Chapter 5 Chapter Four

Sitting opposite Bai Su is a very pretty woman about twenty-seven or eight years old. Her hairstyle is simple and her clothes are simple, giving people a very clean and refreshing feeling. The appearance of a person is very important, like this girl. , a face-to-face meeting will give people a good impression. As soon as the girl entered the door, she handed me and Bai Su a business card with both hands. The business card was smaller than usual, silver-white, very delicate, with only three words printed on it: Chen Lixue. Such a business card has no other purpose except to introduce her own name, and that is exactly what she intended to send a business card as soon as she saw us.

Why didn't she introduce her own name in words?Because although "sign language" has been developed to the point where it is possible to have a fairly detailed conversation, it is still quite difficult to introduce one's own name. Chen Lixue can only use "sign language" to communicate with people. Such a beautiful girl was born deaf, so she also became dumb. She is a born deaf-mute. Chen Lixue has a very high level of education, and she writes quickly and neatly. After meeting her, half of the conversations were in sign language. When encountering difficulties in sign language, she used words. The language is still strong, so it is not difficult to understand what she means.

Chen Lixue was introduced by nonsense. Liangchen and Meimei are studying in Switzerland. It is said that they are greedy and want to learn that after learning one thing, so they are extremely busy and can't get away. Since Wen Baoyu fell in love with Miao girl Lansi at first sight, his whole person has undergone a big change and has become in a daze. In a trance, like talking to himself, no longer gathering with friends, talking loudly, this is a normal phenomenon of teenagers in love, he came a few times, just sat in a daze, was driven away by me, but he ended up quiet. Hu Shuo never took the initiative to come to me alone, so I was a little surprised when I received his call at noon that day: "Long time no see, what's up?"

Nonsense is taciturn, and one advantage of talking to such a person is that you won't waste time talking nonsense.He immediately said: "I have a relative who is almost out of touch. There are some things I can't figure out, and I am very distressed. I want to see you!" I didn't let out a long sigh, nor did I laugh, I just let out a "huh". Naturally, nonsense can hear the dissatisfaction in my heart in my voice.He immediately said again: "She is a born deaf-mute, what happened to her is extremely unbelievable, do you understand sign language?" At that time, Bai Su happened to be next to me. If this kind of proposal and request had been made by an irrelevant person, I would have rejected it outright, but I am very familiar with Hu Hua, and he said "unbelievable", even if there is an exaggeration, The level is not too high, unlike what Wen Baoyu said, he could simply ignore it-he once yelled "inconceivable", just because he saw a dragonfly from resting to flapping its wings and flying.

At this time, I was not very interested, and it was difficult to refuse. Seeing Bai Su beside me, I had an idea: "I am not very proficient in sign language, but I have a real expert by my side." Hu Hua immediately knew who I was referring to: "It's the same, I asked her to come to see you immediately, she will never be annoying." In fact, I didn't have a definite answer, and Hu Shi had already hung up the phone, so I had no choice but to make a helpless gesture to Bai Su, and at the same time said to her in sign language: "Are you fluent in sign language?"

Bai Su moved her hands quickly: "Of course, it's extremely fluent. Welcome to teach me anytime!" I opened my mouth and laughed like "Oh, but no sound came out."Bai Su immediately warned me with sign language: "When the guests come later, you must not do this. People with physical defects are very sensitive and will regard it as your rude behavior." I also replied in sign language: "Your statement is untenable. She can't hear the sound at all. I opened my mouth wide. It makes no difference to her whether I make a sound or not!" Bai Su shook her head, her sign language was dying, she had to pay attention: "You are wrong, although deaf people can't hear the sound, they can feel whether there is a sound or not."

I waved my hand vigorously and said loudly: "You are not deaf, how do you know that deaf people feel this way?" Bai Su took it for granted: "Many deaf people have told me so, so I know!" I didn't argue with her anymore: "When the guest comes, you can talk to her!" Bai Su had no objection, and the matter was decided in this way.Originally, I planned to say goodbye after a few greetings when the guest came, but since the visitor's appearance was pleasing, her first words attracted me.Her first sentence was: I have gone back to ancient times, once, I went back to ancient times.

After she made such a sign language, she saw that Bai Su and I were in shock for a short time, so she immediately opened the notebook again and wrote down her two sentences. Bai Su and I were really astonished, because we never thought that she would say such words all at once! After she wrote it, Bai Su and I nodded again and again, and Bai Su immediately answered her: "Breakthrough time, although weird, is definitely possible. We have two acquaintances, and we have even mastered the ability to come and go freely in time." ability!" Chen Lixue's expression was extremely confused, and she said: "My situation is very special. After returning to ancient times, I don't know... who I am, or what else."

(Of course she "said" in sign language, so I won't explain it later.) What she was talking about was the story of the beauty coming out of the bath in the second stanza.She spoke in great detail, and of course I added a lot of branches and leaves when I relayed it, such as how to make a bathtub, etc. To turn a pure story into a novel, there must be some additions. Now, everything is only the picture, and there is no sound, do you understand the reason?Because the person who experienced it was a deaf-mute person who could not hear any sound at all, so when she narrated her experience, she would not have any description of the sound.

It happened suddenly, Chen Lixue lives with her family (about her situation, I will introduce it in detail later), she has a fairly large room with bathroom, she smokes a small amount of cigarettes, at midnight, when she wants to sleep, she is used to smoking a cigarette .She has a physical defect, she likes to meditate very much, and her temperament is naturally melancholic. In the quiet world, her thoughts seem to be completely free from any constraints, and she can gallop freely. She also likes completely irrelevant reveries. That night, she watched the smoke gradually dissipate. The shape of the smoke changed weirdly, and there was no pattern at all.

At that moment, she suddenly fell into a trance for a very short time, and then everything changed. She went back to ancient times. Bai Su and I asked together: "How can you be sure that you have returned to ancient times?" At the beginning, Chen Lixue didn't know that she had returned to ancient times. Her first feeling was that she had entered a dreamland and fell asleep, and the dreamland was a big set for shooting ancient costumes. She felt that she had suddenly entered the set, and was momentarily confused. Then, she heard heavy footsteps. I don't know the reason, maybe it was a sudden reaction of a person suddenly being in an unfamiliar environment. When she heard footsteps, the first thing she thought of was to hide.In the whole room, except for the bathtub in the middle, there was a row of screens in the corner, so she dodged and hid behind the screens, looking out through the gap connecting one screen with another, She saw a stout servant woman coming in with a big bucket of hot water. Next, everything she saw was written in the second section. She saw the beauty soaked in the tub, closed her eyes, and fully enjoyed the pleasure of bathing, thinking, what is this place, so weird, how did she come here?It's always very weird, why don't you get out of here quickly, the beauty out of the bath is closing her eyes, go out quickly, or you can go unnoticed. Chen Lixue's idea is good, but in practice, there are big problems. She is deaf, and she has no idea about the noises that will be made during her actions. Therefore, as soon as she steps out of the screen, the beauty who comes out of the bath will be Opening his eyes, he suddenly saw her. When Chen Lixue said this, she pointed to her own face and asked, "Do I look scary?" Bai Su said: "Of course it's not scary!" Chen Lixue smiled bitterly: "Then, why was this beauty so scared after seeing me? Could it be... I was not like this at all at the time, what kind of monster was I?" Bai Su shook his head with me. The fear of the beautiful woman out of the bath is naturally well-founded. If Chen Lixue really returned to ancient times, a beautiful woman in ancient times was out of the bath, and suddenly a stranger appeared behind the screen. That was reason enough to be aghast. Even if Chen Lixue had not returned to ancient times, the phenomenon she experienced was not the transfer of time, but the transfer of space. She was transferred to the set of a costume play. Reason enough to be astonished. There is also a possibility that all the experiences are just Chen Lixue's hallucination, since it is an hallucination, there is no need to explain the reason at all! Three analyses, one proposed by Bai Su and two by me.Chen Lixue lowered her head and thought for a long time before slowly shaking her head, obviously completely negating our three analyzes. We naturally want to hear her reasons. Chen Lixue first said: "It's not a set, it's really ancient times, there are no staff members who are filming, and it's not my hallucination, even if I'm afraid, I shouldn't be afraid to this extent," Bai Su and I both stopped for a moment. Chen Lixue emphasized again: "It's not too strange to go back to ancient times. The strange thing is that in ancient times, I don't know what kind of monster it is. It makes people feel horrified when they see it!" It was really strange that she insisted on this statement. In the second section, what did the beauty who got out of the bath see to be so terrified? I really don't know, because Chen Lixue didn't know what she was at that time. I still insist on my analysis: "You are still you! I can accept that you are not a hallucination, you have really returned to ancient times, but I disagree with what kind of monster you became at that time. Let alone ancient times, Miss Chen, even modern times , when you were getting out of the bath, a woman in ancient costume suddenly appeared in the bathroom, would you still calmly ask her your name?" Chen Lixue hesitated for a while: "But don't be afraid of being like that, it must be me—" I didn't wait for her to continue, so I waved my hand vigorously: "Maybe you are more scared than her! I really don't know why you were so stubborn to think that you became a monster at that time!" Chen Lixue's expression was very strange. My words were already quite blunt, but she was not angry, she just stubbornly refused to accept my opinion. Bai Su smoothed things over at this moment: "Suddenly, suddenly being in ancient times is indeed a strange thing worth studying──" However, Chen Lixue hurriedly made gestures: "For me, to understand how I entered the ancient times, it is not as important as me...what I look like..." No matter how patient Bai Su was, she couldn't help frowning at this moment, and Chen Lixue spoke even more urgently: "How do you guys see me now?" Bai Su and I said in unison: "Very good!" Chen Lixue took a deep breath, and for about ten seconds, her face was extremely pale, making one worry that she would faint. It seemed that she was truly terrified. Both Bai Su and I were waiting for her further explanation, and she said after she gradually recovered her normalcy: "Three days ago, I saw that... woman again." The first time I heard her say that, Bai Su and I felt uncomfortable for a while: "Which woman?" Chen Lixue's answer was: "It's that woman who came out of the bath in ancient times, I saw her again!" At that time, of course we didn’t know the circumstances under which she “saw” that woman again——a wise friend, of course, already thought that the situation of Chen Lixue seeing that woman again had already been described in the third section. Bai Su and I made gestures together: "Please explain in more detail." Chen Lixue took another breath: "I opened a small-scale gift shop, specializing in the sale of glass products. This small shop is managed by myself... I don't care if the business is good or bad, I just want to use it to pass the time. Silent world . . . which sometimes brings about extreme anxiety, which you do not understand." Bai Su lightly patted her arm twice to express his sympathy.She continued: "That day, when it was raining heavily, she opened the door and came in. I don't know if she wanted to take shelter from the rain, or to buy something. I was behind the cabinet at that time. When she looked up and saw me, she—" The situation after the woman raised her head has been described in detail in the third section and will not be repeated.Bai Su and I glanced at each other. According to what Chen Lixue said, after the woman entered the store, there should be only two people in the store. When the woman looked up, she saw Chen Lixue. When she saw Chen Lixue, why should she be afraid? ?It was really inexplicable, so I couldn't help muttering: "Most likely this woman is crazy..." Unexpectedly, Chen Lixue is also good at lip language, and she immediately reacted to my words: "Mr. Wei is joking, she must have seen something to be so scared... This gives me reason to believe that I am in a certain place. Under such circumstances, it will become a very terrifying monster, not only suddenly it will change in ancient times, but even in the shop it will become..." When she said this, her expression was horrified, and she seemed very sympathetic. I said loudly: "You are thinking wildly!" Bai Su winked at me twice, and asked Chen Lixue, "You must be the same person when you saw her twice?" Chen Lixue nodded vigorously to express her affirmation. Bai Su asked again: "Did you meet that woman in the shop first, and then suddenly saw Chuyu in ancient times?" When Bai Su asked this question, I immediately understood her intentions. Although Chen Lixue first said "entering the ancient times" before talking about what happened in the shop, if the things happened in the shop beforehand, things would be much simpler—— The things in the house impressed her deeply, and then she had the fantasy of "entering ancient times". Chen Lixue's reaction was extremely sensitive, and she immediately shook her head: "No, there are ancient things first, and then I saw her in the store. The appearance of this woman, I... was very impressed, I have already drawn her appearance── I have learned to paint, and I believe her photos, that's all." As she spoke, she opened the bag she brought and took out several pencil portraits. In the painting was a very beautiful girl, one was a bathing picture, one was fashion, and the other one was that girl in the bathtub. , a portrayal of the terrified expression, and another one, which is the scene of the girl in the shop, who retreated in horror because of something she saw. The four paintings are all extremely delicate and vivid. There is no doubt that Chen Lixue has extremely high artistic talent.She was able to express the woman's terrified expression so realistically in the painting that people have every reason to believe that the woman must have seen something terrible. The ancient beauties came out of the bath and suddenly saw someone coming out from behind the screen. Naturally, there was a reason for being extremely surprised.But when modern people enter a boutique and look up and see the clerk, why should they be frightened? I couldn't help but stared at Chen Lixue for a while, and I couldn't help but think in my heart: "If she can really change, I don't know what kind of monster she will turn out to be." Chen Lixue naturally knew what I meant by staring at her, so she also looked nervous, clenched her fists tightly, Bai Su's gaze stayed on the painting, and she sincerely praised: "The painting is really good, can you leave us a copy?" Chen Lixue hurriedly said: "There is no need to keep a copy, if Madam likes it, just keep it." Bai Su thanked her: "Your situation is indeed very special, but you don't have to insist that you can become a monster. As for why this beautiful woman suddenly appeared in ancient times and now again, and why you are so scared twice, then let me know." It's up to her to answer." Chen Lixue was greatly surprised: "Do you know her?" Before Bai Su could answer, I laughed first: "Such a beautiful girl is rare, and I believe she will not hide her name. It is very easy to find her." Chen Lixue's expression became much brighter: "It would be great if I could ask her face to face why she is so terrified. Please... please let me know as soon as you have any news." I was just thinking about how to get in touch with a deaf-mute person who can't hear the sound as quickly as possible. Chen Lixue took out a pager and pressed a button lightly, and the pager vibrated. I couldn't help but go dumb. Laughing, such a simple method, unexpectedly can't think of it! Bai Su agreed, and said again: "If you have any strange encounters, please tell us." Chen Lixue nodded repeatedly, got up to leave, and Bai Su and I sent her to the door, and saw a car driven by a driver waiting for her, it seemed that her financial situation was good. After seeing off Chen Lixue, Bai Su and I looked at each other, and then said together: "One, two, three, find Xiao Guo!" After talking about it, we couldn't help laughing together because we both had the same heart. I called our Detective Guo and told him to ask him to find someone. If there is a portrait of this person, I will send it in pictures and texts immediately. pass it on to him. There are four paintings in total, the one I passed to him is modern, the one where the beautiful girl entered the shop and didn’t show any fear, within five minutes, Xiao Guo’s call came . On the phone, he yelled at me: "Wesley, what are you kidding, really!" I was stunned: "Who's kidding?" Xiao Guo yelled even louder: "You asked me to find that beauty!" I understood: "She is very famous? Is it because Bai Su and I are ignorant that we don't know who she is?" Xiao Guo snorted, but finally stopped yelling: "I can't blame you, you have always disliked popular social activities, and you don't read reports about such activities. This beautiful girl is only over 20 years old. On her first birthday, her birthday party was the most luxurious and sensational in the history of this city, because she has a very rich father, she is Jin Dafu's daughter Jin Meili." I sighed secretly in my heart, I have heard of Jin Dafu, who suddenly became a rich man in recent years, his name is Jin Dafu, his daughter is called Jin Meili, although he is really beautiful, but this name is too straightforward ! I immediately thought again, why doesn't Chen Lixue recognize her?The reason may be the same as ours. Most likely, Chen Lixue has no interest in those social activities that some people are very passionate about. I didn't make a sound, Xiao Guo said again: "What are you looking for her for?" I thought for a while and said, "I have a little matter, can I arrange it so that I can meet her and talk to her?" Xiao Guo smiled ambiguously: "The number one beauty in the social world, even Wesley is interested?" I was a little annoyed: "Stop talking nonsense! Can you arrange it?" Xiao Guo immediately agreed: "Of course! I've made an appointment with her, and I'll let you know!" I put down the phone, Bai Su made a grimace at me, I couldn't help but smile wryly: "We live in really different times." Bai Su smiled: "It's nothing. It's impossible to know everyone in the city. Then Jin Dafu, I heard that he is an overseas Chinese from South America. He only made a big splash here in recent years?" I spread my hands, expressing that I was not interested at all: "After Xiao Guo has made arrangements, I think you will come forward to meet this Miss Jin Meili first?" Bai Su thought for a while, then nodded in agreement.