Chapter 361: Unexpected Person
"The human brain can recall the five senses: hearing, vision, touch, smell, taste... all can be recalled through imagination. You can't play movies in your mind, but maybe you can play songs. After touching a cat, you can remember the feeling of touching a cat. After smelling peppers, you can immediately think of the smell of peppers. After eating apples, you can clearly remember the feeling of eating apples... This is the same principle as the brain can simulate images." Su Mei roughly explained one thing to Huo Jianguo.
Huo Jianguo probably understood, and he nodded: "Then I have no problem listening, touching, smelling, and eating. Although I haven't touched a gun for a long time, I know what it feels like to touch a gun."
"Some people lose two or three senses. The worst case I've seen is one that loses all five senses. You're lucky." But Su Mei thought of another question, "You can't remember what other people look like, but you can remember mine. What does that mean?"
“Like you said, I can’t form a specific picture in my mind, but I can recall your every smile and frown in my brain. Without forming a picture... I don’t know how to describe that feeling. It’s just like how I remember words in my brain.” It was the first time that Huo Jianguo knew that other people could imagine pictures in their minds.
It was as if his mind had been erased by an eraser, and even though he had seen a photo of his mother, it was like a passing cloud, leaving no trace in his memory. Thinking of this, he could not help but feel a little regretful.
Su Mei understood what Huo Jianguo meant. It meant that remembering people and scenery was just like remembering knowledge and words. It was just a concept and could not be formed into a picture like many people.
Most people with prosopagnosia have a strong ability to form concepts. It is very rare to find people like Huo Jianguo whose condition is so severe that it causes prosopagnosia.
This is not a serious problem.
Modern research shows that 2% to 5% of the world's population suffers from heart blindness.
This means that hundreds of millions of people cannot imagine the image in their minds.
But many people go through life without ever knowing that this condition exists.
Because of this problem, it will not have any impact on the lives of most people.
In any case, this disease is much better than prosopagnosia.
So Su Mei was still very happy to find out that Huo Jianguo did not have prosopagnosia.
The two walked for a while before returning to the yard where Li Shufen lived.
Their bicycles were still parked at Li Shufen's house, so they walked over and rode their bicycles home.
Su Shengxue brought a lot of local specialties from his hometown. Su Mei left some for Li Shufen, and asked Huo Jianguo to tie the rest in the car and take it back.
The bicycles were there, but they did not ride them to take Su to school.
Because Su Shengxue had luggage, and he was as tall as Huo Jianguo, Huo Jianguo had to carry him and the luggage at the same time, so he couldn't get through.
Huo Jianguo rode his bicycle with Su Mei and soon arrived home.
Night, like thick ink, has deeply permeated the entire world.
When the couple got home, they washed up and went to bed.
Su Mei slept in bed for only four hours, and at 4:30 in the morning she jumped up from the bed like a spring.
She rubbed her sleepy eyes vigorously, which seemed to weigh a thousand pounds, then staggered out of bed and began to get dressed.
"What are you doing getting up so early?" Huo Jianguo asked her sleepily.
"I have to go to the research institute early for something." Su Mei answered as she walked out hurriedly. She wanted to go to the research institute to check the surveillance while no one was around in the morning.
I don’t know whether Lu Xu went home yesterday. Anyway, she should go there either early or at night. She has to check the surveillance when no one is around.
Huo Jianguo glanced toward the window. It was not yet dawn outside, but there was light enough for him to see clearly while riding his bike.
Huo Jianguo felt relieved when he could see clearly, but he still warned, "Be careful on the road."
"Okay." Su Mei nodded, took the washbasin and went out.
Inside the house, Huo Jianguo turned over and continued to enjoy his sweet dream. He gradually began to like this stable life where he didn't have to be awakened by the sound of the horn.
After washing her face with water from the well in the yard, Su Mei pushed her bike out of the house. Half an hour later, she arrived at the research institute.
The gate of the institute is closed at night, and the security guard is required to open the door for entry and exit.
The guard was dozing off in the small room at the door. When Su Mei knocked on the door, the guard was so scared that the hat covering his face fell to the ground.
When he saw Su Mei, he stood up and shouted respectfully, "Hello, Dean."
"Sorry to bother you. Could you please open the door for me?" Su Mei could see that her sudden appearance scared the doorman quite a bit.
The worker was on night shift and just needed to take a nap. It was not a big deal. Su Mei was really sorry.
"Don't disturb me, don't disturb me." The guard didn't expect Su Mei to be so easy to talk to. He stood up with a smile on his face and opened the door for Su Mei.
After entering the research institute, Su Mei went straight to the laboratory.
There was no one in the laboratory. The piece of paper she had deliberately placed on the ground was still there, in the same state as when it had just fallen.
But that's just appearance.
After Su Mei's piece of paper fell yesterday, the side with the words on it lay on the ground.
The paper was still lying upside down on the ground, but the little bit of broken fingernail that she had deliberately placed on the corner of the paper yesterday was gone.
This means that someone had opened the paper but then put it back where it belonged.
Could it be Lu Xu?
Su Mei entered the monitoring room with doubts and began to check the surveillance inside.
These surveillance videos are saved in hourly units.
It would take Su Mei at least 16 hours to read all the surveillance videos one by one.
It would take too much time to watch all of them, and this old-fashioned surveillance system couldn't fast-forward, so Su Mei could only briefly watch the beginning of each segment.
The surveillance video quality is very blurry, and it is impossible to tell from the surveillance video when the broken nails started to disappear.
Su Mei thought her surveillance methods were very clever, until she operated this indescribable antique, she realized how stupid this method was.
After searching for an hour, she didn't find any clues.
There is not enough time to watch all of them.
What to do? Su Mei touched the camera in her hand, and felt unwilling to give up.
She borrowed it from the court. She was planning to look through the surveillance video to find someone who had peeked at her experimental data and take a photo of it to use as evidence.
As it was almost time to go to work, Su Mei became increasingly anxious.
Unable to give up the opportunity that had already been obtained, Su Mei quickly made a decision.
She decided to cut off the signal source so that the monitoring device would not automatically delete the previous monitoring due to memory fullness.
After cutting off the signal source and confirming that the time had passed the hour and the monitoring equipment had not deleted the first segment of monitoring, Su Mei left the monitoring room.
Not long after he went out, Lu Xu walked in from outside.
Lu Xu came to work half an hour early, and he seemed to have not expected Su Mei to arrive earlier than him. When he saw Su Mei, he was obviously stunned for a moment, and then he said in a low voice: "Good morning, Dean Su!"
"Good morning!" Su Mei responded politely.
"President Su, I have found the synthesis process. Do you want to see if there are any problems?" Lu Xu said as he took out a stack of information from his briefcase and handed it to Su Mei.
No wonder Lu Xu didn’t work overtime yesterday and left early.
It turned out that he had already completed the task. Su Mei was a little surprised. While taking the document, she said, "So fast!"
"President Su has set an example before us." Lu Xu responded calmly.
Su Mei didn't understand the synthesis process, but since Lu Xu said it had been completed, there shouldn't be any problem.
After Su Mei took a quick look, she said to Lu Xu:
"Tomorrow you will invite the people from the pharmaceutical production team to come to a meeting to discuss specific pharmaceutical production issues!"
"Okay." Lu Xu nodded in agreement and asked, "Morning or afternoon?"
"In the morning! You can arrange this matter in the afternoon, and you can go home directly after it's arranged. Thank you for your hard work during this period. I will apply for a bonus for you." Su Mei thought that if Lu Xu got off work earlier, she could check the surveillance earlier.
Lu Xu did not refuse and said, "Okay, President Su, thank you!"
After explaining the matter to Su Mei, Lu Xu turned around and went about his own business. Su Mei looked at Lu Xu with some surprise when she saw him turn around.
He looks so calm that he doesn't seem like a normal person.
Logically, he should be a little proud, or feel a little satisfied, after completing the synthesis experiment. But Su Mei felt that he looked the same as usual, cold and indifferent, as if he had no emotions.
In the morning, Su Mei and Lu Xu were busy with their own things and did not disturb each other.
At noon, after the two of them finished Gao Yu's meal, Lu Xu said hello to Su Mei and walked out.
Su Mei didn't see Lu Xu the whole afternoon. He must have done as Su Mei said and went home after arranging the meeting.
After get off work in the afternoon, Su Mei went to find Lou Shanchuan and asked him to ask his assistant to tell Huo Jianguo that she was busy with experiments in the evening and could not go back. Then she left the institute.
After leaving the institute, Su Mei did not go home but went to a nearby small market.
She found a shabby guesthouse in the small market, asked for a room and slept for two or three hours. When it was almost dark, she returned to the institute.
After entering the monitoring room, Su Mei checked the monitoring content from beginning to end in sequence, bit by bit.
In the surveillance, Lu Xu has always been concentrating on doing his own thing.
He walked back and forth with a focused expression. This silent and boring scene made Su Mei yawn repeatedly.
After watching for three hours in a row, Su Mei didn't see any other movements from Lu Xu. She was almost falling asleep, and she couldn't help but want to cut the screen directly to the content after Lu Xu got off work.
Just as she stretched out her hand and was about to do that, Su Mei saw Lu Xu jumping around on the spot.
Lu Xu was the only one in the laboratory. He was holding his manuscript paper and jumping back and forth, as if he was as excited as if he had picked up money.
It turns out that calmness was all pretend.
In private, the floor was about to be broken by him.
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Su Mei found in Lu Xu what she saw in Chu Tian... satisfaction and happiness.
No matter what Lu Xu's last name was or what kind of person he was, Su Mei at least confirmed at this moment that he really loved research.
After jumping on the spot for a while, Lu Xu patted his chest to calm down.
Even though it was just a video with unclear picture quality, Su Mei could quickly see his usual coldness in him, and he quickly controlled his emotions.
He seems to be a very tolerant person.
Seeing that Lu Xu had become bored again, Su Mei, who was extremely sleepy, finally decided to flip to the back of the page.
Just as she was about to take action, she heard the sound of the door opening outside the laboratory.
It’s the middle of the night, at least one in the morning. Who could be coming at this time?
Is Lu Xu back?
With doubts, Su Mei decisively reconnected to the surveillance signal source.
The surveillance camera flashed, and after seeing the person appearing on the surveillance screen clearly, Su Mei was slightly surprised...it was Gao Yu?
That woman who looks like she has no brains?
The Gao Yu in the surveillance video and the Gao Yu that Su Mei usually sees are completely different people.
She was dressed in black and moved around the laboratory with neat and swift steps.
After seeing the piece of paper on the ground, she paused for a moment and then walked away quickly. After walking around the laboratory without gaining anything, Gao Yuguo turned around and left the laboratory.
After Gao Yu left, Su Mei quickly adjusted the surveillance to the time period of 1 a.m. last night.
Not long after the surveillance during that period, Gao Yu appeared on the screen.
She moved quickly around the lab just like she did tonight, and quickly found the paper under the table.
She pulled out the paper from under the table, took a look at it with a flashlight, and then put the paper back.
After putting it back, she fiddled with it a few times, apparently adjusting the angle of the paper.
Then Gao Yu stood up, took out a notebook and made some notes.
She took one look and remembered it?
The formula that Su Mei scribbled on the draft paper was not short.
Immediately afterwards, Gao Yu walked to Su Mei's safe.
She knelt on the ground and turned the combination lock, putting her ear close to the key to listen to the sound.
This scene made Su Mei's heart hang in her throat.
Su Mei was not prepared at all for the things in the safe. If Gao Yu opened it, would her pretend research be exposed?
Would they notice that she was fishing?
Fortunately, after waiting for a while, Gao Yu did not open the door.
She stood up for a moment before she walked out.
She came again tonight, but she didn't try to open the lock again. Was it because she was sure that she couldn't open the lock?
Gao Yu in the video looks capable and calm, as if everything is under her control.
So, is her usual noisy, brainless, and trouble-making appearance just a carefully crafted persona for the outside world?
Su Mei just felt a chill down her spine.
If it weren't for surveillance, she would never have realized that Gao Yu was a man with two faces.
This heavy rain really took Su Mei by surprise...
She still finds it strange! How could Gao Ehai allow such a brainless person to enter the research institute?
It turns out that the so-called "no-brainer" is just Gao Yu in disguise, and her true identity is a hidden "lurker".
In this institute, I'm afraid few people can recognize her true identity.
If she wanted to do something to someone else, it would be easy for her to do so.
After all, who would be wary of a seemingly “brainless” vase?
However, things are different now.
Now it has become Gao Yu in the light and Su Mei in the dark.
Interesting! After Gao Yu left, Su Mei quickly took a few photos and stayed in the laboratory for a while. After confirming that Gao Yu had gone far away, she walked out in the dark.
She left the institute and went back to the shabby guesthouse to sleep.