Chapter 7 Chapter 6 Schizophrenia

Mrs. Meng lived in the southeast corner of the town, where there were several dilapidated houses, and a yard was surrounded by earthen walls in front of the houses.When we passed, the courtyard door was open without any scruples.Sergeant Wu was also polite, and went straight in.I followed closely behind the old man. It was the morning after the rain, and the air was filled with damp coolness.And this small courtyard is backed by a barren mountain, so it has an even more gloomy atmosphere.Sergeant Wu stood in the middle of the yard and shouted loudly: "Mrs. Meng!" A hoarse response came from the cabin ahead: "Hey." Then someone opened the door and walked out of the dark room.

It was an old woman who looked almost seventy years old.She leaned on a cane with her head bowed, and she walked tremblingly, her thin figure crumbling in the autumn wind. "Mrs. Meng!" Sergeant Wu greeted again, and then went straight to the point and said, "Chu Yun is back." "Oh?" Mrs. Meng was taken aback, then raised her head and asked back, "Didn't you say she died?" Her face was covered with ditches, as if engraved with wind and rain all her life. "I made a mistake—she didn't die, she was just washed downstream by the water." Sergeant Wu pointed at me and said, "This man brought her back."

Pozi Meng turned to look at me, her eyes were cloudy, as if they were covered with dirty gauze.After watching for a while, she just asked, "Who are you?" "I am—" I wanted to say that I was a detective, but the other party definitely couldn't understand.When he was hesitating how to explain it, Sergeant Wu had already interjected: "He just met Chu Yun. This guy doesn't know anything, he's just a waste." Granny Meng nodded, and at the same time muttered to me in a complaining tone: "Why did you send her back?" I am speechless.Indeed, if I hadn't done so much, how could the girl have suffered such a catastrophe?She should still be on the fishing boat outside Nanjing City, carefree and carefree.

Granny Meng stopped looking at me, she turned to Chief Wu and asked, "How is that child doing now?" The old man spread his hands and said, "It's locked up in a mental hospital." "Is she sick again?" The old man said: "Otherwise, why would I seek you?" Granny Meng shook her head helplessly, then she poked her crutch and started walking towards the gate of the yard. Sergeant Wu pouted at me and ordered, "Help the old man." I rushed forward and grabbed the old woman's arm from the side.But Mrs. Meng didn't appreciate it, instead she stopped, turned her head and asked, "He wants to go too?"

"He has to go." Sergeant Wu said, "Although he is a waste, he has a heart for that child Chu Yun." "Really?" Granny Meng raised her head slowly and looked at me with straight eyes.The moment our eyes met, she suddenly flipped her hand and grabbed my wrist instead.Her strength is so great, that withered palm made me feel a dull pain, she doesn't look like a thin and shriveled old man at all.And her eyes also shone with amazing light, piercing through the cloudy cornea and piercing straight into my heart. The old woman just stared at me like this, and then she asked in a hoarse voice: "Are you sincerely treating Chu Yun? What's the difference between you and those lustful men?"

I replied without hesitation: "I am sincere to her. For her happiness, I can give everything, even my life." Mrs. Meng stared at me for a long time.And I had a clear conscience, so I accepted her gaze calmly.Gradually, the scrutiny in the old woman's eyes disappeared, and her eyelids became cloudy again. "I can't see the wrong person." Sergeant Wu crossed his arms and said smugly. Granny Meng let go of my wrist.She didn't look at me or speak to me anymore, just walked forward by herself.I looked at her back and thought to myself: You still call other people monsters?I think you are a real monster!

Going a little further east from Mrs. Meng's house, I soon came to the edge of the town.There are few people in front of us, but the sound of rushing water can be heard in my ears, but it is at the junction of the mountain stream and the river. A few blue-gray new buildings stood on the flat river beach.The building is connected into one piece, which looks extraordinarily open.The front of the building is surrounded by a western-style iron fence. When you get closer, you can see a guard in his forties standing at the entrance of the fence, with a plaque hanging beside him: Dongshan County Mental Hospital.

Sergeant Wu was the first to walk in front, and told the guards to call the dean to speak.Seeing that he was wearing a police uniform, the guard didn't dare to neglect him, so he ran and called the dean surnamed Jin.I looked around, and it turned out to be the fat man who took the girl away yesterday morning. Sergeant Wu put on a posture of investigating the case and asked to meet with Chu Yun.Although Dean Jin was a little reluctant, he couldn't refuse, so he took us into the courtyard and walked deep into the buildings. During the march, Sergeant Wu asked casually: "How is the patient's condition now?"

"It's still the same as yesterday, I don't remember anything." Dean Jin paused, and then said, "Compared with before, her illness seems to have changed again." Sergeant Wu nodded in agreement.I remembered that the old man said that Chu Yun often had illnesses before, so I couldn't help asking: "What kind of illnesses did she have before?" Dean Jin said: "When she got sick before, she always said that she was another person, and she said it in a decent way. People who don't know the details thought it was true. This time, although she has forgotten My own identity, but I didn’t say what I said before.”

I asked again: "What did she say before?" Dean Jin glanced at me, as if he thought I had too many questions, so he didn't want to say any more.Police Chief Wu on the side interjected: "She said that she is not Chu Yun, but a woman living in Shanghai, and she even made up a name for herself, Ye Mengshi." "Ye Mengshi..." I chewed on this beautiful name lightly, and there was a gentle ripple in my heart for no reason. Police Chief Wu continued to say: "She grew up in Feng'an Town since she was a child. When did she go to Shanghai? But when she got sick, she really had a nose and eyes when she said that, and even her accent was different. "

"What's the change in accent?" "Chu Yun usually speaks with a local accent, but once he gets sick, he can speak the official language of the north. He is really bewitched..." "Being evil is just a folk saying. In medicine, this disease is called multiple personality, and it is a more serious symptom of 'schizophrenia'." Dean Jin will come here again to show off his knowledge, "Don't be surprised, People who suffer from this disease are like this. Once they get sick, they will become another person, and this person is completely imagined in her mind. Since she imagines herself as a Shanghainese, of course she can’t use the local He spoke with an accent, so he spoke the official language." I nodded and thought to myself: Ling Mufeng can speak standard official language, Chu Yun should have learned official language from him, right?At the same time, I raised a question worthy of concern: "Will her handwriting change even when she is ill?" "Handwriting?" Dean Jin rolled his eyelids, as if he was unprepared for this question, but he quickly organized a set of arguments to deal with me, "—it's normal for handwriting to change. You know, She was a different person during the onset. Another person, you know? She had her own name, her own memories, and a completely unique personality and behavior. To put it more completely, she and the person before the onset shared nothing but the same Outside of the shell, there is no connection!" "Is there really such a strange disease?" I shook my head blankly, showing an unacceptable expression. Superintendent Wu grinned and said, "I don't think it's a disease, but the folk saying is accurate—ghost upper body." "What the hell?" Dean Jin retorted shamelessly, "Superstition, ignorance!" "I'm superstitious? I'm ignorant?" Sergeant Wu said contemptuously, and asked the other party, "Chu Yun has been sick so many times, which one was cured by your hospital? Didn't you want to invite Mrs. Meng over?" soul'?" Dean Jin showed embarrassment, it seemed that he had been poked into a sore spot, he was stunned for a moment, and then explained angrily: "This kind of disease has a cause, if you want to treat it, you must first find out the patient's condition. However, every time I ask Mrs. Ling about her past experience, everyone keeps silent. This tells us how to prescribe the right medicine for the case? This old lady can succeed every time she "calls the soul" because of her Do you know Madam Ling's heart well?" Sergeant Wu was so powerful that he only laughed dryly twice, and had no intention of taking advantage of the victory to pursue.And I was listening to this conversation from the sidelines, and secretly figured out some of the reasons. This psychiatric hospital was set up by the county. It was built on the outskirts of Feng'an Town, next to the train station. It was a relatively independent small world.The doctors and nurses in the hospital are not locals, so they don't know enough about the customs and customs of Feng'an Town.Dean Jin wanted to treat Chu Yun's illness, but he couldn't do anything because he didn't understand the root cause of the disease.On the contrary, this Mrs. Meng can solve the problem every time she goes out.And the old woman is using the superstitious banner of "calling the soul". How can this embarrass him, a modern doctor who claims to be a representative of science? Talking while walking along this road, I have already shuttled through the buildings for a long time before I knew it.The depth of this psychiatric hospital is not small. After breaking through the gatehouse in the front row, there is a small courtyard behind.Opposite the courtyard is a two-story low building, this low building is the hospital where the critically ill is located. Because the guards in the building are all severely mentally ill patients, the security measures of the entire low building are very strict.After entering the building, you have to go through an iron door guarded by a special person to really reach the patient area.The iron gate creaked shut behind us, cutting off the free air outside.Looking at the narrow corridor and the wards lined up like prison cells on both sides, I felt a sudden sense of depression in my heart. Those wards all have doors with iron bars, and the situation inside the room can be seen from the corridor.But I saw that the behaviors of those patients were all kinds of strange: some people were holding on to the iron bars of the door, mumbling all the time, but they couldn't hear what they were saying; some people circled around the walls of the room, going back and forth tirelessly; Someone stood facing the wall straight, motionless like a wooden stake; there was a woman standing alone in the room, shaking her body while humming a lullaby, with her hands raised in front of her chest, as if holding a A baby that doesn't exist, this woman's hair is very long, scattered and scattered with the rhythm of her body shaking, the atmosphere is extremely weird. But there were also a few patients lying quietly on the bed, seemingly sleeping soundly.Sergeant Wu pointed to one of the sleeping guys and said with a smile: "If only all the patients were like him, your doctors and nurses would be able to save a lot of trouble." Dean Jin shook his head disapprovingly: "Do you think these sleeping people are honest guys? Then you are wrong! These people are the most dishonest: either they have violent tendencies, or they just want to escape, that's why we gave these people sedatives and sleeping pills to let them sleep a little longer." Sergeant Wu said "oh", looked at the guy a few more times, and then said with emotion: "In this case, what is the difference between him and the living dead?" I feel the same way.How sad is it that a person is deprived of the right to wakefulness and sleeps all day long?I suddenly thought: That girl must want to escape after being arrested here, right?Will she be treated the same way?Worried, I hurriedly searched the wards on both sides, looking for that familiar figure. But the walk went all the way to the end, and the girl was not seen.I can't help but feel a little strange.Sergeant Wu next to me saw my thoughts, and reminded me in a low voice: "Chu Yun is not downstairs, she always stays upstairs in the intensive care unit." Sure enough, Dean Jin, who was leading the way, turned around and walked upstairs.We also followed to the second floor, only to see a separate nurse's station at the top of the stairs, and several female nurses were sitting and chatting.Seeing us coming up, they quickly got up to say hello to the dean. Dean Jin asked: "What's the situation with Mrs. Ling now?" "I've always been agitated, and I refused to rest, and I didn't cooperate with taking medicine." A leading nurse replied, "We have given her sedative medicine, and we are going to force-feed her when she gets tired from fussing." My heart sank, and I thought to myself: Sure enough, what I was worried about, these guys are going to make the girl fall into that kind of pathetic lethargy!At the same time, I noticed that there was a medicine delivery trolley not far from me. There were more than a dozen small paper bags filled with medicines on the cart. The ward number and the patient's name were written on the paper bags.My eyes quickly scanned, and I quickly found the word "Chu Yun".While all the nurses were looking at Dean Jin respectfully, I secretly picked up the paper bag and hid it in my suit pocket.When returning to deliver the medicine, maybe the careless nurse will not find that there is a bag missing of the prepared medicine, so the girl can escape today. Everyone around didn't pay attention to my little action.Dean Jin just ordered: "Take us to see Mrs. Ling." The nurse from earlier agreed, and rushed to the front, stopping in front of a ward not far away.I followed anxiously and looked in through the fence door, only to see that the girl was being locked up in this ward.She sat weakly on the bed with her hands tied behind her back and a mask on her mouth.Compared with yesterday when we parted, the bruises on the girl's face have dissipated a lot, but the traces of the brutality are still clearly discernible. Hearing someone approaching from outside, the girl immediately widened her eyes vigilantly, but the light in the corridor was gloomy and dim, and she couldn't see my figure clearly for a moment. After the nurse opened the door, I was the first to rush into the room and blurted out: "Yunyun!" The girl's eyes jumped suddenly. Although her mouth was sealed and she couldn't make a sound, her surprised expression clearly expressed on the face. I wanted to take a few steps forward, but someone grabbed my arm.Turning around, it turned out to be Dean Jin, who reprimanded me with a stern face: "Please don't contact patients—this is the rule of our hospital." Seeing my unconvinced expression, he accentuated his tone even more : "If you don't obey, I'll find someone to drive you out!" Inspector Wu also gave me a hand, put his mouth next to my ear, and whispered, "Small indifference can lead to great conspiracy!" I sighed helplessly and had to withdraw to the side.The girl stood up excitedly at this time, and wanted to walk towards me.But she couldn't walk after taking only two steps.I took a closer look, and it turned out that there was a thick black rubber rope wrapped around her right ankle, and the other end of the rope was tied to the foot of the bed, so she could only move freely within a limited range beside the bed. Dean Jin winked at the nurse and said, "Go and unseal her." The nurse obeyed and walked over and took off the mask on the girl's mouth.During this process, the girl kept glaring at the nurse. She must have suffered a lot from the nurse in the past day. After taking off the mask, the girl regained her freedom of speech, and the first thing she said was: "I'm not Mrs. Ling, please let me out!" Seeing that the doctors and nurses were all indifferent, she cast her eyes on me again , said in a begging tone: "Detective Feng, help me..." I looked at the girl's pitiful appearance, and my throat was already a little choked up.But at this moment, I can only make an empty promise: "I will definitely save you..." A figure slowly passed by my side, walking towards the girl.That person was Mrs. Meng, but Dean Jin didn't reach out to stop her. Mrs. Meng walked up to the girl. She looked at the girl with cloudy eyes, and then asked tremblingly, "Son, do you still recognize me?" This was the first sentence Pozi Meng said after she came to the hospital.Her voice was still hoarse, but it was full of pity and love.I suddenly understood that her long silence before was not because of indifference, but because she was accumulating her own emotions for the meeting at this moment. It's a pity that her emotions were not responded to by the other party.The girl looked back at the old woman with panic in her eyes.She shook her head vigorously and flatly denied, "I never knew you! I'm not who you say I am at all." Dean Jin pointed at me and interjected, "You only know him, right?" The girl nodded quickly: "We came together, I want to go back with him." "Go back? Where are you going back? This is your home." Dean Jin narrowed his eyes, and his tone was full of inducements and hints, "You are sick now. When you recover, you won't know This person. The people you really know should be us." The girl stared blankly.What will happen after the so-called "recovery"?She could hardly imagine it.But she is so weak, unable to control her own destiny at all. She could only keep shaking her head, and defended herself in a weeping, desperate voice: "I'm not sick...you made a mistake..." As she shook her head, something suddenly came out of her neckline It slid down and dangled around her neck. I recognized that thing as the jade pendant that the girl had been wearing all the time. One side of the jade pendant was engraved with the word "cloud" and the other side had a pattern of a dog.Pozi Meng was the closest to the girl, and the falling pendant immediately caught her attention.She stretched out her old withered hand, held the jade pendant in front of her eyes and looked at it carefully.Then she raised her eyes and asked the girl, "Son, have you always carried this pendant?" The girl looked hesitant and dared not answer.Because the word "cloud" on the pendant matches Chu Yun's name, doesn't this confirm the girl's identity from a certain angle? Granny Meng turned her head again and cast her questioning eyes on me.I said truthfully: "This is indeed her pendant. I followed the clues on this pendant and found Feng'an Town all the way." Granny Meng held the jade pendant tightly, and stroked the surface of the pendant repeatedly with her thumb.Her eyes were fixed on an illusory space, and her expression seemed to be in a trance.Everyone could see that Pozi Meng was suffering from a flood of thoughts, but no one knew what she was thinking.Does this pendant have some extraordinary meaning to her? Mrs. Meng remained silent for such a long time, which made the girl feel very uncomfortable.Finally the girl couldn't bear it any longer, so she carefully moved her neck back and pulled the jade pendant out of the old woman's hand. At the same time, Mrs. Meng's thoughts were pulled away from the illusory world. She stared at the girl for a while, and then asked, "Son, do you have a big birthmark on your body?" The girl blushed, silently acquiescing.This is the second time she has been asked about the birthmark since she arrived in town.Because the birthmark was located on a very private part of her buttocks, she was embarrassed to mention it every time. "This birthmark is your unique symbol, do you understand? No matter where you go or how many accidents you have suffered, as long as I see that birthmark, I will definitely recognize you." Granny Meng said quietly, stretching He extended his right hand towards the girl's buttocks.The girl didn't seem to be attracted by the other person's demeanor, she just stood there without avoiding it. Granny Meng put her hand gently on the girl's delicate buttocks, and she seemed to be feeling something with her heart.After a while, she asked again: "Son, let me see." The girl murmured, not knowing how to respond.Although they are both women, it is ultimately embarrassing for the other party to see such private parts. Granny Meng's hand was gently stroking the girl's buttocks, full of love like a mother. At the same time, she looked directly into the girl's eyes and said softly: "Trust me, I will never harm you. Only I able to tell you all the stories." I stood behind Mrs. Meng, not knowing what kind of magical power was shining in her eyes.I only saw that the look of guard and fear on the girl's face gradually disappeared, and she became serene and calm, with even a little bit of expectation in her eyes.Then she nodded obediently and agreed to Pozi Meng's request. Granny Meng turned her head to look at us and said, "Go out first." Dean Jin muttered dissatisfiedly: "Is there something that I have to hide from the doctor?" But the complaints belonged to the complainers, and he was the first to leave the ward very cooperatively.For him, as long as the patient can recover and leave the hospital, he will admit that he has suffered some grievances.I wanted to insist on staying, but Sergeant Wu didn't give me a chance to speak, and just grabbed my arm and dragged me out.Although he is thin and short, he is very strong.I was caught off guard and dragged out of the house by him.The nurse came out last, and closed both the iron grille door and the outer wooden solid door with her backhand, completely cutting off the connection between the inside and outside of the room. I was worried, so I walked around the door.But this move was obviously futile, because with the two doors blocking me, I couldn't see or hear anything at all.Sergeant Wu seemed amused when he saw me like this, so he sneered, "Detective Feng, please don't worry about it. Once the door opens, that woman will have nothing to do with you." That's not the right thing to say.I hurriedly stopped and stared at the other party, and asked, "What do you mean?" The old man said unhurriedly: "When the woman recovers from her illness, when she remembers her true identity, she will completely forget you." I immediately questioned: "How is this possible?" Sergeant Wu pouted at Dean Jin: "You don't believe me? Then ask the doctor." "Didn't I just say that?" Dean Jin looked at me impatiently, "She is two people when she is ill and not ill, and the memories in her mind are also different. When she is ill, she will remember all the previous things. Forget, of course you won’t remember anything during the illness when you’re not ill!” "Is that so?" I muttered, standing where I was. "Don't worry too much about it. If you gain something, you will lose it." Sergeant Wu came to persuade me again at this time, and he lowered his voice to hint: "You forgot what is the main purpose of our coming here?" I understand what the other party means.The old man came here because he wanted the girl to testify against Ling Mufeng's murder. In his opinion, to achieve this goal, the girl must first recover her memory.And Mrs. Meng is the key to unlocking the latter's memory. As for the established relationship between me and the girl, I can only sacrifice it for this. I grinned, not knowing what else to say.At this moment, there was a knocking sound on the door panel of the ward, and at the same time, the voice of Mrs. Meng was heard shouting from the room: "Open the door." The nurse stepped forward and opened the iron gate and the wooden door one by one, and Mrs. Meng came out of the house.But everyone's eyes skipped over the old woman and looked at the girl behind her.After Mrs. Meng's call, will the girl really recover her memory? The girl stood by the bed, her eyes followed the back of Mrs. Meng, but her face was blank. "Chu Yun." Dean Jin called out tentatively first, "Have you remembered who you are?" The girl's eyes flashed, as if suddenly awakened.Then she retorted vigilantly: "I'm not Chu Yun! I'm not!" Sergeant Wu said "Huh?", obviously quite surprised by this situation.He immediately looked at Pozi Meng and asked, "What's going on?" Dean Jin next to him also looked at Mrs. Meng at this moment, and asked bitterly, "What's the matter? It doesn't work this time?" Mrs. Meng shook her head expressionlessly, and only said to Sergeant Wu: "Let's talk about it later." The old man frowned suspiciously, suppressing the desire to ask questions forcefully. Dean Jin waved to the nurse, who understood and stepped forward to lock the door.The girl in the room suddenly became nervous and shouted: "Don't lock the door! Let me out!" Her shout cut my heart like a knife, making my breathing difficult to control. But the iron gate was firmly closed after all, and the girl's cry turned into a cry of despair.In the end, she stared at me with teary eyes, sobbing non-stop, but didn't say anything. I was held tightly by those eyes, and walked towards the iron gate involuntarily.Sergeant Wu stretched out his hand to pull me, but this time I pushed away with all my strength.I came to the door, grabbed the iron bar in front of me with both hands, and pressed my face against the gap in the fence. Then I said word by word: "I will definitely rescue you. This is my promise." The last word "promise" was spat out by me heavily, like a stone falling to the ground, loud and clear.The girl stared at me with big black eyes, tears streaming down her face. "Let's go, let's go out and discuss if we have any ideas." Chief Wu held my shoulder behind him.I took one last look at the girl, and finally turned around reluctantly.Over there, Mrs. Meng had already walked about ten steps by herself. Inspector Wu dragged me to catch up with the old lady. The girl's sobs still echoed behind me.When we reached the stairs, I couldn't help but turned around and shouted: "Yunyun, I will fulfill my promise to you!" The girl's crying stopped.After a brief silence, I heard her reply with all her strength: "I'll wait for you!" Dean Kim sent us all the way out of the mental hospital.We walked another 50 to 60 meters and saw that there was no one around. Sheriff Wu grabbed Mrs. Meng and asked, "Why are you not working today?" Pozi Meng slowly turned around and stood facing the east.Not far from us, the mountain stream went all the way north.Here is close to the entrance of the Yangtze River, the river has become gentle and wide.Granny Meng leaned on a cane with both hands, leaned forward slightly, looked at the river, and then said tremblingly: "It's not that it doesn't work, it's that I don't dare..." "Don't dare?" Sergeant Wu narrowed his gaze.He is like a sensitive hunting dog, who has already sniffed out a strange smell from just a few words. Mrs. Meng turned to look at Sheriff Wu: "Did you see the jade pendant that the child was wearing just now?" Sergeant Wu nodded, his expression became more and more serious. He took out a pack of cigarettes from the pocket of his dirty police uniform, picked out one and hung it on his mouth. Mrs. Meng twitched the corners of her mouth in a strange way, seven points seemed to be a wry smile, three points seemed to be crying, and then she asked again: "You must recognize that jade pendant, right?" Sergeant Wu was scratching a matchstick in his hand. Mrs. Meng's question seemed to have stabbed a sore spot in his heart. His hand trembled slightly, and the matchstick was drawn back three or four times. After smoking, he put the cigarette on the flame and took a deep puff, then exhaled the smoke and said in a hoarse voice: "Why don't you remember? That is the only relic left by Chu Yun's parents in this world." "Have you seen Chu Yun wearing this jade pendant before?" Chief Wu was startled, and said, "She belongs to a girl, and the jade pendant is worn next to her body. How could I see it?" "That's true..." Mrs. Meng turned her head and looked at the river again, wondering what she was thinking. Sergeant Wu couldn't hold back any longer. He pinched the cigarette fiercely with his fingers and asked urgently, "What's the matter? Is there something wrong with the jade pendant?" "It's very wrong... This child's illness is very different from the previous situation..." The old policeman snorted in dissatisfaction. He was full of confidence to take down Ling Mufeng this time, but how did he expect the old woman to lose the chain before the battle?Now that the other party has something to say but doesn't speak clearly, he is inevitably a little anxious, and his voice also unknowingly became louder: "What's wrong? You should explain it more clearly!" "No, I can't say it!" Granny Meng suddenly turned her head as if she had been stabbed with a knife, and her eyes were fixed on Sergeant Wu.The latter was taken aback. The cigarette was supposed to be delivered to his mouth, but it stopped in mid-air in a daze. Biting her shriveled lips tightly, Pozi Meng squeezed out a sentence from the darkest corner of her body: "Have you forgotten that curse?" The muscles on the old policeman's cheeks twitched. He was obviously not smoking, but he coughed violently as if he had been choked by the smoke.After coughing for about ten seconds, he tried his best to adjust his breathing, and asked carefully in a very soft voice: "Is it related to that?" Granny Meng silently nodded. The old policeman didn't speak anymore, he just smoked the cigarette one after another, his eyes blurred. In this conversation, I was completely reduced to an ignorant bystander.And the solemn atmosphere made me dare not interrupt.But when everyone was silent, I remembered my promise.So I finally got up the courage to ask: "What are you talking about? You don't care about it, do you?" Inspector Wu didn't answer, he threw the nearly burnt cigarette butt on the ground, lowered his head and stomped on it with the soles of his feet. I turned to look at Mrs. Meng again.The old woman didn't avoid my gaze, she sighed lightly and said, "I don't care..." These words seemed to hit Sergeant Wu's mind, he immediately raised his head, squinted his eyes and looked at Mrs. Meng together with me.The latter was silent for a while with wrinkled eyes, and said again: "I want to open the mourning hall and offer sacrifices." Sergeant Wu's throat turned "gudong" and he swallowed a big mouthful of saliva. He said nervously, "You want to recruit spirits for them? This is a big deal..." "What if you don't summon the spirit? Aren't you afraid of the curse? We all swore an oath!" The old man hesitated for a while, and finally had no choice but to agree: "Then you can drive... What do you need?" Granny Meng pursed her lips and said, "I haven't opened a mourning hall for twenty years. Everything has to be prepared." Sergeant Wu waved his hand and said, "I see. You can go back and make a list later, and the two of us will do it." When the old man said "the two of us", he stretched out his hand and pointed at me.Now that he has included me, I naturally have to ask. "What mourning hall to open? What does this matter have to do with saving Yunyun?" Police Chief Wu stared at me: "You can do whatever you want, why ask so many questions?" I snorted in disbelief. Seeing my grievance, Mrs. Meng persuaded me from the side: "Young man, don't be angry. He is actually doing it for your own good. The less you know about this, the better." The mother-in-law's words sounded much more pleasant.And I also know that I don't even have a card in my hand, so why should I bargain with the other party.At least for now, the old policeman's evaluation of me is not good at all: I'm a piece of trash. But one day they'll know that I'm not who they thought I was!