"What really caught my attention was the girl's scream, which was the key to this nightmare, the fish was just the clue, and the brain trauma was just the answer to why I couldn't find the connection between the dream and reality. But what really came close to the truth was the screams of the girl who didn't wake him up. When Shi Hao investigated his brain trauma again, he found an unsolved murder case. ”

"You're saying that the case is related to him." I asked him as I swallowed the food in my mouth.

"It is not known at this time, and there is no direct evidence that he is connected to that case." Li Jing picked up the carrot cubes in the bowl, "But that's the only thing that can explain why there are girls screaming in his dreams." ”

"Why?" I asked her curiously.

"Because the victim was a girl." Li Jing looked at me after swallowing the last bite of food.

After eating, Li Jingcai told me all the information that Shi Hao had found.

Because Li Jing found new clues in the case, the Xiao team re-arraigned the case. The victim was a girl who was found dead at home only three days after the accident. The neighbor always smelled the stench coming from the girl's house, so he complained to the property, and the property called the girl to find that the bell was coming from the girl's house, so he became suspicious and called the police. When the police came, they felt that the smell was wrong, and after breaking down the door, they found that the girl had been dead for three days, and the stench was coming from the corpse.

There were obvious signs of someone tidying up in the house, and the forensic examination showed that the girl was suffocated by someone strangled by something. At that time, I visited the girl's neighbors, and also investigated the girl's colleagues and friends, but there were no valuable clues, and the community belonged to an old-fashioned house and there were no surveillance cameras, so the case has been shelved until today.

"Did you find any suspicious people at that time?" There's always someone to suspect, right?

"Yes, the police initially suspected the girl's ex-boyfriend, who had called the police to the man to use violence. But after that, the boy never bothered the girl again, and everyone in the community reported that they had never seen the boy again. And her ex-boyfriend has a clear alibi. The boy worked at a 24-hour convenience store that day, and the store was monitored, and the people who bought things that day could prove that the boy was watching the store all day. In addition, it takes 40 minutes to go back and forth from the convenience store to the location of the incident. There is no facility to commit a crime. ”

"Could it be a burglary?" I thought about it for a moment.

"No, nothing of value was lost. If it's a burglary, you will never clean up the house after the theft. The victim's death was during the day, and if there were strangers, someone in the community should have noticed. Li Jing objected to my view.

"Then it can only be people in the community. Did the victim usually have a grudge against someone? ”

"The information shows that there is no, the owner of the house is a low-key person, he has not had much contact with the neighbors, and everyone does not know her very well." Li Jing slowly told me about the results of the investigation that year.

"This is the girl who owns the house?" I'm a little shocked, now that the house price is so expensive, where does she get the money to buy a house?

This room belongs to her parents, but his parents live on the outskirts of the city because this apartment is in the center of the city and the transportation is very developed. So she often comes back to live. Li Jing saw my doubts, "No one noticed anything unusual before the girl was killed, so the police suspected that an acquaintance committed the crime, but after checking for a long time, there was no one worth suspecting." So the case has been hanging in the air. But when Mr. Zhang came to see me, he said that he heard the screams of girls in his dreams, so he was re-interrogated. ”

"But how did you get Mr. Zhang to this case?" I admire Li Jing's imagination so much.

"It was Shi Hao who found out. One of Mr. Zhang's college classmates lives on the top floor of the incident. Because there is no elevator in the old residential area, you have to climb stairs to go up and down the stairs, so it is possible that Mr. Zhang heard the sound when he walked the stairs. "On the same day, the place where Mr. Zhang was attacked for no reason was less than a kilometer away from the scene of the crime, so I can't help but suspect that Mr. Zhang may provide important clues to solve the case." ”

I put my hand on my cheek: "I thought you were suspecting Mr. Zhang as the murderer." ”

"Didn't I say he wasn't a murderer? But all we can know now is that he heard the girl screaming. If we have other clues, we can make more judgments. Li Jing squinted at me, "I thought you would grow a little bit with me for so long?" ”

I'm immune to his cynicism: "So what are you going to do next?" ”

"I've discussed it with Team Xiao. He is in the process of applying for procedures to hypnotize Mr. Zhang. ”

"Good luck." I yawned.

When I got off work, I accidentally glanced at the window and found that Mr. Zhang, Li Jing's patient, had reappeared in the hospital, and he hurried towards the outpatient building. I was curious and quietly followed. Sure enough, he went to find Li Jing.

"Dr. Li, my dreams are getting more and more terrifying." I heard Mr. Zhang say to Li Jing outside the door.

"Have you decided to consult a psychiatrist?" Li Jing asked him.

"Not yet. I'm a little nervous, you say, oh, it can't be some kind of disease, right? Mr. Zhang's nervousness could be heard from his voice.

"I don't think it has much to do with your body. I've given you a pulse before, you're healthy, don't worry. But there's one thing I'd like to mention to you. Li Jing comforted Mr. Zhang.

"Whatever you say." Now Mr. Zhang should not realize that he has been involved in a murder case.

"Didn't I ask you if you had any head trauma?" Li Jing's tone is quite polite now.

"Ugh." The other party just hesitated to pronounce a monosyllabic word.

"Because you're screaming in your dream, it's possible that your brain is responding to something you've been experiencing in your dream. But since you can't tell the dream clearly, I suspect that the image you are feeding back from your dream is that you have forgotten a scene. So I looked up your medical records online yesterday and found out that you had a head trauma stitched in a hospital two years ago. Coincidentally, there was a murder not far from your injuries, the deceased was a girl, and the time of your injuries was close to the time of the girl's death. Li Jing pondered the vocabulary for a long time before slowly explaining to the other party.

"What do you mean?" The other party listened to Li Jing's words, and his tone became stiff.

"Mr. Zhang, don't be nervous. I didn't suspect you, but because it was too much of a coincidence, I wondered if you forgot something because of a brain injury, and the thing you forgot about is likely to be a key clue to solve the case. One of your college classmates happens to live on the sixth floor of the victim's apartment. Li Jing's tone has always been very calm.

But his patients may have misunderstood what Li Jing meant: "So you think I have something to do with the case you said?" "Mr. Zhang's expectations are getting worse and worse, I'm afraid that he will really punch Li Jing in a while, and I'm thinking about whether to go in and do Li Jing a favor.

"I just told you that I'm not judging you, I just think you might be giving us useful clues. I also hope that you will be able to free yourself from the torment of nightmares soon. So I want to help you remember what you forgot about jì, so that not only can you unravel the root of your nightmare, but also help a victim to get his life done. Li Jing continued to explain to the patient.

There was no movement in it for a long time, and I waited a little anxious until I heard the patient hesitantly say, "Well, what do you need to do?" ”

"I hope you will cooperate with the police in hypnosis, some of which can help amnesiac people recover their memories. Don't be nervous, this kind of hypnosis is not harmful to health. Perhaps seeing the worry of the change, Li Jing hurriedly explained to Mr. Zhang that hypnosis would not have side effects on Mr. Zhang.

Maybe when he heard the words of the police, Mr. Zhang flinched a little, and his attitude changed back to the blunt just now: "Why did you tell the police about this?" ”

In this way, we can help Mr. Zhang more effectively. Mr. Zhang also wants to know the source of his nightmare as soon as possible, doesn't he? However, Mr. Zhang, rest assured, everything will be kept confidential and will not have any impact on your life. ”

Under Li Jing's repeated assurances, Mr. Zhang reluctantly nodded in agreement. As soon as the patient went out, I quickly ducked around the corner on the other side.

After seeing the patient leave, Li Jing shouted in my direction: "Come out, I know you are hiding behind the corner." ”

I walked out stupidly: "How do you know? I asked him.

"I heard footsteps when you came. The shoes you're wearing today are new, they're stiff, you're wearing them very uncomfortable, your right heel is grinded, so you're walking with a little limp and there will be a slight difference in your voice. And the footsteps are gone to the door of my office, and I can't think of anyone else but you and eavesdropping at the door without getting off work. Li Jing tilted the corners of his mouth and made a mocking expression.

"I saw him come to your office with a majestic look, thinking he would be bad for you, so I came with you to protect you." I stood aside and argued.

"Yes, I'm sorry for you to come over and make sure I'm safe." Li Jing began to pack up and get ready to get off work.

"And how are you going to treat me? I want to eat stir-fried shrimp with choy sum today. I cheekily ordered at the door, "By the way, the strawberries in the greenhouse are down, and I have to go to the supermarket today to buy strawberries and very small tomatoes." ”

"Sure enough, the girl's stomach is a bottomless pit." Li Jing sighed quietly, "But fortunately, he still decided to cooperate with the police to do hypnosis." ”

"How sure are you that hypnosis will be successful?" I couldn't help but get worried.

"Take one step at a time, there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain."