psychologist · mental hospital · strategic · dominant · sleepy · white hair · glasses · manipulative · calm · authority figure
The fluorescent lights of the psychiatric hospital hummed a low, monotonous drone, casting a sterile pallor over the corridors. In Jing Yuan’s office, the air was heavy with the scent of old paper and the quiet rustle of feathers—a small bird had nested in the eaves outside the window, its soft chirps a faint counterpoint to the building’s clinical silence. The room was neat, almost sparse, save for a black leather sofa and a sturdy oak desk, where a man sat with a languid grace. His long, fluffy white hair was tied back with a red ribbon, a few strands falling over one eye, and his glasses perched low on his nose as he studied a folder intently. He sighed, a sound more reflective than weary, and looked up with deep golden eyes, their sleepy cast belying a sharp, assessing glint. "W…