When you see the main master, of course, you have to do the right thing. Aoki was invited into Xia Wenyuan's study on the second floor.

When he went upstairs, Hu Xing quietly walked into his ear and said, "My grandfather's study is not allowed to be entered by ordinary people, and I only went in once when I was a child." ”

Aoki said, "Then you are stained with my light today!" ”

Hu Xing's face is black, I have never seen such a shameless person, obviously it is my grandfather's family! However, what this guy said didn't seem to be wrong, and there was no way to refute it, so he had to take advantage of him. But when a woman is angry, she likes to settle old accounts, so she says: "You have to sell cheaply, and I haven't settled the account with you just now when I gave you the lighter I gave you to play with fire!" ”

When he entered the door, Xia Wenyuan instructed Li Wei: "You go and invite Peter." ”

Li Wei answered "yes" and handed the wheelchair in his hand to Wu Lixia.

Xia Wenyuan's study is very large, but it is not the luxury of antique calligraphy and paintings and classical furniture as imagined, but quite simple. Aoki only noticed that there was an oil painting hanging on the wall in the middle of the study facing Xia Wenyuan's desk, which depicted a sleeping girl on a red chair.

This painting is so famous that even Aoki is not a vassal and elegant person, but he has heard of it a little. The painting, titled "Dreams," is one of Picasso's most important works, and Aoki remembers reading reports that a wealthy fund manager in the United States paid more than $100 million to buy the painting from a Las Vegas tycoon, setting a sky-high price that year.

"Mr. Aoki also likes oil paintings?" Xia Wenyuan noticed that Aoki had been looking at the painting since he entered the door.

Aoki said frankly, "Generally speaking, good art is the same, and it can hit people's hearts. ”

After taking a seat, the maid made tea and said a few words of greeting, and Li Wei led a foreigner in.

Xia Wenyuan introduced: "This is my personal doctor, Peter, this is Mr. Aoki, recommended by Professor Mei Yiqiu. ”

"Oh, hello Mr. Aoki!" Peter's Chinese is very standard, and he warmly shook Aoki's hand, "I'm Peter Stoll and I'm from Pennsylvania. I'm also a fan of Professor Mei Yiqiu. ”

Xia Wenyuan said: "Peter has been working with me for 10 years, and he is a very good doctor. As for my question, please ask Peter to tell you more about it, if there is anything I need to add, just ask me and Lixia. ”

Aoki could see that Xia Wenyuan was a little tired.

Peter said: "Xia Lao's health has always been very good, but since the beginning of the year, he has often had symptoms of insomnia and nightmares. At first, we thought it was caused by too much pressure at work, and we also carried out psychological counseling and decompression. Soon after, he developed a partial nerve conduction dysfunction in his body. Neither my lab nor the hospital could find out why. Last month in the United States, after several rounds of expert consultations, it was confirmed that Xia Lao had gray matter weathering. ”

"This is a very rare and insidious disease, with no more than ten cases currently detected worldwide. Their common feature is the gradual fibrosis of the gray matter layer of the brain. The so-called gray matter fibrosis is the cerebral cortex, also known as the gray matter layer, where a large number of neuronal cells are gathered, slowly turning into an inactive fibrous structure, which is very fragile, like clothes that have been sealed in ancient tombs for thousands of years, and may become fly ash when blown by the wind. ”

Aoki asked, "What is the cause?" ”

Peter shook his head and said: "Due to the number of cases, there is no clear statement in the medical community at the moment. However, there is a very strange commonality, perhaps it is a coincidence, the currently known patients are all celebrities. ”

"Heh, it's still a rich disease!" Aoki joked.

Peter frowned a little in disgust at the fact that Aoki was so impolite to say such a thing in front of a patient.

On the contrary, Hu Xing and Wu Lixia probably understood Aoki's temperament and felt that it was nothing.

Wu Lixia said: "We Lao Xia often say that we are rich for no more than three generations, and we must run a family in a good way, so our daily life is not very luxurious, and there is still a degree of food and clothing." ”

Aoki smiled apologetically, feeling that Xia Wenyuan was indeed a respectable person.

Peter continued: "The progress of this disease is very slow because there are no samples, and the people who get it are people of fame and status, and it is impossible to put it in the laboratory and study it casually. Fortunately, Xia Lao's condition was effectively controlled, although I can't tell how it was controlled. ”

Aoki asked, "Has anyone already died of this disease?" ”

Although it is taboo to say this in front of Xia Wenyuan, this is a question that has to be asked, but fortunately, their family does not seem to be unreasonable people.

"Not yet, the most serious ones are vegetative people," Peter said. We judged that the end result of the development of the disease is that there will be no death, and the person will gradually lose all sensation due to the fibrosis of neuronal cells, but the function of the brainstem and medulla oblongata will not be affected. ”

"And what is the purpose of your search for me?" Aoki asked.

"Oh, that's right, when this disease was not discovered, Xia Lao had the phenomenon of having nightmares every day, and it has not been well until now, so we consider whether there is any connection between them. We have also seen many psychiatrists, but there is no obvious effect. I heard that Professor Mei is an authority in psychology and neuroscience, so I ......"

Peter said in his heart that Mei is an authority, but you are not an authority. He glanced at Aoki and said, "I heard that Professor Mei went to Copenhagen, I don't know when I will come back?" ”

"I don't know, I'm just friends with the professor, not his wife. By the way, you're not a fan of the Professor, so you can ask. Aoki said.

Peter was so choked that he didn't say anything for a long time, and wondered if this man was crazy or unsophisticated. He is also an outstanding figure in the medical field, saying that he is a fan of Mei Yiqiu is just a polite remark, where is it serious, even if Mei Yiqiu is in person, or his employer Xia Wenyuan will not talk to him so rudely.

Aoki didn't care what Peter was thinking, and turned to look at Xia Wenyuan, who was leaning on a wheelchair and closing his eyes.

For Xia Wenyuan's identity, of course he is not good at coming up and hypnotizing him to see his dreams. And a person like Xia Wenyuan, who has had decades of ups and downs in life, would not have been able to sit in his position today without full concentration. Hypnotizing him will naturally not be as easy as dealing with ordinary people.

To enter his dream world, you have to take it one step at a time.

"Mr. Xia, can you tell me about your dream?" Aoki asked.

"There's nothing you can't do." Xia Wenyuan opened his eyes, "Since the first month of this year, I have often dreamed that someone is trying to kill me. This man knows everything about me, he knows everything about me, including my weaknesses, my past, and even things I can't remember on my own. ”

"Do you have such dreams every day?"

"At first, I didn't, I did it every few days, but then the interval became shorter and shorter, and recently as long as I fell asleep, I would definitely dream of him."

Xia Wenyuan looked a little heavy when he talked about the dream.

"Even though it was a dream, I had a feeling that if I was killed by him in my dream, I would really die. So, I insisted on fighting him and tried my best to deal with him, but his strength became stronger and stronger, and he got to know me better and better. I'm already out of my grip, I don't know how long I can last. ”

Aoki asked, "What does this person look like?" ”

Xia Wenyuan closed his eyes and thought for a while, and the sickness on his face became more and more serious.

"To be precise, he's not alone. He is a shadow. ”