Lost and Spy

Chapter 288 Don't Lie
The Japanese investigation team has arrived.

The leader of the team was Asada Kumaguchi, the plenipotentiary representative of the Japanese Consul General in Shanghai Okamoto Jimasa.

Along with him, there are four other Japanese.

Among them, a Japanese standing next to Kumaguchi Asada aroused Meng Shaoyuan's curiosity.

The man appears to be laughing.

Yes, there was a hint of a smile on the corner of his mouth.

Some people are born with a festive face, and some people have a smile on the corners of their mouths and brows no matter what angle they look at.

There is nothing strange about this.

But the problem is, Meng Shaoyuan can be sure that this smile is intentional.

From a psychological point of view, if a person deliberately smiles all day long, then he must be hiding his true feelings there.

Many people think that the smile is the easiest to identify.

Wry smile, ridicule, superficial smile...

But in fact, if a person maintains the same smile for many years, he can hide most of his inner world emotional expression.

Meng Shaoyuan used to be most afraid of encountering this kind of person who always maintains an eternal smile and talks to you no matter in any environment.

His anxiety, anger, and tension are all expressed from that "smile".

Who is this Japanese?

"Mr. Xiongkou, you have arrived earlier than the agreed time." Ji Zhangjian greeted him.

Kumaguchi Asada glanced at him coldly and said: "The occurrence of such a thing is a result that neither China nor Japan wants to see. Dashan Yufu and Saito and Kurozo went out privately after drinking and shamed Japan. So We must investigate the cause of their death as soon as possible, and report to the consulate and the navy, hoping to calm this incident to the greatest extent possible.”

Just when the two sides began to negotiate, the smiling Japanese came up to Meng Shaoyuan: "Are you Mr. Meng Shaoyuan?"

He actually recognized Meng Shaoyuan at a glance, and he could speak Chinese that he could understand although he was not fluent.

"Yes, have we met before?" Meng Shaoyuan asked calmly.

"Ah, no." The Japanese said indifferently: "However, I have some information about you in my hand. This time, such a serious incident happened. I think the Chinese intelligence agencies will definitely be involved. You are so young. , based on the information in my hand, I assure you that it must be Mr. Meng Shaoyuan, whom Director Dai holds in high esteem."

Meng Shaoyuan's expression was not surprised at all, even though the other party's judgment was so keen: "I don't think it's fair, you know my name, but I don't know yours."

"You are such an interesting person." The Japanese said with a smile, "I just came to Shanghai from Tianjin. My name is Kojiro Kawamoto."

Kawamoto Kojiro?
"They tortured me for several days. I didn't say a word. Then they interrogated me with another person. That person was Kojiro Kawamoto. As soon as he saw me, he told me that he had studied in the United States for several years. , so I know some interrogation tricks."

That day, all the words Tiger said to him came to Meng Shaoyuan's mind.

When Meng Shaoyuan heard Tiger's words, he immediately knew that he was about to meet an opponent:
Kawamoto Kojiro!
He doesn't know the torture that he has mastered, and he doesn't understand micro-expressions, but he knows the weaknesses of human beings, and even understands psychology.

And now, this person stood in front of him.

"My Chinese is not good, I'm really sorry." Kawamoto Kojiro said with a bit of apology in his tone: "I just learned Chinese for two months."

Meng Shaoyuan suddenly laughed too.

two months?This talent has learned Chinese for two months, and he can already speak it so well?

Kawamoto Kojiro suddenly became interested in Meng Shaoyuan: "I have studied in the United States, and I have specialized in psychology because my father is a doctor and is also interested in psychology. Of course, Japan does not have such good teachers. In the United States, I His advisor was John Brudes Watson."

Having said that, he suddenly paused.

Meng Shaoyuan continued to smile.

He knew that for such a short fraction of a second, Kawamoto Kojiro was observing his reaction when he heard the name John Bruce Watson.

How could he not know this person?
Chairman of the American Psychological Association, a well-known master of psychology, the founder of behaviorist psychology, and an advertising master!
It was he who first proposed that the research method of psychology must abandon the "introspection method" and replace it with the experimental method and observation method commonly used in natural science.

That is to say, the object of psychological research is not consciousness but behavior.

In a sense, this is the embryonic form of micro-expressions later.

Although people in this era are completely unaware of what microexpressions are, the real microexpressions were discovered and studied, and it took more than 30 years for the American psychologist Paul Ekman to discover them.

Kawamoto Kojiro used a smile to hide himself, Meng Shaoyuan treated him like a man, and also kept smiling.

It's just two smiles, not pleasant at all, but rather terrifying.

Kawamoto Kojiro did not gain anything from Meng Shaoyuan's face: "My teacher told me that when a person is talking and the other party suddenly smiles, one is that he thinks what you said is funny, and the other is that he deliberately hides something there But, I don't think there's anything funny about what I just said."

"You mean, what am I hiding?" Meng Shaoyuan smiled frankly: "Look, let's get straight to the point, Mr. Kumaguchi Asada is the head of the secret service of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. You are probably also a spy by his side. Right? And me? Needless to say, everyone knows that I am a spy, and since I am a spy, I will always hide my inner feelings."

"You are really a person who is willing to tell the truth." Kawamoto Kojiro nodded: "Yes, I am also a spy, transferred to Shanghai to assist Mr. Kumaguchi, I have studied psychology, and I have spent a lot of time. After all the hard work, I think I can see through whether you are lying to me..."

Are you provoking me?

Meng Shaoyuan smiled.

Don't lie to me.

Are you provoking me, as the unique and absolute authority in this industry in this era?

Are you really determined to do this?
John Bruce Watson once put forward a theory that when a psychologist commits a crime and another psychologist is in charge of interrogating and observing, the interrogator must have an absolute upper hand and suppress the other party.

Psychologists have extremely strong psychological quality, but once the psychological defense line is breached, the cases of all past patients will emerge, and the speed and degree of their collapse are more thorough than ordinary people.

"I have seen some of your cases, but they are not particularly comprehensive. After all, we don't have such a huge channel to get all the information." Kawamoto Kojiro said slowly: "Some people say that you always seem to be able to see through what the other party is thinking. Magic, but I know it's not magic, it's just simple psychology.

You were laughing just now, you were hiding your emotions, look, Mr. Kumaguchi is having a heated discussion with Mr. Ji Zhangjian, but you didn't look there from the beginning to the end, because you don't care, you know the whole incident , The most important person in China is you, what are you doing here?It's here to help them cover up their crimes. "

Very good, it is quite good to have such a level.

"Observed very carefully." Meng Shaoyuan smiled brighter: "You are a soldier, but you are more convinced that you are a scholar, a scholar who is very obsessed with psychology. But I am afraid you have gone astray. Your psychology Rather shady and enjoys torturing your subjects for the greatest pleasure...

You do not belong to the secret service agency of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and you do not respect Kumaguchi Asada very much, so in this case investigation, you are the protagonist of the Japanese side.Well, you were always scolded by your father when you were a child, and you were very afraid of your father.Probably the reason for the darkness in your heart started from your father's time.By the way, you need to treat your severe athlete's foot. "

Kawamoto Kojiro was still laughing.

However, no matter how he concealed it, his fear could no longer be concealed from Meng Shaoyuan.

How on earth did the Chinese know this?
What he said was absolutely correct, there was no deviation in the slightest.

It's not quite psychology anymore.

This is... only the devil can do it!

Are you scared?
Meng Shaoyuan smiled happily.

When you mention the name "John Bruce Watson", there is always a special emphasis, intentionally or unintentionally, which shows that you respect him and admire him.

And when you said the word "father", your tone was a little low, and you even stuttered slightly. Your father cast a great shadow on you in your childhood.

As for when you said "transferred to Shanghai to assist Mr. Kumaguchi in his work", it was obviously a little careless, because you didn't take Matian Kumaguchi seriously at all.

The status of a soldier is very easy to understand. Tiger once mentioned you to the young master.

beriberi?

You probably didn’t notice that while you were talking, your right foot has been moving quietly. Combined with the sultry weather in Shanghai in August, and you are wearing leather shoes, your toes are itchy now, right?

However, for Meng Shaoyuan, these things can be easily observed, but for Kawamoto Kojiro, they are simply miracles.

What caused him the most pain was that he had no idea how Meng Shaoyuan could observe these things.

Some psychologists are most proud of seeing through others, but now, when they seem to be stripped naked and appear in front of their opponents, what kind of mood will they feel?
Desperate, helpless, broken.

The previous arrogance and the feeling of being in control of the overall situation have disappeared without a trace.

"Don't lie to me." This time it was Meng Shaoyuan's turn to say this: "I have never met Mr. John Bruce Watson, let alone received his guidance, but this does not mean that I cannot See through you."

(End of this chapter)