Chapter 198: No Talk of Duty, Only Talk of Money

The money Ye Zhiyu collected on Sunday was handed over to the hospital on Monday.

To be specific, it was used to pay the surgery fee for his mother.

What kind of disease requires a surgery fee of over one hundred thousand?

If I listed them all, I could easily exceed ten thousand words in today's daily update.

Ye Zhiyu watched with his own eyes as his mother was pushed into the operating room, and he stayed by her side until she woke up after the surgery.

After arranging everything properly, he went to the police station to turn himself in.

He confessed and accepted the law, but the money could not be made up.

Finally, after the trial, Ye Zhiyu was sentenced to five years of fixed-term imprisonment.

Through meritorious service and sentence reduction, he served a total Sentence period of three years and two months.

Do you feel the sentence reduction was a bit too much?

That depends on whether there was major meritorious performance.

During his Sentence period, Ye Zhiyu assisted the police in solving cases multiple times and used hypnosis to crack several cases.

Surely some friends will be confused: can hypnosis solve cases?

It absolutely can.

For example, when someone lost money, the police used a memory restoration technique to successfully make the suspect recall the entire process of the theft.

There are also many eyewitnesses at crime scenes who cannot accurately state the factual truth of what they saw.

But through hypnosis, the eyewitnesses can be made to recall it.

From a criminal investigation perspective, hypnosis is mainly used to help extract testimony and unlock memory fragments.

And Ye Zhiyu is an outstanding figure in this field.

Often, even the police's own hypnotists cannot extract the target's memory, but as long as he goes, he can do it easily.

The reason Yu Dazhang was able to find this place was also because he had heard of his story.

"Which organization would hire a psychological counselor with a criminal record?"

Ye Zhiyu's tone carried a faint mockery, but his eyes were serious:

"The barrier to entry in this industry is already high, and the difficulty of finding employment is even greater; having a criminal record basically means saying goodbye to this line of work."

"My current situation is like graduating in the millennium year, majoring in pager repair."

"I have the skill, but there is no place to use it."

His words left Yu Dazhang speechless for a moment.

Although unwilling to admit it, what Ye Zhiyu said was the truth.

Not just the profession of psychological counselor, even some low-level industries are unwilling to hire people with criminal records.

This is the cost of crime.

Did you think that after serving a few years in prison, it would all be over?

After getting out of prison, you will find that no matter what you do, you are considered inferior.

I don't know who researched the certificate of no criminal record, directly dividing people into two types: good and bad.

"What a pity," Yu Dazhang said helplessly, shaking his head.

No matter the purpose, it is not an excuse for crime.

What he meant by "what a pity" was Ye Zhiyu's talent in the field of hypnosis.

"May I ask a question?" Yu Dazhang changed the subject and asked:

"If a person has already been hypnotized, what method can be used to wake them up?"

Upon hearing this, Ye Zhiyu answered directly without thinking:

"Enter the other person's subconscious, find the memory shackles set by the hypnotist, and then forcibly break them."

Truly a professional... Yu Dazhang blinked twice and said irritably:

"Say something I can understand."

It wasn't that his brain was dull, but what Ye Zhiyu said was too mysterious.

What he wanted to hear was a specific method.

"How should I put this..."

Ye Zhiyu showed a troubled expression, as if discussing psychology with an outsider was a painful thing.

After a while, he continued:

"If the subconscious clings to a negative thought, one's own mind has no way to function effectively."

"The mind only analyzes and thinks, while the subconscious is one's true self."

"Problems of the subconscious must be resolved within the subconscious."

Alright, still didn't understand... Yu Dazhang irritably rubbed his temples.

Trying to learn how to break hypnosis in a few words was indeed overestimating oneself.

But it doesn't matter, isn't there a ready-made person right in front of me?

"Take a day off."

Yu Dazhang stared at Ye Zhiyu and stated his purpose:

"I have a case here involving the field of hypnosis, and in my opinion, only you can help me." He thought Ye Zhiyu would agree readily, but instead he shook his head:

"I am working now; taking leave means deducting money."

Yu Dazhang looked at this diligent courier sorter in front of him and laughed.

Politely declined, huh~

Assisting the police in solving cases during the Sentence period would result in sentence reduction.

Now that he's out of prison, there's no need to keep helping the police.

He's pretty pragmatic.

"There's a reward." Yu Dazhang couldn't be bothered with small talk and went straight to the practical point.

"It's not easy for me to find a job." Ye Zhiyu said, pulling a pack of cigarettes from his pocket.

"Smoke mine." Yu Dazhang took out a pack of Huazi from his carry-on bag and tossed it on the table:

"The reward will be paid out in cash, starting at two thousand."

Ye Zhiyu glanced at the Huazi on the table.

Not a single mistake, not a single shot, not a single piece of content—take a look!

Are police salaries really this high these days?

He took one out, put it between his lips, lit it, took a deep drag, and exhaled a cloud of smoke.

So good~

"Taking a day off every now and then is no big deal."

Ye Zhiyu had a cigarette dangling from his lips, his eyes slightly narrowed, looking thoroughly content:

"Perfect timing — I was wanting a good sleep anyway."

Why does it feel like hypnotists are never all that bright… Yu Dazhang actually caught a glimpse of Zeng Lisi's shadow in him.

Neither of these two looks like someone with deep, hidden designs.

Could it be that they're so overconfident they feel no need to conceal themselves?

"Let me say this upfront — you have to complete the assigned task before you get the reward."

Yu Dazhang felt it necessary to lay the cards on the table:

"You know it too — only when a case is successfully closed can I apply upward for the reward."

Of course the money had to come out of the detachment's budget; he had never once considered paying it himself.

If the case could be cracked, let alone two thousand, even doubling it, Li Jun would agree.

But then again, if the case isn't solved, anything said is Bai Da.

"Understood, it's not my first time helping the police crack a case."

Ye Zhiyu looked brimming with confidence:

"One thing you can rest assured of — if the other party really has been hypnotized, I can definitely wake them up."

Watching that confident look on his face, Yu Dazhang asked curiously:

"Back then you hypnotized over a hundred people at the elevator entrance — how did you pull it off? Pure verbal hypnosis?"

When he first heard that rumor, he thought it was pure fantasy.

There are plenty of world-class hypnotists, and none of them have ever managed something like that.

"No way." Ye Zhiyu said with a faint smile:

"I explained everything back then — I had a Bluetooth speaker on me at the time."

"Played music at the elevator entrance, the kind that guides the brain from an excited state to a calm one."

"Then hypnotized each person according to the state they presented."

"I'm just an ordinary person who's read a few extra books; most of the time I still need props to help out."

Quite the slippery one… Yu Dazhang smiled and didn't call him out.

What Ye Zhiyu meant to convey was that his confidence mainly rested on the psychological knowledge he'd learned and his props.

That line might fool others, but it wouldn't fly in front of Yu Dazhang.

Playing some music and hypnotizing over a hundred people? Yeah, right.

What really did the work had to be the hypnotist's own methods.

The next morning.

Yu Dazhang called Ma Jian back to the detachment.

The moment they met, he ordered:

"No more covert investigation. Today you're coming with me to see Liu Siyuan."

"Both of us together?" Ma Jian asked, puzzled.

Meeting Liu Siyuan didn't necessarily require two officers.

He also knew that Yu Dazhang had met Liu Siyuan alone before.

If it were just a matter of questioning the other party, they could just show their IDs and state their purpose.

"This time it's law enforcement."

Yu Dazhang said with a stern face:

"If things go smoothly, this case will be wrapped up very soon."

(End of chapter)