Chapter 24 Chapter 24 Choked to death while eating; happened while washing rice...
No. 005 was a young man who claimed to have died from choking while eating, but his death had nothing to do with obsession: "My obsession is related to my biological parents."
"My parents said they found me on the side of the road on their way home when I was a baby. I wanted to know who my biological parents were and why they abandoned me... But I didn't want to meet them, and I didn't want my parents to think I was leaving them in search of them, so I never looked for them while I was alive. I never expected this to be my obsession after death."
As soon as No. 005 finished speaking, You Yunyi called up the images of No. 005's biological parents and projected them onto the Zhiyin Wall.
He began his explanation like a storyteller: "Your biological father was a high school dropout who ended up hanging around on the streets. Your biological mother was a top student and a well-behaved girl in the eyes of her teachers and classmates. She was dazzled by your biological father's sweet talk and unconventional good looks, fell in love prematurely, and didn't realize she got pregnant during her senior year. She was naturally thin and didn't show her pregnancy, so people around her thought she'd just gained a little weight due to exam pressure. It wasn't until she was diagnosed with pregnancy during the college entrance exam physical that the pregnancy was discovered."
"When the diagnosis was made, the pregnancy was already quite advanced. Your biological mother's parents were afraid that an induced labor would harm her body. Plus, your biological mother, 'True Love' Wudi, wanted to give birth to the child, so you were born alive."
"But before you were born, your biological father, the yellow-haired one, disappeared out of fear of responsibility. Your biological mother regretted it during her pregnancy, birth, and postpartum recovery, so she agreed to her parents' suggestion and gave you up for adoption. But her parents hated the yellow-haired one for leading their daughter astray, and they didn't have positive feelings towards you, a newborn. Plus, there wasn't much surveillance back then, so they simply abandoned you on the street to your fate. That's how it was."
No. 005 was a little stunned after hearing this.
The ghosts watching the live broadcast from the underworld sighed, "The gangster and the good girl, how come it's just like a rubbish novel, except that the ending of the real case is not a novel."
"What novel? It seems I died too early to understand what you're talking about."
"Alas, abandoning a child is definitely wrong, but if I were a parent, I would also hate that yellow-haired guy and his son."
"A pregnancy revealed during the college entrance exam physical, my goodness...this is big news these days. Back then, if it got out, the woman would have been criticized a lot."
"Serves you right! Instead of studying, you're messing around with hooligans!"
"Oh, that's not the case. She was definitely wrong, but she was young back then, and didn't have as many channels for accessing information as high school students do today. She was more isolated and easily mesmerized by new things."
"Besides, the label 'good girl and good student' sounds quite depressing. I guess when I see yellow-haired hooligans, they think idleness is freedom."
"Anyway, young parents have children recklessly, and the unlucky ones are the ones who suffer. Baby No. 005 is a healthy boy, and judging by his current appearance, he should be living a good life. If it were a less healthy girl or a girl who was often abandoned, she might have died on the roadside that year."
"What happened to the good girl and the yellow-haired boy? Did the girl retake the college entrance exam? It would be such a shame if she just gave up on her studies and didn't take the exam!"
"I think so. Her parents don't seem to be that confused."
Inside the extradition office, No. 005 also asked, "So what happened to them? Mr. You, could you please take another look for me?"
You Yunyi glanced at the peephole. "Your biological mother repeated her senior year and took the college entrance exam again, doing quite well. She later stayed on as a teacher at the university. She got married and tried to have children, but couldn't. Later, her husband cheated on her and became violent when he was discovered, so she divorced him."
"Your biological father had been idle and idle, reaching middle age with nothing. Suddenly, he remembered that your biological mother had given birth to a child for him. He heard that your biological mother was doing well, so he wanted to find your biological mother to rekindle their 'old relationship'. He originally wanted to use his name as your biological father to force his way into your biological mother's life, but he didn't expect your biological mother to have no children at all. She said the baby she gave birth to was stillborn."
No. 005 smiled and said, "Really? I feel relieved to hear that they were also in such a mess... Alas, it's a pity that I died too early and was unable to fulfill my filial duties to my parents, my adoptive parents..."
You Yunyi nodded, then projected a video of the Heimlich maneuver onto the Zhiyin wall. He then warned the camera, "People in the mortal realm, take a close look at this first aid method. It can also be used to save yourself. The underworld doesn't want to take in ghosts who choked to death for the time being."
Choking Ghost No. 005: "..."
No. 005's ten minutes were up, he went out, and No. 006 came in.
Number 006 was a girl in a high school uniform. She was a little embarrassed when she spoke about the cause of her death: "I was... after my last class in the morning. I was rushing to the cafeteria to eat when I accidentally fell and died in a stampede... It was a very painful death."
Hearing this cause of death, the ghosts in the underworld were surprised—
"Oh my god, I was worried about this kind of thing when I was making lunch at school, but I didn't expect it to actually happen..."
"It's over. This is a big deal at school."
"This little girl, number 006, will probably be made into a typical case. She'll be brought out and her corpse will be flogged for at least the next ten years..."
"Ah, students also want to eat early."
Inside the Extradition Office, No. 006 continued, "As for my obsession, Meng Po said I wanted to be number one in my grade."
The audience ghosts were even more surprised: "Ah? So there really are students who love learning?"
"Alas, I was helping my child with homework. The more I helped, the angrier I got. I fainted from anger. When I fainted, my head hit the corner of the table and I died. If my child was as self-conscious and motivated as No. 006, I wouldn't have died..."
No. 006 explained, "My grades were indeed okay, but I only managed to get second place in the grade at best. I was just a little bit away from catching up to first place, so I'm a little upset..."
"Oh, I really feel so unlucky. I'm a senior in high school. Actually, our school has special treatment for seniors. For example, classes end fifteen minutes early at noon so that seniors can go to the cafeteria before other grades finish. This way, seniors don't have to waste too much time queuing for food."
"But on the day I died, the last class of the morning happened to be math. The teacher said I was still correcting a big problem after class ended. I didn't want to interrupt my train of thought, so I thought I could finish it and then go get food. As a result, I encountered the most crowded time..."
"Brother Extraditionist, is there anything you can do to help me resolve this obsession of mine? This is even more difficult than the obsession of that old woman who wanted to eat fish before, isn't it? Sigh..."
You Yunyi nodded directly: "I can't possibly create an exam room for you here, and you only have ten minutes. If there were enough time, I could consider helping you weave a false memory, but now there isn't enough time."
"So you continue to wait in line. If your turn comes one day with an hour to spare, you can resolve it. But your obsession isn't complicated. Based on the odds of winning at the Extradition Department, you should be able to resolve it before the next turn. It shouldn't be a big problem."
In contrast, You Yunyi wanted to warn the dying in the mortal realm. He looked at the camera and said, "Be careful of stampedes. Don't be so hasty. Especially since you've seen this live broadcast and still don't learn your lesson, you'd better pray you don't have to wait in line at the extradition office when you return to the underworld. Otherwise, I'll abuse public resources and add you to my blacklist."
The ghosts in front of the big screen of the underworld live broadcast: "..."
"Oh, although what he said was unpleasant, it's obvious that Mr. You doesn't want the people in the mortal world to die. It's also for their own good."
"But can you really say something like 'misusing public resources for personal gain' openly?"
"The extraditionist seems to have a lot more energy this round..."
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