"The House of Sleeping Mermaid" Reading Sharing Manuscript
Text/Funny Pineapple
Everyone should be familiar with the author Keigo Higashino, he is particularly good at reasoning It is a suspense novel, so when I opened "The House of Sleeping Mermaid", I thought it was a suspense novel. Until I read Chapter 10, my expectations were still at work, and I was still subconsciously looking for this novel. The suspense point of this book.
Okay, I admit, the first time I read this book, it was a huge failure, so I opened it the second time.
I have to admit that this is a novel with a clear structure, very readable and in-depth. It uses the form of a novel to think about society and human nature, which made me feel the heaviness.
The beginning of the story talks about the date between Kaoruko and Dr. Enokida. Dr. Enokida is Kaoruko’s psychiatrist. The two of them drank red wine happily at the bar. She still had concerns. Her concern was about the child. The child was sent to her mother's house and had to be picked up the next day. Another concern she had was the wedding ring on her hand. Although her husband cheated on her with Chang, their relationship was still protected by the law.
He Chang is the chairman of a company that researches brain-computer interface technology. This is currently the world's top research project. This project allows people with disabilities to achieve normal activities through prostheses. category.
It’s just that He Chang was in a slightly bad mood because he was dating a woman who was not very smart. This woman violated the confidentiality agreement and told others about them. The smart Xunzi After discovering this incident, I separated from He Chang for fear of having a bad influence on my children. It has been a year now. Today, He Chang received a message from Xunzi, informing him to attend their daughter Mizuho's college entrance interview.
But at this moment, Xunzi received a call from her mother, telling her that Mizuho had drowned and was sent to the intensive care unit, and her heartbeat stopped for a time. Xunzi and Hechang ignored the interview and hurriedly found the address and came to the hospital.
Xunzi and Hechang rushed to the hospital and heard that Mizuho drowned because her finger got stuck in the gap under the water. A brain doctor with a broad forehead received them and said: They told the cruel truth: Mizuho was probably brain-dead. It's just that the doctor can't make a conclusion before making a brain-death determination. Once Mizuho is determined to be brain-dead, the day when the brain-death determination result comes out will be the time of Mizuho's death. The doctor considered suggesting that Xunzi and He Chang consider Ruisui's organ donation.
But although Ruisui had many tubes inserted into her body, she looked very peaceful sleeping. How could she be a dead Ruisui?
Xunzi and Hechang returned home on the doctor's advice. It had been a long time since the two of them sat down together and drank a glass of red wine. Xunzi still couldn't believe that Mizuho had disappeared from this world, tears dripping down the wine glass. He Chang, on the other hand, is more rational. He has gradually accepted the reality. He persuaded Xunzi with the reason that "Ruisui's organs are donated to others, and then a certain part of Ruisui will live well in this world." Xunzi and Hechang began to call their parents to report the cruel fact. Everyone had different reactions. Hechang's father was angry and sad, while Xunzi's mother felt deep self-blame.
He Chang arranged everything and went to the hospital with Xunzi again. They had decided to donate Mizusu's organs. Although they didn't know who the target would be, as long as they thought of a certain part of Mizusu's body, They feel some comfort that some of them will continue in this world. The coordinator came and explained everything clearly to Xunzi and Hechang. All of Mizuho's relatives came, and the intensive care unit was filled with sadness.
They said goodbye to Ruisui one by one and stroked her little body. But when Xunzi, He Chang and their son Shengren all held Ruisui's hand, Ruisui's hand jumped slightly. It was this jump that made Xunzi change her mind. She believed that Mizuho was not dead and that she was still alive. She should not accept the painful decision of brain death, nor should she disembowel her body and donate organs without anesthesia. He Chang was also shaken. At their insistence, the hospital agreed with their statement, but informed that even so, Mizuho might only have a few months to live.
More than a month has passed in the blink of an eye. Although Mizuho has been in dangerous situations many times, luckily she has overcome the difficulties every time. Shengren visits her sister every day after kindergarten, and Xunzi is also carefully learning how to do it. Taking care of the sleeping Mizusu, changing her underwear, suctioning out sputum, injecting nutrients, turning over and other matters. Her next goal is to take Mizusu home to live, so she must learn to take care of Mizusu like a nurse. But the doctor told Xunzi that if he wanted to take Ruisui home, he would have to undergo a tracheotomy - cut open the trachea and install an artificial respirator directly.
Xunzi was very depressed and struggling in her heart. She thought of Dr. Enokida. Xunzi went to see him again. Dr. Enokida could make her feel relaxed and comfortable, but when Dr. Enokida wanted to see her two When they had a child and their relationship took a step forward, Dr. Enokida's warm words made Xunzi feel painful. The heat wave of sadness overwhelmed her. She stared at Enokida and tears fell. She wanted to indulge herself, even if it was just for one night. She followed Enokida home, but she thought of her Mizuho and stopped. , she didn’t want to hope that one day she would wish Mizuho to die earlier, so she planned not to get entangled with Enokida in the future.
Hechang's company develops brain-computer interface technology. At the BMI research results conference, he heard about the "diaphragm pacemaker". He ignored the looks of many people at the conference table and chatted with the researcher. After getting up, it took a long time to realize that there was something wrong with many people's expressions, and then he asked the researcher to go to his office after the meeting.
The researcher’s name is Hoshino. After being questioned by He Chang, he concluded that if a pacemaker is installed, Mizuho will most likely not need a tracheotomy and be able to breathe on his own. He Chang immediately put Hoshino in charge of the matter, contacted the research team, and told Xunzi about the matter. Xunzi originally didn't want He Chang to spend more money. She was already prepared to bear Ruisui's life alone after divorcing He Chang. However, this sudden news made her give up this idea. The reason was AIBS (diaphragm). The technical maintenance cost of a pacemaker is very high, and she wants Mizuho to be able to breathe on her own instead of relying on an artificial respirator to survive.
The operation was very successful. Mizuho removed the trachea and his chest heaved, as if he was really alive. However, everyone regarded Mizuho as an experimental subject, and only Xunzi's family really feel happy.
Xunzi decided to take Mizuho home, but it required two nursing staff. At He Chang’s suggestion, Xunzi called Qianhezi, who was still blaming herself. , Qianhezi is Xunzi’s mother. At first, Chizuru didn't dare to get close to Mizuho. After a series of psychological construction, she gradually got on the right track.
Hoshino would come to Harima’s house regularly to do some debugging for Mizuho’s AIBS. Using the company’s brain-computer interface technology, he gradually realized that he could stimulate Mizuho’s brain with electrical signals, allowing her to move her hands and feet. I think this is good and can add energy to Mizuho's muscles. Hoshino was deeply attracted by Xunzi's overflowing maternal love. He devoted himself wholeheartedly to this matter and tried his best to meet Xunzi's requirements. When Xunzi apologized to Hoshino, Hoshino said that he was a free agent and didn't have much in his life.
Hoshino wants to break up with his girlfriend Mao, and his heart is already tightly attached to Xunzi. Even though he knows that he can't be with Xunzi, he still can't maintain the current relationship. willing.
So Mao asked him out several times without success. Mao suddenly became suspicious. After a date, he followed Hoshino to Harima's house and met Kaoruko. Kaoruko told Mao what Hoshino had done. Everything, but when Mao saw the brain-dead sleeping Mizuho raising his hand, he couldn't help but screamed and fled the Harima house.
Xunzi didn't mean to drive away Mao, but in her heart she had a glimmer of hope for Hoshino's "no girlfriend". Maybe it was because her husband had cheated on her, or maybe it was because of what she said. It was too heavy to bear, but when she thought of everything Hoshino had done for her, although she felt a little guilty for Mao, she couldn't help but look forward to Hoshino in her heart.
A second-grade teacher from a special education school came to Xunzi’s house. Because Mizuho couldn’t go to school, the teacher came to teach. Her name is Shinzhang Fangfang, and she is the same as the first-grade teacher Yonekawa. The difference was that she only followed Mr. Yonekawa's teaching method at the beginning, but after a certain period, she started reading to Mizuho all day long. Xunzi accidentally discovered that Teacher Fangfang would only read aloud when she was there, and as soon as she left, Teacher Fangfang stopped reading. It seemed that it was read to her. She wanted to know what Teacher Fangfang was doing with What kind of mood are you doing this? It turns out that Xinzhang Fangfang wanted to read the story so that Xunzi could put it down. She thought that Mizuho couldn't hear the sound at all.
"Yukiono Rescue Association" is raising funds. Jiang Teng Yukino is a girl who suffers from severe heart disease and is in deep pain. In order to raise enough funds, her father takes Yukino abroad to receive a heart transplant. The "Yukiono Rescue Association" was founded, and the friends of the girl's father took care of it for him.
A woman named Shinaki Fusako sat at the "Yukino Rescue Society" fund-raising site for three days. Kadowaki noticed her very early, although he was worried that she was here to cause damage (many people disagreed) This is a form of fundraising, so various methods will be used to sabotage the donation), but you can't drive her away at will, but this new chapter house took the initiative to find Kadaki.
They discussed some criticisms of the fund-raising activities. Kadowaki told the new chapter that the main reason for going abroad for transplant surgery was because the Japanese were resistant to "organ donation", and the implementation rate of the new bill was also low. Not high. The new chapter gave Kadowaki a thick envelope and asked him to deliver it to Eto.
A few weeks later, the new chapter met Yukino and shared some of her thoughts with Eto. She believed that the new brain death bill was too weak and that doctors should have more weight in determining brain death. In this way, the new brain death bill can promote the implementation of the organ donation bill. Although Jiang Teng and his wife explained it, they had to agree with Xinzhang Fangfang's words in their hearts.
Yukino finally left because the artificial heart caused blood clots and caused brain death. Jiang Teng and his friends disbanded the rescue group and held a funeral for Xukino. When Eto announced that he would determine Yukino's brain death and donate his organs, he dismissed the crowd, only to see a woman bursting into tears, it was Shinzaki Fusako.
When Xinzhang Fangfang came to Xunzi’s house, Xunzi was arranging flowers. Xinzhang Fangfang told Xunzi that a man named Jiang Teng was looking for Xinzhang Fangfang, but he was not looking for her. Xunzi silently admitted that she used the identity of the new chapter to participate in the Yukino rescue meeting, and felt sorry for it. Unexpectedly, the new chapter did not blame Xunzi, but reconciled with her.
In the blink of an eye, two years have passed. Xunzi has become more and more obsessed with using high technology to manipulate Mizuho to make various actions. With the cooperation of Hoshino, she even made Mizuho smile with her eyes closed. stand up. This is not over yet, she even asked her son to give birth to a child and held a birthday party with her classmates at home, hoping that everyone could see the moving Mizuho.
But everyone thought Mizuho was dead, and Ikuto was ostracized at school because of it, and I even felt depressed because of it. Everyone was trying to persuade Xunzi, but Xunzi felt that the sky was dark and the whole person was about to collapse.
She ran into the kitchen, took out a kitchen knife and put it against Mizuho's chest. She called the police and raised the kitchen knife in front of the police. Everyone around them screamed and the police also broke out in a cold sweat. Again and again, Xunzi said:
"If Mizuho had died long ago, then I had not committed murder; if she was still alive, then I had committed murder, but I would happily serve the sentence. Because this proves that Mizuho, ??who I have been taking care of since the accident, is indeed still alive."
Yes, she is eager to prove the meaning of all this, because she has never been to Yukino's rescue meeting. , already wondering what the meaning of all this is.
Ruoye stood up at this time and told the truth about that year. It turned out that when she was swimming, the ring she was wearing slipped to the bottom of the water. Mizuho was trying to help her pick up the ring and her finger got stuck in the pool. In the bottom net. Xunzi finally gave up, and everyone understood the meaning of everything Xunzi did.
Xunzi continued to take good care of Ruisui, taking her to bask in the sun and take her for a walk. But at 3 o'clock in the morning one night, Xunzi suddenly opened her eyes and found that Ruisui was standing behind her.
He Chang was in a meeting when he suddenly received a call from Qian Hezi, asking him to go to the hospital quickly.
When He Chang rushed to the hospital, he learned that Ruisui's physical condition had taken a turn for the worse. He met Xunzi. Xunzi's eyes were red and told He Chang that at three o'clock in the morning, she felt Ruisui. Just say to her: Mom, thank you. I'm leaving. After saying that, Mizuho's physical condition began to deteriorate.
So although Mizuho is still breathing, he is indeed dead. The time of death is three o'clock in the morning.
Xunzi and Hechang found the doctor and decided to let Ruisui be diagnosed as brain dead and agreed to donate organs.
Twenty-four hours later, the doctor informed Xunzi that Mizuho’s death was on April 1. But Xunzi disagreed. She believed that Mizuho's death time was 3 a.m. on March 31. She insisted on this even at Mizuho's funeral.
Mizuho's heart was transplanted and was inherited by a child named Zongwu. He vaguely smelled the fragrance of roses. He thought that the person who gave him a heart must have lived a life filled with deep love and the fragrance of roses. Must be very happy.
Reading the first half of this book, I felt heavy in my heart. The book repeatedly mentioned the "New Brain Death" bill, the "Organ Donation" bill, and the long speeches that forced Xunzi to To admit that Mizuho is brain dead, to admit that her daughter who can still breathe freely is dead.
People think this is a good deed, just like Eto, who was able to donate his daughter's organs without hesitation and announced it to the public, which was praised. But is Eto really rational? Isn't it because of similar pressure? What's more, they don't have the financial strength of Hechang.
I have to admire Higashino Keigo. He can use a story to explain a social problem mixed with complex human nature so thoroughly that people can’t help but think deeply. If I were Kaoruko, we would have such a Courage to give up everything just for a former relative who everyone said is dead?
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