Chapter 2529: Rustling Down (24)

Along the way, the three of them were popularizing the pitfalls they might encounter in this line of work to Raven. Although they hadn't run a moving company before, they were rich in social experience—mainly Cat Getan experience.

The current Cat Getan has mainly reduced the number of large-scale and vicious crimes, but street scams and petty theft are still about the same. Besides the law, this place also has street rules; people unfamiliar with the inside story are easily scammed.

Raven was a bit unhappy along the way. She had never encountered such things in Azeroth before. Everyone there wouldn't lie and was very good to her. Although she had heard there were scammers before she came out, she didn't expect scammers to be so capable.

When that employee was talking to her earlier, there wasn't a single flaw. Now that Raven recalled it, she also felt what the other party said made sense. But this time, being scammed only cost a few dollars; what if she were scammed out of hundreds next time?

Raven sighed in her heart, having an urge to eliminate all scammers in this world, but she also knew it was hard to put this urge into practice. Thousands of emotions turned into stifled frustration in her heart.

Seeing that the little girl was in a bad mood, the three boys began to think of ways to make her happy, telling her interesting things that happened at school and their exciting experiences during the finals of their previous games.

Soon, Raven's attention was diverted, and they arrived at the first work location, starting a busy day.

Today is a day off, so Schiller doesn't have to go to class, and Raven happens to be away, so Schiller can take this free time to organize his house.

He turned directly into a mist, and the furniture was all placed where it should be. However, the TV and sofa were moved to the second-floor reception area, forming a living room there, while the first floor was converted into a psychological consultation room.

The villa's area is not small. Although it can't compare to the original manor that could be called empty, it is already larger than any house Schiller lived in in his previous life, so the living room being moved to the second floor isn't crowded. On the contrary, there are no trees planted in front of the windows in the second-floor reception area, so the lighting will be better.

The entrance on the first floor was converted into a small reception area for guests to tidy their clothes and change shoes, followed by the sofa, single chair, and office desk common in psychological clinics.

Using a residential house as a private clinic has a significant advantage: because the neighbors' renovations are mostly for living, there will be a natural sense of warmth.

And this house itself has an Irish-style renovation: green walls, red fabric decorations, a small stone fireplace, and various wood-carved ornaments. These can all attract the patient's attention well and let them relax.

More importantly, the lighting here is much better than the manor's. Because the manor has a long history, the glass is antique, and the light transmission and clarity are not particularly high. Only on the days when Cat Getan has the most sunshine can the furniture in the room be illuminated.

Moreover, the window panes of the manor are relatively small, and when light shines in, it is often cut into pieces. There is no large area of sunlight, and when it falls on the furniture, it can only be considered an embellishment; the light source still has to rely on lamps.

But although the new house is retro-renovated on the surface, it is a modern villa after all. One entire wall of the living room has a huge floor-to-ceiling window. The glass is high-end, clear, and bright, and the light transmission can be adjusted.

The last point is what Schiller likes most. After moving the furniture, he picked there for a long time. This seems to be another black technology of the Luthor Group, which can change the degree of light filtering of the glass, and can even turn sunlight into warm light and cold light. It can be said that the few sunlight in Cat Getan has been utilized to the extreme.

But it is also understandable why such technology appeared, because Cat Getan really has many people with such needs. They want to bask in the sun but don't want to be melted, and they yearn for sunny days while missing the dim and dark life. All technologies that can adjust sunlight will be very popular among the wealthy class in Cat Getan.

Light is very important in psychological treatment. In addition to the need for light to set off the atmosphere, light that flickers and changes at different frequencies is also used in hypnosis.

Lamps are very good, but if you can adjust to very suitable natural light, it would be even better, because some patients will show tension towards non-natural light sources, and some more serious ones can even visually measure the flicker of lamps, inducing cardiogenic anxiety or neurogenic epilepsy.

The lighting layout of the psychological clinic in the Marvel Arkham Asylum cost a lot of money, and even the office Schiller used for psychological treatment in S. H. I. E. L. D. had its wiring redone and lighting arranged.

Schiller is obviously satisfied with the lighting in the living room, but there are also some small shortcomings, such as side light instead of top light, and there are not enough plants outside the window, only neatly trimmed lawns.

However, precisely because the house is not particularly large, you can see the door at the back through the front hall. As long as you plant some trees in the backyard, it can give people a sense of depth.

You can't see the kitchen while sitting in the reception chair, but you can see the dining table, so Schiller organized the dining table very well, laid a table runner, placed table mats, folded the napkins neatly, and placed two identical fresh flowers.

One point Schiller likes very much is that the staircase going upstairs in this villa is a spiral staircase, and the side of the staircase is a bookshelf. Sitting in the reception chair, you can just see the rotating bookshelf.

Schiller put a lot of books in it, but none of them are about psychology, but all kinds of books with strange names, such as "Teach You How to Fold Napkins into Monkeys."

Because it is a psychoanalytic school, Schiller hopes that patients can undergo psychological treatment when they are completely unprepared, and their attention is not even on him at all.

Because to put it bluntly, asking those questions is meaningless. Schiller doesn't rely on asking questions to analyze the other party's situation at all. He relies directly on feeling and looking, so the more distracted and unprepared the other party is, the better.

So he will stuff the entire treatment space with all kinds of strange things. If possible, he even wants the patient to just sit there and watch TV, without paying attention to him at all.

However, if this were the case, he would probably be questioned for being unprofessional, so Schiller adopted another method. He prefers patients to take the initiative to chat with him, such as asking him why he wants to fold napkins into monkeys, and whether they can take a napkin and try to fold it into a monkey.

To achieve this goal, Schiller also placed many small sculptures on the office desk next to it, which were souvenirs he brought back when he traveled to Mercy Port. If the other party had also been there, the two of them could talk about their travel experiences.

The wall behind the office desk also hangs many photos, some of which were taken by students when he was in class, some were taken when teachers had dinner together, and of course, there are photos of the Robins growing up, as well as commemorative photos of them celebrating after winning a game.

Some of them were taken by Schiller, some were taken by Victor, Bruce, Anna, etc., and some were taken by Clark specifically for commemoration.

Of course, the huge Batman doll is indispensable. As the strangest of all Schiller's collections, it was placed next to the staircase bookshelf.

Schiller has never hoped so much that the patients coming for treatment could see it at a glance and ask him where this thing came from, so that Schiller could spend at least half an hour telling them about his experience of dealing with a Batman fanatic and being stuffed with such a doll.

To put it bluntly, Schiller is here to scam consultation fees. He actually doesn't need the process of psychological treatment at all, but because most psychological counselors charge by the hour, he has to find ways to find something to talk about while dragging the patient there.

But Arrogance itself is not a person who is very good at finding topics. He can't be like Greed, who, as long as he charges on time, can drag the other party to talk from the creation of the world by Pangu to the explosion of the seventh universe.

Arrogance prefers patients to find topics themselves, because this can not only delay time but also lower the other party's defenses.

Patients in Cat Getan and New York are different after all. Even if Gothamites know they are sick, they are vigilant about everything. If a psychologist comes up and asks questions, they will also drum in their hearts and be even less willing to open their hearts.

So letting them see strange things themselves and find a topic to chat about is the best choice.

Schiller even decided to hire a Bat-Cat to work, because if there is a pet in the room, some patients can choose to talk about their pets, and cute little animals can also lower some patients' defenses.

The only problem is that the Bat-Cat is a bit fat now, and its personality is not suitable for being a comfort animal, but Krypto can speak human language, and Schiller is afraid that he will scare the patient to death once he opens his mouth.

After arranging it, Schiller came outside the house and pushed the door to simulate the process of the patient coming in.

Although many strange things were placed, this is a living space after all, not an office, so it is not strange to have some sundries.

After pushing the door open, the first thing that attracted attention was the renovation style. The previous owner of this house had good taste. Although it was red and green, it was not abrupt at all, but instead reminded people of the Irish court.

Followed by the seats leaning against the fireplace and the window. Usually, most patients will choose the seat closer to them, and some people will like the corner. Schiller provided two choices.

To avoid tension in patients with persecutory delusions, the seats are far away from things like chandeliers that might fall, and there are no mirror surfaces that can reflect objects. Even the cabinet doors are more or less blocked by something. All vases and pen holders are filled with things, and even the photo frames are round or oval plastic products, without sharp and fragile items.

The sofa and single chair are not particularly soft, with a pillow behind them to support the waist. The central air conditioning temperature is adjusted slightly higher, which will make people more likely to feel sleepy. Even the water provided is water close to body temperature, so that people will not receive any sensory stimulation and wake up.

The noon sun is just right, the room is quiet, only very subtle wind blows in from the window cracks, the house only has the natural smell emitted by plants and books, and the second hand of the clock makes a regular sound.

Schiller confirmed that this arrangement was effective, because he started to feel sleepy after sitting in the chair for a while.