Chapter 18: The Respected Mask (Part 2)

  Long Bao was very clear that his brain had a relatively serious problem, and his spirit and will seemed to have been torn apart into two completely opposite opposing sides. What's strange is that as soon as he mentioned Jing Er, Qiu Ya, and Shi Wei, these two opposing sides would start arguing fiercely, and the cold and ruthless consciousness would always occupy the upper hand.

  Long Bao unconsciously avoided looking for relevant medical research materials, but he suspected that his symptoms might be a precursor to schizophrenia, and should have a great connection with the heart he was forced to lose and the lost family heirloom. The book was reprinted from 16K Literature Network and must also be related to the curse on his body.

  After Jing Er left, his two opposing consciousnesses began to discuss countermeasures:

  "I said we can't argue again in the future, or others will think we're mentally ill."

  "It's not that I want to argue with you, but your behavior is too out of line. You're harming both others and yourself. If the outside world finds out, it will lead to a sharp decline in the company's stock price. Consider the severity of the consequences carefully."

  "The problem is entirely on your side, it's you who is messing up my business. If it weren't for your interference, I would have solved all these problems long ago."

  "If the thing can't be found, then forget it. No need to waste energy on this matter, there are more meaningful things waiting for us to do."

  "Alright, I'll take a step back in front of you. I'll conduct hypnosis and lie detector tests on Wen Li and Jing Er. If there's still no result, then I'll give up pursuing them and focus the investigation on Xiong Shan."

  "No, you have to give up the pursuit of everyone!" "Are you stupid? If it falls into someone else's hands, won't it become evidence that I lied to the news media about attacking me? It may even attract more curious people's attention. The rumors of the curse in my hometown are well-known, and once there is a genealogy as historical evidence, it will become a major mysterious phenomenon news. Do you like being a rare animal that attracts attention?"

  "Whatever, it doesn't matter anymore. The curse has been lifted anyway. As long as my birthdate and time aren't leaked, and no one touches my bones, I'm fine." "Since you put it that way, I'll be the ultimate judge. I won't believe anyone's verbal guarantees. I'll conduct lie detector tests and hypnosis on Liu De Xian and those two girls. If there are no results, I'll give up investigating. From now on, everything will be done by me. I guarantee not only to create a glorious image for you that everyone respects, but also to treat everyone as subordinates and clients of the group. Those people you fear will fade out of your social circle, and won't have any opportunities to care about you or express love to you. You'll just obediently follow me from now on, and can no longer interfere with my actions."

  Long Bao thinks that Lin Yang, as his own secretary, forgot the necessary rules and revealed his daily life and physical condition, although this may be an unintentional mistake, it is not easy to forgive. This Lin Yang is indeed excellent, but she has the same problem as Zhou Qing, which is being too talkative. Since learning from Shi Wei that Zhou Qing had told him some inside information about himself, he drove Zhou Qing away, so Lin Yang also needs to be taught a lesson.

  Tian Junyao's mouth is very tight, but his ability is limited. He also has a strong sense of gratitude towards himself. According to observation, he may have had thoughts about himself. To avoid bad consequences, he was sent to Liheng Electronics as the deputy director of the office, and can also monitor Wu Teli. Wu Teli has admitted his mistakes and recently seems to be very focused on work. He is actively recruiting technical talents to tackle new projects, and many companies are also in contact with Electronics for business purposes. Wu Teli's ability is indeed very strong, no wonder he looked down on himself before.

  Qian Yuhui seems to have really figured it out, she has been working very hard these days, but there is always a feeling of unease in her heart. Is there an element of showmanship in the split between her and her siblings? Or is she deliberately trying to please herself, with the expectation that she will return the group to the Qian family in the future?

  Xue Bingying is really pretending, and Xue Zong is really muddled. How could he possibly marry her as a way of repaying kindness? Autumn Yajing was already slowly driven away by him, let alone her! Emotions are truly troublesome! However, women have one advantage - they are very responsible towards work, unlike men who have many ulterior motives.

  Long Bao sat in the office smoking and thinking, Lin Yang walked in and respectfully said to Long Bao: "Chairman Long, did you call me?" Long Bao stood up and smiled at her saying: "Secretary Lin, go tell Li Da Shan to get the car ready, we're going to Mechanical Heavy Industry to see CEO Zhao Si Wen." Lin Yang responded with an "ah" before hurrying out.

  Long Bao then came to the headquarters office, where several people were preparing to stand up to show respect for this chairman and president. Suddenly, he remembered that Long Bao had abolished the unwritten rule and tried to sit down again. Long Bao looked around the office and saw many people staring at him, so he nodded to everyone and then looked up at the ceiling and the surveillance cameras installed in the corners. He ignored Jing Er, who was typing with her head down, and walked straight to Shi Wei's side. Shi Wei stood up with a smile and said, "Chairman Long, come to inspect our work?"

  Long Bao smiled and said to him, "Shi Wei, come with me for a moment." Shi Wei followed closely behind, and together with Long Bao and Lin Yang, they got into the car and headed towards Li Heng Mechanical Heavy Industry.

  Sitting in the car, Shi Wei couldn't help but feel a sense of relief. He pulled out a cigarette and handed it to Long Bao, who waved his hand and instead pulled out a cigarette from his own pocket, saying: "You smoke it yourself, I'm not used to Marlboro."

  Shi Wei burst out laughing and said, "Wow, you're a big boss now, still smoking this five-yuan-per-pack White Sand brand. Aren't you afraid of being laughed at?" Long Bao's face immediately fell, and he coldly said, "Shi Wei, this is none of your business. I called you here today to tell you that Li Heng is a large conglomerate, and every word and action of our employees affects the company's image. There are strict rules about what can and cannot be said. Don't think that just because we're classmates, you can speak recklessly in front of colleagues. And don't use the company phone to chat with others during work hours. I have a strong dislike for people who neglect their duties for personal reasons. Consider this a warning."

  Shi Wei did not expect Long Bao to scold him so severely in front of Li Da Shan and Lin Yang for such a small mistake, and he had already cursed Long Bao a hundred times in his heart. Lin Yang felt that Long Bao was criticizing her indirectly because she had also made similar mistakes before. The atmosphere in the car suddenly became gloomy and oppressive.

  Long Bao came to Li Heng Mechanical Heavy Industry and gathered the department managers on duty, gave a brief speech on strictly implementing enterprise management system, then checked the production status of the company, talked with several newly promoted management personnel, and also discussed the progress of cooperation projects with Zhao Siwen before returning to Chang'an.

  The next day, Xue Bingying, who was in charge of personnel, found Lin Yang and told her that her job had been adjusted. She was reassigned to the planning department of Liheng Mechanical Heavy Industry Technology Department. Lin Yang recalled the scene where Long Bao scolded Shi Wei yesterday and realized that Long Bao had planned this a long time ago. To be honest, she, a master's degree holder from a prestigious university, didn't even have the qualifications to be a secretary for this supposedly mysterious man, and was demoted to a subordinate company with a monthly salary of only 4,000 to 5,000 yuan. She felt very resentful in her heart and had the idea of resigning and joining another company. After Lin Yang knocked on Long Bao's office door and entered, she put the resignation letter she had just written on his desk and said to him: "Chairman Long, I'm sorry, I want to resign."

  Long Bao picked up the resignation report and took a look. Good guy, it was written in four languages: Chinese, Japanese, English, and French. Isn't this clearly showing off her talent and looking down on me for not being able to use people? The more she does this, the more I want to keep her! Long Bao's face revealed a smile as he said to her, "What's wrong, Lin Yang? Do you think I shouldn't have transferred you to mechanical engineering?"

  Lin Yang's eyes stared at the resignation report in Long Bao's hand, silent. Long Bao put the resignation report on the table and took out a lighter to place on top of it, smiling as he said to Lin Yang: "It's often said that knowing people and using them is the most difficult thing, but I think the hardest part isn't selecting the right talent, but rather those talents understanding the intentions of the person with the power to use them. Do you understand what I mean, Lin Yang?"

  Lin Yang seemed to understand, but said: "Chairman Long, I know I made the same mistake as Shi Wei, you're warning me." Long Bao chuckled and stood up, saying: "One's boundaries can be seen in their comings and goings. You say you've come in, but maybe you've actually gone out; you think you've gone out, but maybe you've actually come in." Long Bao pointed to the resignation report with his hand, saying: "Come, Secretary Lin, I'll give you a multiple-choice question. I have a lighter, and you have two hands. Do you say this report is for me to burn or for you to take back?"

  Lin Yang quickly guessed the meaning of Long Bao's words: Wasn't he punishing himself for his mistakes, but rather letting himself gain experience in subordinate enterprises so that he could push himself to a higher position? Otherwise, why would he discuss "advancement and retreat" with him? He must have known that the resignation report he wrote in anger was meant to humiliate him, but he didn't get angry at all, instead calmly hinting to him that he was only eighteen years old and had such great courage, making Lin Yang feel ashamed in comparison. She couldn't help but blush, grabbing the resignation report from the table and crumpling it into a ball in her hand.

  Long Bao continued to smile and said, "You'd better go to the mechanical engineering department to report for duty as soon as possible. With your ability, you will quickly get familiar with the work. The salary may be less than now, but everything has its gains and losses. If you earn less, then just spend a little less."

  Lin Yang's eyes shone with moving light, she bowed deeply to Long Bao and then bid farewell and left. Long Bao stared at her back for a long time, lost in thought.

  The phone suddenly rang, and the project manager in charge of supervising the construction reported that a serious building accident had occurred at the staff leisure entertainment center building under construction. The third floor concrete pouring operation collapsed, and an unknown number of construction workers were buried under the rubble!

  Long Wan rushed to the scene of the accident in no time, and the scene before his eyes was unbearable! The three-story building that had just been built collapsed, and the collapsed floor also pierced through the second floor. The internal framework of the building had become a pile of ruins, with broken floors, residual bricks and other debris piled up on top of each other, steel bars and wooden boards protruding in disorder. Some people were shouting for help, while others were muttering to themselves. Many employees from affiliated companies of the group were also standing around, having been startled by the loud noise and coming to see what had happened. The scene was chaotic!

  Long Wan immediately instructed the headquarters staff and subordinate enterprise security personnel to come and maintain order at the scene, and ordered the factory gate guards to let all rescue vehicles pass, and soon 120 ambulances, fire trucks and public security vehicles arrived.

  At this time, Long Bao had already counted the number of construction workers and found that there were 75 people participating in the construction work. Sixty-seven people escaped safely after the accident, eight people fell into the unknown, which means that these eight people may be trapped under the ruins.

  The lives of the eight trapped workers hung in the balance, like a huge stone weighing on Longbiao's chest. But he suddenly became calm and immediately reported the situation to the firefighters and police who had rushed to the scene for rescue operations. He then instructed Kangding Village Mayor Li Dashan to organize a search and rescue team consisting of group employees to await instructions from the firefighters and police at any time. He told the leader of the fire brigade: "Human lives are at stake, our group will definitely cooperate with your rescue efforts at all costs, no matter what rescue equipment is needed or how many people are required, we guarantee that we will provide them as quickly as possible."

  Long Wan and firefighters studied the building's construction drawings. According to the memories of the construction team leader and the rescued personnel, they understood the location of the buried workers under the steel-reinforced concrete slab. Less than 20 minutes after the accident, the search and rescue work was carried out in an orderly manner. Firefighters and group members wearing safety helmets carefully removed the broken walls and bricks to find the trapped workers' locations, then arranged for focused searches and rescues.

  Very soon, the first person was found, stuck under a pile of concrete slabs, with his bloody arm exposed, and he had lost consciousness. The second person's weak cry for help was heard by the rescuers, who searched in the direction of the sound, removing layers of concrete and steel bars, until the head of a trapped worker appeared, his legs pinned down by a broken beam, unable to move. A crane and bulldozer arrived to assist, and after more than 10 minutes, the beam was finally removed, and the trapped worker was immediately sent to hospital.

  Shi Wei remembered that leopards have an extraordinary sense of smell, so he immediately ran back to headquarters and brought the leopard to the ruins. Seeing this scene, his heart itched with excitement, and he said into the leopard's ear: "Leopard, leopard, there are several injured people buried inside, go find them out, after finding them you just call out, hurry up, if you find them I'll find a few female dogs for you to be your wives!" The leopard seemed to understand his words, and darted out like an arrow.

  Long Bao watched as the leopard ran towards the collapsed area, his eyes jumping with excitement. He quickly took a safety helmet from someone's head and followed after it. Shi Wei also hastily followed suit, closely following behind Long Bao and whispering to him, "Old Six, I suggest you immediately halt construction on the Science Building that is still under construction. Also, send people to monitor the guy responsible for the construction and signing of this engineering contract, as well as his relatives. I think there's definitely something fishy going on here."

  The leopard indeed excelled, and after sniffing around, it loudly called out towards Shi Weilong's direction. Shi Weilong, disregarding the danger of continuing to slide down the cement board, got into a prone position and shouted with all his might towards where the leopard was standing: "Is anyone here? Is anyone here? We've come to rescue you, you must hold on!"

  Firefighters rushed over and began organizing the rescue, seven or eight minutes later, the head of the person found by Baozi was exposed, and he could make a slight groan. Longbiao immediately called for a nurse from 120 to give him an analgesic injection and put an oxygen bag on him. Longbiao squatted beside him, talked to him, cheered him up, and occasionally gave him water. Half an hour later, he was successfully rescued and the ambulance rushed him to the hospital. Government leaders, as well as heads of the Safety Supervision Bureau and Municipal Department, also arrived, making emergency deployments for expanded rescue, search, and follow-up work.

  Leopards and the second batch of firefighters brought two police dogs to find two buried workers, five people who have been found are still alive, but three people are still missing. To search for migrant workers deeply buried in concrete rubble, fire officers used life detectors to search for signs of life in concrete debris, and finally found that there were two places where two people were pressed under the thickest concrete slab.

  Long Wan and several government leaders walked through the ruins, directing the rescue efforts with a tense expression. The rescue work was carried out in an intense manner, with firefighters, police officers, and rescue teams, as well as some uninjured construction workers, forming several lines to pass and transport bricks, concrete blocks, and other debris. In several places, dozens of people formed groups to jointly lift and remove massive heavy beams from the rubble where heavy machinery could not operate.

  It was already approaching 7 pm, and more than three hours had passed since the accident occurred. The surrounding area was filled with various rescue vehicles, and people were rushing around. The high-intensity lights illuminated the scene as if it were daytime. While others were frantically rescuing those trapped, the search dog detected something unusual from a pile of rubble. Rescue personnel immediately began digging and finally dug out a hole. Shi Wei shouted, "I see him! He's inside, being pressed down!" This increased everyone's confidence and accelerated their speed. They adjusted the concrete slab to create a gap, and rescue personnel pulled him out from inside. Long Bing rushed forward to take a look and saw that he was curled up, with his hands and feet bent, and his face expressionless. The emergency doctor checked him and shook his head - this person had already died.

  By 8 pm, all trapped workers were found. Seven people were rescued smoothly, and only one person died. Fortunately, the seven rescued people had no life-threatening injuries. Long Bao comforted the injured personnel and other migrant workers: "You can rest assured to recover from your illness, take a good rest, and if you are not feeling well, please call out for help. This will make it easier for doctors to treat your condition. You can rest assured that our group will spare no expense and do its best to rescue you. Don't think about anything else, I will definitely give you a satisfactory explanation!" He arranged for four employees to accompany the injured personnel as caregivers and told the doctors: "Please work hard, closely track their condition development, conduct the most detailed examination to ensure that there are no overlooked injuries, use the best medicine and care, and try to alleviate their physical pain."

  Longwang pledged to the government leaders that they would fully cooperate with the accident investigation team's investigation into relevant personnel, do their best to handle the aftermath for the deceased and their families, and satisfy the reasonable demands of the injured and their families. The government leaders instructed that a field office meeting would be held on a certain day in the future to summarize experience and lessons, and prevent such tragedies from happening again.

  After being reminded by Shi Wei, Long Bao had already made an excuse to keep the several package heads and project managers in the headquarters conference room. The project manager was the former head of the engineering department, and it was he who presided over the signing of the construction contract for the Science and Technology Building. Sure enough, Shi Wei's suspicion that there was something fishy between them had been initially confirmed. The minister hid in the bathroom to call his wife to transfer the deposit slips as soon as possible, and also secretly discussed with a package head in the bathroom that they must keep the secret of the kickback for the contract project.

  The next day, the government's relevant departments formed an accident investigation team to investigate the cause of the accident at the scene. Long Bao intentionally or unintentionally made hints to the investigation team, and the investigation team quickly found out and determined that this was a typical serious violation of compulsory technical standards for construction, cutting corners, using inferior materials, rushing to meet deadlines, causing collapse of the entire floor due to loss of support, and suspected bribery. The Chang'an police station immediately detained several people, including the project manager and several personnel from the engineering department, on suspicion of major engineering accident responsibility crime.

  Long Bao announced that he would convene a meeting of all department heads and above, and he wanted to use this incident to re-establish his authority. His expression had completely lost the polite smile he had maintained in recent days, replaced by genuine anger: "This manager is an old employee of Li Heng's, it was he who personally directed this tragedy! His purpose was simple, just to get this kickback! You may ask, how many engineering projects did he host for the group before, why did he make such a mistake, didn't he know the consequences of this error? Well, I'll tell you, that's because in the past it was Lao Zhang who presided over the overall situation, even if he accepted kickbacks, he wouldn't dare to be so blatant. Now that I'm in charge, he resents me for demoting him from department head to project manager, and thought I wanted to take revenge on the group's old employees, so he had the idea of making a big profit and leaving!"

  "What if this building hadn't collapsed before its completion, what if it had passed the quality inspection manipulated by these black hands? Who can guarantee that it won't collapse entirely in the future? What if our company's employees were there for a gathering and leisure activities when it collapses, wouldn't that be another tragic disaster? Human life is the most precious, something that cannot be exchanged with anything else. If such a thing happens, who will take responsibility? Ah!"

  His eyes were cold and menacing, his fists heavily pounding the table as he slammed it: "I now declare that this employee recreational center and technology building will be completely demolished and rebuilt immediately. All construction projects within the group will also be halted immediately. Professional building inspectors will be hired to conduct spot checks on materials used in construction projects and assess their quality and safety. I am sternly warning all of you present, I will not tolerate another incident like this happening again within the group, nor will I allow such a person to appear again! You are human beings, ordinary employees are also human beings, those construction workers who died or were injured in this accident are also human beings! Are your bodies and lives worth more than those of the dead and injured workers? To get kickbacks on construction projects, you would sacrifice others' safety and lives. What kind of person is that? A beast! His heart should be punished! His heart should be punished!"

  Long Bao's performance in this rescue operation and his speech quickly spread throughout the group, and many old employees who still had a little conscience quietly retreated, and several even took the initiative to resign. Although this accident led to a 10% drop in the group's stock price, it earned him more respect from the employees and won him a reputation for being bold and courageous outside.

  Even the leopard became a well-known, all-understanding spirit dog. In recognition of its outstanding performance, Longpo lifted the ban on its actions and it was granted the power to move freely anywhere in the group.

  The secret hypnosis and lie detector tests conducted on Liu De Xian, Jing Er and Wen Li in Hong Kong could only lead to the conclusion that everything they said was true. However, Long Bao's actions made Jing Er deeply worried about the change in Long Bao's personality, thinking patterns and behavior. She invited Hai Tao from Shandong to secretly discuss and study with Qiu Ya, Shi Wei and Du Ci, believing that Long Bao had experienced too many ups and downs in the past year or so, and was already mentally exhausted. Under the current circumstances, they must take the initiative to avoid him, everything must be done according to Long Bao's wishes, and absolutely not stimulate him. Let him handle the group's affairs first, calm down his emotions, and then slowly think of a countermeasure.

  Wen Li's father's illness was cured, but he still needed 2-3 thousand yuan in medical expenses every month. Her meager salary and tuition fees were barely enough to support him, and Longbiao's actions had dealt a huge blow to her. She was convinced that Longbiao was humiliating her, and that she was not even worth as much as a dog in his eyes. She vowed to pay back the money with her own abilities, but it was not easy for a girl to earn tens of thousands of yuan. In desperation, she accepted an offer from a Taiwanese businessman who wanted her to be his mistress. He gave her 12,000 yuan every month, not counting daily expenses. She thought that if she saved carefully, she could pay back the money she owed Longbiao in two or three years. She decided to sacrifice her youth.

  At this moment, Long Bao has been dominated by a hidden consciousness. He has become a typical paranoid, completely unwilling to spend his energy thinking about the feelings of his friends. He simply treats them as subordinates of the group, in order not to give Jing Er and Qiu Ya any opportunity to get close to him alone, avoiding their stimulation from causing another conflict between the split consciousness in his mind. Also, to avoid being said by other employees that he is favoring Shi Wei and others, balancing the psychology of employees, he uses the excuse that as group employees, Shi Wei, Jing Er, Qiu Ya and others cannot occupy the villa, forcing them to move out of the villa and rent a suite outside.

  He threw himself into endless work in the following days, exercising his incredible self-righteousness to the limit, constantly shuttling between Chang'an and Hong Kong, renovating the international headquarters with the suggestions of think tanks, and severely urging the group's subsidiaries to expand their business. He was smiling at everyone, but cold-blooded and ruthless inside, with clear rewards and punishments, heavy rewards and heavy penalties. His seemingly innate financial vision always accurately grasped every opportunity for profit and made bold financial investments. He tilted the group's resources towards his predetermined development direction, gradually gathering a large number of talents, using the money from the international financial market to acquire shares in high-tech companies he thought had potential.

  Under his full efforts, Jiao Siwei, Qian Yuhui and Xue Bingying also fully cooperated with him for their own purposes. The group became a high-speed coordinated machine, making rapid progress in business operations, management and government relations. By mid-March 2004, the group had become a highly competitive enterprise with significant development advantages. Its subsidiaries had expanded to include Liheng Bioengineering Co., Ltd., Liheng Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Liheng Mechanical Heavy Industry Co., Ltd., Liheng Electronics Co., Ltd., Liheng Building Materials Co., Ltd., Liheng Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Liheng Investment Co., Ltd. and Liheng Applied Materials Engineering Co., Ltd., with a stake of over 30% in more than a dozen small enterprises.

  At the end of July, he seized the opportunity of good public opinion to make a major decision to separate the business risks, and separated Lihe Mechanical Heavy Industry and Lihe Building Materials from the group. After accepting partial external investment capital and re-allocating shares, they were listed on the Hong Kong GEM board. The group was only one of the major shareholders, holding 45% of the shares. The presidents remained Zhao Siwen and Li Xiubai, but they no longer held concurrent positions in the group's headquarters.

  This dragon is acting swiftly in business, saying and doing, never hesitating. By September 2004, the group's performance was already astonishing, and the commercial empire under the control of the trust center had begun to take shape. Long Wan also gained the respect of many corporate leaders with his outstanding demeanor and attracted close attention from the media. A reporter described him as: "He has a unique talent, like a poet, writing freely on the large sheet of paper left by Mr. Qian Zhengsheng, filling it with his poetic sentences full of holes. He possesses the excellent qualities of a top business leader. Otherwise, how could he have turned 10 billion assets into 17 billion in just one year?"

  He is so strict in his style, frugal in life, diligent and hardworking, meticulous in management. He treats loyal employees in the group like a patriarch, carefully considering their living and working requirements. For those who dare to betray or disobey him, he is like a ruthless and heartless king! Who could have imagined that such a commander was just a young man not yet twenty years old?!

  He seems to have been born with the knowledge of how to maintain his supreme image in his kingdom, maintaining a deliberate posture on the central stage of business, his slightly dark and stern face always smiling mysteriously, his lion-like hair casually draped over his shoulders, his piercing eyes under his sword-like eyebrows as deep as the night sky, an unintentional move can emit the aura of a king, he is even more dazzling when listening than answering questions, you may not be able to experience this feeling personally, but every reporter who has interviewed him deeply felt his charm, and we assert that if he were to enter the entertainment industry, he would definitely become the most dazzling world superstar!

  But is this possible? He leads his subordinates to create tens of millions of wealth every day, and the speed of creation will inevitably increase with each passing day, because his kingdom is a high-tech kingdom that is rapidly advancing and expanding at high speed. The responsibility of this kingdom is to meet people's more and newer demands. I suggest that investors remember his words: the profit of the future is sold by brainpower, not labor! The profit of the future is not a two-dimensional giant, but a three-dimensional giant with starry eyes and flying energy!

  Today is the anniversary of Jing Er's grandfather's death, Jing Er, Qiu Ya, Shi Wei and Du Ci are preparing a good meal in their rented three-bedroom two-hall house to pay homage to Grandpa.

  The wine and dishes are already set, Jing'er has also started to light the incense and burn paper money, silently reciting her thoughts of missing her grandfather in her heart. The green smoke is swirling, the flames are flickering strangely, and the black ash is dancing outside the window with a faint hint of sorrow. Her eyes are shining with uncontrollable tears, and she murmurs to herself: "Grandfather, he's wearing a mask that only I can understand, he's so tired, if this goes on, he'll get lost... should I remind him now? Should I help him? In the magazine, I wrote 'what is pretended cannot be firm, what is disguised cannot last, what is escaped must be faced calmly, what is ignored must be re-noticed, what is forgotten must be remembered again. Appearance cannot be reality, mystery should not bring fear, only the heart can solve the puzzle.' Will he see it? If he sees it, will he wake up? Tell me, Grandfather..."