Chapter 58 Chapter 3 Artist Abilities

"There is such a thing? I thought it was just the reporter's nervousness." The boss casually flipped through Shi Lei's notes. I threw him the autopsy report sent by Fleeting Years, and gave him a blank look: "The devil believes you!" With a sly smile, he picked up the autopsy and flipped through it for a while, then asked, "Have you investigated the information on this deceased?" I lit a cigarette and took a leisurely puff before answering: "After a rough investigation, he had a wife and children, and his income was stable, and he didn't leave a suicide note before his death. It doesn't look like suicide just on the surface."

"Is this what you call an investigation? It's simply information provided by the Criminal Investigation Bureau!" The boss stared at me with his small eyes open. I shrugged, "But they're treating this case like suicide." The boss suddenly picked up the lion's roar and roared at me: "If they can handle it well, do we still need to take over? Hurry up and go to the Locke Company to investigate!" "Don't be so loud, my ears are fine." I was so yelled at by him that I dropped the cigarette and almost burned my thigh. After I dealt with the cigarette butt and the ash on my body in embarrassment, I said angrily: "Sooner or later, Locke Company I will go too, but I want to take Shi Lei to see a psychiatrist first."

"Didn't the video prove that he's not just chasing rumors? Why take him to meet your old friend?" The boss showed a smirk. "What an old friend, don't say it so badly!" I rolled his eyes at him and said, "Although the video can prove that what he said is true, he has never been able to clearly describe the appearance of the mysterious person. The jigsaw guy is on the verge of breaking down." "Anyway, I'm a college student, so my expressive skills aren't that bad!" The boss was a little puzzled. I shrugged helplessly: "Maybe it's not a matter of expressive ability. He was in a state of half-dream and half-awake at the time, and he was greatly frightened. Now it will be difficult for him to accurately describe the appearance of the other party."

"Then you'll go on a fair and aboveboard trip." The boss's cheeky smiling face really made people feel uncomfortable. Feeling a little out of breath, I blurted out: "I have to emphasize, I'm here for work, not to meet old friends!" "Ghost pats the tail pillow, go to work!" This time the boss really defeated him. ("Ghost shot back tail pillow" is a Cantonese dialect, which means to accidentally say something after doing something wrong.) After leaving the boss's room, Zhenzhen and I took Shi Lei to the hospital where Xiaona worked to ask her for help, hoping to use hypnosis to induce Shi Lei to describe the appearance of the mysterious person who appeared outside the window.Because the other party's details are not known, the investigation cannot be carried out at all.

Because Xiaona had already spoken on the phone beforehand, when we arrived, she was ready to hypnotize Shi Lei at any time.Although it's not the first time she and Zhen Zhen have met, I always feel that they are a bit awkward when they walk together, although on the surface they can still talk and laugh. After Xiaona invited Shi Lei into her consulting room, she asked us to wait outside the door for a while.This is the case every time she performs hypnotism, never allowing a third party to watch, even though I have spent nearly four years with her, I have never seen how she hypnotizes people.Her hypnosis is always so mysterious in my heart, but fortunately I only know her because of her hypnotherapy.

Every time I was waiting for Xiaona to perform hypnotism, I would unconsciously recall how she hypnotized me at the beginning, but every time I couldn't remember it, as if I had never been hypnotized by her. "Are you reminiscing about the romantic past?" Zhen Zhen suddenly asked jealously, pulling me back from my contemplation to reality. I smiled slightly: "You don't mind, do you?" She gave me a blank look, curled her lips and said: "Who cares about your affairs, don't be too sentimental!" When I was about to give Zhen Zhen a few words back, Xiaona and Shi Lei came out of the consulting room. Judging from her forced smile, it seemed that her hypnosis on Shi Lei did not achieve the desired effect.Sure enough, she walked up to us and said apologetically: "Although he still remembers everything that happened that night, and even counted the mysterious person's body shape, clothing and other details one by one, but It’s just that I can’t clearly describe the other person’s appearance. No matter what method I use, his answer is just ‘Chinese character face, thick eyebrows and big eyes’.”

Shi Lei lowered his head in embarrassment: "I'm sorry, I caused you trouble." I patted him on the shoulder and comforted him: "It's not your fault, relax, don't worry about it." Although I said so on the lips, I was very worried in my heart.What the Locke Company does is "death and life". Not long ago, a person died inexplicably, and now he has encountered such a terrible and strange thing. It seems too irresponsible to say that there is no connection between them.However, he couldn't clearly describe what the mysterious person he saw that night looked like, and trying to figure it out was tantamount to finding a needle in a haystack.

"Why don't we ask Master Mu for help, he might have a solution." Zhen Zhen suggested. Since even Xiaona's hypnotism couldn't make Shi Lei remember the mysterious man's appearance, he had no choice but to ask Master Mu for help. After all, he has a special research on weird things, maybe he really has a way. After saying goodbye to Xiaona, I called Viagra and asked him to contact Master Mu Gezhang to ask if he had any solutions for us to solve our current problems.Although I have known Master Mu for some time, I still do not know his contact information.He is very strange, although every time we ask him for help, he will not shirk, but whenever I ask him for his contact information, he always says: "Just ask Xiaowei to find me." So, every time Every time I have to go through Viagra to find him.

Viagra called me back not long after: "I have already told Master Mu about the situation, and he said that there is someone who might be able to help. This person's name is Lian Xiaoyu, an illustrator. He should be at home at this time, you go ..." He told me an address, and then said: "Master Mu seems to be very interested in this matter, and he said that if we encounter other difficulties, we can ask him for help at any time." After hanging up the phone, we went to find this illustrator named Lian Xiaoyu at the address Viagra said, although I don't know how he can help with this matter.Because no matter how good his painting skills are, it is impossible to draw the mysterious person Shi Lei mentioned by just saying "Chinese character face, thick eyebrows and big eyes".However, I think Master Mu will not let us make this trip in vain.

Painter Lian lives in a quiet residential area. We didn't find the doorbell in front of his house, so we had to knock on the door directly.I knocked on the steel door for a long time, and my hands hurt from knocking, but there was no movement inside the door. It seems that he should be out.However, just as we were about to leave, the door suddenly opened, and a slightly obese man in his early thirties was standing inside the door, staring at me viciously, growling in a low voice: "Who are you, knock on my door! Well?" I think this fat man is probably the person we are looking for, but seeing his current appearance of wanting to kill someone, it seems that asking him to help is not an easy task.However, since you have already come, you might as well explain your purpose to the other party first: "Mr. Lian, hello, we are the police, and it was Master Mu Gezhang who introduced us..."

As soon as I said Master Mu's name, his murderous face disappeared immediately, replaced by a kind smile: "So you are friends of Master Mu, please come in, please come in, come in and talk." into the house. He invited us to sit down in the living room, and explained to us that he was conceiving an illustration just now, and when we made a noise, the inspiration ran out, which is why he was so angry. I said slightly apologetically, "I'm so sorry to interrupt your work." He smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, it's a long life and a long life to do it. Anyway, this illustration is not in a hurry. Master Mu is my benefactor, and you are his friends and my friends. How can I neglect my friends! Ouch, I forgot to pour tea for you, please wait a moment." After that, he got up to pour tea. I took the opportunity while he was pouring tea to pay attention to the surrounding layout. The layout of the living room is simple and bright, and it is well organized. It is not like most people who are engaged in creation, the house is messy like a doghouse.However, I soon discovered that it didn't seem to be his fault, because I found a few women's magazines under the coffee table, and I thought he was living with his girlfriend. The reason I thought he was living with his girlfriend rather than married was because of the pictures that hung all over the walls of the living room.These pictures include oil paints, scans, landscapes, and portraits. Most of them are portraits of a heroic girl, and more than half of the pictures are paintings of her. I think she should be the mistress of this house.However, although the living room is full of pictures, there is no wedding photo, which shows that they are not married yet. "I kept you waiting for a long time..." Painter Lian served us hot tea and said, "What can you do for me?" "The thing is like this..." Zhen Zhen explained our reason for coming, hoping that he could draw the appearance of the mysterious man Shi Lei met. Shi Lei said embarrassingly: "I only remember that the other party has a Chinese character face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and I have no other impressions other than that." "It's okay!" Painter Lian smiled comfortingly at Shi Lei, then stood up and closed the curtains in the living room. Although I don't understand why he did this, but this is his home, so of course I can't say more.The curtains in the living room are very thick and dark in color. Once drawn, the whole living room becomes dark immediately. Although it's not so dark that you can't see your fingers, you can barely see the things in the living room.After drawing the curtains, he sat down in front of Shi Lei, and said softly, "Don't be nervous, relax, close your eyes, and try to recall the appearance of that person." After Shi Lei closed his eyes as he wanted, he put his hands gently on the other person's shoulders, closed his eyes, and said softly again: "Very good, try to remember again, yes, that's it, then Think, think again..." "I'm sorry, I really can't remember." Shi Lei suddenly opened his eyes, and then held his head in his hands in apology. Seeing Shi Lei like this, I thought it was a waste of time this time, but Painter Lian actually smiled and said: "It's okay, you did a good job, I've seen it clearly." Before I understood what he meant by "seeing", he casually took out a picture book under the coffee table and put it on the coffee table. I didn't know that he took out a charcoal pencil from that pocket, and put it on the picture book first. After drawing a cross, I concentrated on painting.His right hand pens like a dragon and snake, and his left hand is not idle. He uses his five fingers together to point or wipe, without any hesitation in every movement, as if he is drawing a picture that has been hidden in his heart for many years. After a while, the eyes, eyebrows, nose, lips, and face shape They are presented one by one on the picture book. It didn't take him much time to finish the painting. Although it didn't take much time, it was painted vividly.What was displayed in front of us at this time was a half-length portrait of a middle-aged man with a square face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, a kind face, a smile at the corner of his mouth, and wearing neat work clothes.I really can't believe that he can draw such a lifelike portrait just by saying "Chinese character face, thick eyebrows and big eyes". When he was about to ask, Zhen Zhen suddenly exclaimed: "Hey, we didn't seem to have said that just now. People are wearing work clothes!" Then I remembered that none of us mentioned the word "work clothes" just now, how did he know that the mysterious person Shi Lei saw was wearing work clothes? "It's him, it's him that I saw that night!" Shi Lei held the scanned portrait with trembling hands, showing a look of surprise on his face. "Are you sure?" I was also surprised by the sudden change. Shi Lei nodded again and again: "I couldn't remember it before, but now that I saw this portrait, the face that was blurred in my memory became clear immediately. I'm sure this is what he looks like!" "It's amazing. With just one sentence, you can draw a portrait that even the person concerned can't remember clearly!" I expressed my heartfelt admiration to Painter Lian. "Actually, I didn't draw the portrait based on his simple description, but based on the trace of residual thoughts on his body." Painter Lian smiled humbly, and explained to us under our puzzled eyes—— Since you are friends of Master Mu, you must have heard a set of explanations about mind power from him. The "remnant thoughts" I mentioned also came from his explanations. Thought power may be left behind after death, and mind power is a form of energy, since it is energy, it will be consumed.The so-called soul is like the charcoal in my hand, no matter where it leaves traces, it will consume its own energy, and when it is exhausted, it will disappear.However, although the main body of the soul will always dissipate one day, the traces left behind will not be easily erased, and these traces are what I call "remnants"! I have been plagued by remnants since I was a child. As long as I touch an object or pass by a stranger, all kinds of strange images will appear in my mind.Sometimes it is an old man with a kind face lying on the bed and smiling slightly, but sometimes it is a villain with a hideous face about to attack with a knife, and sometimes it is even the scene of a bloody car accident.These sudden pictures have troubled me for a long time. I always thought that I was in trouble. It was not until I met Master Mu that I realized that this was a talent bestowed on me by God. Master Mu said that my physique is very special, and I am easily affected by thoughts, forming corresponding pictures in my mind.To explain it from a scientific point of view, my magnetic field is different from that of ordinary people. It is easy to receive external brain waves and convert these brain waves into images in my mind. He said that since God has given me this ability, I should make good use of it and try my best to help those in need.Because I am an art student and my painting skills are not bad, he often introduces some people whose relatives have passed away but have no photos to come to me and ask me to help them draw portraits of their deceased relatives... "Are you sure this person is dead?" This is a very important question. He nodded affirmatively: "Someone asked me to draw a portrait of a relative who had been missing for a long time before, but no matter how concentrated I was, the appearance of that person did not appear in my mind, so I had to disappoint the other party and return. However, later they asked I called and said that the missing relative turned out to be alive and had been in touch with the family." In other words, the person in the painting must have died, and his "soul" is constantly looking for himself... Is it true that, as Shi Lei thought, he died unexpectedly and his body could not be buried in the ground?It seems that I must go to Locke's company.