Gui Mei came to my office to look for me that day, because it was a casual and idle form, I can't remember too much of the content of the chat, but I remember that when I talked about my case, Gui Mei said: "You said that if a ghost borrowed your body to go out and do something illegal and criminal, would the court betray you?"

"Your brain is too big, how can the people's judges believe these nonsense!" Although Gui Mei's mention of ghosts and ghosts always makes me feel weak, I still keep my composure.

Guimei was laughed at by me, but she didn't argue, she was still in a trance, as if she was talking to herself: "Yes, if people believe in nonsense, things are much simpler." ”

I thought I couldn't keep up with Guimei's rhythm and gave her a helpless smile.

Before Gui Mei left my office, she said in a relieved tone: "Alas, don't be pessimistic, this matter will be peaceful after it passes." ”

I asked Xinya what she meant by this at the time, and Xinya looked at me helplessly and shook her head.

While we were anxiously waiting for news from the police, Professor Wang called me and told me about my sleepwalking and asked me to go to his place.

Considering Xinya's serious dissatisfaction with Professor Wang, I was afraid that it would be unpleasant to go there, so I wanted to not let Xinya accompany me. But when I thought of Professor Wang asking me about sleepwalking that I didn't agree with in my heart, I still preferred to bring Xinya.

"He's denied your sleepwalking, what are you looking for him for, and the top priority now is to reduce the court's sentence. Don't go looking for him yet!"

Unexpectedly, Xinya not only didn't want to go, but also advised me not to go.

"The court can only resign itself to fate, and it is useless to think too much. I have been fully mentally prepared, you will help me manage the company at that time, I will squat in it for a few years, and you will return the company to Zhao and give me OK. ”

I acted relaxed and indifferent, but Xinya was even more excited, tears kept rolling down like beads of broken threads: "Please, don't say this!"

"Okay, I won't say anything about listening to you, but it's not appropriate for Professor Wang to call in person, isn't it appropriate not to go? Besides, my illness will not be cured in the future?"

Xinya hesitated for a moment and muttered, "It's really a blind delay."

I know, Xinya agreed.

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There was no news of Gui Mei for a few days after her disappearance, and Xinya and I were very heavy, not knowing what had happened to her, so we made a special detour to the police station on the way to find Professor Wang, but there was still no news.

When I arrived at Professor Wang's psychiatric clinic around 1 p.m., he instructed his assistant to pour two glasses of water, arranged for us to sit down on two single sofas, and asked me in a very kind manner, "How is the case, you must be very worried, right?"

"Things have come to this point, accept fate. I said without frustration.

Xinya always held a grudge against Professor Wang, and when Professor Wang turned his eyes to her, he finally couldn't hold back his complaints: "Professor Wang, I can't understand how you can't think of those things he does in the middle of the night without realizing it in his sleep? You know that your words are likely to change his fate for the rest of his life!"

In the face of Xinya's flushed face and dissatisfied tone, Professor Wang was still not impatient and smiled: "I deliberately set aside enough time this afternoon, let's have a good chat about his disease, okay?"

Xinya had a disapproving expression, but she didn't object, and I seemed to be completely numb.

"Can you tell me more about your upbringing and family background when you were a child?" Professor Wang asked me in a consultative tone.

Xinya also looked at me curiously at Professor Wang's voice, because I had not systematically introduced these contents to her.

"Absolutely. But there's nothing special about it. ”

"It doesn't matter if there is anything special about it, but I want you to introduce it in detail and specifically, and don't leave out details that have an important impact on your psychology and later character growth. After speaking, Professor Wang took out a voice recorder and told me with gestures to prepare for recording.

I said that the family environment in which I grew up was not complicated, in the countryside, because my father was bedridden very early, and when my eldest brother was just an adult who could support a family, he and his father died one after another, and my mother supported two children alone, so I was relatively poor, and I belonged to the kind where eating and dressing became a problem and could not afford to go to school and pay tuition.

Professor: Do you remember your parents often arguing?

Me: No, my father was already bedridden when I remember it, and I didn't hear them arguing.

Professor: Are your parents very strict with you, and do you often beat and scold you or even worry about you?

Me: It's okay, you don't beat me much, as long as you don't do anything hurtful. It should be said that there is no question of apprehension.

Professor: Do your parents, or your mother, often compliment you, or do you think you're not angry?

Me: I'm kind of proud of me. Because I grew up in the village, people praised me for being obedient, sensible, intelligent, sweet-mouthed, and diligent and not lazy, and they were willing to let their children learn from me.

Professor: How do you feel, do you feel beautiful and proud?

Me: Hmm. I guess so.

Professor: At that time, did you think that you must maintain your image as a 'good boy' in the hearts of the people in the village, or that you want to enjoy this good feeling all the time?

Me: I forgot what I was thinking about at the time. Maybe.

Professor: You just mentioned that your parents don't let you do things that hurt nature and reason, do you have any impression of what they say about things that hurt nature and reason?

Me: My mother hadn't read, I didn't ask her or explain, and I didn't know what she was referring to.

Professor: If you go back to that time, would you think it was a crime against nature? Murder, theft and robbery, rape and threat to women, beating and scolding others, bullying the weak, lying and deceiving others, petty theft, damage to other people's property, stealing and cheating, and so on.

Me: It's not easy to say, most of them should be counted, and some depend on the occasion and degree, such as lying and deceiving people, stealing and cheating, it is not easy to generalize.

Professor: Personally, or your family members, when you were young, were you bullied or humiliated by others, and you wanted to retaliate?

Me: I guess, at least at the time. Now it's been a long time and it's gone.

Professor: Let's give you two examples.

Me: One thing was when my brother was injured. There is a family in our village who is not very reasonable, relying on the fact that there are many sons in the family, and they are arrogant in the township. My brother saw his cow gnawing on the rice seedlings in the production team one morning, and drove the cow away after shouting a few times and no one answered, but the man who was in the woods saw the cat, and insisted that my brother had beaten his cow, and called the sons of the family to beat my eldest brother to a bruised nose and swollen face, and had no money to go to the hospital, so he lay at home for a few days, and no one apologized or compensated. I can't fight others, and I hated it at the time.

Professor: Anything else?

Me: And it's not so obvious, because there is no man in charge of the family, and there are always some unfair treatment and bullying in the production team, such as distributing grain and fruits, and assigning farm work, there will always be a difference between good and bad.

"Okay, that's all for now, and if you have any major omissions, feel free to let me know. ”

"Professor Wang, what we are anxious about now is his case, the problem that he is about to face in prison for I don't know how many years, and we have an employee who has been missing for many days and has not been found......"

"Understand, understand, don't worry!" Professor Wang still maintained a good patience, gesturing to Xinya to be calm. "You two drink saliva first. In your case, maybe I can really help you. ”

Xinya and I looked at each other, thinking about Professor Wang's unhurried and confident appearance, and I suddenly felt a sense of brightness.