Xu Pengcheng responded instinctively, as if it had been rehearsed: "It's my own..."
But then his answer abruptly stopped, and he began to breathe heavily.
After a while, Xu Pengcheng seemed to plead with Nan Zhubin: "Teacher, you don't understand... it has to be this way."
"The physical test is something I 'must' pass, I 'must' improve!"
...
The topic was shifted.
This change of topic, along with Xu Pengcheng's current posture, was already a very clear signal of [defense] even [resistance].
Faced with this situation.
Nan Zhubin chose to take a step back.
"Indeed, I don't know much about the physical test, maybe I don't quite understand your situation now, Pengcheng."
Nan Zhubin said, "Let's continue talking about things related to this emotion experiment."
These two sentences slightly calmed Xu Pengcheng's emotions.