Chapter 15 Chapter 15 My best friend used to love studying...

No. 003 was a talkative person to begin with. Now that she had something to talk about and a desire to talk, she reminisced non-stop: "Really, my parents didn't care about me at all. I think they might have forgotten I existed. How could they be so sad about my death..."

"Oh, Mr. You, you didn't seem to say they were that sad just now. I just took it for granted."

"Even if my dad really did have a stroke, it was probably because I wasn't up to the task and my scumbag ex-boyfriend who was causing trouble. He couldn't stand people going against him. My mom is the same way. She's very concerned about her reputation. Her eyesight was already bad, and she was always worried about my two half-siblings. Maybe she got so angry and cried at my funeral that it was the last straw that damaged her eyes... Anyway, it wasn't out of sadness."

Number 003 looked at You Yunyi, then at the live camera, muttering to herself, "Hey, what Mr. You just said was that they were 'angered' into that state... Oh, sorry, I always listen to people halfway, and it takes me a while to realize I've made a fool of myself. Oh, my best friend also said it's hard to communicate with me."

"But my best friend is very good to me and has always been good friends with me. When I was planning to get double eyelid surgery and posted about it on WeChat Moments, she was the one who urgently advised me not to go, fearing something might happen to me. My boyfriend didn't care at the time... Well, he was busy having two girlfriends at the same time, so why would he care?"

"Actually, my best friend had advised me to break up with him before, but I didn't listen. After all, best friends and boyfriends are natural enemies. It's normal for her to dislike my boyfriend. I was just so silly and happy... Actually, I knew it was stupid to jump off the building and die, but the emotions were too strong at the time, and death was anyway. Instead of regretting it, I might as well hope that this jerk would be scared into regretting it. I didn't expect he would even have the nerve to make a scene at my funeral..."

"If there's anyone who would feel sad for me, it's only my best friend. My parents definitely won't."

You Yun was knowledgeable and had seen many people who talked a lot, as well as those who talked very little. Even though No. 003 had been talking for a long time and still hadn't said what her obsession was, he was too lazy to interrupt.

After No. 003 finished speaking, You Yunyi tapped the endoscope with his fingertips, and the Zhiyin Wall began to change.

Then the audience ghosts who were already very familiar with the Zhiyin Wall discovered that this time the picture on the wall did not have the naked-eye 3D effect like before, it just felt like an ordinary screen. After a little thought, they could figure out that the difference was because what was shown before was old events that had already happened, while what was shown now was future events that would happen according to the original path.

Past events cannot be changed, and can be viewed immersively. However, future events may not necessarily happen, so they seem less real and separated by a "screen."

No. 003 looked at the Zhiyin Wall and saw himself lying in the funeral home.

You Yunyi explained, "This is the day of your funeral."

The funeral was held in the funeral home's farewell hall. Not many people came, but No. 003 looked over and found that people close to him were there: "My best friend, ah, her eyes are swollen from crying, she's about to scold me to death."

"My parents are here, and they brought my stepparents and their new family's brothers and sisters... Oh, my parents do seem a little sad, it's amazing."

"My parents and their brothers and sisters are here too. Actually, I didn't have much contact with these uncles, aunts, and elders when I was alive. I guess they came out of my parents' kindness. It was quite lively."

At the funeral, No. 003's best friend and biological parents looked utterly gaunt. While her stepfather, stepmother, and siblings, who weren't exactly born to the same parents, weren't particularly sad, they all bowed their heads in mourning. Other relatives were also filled with emotion.

No. 003 sat in the underworld, watching this scene. He was silent for a moment, then began to ramble again: "Don't be fooled by the fact that my family seems to have some money now. My parents and their families are well-dressed, have famous bags and watches, and they gave me a very formal funeral... But in fact, my family was very poor when I was a child."

"My grandparents and my maternal grandparents all live in the countryside, and they're among the poorest in their respective villages. My parents love to reminisce about the past, saying that they remember the good times and remember the bad times..."

"My dad always talked about how when he was little, my eldest and second uncles, his older brothers, stopped going to school very early because our family was poor. They worked on the farm during the busy season, and when they were not busy, they would find other jobs like carpentry and bricklaying to earn money. So they looked down on their brothers and sisters of the same age who were still in school and didn't contribute money to the family."

"My dad was so embarrassed to eat more because of their stares... Although according to my dad, when he was a child, his family was so poor that they had nothing to eat."

"My third uncle, my father's third brother, my father said he was in poor health and had a stubborn temper. He threatened to go on a hunger strike if he didn't achieve his goals. My grandparents loved him, so my third uncle did the least work but was paid the best."

"My dad didn't do well in his junior high school graduation exam and wanted to repeat a year, but Grandpa wouldn't allow it. But my third uncle did it for three full years, just because crying gets candy. But my dad, unable to achieve his goal, just buried himself in his work and took his anger out – to use the internet meme of today, he was doing farm work with a cold face. Of course, no one could threaten him."

"My aunt, my father's fourth sister, was said to be the one with the least sense of presence in the family. She was relatively close to my father, my younger brother. My grandparents favored sons over daughters, but because she was the only daughter in the family, they didn't treat her particularly harshly, even though they already had several sons and the next ones were also sons. However, our family was poor and old-fashioned, so even when we didn't deliberately treat her harshly, it was quite difficult."

"But regardless of their personalities, my uncles and aunts are generally very motivated and hardworking—that's what my father said himself. I don't really know these elders—but my younger uncle is the most idle and lazy one in the family. He's neither high nor low, got married and divorced, and is now alone."

"My dad likes to say that if he could repeat a grade that year - he said that he didn't have time to memorize English vocabulary that year, so he did poorly on the test, but other than that, his grades in other subjects were very good. If he could repeat a grade, then things wouldn't be so hard later."

"My mother likes to tell the story of a fire in her house when she was little, burning down all of our meager belongings. The potatoes we had stored were reduced to charcoal, but there was nothing to eat. Every day, she would search the burned-down old house for edible potatoes. If she found any, she would eat them. If not, she would just drink water and go hungry. She would be delighted to see wild vegetables on the road, but she ate too much as a child, so later on, my mother no longer likes to eat green vegetables."

"My mom had good grades and no weaknesses in school. Of course, it's possible she dropped out before she could even identify any of her weaknesses. Because our family couldn't afford to send two children to school, she didn't even finish junior high school. She only had an elementary school diploma, which allowed my aunt to continue her education. After graduating from high school, my aunt was assigned a job, making her the first person in either of my parents' families to cross the 'class line'."

No. 003 chattered on and on about the relatives present at the funeral home.

Then she talked about her childhood: "My parents can be considered 'crossing class boundaries' now, but when I was born, they were still very poor. Later, they took a risk and left me in their hometown. They went out to work hard and gradually made some money. I was taken in by them when I was in my teens."

"At the time, I was happy, but I also felt unfamiliar with them. I knew they were my parents, but... I just didn't feel familiar. As I gradually got to know them better, they divorced. I was fifteen that year, just graduated from junior high school."

"They divorced peacefully. They only argued a little bit before the divorce, but they remained friends afterward and even gave each other gifts when they remarried. As for me, I lived with my dad for a while, then went to live with my mom for a while. Since I lived on campus in high school, I only bothered them during the winter and summer vacations."

"By the time I was in college, the children of their new families could speak. Although my stepparents didn't say it out loud, I could sense that I wasn't welcome, so I started staying on campus during the winter and summer vacations."

"Actually, my parents are pretty good to me. We just don't see each other or keep in touch for years, but they gave me tuition and living expenses during college, and they also gave me red envelopes for Chinese New Year and birthdays. After I graduated last year, they each paid half of the money and bought me a house in the building where I met you, Mr. You, today..."

"That's actually quite good, but I still feel resentful when I talk about them. They seem ungrateful. My scumbag ex-boyfriend always says I don't appreciate what I have, and only my bestie knows why I'm feeling so bad... Why did they give birth to me back then, right?"

No. 003, who originally looked quite sunny and cheerful, became depressed as he spoke.

The ghosts in front of the big screen of the underworld live broadcast noticed something unusual——

"Depression has been a meme for a long time, but... I feel like she might have the kind of smiling depression where she looks incredibly cheerful and nothing's wrong, but in reality, any single thing can be the final straw..."

"Given this experience, it's not surprising that her personality isn't that healthy, but it doesn't necessarily reach the point of a disease. Perhaps it's the lack of love she experienced as a child that makes her sometimes rash and even extreme, like jumping off a building when a scumbag cheated on her."

"Ah, I feel like this little girl had it tough. She was short of money and love when she was little. Now that she's grown up, although she's not short of money anymore, she probably isn't at the point where she can handle everything. Furthermore, her parents divorced so quickly and started a new family..."

"Actually, I also want to ask my parents why they gave birth to me since they don't love me."

"Oh, it's just that parents sometimes neglect their parents to make a living. Why can't family members be more understanding of each other? How can a child understand the difficulties of being the head of a household? Look at the girl in No. 003. If her parents hadn't worked hard to make money when she was young, would she have a house as soon as she graduated?"

"Of course not! He even had psychological problems along the way. He jumped off the building right after graduation. How wonderful!"

"Hey, you're talking in such a sarcastic tone!"

"No matter what, she's grown up now, an adult and in college. She must know everything she needs to know. How can she grow up if she keeps dwelling on her family of origin? Some things should be let go. At least they shouldn't become obstacles on the road to progress."

"If you say it so easily, then no one will have any psychological problems."

“要我是003号，我就跟亲爹亲妈要钱，没有爱那就拿钱来嘛，多要点，不然再过些年他们新家庭的弟弟妹妹更大了，想要钱就难了。拿到了钱，那多潇洒自在，想去哪儿玩就去哪儿，渣男劈腿就揍他一顿把他踹了，都不是事儿！”

"Well, although I don't recommend adults always attribute their problems to their original families and childhood trauma, No. 003, although she went to extremes, only hurt herself. She didn't harm others, endanger society, or commit crimes before blaming others. I still feel sorry for her. There's no need to blame her for being too fragile afterwards..."

"Those in the living world who can see the live broadcast and are in a similar situation to girl No. 003, please don't follow her example and commit suicide so recklessly! Live, and only when you're alive can there be hope for change!"

Then, through the information wall in the extradition office, No. 003 and other viewers saw the scene where her scumbag boyfriend suddenly broke into the funeral and made a scene.

He arrived suddenly and started throwing and pushing things as soon as he came in, so that other people at the funeral scene didn't even have time to react before he successfully arrived in front of the body with such momentum.

However, after looking at the body, he still didn't dare to do anything. When he turned to smash the portrait placed in the middle, the others finally reacted.

No. 003's best friend was the first to push the scumbag away, hugged the portrait that almost fell to the ground, and looked at the scumbag who was already held down by others with a gloomy face.

There were many relatives attending the funeral at No. 003, but the scumbag came alone. After the others reacted, the scumbag's fists and feet were useless, but he continued to kick and hit around, struggling and swearing at others.

"F*** you, I'm telling you, I *****"

No. 003's father couldn't stand it any longer and punched the scumbag a few times, silencing him before cursing, "You've driven her to death, and you still won't stop! We're already being magnanimous enough by not asking you to compensate us for our daughter! How dare you come here and ask Xiaoqin to leave in peace! You beast!"

The scumbag sneered with his swollen face: "She loves me so much that she wants to die. If you have time to blame me, you might as well blame yourselves for raising such a shameless daughter!"

"Besides, why do you blame me? She ran to my house and jumped off the building, causing my family to be criticized in the neighborhood. The housing prices in the entire neighborhood have plummeted because of the death of my family member who jumped off the building. My parents have lived here for decades, and now they are afraid to run into people when they go out! I am so unlucky to have met your Qin Qin! I have never seen such a mean person..."

No. 003 - Qin Qin's best friend threw the framed photo of Qin Qin's death at the scumbag: "How dare someone like you still be alive! If you hadn't cheated on me, if you hadn't sent the messages you sent to another woman to Qin Qin and made her discover something was wrong, if you hadn't stopped her from jumping off the building and deliberately provoked her...how could she have died!"

The scumbag was hit so hard that he covered his head: "Then go ask her! She wanted to jump off the building on her own, why blame me?! You are a good sister, why didn't you accompany her at the time! Why didn't you die with her when she died! Why are you pretending? Qin Qin told me that you two were not good friends at the beginning. She hates you to death!"

In the office of the Underworld Extradition Department, Qin Qin, number 003, widened her eyes upon hearing this and became anxious: "Oh, why did he say that! I didn't mean that at all in that tone. How could he be so ridiculous and only tell half the truth? I'm done for, I'm done for. Zhenzhen is going to scold me to death..."

It was at this moment that Qin Qin remembered: "Hey, I haven't told you what my obsession is, right?"

The audience in the live broadcast room were puzzled when they heard this, thinking that your obsession is not the one related to your parents as you just mentioned, or is it that you want to make sure that the scumbag has not regretted it?

You Yunyi leaned listlessly on the lazy sofa: "Yeah."

He felt a little regretful. He should have slept with Lin Yujing earlier.

Normal sleep restored his energy too slowly, and he became exhausted when the ghost he was meeting started talking too much.

Qin Qin hurriedly said, "It's related to my best friend Li Zhenzhen!"

She explained, "Actually, I originally thought I lived without any obsessions, and just died a little hastily. But I didn't expect Meng Po to say I had an obsession. I thought it was family, or at worst, love? Anyway, I really wanted to have a complete family. But Meng Po said no, she said my obsession was friendship, and it was related to Zhen Zhen."

"Zhenzhen and I met in high school. We shared a dormitory when we first entered high school, but we were separated after the dorms were reassigned."

"But at that time, our relationship was just average, neither particularly good nor bad. Until one day, very suddenly, Zhenzhen suddenly liked to imitate me in everything she did."

"For example, at that time, high school required uniforms. Our school had two styles of uniforms for summer and autumn. In the summer, girls wore one white and one pink, and in the autumn, girls wore one red and one purple. For convenience, when the weather was still unstable at the beginning of autumn, I would wear the summer uniform inside and the autumn uniform jacket outside. I liked the fixed red jacket with white, and the purple jacket with pink, but that was not so convenient at school, so I changed it every two days."

"Originally, this wasn't strange. I wasn't the only one at school who dressed like this. Until someone noticed that Zhenzhen and I wore the same outfit every day, I just thought it was a coincidence."

"But then I bought a watch, and the next day Zhenzhen was wearing the exact same one. I also bought a bracelet to go with the watch, and the next day Zhenzhen had the same bracelet too. Since I bought everything directly at the school boutique, it wasn't difficult for Zhenzhen to get the exact same one. I didn't know what to say, and I felt like I was overreacting."

"Then one day when I returned to school after the holidays, I had a little doll pendant on my backpack that my stepmother had given me. About a week later, Zhenzhen also had the same pendant on her backpack, but the color was a little different."

Qin Qin recalled, "From that moment on, I felt like Zhenzhen was just imitating me on purpose, but it was hard to say because it felt like such a small thing. But I did start to dislike her a little bit. We happened to be reassigned to new dorms, so when she came to hang out with me after that, I didn't really want to talk to her anymore."

"It wasn't until my senior year that the teachers were less strict about uniforms and whether girls could wear their hair down. So I wore my hair down and wore my own clothes. But Zhenzhen copied me by changing her hairstyle and wearing clothes of similar colors or styles. More and more people in the class were saying we were good friends and looked like twins, which made me extremely upset and I started complaining to people."

"As a result... the first time I complained, Zhenzhen heard it!"

"After she heard that, she stopped imitating me. She even apologized to me during our graduation photos, saying that she had simply thought my preferences and habits matched hers, so she copied them to save trouble. She didn't expect it would make me uncomfortable, and asked me if I could forgive her."

"Her apology was so sincere, and she even said we were destined to be together because her name 'Zhen' happens to have a character called 'Qin' underneath it, and my last name is Qin. I don't dislike her anymore because she's so nice to talk to!"

"Later, we were admitted to the same university, and our relationship grew stronger and stronger. As for what happened in high school, I don't think there's really any conflict. It's just that high school students are immature and don't have other interesting things to do, so they pay more attention to small details. But I didn't expect Zhenzhen to always care so much..."

"Two months ago, on my birthday, Zhenzhen got drunk and brought it up again, asking me if I hated her for copying me. Although I managed to calm her down, I think she still can't get over it. Plus, I've been having a brain attack lately. My ex-boyfriend said double eyelids look good, so I decided to get them. Did that make Zhenzhen angry?"

"So, I was planning to give her a dress exactly like mine for her birthday next month, to let her know I really don't mind her wearing the same dress as me... I minded it at first because our relationship was just ordinary. Good friends are definitely different. Not to mention that she has to dress the same as me, she would even take off my clothes and use them for herself."

Qin Qin's eyes sparkled as she spoke, not paying any attention to the picture of her funeral on the wall where Zhiyin was still arguing.

She went on to say, "But I'm dead now, and I haven't had time to give her the dress yet. But I've already bought it and put it in a gift box with other gifts, including a greeting card. I don't know if she can see it."

"Meng Po said this is my obsession. I want Zhen Zhen to know that she is truly my best friend. Having her as a friend is the luckiest and happiest thing that has ever happened to me!"

You Yunyi flipped through the peephole, his expression expression calm. "She can see it, and she'll help you pack up your belongings after your funeral. Oh, and I think she has something she really wants you to know."

Qin Qin was a little afraid to listen: "Are you calling me stupid? I was wrong, really. I was too excited when I jumped off the building. I regret it now, really!"

"No, I didn't scold you." You Yunyi said, "She said she regretted not confessing to you. If she had known earlier, she should have turned you gay."