Depression
Becoming a Beast
On the day of our wedding, my wife stood on the roof of the building, clad in a pure white gown.
She wept as she asked me, “If I die, will the people who hurt me feel any remorse?”
“They won’t feel a thing,” I replied. “But I will kill them. I’ll make every single one of them follow you to the grave. If you still love me, if you can’t bear to see me become a murderer, then don’t jump. I’ll take care of you for the rest of my life.”
She wiped away her tears and forced a faint smile. “I’m sorry, but I can’t hold on anymore. Every single day I’m alive, I just want to die.”
I looked at her, a wave of desolate sorrow washing over me.
I loved her.
But if she jumped, I would understand.
Living to See the Sun
One month after I died.
My childhood friend, the top celebrity I had long since cut ties with, did something completely out of character.
He canceled every job and shut himself away to write music.
In the end, he bid farewell to the music industry with a song called I Miss Her.
Everyone said he must have gone insane to give up such a dazzling future.
When I opened my eyes again, I was back on New Year’s Eve, at the height of my fame.
The host prompted me as part of the program, asking me to call someone and wish them a Happy New Year.
Without the slightest hesitation, I dialed his number.
His voice trembled on the other end.
“Happy New Year to you too.”
This time, I want to live toward hope.
Paranoid Star
Five years ago, I left Qi Tan in a fit of pique.
Later, after he won the Best Actor award, he stood at the Hundred Stars Awards Ceremony holding my photograph, pleading for help to find me. “My lover has been missing for a month,” he said. “Please, help me find her.”
But the news of my gruesome death had already broken countless times back in 2018. Qi Tan, however, had suffered a trauma-induced bout of amnesia, forgetting everything that happened after I died.
On the day his manager announced that Qi Tan was retiring from the industry indefinitely, the news of his suicide exploded across the headlines.
The Person Living in the Cat’s Eyes
I suspect my cat has someone on the side.
Lately, it keeps coming home late, and there’s always a sweet cucumber scent lingering on its fur.
Even more infuriating, winter has only just arrived, and it’s already wearing a flashy red vest that clearly costs four figures!
I took this as a provocation, so I rolled up a note and attached it to the cat’s collar: “Thank you for the vest, but this cat already has an owner.”
The next day, my cat came home, and the note around its neck had been replaced by one in an unfamiliar hand, written with absolute certainty. “Sorry, but this cat can only be mine.”