chapter 12

2024-7-10 to 2024-7-12.

Phase Five (Part Two) – Xiao Qin’s Perspective.

[Parting by life and death is a compulsory lesson one can never truly master in a lifetime.]

In this episode, there is no protagonist you’ve been waiting for. I am just the narrator.

I am Xiao Qin.

A Wish Blogger who randomly finds people to fulfill their wishes.

Sister Zhu Yuan was the seventh protagonist in my video series.

At the end of the video, I’ll show you the entire process of the original random street interview.

Otherwise, you’re always curious, asking me why Sister Zhu Yuan wanted to find a stranger like me to make this “Death Flashback” video.

Let me first talk about some things that happened after the first four episodes were released.

Back then, Sister Zhu Yuan said she wanted me to make seven episodes. Later, I got a bit greedy-I really liked her-so I split many episodes into two parts.

I’m just like you.

Greedily wanting to see more of her.

You have no idea how much effort it took for me to edit these videos. Every time, I cried so hard I could barely breathe.

But I’m also lucky. If it weren’t for that interview, she might have followed her original plan, quietly dying in a place where no one knew her, until her body was found.

She seemed to want to tell the world something. I actually know-she seemed to have a moment of compassion. She wanted to help me, a Video Blogger with poor stats.

Even when she was close to death, she was still so kind.

But I would rather these videos never see the light of day.

Unfortunately, it was all just a fleeting dream.

I’ve sent out all the gifts. If you say you’re Sister Zhu Yuan’s Fans, everyone is very civilized. Remember to take a photo when you receive the gift, so we can all see what she actually packed.

Let me state in advance, all these gifts were prepared by her alone-I didn’t participate at all.

I met the person I expected to see.

Lu Xiao.

This grown man cried like a child in front of me.

I think Sister Zhu Yuan definitely wouldn’t want the person she loved to be seen by you all in such an ugly state, so I put a mosaic over Mr. Lu.

“Sister Zhu Yuan told me, if you come to find me, I should persuade you not to cry.”

“Does she know how cruel that is?”

“She also said, if you scold her, I should scold you back for her.” I opened my mouth, but in the end I only said, “Lu Xiao, it’s too late. You’re always focused on your career, you didn’t even notice I was losing hair.”

He was clearly in pain.

He just said to me, “It’s my fault, it’s my fault. But why didn’t she tell me?”

I shook my head, “If she wanted to tell you, she already did. As for why, I guess it’s because she really liked you. So she didn’t want you to be sad.”

“Where is she buried?”

“I can give you the address, but are you sure you want to go?”

“What do you mean?”

“Mr. Lu, you already have a new life.” I tried to persuade him, “Why bother?”

“I regret it.” He laughed bitterly, “I regret it. The one I’ve always loved is her. I can’t forget her at all.”

“Then you’re not like I imagined. You say you can’t forget Sister Zhu Yuan, so you started a new relationship? That’s not fair to your current girlfriend.”

He hung his head, “I broke up with her. But Sister Zhu Yuan didn’t give me a chance to win her back.”

She’s dead-where would the chance come from?

“She didn’t tell you, maybe because she didn’t want to see this situation happen.”

The second person I met was Han Xu.

He sat across from me, looking much more haggard on camera.

He actually asked first, “Guess why I came to find you?”

I was puzzled, “I don’t know, I didn’t expect it. Because you already know everything about Sister Zhu Yuan.”

He shook his head and said to the camera, “I know everything about her, but there are things about me she doesn’t know.”

He continued, “The reason I agreed to pretend to be her lover was actually because… well, I liked her.

“Anyway, she can’t see this now, so I’ll say whatever I want. I didn’t dare confess while she was alive, because I knew she had someone in her heart.

“Now, I’m confessing so I won’t have so many regrets. At least, I was part of her final days.

“Dead Zhu Yuan, in the next life, will you come find me? Actually, dating me wouldn’t be so bad.”