Brother, he can read minds

Ava looked up at Su Yang for a long while, without speaking, her eyes were a little empty, or she looked a little weird.Her hand held Nix tightly, it seemed that only in this way could she try her best to keep her composure.

"Ava, I want to ask you to do something." Su Yang looked at Ava, although he knew that she was emotionally unstable, but now some things can only be done with her help.

"Are you sensitive to the smell of gunpowder smoke?"

Ava seemed to take a few seconds to process Su Yang's message, and nodded.

Nix looked up at Su Yang with a "sigh", and held Ava's hand even tighter: "She can't."

Ava looked at Nix: "You know I can."

"But you are not allowed to go." Nix's face collapsed tightly, even a little pale, as if Su Yang's problem was a fire pit, and Ava wanted to jump into it.

Su Yang smiled: "Do you know something? Something you know but Ava doesn't?"

Su Yang didn't say what he said, but Nix's face has become uglier, just like when he was caught cheating. Ava frowned, and stopped in front of Nix. Although she looked thin and small, when she raised her head, she showed a lot of aura.

"Does Cris know about this?"

Nix didn't make a sound, she was using silence as a resistance, now even Ava, who was defending Nix, turned around and shook Nix's hand: "Sister? What is he talking about?"

Both Su Yang and Ke Gu noticed this detail. One is that these two little girls who seem to be in love with sisters may be no different from real sisters, and the other is that Ava's attitude towards Cris seems to be a little different.

Nix's lips were tightly pursed, as if she had made up her mind that even if Ava asked, she didn't plan to say it.

Ke Gu was a little curious about what the younger brother was talking about, so he hooked Su Yang's hand, and Su Yang immediately understood what he meant, and whispered something in his ear.

Ke Gu touched his chin: "I don't think Cris should know about it, it doesn't seem like he would make a plan."

Nix's eyes wandered a little, and now Ava became anxious: "Sister, what are they talking about?"

Su Yang smiled and gave Nix a step up: "Actually, I'm not sure, and I think your sister is not sure either. But I wonder if you can help us? Find out the source of the gunpowder smoke."

Ava nodded and shook her head: "Yes, but not now, now...I'm cold." She rubbed her body, and only Nix who shook hands with Ava knew how much cold sweat was breaking out of her palms.Nix hugged Ava and let her lean against him: "You have also seen Ava's state, she is sick, and there is no way to help you in a short time."

Nix looked at them with an expression that you should be too embarrassed to do so.

Obviously the situation is that the only way to get Ava to help them is to stop Ava from getting sick.Su Yang froze for a moment, he only knew that Ava had autism from the headset, but he didn't know what happened specifically, and from his observation, Ava's illness was not as simple as autism.

Ke Gu took out the photos that originally belonged to Laman's pocket from his pocket and handed them to Su Yang. Su Yang looked at them one by one, and then recalled the conversation between his brother and Nix, and he probably knew what was going on. .This stack of photos is carefully selected, and each one is from the hands of professional photographers. The photos set off the environment and atmosphere to the extreme, and the discomfort it brings to people is also extreme. Many photos even won News Award.

Although he could guess that the people who were with Ada must also be ruthless, but he did not expect that Raman would be so ruthless.These photos are just uncomfortable for ordinary people, but for someone like Ava who spent her childhood in the flames of war, and may even lose all her relatives in the flames of war, it is extremely cruel.Not to mention she also has autism and possibly PTSD.Near-death terror is on everyone's face in these photos, except for one...

Su Yang raised his head abruptly, he found that special photo and showed it to his brother. The fear that this special photo brought to people was not brought by the person who died in battle, but the one who hugged the one who died in battle. The despair on the face of the person.

It was a kind of hopelessness. It was a picture, and the people on it would not move, but it seemed that everyone could hear the desperate cry from the bottom of their hearts, as if the sky and the earth suddenly lost all their colors.The person holding that person had a camera on his back, and looked like a war correspondent, while the person in his arms was a soldier, but his face had been blurred by camouflage paint and gunpowder smoke.

The reason why Su Yang showed it to Ke Gu was that they knew the living person in the photo. This person was Fan Ye, the former war reporter they met in Jiangxin Village.

After parting from Jiangxin Village, they kept in touch intermittently. Su Yang and Ke Gu also recommended good local hospitals and doctors to Fan Ye, and Fan Ye finally made up his mind to receive treatment. Consultation room review and counseling.

Fan Ye also said that at the beginning of next year he would go to City A for work, and he would have dinner with them then.

Ke Gu was also a little surprised. Looking at this photo, he finally understood the reason for the lingering silence in Fan Ye's eyes.Although they also knew the general situation of Fan Ye, because Fan Ye didn't want to say more, so they didn't ask in detail. When Fan Ye himself said it was calm, but judging from this photo, his heart must be devastated Hundred holes.

Su Yang sighed: "Brother, I have thought of a way, but do you think Lao Fan is ready?"

It's really hard to say, Ke Gu touched his chin: "As long as you look at the right angle, this matter may not be bad for him."

Su Yang also agreed that sometimes letting a person with a mental illness feel that he can help other people who are also confused also gives him strength invisibly.

"what are you guys saying?"

Su Yang picked up the photo and aimed at Ava, Ava's eyes changed almost at the same time, Su Yang quickly said: "This is a friend of ours, we know him." Then Su Yang quickly put the photo down.

Ava's attention seemed to be attracted by Su Yang, she tried her best to restrain her emotions, her throat rolled, and she said hoarsely: "Your friend?"

"The man who is shouting is our friend, a war correspondent. What he is holding is his comrade in arms. He died to save him." Su Yang didn't dare to wait for Ava to digest these contents, he was afraid that he would miss the point. She will be attracted by other emotions, "He, like you, has a lot of shadows on the battlefield. When we met him, he has returned to a normal life, but his emotions are still wandering on the battlefield. He has a wife and A very young daughter, but he always felt that he could not face them, his soul seemed to be split in two, he said he felt like he was living like a walking dead. He could still hear the flames of war when he closed his eyes When he washes his hands, he will stare at the faucet intently, because he is afraid that what will flow out of the faucet in the next second is not water but blood..."

Caught off guard, Nix felt a hot tear fall on the back of his hand.She quickly bent down to look at Ava's face. At this moment, Ava's face was covered with tears. Nix had never seen Ava cry like this, and she never cried like this even when she was ill.

Ava said hoarsely, "Is he still alive?"

Su Yang nodded.

Ava looked at Su Yang, as if she was begging for something, but she didn't say it after all.

But Ke Gu finished what she hadn't said. Ke Gu raised his mobile phone at this moment: "I connected to his video, do you want to video with him?"

The reason for choosing to connect to the video is that Ke Gu knows that Nix doesn't want Ava to help them, but because she also cares about Ava, she can't stop them from helping Ava.But it was possible to say that they were deceiving people afterwards, so he chose to take precautions and use a video to block her possible future obstacles.

Ke Gu has already sent the situation to Fan Ye by text message. Fortunately, Fan Ye is actually shooting for a travel column in Europe. The time difference is only one hour. If he is in China, he is probably still asleep. At this moment, Fan Ye Ye Ye had just finished a day's work and just took a shower, wearing a nightgown and watching the stars on the balcony.

Fan Ye was really surprised that Ke Gu would come to him suddenly, and it was through video, but after reading the text message, he probably knew the situation on the other side.However, based on his understanding of this senior brother, if it was a normal situation, they probably wouldn't find him, so it was probably related to the case.

It has to be said that Fan Ye still has a good understanding of the physique of this pair of seniors, so after the video turned to Ava, he only raised his eyebrows slightly when he saw the sniper rifle hanging on her body.

Nix looked at Ke Gu and Su Yang with a hellish look, it turned out to be the person in the photo, although the face of the person in the photo was also dirty, and his appearance was somewhat different from the current one , but with her skills of tracking Mengyun for many years, she could easily tell that it was the same person.

This is simply a coincidence.

When Fan Ye saw Ava, although he also saw the gun on her back, when he met those eyes, his heart softened instantly.

These eyes are no strangers to him, they are the self he has seen in the mirror many days and nights.

"Hello, my name is Fan Ye." Fan Ye said in English, because he realized that the face of this little girl should be of mixed race.

Ava stared at him without blinking, and said in a very soft voice after a while, "My name is Ava."

"Hello, Ava."

The two of them watched like this, and for a while Ava asked without thinking: "Is it really going to be okay?"

Fan Ye sighed silently, but the smile on his face did not change. He nodded firmly: "It will be fine."

Seeing that Ava was still looking at him, Fan Ye suddenly said, "I'll take you to see something interesting." He got up and entered the room, and said as he walked, "It was a coincidence that I rented this house. The landlord is a photographer, so this There’s also a darkroom in the house. I’m a photographer, and I’ll show you the pictures I’ve taken these days.”

Fan Ye took Ava to look at the photos he had developed in the past few days, and after introducing them one by one, he smiled and asked Ava, "Are you pretty?"

Ava nodded: "It's beautiful."

"Do you know? The photo you just saw was a place destroyed by a volcanic eruption a long time ago, but how beautiful it is now? Nature can get better, why can't we?"

Ava seemed a little moved, and she suddenly asked: "Today's Christmas Eve, why didn't you stay with your family?"

Fan Ye was stunned for a moment, but his expression was well controlled. He pointed to the necklace on his chest that could hold photos, and then opened the necklace: "This is my daughter, she is very cute."

"Well, very cute." Ava nodded.

Then Fan Ye explained: "I'm out because of work, and my family and I are not Christians. We don't pay much attention to this festival. We celebrate the Spring Festival, and then I will go back and spend it with them." It's a holiday."

Ava nodded again, and the corners of her mouth slightly raised: "Thank you."

Fan Ye also laughed. It was a very happy thing to see a smile on his depressed face, even though he was a patient himself, but this did not prevent him from being in the same good mood as Ava at the moment.

But Su Yang and Ke Gu standing behind Ava looked at each other the same way. It sounds like Fan Ye is not very nice. Fan Ye likes to send postcards very much. Everywhere he goes, he will send postcards to his friends. If possible He will also post the photos he took as postcards.After leaving Jiangxin Village, Su Yang and Ke Gu have already received seven or eight postcards from Fan Ye.I used to hang around in various cities in China, but now I hang around abroad.

Nothing surprising for a single person, but Fan Ye is married and has kids.Judging from Fan Ye's mood, he should be more eager for stability at this moment, and they all know how much he cares about his daughter.Since it's not that he doesn't want to go home, it can only be that he can't go back.Could it be that something happened to Fan Ye's relationship?

But this worry can only be suppressed in my heart, and now is not a good time to ask questions, and although Fan Ye is unwilling to mention his family, it can be seen that his mood is much more peaceful and relaxed than before, and he is no longer so He was tense and alert. Judging from his fatness and complexion, he should have eaten well and slept well recently, which is a good sign.

After thanking Fan Ye, Ke Gu also invited him to tell them if he went back to Congress and made a transit flight in City A. They invited him to dinner, then Ke Gu cut off the video and looked at Nix.

Because he knows that Ada has no problem at the moment, Ke Gu is actually quite shocked at this point, it is actually very difficult for patients with ordinary mental illness to change their emotions in such a fast time, because many emotions cannot be dispelled by just a few words. What can be done is usually assisted by medication, but Ava can, from collapsing in the cage and hugging her knees to being able to follow them down and have a relatively calm conversation with them, and then to the state where her mood improved significantly after the video with Fan Ye, Ke Gu I was surprised by Ava's ability to control emotions, which is why he and his junior brother decided to ask Fan Ye for help.

Maybe...Ke Gu looked at the sniper rifle she was carrying, maybe this gun gave her a stronger emotional control ability than ordinary people.

Nix sighed, she let go of Ava's hand: "I want you to promise to protect her."

Su Yang nodded: "As long as she's with us, as long as we're still here, we won't let her get hurt."

Ava looked at Nix: "Sister, aren't you going?"

Nix shook his head and rubbed Ava's head: "Sister still has something to do, don't be brave, if you feel uncomfortable, tell them, okay?"

Ava nodded to show that she understood, and when she turned to leave, Nix hugged her again, and said in a slightly reluctant tone after a while: "Remember to protect yourself, sister will always be with you."

These words seemed a bit subtle, but Su Yang seemed to have guessed what she was going to do, and suddenly switched to Chinese and said, "You should also protect yourself for Ava's sake."

Nix smiled weakly: "You don't understand, the ending of people like us has been written long ago."

"I just know that if you don't do what you want to do now, there is no risk at all."

Nix did not answer the question, but instead asked: "What if you were me? What would you do if this was your brother?"

"You lost your brother because of them, but you can't let her lose her sister because of them." Su Yang didn't call Ava by name, although Ava was already looking at them curiously.

"Don't you understand?" Ke Gu said suddenly, distracting Ava's curiosity.

Ava nodded: "I can write and read simple vocabulary, but I'm not very good at speaking or listening."

"I heard from Cris that you have Chinese ancestry?"

Ava thought for a while: "I don't know, but the master who adopted me is Chinese."

"Your master?"

"I have never met my father. My mother said he was shot. Then my mother died of illness, and I was adopted by my master. He was a mercenary. He taught me how to read and write, and he also taught me how to shoot." Ava's voice He fell down, "But he also died later."

Adding a word in front of any unfortunate word will magnify the misfortune geometrically.

Ke Gu didn't ask any more questions. Combined with what Cris said, he probably could also think of Ava's childhood, which was probably spent in bullets, blood and experiencing death.

He can also clearly judge now that Ava probably doesn't have autism, but she has severe post-war PTSD, which is much more serious than Fan Ye's.With Cris's level and Caius' human and financial resources, it is impossible for them not to diagnose Ava, so the autism mentioned by Nix is ​​probably a deception to prevent people like Raman from taking advantage of it, although in the end Also still did not live.

Although Ava is unwilling to speak, her communication skills and cognitive skills are fine. She looks strange mainly because of her growth environment. Her growth environment only has two multiple-choice questions of survival and death. There is no TV. No candy, no pretty dresses, no school, no classmates, not even parents and opportunities to act like a spoiled child.Even out of the war environment, she probably never left the gun, so she looks out of place with someone who grew up in peacetime.

Nix left anyway, and she finally said: "If I die, please take Ava away and help me send her to this address."

Su Yang accepted the address. He looked at Nix's back running in the opposite direction to them. Although he knew that what Nix was going to do now was against his own principles, he hoped that she would succeed in his heart. Never use this address yourself.

Because Ava at this moment is like walking on a steel wire rope. The two ends of the steel wire are pulled by Cris and Nix. Cris’s physical condition is probably no longer good. If he loses Nix again, Ava may not even be able to walk the wire rope. , what awaits her is probably the endless abyss.

The three of them walked in another direction, and they wanted to find out where something was based on Ava's sensitivity to gunpowder smoke.Of course, it doesn't matter even if Ava can't find it. After all, this method is too metaphysical, but at least they successfully prevented the "shooting game" between Ava and the special case team.They want to give Li Xiaoran and Sun Xian time to see if they can solve the chaos in the banquet hall.

But at this moment, two uninvited guests appeared in Cris's house, two people that Cris never thought would appear, let alone people who would appear together——

Lei Lang and Lin Xinshu.

The author has something to say: That's right, this foreign aid is the war reporter who appeared in the third case~ Didn't expect it?

Guess what the brothers are going to take Ava to find?