Chapter 9: The Mysterious Case
The snow didn't stop tonight, and the fog in time and space condensed into ice crystals, which were crystal clear, suspended in the silence of Dro, shattered in front of the windows of oncoming cars. The car drove all the way towards an endless abyss, turned Ninth Street, then headed south along the Droz River, and then drove into a villa. When Mu Tianyu arrived at the mansion, the chandelier in front of the courtyard had not been extinguished, and it was already 1:13 in the morning. The snow still didn't stop, it seemed to be getting heavier and heavier, and the heavy snow piled up on the lawn was three or four inches thick, and Mu Tianyu's footprints were deep in it. The temperature was low enough that the hot breath from his mouth condensed in an instant, and he shivered and stepped eagerly into the door.
The light in the hallway was still on, as if waiting for his return, and he tiptoed cautiously into the drawing-room, afraid to make a noise that would disturb his sleeping lover and daughter. It was warm inside, and he took off his shirt and turned on the warm light in the living room, when he heard the sound of slight footsteps coming from the entrance of the stairs. Then he saw the face that was extremely worried and beautiful. "Hey honey, haven't slept yet?" Mu Tianyu smiled with satisfaction, and his curved eyebrows leaned upward.
"......Shhh The little one just fell asleep. "She was really beautiful, like a snowflake, soaking people's hearts, raising her white fingers in front of her red lips and sighing, she held on to the wooden railing and walked down the stairs carefully." She said she wouldn't sleep anything, and I was almost done with the storybook. The woman smiled sweetly and hugged into Mu Tianyu's arms.
"I'm sorry, I promise, this is the last time." Mu Tianyu stroked her lover's hair, a wisp of body fragrance wafted into his body, and then kissed her red lips. There was still snow outside the window, which was really a scene of envy for others. As early as four years ago, Mu Tianyu had dreamed of a happy life with his family, and now it has finally come true. It's just that he occasionally comes home late for work needs.
"The last time you said that, it was in the bathroom of your room." The woman teased, but it was true, and she hugged Mu Tianyu tighter. That night, because of an urgent incident, a patient from the suburbs suddenly became ill, and her mother had to call Mu Tianyu for help, which happened to be ten o'clock in the evening. It took me two hours to drive and I came back after two o'clock.
In the bathroom of the master bedroom, the mist was shrouded in heat, Mu Tianyu breathed deeply, staring at his wife in his arms, holding her thin waist with his right hand and caressing her face with his left hand. "This time it's true, it's time to leave." Thinking back to being engaged in the psychological industry for more than ten years, from the hairy boy who was accidentally hit at the beginning to the mature charming man who is now envious of others, Mu Tianyu has experienced a lot and seen a lot, the faces of angels are not necessarily smiling, and the backs of demons are not necessarily angry.
Gu Ruoxi's body trembled, and her tender eyes stayed for a moment as her pupils dilated. "You...... What are you going to do? ”
Mu Tianyu kissed her red lips, and only after a moment did she exhale a breath of hot air and stare at the lover in her arms. "Yes, I have decided, I have nothing left to teach those students, everything that should be said and analyzed has been done, and they have to rely on themselves to deal with the actual situation of the patient, it is better to see than to hear." The warm water is from top to bottom, and yesterday afternoon, he had already talked to the senior management of the institute about this matter, and an agreement was reached. "When I finish the last public welfare aid, I will take you and Zilan to Zihuai Island in Tanglin, I always remember what you said." Gu Ruoxi's excited emotions, tears rolled in her eyes, and her trembling body leaned against Mu Tianyu. On the day Mu Zilan was born, Gu Ruoxi told Mu Tianyu that in the future, she wanted her family to go to Zihuai Island in Tanglin to live a paradise-like life, which was what she dreamed of. Because she had dreamed of that place since she was a child, as if she had lived there in her previous life, but she never told Mu Tianyu about it. As for the public welfare assistance that Mu Tianyu said, when he became a professor of psychology, he set a work schedule for himself, and he would do public welfare assistance once a month to help patients from remote areas who could not afford the funds, and he has been insisting on it for more than three years.
The sunrise after the heavy snowfall is extremely precious, and the city of Dro enters the sunny day early in the morning, and the citizens get up early, either for work, for morning exercises, or to catch the market, in this fast-paced city, any depravity will become fatal. In the morning market, the merchants who sold supplies had already started to open their businesses, and the sound of lively conversations came from the alleys, accompanied by the smell of steamed steamed buns hovering inside and out.
In the Institute of Psychology, Mu Tianyu walked out of the parking lot, accompanied by a beautiful and personality woman, Yang Ziqing. "I'm sorry, my father was too reckless yesterday." She smiled awkwardly, holding the most luxurious YZ satchel of the moment in her left hand, and the pair of pink high heels didn't match the outfit a little, but the whole thing was good. "I was already ......" She looked at Mu Tianyu with a bright smile at her, if he wasn't married, I'm afraid she would fall in love with him, in fact, she already had a love for him. You, what are you laughing at? "She didn't get it.
"Ziqing, your father did the right thing, he didn't have any fault, and it was normal to question it at the exchange meeting." Mu Tianyu comforted the woman in front of him, he really thought that Professor Yang's move was right, it was just a little unexpected.
"Do you really think so?" Yang Ziqing showed a playful expression, she quickened her pace, turned to look at Mu Tianyu, this previous and subsequent peers, in the eyes of outsiders, has a unique charm. "Didn't lie to me?"
"Why should I lie to you." The two of them were entering the door of the research institute. "Watch out the door behind you." Mu Tianyu was a little helpless, although he was quite accomplished in psychology, he couldn't capture a woman's thoughts.
Yang Ziqing stopped her pace abruptly, and subconsciously leaned forward, as if she had embraced Mu Tianyu's arms. "Oh, I'm sorry." She quickly raised her body, her expression slightly flustered, and her hands behind her back like a child making a mistake. Mu Tianyu shook his head and smiled, and he pushed open the door of the building. "Then, in order to thank you for the reminder just now, and to express my father's apology yesterday, can I invite you to dinner at noon?" This is the first time Yang Ziqing has invited Mu Tianyu, and her father's reckless behavior yesterday more or less provided her with an opportunity to get close to Mu Tianyu.
"Good idea." Mu Tianyu thought about leaving the research institute, and he hadn't invited his colleagues to dinner, although there had been a party, but it was all organized by the dean and others.
"That's settled, see you at noon." Yang Ziqing smiled and turned to leave, she was very excited, this pair of pink high heels seemed to be what she wanted today.
Mu Tianyu's workflow today is boring, and he knows that he is about to leave here, so his dedication to his work is not as high as before. He walked from the bookshelf in his office to the ruffle window, and then back to the rocking chair from the window, wandering. After some consideration, he pushed open the office door and walked out. The case room was on the B1 floor of Block C, and he arrived there very quickly. "Huh. Professor Mu. A clerk at the front desk looked at Mu Tianyu who was walking slowly and said in awe, he put the mobile phone he was holding in his left hand on the counter, and at the same time covered up a newspaper from yesterday.
"Hi, Kodaka." Mu Tianyu greeted him with a smile, he would come here a few times a month, and he was already familiar with several staff on duty at the front desk, but he rarely came recently for last night's exchange meeting.
"Are you going to do charity aid?" Mu Tianyu stopped as he passed by, nodding. "At the end of last month, the dean had cases reassigned to the interns."
"Is it gone?" As he spoke, Mu Tianyu looked at the closed door at the end of the corridor.
Xiao Gao turned his head to look around, and his words were a little slurred. "Yes, there should be none." The man had just celebrated his forty-fifth birthday party last weekend, and he enjoyed being called Kotaka because it sounded kind.
"It's okay, I'll go in and look for it." After Mu Tianyu thanked him, he walked towards the corridor, the wall lamp reflected his moving figure, Xiao Gao stared at the dark tunnel, the lonely back was gradually eroded by the darkness, and the picture seemed familiar.
The case room has changed, the messy and multitude of pictures are gone like flowing water, there are only a few bookshelves empty, and a few books are messily placed, Mu Tianyu really didn't find the dark yellow file bag containing the case after going around a few times. The dean's approach really surprised him, in the past, almost no one wanted to interfere in the cases here, after all, there was no benefit, and now he can figure it out and hand it over to the interns, which not only achieves the purpose of practicing but also helps others for free, it is really a double win, Mu Tianyu thought. Then, casually at the bottom of a bookshelf in the corner, he saw a dusty file bag, like a bag containing a medical case, and walked over to pick it up. In the dim light, dust poured down like a shower. "Whew." Mu Tianyu blew away the heavy dust on the document bag, which was dated September this year, almost three months ago. He carefully opened the seal, someone had already taken this case before? He guessed. Each psychiatrist will have a unique card with his or her name in the case folder in charge, and psychiatric patients are different from other patients in that they prefer to receive treatment from only one psychologist. But there was no signature on the card, just a simple sentence: I have done my best. Mu Tianyu also has a little study of the font, the end of the handwriting is bent, the pen is slightly tilted and weak, the pen is bulky, and the most incredible thing is that the word "has" actually took two strokes to complete. This is a sign of extreme despair. Which doctor left this? Mu Tianyu guessed, but had no clue.
The air on the first floor is not good, and the case room is in the innermost corner, and people will feel depressed after staying for a long time, like dark dust suspended in the spotlight, floating without a place to live, which makes people uneasy. Mu Tianyu pushed the door and walked out of the case room with the file bag, leaving an empty and secluded room. Xiao Gao heard footsteps from afar, turned his head to look at Mu Tianyu who was walking over, and at the same time put down his mobile phone and picked up a book on the table at random. "They were really careless and missed a case." Mu Tianyu lifted the document bag in his hand upward, and Xiao Gao saw it clearly.