Chapter 110 I am an undertaker
"But I still feel unwilling." Zhou Wanzhou leaned back slightly, resting his head on the back of the bamboo chair, looking at the blue sky, his expression full of loneliness.
Su Zi glanced at Qi Rong.
Qi Rong sighed, "Wanzhou and I are childhood friends. I'm an actor, and she... has a special job, and has encountered some setbacks. When I was confused at the beginning, it was your encouragement that helped me get out of it. I wanted to bring her to meet you."
Qi Rong was obviously a little worried when talking about Zhou Wanzhou's identity.
"I am a mortician, and my job is to make up corpses."
When talking about his profession, Zhou Wanzhou deliberately looked at the reactions of the three people. He thought he could see contempt, fear, and disgust on their faces.
But Su Zi only showed surprise and admiration.
Ni Ruoan and Su Yuehe's reaction was the same as hers. Their eyes widened slightly, "The undertaker!"
"Aren't you afraid?" Zhou Wanzhou sat up straight, somewhat surprised by their reactions.
"Why should you be afraid?" Su Yuehe asked back.
Ni Ruoan also nodded, "Yeah, we have no reason to be afraid of you. This is just a job, and your work is very meaningful. You give dignity and respect to the dead, and give psychological comfort to the living. This is very meaningful!"
Su Zi moved the chair to let Zhou Wanzhou see the seriousness in his eyes. "I think the term 'welcoming and seeing off' can be used not only in social etiquette, but also in life and death. Obstetricians and nurses welcome us into this world, and every job in the funeral home is to help us leave in a dignified manner."
"I think many people are not afraid of this job, they are afraid of death."
"You are right, and there is nothing wrong with this profession. The ones who are wrong are the cowardly people."
Zhou Wanzhou sighed and raised the corners of his lips again, "I chose this job in the beginning because I didn't want to deal with people. I didn't want to deal with all those intrigues and interpersonal relationships."
"People who are good-looking get a lot of attention, but they also get a lot of harassment. I'm too lazy to deal with it."
"My parents don't know about my job. To avoid trouble, I didn't tell them either. But this year they pushed me to go on a blind date. Then, as fate would have it, I met the family of a deceased person. Suddenly, it was like an atomic bomb exploded in my home."
The smile on her face became more bitter.
"My dad smashed everything in the house. My mom sat on the floor and yelled hysterically, 'My brother and sister-in-law took away everything I had used and threw it away.'"
"The man I met on a blind date had a family that told everyone that I was dealing with the dead and that I smelled like a dead person. My relatives and friends who knew about this thought I was unlucky. Some deleted my contact information, while others deleted it only after scolding me."
"I thought I hadn't done anything to harm others, so how come I suddenly became a pariah and everyone wanted to kill me?"
"My parents even wanted to cut off all ties with me. I agreed to their wishes, but they were unwilling to give up and went to my workplace to make a scene, forcing me to quit my job. They wanted me to marry someone from another province, where no one would know me and no one would know that I was an undertaker."
"My company knew I was in trouble, so they gave me a long vacation. Rongrong is the only one who knows my work from beginning to end and has never looked down on me. She told me that you are all very good girls, and asked me to relax and maybe I can find a way to solve the problem."
"I'm glad you didn't dislike me. I feel at peace now, but I still haven't found a way to balance the issue."
When recounting her experiences during this period, Zhou Wanzhou's tone and expression were very calm, and only Qi Rong caught the sadness in her eyes.
Qi Rong sighed, "But I can see that you like this job very much."
When choosing a major in the college entrance examination, no matter how she advised him, Zhou Wanzhou resolutely chose the only school that offered the mortician major.
She even forged a school notification letter and covered for Zhou Wanzhou for four years.
When I first started studying in the first year, she told me she was scared and couldn’t sleep at night. In order to accompany her, we talked on the phone all night.
Later she could proudly say that she had restored a body that was extremely difficult to restore today.
She gained a great sense of accomplishment from this job.
"So I can only be an unfilial daughter."
"I have already told my employer that I want to move to another city to work at a funeral home. It is too troublesome to deal with these interpersonal relationships. It takes a lot of my energy to deal with my parents, relatives, and friends."
"I may seem carefree and don't care about anything, but I'm actually very cowardly. I'm too lazy to maintain these relationships."
"The way my parents and my brother and sister-in-law behave makes me feel that I made the right choice. Only by staying away from them can I have my own life."
"They can unilaterally sever ties with me, but that doesn't affect my filial piety to them. Who would complain about having too little money?"
Although Zhou Wanzhou seemed to have not solved the problem, she actually already had the answer in her mind.
The calmer you are, the more determined you will be.
"Have you really thought it through?" Qi Rong's eyes were full of worry.
"Of course, I can't sacrifice myself because of their desire for control. I have been a good girl under their noses for more than ten years. I am not allowed to do this or look at that. I have to wear the clothes they choose, just like a puppet."
“Only when I successfully changed my major and was admitted did I feel like a living person.”
Listening to the conversation between Qi Rong and Zhou Wanzhou, the three of them were very silent.
Zhou Wanzhou, who seemed calm and composed, had no idea how lonely her eyes were at this moment.
The pain of not being understood and accepted would only come back to envelop her in the middle of the night.
"Sister Wanzhou, can I borrow your workplace to shoot a short film?"
The four of them looked at Su Zi. Why did the topic jump so drastically?
Zhou Wanzhou said with a smile, "Why film that place? Do you expect anyone to watch it?"
"No, I want to do something meaningful. I want the world to know that undertakers are not unlucky and they should be respected."
"People's fear comes from the unknown. Many people don't know what an undertaker does. They only know that undertakers deal with the dead all day long."
"I think if your family knew that your work was meaningful and sacred, then the gap between you might be less severe."
Zhou Wanzhou wanted to say that Su Zi was daydreaming, but Su Yuehe and Ni Ruoan showed absolute trust.
We even started discussing how to shoot this short film so as to fully analyze the significance of the profession of undertaker.
Qi Rong's face showed a relaxed smile, "I said that coming here can find a solution to the problem."
"You were also joining them in making trouble." Zhou Wanzhou still didn't want to believe it.
"Just give it a try. No matter what the result is, you have nothing to lose."
Zhou Wanzhou frowned and looked at the three girls who were discussing fiercely with their heads close together. Is it possible?
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