Chapter 483 Her Death

Shen Jinxiu used a declarative sentence, not an interrogative sentence, in her statement.

She seemed to know something.

Shen Zhixia looked at her. Shen Jinxiu stood in front of her. Her hair was short, and she was wearing a gray apron. She had lost a lot of weight, and her hands were covered in calluses. She looked like an ordinary person.

Even if you threw her into a crowd, no one would notice her. If Shen Jinxiu hadn't been watching her, she might not have even noticed Shen Jinxiu.

In Shen Jinxiu's eyes, Shen Zhixia was dazzling. Time seemed to have been exceptionally kind to her. Even after so many years, she was still so radiant and beautiful. That was the nourishment that came from living a good life.

It's not just about having money to raise a child; you also need love.

Do you hate it?

Jealous?

Shen Jinxiu had expected herself to have these emotions, but she found that she didn't hate at all. She was already quite old and had experienced so much, and she found that she seemed to have come to terms with it.

It doesn't matter anymore.

Because this life has already passed.

Nothing will change.

Shen Jinxiu said, "It wasn't supposed to be like this. I am the female lead of this world. I would take all the money and run away with my parents."

Shen Zhixia said, "I don't understand what you're saying. Are you crazy?"

“I’m not crazy. One day, I suddenly started seeing some strange words. Those words told me that I could have lived a good life, but why did it turn out like this?”

Shen Jinxiu's tone was calm, without any sense of collapse, but rather a kind of calm madness: "They also said that you would be demoted and then die a miserable death."

Shen Zhixia suddenly looked at her and clenched her fists.

Shen Jinxiu laughed: "Those words have been floating in my mind for many years. They said you would divorce Huo Chenzhou and that your end would be terrible. So I've been waiting and waiting, year after year. I thought to myself, I must live well, I must see with my own eyes how terrible you are."

She believed these words back then; she thought they were real, that they represented the future. She was even secretly pleased with herself, thinking she had some kind of magic touch.

But as the days went by, instead of seeing Shen Zhixia suffer misfortune, she saw Shen Zhixia living a more and more comfortable life, which was simply unbelievable.

Shen Jinxiu's voice was ethereal: "But after waiting for so long, I still didn't see you get a divorce. Instead, I saw you getting better and better. At that time, I began to doubt whether the words floating in front of me were real."

Shen Zhixia said, "I don't understand what nonsense you're talking about. I suggest you go to the hospital to get your brain checked."

Shen Jinxiu asked, "Who are you?"

I don't know what you're talking about?

Shen Jinxiu lowered her eyes and said, "You don't need to be so wary of me. Over the years, I've come to terms with it. This is how I am. This is how my life will be. Nothing will change. I've accepted my fate. I just saw those words. They said that you were supposed to divorce Huo Chenzhou and that I would live a happy life with that money."

"But the ending wasn't like this. I just want to know if you are her?"

Her eyes held a clear understanding of everything: "Actually, I suspected a long time ago that you weren't her at all. She was clearly a stupid person, so how could she be as smart as you and even manage to scheme against us and send us to the countryside? But too many things happened back then, so I didn't analyze it that much."

"You're not Shen Zhixia, are you?"

Shen Zhixia paused for a moment before asking, "Is this answer important to you?"

Shen Jinxiu shook her head: "It's not important, but even when I'm about to die, I still want to figure out some things, like who you really are. No matter what, I still want to live with a clear understanding."

Shen Zhixia said, "I told you long ago that I didn't want to have any interaction with you. I thought there was no need for us to have too much contact."

Shen Jinxiu said, "I have experienced a lot, and my life has been quite fulfilling. Others may not understand, but I have no regrets. I have been glorious and I have also fallen on hard times. I feel that there is nothing I cannot accept. At present, I have raised my son to adulthood, and I do not feel any regrets. Those words have also disappeared. I feel like I have been living in a dream, as if I am a character in a book, but in the end, we did not follow the development in the book."

“Those words say there’s something wrong with you, Shen Zhixia. Are you fake? Or is this world fake?”

“It’s all real. Even if it’s a dream, as long as you experience it yourself, it’s real. Everything is real.” Shen Zhixia said, “Of course I’m real too. I am Shen Zhixia. No matter what, I have participated in everything in this world. We have lived in this world for so long, so we truly exist. Maybe to others it’s a book, but to us, it is our life.”

"Those words... have all disappeared."

Shen Jinxiu asked, "Are those writings real?"

“Since they’ve all disappeared, whether they’re real or not is even less important,” Shen Zhixia said. “A person’s life is something they have to control themselves. What you do determines the kind of life you will have, not something that can be presented by words. Besides, after you saw those words, didn’t you stick to your own ideas and not get influenced by them? Or, didn’t you ever suspect that those words were fake, just your illusions?”

"Only what you experience is real."

Shen Jinxiu leaned against the wall, staring at Shen Zhixia's lips for a long time before softly saying, "I just wanted to confirm one thing today, which is whether you are Shen Zhixia or not. Now I'm sure."

"You are not."

Shen Zhixia did not deny it.

It's quite normal that Shen Jinxiu could tell that she wasn't Shen Zhixia, after all, the two had been together for so long and Shen Jinxiu knew very well what kind of person Shen Zhixia was.

“I actually feel that those words are divine words from outer space, and what they said is all true. But you are not Shen Zhixia, so everything changes. Shen Zhixia, I thought I would hate you, but now that it’s come to this, I don’t hate you.”

"Whether the world is real or not, let's keep living our lives. Sometimes I feel like life is like a game. I can follow the main storyline, but I can also find side storylines, and those side storylines can make me happy too."

Shen Jinxiu said, "Goodbye."

Her final expression was one of detachment, as if she had figured everything out.

Shen Zhixia felt she understood Shen Jinxiu's expression. Once she figured out the secret, she wouldn't be bothered anymore.

But that was the last time she saw Shen Jinxiu.

A month later, Shen Jinxiu died at home.

Her son took illegal drugs and came home asking her for money. When she refused, he stabbed her seventeen times before she died.

Finally, her son was taken away by the police.

When this news came out, it caused quite a stir in the surrounding area.

Shen Zhixia was somewhat dazed. She thought Shen Jinxiu was just an insignificant person, but after learning that she was dead, her feelings were very complicated.

She knew that Shen Jinxiu's death meant that she had truly and completely changed the original owner's fate, but she felt very sad inside.

Zhang Weihong said, "After Shen Jinxiu died, she left a suicide note. The words in the note were very calm, as if she had long ago realized that she was going to die."

"She also said something very strange. She said that life is like a game and she has already passed many levels."

Zhuangzi dreamt he was a butterfly, and the butterfly dreamt he was Zhuangzi; this is how it is.

Is this world real?

Whether it's true or not, everything you experience right now—the food you eat, the people you meet—is real.