Chapter 14 Godly Window to Academics

“你发现了什么？”夏雷的举动让江如意很好奇。

“Did you discover something?” Xia Lei’s actions made Jiang Ru-Yi look at him curiously.

夏雷笑了一下，“没什么，我确定就是这把钥匙。”

Xia Lei smiled but said, “Nothing much. I’m sure it’s this key.”

“你还记得那一男一女的样子吗？”

“Do you still remember what that man and woman looked like?”

“当然记得，我给你描述，你能将他们画出来吗？”

“Of course I do. I’ll describe them to you. Can you sketch them?”

“当然可以，我在警察学院的时候学过素描，还拿过奖呢。”江如意找来了纸笔，坐到了夏雷的对面，“我准备好了，我们开始吧，先画那个男的。”

“Of course I can! I learnt how to do it in the Police Academy and even got a prize.” Jiang Ru-Yi found some paper and pencil and seated herself in front of Xia Lei. “I’m ready. Let’s begin with the male.”

夏雷缓缓地描述着那个西装男的相貌特征，江如意则拿笔慢慢地勾画着。

Xia Lei slowly described the suited man and Jiang Ru-Yi sketched stroke by stroke.

如果有一种设备可以把夏雷大脑里的影像打印出来的话，一秒钟就可以得到那个西装男和那个性感女郎的照片，可惜现在根本就没有这种设备。

If there were a machine that could print the image directly from Xia Lei’s mind, they would have a photograph of the suited man and sexy lady in one second. Unfortunately, an invention like that had yet to exist.

一边在给江如意描述，夏雷的心里也在暗暗地琢磨着他的“过目不忘”的能力。其实，这种能力已经超出了“过目不忘”的范畴，因为就算过目不忘也没办法记住所看过的一切，更无法将看过的某个人的一切特征和细节都记住。而他的左眼却能将看过的一切当作“照片”保存下来，只要他去回忆，他就能回忆起一切。

While he described the people to Jiang Ru-Yi, Xia Lei was also mentally analysing his ‘eidetic memory’ ability. This ability had actually surpassed eidetic memory, since even those with eidetic memory could not remember everything they had seen and all the seen features and details of a person. His left eye could ‘save’ everything he had seen as photographs and he only had to recall them to see it all again.

“我有这样的能力，如果我自学英语或者别的外语，背单词对我来说简直没有任何难度，我为什么不试试呢？”想到这里，夏雷的心里已经跃跃欲试了。

“With an ability like this, memorising vocabulary would be no problem at all if I tried to learn English or other foreign languages. Why don’t I try?” Xia Lei’s greed for knowledge grew at the thought.

江如意画好了两张画像，一张是西装男的，一张是性感女郎的。

Jiang Ru-Yi finished two sketches - one of the man and one of the woman.

夏雷将两张画像放在一起看了一下，相似度达到了百分之九十五以上。素描画像毕竟不是照片，能达到这种程度已经是很了不起的。

Xia Lei put the sketches next to each other for a look. The likeness was above 95%. A sketch was not a photograph but this degree of accuracy was impressive enough.

“是他们吗？我最后确认一下。”江如意看着夏雷。

“Is it them? Can you confirm it?” Jiang Ru-Yi watched Xia Lei’s reaction.

夏雷点了一下头，“是这两个人。”

Xia Lei nodded. “It’s them.”

“你在这里坐一会儿，我立刻让人把这两人的画像加入天网系统通缉他们。”江如意拿起两张画像往外走。

“Have a seat and wait. I’ll get someone to enter these sketches into the database to look for matches.” Jiang Ru-Yi picked up the sketches and walked towards the door.

夏雷说道：“我能看一下这把钥匙的资料吗？”

Xia Lei spoke, “Can I take a look at the information on the key?”

“可以，随便看。”江如意离开了办公室。

“Sure, look all you want.” Jiang Ru-Yi left the office.

夏雷将张伯清教授的研究资料拿在了手中，看了半页，他忽然想道：“我何不试试我的左眼的新能力呢？”

Xia Lei held Professor Zhang’s research paper in his hand and read half the page before he had an idea. “Why don’t I try out my new ability?”

经过之前的梳理，他其实已经确定这种能力并不是他的大脑的记忆力，而是左眼的“保存影像”的能力。

Based on what he had figured out so far, he could rule out the possibility that the ability stemmed from his own memory. It was all thanks to his left eye’s ‘image-saving’ ability.

这么一想，夏雷便不再正常阅读了，而是用视线飞快地扫过一页又一页的资料。原本需要差不多十分钟才能看完的资料，他用了不到一分钟的时间便“看完”了。然后，他闭上眼睛去回忆资料上的内容。

Thinking about it that way, he no longer needed to read like normal people did - he could just flip through pages and pages of information. Things which ordinarily would have taken about ten minutes to read were done in under a minute. When he was done, he closed his eyes and started to recall the details.

突然间，一段段文字和图片在他的脑海之中涌现出来，一个文字都不差，甚至连逗号和句号之类的标点符号都没有遗漏！资料上的图片也清晰无比，百分之百吻合！

Line after line of text and pictures suddenly appeared in his head and not one word was left out, not even punctuation such as commas and periods! The pictures, too, were clear and a 100% match!

张教授的研究资料上所那把铸铁钥匙是明朝的古物，距今已经有四百多年的历史了。根据他的研究，这把钥匙很有可能是用来开启库门的钥匙。钥匙上的纹路不仅是开启库门的关键，也可能是一副地图的一部分……

The key in Professor Zhang’s research paper was an antique from the Ming Dynasty and it was over 400 years old. According to his research, it was most likely used to open the doors of an ancient library or warehouse. The patterns on the key were not only for opening the door but were also part of a map…

这是很神秘的一件事。

This was very mysterious.

回忆完全部的内容，夏雷难以抑制心中的激动，他笑出了声来，“难以置信……我还在等什么呢？我应该去书店买学习英语的材料，还有德语、法语、日语、俄语……只要我想学，这个世界上大概还没有我学不会的外语吧？”

Xia Lei could not contain his excitement at having recalled everything and laughed out loud. “Unbelievable… What am I waiting for? I should go to the bookshop to buy learning materials for English, German, French, Japanese, Russian… Any language I want! There would be no foreign language I can’t learn in this world!”

他不知道他的左眼还有什么能力没有发掘出来，但就已经发掘出来的，除了透视能力，恐怕就是眼前这种“保存影像”的能力最实用了。

He had no idea what other hidden abilities his eye had but from those he’d already discovered, the ‘image-saving’ ability and X-ray vision were most practical.

一个人要学会一门知识需要花费漫长的时间，倾注很多心血和精力。可有了这种能力之后，这些学习上的困难都不是困难了。他的左眼已经为他打开了一道通往学界的上帝之窗，而他看见的不是一缕阳光，而是整个太阳！

A person would have to spend a long time, effort and energy to learn something proficiently but with this ability, all the difficulties of learning were drastically reduced. His left eye had opened a godly window into the field of academic greatness and he did not just get to peek at a ray of sunshine - he could see the entire sun!

“你在笑什么呢？犯病了吗？”江如意走进了办公室，用好奇的眼神看着夏雷。

“What are you laughing at? Are you falling ill?” Jiang Ru-Yi walked into the office and stared at Xia Lei weirdly.

夏雷这才收起思绪，他笑了笑，“我确实犯病了，而且病的不轻。”

Xia Lei stopped his train of thought and grinned. “Yep, I’m ill and it’s bad.”

江如意凑到了夏雷的跟前，伸手摸了一下他的额头，“不烫呀，没发烧，你犯的神经病吗？”

Jiang Ru-Yi stepped in front of Xia Lei and reached out to touch his forehead. “It’s not hot. You don’t have a fever. Are you mentally ill?”

她靠得很近，身上撒了好闻的香水，领口里还有一条雪白的深沟，白白嫩嫩，这一刹那间夏雷差点没忍住又把她给透视了。他移开了视线，然后站了起来，“好了，我已经帮你画出那两个疑犯的画像了，现在没我什么事了吧？没事的话我就走了，我得去店里张罗开张的事情。”

She was close and pleasant wafts of perfume came from her body. A pale, deep ravine(沟壑，溪谷) could be seen inside her collar, white, soft… Xia Lei was that close to looking at her with his X-ray vision. He looked away and stood up. “Okay, I helped you get sketches of the two suspects. You don’t need me anymore, right? If there isn’t anything else, I’ll just be on my way. I need to go to the machine shop and sort out matters to open for business.”

“我真想去你的小店看看。”江如意笑着说道：“这样就好，自己经营自己的小店，总比你去工地打工强吧。告诉我，你哪里那么多钱开店呢？”

“I’d love to take a look at your little shop.” Jiang Ru-Yi smiled and said, “This is good. Operating your own business is better than going to construction sites for manual labour work. Tell me, where did you get the money to open a shop?”

“我存的老婆本不行吗？好了，不跟你瞎扯了，我走了，再见。”夏雷说走就走。

“It’s funds I’ve saved up for when I get a wife, okay? I’m not hanging around to chat anymore. I’m off. Good-bye.” Xia Lei walked off.

雷子，这次要是破案了，姐请你吃饭。”江如意说。

“Lei, if I crack the case I’ll treat you to a meal,” said Jiang Ru-Yi.

夏雷见回头看了她一眼，“还去那家川菜馆？”

Xia Lei turned to look at her. “That Sichuan restaurant again?”

江如意摇了摇头，“不，我们换一家川菜馆。”

Jiang Ru-Yi shook her head, “No, we’ll go to another Sichuan restaurant.”

夏雷，“……”

Xia Lei was speechless.

这时一个中年警官出现在了办公室的门口，刚好挡住了夏雷的路。

At that moment, a middle-aged police officer appeared in the doorway of the office, blocking Xia Lei’s way.

夏雷礼貌性地让了一步，同时看了一眼他的工作牌。这个中年警官的名字叫黄长海，佩戴一级警司衔，与江如意现在的警衔同级。

Xia Lei moved aside courteously(有礼貌地，亲切地) and looked at his badge while doing so. The middle-aged police officer was named Huang Chang-Hai, and the bars on his uniform showed that he was of the same rank as Jiang Ru-Yi.

这个黄长海是这个分局的副局长，李青华落马之后他本以为接替正局职位的是他，却没想到上面居然破例将江如意这个黄毛丫头给提了起来。整个北拱分局之中，他也是最不服江如意的一个。

Huang Chang-Hai was the Deputy Chief of the station and was expecting to be promoted to Chief when Li Qing-Hua was removed but the higher-ups had done something radical and promoted a little girl over him. Of all the people in the station, he was the one most against her becoming Chief.

黄长海看了夏雷一眼，然后大步走进了江如意的办公室，他将手里的两张打印画像往江如意的办公桌上一砸，“江局长，你连一点证据都没有就发布通缉令，这不合规矩！”

Huang Chang-Hai glanced at Xia Lei, then strode(大步走) into Jiang Ru-Yi’s office and slammed two photocopies of the sketches onto her desk. “Chief Jiang, you have no evidence to support issuing arrest warrants. This is against procedure!”

江如意被他一凶，香肩轻轻地颤了一下，说话的声音竟也带着点发颤的感觉了，“黄局……还要什么证据呢？我朋友亲眼看见的，错不了。”

Jiang Ru-Yi’s slim shoulders shook ever so(极其，非常) slightly at his aggressiveness and her voice seemed to tremble(颤抖，哆嗦，抖动) as she said, “Officer Huang… What further evidence do we need? My friend saw them himself. It can’t be wrong.”

“你朋友？”黄长海回头看着夏雷，他忽然想了起来，眼前这个青年不正是让李青华落马的小子吗？

“Your friend?” Huang Chang-Hai turned to look at Xia Lei and suddenly remembered - wasn’t this youngster the one who caused Li Qing-Hua to lose his position?

江如意向夏雷招了招手，“雷子，你跟黄局说一下你知道的情况吧。”

Jiang Ru-Yi waved Xia Lei over, “Lei, tell Officer Huang what you know of the situation.”

夏雷的嘴角浮出了一丝苦笑，心里暗暗地道：“你这个局长当得真窝囊，在我面前像只母老虎，在别人面前就像是一只兔子，真有你的……”心里这么嘀咕着，他的面上却不动声色，他说道：“是这样的，这两个疑犯昨天找到我，我帮他们焊好了那把钥匙，也就是张教授家失窃的钥匙。”

Xia Lei smiled wryly and thought to himself, ‘You good-for-nothing(懒人，无用之人) Chief! Acting like a tigress in front of me but a rabbit before others. I’ve got to hand it to you…’ He grumbled(抱怨，嘟囔) to himself but did not let anything show on the surface. “These two suspects came to me yesterday and I welded a key for them which turned out to be the key that was missing from Professor Zhang’s home.”

“你知道什么？你是谁？我有问你吗？”黄长海劈头盖脸地就喷了夏雷一脸。

“What do you know? Who are you? Did I ask you?” Huang Chang-Hai spoke down to Xia Lei, pelting(投物攻击，向...投掷) him with ire(愤怒).

夏雷愣了一下，也火了，“我在和你说话吗？你是谁啊？我在和江局说话，有你什么事？我这个人只和正局说话，副局什么的，我都懒得搭理。”

Xia Lei froze for a moment before he flared up too. “Was I talking to you? Who the hell are you? I am talking to Chief Jiang, so what does it have to do with you? I will only speak to the Chief. I can’t be bothered with a Deputy or whatever.”

“你——”黄长海的一张肥脸顿时被气成了猪肝色。他最恨别人叫他副局，但眼前这小子专踩痛脚！

“You -” Huang Chang-Hai was so angry his fat face looked like a shade of(少许，稍微) pig liver for a moment. He hated being called Deputy but being called Deputy by this twerp was like rubbing salt on his wound!

江如意尴尬地道：“雷子，别这样……”

“Lei, don’t…” said Jiang Ru-Yi awkwardly.

夏雷说道：“还有你，不是我说你，你一个正局，职位在他之上，他却跑到你的面前来发火，他凭什么？”

“And you!” said Xia Lei, “I’m not pointing fingers but as Chief you outrank him, yet he comes and throws a fit in front of you. What right does he have to do that?”

黄长海指着夏雷的鼻子，“小子，你给我放尊重点！”

Huang Chang-Hai pointed right at Xia Lei’s nose. “You’d better show proper respect, boy!”

夏雷冷笑道：“我只尊重值得尊重的人，你就算了吧。别以为我不知道你的心思，江如意找到了破案的线索，你担心她在一个星期之内破案，从此坐稳正局的位置，你就没希望取而代之了是吧？”

“I only give respect to people who deserve respect. You? Forget it. You think I don’t know what you’re thinking? You’re afraid Jiang Ru-Yi will crack the case in a week after finding a lead and secure her position. If that happens you will have no hope of getting the position of Chief, am I right?” sneered Xia Lei.

黄长海的嘴角抽了两下，却说不出话来。夏雷还真是猜到了他的心思，江如意突然画出了疑犯的画像，他便慌了，所以才来江如意的办公室无中生事，想拖延江如意的破案的节奏。

The corners of Huang Chang-Hai’s mouth twisted twice but he could not say anything. Xia Lei had guessed right. He had panicked after Jiang Ru-Yi suddenly obtained sketches of the suspects so he came to her office to create trouble and hinder(阻碍，妨碍，阻挡) her progress in the case.

夏雷说道：“你拿着国家的俸禄，不寻思怎么破案，却为了一己私利跑来拖后腿，我真为你这种人感到脸红。你既然不想破案，你还当什么警察呢？知道上面为什么不选你而选如意吗？就你这思想，你这辈子都别想坐上正局长的位置。”

“You draw a salary from citizens but you focus more on furthering your own goals than on solving the case. I feel shame for people like you. Why are you a police officer if you don’t want to solve crimes? Do you know why the higher-ups chose Ru-Yi and not you? With your mindset you’ll never in your life make it to the position of Chief,” said Xia Lei.

“好，好，我们走着瞧吧！江如意，你一个人去破案吧！”黄长海抓起被他拍在办公桌上的两张画像，使劲地揉成一团然后砸进了纸篓。他气冲冲地走出了办公室，出门的时候还恨恨地瞪了夏雷一眼。

“Fine! We’ll see! Solve the case yourself, Jiang Ru-Yi!” Huang Chang-Hai snatched up the copies of the sketches he had slammed on the table, crushed them into a ball and threw it into the paper bin. He left the office in a huff, shooting a glare at Xia Lei on the way out.

办公室里就只剩下了江如意和夏雷两个人，气氛显得有点沉闷。

Jiang Ri-Yi and Xia Lei were the only ones left in the office and atmosphere was a little depressing.

“雷子。”半响江如意才打破沉默，“没想到你的嘴巴这么厉害，可以前你和我吵架的时候怎么老是输呢？”

“Lei,” said Jiang Ru-Yi after a while, “I didn’t know you were so good with words. How come you always lost when we argued?”

夏雷苦笑了一下，“现在的情况对你很不利，你还有心思开我的玩笑吗？”

Xia Lei laughed dryly. “You’re in a very disadvantageous situation now and you’re still in the mood to joke?”

“怎么对我不利了？”江如意一副不解的样子。

“How is it disadvantageous?” Jiang Ru-Yi looked puzzled.

夏雷说道：“你刚才没听见那个黄长海说的那句话，你一个人去破案。你不明白这句话的意思吗？这个警局里的人你很难指挥，就算你带着他们去破案，他们也会敷衍了事，不会尽力。”

“Didn’t you hear what Huang Chang-Hai said? Solve the case yourself. Don’t you understand the meaning of that sentence? It’s difficult for you to order the people in this station to do as you say. Even if you bring them to assist you in the case they will only do a perfunctory(敷衍的，例行公事的，潦草的) job, not their best.”

江如意顿时愣在了当场。

Jiang Ru-Yi was stunned.

夏雷叹了一口气，“你太单纯了，被人卖了还帮人数钱。你想，你从一个办公室文员突然被提拔成正局长，这个警局里有几个人服你？李青华落马之后，这个警局里说话管用的是那刚才那个黄长海，不是你。他有这些年树立起来的威望，还有他培养起来的人，你却什么都没有。再加上这个警局里的人都认为你一个星期后会被免职，而接替你的人会是黄长海，你说，他们是听黄长海的还是听你的？”

Xia Lei sighed. “You’re too naive. It’s like helping to count the money after you’ve been sold. Think about it - how many people in this station would listen to you after being promoted suddenly from a desk clerk to Chief of Police? After Li Qing-Hua’s fall, the next person whose words actually carry weight is that Huang Chang-Hai, not you. He has the prestige he’d built up over the years and people he’s nurtured(培养，扶持) but you have nothing. Furthermore, everyone in this police station thinks you’ll be axed in a week and Huang Chang-Hai will be the one to take over. So do you think they’ll listen to you, or to Huang Chang-Hai?”

江如意却摇了摇头，“我不信，工作是工作，总有坚持原则的人吧？就算我一个礼拜之后会被免职，但在这一个星期里我还是这个分局的局长，我就不信我指挥不动他们。你跟我来，我要证明你是错的。”

Jiang Ru-Yi, however, shook her head. “I don’t believe you. Work is work and there are people who will adhere to their principles. Even if I get axed in a week, I am still the Chief now. I don’t believe that I cannot command them. Come with me, I’ll prove you wrong.”

夏雷苦笑了一下，“这些年我在社会上打拼，早就看透了这世道，无需向我证明什么。能做的我已经做了，这样的事情我也帮不了什么忙，我得走了。”

Xia Lei smiled wryly. “I’ve worked in the real society these past years and I’ve long seen through the workings of this world so there’s no need to prove anything to me. I’ve done what I could. I can’t help you with this, so I’ll be on my way.”

“哎呀，耽搁不了你多少时间。”江如意一把拉住了夏雷的手，拽着他警员的办公区走去。

“Oh! This won’t take long.” Jiang Ru-Yi grabbed Xia Lei’s hand and pulled him towards the cubicles(小房间，隔间) of the other police officers.