Chapter 17 Chapter Fourteen Surfaces

During the intermission, Jenquis helped Faina to the VIP lounge.Faina is still intoxicated by the excitement the music brings her.This was the only time Jiang Xia felt the passion that had been buried in old Faina's heart for many years.But he knew that Faina was expressionless as usual. "Faina, the Boston Symphony Orchestra is great! Mr. Ozawa is amazing! He said he would invite us to his hotel after the concert!" "I'm not going." Faina still said flatly. Jiang Xia could feel that Jenquis was really disappointed. "Are you unwell?" "Is there anyone else in the lounge?"

"No, just the two of us." Faina sat upright on the sofa without making a sound. "What's the matter?" Jenquis asked timidly. "Describe this lounge." "Uh... the room is not big, with a crystal lamp on the top, two leather sofas, and a coffee table. The door is on your right. At the end of the corridor, there is a waiter guarding the corridor entrance." Jenquis entered without knowing it, But she still described the lounge according to Faina's request, "There are five portraits of musicians on the wall, including Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Mo..."

"Are there any windows?" "No. Faina, do you have something to say to me?" "There is something I want to give to you, can you keep it for me?" "of course can!" Faina paused, and took out a delicate metal pipe from the pocket of her sweater, which was heavy and small. Jenquis picked it up cautiously without speaking.Jiang Xia could imagine that he must be staring at Faina blankly, not knowing what to ask. "It's a tube of brain cells from a man named Pat." Jiang Xia's heart lifted.Faina remained calm. "Pat?" Jenquis repeated the name.

Faina obviously wanted to entrust Jenques with something, Jiang Xia thought, this matter was probably related to that horrific dead baby.One thing is certain now: Faina trusted Jenquis.Regardless of whether it was Schweil or someone else who bound Faina the night before, they failed to frame Janques successfully.Although it was in a dark room, although Faina couldn't see anything, she could still clearly judge who was doing the trick.What's more... what's more, Faina is not blind at all! The old lady had been cautious all her life. The reason why she took some actions until now must be to confirm something. Maybe the corpse she touched in the morning also gave her some enlightenment.

"Pat's memory is very important, I hope someone can see it one day..." Faina said slowly and meaningfully.Jiang Xia could tell that what Faina wanted to see was not only how Pat's memory recorded the fate of the dead baby, but more importantly, Pat's memory of herself. "What do you think?" Jenquis asked. "There is no way now, so I ask you to keep it safe. And don't let the third person know, do you understand? This is very important. If someone knows that Pat's brain cells are in your hands, you will be in danger. In When the time is right, I'll ask you to give Pat's brain cells, along with mine, to someone who can see. It may take a trip to Spain."

Jenquis was dubious about Faina's words, and what puzzled him even more was how the old landlord he respected suddenly became so mysterious. "I know you have doubts about what I said..." Faina continued, "There are many ways to restore a person's memory, and the simplest one is to find a suitable carrier and let your memory become the carrier of that carrier." memory." Jiang Xia was miserable, and it was only at this moment that he finally confirmed that he was the "carrier" in Faina's mouth.I don't know what sins I did in my previous life to get this kind of blessing!

Jenquis was stunned when he heard this, and he was stunned for a long time before he could speak: "Faina, who are you? How do you know about our research?" "You and Schwell's research?" "Yes. We have been doing research on memory transplantation and memory extraction, and we are looking for such a memory carrier! But even if there is a carrier, our technology is still unable to transplant human memory onto the carrier; even if it succeeds Even if the land is transplanted, we have no way to extract the memory." Jiang Xia sighed slightly, feeling a little regretful that iron could not be made into steel.In his heart, he almost murmured fiercely: The carrier you are looking for is in China, the surname is Jiang and the name is Xia, and the device for extracting memories is in the large jug at No. 1 Tukang Road in Beijing, China!

"Everything you want will be available," Faina said leisurely, "You will get the enlightenment you deserve." Jiang Xia felt chills in her heart, which seemed to confirm a long-standing guess: everything was carefully planned by Faina.When visiting the acoustics laboratory of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the anecdote told by Jessica, a college student who was a tour guide, lingered in my ears.Faina must have been responsible for the mysterious blueprint that Jenquis got when building the acoustics laboratory.She has been secretly guiding Jenquis.But what about Chinese labs?Could it be that Faina instructed Jenquis to build it?What is the purpose?

Many intricate threads are being connected bit by bit.Jiang Xia's mind is running fast, mixed with Faina's memory, her own memory, maybe Pat's memory, and other memories of someone who doesn't know, spinning and whistling like a tornado, rolling up layers Layers of fine sand converge into a thin line from the ground to the sky... Faina has a baby specimen in her hand. When she was young, she was tricked by Pat to take away the baby's brain cells and young feelings; she sent the baby specimen to Spain and gave it to a man named Gregory Gao. Stan’s little friend; she did not know when she got Pat’s brain cells, gave them to Jenquis, and maybe gave him her own brain cells; she secretly gave Jenquis the design of the acoustic laboratory, The real function of the acoustic laboratory is to load the information stored in the brain cells onto a suitable "carrier"; Jenquis found Jiang Xia according to Faina's guidance, and transplanted her memory to him: Beijing, China It is a matter of course to become the extraction place of these memories.All of this is for Jiang Xia, the "carrier" of memory, to integrate all the clues and go to Spain to retrieve the baby specimen...

The story seems to be more than half connected, but there is still something wrong.Pat had taken the baby's brain cells in 1935, and successfully repacked the baby's specimen on the eve of its departure to Spain.Alas, Faina's grand plan has now become meaningless. "I hope to discuss some things with you in the near future. I will also give you my own brain cells. Come to me next Friday night." "Ah? Okay." Jenquis was at a loss, but obviously he already felt that the old landlord in front of him who could only play the piano every day was not simple. "Also, don't bring up our conversation today with anyone. I mean, anyone."

Jenquis patted Faina's hands lightly again, and said, "I swear." A light bell sounded in the lobby, and the second half of the concert was about to start.Faina put her hands on the armrest of the sofa, and Jenquis quickly got up to help her up. Jiang Xia naturally followed Faina and stood up tremblingly.It felt really good.Faina held Jenquis' left hand and walked slowly, Jiang Xia suddenly remembered something, and felt Jenquis' left hand carefully.There was indeed a bulging knuckle at the second knuckle of his middle finger.The hand with Zhao Cheng's name and phone number is exactly Jenquis's!Who is Zhao Cheng?What role does it play in the overall plan? "Also," Faina said slowly without moving, "Today I went to the FBI to assist in the investigation of a murder case twenty years ago." "Oh?" "The dead had my hair on them, so they found me." "Your hair? Do you know this man?" Faina nodded: "I know it, and you know it too..." Jiang Xia felt that Jenquis held Faina's hand tightly, and his heart moved accordingly. "Pat is a very skilled man...he has prepared two bombs. When the first one fails, he immediately clears it and replaces it with the second one...People around you may not be reliable, you have to be careful .” Jenquis said nothing, he must have been confused by the words.And Jiang Xia also seemed to understand, what did Pat do to make her so afraid?Jiang Xia also admired Faina for finding all these clues with her hands in the morgue.She must be very familiar with human bones, and she must have figured out who the dead man was! There seemed to be some changes in front of my eyes, and it quickly darkened.Jiang Xia tried hard to identify.There were also more hands supporting Faina, as if there was a person supporting her on the left and right sides. "You said you're fine, what are you doing here alone?" It was Ye Guangting's voice, "You have to pay me for my round-trip air ticket!" Oh?Came out of a dream?Jiang Xia Nahan, who is this person on the left?Lepton? "Thanks to Ye Guangting this time," said the person on the left, Qingzi, "If it wasn't for him, I wouldn't know what to do, I'm so anxious..." What what?Jiang Xia was very strange in his heart, he moved his body tentatively, feeling weak and weak.At this time, he had roughly seen the outline of the large pitcher next to him.Ye Guangting freed his hand and turned on the flashlight. The ground was full of bumps, and it was indeed in a large factory building.However, Jiang Xia's field of vision is wide, big enough to see a wide area. This is still in memory. But not Faina's memory, but her own! "You young couple are messing around, and I have to fly half the world from New York." Ye Guangting was still complaining endlessly. I understand, this is Ye Guangting's memory when he flew back to Beijing from New York a few days ago and found himself with Qingzi on the ground of the old factory building.I'm afraid it was mixed with Faina's memory in his mind and activated together. "This paragraph is boring! I've seen it! Pull me out!" Jiang Xia shook his head and shouted. Suddenly, he fell silent.Looking over Ye Guangting's shoulder, there seemed to be a person's head poking out from behind an iron distribution cabinet! It turned out that there was a fourth person in this workshop!Who could he be?A series of names popped out like a frying pan in Jiang Xia's mind. Ye Guangting and Qingzi dragged Jiang Xia out slowly, and the man's head disappeared from view.I must have noticed nothing at the time.Firstly, the field of vision is not as wide as in memory; secondly, that person hides too far and well; thirdly, what can a person on the verge of collapse notice? Someone slapped him on the cheek. "Wake up, it's time." Jiang Xia blinked hard, and pulled Ye Guangting in front of her into her arms. "Fuck! You're crazy! Even if Qingzi is unfaithful to you, you can't take advantage of your buddies..." Ye Guangting struggled. "Shhhhh!" Jiang Xia pressed her mouth to Ye Guangting's ear, and lowered her voice, "There is someone else in this room!" Ye Guangting was still swearing and pretending to struggle, but he put his ear close to Jiang Xia to listen. "Just behind the switchboard over there. Five o'clock behind you. Pretend you don't know anything and subdue him by surprise." "How many? There won't be any guys in your hand?" "Let's also copy some guys. You help me to go forward to attract his attention, and then listen to my password and rush to the distribution cabinet. I will come from the front, and you will block him from the back." "become." Ye Guangting stood up and said, "What did you see this time? Hug anyone!" "It's amazing this time, I'll have to talk to you later, it's amazing!" Jiang Xia cooperated, got up from the chair, and looked around. Ye Guangting folded the chair, weighed it, and nodded to Jiang Xia. This is his weapon. There is a steel pipe on the ground next to the water storage tank, which Jiang Xia picked up and left here when he first came here. "Let's go, brother is sleepy, let's take you home." Ye Guangting walked over. Jiang Xia illuminated the road ahead with a flashlight and walked on the right side.Ye Guangting followed behind, muttering non-stop. "This is really not a human job. I haven't had a reunion dinner with my parents for a few days since I came back. I ran here with you all day, and I was sexually harassed by you. What's the matter, will you come tomorrow?" Alright? My vacation is not long this time. Otherwise, you can digest it tomorrow. It’s useless if you can’t remember after watching too much. It’s time for a walk with my buddy’s car. It’s a good thing to put in the garage all day long. Li Quan is completely blind. You should spend some time with your parents, and don't leave Zhou Qingzi alone, you are a very nice girl..." Jiang Xia didn't know what Ye Guangting was talking about at all, his attention was on the power distribution cabinet on the right. "Stand for a while," Jiang Xia stopped and said, "my legs are a little numb." Ye Guangting also leaned down: "Oh, you have too many things!" "On the right, the position at three o'clock is about 30 meters away." Jiang Xia said almost with breath. Ye Guangting squatted down to massage Jiang Xia's legs, sneaking a peek at the location of the power distribution cabinet and the route to rush up. "One." Jiang Xia read softly. "Two." Ye Guangting raised his body and arched his waist. "Walk!" Jiang Xia suddenly turned off the flashlight.The two of them didn't speak, they suddenly turned around and rushed towards the power distribution cabinet! After only running five meters, there was real movement behind the power distribution cabinet!Jiang Xia turned on the flashlight and swayed there.A man was about to run away, but his eyes were pierced by the flashlight. He blocked the light with his hand and turned around and jumped back.It's a pity that it was too late, Ye Guangting brandished a bench and charged from behind the distribution cabinet.The man twisted his waist, but staggered and fell to the ground.Ye Guangting couldn't help but raised a bench and slapped the man's leg, and there was a wail. Jiang Xia rushed forward and grabbed the opponent's throat with a steel pipe, and shone a flashlight on the person's face. "Fuck! Ding! What Wu!" Ye Guangting yelled. Under the pale flashlight, that person is not Ding Xiwu! Jiang Xia held the phone farther away, no doubt it was Ding Xiwu.At this time, he was a little haggard compared to when we met in New York, but he could still see a little grace in his eyes.There is not much panic in the eyes, and there seems to be a smile on the corner of the mouth.He gasped. Ye Guangting turned around and saw that Ding Xiwu was not accompanied by any accomplices. He squatted down and said to Ding Xiwu: "You said that you are not too young, what is better than being your tour guide in New York? Is it interesting for you to poke your head over your head?" "It's all right for you to be sneaky, don't let us find out who you are?" Ye Guangting became more and more angry, "You still pretended to be dead? I knew you were not dead!" "Guang Ting," Ding Xiwu finally said, "Don't worry, those who sneak around are not necessarily villains. Sooner or later, I will let you know about my affairs. It's just that I was discovered by you today, so I don't need to continue hide." Ding Xiwu seems to be very frank.Ye Guangting seemed to want to continue to say some nasty things, but was stopped by Jiang Xia.He moved the flashlight from Ding Xiwu's face to his chest, and said, "Ding Xiwu, we also met once. You don't know, no, maybe you all know how many things have troubled me since that time. Even My buddy Ye Guangting was also involved, and flew all the way from the United States to help me. Zhou Qingzi..." Jiang Xia paused, feeling an inexplicable sadness in his heart: "She also got angry. What do you think? You create the illusion of a car accident, and then hide and watch us suffer, this is not a...normal person's behavior?" Ding Xiwu smiled wryly: "I really didn't do the car accident. I am also a victim! But since I decided to accept this job, I knew that I would not live a normal life for a while. And you, you Never been a normal person. Sorry, I hurt so much, maybe it would be better to say: You are a very special person. Otherwise, people all over the world would not be looking for you!" Ding Xiwu paused, panting.Jiang Xia stepped in and asked, "Who is looking for me? Why are you looking for me?" This is exactly what he wants to know the most. "It was my duty to bring you here, and to make sure that nothing happened to you." "I ask you what's wrong with me? Who is looking for me? Why are you looking for me?" Jiang Xia shone the flashlight back on Ding Xiwu's face. "Jiangxia," Ye Guangting said, "let's go to another place. It's so dark here, who knows who else is hiding. I know a place, why don't you talk to us about Ding Xiwu?" Jiang Xia let go of the steel pipe on Ding Xiwu's neck, and Ye Guangting felt in his pockets, but found nothing. The two stood up and looked at Ding Xiwu who was slumped on the ground, like a victorious warrior scorning a defeated opponent. "Let's go," Ding Xiwu struggled and tried to stand up, "You hit me hard just now." The place Ye Guangting mentioned was the Dingshang International Club on the side of the East Third Ring Road.His father often met friends or clients there, so he also issued a lifetime membership card for his son.The car drove very well at night, but within an hour, the three of them came from the old factory to the downstairs of Dingshang Building.It was past two o'clock in the morning, Ye Guangting walked in the front, Ding Xiwu limped along, and Jiang Xia walked in the back. The elevator went straight to the 68th floor, and Jiang Xia rubbed her ears, which had been teased by the air pressure, with her hands.They were greeted by two beautiful girls guarding the elevator door. "Mr. Ye, welcome." Dingshang International is a very high-end club, and it costs 200,000 yuan to get a membership card, so those who can afford it are really a minority.The club requires staff to remember each guest's name and preferences in order to achieve the most meticulous service. Ye Guangting nodded his head slightly, and gestured backwards casually with his hands. The meaning was obvious: the two behind were the friends he brought. "Mr. Zhao, welcome." The two girls looked behind Ye Guangting and greeted them sweetly. Ye Guangting looked back, only the three of them came out of the elevator, where is Mr. Zhao? Jiang Xia looked at Ding Xiwu.He walked on like he didn't hear anything.The two welcoming ladies were looking at themselves with smiles, and bowed slightly. "Who is it?" Jiang Xia asked, "Who is Mr. Zhao?" The girl froze for a moment, afraid that she had identified the wrong person. This is a big taboo, and the bonus will be deducted.At this time, a woman who looked like a foreman came out from behind the counter, wearing a professional skirt, her hair was coiled up, and her face was delicate and clean: "Brother Cheng, don't tease our little girl, come here, please. You and Ting Brother is a friend? The wine you have kept with us must have been two years, but it has appreciated again. We almost dare not save it for you. " Zhao Cheng! Ye Guangting stopped and turned around, pointed at Jiang Xia and said, "Sister Qin, Mr. Zhao came here today to change his membership record. He is now making a fortune in the United States, so his address and phone number need to be updated." "Is that right? Let's just say, we've held a lot of activities for VIP members recently, but we haven't been able to find you. Then sit down first, and I'll call up your records. Wait a minute." "By the way, open the wine he left for us." Ye Guangting shouted, "Did he leave any cigars?" Three people were seated, and a waitress brought dark blue fine-woven blankets to the three of them to cover their knees—only formal clothes were allowed here, and if they were jeans, they had to be surrounded. "Grandson! You are Zhao Cheng!" Ye Guangting whispered to Jiang Xia. Another waitress came over with three crystal translucent pot-bellied tall crystal glasses and a uniquely shaped wine decanter.A male waiter in a black waistcoat with a bow tie followed, holding a wine bottle with wax on its cork. Ye Guangting signaled the waitress to take away the decanter, took the wine bottle and looked at it, and said, "Hey, Lafite 1949! Good guy! Old Zhao, this is a fetish! Where did you get it? If I remember correctly , the 1949 Lafite wine was a rare masterpiece when the winery was rebuilt after the war. Isn’t this bottle expensive now? Did you keep it or did we make it for you?” He shook his head and admired it. , muttering to himself: "I don't know if this wine can still be drunk? Some people say that you can't drink it after thirty years, and I don't know whether to keep it for appreciation or to drink it. Anyway, opening the bottle may cause the wine to come out. What is Qingyan coming, let you say three wishes..." Jiang Xia was absent-minded and thinking about things.The signature on the sealant seems to be ZC, which should be the pinyin abbreviation of Zhao Cheng.Jiang Xia waved his hand: "Open it!" Sister Qin walked over with a leather-covered notebook. "Brother Cheng, I've been waiting for a long time. This is your registration, I will write what you want to change." "I'll change it myself." Jiang Xia took the notebook and opened it. His two-inch photo is impressive. "Zhao Cheng" is his name, and he has been a member since 2006, and the registered phone number is exactly the string written on Zhan Kuisi's hand.Leave the Work Unit and Position fields blank. Jiang Xia casually wrote an address that looked like the United States, and returned the notebook to Sister Qin. "What did you call me just now?" Jiang Xia asked. Sister Qin smiled and said, "Brother Cheng, why do you always joke around today? Brother Cheng, I've always called you that." Jiang Xia waved her away and stretched her waist long.In the dark old factory building in his dream, he once heard a man called "Brother Peng". Only when Sister Qin called out just now did he realize that it was not "Brother Peng" at all, but someone else was calling him "Cheng" elder brother"! It can't be wrong, the black workshop is the acoustics laboratory, and I have appeared in that laboratory countless times!Even in the dream, the scene of a huge black room appeared countless times.The name in Jenquis' palm turned out to be himself!Jiang Xia is Zhao Cheng, who was once called "Brother Cheng".This name fits well with the perverse, irritable, erratic, and extravagant image described by his parents and Qingzi. The wine has been poured, Ye Guangting is shaking the wine glass with his right hand and smelling it, while his left hand seems to be holding something with the palm up, but it is actually slightly fanning the air to make the aroma evaporate.The slightly elegant leather fragrance seems to bring Ye Guangting to the warm and humid sunshine in the Pauillac region of France, where the deep gravel soil flows with purple brilliance.Under the light, the classic dark red of Bordeaux wine has ruby ​​red edges. "It's really a good thing! The baby who has been asleep for sixty years must wake up." Ye Guangting said to himself, "But I don't put a decanter, I have to put it in my own cup." "Tell me, Mr. Ding, you know that Jiang Xia is Zhao Cheng. I must be wrong." Ye Guangting's eyes did not leave the vortex of the wine in the glass, but his words were already aggressive. Ding Xiwu nodded: "The name Zhao Cheng came up after he started working, and he also made fake documents, but only Lin Jiayun and I know that Zhao Cheng is Jiang Xia." "Where is Qingzi?" Jiang Xia asked. "Qingzi doesn't know, and we don't know who Zhao Cheng is until now, and we never mentioned it to her. You went to the United States after the accident, and Qingzi and I went too soon, but she was looking for Jiang Xia, I was Go find Zhao Cheng," Ding Xiwu smiled bitterly, and continued, "One day Zhou Qingzi said he found you, but you don't remember anything. Let me meet you as her boyfriend. " "So, you're not Qingzi's boyfriend?" Jiang Xia asked. Ding Xiwu nodded. "Then you were killed, right?" Ye Guangting asked. "I really think this is very strange! After we separated from you, Qingzi and I were going to go back. A car rushed up the sidewalk like this. When I heard the sound was wrong, I pushed Qingzi aside, and then jumped away by myself. Go. I feel that the speed of the car is not particularly fast, but he swings a few times and still hits me! It knocked me down. When I woke up, I was in New York-Presbyterian Hospital with a The man with the mask and the appearance of a doctor told me that I have no major problems and I can be discharged from the hospital immediately. But he will let the doctor declare me dead. Next, I will secretly watch Jiang Xia’s whereabouts for him.” Ding Xiwu changed his posture, and his hands Fiddled with the goblet filled with red wine, but didn't pick it up to drink.He seemed to remember something, and turned to Ye Guangting: "How do you know I'm not dead?" "Let me ask first, who is this person? Did you get paid for monitoring Jiang Xia for this person?" Ye Guangting asked. Ding Xiwu nodded: "Who has trouble with money? But I also have my principles. If he asks me to harm Jiang Xia, I won't do it no matter how much money is given. As for this person, I don't know who he is. " Ye Guangting responded with a sneer and said: "You are really loyal to the master! It should be said that you are not as good as a man. In fact, you are hiding well. But just like today, you think we can't find you, but you will appear in the In Jiang Xia's memory. And the field of view in the memory is larger than the field of view actually seen, don't you know?" Ye Guangting said sonorously, as if all this was his theory.With a look on his face, he decided to start tasting this precious wine.I took a sip, and the strong and full fruity flavor of Cabernet Sauvignon spread all over my cheeks.There are many famous wines in Ye Guangting's family, all of which are collected by his father.Since he was a child, he heard the stories of his father and friends talking about wine, and had tasted it himself many times, so it can be said that he knows a thing or two.It was the first time to drink Lafite until 1949.After a taste, what he had drunk in the past could only be regarded as more expensive grape juice.He almost didn't want to pay attention to Ding Xiwu anymore. Ding Xiwu frowned, Ye Guangting's words were indeed beyond his expectation: "You found out that I didn't die, didn't you tell anyone about it?" Ye Guangting opened his eyes and looked at Jiang Xia in a daze, Jiang Xia was staring at Ding Xiwu in a daze. "I never said that." Ye Guangting said. "I said it, with Schweil." Jiang Xia said. Ding Xiwu sighed, shook his head, and murmured: "In addition to observing your movements, my task is also to pay attention to Schwell's every move. The person behind me must be standing on Schwell's side." On the opposite side. It's just that I can't judge who is right and who is evil, so I can only take one step at a time." "I don't believe you don't know who you're working for." Jiang Xia asked, "Is it Jenquis?" Ding Xiwu looked at Jiang Xia as if he was looking at a cultural relic that had just been unearthed and still smelled of mud, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. Seeing his behavior, Ye Guangting was really furious, but this time he didn't get angry. Sister Qin came over with a large plate of Mexican nachos, with a smile on her face, professional and sophisticated.Grilled mozzarella is thickly poured on crispy nachos, sprinkled with Mexican unique chili sauce and some olive rings.The fragrance has already wafted, which makes people move their index fingers. "Several, it's a gift from the club. It's a bit of a waste of our high-end red wine. It's just a wish, use it slowly." Ye Guangting nodded his thanks, and turned to look at Sister Qin's ass that was moving away. Ding Xiwu turned a blind eye to Na Qiao and his butt, he kept staring at Jiang Xia, and said: "A person who planned a major traffic accident on the streets of New York, bribed the police, and bribed the doctor to declare my death, will let me know who he is? I do know who I worked for before." Ding Xiwu paused: "My former boss was you, Zhao Cheng." Jiang Xia was taken aback by this sentence, the muscles on her face became stiff, and she forgot to chew the half-bitten corn flakes. "You are really different from before." Ding Xiwu continued, "But your heart is still as strong as before. This is what I admire most about you." Both Jiang Xia and Ye Guangting decided not to interrupt and listened to Ding Xiwu finish. "It's been about five years, when you and I were colleagues." "Stop," Ye Guangting still couldn't help interrupting him, "You, Jiang Xia and Lin Jiayun are colleagues!" Ding Xiwu nodded: "We are colleagues in the accounting firm, and we are doing other things at the same time." Jiang Xia and Ye Guangting looked at Ding Xiwu at the same time. "I know you don't believe me. To you, I'm just a person who suddenly came back to life and sneaked in the dark to watch you. That's all right, I'll tell you what I know, you listen first, and then question it I." "Let's talk about it after you make it up." Ye Guangting took a sip of his wine, "This matter is quite complicated, and it's not good to talk about it." "Sure," Ding Xiwu smiled slightly, he had nothing to do with this Mr. Ye, "Can I have some wine?" "Drink it! I've poured it all for you, it's a waste if you don't drink it." Ye Guangting took another sip by himself. Alcohol can open people's minds and conversation boxes.Famous wines that have been preserved for nearly 60 years may have such effects even more.With just one sip, Ding Xiwu's thin cheeks changed color. He pursed his lips and narrowed his tired eyes. "Your first project was brought in by the boss of our Xincheng office, which was to build an acoustic laboratory on Tukang Road. But after you took over, you made it a cover. At the same time, you are working on a more ambitious project. project." "Ambition?" Jiang Xia asked, "What project, how big is it?" "I don't know the exact amount, but there are at least two billion dollars on the plate, isn't it small? Five hundred million of them were brought by the boss, and you found the rest yourself." Ye Guangting squinted at Jiang Xia: "The big shopkeeper with two billion dollars? You really can't remember? Where did you put the money? Hey, this is so urgent!" Jiang Xia was not disturbed, he realized the seriousness of the matter.A young man in his early twenties with assets worth two billion dollars?Where did the money come from?what to doWhy should he do it?Jiang Xia sensed danger. "Using the 500 million dollars of this huge investment, it took nearly a year to build a huge acoustic laboratory in the abandoned factory building. Then you went there to do research every day, but you only told us that it was invested by foreigners A top-secret project to study the human brain's response to sonic energy." Jiang Xia's heart was shocked!When he was in Boston, he felt that MIT's huge dome acoustic laboratory was not the only one, and that the other one might be in China, and it was being used to do ulterior motives!However, he never expected that he himself was the owner of this other laboratory!What is puzzling is that the MIT laboratory was designed by Jenquis, and the design plans all came from a mysterious manuscript.The laboratory in China is exactly the same. Could it be said that at the beginning of the design, I also received some kind of mysterious guidance?Who is Xincheng's boss?He wanted to ask Ding Xiwu, but he knew it was a fake identity, so he didn't ask. Ding Xiwu took another sip of wine, moved his buttocks, and changed Erlang's legs to the other side: "We all believed it was true until two years later, one day you asked us to go to other provinces or even abroad to find homeless, unaccompanied, unaccompanied people. Beggars who have disappeared from the earth and no one will pay attention to do human experiments, the more races the better. I realized how serious the matter is. However, we cannot resist your temptation." "Have you found it? How much money will I give you to make you willing to take this risk?" Jiang Xia asked. "At that time, you promised me and Lin Jiayun 10 million dollars each to find fifty people back. You arranged passports and US visas for us and helped me register a travel agency in New York. You told us that fifty people came back. When you come back, you will get paid and leave and never come back. We went for two months, and you didn’t answer your phone call. We came back in a hurry and found you passed out in the laboratory, so we immediately sent you to hospital and notified your family." The three of them were lost in thought, and none of them knew what to say. "Is Lin Jiayun also in New York?" Jiang Xia stared at the wine glass in his hand, breaking the silence. Ding Xiwu nodded and said, "She is my real girlfriend." Jiang Xia nodded and continued to ask: "When you were in New York, did you often get together?" "Yeah, except when I need to monitor you." "Have you been with Lin Jiayun two or three days after the accident?" Ye Guangting looked at Jiang Xia, knowing that he was always concerned about whether the girl he met on the subway that day was Qingzi or her sister. Ding Xiwu thought for a while: "I can't say the exact date. Anyway, I wasn't hit by a car, and I went to the street the next day. I just need some disguise." "Does Lin Jiayun know what you are doing?" Ding Xiwu shook his head, and said slowly: "Even Qingzi doesn't know what I'm doing. On the contrary, I don't know what Qingzi is doing. All I know is that she came to the United States to study to find you. Before I got into a car accident that night, she was very sad and kept crying. She didn't know if she should recognize you." Ding Xiwu paused: "It's not a recognition at all, anyway, you don't remember her at all. gone." Jiang Xia shifted her eyes from the rose-red wine to Ding Xiwu's face, and found that he was also looking at herself. "What for?" Ding Xiwu looked at Jiang Xia fixedly, and there seemed to be a trace of concern in his eyes: "Those things are not important. Did you know that Jiang Xia, you are researching a sonic weapon! We only found out about this later. Let us find five Ten people came to test the lethality of weapons!" Ye Guangting looked at Jiang Xia and then at Ding Xiwu, wondering if he should believe his words. "You found that people of different races have different tolerances to sonic energy. In other words, the same wave of sound may be harmless to the Chinese, but it can kill the Japanese on a large scale." "You can have this," Ye Guangting looked at Jiang Xia jokingly, "I didn't expect you to be an anti-Japanese hero." Jiang Xia waved his hand to signal him to keep silent.He was terrified when he heard it, how could he be such an inhuman, cold-blooded animal?He didn't know whether to believe Ding Xiwu's words.但是仅凭丁西武又如何能把时间、地点、实验室说得如此严丝合缝？ “周轻子呢？她得知我昏迷后是什么反应？”江夏问道，他听到自己的声音都在发颤。 “虽然你那时独断专行、暴躁无常，但我们都看得出来，你很爱轻子。也许是没追到林嘉韵转而爱上了她的妹妹吧。”说到这里丁西武面上流露出些许得意，“你从来没有把她牵扯进来，即使到现在她都不知道你实际上就是赵丞。但就在我和林嘉韵出去找寻实验品之前，她消失了一个月。你曾经疯狂地找过她。倒是在你昏迷前几天她也回来了。” 丁西武这么说是什么意思？江夏想，是不是在暗示周轻子和他的昏迷有关系？ 丁西武说到这里长叹一口气，摇了摇头：“还好，是轻子救了你。否则你现在一定是国际通缉的恐怖分子头子！” 江夏听得好笑，他看着丁西武，觉得是在说一件和自己毫不相干的事情。 丁西武接着说道：“轻子那时候总是担心你在做不好的事。因为你们交往后没多长时间你就性情大变，也突然间阔绰豪气了起来。我和嘉韵知道是为什么，但你不许我们向轻子透露半个字。正当轻子不知所措的时候，一个神秘的外国人主动找到了她。” Jenquis! 江夏头脑中立时浮现出这个名字。这就是为什么詹奎斯会出现在自己的梦里，手上写着赵丞的名字和电话的原因。他曾经在中国和赵丞，也就是他江夏有过接触。是他让赵丞陷入了昏迷，并且正是利用他建造的声学实验室除去了他的记忆！也许法伊娜的记忆也是由詹奎斯在那个时候注入了江夏的大脑。从那以后，赵丞从这个世界上消失了，一项邪恶的工程从这个世界上消失了。 丁西武面无表情，但显然十分后怕：“我始终不知道那个利用轻子的外国人是谁，会是施韦尔吗？否则你昏迷后去美国怎么会单单进了他的实验室？” “轻子没有跟你提过那个外国人吗？”江夏问。 丁西武摇头：“轻子说在她最无助的时候只接到那个人的电话，说可以帮助她。轻子凭着这句话就相信了一个从未谋面的外国人，因为她当时真的别无选择。” 周轻子曾经问过自己詹奎斯的声音有何特点，也许她也在寻找那个只通过电话联系她的人是谁吧。Jiang Xia thought. 丁西武停下来想了想，接着说：“我的感觉是，先前找到轻子的神秘人一定是要及时地阻止你做出更可怕的事来。而后来指使我做事的神秘人是要你解读法伊娜的记忆。可是法伊娜的记忆又代表什么呢？为什么要加载到你的大脑里？为什么要让你看到？是谁在帮你，是谁在害你，法伊娜的记忆里有什么惊人的秘密不成？” 江夏仰过头去靠在松软的椅枕上，思绪也随之弥散开。口腔中还有陈年老酒的味道，他用舌尖在上颌和牙齿间轻轻划动，似乎这样能将丝丝余香拨弄出来。这一细微的动作让江夏想起了一件事情。法伊娜不是曾用舌尖从齿缝中抿出了一颗小米粒，咬破了吞下其中包含的液滴吗？ 什么时间？什么地点？ 江夏的脑子在酒精的作用下有些聚不上焦。他闭上眼睛，身体在旋转，思想在旋转。暂时离开了俱乐部里颇有情调的昏暗灯光，江夏的思路开始慢慢汇集。就是这样一个场景，黑黑的没有灯光，坐着，身体没有丝毫暖意。 他想起来了，那是法伊娜被绑住了盗取脑细胞的夜晚。 当法伊娜确认了要强取她脑细胞的人不可信任后，她吞下了一种液体使自己的脑细胞暂时失去了活性。当时江夏忽然觉得头脑发晕不再有知觉就是药效发作的表征。在这种情况下提取的脑细胞自然不带有任何记忆。假定仅仅是通过那个“嗯”所推断的那个人就是施韦尔，那么他又被耍弄了。施韦尔，从一个学生，法伊娜的房客，到世界知名学府的教授，无时无刻不在想着得到法伊娜的记忆，从而获知婴儿标本的下落。他甚至不惜使出嫁祸自己室友的手段。只可惜他遇到的是法伊娜这位心智极高的女人，被玩得一溜儿够。从失去活性的脑细胞，到婴儿标本在西班牙康普顿斯大学的假消息，施韦尔没有得到一丝有价值的信息。好在他在西班牙买到了限量版的皮带，也算不虚此行了。 江夏含混地答应着，却完全不知道丁西武正在说些什么。 叶广庭已经在旁边消停了许久，此时早已无聊得可以。他拿手指不住地扒拉着玉米片。凉了的奶酪很难再拉出丝来，却变得更加强韧，咀嚼起来别有一番乐趣。 “这东西凉了，要不咱们要点儿牛排配你这牛逼的红酒？”没等两位响应，他话锋一转，直指丁西武，“你说神秘人就是施韦尔，是在帮赵丞。可是你知不知道，这次施韦尔派江夏来中国就是要找那个赵丞。难道他会不清楚赵丞和江夏是同一个人吗？而你呢，去外地折腾了两个多月没拿着钱，你本该恼羞成怒才对，去美国找赵丞八成也是想追讨工资的吧？却又如何会去帮那个神秘的外国人？你怎么解释？哎小姐！餐单拿一下！” 这些毫不相干的事放在一起从叶广庭嘴里说出来显得那么自然，却又锋芒毕露，一下子问到点上了。 丁西武一愣，一时语塞。 “我只是猜测，神秘人是谁我真的不清楚，轻子也不知道。至于施韦尔教江夏回国来找赵丞，这也许是一个掩饰，或者是试探呢？”丁西武停了停，说道，“猜测，都是猜测而已。” 这与江夏对施韦尔的怀疑不谋而合。施韦尔招收江夏成为自己的学生只有一个目的，那就是假借研究写梦机器从而获得在江夏脑中的法伊娜的记忆。否则江夏如何能那么顺利地成了施韦尔的学生呢？所幸施韦尔对于写梦仪的设计还不成熟，还没能从江夏脑中拿到什么有价值的信息。至于施韦尔如何锁定了江夏，认定他脑子里存有法伊娜的记忆，这可是个难题，一时半会儿想不出个所以然来。 高大挺拔的男服务生端上来三客牛排。揭开盖子，牛排仍吱吱啦啦炸着油花。洋葱的香味飘了过来，叶广庭熟练地将信用卡递了过去：“先押着吧，一起结。” 丁西武看看自己眼前的牛排又看看叶广庭，淡淡一笑：“还有我一份？这算是对我放出橄榄枝了？” 叶广庭头都没抬，从嘴角横着甩出来一句：“你误会我了。你见过五成熟带着血筋儿的橄榄枝吗？” 丁西武挤出两声干笑，操起刀叉并不多客气。 江夏像是突然想起了什么，他问丁西武：“我的记忆中有一段你和轻子的画面……我原本以为是曾经发生在我身边的情景。你现在告诉我，这段画面是不是你们录下来然后存入我脑中，目的就是引我到土炕路一号？” 见丁西武没有反应，江夏补充道：“你们用摄像机拍下你们的样子，还让林嘉韵塞一卷画了地图的小纸条在沙发的扶手里面。你知道我对这段画面会仔细研究，一定会发现这个细节。但是你们忽略了一点：摄像机放在桌子上如何能模拟我的视角呢？” 丁西武瞥了一眼江夏，似乎有所顿悟：“哦，那个……那是在你送我和嘉韵出去的前几天在你家办的一个派对。是老板安排的。他趁你不在的时候叫我们进你屋拍的，说是要给你个惊喜。可直到后来也没发现有什么惊喜，原来进你脑子了。写了什么？” “就是土炕路的地图。” “明白了，”丁西武点了点头，“看来咱公司老板也是计划的一部分。后来在美国我也被要求模仿叶广庭的口气给你打过电话呢，目的也是要让你过来。这个厂房是他们实施计划的中心。” “原来是你……”叶广庭又要发作，但终究没有。 江夏若有所思，丁西武说的不错。信诚事务所的老板在这里面也做了不少事情：一是让赵丞以项目的名义去土炕路建了实验室；二是录下这段录像以配合法伊娜的计划。 “信诚的老板是谁？”江夏终于忍不住问了。 “托雷·冈萨雷斯。有印象吗？” 意料之中，这个人的身份是真是假无从考证。Jiang Xia shook his head. “轻子对我说过，找到她的外国人只懂得向人脑中存储记忆，以后会有其他人将实验室改装成具有还原记忆的功能。也就是说，等你再次回到土炕路一号时，这座实验室已经被其他人做了改装。而且，”丁西武顿了一顿，“我敢说把实验室改装成记忆还原系统的人就是指使我做事的那个人。和轻子的神秘人还不是一位！” 这倒极像是法伊娜严谨缜密的作风，江夏想，帮她做事的每一个人都只知道部分细节。单独一个人无法坏她的事，也无法成就她的事。如果说将法伊娜的记忆输入他大脑的人是詹奎斯的话，那么负责还原记忆的会不会是高斯坦呢？詹奎斯的下线是周轻子，而高斯坦的下线是丁西武？ Is that so?