Famine - Chapitre 37
When two ghosts meet, do they shake hands and exchange business cards?
"After Dad died, he was very resentful and kept walking around the neighborhood, never leaving. Lu Yaodong came to our house several times, and Dad really wanted to deal with him, but unfortunately, Dad didn't have the ability."
...Ability? Probably the power of a ghost.
"Ever since that painting hung in our house, Dad got to know Zoe. Dad quickly realized that this woman was extraordinary. You don't understand, in the world, women are the weak and men are the strong, but here, the situation is reversed. Women are the strong and men are the weak. Dad only realized this after he died."
Dad told her about his misfortunes, and she felt sorry for me, saying she was willing to help me, but in exchange, you should help her too. Dad couldn't convey this message to you, but thankfully you understood and did a great job.
No wonder Zoe sent Lu Yaodong a text message after he was boiled, saying, "I'll help you, you help me."
"There are a few more things I'd like to tell your mother. I won't go to see her anymore, so as not to scare her. No matter which man she's with, don't interfere. It's her freedom. If she remarries, you should sincerely wish her well, just like your father did, okay?"
But you must remember, no matter where your father is or in what form he exists, your father loves you. Your father is the person who loves you most in this world.
Nuonuo stood there like a statue, listening silently, and before she knew it, tears streamed down her face.
A question lingered in her mind, one she longed to understand, but she knew she couldn't ask Zoe directly. Since her father "knew" her and had a "deal" with her, she might as well ask him.
"Dad..." Nono said in a slightly trembling voice.
"Go ahead and say it, Dad's listening."
"If the deaths of Tu Bonian, Yao Zhizi, and Wu Laogan were retribution, and KEY, Hong Bentao, An Ruohong, and Lu Yaodong all deserved their fates, then what about Sanwen, Uncle Xu, and President Wang? Weren't their deaths incredibly unjust? Surely Zoe, who was once a peaceful person, wouldn't have killed innocent people indiscriminately?"
Nono emphasized the phrase "indiscriminate killing of innocent people".
The voice behind her gave a bitter laugh: "My daughter has indeed grown up. She's started to care about philosophical questions of good and evil, cause and effect! How should I put it? The Zoe of today is not the Zoe of yesterday. What we consider the supreme being of life, she sees as nothing more than a small boat used to ferry people from this world to that world. Once they reach the other shore, they should disembark."
This answer also carried a philosophical tone, and the voice, seemingly worried that Nono hadn't understood, added,
"Zoe didn't go to heaven; she chose to be reborn as a human. Being human is suffering; neither heaven nor hell can compare to the suffering of being human. This can be seen as a kind of punishment for her."
Nono fell silent. Although she didn't understand everything her father said, there was one sentence she understood very well: "The Zoe of today is not the Zoe of the past." She had indeed changed. Everyone has two sides, good and evil, like a bottle with sand at the bottom and soil at the top. If you turn the bottle upside down, the soil is on top and the sand is at the bottom.
"Alright, I've said everything I needed to say. Dad's leaving now. Be careful when you go downstairs later; the stairs here are steep and narrow."
Goodbye, Daddy loves you.
Is that voice really leaving? Why can't I hear any footsteps?
No! I can't let Daddy leave. No matter if that voice is a mountain monster imitating me, no matter if it will eat my head, I must turn back, turn back now!
Thinking this, Nono suddenly turned her head---
There was nothing behind her; she was all alone in this tower, and the voice vanished into thin air in an instant.
From the top of the pagoda at Jiming Temple, a girl's cry rang out:
"Dad...Dad, I love you too!"
Take care over there!
Nuonuo woke up screaming from her dream; it was just another dream, both real and unreal.
Oil painting No. 51: 773 Horror Series 13
Foreword
After the exhibition ended, an extra painting was discovered among the 50 exhibited oil paintings. This painting, of unknown origin, depicted a dental clinic, with a masked female dentist sitting on a windowsill, gazing wistfully at the world outside the frame. The museum director, after keeping the painting for himself, suffered a mental breakdown a few days later, running naked in public and being admitted to a mental hospital. From then on, this painting, titled "Zoe on the Windowsill," changed hands several times. Everyone who handled the painting received a mysterious text message demanding they perform an extremely insane act within twelve hours. At midnight, the female dentist in the painting removed her mask, revealing her face…
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Part One
Section 1: Strange Things Happening at the Art Museum
Section 2: The Mona Lisa is the best example.
Section 3: The phone call came at a really bad time.
Section 4: I have never seen such a painting before
Section 5: The Art Museum's Basement Storeroom
Section 6: A jaw-dropping scene unfolded.
Section 7: Nobody wants to get schizophrenia
Section 8: The New Acting Curator's Naked Run
Section 9: How did the fire at Sanqing Palace start?
Section 10: If something is "strange," it must have something special about it.
Section 11: Could there really be immortals on the mountain?
Section 12: Do Ghosts Really Exist in the World?
Section 13: "You are more beautiful than I imagined."
Section 14: The Fabric of "Super Underwear"
Section 15: What did someone add to the red wine?
Section 16: The Widow and the Widower
Section 17: Behind a Mysterious Phone Call
Section 18: A Pair of White Women's Shoes
Section 19: How did Xu Guoguang die?
Section 20: This is the second time. Could it be a hallucination?
Part Two
Section 21: Nestlé Coffee Locked in Chains
Section 22: Something's happened, something really bad has happened.
Section 23: A Vulgar Excuse Composed
Section 24: A Completely Unfamiliar Number
Section 25: "Otherwise, you will be doomed."
Section 26: A dining table by the window in the "Golden Room"
Section 27: Father and son part on bad terms
Section 28: She Makes Money in Places Like This
Section 29: It's that piece of "old vegetable peel"
Section 30: Why would I have such a dream?
Section 31: After Midnight
Section 32: Can be described as "trembling".
Section 33: The Funeral and a Cold Afternoon
Section 34: The Woman in the Painting
Section 35: On the beach of bullshit Knox
Section 36: The Moment the Swim Trunks Were Pulled Down
Section 37: I will never let her come to a place like this.
Section 38: Zoe, wearing a mask, sits on the windowsill.
Section 39: I was born naked.
Section 40: Why can't the boss come?
Part Three
41st period: 12:03 PM
Section 42: Male Model, Model, Nude...
Section 43: The First Rays of Dawn in the Millennium
Section 44: Wildflowers and cultivated flowers are indeed different.
Section 45: "I know who the murderer is"
Section 46: Five minutes to midnight
Section 47: A dentist's teeth can be trusted.
Section 48: More people gloat than sympathize.
Section 49: A Pale Canvas
Section 50: Starbucks' Special Coffee Cup
Section 11: Could there really be immortals on the mountain?
Section 51: No doctor, no nurse
Section 52: Let's take a look at this---
Section 53: All those hypotheses were proven true.
Section 54: After all, I am a stranger in a foreign land.
Section 55: Confident in their talents, waiting for the right price to buy.
Chapter 56: Qiao Ming's Assistant Lu Yaodong
Section 57: There are just too many things I don't understand.
Section 58: Tonight is the perfect opportunity to make a move.
Section 59: "I'll help you, you help me"
Section 60: "Then why did she commit suicide?"
Part Four
Section 61: This is defection! This is treason!
Section 62: The person is already dead, how can responsibility be borne?
Chapter 63: Wishful Thinking Fails