during the day and take it off at night to lock the dog.

Very multifunctional."