Chapter 62: Acting Crazy and Selling Foolishness

  To avoid the false charges, to prevent himself from being wrongly imprisoned and to escape legal sanctions, Tang Xiaosheng decided to pretend to be mentally ill. Only in this way could he leave the detention center and have more opportunities and conditions to find evidence to prove his innocence.

  However, pretending to be mentally ill is by no means an easy task, as it requires going through a series of strict statutory procedures and judicial appraisals to obtain court recognition.

  First, an application for a judicial psychiatric appraisal must be submitted to the procuratorate. A judicial psychiatric appraisal is not something that can be done at will; there must be sufficient evidence to prove that the suspect may indeed have a mental illness, and an application for a judicial psychiatric appraisal must be submitted to the procuratorate. Only after passing the review of the procuratorate can one obtain the qualification for appraisal.

  After the application for judicial appraisal of mental status is approved, the criminal suspect will be sent to a professional psychiatric hospital. A temporary appraisal group composed of three or more psychiatrists will conduct a rigorous medical appraisal of the suspect's mental state. Only after passing the appraisal and being confirmed by all experts in the appraisal group signing and sealing can it be recognized by the court.

  In the appraisal team, there are not only authoritative experts in psychiatry, but also criminal psychologists, behavioral scientists, neurologists and many other experts. They not only have extremely rich appraisal experience, but also will identify the mental state of the suspect from multiple professional angles. It is obvious that it is difficult to pretend to be a mentally ill person under the eyes of these appraisal experts and get away with it.

  This requires the suspect to have extraordinary acting skills, not only having a strong ability to imitate, but also being able to control their body and facial expressions well, and needing to have a deep and subtle understanding of the state of mental patients, otherwise imitation is out of the question.

  Apart from acting skills, the will quality of criminal suspects is also a great test. Because pretending to be mentally ill is not a one-day or two-day thing, it may be a long-term thing that requires long-term endurance and showing false self at all times. This living condition is absolutely unbearable for ordinary people, and if the disguise fails, they will face even greater crimes. If the criminal suspect does not have an extremely strong will and extraordinary courage, it is impossible to do so.

  Tang Xiaosheng himself was also very clear that this was an extremely severe test, although he had played countless roles before, but pretending to be a mentally ill person was undoubtedly the most difficult one. Because his performance was not for ordinary audiences, but for authoritative identification experts, any mistakes in details could lead to the failure of the performance.

  For now, Tang Xiaosheng has no other choice but to face this challenge. Once he starts pretending to be mentally ill, there are too many uncontrollable factors and he doesn't have absolute confidence in succeeding.

  However, Tang Xiaosheng felt that he was already well-prepared. He had confidence in his willpower and did not doubt his acting skills at all.

  More fortunately, half a month ago, he had been to Jinghua City Mental Hospital and spent some time with real mentally ill people. He understood the life and mental state of mentally ill people, which provided him with a foundation for pretending to be mentally ill.

  Since then, Tang Xiaosheng no longer delayed and after a night of consideration, he decided to start the plan to pretend to be mentally ill immediately.

  On the second morning, the broadcast in the detention center sounded on time. When all the prisoners got up and gathered in the hall, only Tang Xiaosheng was left alone in his room. He curled up in a corner, motionless, with his head tilted to one side, expressionless, eyes dull, mouth slightly open, staring blankly at the floor.

  A few minutes later, a male prison guard walked in with a baton. The guard was about thirty years old, strong and muscular, with exceptionally developed muscles, especially the prominent pectoral muscles on his chest, which were very eye-catching, at least A-cup size.

  As soon as he entered the room, the prison guard's face sank and he shouted at Tang Xiaosheng: "What are you still dawdling for? Go to the main hall immediately!"

  Although the prison guard's voice was very loud, Tang Xiaosheng seemed to be deaf, as if he hadn't heard anything, and continued to sit stupidly, occasionally smiling foolishly.

  Indifferent to the outside world, this is a common symptom of mental patients. Tang Xiaosheng has already entered that state.

  The prison guard's face changed greatly, thinking that the prisoner in front of him was being arrogant. He raised his baton and threatened in a cold voice: "Assemble in the main hall immediately, did you hear?"

  Tang Xiaosheng remained unmoved, as if the police officer didn't exist, and continued to crouch in the corner like a wooden puppet.

  "Son of a turtle, what's with all this dragging!"

  The prison guard finally couldn't bear it anymore, rarely seeing such an arrogant prisoner, the baton swung and hit Tang Xiaosheng's back with a dull thud.

  "Wow!"

  Tang Xiaosheng let out a strange and mournful cry, and fell to the ground with a thud. He clutched his shoulders with both hands, and his body began to shake uncontrollably. His face was twisted in terror, his mouth agape, as he panted heavily and emitted a low, eerie hum. His eyes were glassy and vacant, staring blankly at the ground like those of a dead fish.

  Seeing him behave like this, the prison guard was also stunned for a moment, furrowed his brow, and after a while, he understood the situation and knew that the prisoner in front of him was pretending to be stupid.

  In the detention center, it's not uncommon for prisoners to pretend to be mentally ill. Tang Xiaosheng is not the first one. For such prisoners, the guards in the detention center have already figured out a set of countermeasures. They found that for those who pretend to be mentally ill, as long as they are given two heavy blows, these prisoners will immediately reveal their true nature and cooperate obediently.

  On the one hand, these prisoners are not professional actors and their acting skills are too poor to convincingly portray mentally ill people, it's obvious they're faking it. On the other hand, the pain from being beaten by the police is unbearable for ordinary prisoners, so in order to avoid being beaten, they can only give up pretending.

  The prison guard's face sank, and he slowly walked up to Tang Xiaosheng, squatted down, pinched his chin with his left hand, lifted it up, glared at him fiercely, and shouted: "Don't pretend to be crazy in front of me, otherwise, you'll suffer!"

  Tang Xiaosheng still didn't respond to him, staring blankly at the prison guard with a crooked mouth, muttering incomprehensible words in a low voice. After a moment, he suddenly let out an inexplicable giggle and said foolishly: "Hehe, your grandma is so big!"

  As soon as he heard this, the prison guard's face turned red with anger, gritted his teeth, and swung his baton again. With a loud thud, it landed on Tang Xiaosheng's back once more, while he shouted: "You son of a bitch, stop pretending to be innocent in front of me!"

  "Wooooo---Waaaahhhh---Wuuuuuhhh"

  After being beaten, Tang Xiaosheng suddenly became like a child and burst into loud wailing, tears gushing out non-stop, and after a moment, even his snot started to flow out.

  A handful of snot and a handful of tears, this is an action that is often used in film and television performances. Tang Xiaosheng found it not too difficult to do.

  Seeing him cry hard, the prison guard grabbed Tang Xiaosheng's collar with his left hand and said coldly: "You little brat, if you know what pain is, then behave yourself! If you play any more tricks, my baton won't show mercy!"

  Tang Xiaosheng did not stop crying, but instead continued to wail loudly. He was doing this in the hope that his cries would reach the detention center's main hall. Because he knew that at this time, the deputy director of the detention center was in the main hall, and every morning he would come to inspect the place. Upon hearing such a mournful cry, the deputy director would definitely come to investigate, and as a result, Tang Xiaosheng's behavior would attract the attention of the detention center leadership.

  To apply to the procuratorate for a judicial psychiatric appraisal, the defendant's behavior in the detention center is an important reference basis. If Tang Xiaosheng can let the deputy director of the detention center see his abnormal behavior, it will be very helpful for him to successfully apply for a psychiatric appraisal in the future.

  After crying for a while, Tang Xiaosheng felt that it should be about enough. At this time, without warning, he suddenly stopped crying and burst out laughing, laughing foolishly by himself, laughing inexplicably.

  Mood swings, this is also a typical symptom of mental patients.

  The prison guard was also stunned, he had already hit Tang Xiaosheng twice, but still couldn't get him to reveal his true nature, which was a bit unusual. Moreover, from Tang Xiaosheng's words and deeds, he couldn't tell whether he was pretending or really mentally ill.

  However, intuitively, the police officer still believed that Tang Xiaosheng was unlikely to be mentally ill.

  "Hehehe!"

  Just then, Tang Xiaosheng suddenly burst out laughing and pointed at the prison guard's chest, saying with a crooked smile: "Your grandma is huge!"

  "Damn it! I'm fed up with this!" The prison guard heard these words again, suddenly furious, raised his baton and was about to hit someone.

  "Stop!"

  A deep male voice came, and as soon as the words fell, a middle-aged man in his 40s walked in quickly, with a sturdy build, thick eyebrows and big eyes, wearing a police uniform, looking quite majestic.

  This man is the deputy director of the detention center.

  "Why did you beat the prisoner?" The deputy warden looked at the prison guard and asked.

  The prison guard frowned and pointed at Tang Xiaosheng, saying: "Reporting to the superior officer, this prisoner refused to gather in the main hall and is pretending to be crazy here."

  "Is he pretending to be crazy?" The deputy warden looked at Tang Xiaosheng and asked the prison guard, "How do you know he's faking it?"

  "The officer replied: 'Report to the superior, because he has been talking nonsense.'"

  The deputy director nodded and asked: "What did he say?"

  "He said......" The prison guard paused for a moment, cleared his throat and replied, "Reporting to the superior officer, he said my grandmother... is very big."

  As soon as he heard this, the deputy director couldn't help but lower his head, looked at the prison guard's chest, and said slowly: "The prisoner is also a human being. No matter whether he is pretending to be crazy or not, don't be too rough." After finishing speaking, he pointed to Tang Xiaosheng and ordered, "First take him to the main hall for assembly."

  "Yes, sir."

  After finishing, the prison guard put away his baton and helped Tang Xiaosheng up from the ground, then slowly left the room. Tang Xiaosheng walked out while foolishly saying: "Hehe, your grandma is very big."