Chapter 576: It Can Be Done Like That?!

Chapter 576: It Can Be Done Like That?!

Xia Jinyu wore a false smile, anger simmering inside her. She had, of course, realized that Mr. Wu had done his homework before coming to see her. Looking back, even his statement that he had come because of her reputation now seemed full of provocation.

Had he come just to challenge the abilities of a professor of psychology?

Perhaps that wasn’t his ultimate purpose.

But at this stage, what Wu Chen was doing was challenging her—and doing so with an air of disdain, as if he looked down on her. That was how Xia Jinyu saw it. Wu Chen had remained polite and smiling throughout, but she could now see the arrogance deep down.

So Xia Jinyu decided to teach Wu Chen a lesson.

She wanted him to experience a defeat.

“Come on! Guess! What am I about to do?” Xia Jinyu smiled, but her words carried tremendous pressure. As a university professor and doctoral supervisor, when she got serious she could exert as much pressure as any powerful figure Wu Chen had ever encountered.

Xia Jinyu’s family wasn’t particularly prominent, but through her own efforts she had built a network of connections that could only be described as formidable. Everyone respected her. She had treated the relatives of the most powerful people at the very top. She had been paid for her work, but those connections still carried a sense of personal obligation. It would not be an exaggeration to say that even the Li family’s influence was not something that could afford to offend Xia Jinyu lightly.

Even Li Maoren had to address her politely as Professor Xia when he met her!

Xia Jinyu’s academic achievements were extraordinary, and she enjoyed a worldwide reputation.

People already had a special respect for teachers and doctors. Someone of Xia Jinyu’s standing commanded even more.

She was the sort of woman who was exceptionally polite, learned, and gentle as long as no one made her angry. But if someone crossed her, she could become intensely imposing. Even people who didn’t know who she was could feel the pressure in her expression—the kind of pressure exerted by a strict teacher remembered from one’s school days.

The difference was that Xia Jinyu almost never scowled.

She could make someone feel enormous pressure with nothing but her eyes while continuing to smile.

“Professor Xia, you’re angry,” Wu Chen said with a smile.

“I’m not very happy,” Xia Jinyu replied, maintaining her false smile. “Don’t change the subject, Mr. Wu! Guess what I’m going to do next. Work it out. What I’m doing right now doesn’t count. Have you written it in your notes? Do I need to keep reading? Don’t worry, I won’t deny what I think or what I intend to do. If you don’t trust me, I can write it down first—but writing it down in advance doesn’t count, and reading your notes doesn’t count either. And let me remind you, I’m not playing word games with you…”

Xia Jinyu was getting serious.

Her statement that she wasn’t playing word games left Wu Chen only one option: he had to genuinely guess what Xia Jinyu would do next.

In reality, if Wu Chen didn’t reset the day, he couldn’t possibly figure it out.

No one could.

Xia Jinyu was a professor of psychology. She could quickly empty her mind and randomly think of something. The phrase “what I’m about to do” placed no limits on the possibilities. There were so many that even if someone spent ten thousand years with Xia Jinyu, they still couldn’t guess.

This was completely different from rock-paper-scissors.

There were only three possibilities in that game: rock, paper, or scissors.

With no limits on the possibilities, there were billions upon billions.

For example, Xia Jinyu might randomly think of a sentence and then say it aloud. The sentence could be any length, in any language, without any other restrictions. The possibilities would be practically infinite. And “randomly think of a sentence” was only one category of action; there were countless other categories, too.

So…

Xia Jinyu didn’t really think Wu Chen could guess. If he truly understood her, he would know it was impossible. She was simply trying to take him down a peg. This was the beginning of her counterattack.

It was deliberately unreasonable, a challenge designed to make things difficult for him.

After all, Wu Chen had been the one to approach her. That alone was fine, but his whole Notes-app routine had been rather “impolite”! And the contest was unfair. Xia Jinyu had now acknowledged that Wu Chen’s psychological abilities were indeed formidable, but on top of that, he knew her while she didn’t know him. That made the contest one-sided.

“May I observe you for a moment?” Wu Chen asked with a smile.

“Of course. Go ahead!” Xia Jinyu turned to look at Wu Chen, raising her chin by the slightest degree. It was a sign of pride, and she made no effort to conceal her microexpressions.

Microexpressions could only provide rough clues about whether someone was being truthful, whether something was right or wrong, and simple emotions such as happiness or anger. No one could use them to identify what someone was thinking when the options were unlimited and unspecified.

Wu Chen leaned a little toward Xia Jinyu and studied her face.

“You’re really trying to guess?” Xia Jinyu couldn’t help laughing.

If Wu Chen had simply said, “How could I possibly know? That’s outside the scope of psychology,” she would have made a few cutting remarks, but she wouldn’t have kept pressing the issue.

Not answering, or admitting he couldn’t guess, was the best option.

But Wu Chen looked as if he really intended to guess.

How could anyone be so arrogant?!

Xia Jinyu had prepared herself thoroughly. When Wu Chen guessed wrong, she would smile and mock him, and mentally give him a failing grade. No matter how capable he was, how accomplished he might be in psychology, or how good he was at reading people, if he insisted on showing off and failed this once, she would have no interest in dealing with him again.

And if he guessed correctly…

Xia Jinyu would believe that the supernatural existed!

This man must possess some kind of supernatural ability, because Mr. Wu would have achieved genuine foreknowledge. Xia Jinyu had enough self-regulation to know that once she was serious, even someone who knew her one hundred percent could not know what she would randomly think of in the next moment.

In fact, unless Wu Chen demonstrated it, Xia Jinyu didn’t believe in the supernatural.

As for Wu Chen, he understood exactly how far he could go with Xia Jinyu. He wasn’t going to reset the day for this, but he was still going to make a guess.

And he wouldn’t be wrong.

Because…

“Professor Xia, could you repeat your question?” Wu Chen asked with a smile, studying her face.

“What am I about to do?” Xia Jinyu replied with a smile of her own.

“Mm… let me guess.” Wu Chen smiled and began. “You’re about to… kiss a man.”

As he spoke, Wu Chen lifted his right hand and gently hooked it beneath Xia Jinyu’s chin with just the right amount of force, making her raise her head a little farther. His face was already only a few centimeters from hers, and he leaned slightly toward her.

Their lips met.

“Mmm!” Xia Jinyu’s eyes flew wide open.

Li Ruobing looked equally stunned, her eyes even wider than Xia Jinyu’s.

You can do that?!