Chapter 123: Key Witness: Dr. Caleb
At night, Jian Xingzhou came out of the room and found Zuo Youyou sitting in the living room crying. The puppy circles around her, trying to lick her tears.
"Old Zuo!" Jian Xingzhou was startled, and ran over to ask, "What's wrong with you", but as soon as the words came out, what he said was: "What nerves do you have?"
Jian Xingzhou wanted to hammer himself.
Zuo Youyou smashed a pillow on Jian Xingzhou: "Go copy your Tao Te Ching!" ”
Jian Xingzhou raised his hand: "Okay, okay, I'll copy it, I'll copy it." It's so ugly for you to cry, don't cry like this when you're out of love......"
What am I talking about!
Jian Xingzhou raised the pillow and smashed his head.
Zuo Youyou raised his head from the computer and wiped his face: "I'm fine, just watching a movie." ”
"What movie?"
"Black Sun 731."
"Excuses, I don't believe it."
"Phew."
Jian Xingzhou dragged a chair over and sat behind Zuo Youyou and handed her a box of tissues.
Zuo Youyou covered his face with a tissue.
She was dragged into the heavy history of the Japanese invasion of China, and felt suffocated and depressed.
The atrocities of the Japanese army in "Black Sun 731" are presented in a gentle way in the artwork. Unit 731 frantically used innocent Chinese people as experiments, and carried out all kinds of inhumane human experiments.
Extracts from 203 parasites were injected into the human population to observe the transplantation of Yersinia pestis bacteria.
Human organs are dissected live to observe organ damage.
In the summer, people are put in the freezer and then thawed with water at different temperatures.
Subjects are frozen outdoors naked or in single clothes to test their resistance to cold at different temperatures, and their hands are knocked off with wooden sticks.
Frostbite experiment, quick-freezing experiment, decompression experiment, plague bacteria human transplantation experiment, ceramic bacteriometer bomb experiment, vivisection experiment......
Zuo Youyou covered his eyes.
A loud sniff erupted from behind him. Zuo Youyou turned his head, and in the blue light of the screen, he and Jian Xingzhou looked at each other with red eyes.
When the movie ended, Zuo Youyou reached out and turned off the computer. Jian Xingzhou didn't say a word, and returned to the room with his head down.
Zuo Youyou sat at the table in a daze.
She knows that according to the country's regulations, the content that can be seen by the audience is screened and mild. The horror and cruelty experienced by these murdered compatriots in history is far more terrifying than movies or photographs.
There is history that can never be forgotten. Descendants are not qualified to forgive their ancestors.
Zuo Youyou looked at the time, washed his face, calmed his emotions, and sent a WeChat message to Bai Xinshu.
"Did you land?"
After a few minutes, Bai Xinshu replied: "I just landed, and I haven't gotten off the plane yet." ”
Zuo Youyou: "I just watched "Black Sun 731". ”
Zuo Youyou: "The real history always makes me very painful. I don't understand how I can be at peace with that time that really happened. ”
The WeChat dialog box shows "The other party is typing ......", and Bai Xinshu seems to be thinking about how to reply.
Bai Xin Tree: "Keep it cold. ”
Bai Xinshu: "True history is always cruel, don't be bruised by history." ”
Bai Xinshu: "After reading it, don't think about it again." Take a hot shower, order a takeout, and play with your phone. ”
Zuo Youyou: "I understand the truth, but it's hard to change your mood. ”
The phone vibrates. Zuo Youyou saw the call from Bai Xinshu jumping on the screen, she was still immersed in the horror and depression of history, and she didn't want to answer.
The incoming call is over and there is an extra missed call on the screen.
The phone rang again. Zuo Youyou hesitated for a moment, but still took it.
Bai Xinshu's voice passed through from the opposite side, gentle: "I got off the plane." Harbin is beautiful. ”
He said: "Thinking that you are from the north, perhaps, you want to hear the voice of the north?" ”
He seemed to take the microphone of his mobile phone away, and the bustling and noisy northern dialect drilled into Zuo Youyou's ears from the earpiece.
Fireworks in the world, peace and tranquility.
Today's prosperity contrasts sharply with tranquility and horror of history, and Zuo Youyou finally feels his soul being pulled back into this world. She let out a long breath.
The warmth returned to her body, and she felt like she was alive again.
"Tomorrow you have to receive Dr. Caleb Matthew, right? How is your English? ”
"Uh......"
"I'll give you a task to practice your English."
"Good ......"
"Go."
Zuo Youyou hung up the phone and flipped out the dictionary of professional terms. Originally, it was just to distract her, and as she watched, her eyelids fought, and she returned to her room, lay down on the bed and fell asleep.
The dreams were also restless, full of gray fragments and crying.
The next day, Zuo Youyou rushed into the bathroom with two huge dark circles under his eyes, looked haggard, turned out the foundation, and slapped it his face.
Jian Xingzhou, who was also haggard, said: "I can't do it, I had nightmares all night last night." ”
"Me too." Zuo Youyou frantically covered up his face, barely covering the dark circles under his eyes, "Do you want foundation?" ”
Jian Xingzhou took three steps back: "Don't talk nonsense." I mean......"
After Jian Xingzhou finished speaking, Zuo Youyou turned back in shock.
"You're going to take the dog to Huaxia Shulin?!"
Jian Xingzhou was listless: "My life needs warm colors." ”
Zuo Youyou was busy putting on makeup: "It's up to you." ”
Jian Xingzhou ran to curry favor with the puppy, and Zuo Youyou set off to pick up Dr. Caleb at the airport.
Zuo Youyou's English level is not good, at most it can only be regarded as adequate. Therefore, sitting in the online car-hailing car, she talked to herself while playing English and reading English, in a vain attempt to become proficient in a language in a short time (30 minutes).
Finally, the ride-hailing driver couldn't bear it anymore: "Pretty girl, I can't hear the navigation anymore." ”
Zuo Youyou turned down the volume.
As she got closer to the airport, she became more and more empty.
When he saw Dr. Caleb, Zuo Youyou realized that he had a false alarm. As soon as Dr. Caleb opened his mouth, he was fluent in Chinese.
He was a tall, serious middle-aged man with calm blue eyes.
These eyes reminded Zuo Youyou of the Bai Xin tree.
Scholars who study the humanities seem to have a hint of coldness in their hearts.
Maybe it's because they have seen a lot of human joys and sorrows in their research? Bruised too many times during a flight close to history?
Zuo Youyou didn't know, the only thing she knew was that Dr. Caleb had a serious face and few words. After she had given a routine introduction to the city's customs, Dr. Caleb said, "I come here often," and there was an awkward silence between the two men.
Or rather, it was the awkward silence of Zuo Youyou's unilateral side, and Dr. Caleb seemed to naturally enjoy the silence.
"Take me to see the Chinese Ceremony first." He said suddenly.
Zuo Youyou was stunned for a moment, and temporarily instructed the driver to go to Huaxia Shulin.
There was no such thing in the original visit schedule, and, did he know about the Chinese Canon?