Chapter 8 Chapter 5 A Room Without Light

Qingzi's voice was not loud, but it pierced Jiang Xia's eardrum like a needle.He turned around and stared at Lepton.Ye Guangting also turned to look at her, glancing at Jiang Xia from time to time. Zhou Qingzi raised his eyes, took a long breath, and said leisurely: "The picture shows my sister, named Lin Jiayun..." Ye Guangting glanced at Jiang Xia half-believingly, Jiang Xia was also puzzled. "We are twin sisters. My father's surname is Lin and my mother's surname is Zhou. After they divorced, I took my mother's surname." Jiang Xia gently twisted open a bottle of mineral water and handed it over.Qingzi took it but didn't drink it.

"Maybe because of the different names, my sister and I look alike, but our personalities are completely different. She is lively and outgoing, and she loves to play outside with boys since she was a child. But I always like to stay at home with my dolls Talk." Speaking of this, Qingzi glanced at Jiang Xia.Jiang Xia was a little at a loss when she saw it, she nodded hurriedly, and said, "You should drink some water first." Qingzi agreed and took a sip of water, then turned his head and said to Ye Guangting: "Why don't we go on the road first. This is a long story." After speaking, he smiled to himself.

"Ah? Yes, let's go." Ye Guangting stood up and patted his buttocks, "I ate it, you can eat it in the car. We still have a few days, so let's talk about it slowly. Of course, I don't have to listen , but it's better not to take me to play..." Ye Guangting walked in front alone, talking non-stop. Seeing Qingzi's smile, Jiang Xia felt a lot more relaxed, packed up the computer and stood up. When getting in the car, Ye Guangting arranged for Qingzi and Jiang Xia to sit together in the back row so that they could watch the computer conveniently.Then he put the bread, ham, turkey and all kinds of fruits on the back seat, and said: "Brother Jiang, I will leave Qingzi to you. You have to serve him whatever he wants to eat."

The car re-entered the highway and headed for Boston.Ye Guangting changed to soothing music, lowered the volume and used it as a background to adjust the atmosphere - he also felt that once this topic was discussed, it would not be too easy. Qingzi leaned against the back of the chair, staring at the road illuminated by the lights in front of him in a daze, as if caught in a long memory.Jiang Xia was seriously peeling an orange. Although what Qingzi said was incredible, it might indeed explain the incredible things that happened to him.The thing that has been entangled with him for a long time may be able to get some clues from Qingzi's narration tonight, and he is inexplicably excited.Chen Xiting's voice and smile would still pop out from time to time, which suddenly made his heart feel tight and forced him to feel tight in his chest.However, the matter has come to this point, whether you think about it or don't want to, it's better to put it aside for a while, and let time solve the rest.

The computer screen was still frozen at the time when Ding Xiwu had just walked in. Zhou Qingzi straightened up and asked, "Can this screen be enlarged?" Jiang Xia nodded, and handed the peeled orange to Qingzi: "Where is the zoom?" "My sister's face. She has a small inconspicuous granulation in the corner of her left eye." Jiang Xia operated, Qingzi tilted his head to look at the screen, almost leaning on his shoulder.Jiang Xia's heart fluttered for a while, he smelled the shampoo on Qingzi's hair, it was so familiar, so touching.This situation is so natural, as if it is a moment he has been looking forward to all his life, he hopes that time will stop here so that he can be immersed in this fragrance forever.Under the tip of the hair are Qingzi's big eyes, Jiang Xia really wanted to gently hold her face and look at her carefully, looking deeply at her.

"Can it be bigger?" Qingzi's words interrupted his thoughts.Just now he allowed himself to think and stopped the movement of his hands.Jiang Xia hurriedly pulled herself back to reality, zooming in on the picture again. The clarity of the zoomed-in picture is greatly reduced, but Qingzi still said to Jiang Xia with satisfaction: "Look here, this little granulation! I don't have one." After speaking, Qingzi turned to show Jiang Xia her left eye, and compared it with his hand. .Jiang Xia carefully looked at the magnified eyes on the screen, and he could indeed see a small protrusion outside the corner of the eye.

"Why is your sister with Ding Xiwu? And at my house?" Jiang Xia asked her question.Whether it's Zhou Qingzi or Lin Jiayun, it doesn't make sense to appear in his home with Ding Xiwu. "Ding Xiwu said, he said you like my sister, but my sister likes him." Ye Guangting let out a "Lean" in the front row.He has been listening quietly, he knows that Qingzi's words must have something to do with Jiang Xia's recent experience.It's just that what Qingzi said at this time was too illogical. Jiang Xia was quite embarrassed, forced herself to smile: "I never knew your sister and Ding Xiwu."

Qingzi didn't smile, but looked at Jiang Xia: "Then do you know me?" Jiang Xia didn't know what to say.He suddenly remembered that Qingzi had asked him such a question without thinking when he was drinking at GameOn.Could it be that I have known these three people before but can't remember them at all?How could there be such an oolong thing? "You met my sister when you graduated from college, and you are colleagues in the company..." The more Jiang Xia listened, the more confused she became.Not long after he graduated from university, he came to the United States for treatment due to illness, and then entered Dr. Schweil's laboratory until today.But where and what company did you join?Did Ding Xiwu's death stimulate Qingzi mentally?

"Qingzi, I..." He wanted to interrupt her.Ye Guangting interrupted: "Lao Jiang, let Qingzi finish the sentence." Jiang Xia looked up at Ye Guangting who was driving, and thought: Qingzi is confused, are you also confused?Have I ever been in a company, have I ever had a colleague like Lin Jiayun, don't you guys know better than me? "You are not planning to assign me, are you?" Jiang Xia said, with obvious resentment in his tone. Qingzi didn't continue immediately, she paused, then turned her head to look at Jiang Xia, eyes full of disappointment. "I know it sounds ridiculous, I just wanted to tell you something and maybe jog your memory."

joke!jog my memory?Evoking memories is my specialty!What I study is the machine that records human memory! Thinking of this, Jiang Xia couldn't help but shiver.My mind suddenly became chaotic, and my thoughts that seemed to be as clear as a thread just now were twisted into a ball.He has always believed that Schwell's instrument is for recording dreams, although he can talk with Schwell that dreams are fragments of memory, although his dream records that he and Ye Guangting, Zhou Qingzi, and Yang Shan are together. In the scene of eating, although Jenquis was scurrying around mysteriously in his dream... But Jiang Xia never thought, even a little bit - that this magical instrument might really be able to search out people's memories, Record those remembered and those forgotten.

But... Jiang Xia thought again, what Qingzi said was too outrageous after all.Even if my memory is not very strong, but these big living people, do they have no memory at all? No one in the car spoke anymore.Jiang Xia looked out of the car window, and Chen Xiting's appearance emerged again.What was she and her boyfriend doing in New York behind her?Are you shopping?She must be begging him to buy a lot of things she likes.She must be holding his hand very contentedly, or clinging to that man's side like a little mouse... Jiang Xia suddenly wanted to cry, or sleep with her head covered and ignore these complicated things. "Do you still want to hear it?" Zhou Qingzi asked tentatively. "Oh." Jiang Xia agreed, "I want to hear it. But I have to be quiet first." Qingzi nodded, suddenly raised his face, and raised his voice: "Anyway, I'm very happy that you are doing well. Guangting, how long will we have?" "Ah? What, how long will it take?" Ye Guangting was taken aback by the question. "How long will it take to get to Boston?" "Oh, hi! It's still more than an hour. How about we talk here first? I'm confused, let alone Jiang Xia himself. Come on a little bit." Boston is located northeast of New York and is the state capital of Massachusetts.It is not an exaggeration to say that Boston is the cultural and educational center of the United States.Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, two world-class universities, are located in Cambridge near Boston, and Wesleyan Women's College, where Soong Ching Ling sisters studied, is also nearby.The Charles River, which separates Boston from Cambridge, is well known.It has been a century-old tradition for Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to hold rowing competitions on the river every year. It was about ten o'clock in the evening when the three of Jiang Xia arrived in Boston.The hotel they booked was in Cambridge, on the banks of the Charles River, which made them really excited.This is a high-rise building in the shape of a pyramid, and its exterior is outlined by colorful neon lights, which are reflected in the slowly flowing river water. It is really a rare beauty.After tidying up, the three of them walked along the river, looking at the night view of Boston from across the bank, chatting casually, and did not mention Qingzi's sister and Ding Xiwu again. The next morning, the three of them washed up, and after simply having a buffet breakfast in the hotel restaurant, they came to the campus of Harvard University.A Massachusetts Avenue connects Harvard and MIT.The closer you get to Harvard, the walls of the buildings next to the avenue gradually turn into its usual dark red.Harvard Square is full of people, most of them are tourists who want to pay their respects to this world famous school.There are not many universities in the United States with walls, and Harvard is one of them.However, the so-called wall is just a symbol of separating "Harvard Yard" from the outside world when it was first built. The scene at that time is unknown, but now people can enter and leave the university at will without any hindrance.But if you want to enter this "courtyard" to study, it will take a lot of work. "I didn't expect this to be the world-famous Harvard University! The architecture is far worse than ours in China." Qingzi sighed. "That's right, what they pay attention to is software construction and talents." Ye Guangting looked around.The ancient buildings on the campus of Harvard University are not as glamorous as those of domestic universities, and even the principal's office is only located on the first floor of a student dormitory.The people walking on the corridor and the students lying down on the grass and reading made them pay more attention.Who knows who among them will be the future business tycoon, academic authority, or even the president of the United States? "Harvard Harvard!" Qingzi shouted happily.It turned out that I saw the bronze statue of John Harvard.Ye Guangting came to his senses: "We have to take a good look at this," he said, fumbling for the camera in his bag, "The only thing we can do is to take a photo with his bronze statue. You two are better, why not?" It is said that Columbia is also an Ivy League school, but we at New York University are miserable! I only have the opportunity to take pictures of you two, come, come closer." In front of a quaint academic building stands a bronze statue of John Harvard.The former rich man sat on a chair with his right foot behind his left foot.The copper surface of the left foot has been touched by countless tourists and admirers. There is a saying that touching Harvard's left foot will bring wealth and good luck. "I have to talk to you guys, I know this matter well." Ye Guangting started to show off again, "There are three mistakes in this bronze statue." Seeing Jiang Xia and Qingzi listening to him attentively, Ye Guangting was very proud, "The first One, the date of establishment of the school printed on it is wrong, two years behind.” "Really?" Ye Guangting was very excited by Qingzi's desire for knowledge. "Second, it is wrong to say that Harvard is the founder of the school. The founder of the school is someone else. Harvard was engaged in real estate at that time. He used his land to build the school and named it Harvard." "Yo, I thought he was an educator." Qingzi looked at the bronze statue of Harvard, as if a little disappointed. "Thirdly, here comes the important point. Thirdly, this bronze statue is not Harvard himself!" Ye Guangting paused, "There is no way to verify what Harvard looks like, so when I made the statue, I just found a handsome guy to make it." model." "It means that we drove for more than four hours and came here to touch the fake statue of the real estate agent!" Jiang Xia joked.Qingzi burst out laughing. "This is the famous 'Harvard Three Lies'," Ye Guangting continued, "I think it's probably made up by people who wanted to go to Harvard but failed!" Harvard's main campus is indeed pitifully small, and it took half an hour to walk around almost everywhere.Ye Guangting explained the history of Harvard and the location of other colleges to Jiang Xia and Qingzi with great interest. Most of them were what he heard when he came last time. Naturally, he would add some things to the explanation this time, as if he was sitting on the base of a bronze statue. fake Harvard. After coming out of Harvard University, the three of them strolled around and came to the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.When Ye Guangting was in New York, he made a phone call to book a free campus tour. Compared with Harvard, MIT has almost no campus.Engineering universities are so uninteresting everywhere, and the so-called campus tour is to go around the teaching buildings and some famous laboratories. Jiang Xia and a dozen other tourists temporarily formed a small sightseeing group, led by a female student named Jessica for a stroll around the school.The team would stop at any time to hear her explain. Stopping and walking, the small team came to a remote place, standing in front of them was a strange building five or six stories high but without windows.The building is apparently formed from a single pour of cement, with the top raised to form a hemisphere.Strangest of all, the exterior walls of the building were painted all black. "This oddly shaped separate building in front is an acoustics laboratory. It was built in 2001 at a cost of half a billion dollars." Ye Guangting pouted, Jiang Xia naturally understood: This is where the big black room he said is located. "This expensive acoustics laboratory was designed by Professor Jenquis of the school..." Jessica said. Jiang Xia's heart tightened!Jenquis, Acoustic Lab, Brain Waves, Energy Collision!These names seemed to merge together at this moment, but Jiang Xia still couldn't see any connection between them and his dream. "Professor Jenquis is a famous professor of neuroengineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He said at the inauguration ceremony of the acoustics laboratory that he did not draw the design drawings, but someone else. One day he wrote in his official document A pencil drawing was found in the bag. It seemed that someone wanted to give him the drawing but did not want to reveal his identity. After seeing the design drawing, Professor Jenquis found that all the designs were perfect and natural. Every tiny The design data has been precisely calculated and marked very clearly, and they all meet the requirements of acoustic energy research. It can be seen from the design drawing that the person who drew this picture has a good understanding of the structure of the human body and the direction and function of each nerve. He knows everything well, and he is really a genius with extremely high talent. So Jenquis declared this project to the school, hoping to build this laboratory that is comparable to a work of art. After the completion, a large number of A major achievement in the field of human neurology research. Unfortunately, Professor Jenquis suddenly disappeared two or three years ago. This laboratory is almost idle. Anyway," Jessica shrugged, "these anecdotes It still puts a mysterious color on this laboratory. Now let us go in and take a look." There was a little commotion among the tourists, interested in the story Jessica was telling.Jiang Xia was listening attentively.He was thinking, the person who drew this picture couldn't be Professor Schweil, right?Didn't he major in neurology at Harvard?And there is also research on engineering.But if so, there is no reason for him to remain anonymous?I'm afraid it's Jenquis hype?Could it be that Jenquis discovered some strange phenomenon in the experiment, so he fled away and chose to disappear? Jessica swiped the card, opened the heavy door, and tourists filed in.Inside is a control room of about 200 square meters, with rows of cabinets arranged in an orderly manner.Inside the cupboard is the control instrument, which is locked for the convenience of tourists while not revealing the secrets of the experiment. Jiang Xia asked Ye Guangting in a low voice: "Didn't you explain it in such detail when you came last time? Tens of millions of dollars? It's obviously five hundred million! Don't you remember the name of Jenquis?" Ye Guangting paused, and said: "Not really. The student guide last time was a man, and he said it was a high-tech acoustics laboratory, and he was not as dedicated as Jessica. I think Xiaojie is a good girl, and I appreciate it very much. she." "Now we are going to enter the completely silent room inside." Jessica explained enthusiastically, "The so-called complete silence means to use a soundproof wall with a thickness of nearly one meter to shield the outside sound as much as possible. There is about The 20cm interlayer is vacuumed inside. This prevents the sound from being transmitted through the medium. The inner wall of the anechoic room is covered with sound-absorbing materials. All the instruments and equipment inside are covered with special materials to ensure that they will not emit sound. No sound at all, not even the faintest electrical sound." "What are you doing so quietly?" an American interrupted.Everyone laughed. Jessica also smiled, and patiently explained: "Good question! Sound waves are also a kind of energy, and we are surrounded by various sounds every day. Sound waves can affect brain waves. By building such an environment, we can make If the energy of the sound is reduced to almost zero, then there are many, many things that can be studied. For example, the working state of the brain nerves in this environment." Many people nodded.It is true that many unexpected things can be found in extreme environments. Jiang Xia looked around, admiring the extremely scientific design of the laboratory.When the energy of the sound is reduced to the minimum, and the light energy is also reduced to the minimum in the fully enclosed laboratory, this design has another function: it can exert subtle effects on various regions and levels of the brain in a directional manner, Obtain more accurate brain wave waveforms.By interpreting these waveforms, the formation of human memory, dream formation, neural reflexes, gene mutations, cell morphology and behavior, and even the regulation of some diseases and hormone secretion can be supported by a large amount of data.Among these tourists, Jiang Xia is probably the only one who can really understand the value of this huge laboratory costing 500 million US dollars. Jessica swiped the access card again, and a heavy door that only allowed one person to pass sideways slid open.You can see that there is a very small room inside. "If people stay in a completely silent environment for a long time and then suddenly enter our sound world, people will feel uncomfortable." Jessica continued, "So the scientists designed such a small room. The experimenters came out He needs to enter this small room to rest for ten minutes, and we will slowly and artificially add some sounds for him, and then open the door outside when he gets used to it." Jiang Xia nodded.He had to secretly admire the rigorous attitude of American scientific research.However, for some reason, when he saw the small room inside, his heart trembled inexplicably, and his relaxed mood just now was suddenly enveloped by a sense of oppression. Jessica walked into the hut and swiped open the inner door: "Now we have entered the truly silent laboratory. You can take pictures inside, three minutes is enough? After that, I will close the soundproof door from the inside. In order to reduce the Any possibility of making sound and reducing the energy of light to zero, there is no lighting system in the laboratory. I suggest that you don't talk, let us experience the world of complete silence and light. But if anyone feels strong discomfort, Please tell me." Tourists curiously followed Jessica into it.The flashes of the camera flickered intensively, and the tall dome looked very strange under the light of the flashes.But the sense of oppression in Jiang Xia's heart became more and more intense. Jessica waited for everyone to take pictures, and activated the close button.The moment the door closed behind everyone, all the light disappeared, and people were almost holding their breath, but they were all listening with all their strength. Jiang Xia opened her eyes wide, so she couldn't see anything.He felt like his ears were tightly plugged by something, but he could hear the buzzing in his head.He wondered if it was a sound, if it was heard by his ears.What he was sure of was that he heard his own heartbeat, and he could even hear the beating and breathing of other people in the room.Some are fast, some are slow, some are powerful, some are weak.Gradually, Jiang Xia seemed to hear her heart squeezing blood into the arteries one by one, and the movement went from small to large, spreading from the heart to the whole body.Is it the blood in his veins that flows around him?At this moment, it sounds like countless rushing streams, separating and converging, colliding with each other and stirring each other. At this moment, Jiang Xia no longer doubts Ye Guangting's words: This is the dark room that has appeared in his dreams countless times!That kind of indescribable feeling of depression has only appeared in those dreams in this life.With unspeakable disgust in his heart, he retched twice.Suddenly a tremor from the inside out spread from the atrium to the ends of his hands and feet.His muscles and even his skin began to tremble uncontrollably.At this moment, a hand groped over and gently held his hand.That hand was so small and smooth, it belonged to Lepton.Holding both hands together, there seems to be infinite power to surround Jiang Xia, calm his restlessness, and let him see many things in the dark. "You are really smart!" Ye Guangting sighed, "Everyone else is fine, but you are the only one who is in trouble." Jiang Xia lay down on the grass for nearly half an hour before she calmed down.Qingzi has been beside him slowly fanning the wind. "I told Jessica," Ye Guangting continued, "Don't leave such a good laboratory idle, and reopen it. We have good experimental products here." "I don't know why my reaction is so strong." Jiang Xia laughed at herself with narrowed eyes.There is a question on my mind without explanation, that is why this black room appears in my dream.In the dream, he sat in the darkness so realistically countless times, feeling equally disgusted in his heart; the only difference was that there always seemed to be a ray of light in the dark room in the dream.Whether it was the light coming in through the open door or some kind of source, he couldn't tell. "This laboratory has appeared in my dreams more than once." Jiang Xia murmured. "Ah?" Qingzi was dubious, but obviously surprised. "You may ask, all the dark rooms in the world are the same, and you can't see anything. How can I be sure it's this one. Isn't it?" Jiang Xia looked at Qingzi.Qingzi was noncommittal.Jiang Xia went on to say: "It's that feeling, that sense of oppression. The moment the door closed just now, I seemed to jump back into my dream." "So you've been here before?" Qingzi asked, fanning Jiang Xia with his hands. Jiang Xia paused for a while, then shook his head.I couldn't tell whether he meant he hadn't been here or didn't know, but no one continued to ask. "Now you know that many unusual images appeared in my dreams?" Jiang Xia still squinted his eyes and looked at the sky. "I can't explain these things. I don't know if they are dreams or memories." "Until today, I vaguely felt that maybe they were not my imagination. They used to really exist, and I was in them. Maybe I really know your sister and Ding Xiwu...I must know you too, Lepton." "We are very good friends." Qingzi nodded, "At that time, you and my sister were colleagues. You once pursued her fanatically. But she liked Ding Xiwu." Ye Guangting interjected: "And the person Ding Xiwu likes is you? And you..." Qingzi nodded again: "My sister is more sensible than me, she has contacted more people, and is much more mature than me. Ding Xiwu thinks she is too... a bit sophisticated. But Jiang Xia likes to be able to take care of him, like a big sister Same girl." Ye Guangting poked his head slightly, glanced at Qingzi, with a smirk on his face. "I'm listening to these things now as if I'm listening to something that happened to someone else. I don't have the slightest impression." Jiang Xia said to herself. "You..." Qingzi hesitated to speak. "Speak up, tell me everything you have. I also hope to clarify these things." Jiang Xia looked at Qingzi encouragingly. "I'll go buy you coffee." Ye Guangting said and stood up. "It's okay, just sit here and listen, maybe you can help me analyze it." Zhou Qingzi hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Just two years ago, you were ill, and I..." Qingzi lowered his head for a while, and took a sip of water: "Your family took you to see many experts, but you couldn't find it. The reason. Then you came to the United States and woke up. But the disease made you lose your memory for nearly three years." This sentence was too unexpected, Jiang Xia and Ye Guangting looked at Qingzi at the same time. Jiang Xia told Ye Guangting about her illness, but losing her memory for three years is really unbelievable! "Remember when I asked how old you were?" Ye Guangting turned to look at Jiang Xia.Jiang Xia was still dumb, and nodded. "You think you are twenty-four years old, but in fact you are already twenty-seven. You came to the United States to see a doctor, and when you woke up, you thought you had just graduated from college, so you have no memory of working in China for three years after graduation. Memories about my sister and Seibu are naturally gone. In order to reduce your psychological shadow, your parents decided to erase the three years when you lost your memory from your life." Jiang Xia struggled twice and sat up, looking at Zhou Qingzi suspiciously.He wanted to see a sly smile on her face to prove that everything she said was just a joke.And Qingzi's seriousness and solemnity made him unable to have the slightest doubt. "Your father changed the date of birth on your ID card and household registration book through his relationship, and has been deliberately confusing the dates of some important events in your memory. We are the only friends who know what happened to you, but your parents It is better to contact you to stay in the United States to study, and let you leave that land temporarily, which will be good for your body and mind. In fact, your illness is also strange, and all the relevant years of your previous memories have been postponed for three years... ..." "What's the meaning?" "It was your father who told me. Let me see. For example, tell me, which year did you graduate from primary school?" Qingzi rolled his eyes and asked. "1997." Jiang Xia thought for a while and replied. "What happened internationally that year?" "Hong Kong is coming back!" Qingzi smiled and said, "That's right. In your memory, you graduated from elementary school in 1997. In your memory, Hong Kong returned to the motherland in the year you graduated from elementary school, right?" Jiang Xia nodded, not knowing what Qingzi was going to say. "Did you participate in any other celebrations, such as bonfire parties?" Qingzi continued to ask. "I don't remember that. I only know that Hong Kong returned to China when I entered junior high school." Ye Guangting interrupted and said, "I probably understand that after you recovered from your illness, your memory was misplaced. The previous memory was postponed for three years to fill the gap. You didn't graduate from primary school in 1997, you graduated in 1994. You graduated in 1997. But you remember that you graduated in 1997, and you remember that you graduated from primary school in the year Hong Kong returned to China, right?" He paused, stroked his hair, and smiled: " What am I trying to express? I clearly thought it through just now, why did I say it so messily?" Qingzi looked at Ye Guangting, then turned to look at Jiang Xia, without saying a word. Jiang Xia's eyes were straight, he tried to keep up with Qingzi's logic, but when he followed, he lost his mind and couldn't concentrate. "It seems that this is God's will." Qingzi said, "Your doctoral supervisor in the United States happened to make an instrument for recording dreams, and finally let you retrieve these fragments of memories in your dreams. I see that you are being tortured all day long. These things are very tiring, so I thought I might as well tell you, so that you might feel better." After a while, Jiang Xia said: "I understand the painstaking efforts of my parents, but the memory of three years, three years! How can you just wipe it off?" He patted his head and pressed it twice. Down. Ye Guangting asked Jiang Xia: "What about this acoustic laboratory? Have you ever been here? Did you come here during the three years you don't remember?" "I can't tell you that," Qingzi said, "My sister never mentioned it to me. At that time, the few of us had a good time. If you came to the United States, we should know about it." Qingzi paused, and then said: "Besides, this is an acoustics laboratory, what is Jiang Xia doing here?" Ye Guangting waved his hand and said, "When Jiang Xia was sick, how long did he stay in the hospital before he woke up?" "I don't know, he was sent to the United States not long after he fell into a coma. Then we lost contact. Maybe your parents want to erase us from your life..." Jiang Xiawu sighed to himself and smiled wryly. "Then he woke up by himself?" Ye Guangting obviously had great doubts about Qingzi's story. "My sister said it. She went to see Jiang Xia at home. My sister said that Jiang Xia's illness is very strange. All indicators are the same as normal people, but she is in a coma." Qingzi turned his head and looked at Jiang Xia who was in a trance, "How did he wake up later? We didn't know who came, but he really doesn't remember us anymore." Ye Guangting followed Qingzi's gaze to look at Jiang Xia, then at Qingzi, and tentatively asked, "How about we eat something? Anyway, the more I listen, the more confused I become. Jiang Xia, can you do it? Eat something thin Stomach pad?" At this time Jiang Xia's cell phone rang, he took it out and checked the number, it was Chen Xiting's.He didn't answer, put the phone back in his trouser pocket and let it ring inside. Jiang Xia stood up with her hands on her hands, patted on her trousers, and reached out to Qingzi who was still sitting. The three returned to the hotel's coffee shop.Jiang Xia ordered a clam cream soup with New England characteristics, and sipped it in small spoonfuls.Ye Guangting ordered an eight-ounce New York sirloin steak with mashed potatoes in chicken sauce.Zhou Qingzi ordered a salad. "If you want to eat thin, you can order this one," Ye Guangting shook his head while munching on his steak, "You don't taste greasy? It's creamy and clam meat, tsk tsk tsk." "Eat yours. I ordered Boston specialties anyway. You came all the way to eat New York steak." Jiang Xia shook her head, then stopped suddenly, staring at the thick soup in the small cup in a daze.Four or five seconds later, he raised his head and asked Qingzi, "Do you know Chen Xiting?" Light child shook his head. "She is a college classmate of mine, and we are still in touch now. If what you said is true, she should know what happened to me in those three years. Why hasn't she ever told me about it?" "Maybe your parents..." "No." Jiang Xia interrupted Qingzi, "My parents don't know Chen Xiting. She came out not long after I left the country..." He didn't continue talking, he was suddenly overwhelmed by all the topics about Chen Xiting. I'm not interested.The phone in his pocket rang again, and he got up to go to the bathroom. "Why don't you answer my phone? Are you with someone else?" Jiang Xia stood at the door of the bathroom and listened, while Chen Xiting on the other end of the phone pretended to be shy.This is the voice that once fascinated him, but now it can only make Jiang Xia feel very disgusted in his heart. "What are u doing?" "I'm shopping, it's at the Macy's store near us, you went there last time when you came to visit me." Jiang Xia listened carefully, there was indeed a noisy background sound from Chen Xiting's side, obviously in the big In the mall.Shopping is right, Macy's is right, it's just not in Rhode Island, it's in New York.Jiang Xia thought to herself.He marveled at Chen Xiting's ability to lie, so smooth, so convincing, no one could doubt it. "Oh," Jiang Xia agreed vaguely, "Let me ask you something, do you know my parents?" Chen Xiting was stunned, as if he didn't understand what Jiang Xia was saying: "I don't know. What's the matter? Why do you ask?" "They never called you?" "Your parents don't know I'm here. What's the matter, are you still asleep? Hahaha." "You are... your birthday is coming soon, right?" Jiang Xia changed the subject, "What gift do you want? By the way, what year did you arrive on November 5th?" "Thank you for remembering my birthday, don't you remember that we were in the same year?" "which year?" "Baoliu, why are you acting weird?" "Come on, let's do this first, wait for my gift." Jiang Xia hung up the phone.His birthday is April, April 1986, isn't he twenty-four years old now?What kind of joke is Zhou Qingzi playing with me?Why did she say that I am twenty-seven years old and have lost three years of memory?What is her intention in making up such a big story?Jiang Xia walked into the bathroom thinking about it, turned on the faucet and washed his face vigorously, making a loud noise. Or maybe Chen Xiting was lying? Jiang Xia tore off a piece of tissue to wipe her face. Chen Xiting is really good at lying. Wet tissues are thrown into the waste paper bin. But who can be sure that what Qingzi said is not a lie? Jiang Xia held the sink with her hands and looked at the expressionless face in the mirror, forced a smile, and let out a long breath. The three of them were not in the mood to play all Saturday afternoon, and only strolled around Newberry Street in Boston.This street is a shopping paradise for the rich, similar to Fifth Avenue in New York, except that most of the shops on both sides of the street are contained in old buildings, which is a bit less expensive, but also more quaint and mysterious.This is exactly what Ye Guangting wanted.He seemed very excited, and explained to Jiang Xia and Qingzi the trends of the brands he was familiar with and some popular styles.Several times he wanted to pay money to buy some expensive shoes and bags that he liked, but Jiang Xia persuaded him to do so.Qingzi occasionally looked at a piece of clothing in front of him for a while, then looked at the price tag and put it down again. After returning to the room that night, Ye Guangting asked Jiang Xia: "Did you call Chen Xiting?" Jiang Xia nodded. "How did she explain it?" “我没问她那事。爱怎么着怎么着吧。”江夏显得很无奈。 “你丫怎么这么窝囊啊！”叶广庭很气不过，“换成我就在电话里骂死小丫的！” 江夏摇摇头：“我问她哪年生的。” 叶广庭愣了一下，登时醒悟：“哎，对啊！还是你明白，她哪年的？” “八六年，和我一年。” “哟，那么说……你今年就应该是……是二十四啊。” 江夏点点头：“我比她大一点儿。不过肯定不是轻子说的二十七。” “这事闹的，那轻子她为什么呀？” 江夏把食指放在嘴上示意叶广庭小声一点儿——轻子就住在隔壁。 “不对不对，”叶广庭一转念就对刚才自己的态度产生了怀疑，“凡事都有动机。轻子说得有鼻子有眼，如果不是真的那就是有预谋。可是我实在想不出她这么做是图个什么。” 江夏咬着嘴唇不置可否。 “陈夕亭呢，你也亲眼看见了，那根本就是个骗子，我说这话你还别不爱听。她所有的话我现在都觉得值得怀疑。” “那她的动机呢？”江夏淡淡地问。 “谁知道！也可能就是你爸妈让她别告诉你。他们不是想让你忘掉那失去的三年吗？于是他们通知了他们能找到的你所有的朋友。虽然你上大学的时候你爸妈不认识陈夕亭，但是后来那三年呢？就说不好了……”叶广庭越说越替江夏不值。 “刚才在电话里陈夕亭说她根本就没见过我爸妈。” 叶广庭看着江夏，哭笑不得：“没事了，刚才的话算我没说啊。” 江夏笑着摇了摇头。他想叶广庭说的也在理，如果轻子的话没错，那么陈夕亭当然有可能在他失去记忆的三年中认识了自己的父母。 唏嘘了片刻，叶广庭说：“咱们现在先不管这俩姑娘谁在说谎。我帮你看看你那些梦，咱自己先研究一下。” 江夏不得不承认，叶广庭在某些时候头脑其实比自己更冷静，思路也很清晰。他答应了一声，把手提电脑从床边取了出来。两人决定先重温梦里的那间黑屋子。 白天看过了麻省理工学院的声学实验室后，江夏更加确信那就是出现在他梦里的黑暗房间。 “你看这墙体的弧线，还有这儿、这儿，都和白天看见的一模一样。”江夏盯着屏幕说。 “我可是一眼就感觉出来了，告诉你吧你还不信。”叶广庭颇有些得意。 “你牛。” “怎么能说牛呢？那是相当的牛啊！”叶广庭拿了根烟点上并递了根给江夏。 江夏没要，仍紧盯着屏幕，边思索边沿着自己的思路自言自语：“这黑屋子里的光线表明，如果我当时真的坐在麻省理工的声学实验室里，对面就有束光透进来……” 叶广庭愣了愣，突然哈哈大笑：“这不废话吗？哈哈哈……您一博士研究生，就这个呀？” 江夏也乐了。“捣什么乱啊你？我那意思是，有光线就能看见东西，是不是？这墙体的弧线，还有这儿，这上面，是个圆柱形的大柜子吧？不是都能瞧见点儿东西吗？”江夏用手在屏幕上胡乱画着，为自己找辙，“这圆柜子白天没见到吧？” 忽然他拧起了眉头，好像真的在那缕光线中看到了什么。叶广庭脸上带着笑纹也凑了过来。 江夏调高了对比度，在光线照映下的，那只疑似圆柱形大柜子的表面竟有模糊的几行字！ 叶广庭“咦”了一声把脸贴近屏幕。 江夏把对比度调到最大，又去调节屏幕亮度。原本灰蒙蒙的字渐渐显现出来。第一行字比较大，是英文的“实验中请保持安静，并尽量不要移动”。随着江夏不断地把画面放大，第二行字也可以看见了，却赫然是第一行英文的中文翻译！