Reborn: I'll Never Fail My Childhood Sweetheart Again

Chapter 691: Chapter 249: Behavioral Psychology of High-IQ, Strong Novelty-Seeking Personality Types (Part 3)

After a short while, she found Su Zelin again, asking skeptically, "Boss, is it really okay to make an intern a business consultant?"

"Don’t doubt it!"

Su Zelin said calmly, "She’s a girl with a lot of depth!"

Song Yuwei nodded.

The boss wouldn’t misjudge a person.

If he thought the girl was impressive, then she must truly be impressive.

Moreover, with just a brief interaction with Yan Qiuwen, she indeed left her with an indescribable, unfathomable feeling.

How to put it?

It was as if her intelligence was being crushed by a higher-level being.

After Song Yuwei left, Su Zelin fell into deep thought.

He was pondering an important question.

After Yan Qiuwen’s internship ends, what method could I use to possibly make her stay?

...

After work, Yan Qiuwen found Su Zelin again: "Director, can I ask you today’s first question?"

"Sure, go ahead!"

"What do you think about storms?"

Yan Qiuwen’s question seemed very simple, yet not that simple.

After a brief moment of thought, Su Zelin slowly began to speak, "After a storm, many people won’t remember how they survived, or even be sure if it’s truly over, but they’ll know one thing for certain, having passed through the storm, they are no longer the same person they once were!"

"Very good, thanks!"

Yan Qiuwen seemed quite satisfied.

"Well then, goodbye!"

"Goodbye!"

Watching Yan Qiuwen leave.

Su Zelin couldn’t help but shake his head.

What a peculiar girl, but quite interesting.

...

In Lin’an city, by the West Lake.

An old villa is tucked under tall trees.

Despite having a naturally superior location, it’s rather unremarkable.

With blue bricks and red tiles, it lacks luxurious decoration, only consisting of a few small, rustic-looking houses.

In the middle is a garden, not planted with any rare or exotic plants, just the most common flowers and plants, there’s even a vegetable patch.

Don’t underestimate this old villa by West Lake, its status in Lin’an is akin to that of a courtyard in Beijing.

The people who live here can’t be just anyone.

The great hermit hides among the city!

By the stone table in the garden, a middle-aged man wearing thick glasses, who is already of an age to know one’s destiny, holds a thick book, savoring it carefully in the glow of the setting sun, at ease and content.

"Creak!"

The vermilion-painted door was pushed open, and a girl walked in.

It was Yan Qiuwen.

This place was her home.

The middle-aged man put down the book in his hand, a gentle smile appeared on his face: "Daughter, you’re back?"

Yan Shiqian, Yan Qiuwen’s father, a well-known philosopher in Xia Country, honorary professor at the Social Sciences Academy’s Institute of Philosophy.

"Yes, Dad."

Yan Qiuwen sat down on the stone stool next to her father.

"Qiuwen, how was your first day of internship?"

Not far away, the lady tending the garden also stopped her work and came over.

This was Yan Qiuwen’s mother, Zhou Jinqiong, a psychologist, and also the sister of the president of Zhejiang University, Zhou Fuliang.

The couple were both great scholars, yet many people might not expect them to lead such a simple pastoral life, with a hint of detachment from the world.

Their daily life is very simple, occasionally invited to give a lecture, otherwise staying in this lakeside old villa reading books, tending to the flowers, and such.

It’s just that plain and unadorned.

Both parents knew about their daughter’s internship at New Era, and they did not object.

This was a rapidly rising company based in Lin’an, and many business people might be quite interested in how it could develop to its current scale in such a short time.

However, the couple understood their daughter well, Yan Qiuwen would certainly not be interested in such things.

She was interested in someone in the company.

A highly intelligent boy, according to their daughter, not below her level.

This was confirmed by Yan Qiuwen’s uncle, Zhou Fuliang.

What piqued their daughter’s interest was not just his IQ, he was quite peculiar.

In his early twenties, yet with a psychological age exceeding thirty, and quite complex psychologically, so he became the object of Yan Qiuwen’s study.

"It’s all right, quite good."

Yan Qiuwen smiled.

"Did you gain anything?"

Yan Shiqian asked with a smile.

If it were other parents asking, it would be about the internship experience.

However, Yan Qiuwen knew that wasn’t what her father was asking.

He knew about Su Zelin.

Yan Qiuwen said, "He answers one of my questions every day, as payment for my work."

"Oh, did you ask him today?"

"I did, about his views on storms."

"How did he answer?"

Both parents became interested.

This question actually involves both philosophy and psychology.

A hundred people will have a hundred Hamlets in their eyes.

A hundred people answering this question might also have a hundred answers.

And their answers might very well reflect their inner world.

"After the storm, many people won’t remember how they survived, or even be sure if it’s truly over, but they’ll know one thing for certain, having passed through the storm, they are no longer the same person they once were!"

Though she only heard Su Zelin say it once, Yan Qiuwen was able to repeat the whole passage word for word, without missing a single character.

High IQ geniuses often possess extraordinary memory.

Both Mr. and Mrs. Yan were moved.

"Interesting answer."

Yan Shiqian’s evaluation was very simple.

Yet that was already a high evaluation.

Because there weren’t many things that he found interesting.

This sentence is rich in philosophy.

"Qiuwen, you’re right, his actual psychological age is indeed over thirty, and he has rich social experience!"

Zhou Jinqiong affirmed her daughter’s judgment.

A youngster definitely couldn’t come up with such an answer.

At the same time, she was quite puzzled: "This person is excessively mature, how did his psychology and character develop?"

"Mom, that’s exactly what I want to find out."

Yan Qiuwen’s eyes sparkled with a burning brilliance.

From a young age, whenever she encountered a problem, especially one related to psychology, she would go to great lengths to research until she got an answer.

This kind of persistence in seeking answers was inherited from her parents.

However, Su Zelin was a big enigma to her.

Yan Qiuwen had made numerous hypotheses and speculations, only to overturn them in the end, feeling that nothing could explain the unique psychological age and character of Su Zelin.

Unfortunately, this genius girl, even if she racked her brains, would never imagine that this slacker was actually a reborn individual, so she would end up pondering for a long time, or even a lifetime, becoming an unsolved mystery.

"If there’s an opportunity, invite him over as a guest, I would like to meet him personally."

Zhou Jinqiong couldn’t help but say.

"Mom, maybe later."

Yan Qiuwen knew her mother was also very curious about Su Zelin.

However, inviting him to her home seemed inappropriate for now.

At least, not appropriate yet.

After chatting with her parents in the garden for a while, she returned to her private study room and took out a large notebook from the drawer.

This was her research notebook.

Yan Qiuwen preferred traditional recording methods.

Not unrelated to her parents’ influence.

Yan Shiqian and Zhou Jinqiong didn’t like using computers, even though it would be easy for both of them to master such tools due to their intelligence and quick learning.

They believed paper was more likely to inspire scholars.

From a psychological perspective, this is scientifically based.

Paper originated in the early Western Han Dynasty and has been passed down for over two thousand years.

It was born to record knowledge, with a very clear purpose.

While computers are related not only to knowledge but also to entertainment.

Compared to paper, its functions are less "dedicated."

Therefore, paper is more likely to give its users psychological suggestions, sparking inspiration.

Many scientists also prefer this method.

A notebook, a ballpoint pen, some scientific achievements are born at their hands this way.

Opening the notebook, a line of large text came into view — the behavioral psychology of a high IQ individual with a strong novelty-seeking nature!

Yan Qiuwen began writing quickly in her notebook.

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