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72: Chapter 72: Approaching the Kill Line 72: Chapter 72: Approaching the Kill Line He glared fiercely at Chen Ting beneath the podium and then turned to look at Nan Zhubin.

“Just in time to see Mr.

Nan’s tricks—how do we start?”

Nan Zhubin smiled and said, “Don’t be anxious.”

“Let’s start with a little game.”

Nan Zhubin turned to look at the students.

“All of you here are top students from the law school, and in the future, you may often become lawyers or legal advisors.

Since legal advice involves the client’s privacy, many times clients will hide some crucial information, even necessary information, which can ultimately lead to dire consequences.”

The students nodded in agreement, and even Wang An couldn’t help but agree inwardly.

New law students are often misled by clients, and even some seasoned legal practitioners can be tripped up by clients’ lies.

“Therefore, I think everyone needs to learn some simple lie detection skills.

Let’s start with the basics.”

Nan Zhubin turned to Wang An, “Next, I need Teacher Wang to cooperate with me to demonstrate to the students.”

Wang An perked up, “How do we do it?”

Nan Zhubin smiled, “Relax.

I will ask Teacher Wang three questions, and I ask that Teacher Wang please not lie.”

Wang An nodded, standing at attention.

Nan Zhubin paused, allowing enough time for preparation, then asked, “May I ask Teacher Wang—what is your gender?”

Wang An felt he had prepared for something too serious, chuckled absurdly, and replied, “Male.”

“Your age?”

“30 years old.”

“Your major?”

“Law.”

Nan Zhubin encouraged loudly, “Great, we’ve completed the first stage now.”

The students didn’t quite understand but applauded in cooperation.

Nan Zhubin observed Wang An’s expression carefully, establishing the baseline for Wang An’s truth expression.

These were all pre-collected data, and he was confident that every detail on Wang An’s face was indeed the expression when speaking the truth, with no worry about contaminating the database.

Listening to the students’ applause, Wang An breathed a slight sigh of relief: Is that it?

It was just like playing a game.

Already quite tired, he unknowingly relaxed a bit more.

“Good, next I will ask Teacher Wang three questions, and please make sure you lie to me.”

Wang An relaxed a bit more; lying was easier than telling the truth.

“Teacher Wang, what did you have for breakfast this morning?”

“Steak, pasta, orange juice.”

There was no need for memory for this question; Wang An just made something up on the spot.

“What kind of clothes do you usually like the most?”

“Sweater.”

For this question, Wang An first subconsciously recalled his actual favorite clothing, then excluded it, finally fabricating a wrong answer.

“What is the most proud thing you’ve done?”

“Ha…

One day I met a world champion at the swimming pool, and my freestyle swimming speed surpassed him!”

This question involved less recall and more time for fabrication.

Nan Zhubin carefully included Wang An’s expressions during these statements into his database.

At this time, Wang An was very relaxed and even joked, “Of course, I do go to the swimming pool often; the first half of the sentence was true—is that okay?”

The students caught the joke and laughed along.

“Of course, it’s fine, that’s even better.”

Nan Zhubin laughed as well, casually adding Wang An’s relaxed expressions into the database.

Though he thought it might be hard for Wang An to have such expressions again in the future.

“Great, can we do it one more time?”

“Of course.” Wang An replied with ease.

“Now I want you to tell me three truths again.”

“…”

“Then three lies.”

“…”

The game was repeated once more.

Wang An became increasingly relaxed because of this “game.”

The students’ attention became increasingly focused, their curiosity fully aroused, wanting to know what Nan Zhubin would do next.

And Nan Zhubin gained everything he needed.

Preparation complete.

Nan Zhubin turned around and began explaining to the students:

“I don’t know if you’re interested in psychological knowledge such as lie detection in your daily life, or if you’ve come across some related trivia—for example, when a person is lying, their eyes may avoid contact, or glance to the left or bottom left, especially when boys lie, they may also like to touch their noses.”

“I want to say—that’s all false.

If you believe it, you may end up being deceived even worse!”

The students laughed out loud.

Nan Zhubin continued his gentle persuasion, “The correct method is like what I just did, separately recording a person’s reactions when telling the truth and lying individually, and then judging based on this whether the person is being sincere afterward.”

“Everyone has different reactions when they lie, reactions influenced by one’s environment, cultural background, upbringing, and more.”

Nan Zhubin turned his back, unknowingly moving into a position facing away from the students, sitting directly on the table.

This motion turned Wang An towards the students, while exposing his head to the students’ view.

So his facial expressions were fully visible.

Nan Zhubin praised, “I have to express my admiration.

Teacher Wang An, as a legal professional, must have undergone special training before; his facial reactions when lying are minimal, without any big expressions.”

“I must say, Teacher Wang is a master of lying.”

The students burst into laughter, thinking Nan Zhubin had just cracked a good joke.

Meanwhile, the smile on Wang An’s face slightly stiffened.

“But even so, I still found Teacher Wang An’s expression code: When he lies, there’s a deliberate freeze in his gaze for a few seconds.”

“His head will involuntarily nod slightly, as if making a slight nod.”

“If he’s fabricating a longer lie, there’s also a swallowing action in the throat once or twice.”

“Of course, these are things you can observe together; there are more subtle expressions which I won’t mention, as you wouldn’t be able to see them anyway.”

Nan Zhubin suddenly collected all his smiles and speech fluctuations, “In summary, Teacher Wang—now you can’t lie in front of me at all.”

Nan Zhubin’s change was so swift, it was like he had suddenly put on a different face.

The students thought Nan Zhubin was deliberately playing a prank, and laughed again.

But Wang An’s whole body began to tense up.

[Impossible, lie detection is pseudoscience; even professional machines can’t measure it.]

[No way, no way…]

“Next, I want to ask Teacher Wang a few questions.

I will independently assess whether Teacher Wang is lying, okay?”

Nan Zhubin looked at Wang An.

The entire class of students below watched Wang An as well.