Dream of Death (V)
The good time in the early morning is also relatively relaxing for Youyi. There are not many people in his family and the elders do not interfere with his daily life, so no one will urge him to get up even if he stays in bed.
However, although Youyi is lazy every day, he does not have the habit of staying in bed.
He climbed out of bed. The nanny had already prepared breakfast. His aunt was sitting at the dining table with delicate makeup and looking confident, ready to start another successful day in the business world.
"Wake up." His aunt waved at him, "Is your pocket money enough? Otherwise, I'll give you a little more this month."
You Yi quickly shook his head. He knew that the increase was going to be doubled. Although there was no such thing as too much pocket money, there was no need to be greedy as long as it was enough for him to spend.
Besides, he is almost an adult. If it weren't for Chen Mengze's incident, he would have planned to find a summer job to train himself this summer.
His family situation is a bit special. His parents are busy with work, so he lives with his uncle and aunt almost all year round. They have always raised him as their own child.
Before my aunt got married, she was the eldest daughter of a certain consortium. She defeated countless other candidates for the position of heir and successfully ascended to the throne as queen.
The queen went against all odds and married her uncle, who was a young detective at the time.
Both of them had a characteristic of the young people at that time: they were afraid of trouble and didn't want to have children.
Until Youyi was ten years old, neither of them had any plans to have children. Instead, every time they saw Youyi, they would pamper him like a doll.
These two people don't know how to raise a child. Apart from giving him money and asking if he needs money, they basically let him run wild. Especially when they are busy with work, it is normal not to see him for ten days or half a month.
You Yi believes that he is born with natural beauty and that it is hard for him to give up on it, as it has remained strong and has not grown crooked. He also believes that it is a blessing for a person to be able to live his life the way he likes.
When these wild thoughts flashed through my mind, my uncle, who was often not seen, unexpectedly appeared at the dining table. It is said that nephews are like their uncles, and there is some truth to this.
My uncle exuded a lazy temperament, and he staggered every three steps before sitting down at the dining table slowly.
"Uncle! I've been very busy lately, competing with the police officers who are working hard to protect people's safety and property for business!"
You Yi looked at his uncle with a smile.
Even this great detective who had worked in the bloody storm and was able to handle murder cases and track divorces and cheating wives, still got goose bumps when he saw his nephew's strange look, which was like a brothel owner looking at a new girl.
"What do you mean by stealing business?" Uncle You took a piece of bread from the plate. "Nowadays, the clients are getting younger and younger, but they are becoming more and more immature. They don't trust the police officers at all. I can't do anything about it."
You Yi looked at him and asked, "Have you encountered any interesting cases?"
"There is nothing new under the sun." Uncle You leaned lazily in his chair, "It's still the same trivial matters, grudges and love-hate relationship. But recently, a kid younger than you came to me and said he had a very strange dream. At least it's appropriate to see a psychiatrist for a dream, right? But he said he would die and asked me to protect him."
He said this and shook his head with a sigh.
"I think this is related to hypnosis. I plan to seek advice from a professional. The child is about to collapse."
You Yi seemed to be lost in thought. His aunt reached out and patted his shoulder. "Nan Zhou, I haven't seen you recently when I came to play with you. You look so lost! You only hear the new people laughing, but never the old ones crying. Your Majesty, you can't ignore your old friends just because you have new ones."
"How could that be possible? A few days ago, Chen Mengze ran into some trouble outside, so I went to help him." You Yi thought for a moment and reported the reason for his long journey. "I will turn over Nan Fei's card in the next few days and comfort her."
However, having said that, it was several days later that he saw Nan Zhou again, and this time he was turned away.
Nanzhou went to the neighboring city with his family for two days. He was surprised to see Youyi at his doorstep. After all, he had not been seen for most of the summer vacation and no one knew what he was doing.
Of course, she said she was looking, but in fact, You Yi grabbed his neck from behind and said, "Hey, handsome guy, you're looking around. Are you looking for me?"
Nan Zhou pushed his arm and said, "Don't block the door. Where have you been during this summer vacation? Eight out of ten times you were not at home."
"It's not that Chen Mengze who insisted on exercising and improving his martial arts during the summer vacation, and he even dragged me along." You Yi dragged him into the house. It was still very hot in August.
"I'm at his house eight out of ten days, exposed to the wind and sun, and my cabbage is about to turn into dried eggplant."
Nan Zhou was half-believing and half-doubting, "You are a lazy bum who would rather lie down than sit, and you practice martial arts."
"Hey, what are you talking about?" You Yi patted him on the back. "It's so hot, I worked so hard to come to you, I can't just do nothing, right? How about we go to the swimming pool for a swim?"
As he spoke, he seemed to have thought of something and laughed, "It is said that a skill is always a good thing. Learning more things can always save your life."
Nan Zhou didn't know what was wrong with him, but he was very tempted by this proposal.
*
I had a great time swimming in the swimming pool for a long time, and my good mood lasted until I got home, but I couldn't hold on to the end.
When the aunt at home saw him coming back, she immediately came to greet him, "Master, you are back. Something happened to the husband, and the wife has gone to the hospital. You should go and see him too!"
You Yi's heart skipped a beat, and his first reaction was to think of the case his uncle had mentioned at the dinner table three days ago.
"Did my aunt say anything when she left?"
Auntie said, "No, I just told you to go to the First Hospital of City A first. Master, don't worry."
You Yi responded and went straight to the hospital.
When he arrived at the hospital, he found his aunt, his uncle's partner (a young detective), and two policemen in the ward.
Seeing him come in, everyone stopped talking and turned their eyes to him.
You Yi greeted him and took a closer look at his uncle, who was lying on the hospital bed without any redness on his face or breathing. There were no external injuries on his body. Apart from looking like a sleeping beauty, there was really nothing else to see.
He immediately felt relieved. As long as the person was still breathing, everything would be fine.
"You guys keep talking, I'm listening." You Yi nodded to the people in the room, "It would be even better if you could be so kind as to give me a brief summary of what happened."
His aunt shook her head helplessly at his nonsense, and she didn't intend to hide it from him. "Your uncle recently received a commission. In short, it is related to the dream of death."
Youyi repeated, "Dream of death?"
Why does it sound familiar? I seem to have seen it on Penguin’s hot search.
Sure enough, I heard my aunt say, "It's all over the Internet, go search it!"
Youyi twitched the corner of his mouth. It turned out that the indescribable expression you made just now was not to give me scientific knowledge, but to express your helplessness.
No matter what he thought, Youyi still lowered his head to touch his phone.
The two policemen were also acquaintances of Uncle You. When they heard the words "dream of death", they couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Youyi lowered his head and read all the popular articles about dreams of death on the Internet, and he already had an idea in his mind.
"People whose phones have a death icon will be trapped in a deep dream, and the longer the dream lasts, the harder it will be to wake up. So, is my uncle addicted to the internet and cursed by the god of mobile phones? Or did he risk his own life to send the client's icon to his own phone for the client's safety, and the experiment was successful, so he became Sleeping Beauty himself?"
Uncle You's partner was a silent man. He showed a complicated expression as if he wanted to correct You You's words, but in the end he could only say briefly, "It's the latter."
You Yi showed an expression that said, "As expected, now..."
The police officer next to me said, "The bureau has transferred a very capable psychology professor. He has handled similar cases before and will be here soon."
You Yi looked at the adults present, and he guessed that they had no way out, at least not yet, so he stood up and said, "Then I'll go out and think about life. Would you like something to drink? I'll go buy it."
Everyone else said no, but my aunt waved her hand and said, "Just buy whatever you want."
When Youyi closed the door, everyone in the room sighed at the same time.
The partner said, "This kid seems to have a good idea. He doesn't panic when faced with problems. It seems like he has a solution?"
Although he was only a few years older than Youyi, he felt that his youth was gone and spoke in a very old-fashioned tone.
The people present were all good at reading people's expressions, and they also saw that You Yi's calmness was not only due to his personality, but also a kind of confidence that there must be a solution. This made them very puzzled, after all, this matter was quite strange, and they were not so confident.
Auntie's eyes never left Uncle You. She didn't think You Yi could do anything. "Are we just trying every possible means to cure our illness? We are hoping that a child can provide a solution."
One of the police officers had just received a phone call. He said, "We won't stay here much longer. Our colleagues in the technical department said there was some new discovery. We will notify you if there is any news."
The partner said, “Thank you.”
The policeman shook his head. "One of our colleagues tried the same method, but he also couldn't get up. I hope he can wake up soon!"
After sending the police away, the partner advised, "Don't worry, sister-in-law. I believe Brother You will be able to do it with confidence."
"Of course, if he dares not wake up, I will skin him alive." My aunt said this in a calm tone.
His partner shuddered, and he felt that even if the other party woke up, he would be skinned alive.
*
On the other hand, the reason why You Yi was so calm was not because he was confident that he could solve the problem. He just knew that panicking was useless.
He thought about it and decided that relying solely on external forces would not work, so it would be more reliable to investigate it himself.
This external force also includes the police. They may not be good-for-nothings, but we may not tell them any detailed clues. To solve the problem, we need to have more clues and know where the key to the problem lies.
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