Chapter 001 Congratulations
Lin Xi once had a wife. The word "once" seems to have a story behind it, and it is indeed so, because Lin Xi's wife died. The cause of death is not so story-telling, it was a car accident.
As she walked out of the company after get off work, she encountered a car that lost control and hit Lin Xi's wife who was waiting for the traffic light on the side of the road.
Although she's his wife, this country doesn't allow same-sex marriage, so they haven't obtained a marriage certificate and the law doesn't recognize them. Even coming out to his wife's parents is still a work in progress. He doesn't have to come out to Lin Xi's parents, as they've already passed away.
However, because they were not legally engaged, her family was unaware of the situation. Therefore, at her wife's funeral, Lin Xi could only attend as a "best friend," "close friend," "roommate," and "college classmate." Awkwardly, since they had only recently graduated, many of the attendees were her wife's college classmates. Even more awkwardly, Lin Xi and she were not in the same department.
Therefore, as a friend who was not actually very close in the eyes of his parents, Lin Xi was placed very last in the order of mourning.
She brought her wife's favorite cornflower and placed it on her cheek. Lin Xi's fingers accidentally brushed against her cheek, and she felt a chill. His wife lay there peacefully, as if she were asleep. This was the wife Lin Xi saw when he woke up from countless afternoon naps.
But this time, she won't wake up again.
Lin Xi really wanted to tell everyone at his wife's funeral about their relationship, how they were inseparable and deeply in love. But he couldn't do that. In this society, homosexuality wasn't a good word, and it would make people look at his wife with strange eyes. Even after she was buried, and no one remembered her face, there would still be people who would whisper bad things about her behind her back.
Lin Xi didn't want to be so selfish, so she said nothing. She just stood quietly behind the crowd. As the host said "bow once," "bow twice," and "bow three times," she bent down like a robot. She followed the procession, took the bus, and arrived at the cemetery, watching the ashes being carried up.
Lin Xi wasn't qualified to go up. After all, it was a small cemetery with only so much space at the entrance. How could everyone go up? So she stayed at the bottom of the stairs, standing with the other students. But Lin Xi kept looking up, memorizing which floor and which number her wife's grave was on.
The students were all mournful, and the voices they heard were all: "She was so young, how could she die?"
"Ah, she's such a nice person..."
Someone else came to ask Lin Xi: "Lin Xi, aren't you on good terms with her? I remember you weren't from this city. So you're still here."
"Ah, yes." Lin Xi handled the situation with ease. She even told her classmates, "I live with her now. We rent a house together." Her classmates' eyes widened in surprise. "So you're going to look for another house, then? I heard it's quite unlucky. If a young person dies young, they might turn into a ghost and come back to look for people they knew in life."
This guy was quickly scolded by his classmates for talking nonsense. Lin Xi pursed her lips and said after a while, "I won't look for an apartment anymore." Before her classmates could react, she said again, "I won't look for an apartment anymore."
She didn't think the classmate was talking nonsense at all. If possible, she also hoped... that her wife could turn into a ghost and come back to find her. But everyone knew that there were no ghosts in this world, so her wife would not come back, nor would she come to find her.
The sounds of hammering, playing, and singing gradually died down, and Lin Xi knew that his wife had been buried, and they would never meet again.
Lin Xi wanted to cry, but her eyes were dry and she couldn't. In the end, she could only go up to her wife and parents, who were already weeping heartbroken, and say, "My condolences."
She returned to the rental house she shared with her wife in a daze. On the way, she kept thinking: Why didn't a car come and hit her to death? But she was a little luckier than her wife. Even in her dire state, no car came to bother her.
She returned to her rental house, and the next day she went to work as if nothing had happened.
Lin Xi actually felt she didn't need to work; her money was enough. Her parents had died in an accident while on assignment, which was considered a work-related injury. They also had accident insurance, and with these two factors combined, Lin Xi had a large sum of money. Because of this money, Lin Xi even lived a very decadent life.
I smoked, drank, and fought, but I still thought I was a good girl. Then, when I was about to develop a sexual relationship and completely turned bad, I fell in love with my current wife online. She persuaded me to come back with earnest words, and I ended up getting into the same university with my wife. However, my wife got in based on her own ability, while she got in by getting extra points in sports and bribes.
After graduation, the money, thanks to the trusteeship, actually became even more substantial. Lin Xi had no worries about food and clothing, and even talked about wanting to support his wife, only to be dragged into interviews and jobs by his wife. Lin Xi's major wasn't very good, so she applied for a clerk position. Since she was pretty, she was successful, and she comfortably earned five or six thousand yuan a month. His wife was more capable, finding a technical position, earning eight or nine thousand yuan a month.
The two of them lived a good life and started planning to come out to their families.
But accidents happen all the time, and when everything was going in the right direction, my wife got into a car accident and we were separated from each other ever since.
Lin Xi spent seven days in peace, only to remember on the seventh night that today was the seventh day after his wife's death. There's a folk saying that after seven days, a person's soul returns to see their loved ones. If possible, Lin Xi really hoped this was true, but no matter how hard he tried, it just wouldn't come true.
She thought she should burn some paper for her wife, but that was definitely forbidden in the apartment. Besides, she didn't have any paper money, so she could only burn her wife's favorite doll. But then she thought again, she should keep it for herself, at least she could remember her by looking at it.
Lin Xi slept in her wife's room, holding her favorite doll and staring at the ceiling with her eyes open. She thought she wouldn't be able to sleep, but she did. In her half-awake, half-dreamy sleep, she dreamed of her wife.
She was still wearing the white dress she had worn before. Lin Xi liked to see her wearing white. She looked particularly beautiful in white. She was also wearing the same white dress on the day she had the car accident.
Lin Xi waited at home for a long time that day, unaware that his wife had been in a car accident. He just had a bad feeling. Even when his wife was in trouble, no one called her. The police station notified her parents, and when she was so anxious that she was about to call the police, someone from the community came to her house to inform her.
She thought that when the car accident happened, her wife's dress might have been stained red with blood?
Lin Xi dreamed of her wife, and finally couldn't hold back the tears that had been pent up for a while, which burst out at this moment. She hugged her wife and wiped her tears on her pure white dress. She cried and called her wife's name: "Ningning, Ningning, I miss you so much! Why did you leave?"
Her wife's name was Shen Sangning, a rather ancient one. When she'd first heard it online during their romance, she'd thought it was a fabrication, but it turned out to be her real name. Back then, she was in school and loved reading novels, and there happened to be a line in one: "The mulberry leaves are not yet late, the lemon moon is like the wind." Lin Xi took the novel and typed out the line, word by word, then asked her with a smile what it meant.
Chen Sang Ning sent a voice message, smiling and saying to her: "What? Hahaha, you're confused. Sang Yu Fei Wan is the author of "Preface to the Pavilion of Prince Teng." You'll need to take the test. Where is Ning Yue Ru Feng from?... Yeah, you asked me." But the meaning should be to make people cherish time.
Now that she thinks about it, it is true. She should really cherish the days she spends with Shen Sangning.
In the dream, Shen Sangning was a bit dazed, with a confused look on her face. When Lin Xi hugged her and cried loudly, Shen Sangning hesitated for a moment, but still reached out and hugged Lin Xi. Shen Sangning's embrace was very cold, so cold that Lin Xi shivered.
She cried until she was hoarse, and when she cried until no tears could flow out, she realized that the Shen Sang Ning in front of her seemed real.
Lin Xi was stunned. Between yelling "Ghost" or continuing to hug Shen Sang Ning, she chose the latter. This was her wife, how could she harm her!
The moment Shen Sangning appeared, Lin Xi seemed to have changed her personality. The person who had been like a walking corpse a few days ago seemed like someone else, but now this was her true self. Lin Xi hugged Shen Sangning, who was like an ice cube, and was about to pour out her bitterness when she found that her vision went dark.
She was stunned. Just now she had thought that Shen Sangning would never harm her, but suddenly she was in a dark world. At that moment, she thought: Am I going to die? If I die, it's okay. After all, this world has ghosts. At worst, I can become a couple with Shen Sangning.
But then, a white box appeared in front of her. After Lin Xi adjusted to the light, she saw that it was like a virtual display screen, and it was filled with words:
Welcome to the Weird Talk Live Room! Congratulations on being one of the first selected guests. In the Weird Talk Live Room, you will be the host, bringing a wonderful live experience to your audience. But one day, you need to be careful. If all hosts in the same batch die, then Weird Talk will randomly descend upon the world.
All the weird talks in the weird talk live room are regular weird talks. As long as you abide by the rules of the weird talks, no accidents will happen.
Rule Weird Talk 1: If the same batch of anchors die, a weird talk will happen;
Rules Tales 2: All rules stories have their own ways to pass them;
Rule Weirdness Three: In each copy, there will be three chances to give hints to the host in the real world, and the chances will be randomly given to three different people.
I wish you a happy time. 】
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