Chapter 25 Chapter 25 The Elegy of the Devil
On a certain day 6 years ago, Company S was not as large as it is today. Somewhere in the Sun Palace, in a decent office building, in the office of the Human Resources Department, the former director Zhao Hanqing's face was like water!
A few days ago, there was a vacancy for a supervisor in the training department, and he thought of his girlfriend Jin Jie.It is true that Jin Jie is beautiful and charming, and the appearance of Xiao Niao is endearing.But Zhao Hanqing is not confused, he is 10 years older than Jin Jie, in terms of property status, he is not strong enough to control Jin Jie.After thinking about it, he felt that this opportunity was not bad. If he brought Jin Jie to him, he wouldn't be afraid of her cheating.
The plan was perfect, but the plan couldn't keep up with the changes.Since it was a new department, the general manager intervened in this matter and asked for two interview spots. Zhao Hanqing had no choice but to choose a college student who had just graduated as a backup.
Unexpectedly, by accident, the general manager fell in love with the sincere and simple college student, but missed the fancy-dressed Jin Jie.
This morning, it was the day when female college students came to work, and Zhao Hanqing was very angry.
Tao Xiaowei, the assistant at the time, pushed the door open and presented a document in front of the director respectfully, "Zhong Ying is here."
"Tell her to come in!" Mr. Zhao was in a bad mood, but the company was in a bad mood. The deputy director, Xu Jianguo, saw it and knew it well, so he didn't say anything.
After a while, Zhong Ying, who had just graduated, walked into the office happily.
It is really rare for her to find such a satisfying job not long after graduation.The most important thing is that the monthly income of 3,000 yuan is hard to come by, because her boyfriend Ai Lian is a down-and-out writer.
In fact, it is an exaggeration to say that she is a writer. Ai Lian is just a nameless pawn among thousands of authors in China. Although she has published a few books, the sales volume is terrible. The publishing house has decided not to Renewed his contract.
Unable to get on the road of publishing a book, Ai Lian also thought about finding a job and doing it first, but he has an upright temper, offending people is inevitable in his work, and he is not capable.
Right now, Zhong Ying found such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and was full of energy.
The training department has just been established, and it shares an office area with the Ministry of Manpower, and it is also under the leadership of Zhao Hanqing for the time being.Mr. Zhao and Mr. Xu looked at the girl as disliked, so of course they couldn't openly run on her, but secretly couldn't hold their breath.There was another person in the office, the recruiting manager at the time, named Yang Ruixing, who was a random guy who had no idea, and whoever had thick legs would hug those legs.He knew it well and didn't say anything.
In the company, people wear small shoes, and what they pay attention to is to use the company's rules and regulations to suppress people. Everything is done in a business-like manner, and it is difficult for outsiders to say a fair word.
Therefore, the leaders at all levels of the Ministry of Manpower were very mean to the newcomer Zhong Ying.But their wishful thinking was wrong. Zhong Ying knew that she was a newcomer, and it was inevitable that she would be squeezed out. The most important thing was that she couldn't lose this job, otherwise she and her boyfriend would have to drink northwest wind.
She came home very late every day, and the down-and-out writer Ai Lian prepared the meal early, reheated it when it was cold, and reheated it when it was hot.
As soon as she got home, Ai Lian asked, "How is it? Did you go well today?"
Zhong Ying was feeling aggrieved, but when she saw him, her mood improved somehow, "I'm fine, how are you writing today?"
"What else can I do? It's something no one wants, but I don't write it, and I can't do anything else."
"Why don't you go for counseling?"
"I do, but the psychological industry in China is uncivilized at all, and the common people don't know much about it. Besides, the fees are too high, and people don't want to. The fees are too low, and it's not enough for me to run errands. Let's make do."
"Then let's make do with it first." Zhong Ying didn't care, she is a rare girl in this era who doesn't have much pursuit of material things, and she can just be with the person she likes, "Go and shave your face, see Look where the beards are!"
Eileen was ordered to shave her face.
The two lived in an old house in the 1980s. There was no gas, no kitchen, a small dilapidated one-bedroom, and the toilet was still clogged. They just made do with it.
The parents of both parties are not young. Among the four elderly people, none of them approve of such a combination between the two of them—they have no money, and their families are not rich. What will they do in the future?
Helpless young couple who do not mind.
At that time, Ai Lian couldn't hide the inferiority complex in her heart, she always sighed, or opened her mouth to swear, she had a few cronies, and got drunk on weekends, which was commonplace.
Zhong Ying got angry at the company, and always tried to comfort him when she came back.
"It's okay, you will become famous sooner or later! Look how good your writing is!"
"Detective novels are not popular nowadays, but China must always make progress, and idiot romance can't always gain the upper hand."
For these words, Ai Lian always listened to them and didn't disagree.
Only Zhong Ying said: "Why is that blog of yours closed? You should communicate more with readers."
Ai Lian became a little upset, "What do I use to communicate? When I go out, I can't let the children treat me to dinner."
As a result, Ai Lian disappeared from the readers' sight for a full year. At that time, even Mai Tao couldn't find him.
After working for 3 months in a flash, when Zhong Ying was about to become a full-time employee, Mr. Zhao started to find faults, but he still couldn't squeeze her out.
The scheming Yang Ruixing came up with a bad idea at this time.
In the afternoon of this day, Zhong Ying worked overtime, and the others did not leave.After several meetings in a row, when he returned to the office, Mr. Zhao suddenly pretended to be surprised, "Oh, where is my watch? Which of you saw it?"
A Tissot watch worth thousands of dollars is actually nothing.But if the company loses something, it cannot be regarded as nothing.A group of people in the office, no one can leave.
This matter seemed to be real, Mr. Zhao followed Mr. Xu, and first did ideological work with great fanfare: "Whoever took it, it's okay, return it, pull it down."
Ji Zong also pretended to turn off the lights in the office: "Give everyone two minutes, no one can see, put the watch on the table, and we're done."
When the lights were turned on two minutes later, the table in the conference room was empty.
Come on, turn over the bag.
As soon as she opened the bag, Zhong Ying was dumbfounded. There was a watch tucked in the middle of her bag.
When the matter got to the ears of the general manager, the old man became anxious. He probably felt that Zhong Ying had failed his cultivation, so he fired her without saying a word.
Zhong Ying was fired and had no source of income, which was nothing.After being wronged by this, the hot-tempered Ai Lian quit.
"It's okay, you wait, I will let them die."
Ai Lian is a down-and-out literati, and she has suffered a lot of anger. Although she has not earned much money for many years, she is very flexible and good at calculating, but she is not willing to calculate.Worst of all, due to the long-term conception of detective works, in-depth research on various criminal crimes, and understanding of psychology, if he really loses his livelihood, he may become a top criminal.
Ai Lian's eyes were really red, and Zhong Ying was scared.She knows her boyfriend best, knows that he loses self-control and can do anything.
Therefore, Zhong Ying didn't even dare to sleep at night, for fear that Ai Lian would go out secretly.
Over time, her mental state became unstable.
After looking for a few more jobs one after another, they were not satisfied. Zhong Ying gradually began to question herself: Is it because my ability is too bad that I deserve this fate?
However, she often begged Ai Lian: "You can't go to them, what if you are caught, what should I do?"
Ai Lian is confident, but looking at her girlfriend, she has never made a move.
Fortunately, there is no unparalleled road, and Ai Lian's work was appreciated by an editor-in-chief who is good at promotion.With the strong support of the editor-in-chief, his fame skyrocketed, and the sales volume of his books increased steadily. He became a popular best-selling author.
But Ai Lian became famous, but her life was even more unpleasant.The joy of success did not infect Zhong Ying, and she fell into an infinite cycle of inferiority complex.
My boyfriend is promising, so what am I?
He became famous, and a large number of women flocked to him like bees and butterflies, many of whom were wealthy and lustful, compared to him, he had nothing.
Zhong Ying often locks herself in the bedroom and does not have contact with outsiders.
The saddest thing for Eileen is that even though he is good at psychotherapy, he cannot treat himself and his family.
At the end of the year, Zhong Ying's parents died of illness one after another, and she had a worse thought: It must be my fault, failing to take good care of them.
On a night after autumn, the drunk Ai Lian came home, but only saw a note on the desktop.
Zhong Ying returned to her parents' house and jumped off the building.
Since then, Ailian's new big house was empty, and no woman lived in it anymore.He began to think about revenge.
When Zhong Ying was alive, he couldn't do anything.Now that Zhong Ying is dead, he is no longer restrained, like a wandering demon, looking for opportunities to strike.
Zhao Hanqing, Xu Jianguo, Yang Ruixing, Tao Xiaowei, these names were firmly imprinted in his mind.
"You all have to die!" He looked up to the sky and laughed.
However, the personnel of Company S had changed a lot. When he went back to look for them, except for Zhao Hanqing, the other three left one after another.
Ai Lian originally wanted to kill Zhao Hanqing directly, but a more evil thought suddenly came to her mind: No, no!I can't let you die so happily, just like you framed Zhong Ying, I have to torture you slowly, so that you can experience the pain of being wronged!
The framed plan takes a long time to prepare.Ai Lian was not in a hurry either. When he was not writing, he returned to his old job and started psychological counseling.By chance, he met a man suffering from severe paranoia. While talking with his family members, he met his girlfriend——Tao Xiaowei.
oops!Ai Lian was overjoyed: I won't look for you, but you will come to my door instead.
In his heart, a vicious revenge plan was born.Gradually, he took advantage of his relationship to hold the victims and their families in the palm of his hand one by one.What made him feel most comfortable was Zhao Hanqing's ex-wife Jin Jie.
This woman, like a dodder winding on a big tree, depends on him.
After getting to know Ai Lian, Jin Jie immediately wanted to kick Xu Jianguo away.
But Ai Lian stopped her mindless impulse, "Remember, he can give you money." Jin Jie was very obedient, and continued to have no feelings for Xu Jianguo.
Ai Lian slowly prepared for a year, and waited for this suitable opportunity to complete her plan.
Mai Tao sat on the sofa and listened to Ai Lian's narration in a daze.
"Without evidence, what you said is just speculation, and there is no way to prove that I am the murderer. Since no real murderer can be found, Zhao Hanqing deserves to suffer. This is the purpose of all my plans. How can I help you?"
"But……"
"By the way, I have prepared something for you." Ailian said, throwing something at Mai Tao.
Mai Tao stretched out his hand to take it, and looked down, it turned out to be a pair of medical gloves.
"Put it on!" Ailian ordered, and opened the second drawer of the cabinet on the left.
This...Mai Tao didn't know what kind of medicine he was selling in the gourd, so he didn't dare to be completely unprepared, so he walked over sideways and opened the drawer.
In the middle of the drawer, there is a mahogany box.Mai Tao had a rough understanding of the wood, looked at it, and was sure that it was a very precious small-leaf red sandalwood. He opened the box and saw a thin letter inside, with two large characters written on it—a suicide note.
Mai Tao was taken aback, and suddenly turned around, Ai Lian was no longer in the living room.
Holding the wooden box, Mai Tao chased him out, and saw Ai Lian standing on the balcony, smiling at him.
"Brother Ai, you, come down quickly!"
"Hahaha, what are you doing down here?" Ai Lian smiled happily, her hair was blown by the wind and fluttered messily on her forehead, "You solved this case and found me, our master-student relationship is over, from today At the beginning, you are considered to be a teacher. Oh, by the way, have you read the suicide note?"
"Don't talk about that yet, come down quickly!" Mai Tao wanted to rush up, but didn't dare.
Ailian stepped on the balcony with her bare feet, her arms straightened, trembling, as if she might fall down at any moment.
"You should take a look, but after reading it, you have to put it back. I have no relatives anymore, and all my property will be given to you as a gift. Didn't you say that you feel that you are not worthy of others? This time Don't worry, the congratulatory gift I gave you is enough to buy several houses. Oh, yes, there is one more thing. I contacted Pet Trust for these two dogs. You can send them there later. After I die , you don't call the police, lest they suspect anything. Let others call the police. You didn't drink the drink, you put the suicide note back first, and you wear gloves, so naturally you won't have your fingerprints. I framed others, but I don't will frame you."
"I know, but, but, Brother Ai, we can discuss it."
"As long as you know, there is nothing to discuss. The elder sister of the psychological counselor, my girlfriend, both died by jumping off the building. It seems that I have a predestined relationship with this way of death. Originally, I also planned to arrange for Jin Jie to jump off the building, but it was really difficult. I have experienced hardships and enjoyed blessings in my life, as long as I see my enemies suffer retribution, I feel at ease. In the days to come, you can live a double share for me."
After Ai Lian finished speaking, she stared hard at her feet, and fell backwards.
Mai Tao didn't even have time to yell, and rushed to the balcony, looking down, Ai Lian had already fallen to the ground, motionless, and blood was pouring out from under her body.
In the air, only his laughter when he fell from the building still echoed in his ears, as if it had frozen...
At this point, the ghost wandering in Tiantangyuan finally drew his curtain.
Extra chapters are not the ending of the ending
As soon as Ai Lian's name appeared in the media, many people thought that his new work had come out.However, this report in the first ten days of September 2009 was different. It used such a title—"Young detective novelist Ai Lian is missing?" Once the report was released, it immediately caused an uproar among readers.
Various rumors spread like wildfire about Ailian's whereabouts.The following three are the most representative.
1.Eileen is dead.
A few readers believe that Ellen is dead.In view of the disillusionment attitude shown in his past works, if he thinks that his true thoughts cannot be reflected in subsequent works, or life no longer has a clear meaning, it is also possible to choose to commit suicide.Some readers who have had a relationship with Ailian think that even in the chat, Ailian's world-weary plot is self-evident.
Interestingly, this much criticized statement is the closest to the truth.
2.Eileen dropped the pen.
The second statement is supported by the most readers.Although they are divided into two factions, one thinks that Ai Lian is exhausted and tired of writing; the other thinks that Ai Lian deliberately took a break for a few years in order to break through her limit and accumulate a lot of money.In any case, Ai Lian gave up personal creation for quite a long time in the future.
As for where he went?What are you doing again?There are even more opinions.
3.Eileen is playing a game.
Still others think that, as a successful detective writer, it's understandable to joke around with readers.Just like Kosuke Kindaichi in Henggou Masashi's writings, Ellen also hopes that her whereabouts will remain unknown.There is also a possibility that after a while, he may release some clues for careful readers to search for his whereabouts.
There is no doubt that this possibility is the most suspected of speculation.
Putting Ai Lian's disappearance aside, Mai Tao has endured a lot of harassment in his life, which made him miserable.Many close readers know that Mai Tao is the closest person to Ai Lian, which makes him a "wanted criminal" in the reader circle. A total of 13 core readers conducted three consecutive "interrogations" on him.But Mai Tao just gritted his teeth and didn't know what to ask.
In the end, the core reader group gave up. They thought that Mai Tao might really not know about it, and Ailian's whereabouts were classified as missing again.
However, when Mai Tao was interrogated for the first time, he told the truth intentionally or unintentionally: "I don't know, you should pay attention to the recent media reports."
Such an obscure prompt is indeed difficult to understand.
During the period when Ai Lian disappeared and the media was frenzied about it, it was also reported that the Tiantangyuan serial murder case was solved and one of the main culprits, Zhao Hanqing, was put on trial.
However, even readers who are best at catching wind and shadows find it difficult to link these two pieces of news. In Zhao Hanqing's case, Ai Lian's name was never mentioned at all.
There are some secrets that only exist in Mai Tao's heart, and he never even told An Xin - Ai Lian's suicide put him in a dilemma.
This difficult situation involves the inheritance of property and the balance between justice and law, which caused Mai Tao to lose a lot of hair and lose weight in a short period of time.
This situation led to an unbelievable consequence: in late September, Mai Tao submitted his resignation to Captain Liu.
It sounds ridiculous for a person under 30 to resign.But as a non-staff consultant like a criminal psychologist, his going and staying depends entirely on his own wishes.Mai Tao did not give a decent reason, only saying that he was too tired.Captain Liu Gangming couldn't find any reason to object, so he silently agreed.
An Xin is very pleased with Mai Tao's retirement.The two went to see the house together, and fell in love with a duplex in the east of the city, which was very suitable for a young couple to live in.
After paying hundreds of thousands of down payment, Mai Tao began to get busy with the decoration.Probably because of the overseer's fatigue from purchasing, he became reticent.
What really worries An Xin is that the silent Mai Tao sometimes moves surreptitiously.
According to Mai Tao's past personality, no matter what he does, as long as the situation permits, he will report to his girlfriend.
"Today your dad has arranged a dinner."
"I have to go out to handle the case at night, you sleep well."
In short, Mai Tao's reports are everywhere, and An Xin's colleagues all praise him as an unprecedented good husband.
However, since late September, although Mai Tao still called to say good night, he never told him where he was.
An Xin could only tell from the phone that it was a very quiet place.
For this reason, An Xin's mother persuaded: "People always have their own secrets, let alone men. You should give him more space! Besides, isn't his good friend Ailian missing? He also needs to relax for a while. Adjust their."
In any case, although the renovation progress of the house is slower, it is still proceeding in an orderly manner.Mai Tao and An Xin's marriage is also slowly settled.
It was almost the end of September, and both Ai Lian's news and Zhao Hanqing's report were indifferent from the media, replaced by overwhelming news about the 60th Anniversary of Daqing.
Ellen's whereabouts just disappeared from the readers' sight.
One afternoon in early November, after finishing two classes, Mai Tao went to the snack bar outside the campus to get something to eat.He gets a call.
"A new instrument from the United States has been introduced into the hospital. We decided to use it on Mr. Ai. Would you like to come and have a look?" This is a call from a doctor.
"Okay." Mai Tao hung up the phone and drove to the outskirts of the city without even caring about his meal.
When he arrived, it was already late. These nights, there was already a cool autumn atmosphere. He was only wearing a shirt. When he got out of the car, Mai Tao sneezed.
Standing at the gate of the Coastal Psychiatric Rehabilitation Center, he saw a middle-aged man in a white coat coming out from a distance.
"Mr. Mai, you are here, come in quickly." The middle-aged doctor greeted.
"Oh, Doctor Chen, hello!" Mai Tao took a few steps, "How is Brother Ai's condition? Has there been any progress?"
"It's still the same." Dr. Chen added, "The body is recovering quite well, and the consciousness reaction is not strong yet."
The Coastal Rehabilitation Center is not really close to the sea. City B is a purely inland city, and there is no sea around it. The name was chosen to give people an illusion of tranquility and peace.
Mai Tao followed Dr. Chen all the way up the small slope.On the slope, there is the inpatient building of the rehabilitation center.
In a sense, the Coastal Rehabilitation Center is more like a nursing home.In view of the poor reputation of many mental hospitals, a certain wealthy capitalist saw this great market and spent a lot of money to build this center.
It is adjacent to the suburbs of the city, with good air and a good environment, without the noise of the outside world, it is really like a paradise.Most of the people who come here to live are relatives of wealthy families.Of course, the cost of staying here is extremely high!
On the first floor of the hospital, one can feel the luxury of this sanatorium. It is resplendent and full of green plants. Newcomers may think that they have entered the botanical garden by mistake.
On the stairs, a strong young man in a blue uniform was pushing a wheelchair.
The man sitting in the wheelchair was Ellen.
His hair is almost completely white, his head is tilted, under the eyelids that can't be opened, the eyes seem to be stale and frozen blueberry fruit, staring low and hollowly at the ground; the corners of his mouth are drooping downward; One hand rested on the armrest, the other hand hung lifelessly to the side, the whole person remained motionless like a stone statue; only saliva flowed from the crooked corner of his mouth from time to time, and the young man behind him wiped it for him.
Mai Tao sighed—this is the problem Ailian posed for him!
That night at the end of August, Ai Lian admitted the fact of committing the crime, and then jumped off her balcony.
Perhaps for him, he would rather die than admit defeat.
However, he did not die.
Mai Tao rushed downstairs frantically, checked his pulse, and there was still a faint beating.Looking around, no one came out to check. Maybe people have been used to the screaming of car alarms for half a year, so they didn't take the loud bang of the falling building seriously.
Without hesitation, Mai Tao carried Ai Lian into the car, and sent him to the hospital regardless of whether his reckless behavior would cause more fractures.
Needless to say emergency rescue, after a few days, Ai Lian was out of danger, but was ruthlessly declared by the hospital, and he became a vegetative state.
It wasn't until this moment that Mai Tao suddenly realized that he had fallen into a dilemma.
If Ai Lian died, of course, he didn't want it to be the case, but if Ai Lian died, then Mai Tao would have nothing to worry about.Indeed, the huge amount of property left by Ai Lian is very tempting; but according to Mai Tao's character, he is more likely to tell the truth to the police.
Admitting that Ai Lian is the murderer means that Zhao Hanqing can be saved from unjust imprisonment. Of course, Ai Lian's inheritance will also be confiscated by the public.
But the current situation is more complicated, Ai Lian is not dead, he has become a vegetable.To keep him alive, a lot of money is needed.Mai Tao couldn't afford the money himself, so he had to use Ailian's property as a last resort.And in this way, reporting the facts to the police is tantamount to pronouncing Ailian the death penalty.Therefore, Mai Tao could not do this.But if the facts were concealed, Zhao Hanqing would have nowhere to appeal his grievances, and he would face imprisonment.
What is justice and what is law?Mai Tao was confused. He found that he had the title of a scholar and a lot of knowledge, but he was useless on these two issues.He began to realize his helplessness, and admitted that Zhao Hanqing should also pay the price for wronging Zhong Ying a few years ago.But this price seems to be unequal to four consecutive lives.
After thinking about it, Mai Tao realized the saddest problem—he is not a policeman, so he cannot act according to the rules and regulations. He is a criminal psychologist, in other words, he is nothing.He should be Ailian's friend, An Xin's husband, and Captain Liu's son-in-law, not a policeman.
So, he made a quite decisive decision, he had to inherit Ai Lian's property, and in turn spend it on Ai Lian's body. It was as if he had learned a lot from Ai Lian in the past few years. It's the same as paying the tuition fees later.
He decided to resign, return to school to teach with peace of mind, and live an ordinary life.
He chose to resign, leave the police station, and stay away from any news related to Zhao Hanqing. From this day on, he does not read newspapers or pay attention to the news.
Of course, inheriting property is not that easy.What's interesting is that Ai Lian's suicide note is quite broad, regardless of whether she is dead or unconscious, the property belongs to Mai Tao.The lawyer also explained it, and no one said anything more.
Sometimes, Mai Tao felt that Ai Lian's suicide note was too strange, as if he could foresee what was happening now.
However, as he was busy with schoolwork and decoration matters, he gradually put this feeling behind him.
In order for Ai Lian, a vegetative person, to get the best treatment, Mai Tao spent a lot of money and sent him to a sanatorium on the coast, with only one condition: no one can disclose the news of Ai Lian's stay here, otherwise, he would rather see him. To die, but also to give up treatment.
The God of Wealth has given such an order, who would dare to disobey?
Ai Lian is actually a treasure for the hospital, because Mr. Mai has something to say, as long as it doesn't kill people, any treatment method can be used.
In Mai Tao's heart, he knew very well that even if Ailian died, he would not want his crimes to be exposed. Similarly, even if he died, he would not want to collapse here and become a useless person.
So on this day, the coastal nursing home purchased new equipment, and after some adjustments, it notified Mai Tao that a new treatment would be carried out.
The sturdy young man pushing the wheelchair was a nurse surnamed Wei.
Dr. Chen asked Xiao Wei to push Ai Lian in the wheelchair into the treatment room, and he took Mai Tao into the treatment room.
Although the appearance is beautiful, this treatment room looks like an execution room for electrocution.The room is divided into two, separated by a large glass wall, with patients on one side and family members and doctors on the other.
Mai Tao pointed to the sound-like equipment on the opposite side and asked, "Is this the new equipment?"
"Yes." Dr. Chen explained, "Cranial MRI, what you see is the only one in our country."
"But it looks like execution is going to happen." Mai Tao bit his finger worriedly.
"In fact, the strength of the current is roughly the same as that of nuclear magnetic resonance."
While talking, another doctor came in from the opposite side.He slowly put on a small blue hat for Ellen, which made him look like an old clown, and there were a few probes distributed above and below his eye sockets.
After a brief debugging of the instrument, the preparatory work came to an end.
Dr. Chen continued to introduce here: "When turned on, the transmitter will send a short magnetic pulse to a specific area of Mr. Ai's brain. Today is the first time it is used, and we record and detect the resulting phenomenon. At the beginning of the magnetic pulse After that, the muscles of Mr. Ai's head and jaw may contract obviously, please don't worry."
"Oh, will it hurt?"
"There will be some knocking sensation, but it won't hurt very much." Dr. Chen glanced at Mai Tao meaningfully, "You also know very well that Mr. Ai is not completely brain-dead. There is no other way."
Mai Tao nodded, and Dr. Chen greeted the other side.A strange-shaped instrument was moved to the temporal lobe of Ailian's head.
When the transmitter was activated, Ailian's eyelids twitched violently. With the rotation of the head instrument, his right hand stretched unconsciously, opening very stiffly and shaking.
"What's that?" Mai Tao asked.
"Involuntary spasms."
From the microphone on the glass window, the words of the doctor on the opposite side came out: "The pulse will be increased next."
"Will it be dangerous?"
"No, we are all controlled within a safe and reliable range."
As the pulse increased, Ailian's fist clenched and relaxed at times, and it was still an unconscious spasm.
After about twenty seconds, Dr. Chen made a bold decision. He shouted into the microphone: "Double the time you stay on the head magnetic coil!"
The opposite party complied, and Ailian's entire upper body trembled, making a horrifying cry.
"This..." Mai Tao was also dumbfounded. Although he graduated in psychology, his understanding of the human brain and psychics is very limited.
"It's nothing, it's just paroxysmal epilepsy at most."
At most—that's a clever word.What is paroxysmal epilepsy for a person who has been judged by the hospital as a vegetative state and whose consciousness and body cannot be connected?
After a few more seconds, Ailian beat his arms vigorously like a big monkey, and he tore off the ECG monitoring patch.
The pulse was stopped urgently.
After the stop, Ai Lian returned to her previous appearance, with her mouth twisted and her eyes evil, sitting like a short-lined puppet.
Before Mai Tao could ask any questions, Dr. Chen took him back to the office.
"What's going on here?" Mai Tao asked impatiently as soon as he sat down.
Dr. Chen pondered for a while, "This, uh, Mr. Ai's situation is very rare."
"how?"
"Mr. Ai's brain is not dead, and his consciousness is still there. You can understand it this way. His consciousness exists, but he cannot control his body. In other words, his connection mechanism has not been established."
"You mean his central nervous system was damaged?"
"No, no, he is not paralyzed. We have checked many times, and his central nervous system is intact. It should be said that there is a problem with the central nervous system and the bridge of the brain, but there is no organic damage. In other words, More like some kind of stimulus, or some kind of strong will to keep him at this stage. My feeling is that if he keeps going like this, he can live in both physical and spiritual worlds. I also know that, Mr. Ai is a writer, maybe the world he created in his head is good enough to make him unwilling to come out. The purpose of our cranial magnetic resonance is to awaken his awareness of the outside world. I mean, do you understand? ?”
Mai Tao nodded. Speaking of excitement, he knew very well that Ai Lian had accumulated emotional excitement for several years after Zhong Ying committed suicide.Now that he has succeeded in revenge, maybe he will stay in his own spiritual world and refuse to come out.However, Mai Tao couldn't tell the doctor frankly about this layer of secrets.
The two talked for a while about the future plan of cranial magnetotherapy, and Mai Tao left the office.
As soon as I went out, I happened to meet Xiao Wei, the nurse, "Hey, Mr. Mai, I was looking for you."
"What's the matter?" Mai Tao was surprised.
"There is an interesting phenomenon that I would like to invite you to take a look at."
Xiao Wei led Mai Tao upstairs.
On the second floor of the nursing home, there was a huge indoor swimming pool. Ailian, who was in a wheelchair, changed into a dark swimsuit.This is to isolate the cold water temperature, so as not to cause harm to the body that lacks conscious control.
Mai Tao was puzzled, looked at Xiao Wei, the nurse, and carried Ailian into the water.
A surprising scene appeared. After entering the water, Ai Lian still looked dull and dull, but his calf was slowly hitting the water.Although the movement was very slow and not strong enough, he did seem to be hitting the water unconsciously.
"Do you understand what I mean?" Xiao Wei said excitedly to the bank, "Mr. Ai senses water, so he has subconscious body movements, but he lacks a comprehensive understanding of the outside world."
Such a statement seemed to be a kind of hope, and it repeatedly collided in Mai Tao's mind several times.
Xiao Wei carried Ai Lian back again, changed his clothes, and dried his body.When wearing the gloves, Ailian's reaction became very strange again. He raised his hand and the gloves flew out.As with gloves, so with shoes.
Xiao Wei smiled, "Look, it's like this every time, Mr. Ai subconsciously doesn't want to wear shoes."
Oh, that's probably because he's used to being free.
Mai Tao nodded, just like he was swimming unconsciously in the pool, it was his subconscious reaction to the outside world.
With hope in mind, he bid farewell to Xiao Wei, and Mai Tao returned to his new house.
The contractor team was recruited by Captain Liu Gangming. No matter whether Mai Tao was there or not, they worked very seriously. When Mai Tao came back, Mr. Wang came over with a smile, "You are back, look at the ceiling lamp in the kitchen. How are you doing?"
The furnishings and furniture in the house are almost all selected by his girlfriend with peace of mind, and Mai Tao is very casual in this regard.
After looking at it, he said, "Very good, come on, let's rest for a while and have something to eat."
The people Team Liu recruited were all to help, and they only had material money but no wages. Mai Tao was very embarrassed, so he always entertained people with good wine, good food and good meat.
In fact, he is dispensable as a supervisor, he is not cheating and cheating, and he is more often responsible for purchasing work.
When eating, Mai Tao ate with them; after eating, Mai Tao also worked with them as much as he could.Several hours passed, and there was always one thing that Mai Tao was worried about.
In Ailian's subconscious mind, there was feedback to the surrounding environment. He swung his legs in the swimming pool, he threw off his gloves, and kicked off his shoes.
His fractures are slowly healing, and he moves unintentionally...
Mai Tao was stunned suddenly, and the white paint in his hand fell off and fell to the ground.
"Hey, Mr. Mai, what's the matter with you?" Wang Tou came over and asked with concern, "Are you tired? Go back and rest early, we'll leave after we finish."
"No, no, what time is it?"
"It's almost 11 o'clock, isn't it?" Wang blew on the ashes on the watch and took a look, "It's getting late, you should go back."
"That's not what it means..." Mai Tao came to his senses, turned around and ran downstairs.
"Is he tired or not..." Wang Tou froze on the spot wondering.
Mai Tao drove the car like flying, played drifting in the streets and alleys, and finally rushed back to the coastal nursing home before 12 o'clock.
When the car stopped, he looked up, and immediately broke out in a cold sweat.
On the black-painted iron fence door, a hospital gown was protruding, swinging in the wind.
麦涛脚下不停，冲到传达室，隔着玻璃，看到值班人员赤身裸体地趴在桌上，后颈处，插了一只牙刷……
艾莲跑了……
穿着值班人员的衣服，从海岸疗养院里，跑了！
他早就恢复了意识！只不过因为骨折尚未康复，行动不便，才没有离开。他继续伪装成病人，假作无意识地乱动，那些只不过是在锻炼肢体所采用的障眼法。
时至今日，麦涛终于恍然大悟，他犯了个弥天大错，救活了艾莲，塑造了一个新的恶魔。
传达室的桌面上，放着一张纸条：
天堂魔影既然已落幕，艾莲就不必再为此杀人。然而，他将逃到哪里，何时将会再次露面，麦涛全然不知。
只有一个问题，麦涛再清楚不过，艾莲已经由他的导师，蜕变成恶魔，是他一生中最大的敌手。
仰望夜空，星星点点，麦涛茫然无措，等待着他的是不知何时会出现的下一次挑战……