“What is that, Grandpa? There are so many birds…”

Who’s he calling ‘Grandpa’?

Wang Lei, Long Bing and Xia Lei looked at Chen Kexue. 

Chen Kexue stared back at them, but it was as if they were air. He kept talking, “Hubby, let’s return to Bianliang*. I miss home.”

Wang Lei shook his head. “Insane. Really insane. What a pity. Doctor Chen Kexue is an important member of our team. His condition will affect our research.”

“Why did this happen?” asked Long Bing, “Did he show any such behaviour before?”

“No, definitely not,” said Wang Lei. “He’s never had any psychotic episodes in all the time I’ve known him. His family doesn’t have any history of this sort of condition either, so it’s not possible that it’s hereditary.”

Xia Lei kept his silence while Long Bing and Wang Lei discussed the situation; he kept watch on Chen Kexue. 

Chen Kexue did look insane from the behaviour he displayed but if one carefully dissected his words, a different opinion would be formed. 

‘He spoke as a soldier...