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The guest in Room 107 is Lu Xia, who has been out of contact since the incident.Chu Xingyun contacted him desperately all night.

When Yang Kaitai was asked to investigate him the next day, Yang Kaitai said: "This person——is the one who crashed into my car last night."

It's no coincidence that this Lu Xia fell into a coma in a car accident last night and was lying in the hospital at this time.

Chu Xingyun walked out of the office building, stood on the steps of the morning light, stretched in the direction of the rising sun, and drove away the fatigue of staying up all night.Then he lit a cigarette and led Yang Kaitai out of the Municipal Bureau into a breakfast shop across the street.

It wasn't very early, office workers and students were already hard to find on the street, and the people who had breakfast at this time were all the old men and women who got up early and took a walk.

Chu Xingyun and Yang Kaitai mingled with a group of uncles and aunts and found a table by the window to sit down, threw the menu to Yang Kaitai, and said richly and generously: "Order casually, pack some and send them back to Team Fu."

Yang Kaitai didn't choose either, he just swipe a page and said to the waiter, "I want this page, double copy."

Chu Xingyun felt a little toothache, picked up the menu and knocked on his head: "You really order casually."

Yang Kaitai rubbed his painful ear, and said innocently: "You can order whatever you want."

Chu Xingyun glared at him, opened the menu and ordered some high-quality and cheap dishes.It's not that he's stingy, but that he wants to treat the dozen or so people who stayed up late yesterday to breakfast, and there's really a shortage of cash in his pocket.

While waiting for the meal to be served, he took out his mobile phone and sent a text message to He Cheng.

He Cheng left in the middle of the night last night. Before leaving, he told him that he would make an appointment to see a psychiatrist this morning.

Chu Xingyun was a little worried about him, and sent a text message to ask him how he felt when he met the psychiatrist for the first time.

When He Cheng received his text message, he was sitting in the office of an office building, opposite to him was the psychiatrist chosen by Xiao Shu.

It was a man, although he was well maintained and young in stature.But He Cheng's eyes are poisonous, and he can see at a glance that his 30-year-old appearance lives with a 40-year-old soul.

The new psychiatrist's surname is Gao, who is gentle, elegant, friendly and talkative.Compared with other shrewd and keen psychologists, his calm and gentle aura is easier to accept, and it is easier to gain the dependence and trust of clients.

He Cheng had a good first impression of him, so he sat down and had a brief chat with him.

"A friend?"

Dr. Gao sat on a single sofa opposite him and asked with a smile.

He Cheng replied with a few words, then put the phone into his suit pocket, with a very faint smile on his lips: "Well, continue talking."

Dr. Gao was talking about family with him just now, and He Cheng is very familiar with this routine.Talking about relatives and friends with people who meet for the first time can shorten the distance between each other in the shortest time.If it is changed to officialdom, this kind of behavior has a unified and official term-favor.

If you talk to the other party about the hardships in life and unsatisfactory experiences when talking about family and friends, it can make the other party have the illusion that they have been fully accepted and trusted, thereby reducing their wariness about provocative topics and even relying on others. he.

Dr. Gao does one thing very well. He is more sincere than those psychiatrists who are not good at acting. Maybe he treats every client so sincerely, but his sincerity is easier to believe.

Dr. Gao was talking about his children just now. He said that he has a son and daughter who are similar to He Cheng. The son has been developing abroad all year round, and only his daughter is with him.Then we talked about family care, stress, and economic ideology in today's society.

Dr. Gao is very knowledgeable, and he raises a wide range of topics. The important thing is that his unhurried and unhurried attitude easily makes people feel involved, so He Cheng has a good impression of him, even though he can hear Dr. Gao's every speech. The meaning of the temptation thrown at him behind the words.

The other party is very professional, and He Cheng is very satisfied, but building trust is a long-term strategy.At this time, He Cheng obviously would not ask him his doubts and seek his help.

Dr. Gao also seemed to see his cautious and alienated attitude, so he found a moment of harmony and asked, "Do you want to talk to me about something?"

Passing through the floor-to-ceiling windows, He Cheng cast his eyes on the river of horses and horses on the ground, the colors in his eyes drifted away, and there was no focus, and he asked, "What do you want to talk to me about?"

Dr. Gao rubbed his sore eyes from wearing contact lenses for a long time, and said with a friendly smile, "It's all right, just treat it as a chat between friends, you can tell me about the friend who just texted you."

He Cheng turned his eyes and looked at him squarely, wondering if he saw something, or if it was purely a mistake.In short, talking about Chu Xingyun can really make him relax his vigilance and open up the conversation.

"Why are you talking about him?"

He Cheng asked.

Dr. Gao said: "Because your phone rang many times, and you only replied to the message just now. I think you should care about the person who sent you the message just now, or that he is very important to you."

He Cheng adjusted a more comfortable posture, and the corners of his lips fainted into a faint smile: "Yes, he is very important to me."

"Oh, is it a girlfriend?"

"To me, he's a partner. Or—my lover."

Dr. Gao raised his eyebrows slightly, a little surprised, and said with a smile: "Although I haven't known you for a long time, I can see that you must have a reason for looking for a psychologist. With all due respect, you are very closed, Mr. He, you Seems like it's hard to trust people, so I'm surprised you can like someone."

"Is it not good?"

"Okay, sure, that's fine for you, or—"

Dr. Gao paused for a while, with a wider smile on his face, and said, "I'm worried that you won't be able to appreciate the warmth and coldness of the world, and you won't be able to blend in with the crowd."

He Cheng smiled slightly, and said more relaxedly: "You said I can't blend in with the crowd?"

Doctor Gao nodded and said, "Maybe that's why you came to me. You seem to be troubled by something on your mind. Can you tell me?"

The smile on He Cheng's face gradually disappeared, his face was as calm as still water, his steady gaze fell straight on the psychiatrist's face, he looked at him motionless for a moment, and said: "It's not a matter of mind, it's a memory."

"What memory?"

He Cheng stood up from the sofa, buttoned up his suit jacket, and said with a smile, "Next time, let's talk next time."

Dr. Gao stood up and shook hands with him, with a friendly and sincere smile on his face: "Okay, I look forward to meeting you next time."

Xiao Shu, who was waiting outside the door, saw that the door of the consulting room was opened, and then He Cheng came out.

"How about it?"

Xiao Shu asked.

He Cheng said: "He is very professional."

He Cheng almost never praises others, usually he doesn't even have a nice word.When Xiao Shu heard the word 'professional' from his mouth, he knew that he had recognized and accepted this doctor.

After walking out of the office building, He Cheng got into the car and rushed to the Ark Building.In the car, he wanted to make a call to Chu Xingyun, but Chu Xingyun reverted to his old ways, stopped answering the phone, and went missing again.

He Cheng felt that it was necessary to sit down with the two of them and have a good chat about his bad habit of not answering the phone once he entered work, which was really annoying.

At the entrance of the Ark Building, Xiao Shu parked his car and came back to look. He Cheng frowned, his mouth curled up, standing under the sun and fiddled with his mobile phone. He knew that he couldn't contact Chu Xingyun again.

He shook his head in his heart, and led He Cheng forward, before He Cheng picked up his mobile phone and walked into the Ark Building.

In front of the CEO's office, He Cheng was stopped by He Yunshu.

He Yunshu walked over holding a square box, which was still wrapped in beautiful blue cellophane, with vertical ribbons.

"Here's your courier."

He Cheng took the gift box and weighed it: "Mine?"

He Yunshu nodded, and then returned to the secretary's room.

He Cheng frowned slightly, looking at the box in his hand with some puzzlement.

Xiao Shu stood beside him and said lightly, "Maybe it's a gift from Captain Chu."

This speculation fit He Cheng's heart, He Cheng frowned, his eyes lit up, he tore off the wrapping paper and opened the box——

Xiao Shu kept watching carefully, and saw him lift the cover, and then reveal the true face of Lushan gift.

Ok?

Xiao Shu was a little strange, why is it a white stuffed teddy bear?

Not to mention how inconsistent this plush toy was with He Cheng's temperament, what made him feel weird was that the white bear lying in the box had been tampered with.Rope is wrapped around the bear's hands and feet, and a pair of adult glasses are hanging on the white bear's cute smiling face.

"Is it from Captain Chu?"

Xiao Shu wanted to take the box from his hand to see if there was anything like a note, but before he touched the box, the gift box suddenly fell from He Cheng's hand——

With a bang, the hard gift box fell to the ground.The white bear lying on the bottom of the box with its hands and feet bound jumped out of the box, and after a short jump, it fell to the ground again, and the lenses of the pair of glasses were smashed to pieces.

Lu Xia was in Ward 718 of the inpatient department. Because of his special condition, the doctor specially arranged a single room for him.

When Chu Xingyun and Yang Kaitai rushed to the hospital, Lu Xia had already woken up. He had gauze wrapped around his head and needles stuck in the back of his hand, and he looked seriously injured.

The doctor told them that Lu Xia's trauma was not serious, but the impact on his head was serious.

The dissociative amnesia in the doctor's mouth, what is consciousness, memory, identity, or the destruction of the normal integration function of the environment? Chu Xingyun couldn't understand these professional medical words. He stopped the doctor from continuing to lecture and asked directly : "He has amnesia now?"

The doctor said: "We tested him overnight and found that he had completely forgotten his identity, and only remembered some sporadic fragments in his mind. The structure of the human brain is amazing. Perhaps his amnesia is only temporary, and it may happen The memory can be restored in a second, or it may never be remembered."

Chu Xingyun felt absurd and bored at the same time. He only saw amnesia in TV dramas. In real life, the people who lost their memory were all Alzheimer’s patients. Young amnesia patients like Lu Xia, he It was the first time I encountered it.

The nurse wondered: "Last night he asked me if he was a priest. He said he could hear someone praying in his ear, and he was suspicious."

Is it suspicious, or is it pretending to be a ghost?

Chu Xingyun raised his hand and pushed open the door of the ward, and walked in with Yang Kaitai one after the other.

The man leaning on the bed and eating apples is very young, his face is only 30 years old, but his complexion is overly decadent and pale. It is not because he is sick at this time, but because Chu Xingyun has captured the world-weary and closed in his eyes. eyes.

It appears that amnesia does not alter a person's temperament.

According to the information he found, the amnesia patient in front of him, Lu Xia, was a painter.In his early years, he was prosperous for a period of time, and he held several solo exhibitions. A few years ago, he was considered a minor celebrity.However, he was soon overtaken by the endless stream of younger generations, abandoned by the ever-changing market, and became a down-and-out painter.Suffering from depression in October last year, he once swallowed a whole bottle of sleeping pills. If the sleeping pills had not expired, he would not be able to sit in the ward and eat an apple at this moment.

When Lu Xia saw a stranger, she turned her head out of the window in annoyance.

Yang Kaitai walked to the bed and sincerely apologized to him for the car accident last night.

Lu Xia glanced at him coldly, and said lightly, "I don't remember."

Chu Xingyun stood at the end of the bed and looked at him suspiciously: "Don't you even remember who you are?"

Lu Xia put the apple in her hand on the table beside the bed, then picked up her ID card from the table and held it up to Chu Xingyun: "This is my ID card, I know who I am."

Chu Xingyun smiled: "Apart from that? Where do your relatives, friends, and family live? What is your occupation? Do you remember?"

"Who are you? Why should I answer your question."

Chu Xingyun took out his work card and shook it, said: "Let's talk."

Although Lu Xia is closed and world-weary, has a grumpy temper and is difficult to communicate with, he still cooperates with the police's inquiries.

"I have no relatives, no friends, I can't remember where I live, and my occupation is—"

Lu Xia answered his first few questions succinctly and quickly, and suddenly stopped when he talked about his career, frowning as if he was thinking hard, but his mind was barren, was there any effective information, and he was discouraged and irritable: "I don't know, what are you police looking for me for?"

Chu Xingyun looked at him with deep eyes, full of doubt and distrust, and said in a deep voice: "We suspect that you may be related to a murder case, do you know Zhou Shiyang?"

The murder case mentioned by the police did not shock Lu Xia at all. He looked at Chu Xingyun indifferently, his eyes shone with a cold luster like two closed iron windows.

"I don't remember anyone."

Lu Xia stared at Chu Xingyun with indifference and hostility towards strangers with unknown purpose but deeply integrated into his soul and asked: "Did I kill someone? Have you found evidence of my murder?"

It was rare for Chu Xingyun to be at a disadvantage in the verbal dispute. He found that Lu Xia's hostility was not aimed at the police, nor at him.Perhaps, as the doctor said, this person has been depressed and withdrawn, and has hated the whole world.When challenged and questioned, all he did was hide in a corner and roar angrily at the crowd, showing indifferent hostility.

The patient in front of him is not just a simple amnesiac, he is also a mentally ill patient who deviates from society and is out of touch with the crowd.

Chu Xingyun suddenly felt a little irritable, asking Gao Xia any questions at this moment is equivalent to playing the piano to a cow.So he ended this unsuccessful interrogation and said to Yang Kaitai while he was checking his belongings: "If you can think of someone, you can ask him to come and see you."

Lu Xia ignored his well-meaning suggestion, and scanned the room with restless eyes, trying to drive away the two strangers who broke into his territory.

Yang Kaitai did not find a handbag that appeared in the surveillance video, and shook his head at Chu Xingyun.

Chu Xingyun took one last look at Lu Xia who was sitting on the bed like a locked mad dog, snapped his fingers at Yang Kaitai, and then walked out of the ward.

Finding the nurse's station, he asked the nurse who took care of Lu Xia last night: "Where is the handbag in the patient's belongings?"

The nurse said: "Handbag? No handbag, he didn't have anything on him when he was sent to the hospital."

Chu Xingyun frowned and pondered for a moment, then said: "Find out the surveillance video in your patient passage."

When Lu Xia left, she was carrying a handbag in her hand. Why did she suddenly disappear after being sent to the hospital?

When the nurse was authorized by the leader of the hospital to retrieve the monitoring for him, Chu Xingyun noticed that the few white papers on the table used to pad the takeaway were a little strange.

There are some seemingly messy but orderly lines drawn on the white paper, and there are a few pictures with patterns that cannot be seen clearly. Only one picture shows a woman, but the woman has no face, only a rough outline.

The few graffiti on white paper are not surprising. The reason why he noticed is that the strokes and lines drawn on the white paper are not the graffiti works of ordinary people. These paintings are very professional and the lines are very smooth. The composition is beautiful.

"Is this drawn by the patient in room 706?"

He pulled out a few sheets of white paper and flipped through them one by one.

The nurse said: "Well, he woke up this morning and asked for paper and pens, and then drew these pictures, but he didn't remember them very soon after he finished the pictures."

From this point of view, these images should be the memory fragments existing in Lu Xia's mind.

Chu Xingyun asked her to tell all Lu Xia's words and deeds in detail.

The nurse recalled: "He was very withdrawn, and he didn't even cooperate with the doctor. He didn't say or do anything except draw a few pictures and ask us if he was a priest."

"Father? He thinks he's a priest?"

"Yeah, he still keeps talking to himself that someone is praying in his ear, it's frightening to death."

Chu Xingyun didn't understand whether he had the so-called traumatic stress disorder. He only knew that this person's memory should indeed be broken, and his self-knowledge did appear to be biased.Otherwise, who would feel that he is a priest.

Get the surveillance video and walk out of the inpatient building.

He stood beside the small garden inside the hospital and waited for Yang Kaitai to pick up his car from the parking lot, while he was still pondering over a few paintings in his hand.

The phone in his pocket suddenly rang, and he picked it up with one hand and put it next to his ear.

Xiao Shu said anxiously: "Captain Chu, hurry up and come here, something happened to you sir!"