"You guarantee that everything you say is true?"

"I promise, it's true!"

"If the person you live with now is not your father, then who is he?"

"I don't know, he looks exactly the same as my father, and not only his appearance, but even his behavior and tone are exactly the same."

"Then how can you be sure he's not your father?"

"Because...... My father wouldn't stare at the table while eating, wouldn't lie on the edge of the bed in the middle of the night and look at me, wouldn't keep refusing to take a shower, and wouldn't make that weird sound out of his mouth. ”

"What sound?"

"It's like a drowning person, the gurgling of water pouring into the trachea."

"Under what circumstances did he make that sound?"

"As long as he's alone, like sitting alone in the living room watching TV, alone in the kitchen, and sleeping alone in the bedroom."

"You didn't directly ask him why he did that?"

He asked, but he kept denying that he had done anything strange. One second it was still making that sound, but the next second I ran up to him and asked him, and he immediately denied it. ”

Shen Xing let out a long breath and looked at his old classmate Hong Anjie who was sitting opposite him.

At this moment, Hong Anjie's face showed unease, palpitations, and even a slight look of horror, this guy held a cup of coffee on the table with both hands, which was still a little hot, but he didn't drink it.

Shen Xing lifted the coffee in front of him and took a sip gently, the subtle bitterness penetrated into his throat through his taste buds, and then a faint sweetness rose, and his thoughts slowly calmed down.

The words of the old classmate surprised Shen Xing for the first time in his history that there were still bizarre events in this world that were the same as his own rebirth.

Shen Xing crossed about five months ago, and has the same name as the original owner of this body, who was engaged in the wood carving business, produced and sold himself, and ran a very small shop.

In the memory of the original owner, the person named Hong Anjie in front of him was his college classmate, and the two hadn't seen each other for nearly three years.

Originally, Hong Anjie found Shen Xing in order to give his father's own upper body sculpture as a birthday gift when his father's 55th birthday came, so he ordered it from Shen Xing in advance.

At that time, the two made an appointment to deliver the goods after a month, according to the photos of Uncle Hong provided by Hong Anjie, the prototype of the wood carving was basically completed, but in order to ensure that the image of Uncle Hong was not distorted, Shen Xing thought it was necessary to meet Hong Anjie's father again in person, so as to restore the real person in his works in this way to the greatest extent.

After contacting Hong Anjie, I found that this strange thing happened in his family!

According to Hong Anjie's description, Uncle Hong began to have an abnormality two weeks ago, and the specific strange behavior is as he said just now.

Shen Xing could see that Hong Anjie's body was already trembling slightly after describing his father's situation.

It's June weather at the moment, although the air conditioning is on in the café, the temperature is moderate, neither hot nor cold, and Hong Anjie's hands are still holding the hot coffee just delivered by the waiter.

He was trembling at the moment, obviously because of the fear in his heart.

The abnormal changes in his father have affected Hong Anjie's normal life.

After taking another sip of coffee, Shen Xing asked, "Then do you need to cancel the wood carving you ordered?" ”

You know, your own wood carving business is not easy to do, and finally took on such a big job, this single throw away the wear and tear of wood and tools, not counting the manual and consumed time, can earn almost 2,000 yuan.

The most important thing is for this work, Shen Xing spent a lot of mind and energy, because he trusted each other, the two only made a verbal promise, and received a deposit of 200 yuan, if Hong Anjie really canceled the wood carving order because of the emergency, it is really not good to blame the other party.

Although Shen Xing also knew that even if Hong Anjie wanted to cancel, he would pay him a loss of work or compensation.

Hong Anjie really shook his head: "No, continue to do wood carving." I'm telling you about this, but I haven't found anyone to talk to in the past two weeks, and I have talked a lot when I see you. Well, my dad should be fine. ”

Shen Xing proposed, "Do you want to send Uncle Hong to the hospital for a check-up?" ”

"You mean psychiatry?" Hong Anjie was stunned for a moment and shook his head, "His consciousness is very clear, and there is no sign of delirium, except for those strange behaviors I told you." ”

"So you think he's not your father?" Shen Xing smiled helplessly.

Hong Anjie nodded, then shook his head again, and sighed softly: "Now I don't know either." ”

Shen Xing thought for a moment and asked, "Does your father have a birthmark or something?" Have you noticed? ”

Hong Anjie was stunned for a moment: "To be honest, although I was suspicious of him, I really didn't think about checking it." ”

After the words fell, he drank the coffee he had been holding in one go, as if drinking boiled water, and after putting down the cup, he said to Shen Xing: "Let's go to my house now, you can observe my father up close, and then go back and continue to perfect the wood carving." When the time comes, I'll take a look at his birthmark. Well, he has a light red birthmark on his left shoulder near his neck, and because he usually likes to wear shirts, the collar is just completely blocked. ”

"Okay, let's go."

Shen Xing put down the coffee cup and left the coffee shop with Hong Anjie.

The two stood on the side of the street and hailed a taxi, and after getting in, Hong Anjie introduced Shen Xing to the situation at home.

He has an older sister, but she has married to another place and is not in Yungu City.

Hong Anjie also called his sister about his father's abnormal situation, and his sister just asked him to take Uncle Hong to the hospital for a thorough examination to see if it was a sign of Alzheimer's disease.

And when Shen Xing was in the coffee shop just now, he also had the same guess, his grandmother had Alzheimer's disease before he was reborn, and he was more aware of the performance of this disease, and he might be able to help Hong Anjie judge whether Uncle Hong had Alzheimer's disease later.

Hong Anjie's mother has passed away a long time ago, and there are only two people in the family: his father and him. After graduating from college, they got along with a girlfriend, but the two did not live together, and the girlfriend was not in Yungu City on a business trip for the past two days.

The home is a self-built house, not in the urban area, but in the suburbs of Yungu City, but the transportation is convenient, and it only takes 20 minutes to enter the city center by car.

There is a wide yard in front of the self-built house, and a large number of flowers and plants are planted in the corners around the yard, and there is a dwarf neck tree with branches growing close to the courtyard wall.

The air here is very fresh, Shen Xing hasn't been outside the suburbs for a long time, and he can't help but take a big breath, feeling a little refreshed.

Hong Anjie's family is not the only one here, there are all self-built houses around, some high and some low, with different styles.

Thinking that he couldn't visit Uncle Hong empty-handed, Shen Xing bought some fruit on the side of the street.

Hong Anjie walked in front and opened the courtyard door, first entered the courtyard, and Shen Xing, who was following behind, first looked around the courtyard, then followed in, then turned around and closed the door, and specially checked whether it was closed tightly.

Hong Anjie couldn't help but smile when he saw this scene, and asked, "What, your obsessive-compulsive disorder hasn't changed?" ”

"It can't be changed." Shen Xing shrugged, "If you don't check the closed door, you'll be worried about it for a day." ”

Hong Anjie shook his head with a smile and pointed in the direction leading to the living room: "My dad may be watching TV." ”

Shen Xing nodded and followed him into the living room door.

The moment he stepped into the threshold, Shen Xing seemed to hear some kind of strange and rhythmic sound, but the moment he entered the door, this sound disappeared immediately, making people think that the voice just now seemed to be an illusion.

looked up at Hong Anjie and found that Hong Anjie didn't seem to hear it as if he had nothing to do, but just used his mouth to nun the position of the sofa in the living room: "My dad is there." ”

At this moment, his expression had become very cautious, very careful, and the uneasy expression he had just had in the café reappeared.

Shen Xing looked at the sofa and saw that Uncle Hong was watching the TV intently, and did not notice that someone had entered the house. He was short, thin, and dark-skinned, and probably had worked on the farm as a young man.

"Dad, this is Shen Xing, my college classmate." Hong Anjie opened his mouth and said loudly.

Uncle Hong turned his head to look over, smiled, his expression was no different from that of ordinary people, and nodded: "Is it called Shen Xing?" I seem to have an impression, come, come and sit. Anjie, go pour a glass of water for your classmates. ”

Hong Anjie winked at Shen Xing, took the electric kettle to boil water, and Shen Xing approached Uncle Hong, put down the fruit he was carrying, sat on the other side of the sofa, and watched TV with him.

In the process, Shen Xing did not forget to observe Uncle Hong's behavior, especially the expression on his face, which could help him further improve Uncle Hong's wood carving image.

After Hong Anjie sat down, Shen Xing cut to the chase and asked Uncle Hong, "Uncle Hong, have you found that you often forget anything recently?" For example, I was about to do something, but I forgot it in a blink of an eye, and it took a while for me to suddenly remember it again. ”

Uncle Hong looked at him in wonder and shook his head: "No, I have a good memory, do you think I'm dementia?" ”

When the words fell, he couldn't help but laugh.

"Not really." Shen Xing said with a smile: "Then did you suddenly want to lose your temper, that is, it was inexplicable, or you felt in a bad mood and suddenly felt very low?" ”

Uncle Hong thought about it seriously, shook his head, and asked with a smile: "Xiao Shen, didn't you just say that you made wood carving?" Is it still a doctor? ”

In order not to arouse the suspicion of the other party, Shen Xing replied to his words: "Well, after graduation, I am studying on my own, and I am preparing to take another medical major. ”

"That's right." Uncle Hong looked sideways at Hong Anjie, "You have to learn from Xiao Shen, such a big person, don't hide in the bedroom and play games after getting home from work one day." ”

"Got it, Dad."

Hong Anjie put the poured hot tea in front of Shen Xing, and then deliberately sat down next to his father.

After saying a few words, he took the opportunity to see if the neckline was covered with a birthmark on the grounds that his father's collar was dirty, and the moment the collar was opened, Shen Xing also saw the light red irregularly shaped birthmark.

At this point, Hong Anjie and he were relieved, and the previous bizarre speculation about whether Uncle Hong was another person was completely denied.

It's just that as Hong Anjie said, Uncle Hong has not taken a bath during this time, and the smell that emanates from time to time on his body is indeed very big.

After chatting for about half an hour, Shen Xing said goodbye and left.

Hong Anjie sent him to the gate of the courtyard and asked in a low voice, "Does my father have Alzheimer's disease?" ”

"I can't see it yet." Shen Xing shook his head, "You can continue to observe these days, the early symptoms of Alzheimer's disease are forgetfulness, or personality begins to change, and sometimes there are changes in mobility, which is caused by cognitive dysfunction, and there may be irritability, delusions, hallucinations, etc." But I suggest that you better listen to your sister and take Uncle Hong to the hospital for a thorough examination. ”

"Okay." Hong Anjie looked depressed.

He also knew very well that if his father really suffered from Alzheimer's disease, which is a worldwide medical problem and cannot be cured, his future life will be very bad.

"Don't think about it until you're sure."

Shen Xing patted Hong Anjie on the shoulder, and was about to continue to say something, when his expression suddenly changed, and his eyes stared at his back.

Seeing this, Hong Anjie looked back in surprise and saw that his father had been standing at the door of the living room leading to the courtyard at some point, motionless.

He stood in a strange way, not facing the courtyard, but with his whole person blocked in the doorway, with his back to the two people outside the courtyard, facing inside the living room.

The whole person seems to have stood still.

"You...... Dad...... What are you doing? Shen Xingqi said.

"No...... I don't know. ”

Hong Anjie shook his head and shouted suspiciously: "Dad? ”

Uncle Hong didn't look back, nor did he answer, but suddenly walked forward, leaving the door without looking back, and entered the living room until he couldn't see it anymore.

Shen Xing and Hong Anjie looked at each other.

After a pause, Hong Anjie said: "Don't delay your time, or you go back first, I'll take my dad to the hospital for a good examination tomorrow." ”

After the words fell, he walked to the living room with some impatience.

"Well, what's the matter call me." Shen Xing glanced in that direction, turned to leave, and did not forget to habitually close the courtyard door.

When I came to the street, there happened to be a taxi passing by, and it took more than ten minutes to drive into the city, but after entering the city, it was a little blocked, and it took another twenty minutes to reach the street where Shen Xing lived.

At this time, it was almost dusk, and because he was worried about his father, Hong Anjie forgot to let Shen Xing have dinner before leaving.

Shen Xing didn't care very much, he lived alone, and when he didn't want to do anything, he would casually eat something on the side of the street and then go home.

This is the old town of Yungu City, and there are many small restaurants to choose from along the way.

Getting out of the car early, Shen Xing was thinking about what to eat as he walked, and his eyes slowly swept over the restaurants along the street.

Lao Wan wonton, delicious steamed bun shop, Kangjia dry mixed noodles, the first dry pot local chicken in the old city, Qianli Xiang beef hot pot......

Some restaurants are not suitable for eating alone, such as hot pot.

Besides, Shen Xing didn't have the energy to eat hot pot alone, so he thought about going to eat a bowl of wontons and then went home to continue carving the bust of Uncle Hong.

At this moment, because it is the rush hour, there are many pedestrians on the street, and the business of the restaurant is also good.

Shen Xing retracted his gaze and walked towards a wonton shop, when a person passed by him, and the two almost collided.

Shen Xing immediately stopped and took a step back, but the man didn't react and walked straight by.

Looking at the back of this man, he was short and thin, and the skin exposed from the back of his neck and arms appeared dark.

The picture in Shen Xing's mind was still stuck in the scene of seeing his side face when he passed by this person, and his heartbeat suddenly began to accelerate, and he had the feeling of falling into a dream.

Swallowing his saliva, he stared at the man's back, took out his phone and dialed a call.

Hong Anjie's voice came from the other side: "Shen Xing, are you home so soon?" ”

Shen Xing didn't answer him, but asked, "An Jie, where is Uncle Hong now?" ”

"At home, sit next to me." Hong Anjie replied inexplicably.

Shen Xing felt a chill down his spine, although there were people coming and going on the street at the moment, there was an inexplicable cold chill that permeated his whole body.

"What's going on? Why are you suddenly asking this? Hong Anjie felt that something was wrong, and immediately asked on the other end of the phone.

Shen Xing sighed heavily and said word by word: "Perhaps, your initial guess was right. ”

"What do you mean?"

"I just bumped into your father on the street."