Chapter 214 Home Visit
Chapter 214 Home Visit
Because Lin Yu has excellent acting skills and good looks.
Therefore, even though Xia Yue's colleague met Lin Yu for the first time, he developed an inexplicable sense of trust in him and believed almost unconditionally what Lin Yu said.
She subconsciously told Lin Yu everything she knew about Xia Yue's cause of death.
"Xia Yue...died in an accident."
"That afternoon, she was alone in the store, and the store manager received a call from a client and went to pick up the pet."
"According to the store manager, when she came back, she found Xia Yue lying in a pool of blood with a horrific wound on her neck."
"She lost too much blood and fell into a coma... The store manager immediately called and sent her to the hospital."
"The doctors tried to save her for a while, but she was still in danger."
"at last……"
"She was pronounced dead at the hospital in the evening."
"The store manager called the police and many police officers showed up at the store. For some reason, the surveillance footage from that afternoon showed it was broken."
"Finally, the investigation showed that Xia Yue probably fainted from hypoglycemia and her neck was cut by the edge of the iron rack."
When Xia Yue's colleague said this, a complex mixture of sadness and fear appeared on his face again.
“Sometimes it feels like… people are really fragile.”
"She died for such a ridiculous reason. She was such a good person with a bright future..."
As she spoke, Lin Yu also sighed.
"Yes...but life cannot be resurrected, so please accept my condolences."
"Well, thank you for telling me this."
Having said that, Lin Yu stood up and left the pet hospital.
He was indeed feeling a little heavy, and it wasn't entirely because of his acting.
This was also the first time that Lin Yu witnessed the influence of the "Death Game" in reality.
Although Lin Yu died around midnight and joined the game, not only those who died in the early morning can become players.
If you die at any time, you will enter the game at the early hours of the morning - and if you win the game, you will be resurrected after "midnight".
Even if the corpse no longer exists, it is still possible to reverse cause and effect, correct reality, and bring that person back to life, while making everyone around them ignore the fact that the player had already died.
It was as if Lin Yu had clearly jumped off the building but returned to the roof.
Even for someone like Xia Yue who only experienced one game, her "death" would still be ignored by ordinary people who are not "players".
Lin Yu knew clearly that Xia Yue died at the hands of fluoxetine.
but……
Xia Yue's colleague actually believed a reason that even she herself thought was "absurd" - that her neck happened to be scratched when she fell.
Lin Yu had reason to suspect that if he had really died at the hands of fluoxetine, when his body was found the next day, the police would not suspect a shooting, but would attribute it to other reasons.
From the moment they became "players", they truly became lingering corpses, ghosts that should not exist in this world.
However, Lin Yu's investigation and exploration of Xia Yue has not yet ended.
He rode his bicycle to a residential area.
Picking up a bag of freshly bought fruits and a box of milk from the bicycle basket, Lin Yu greeted the security guard with a smile, and entered the residential complex, which had a lax access control, on the pretext of "visiting relatives."
This is a community with very tall buildings and close spacing between them. In this era when "high-rise buildings" are no longer considered a symbol of high-end prosperity, this is enough to show that this community is not a high-end or expensive type.
In fact, this is indeed a "relocation housing" area.
Lin Yu came to one of the buildings, opened the door of the unit, took the elevator, and arrived at the fifth floor.
The space in the elevator building was very narrow because there were six households on one floor. Lin Yu walked to Room 506 at the end with fruits and milk and knocked on the door gently.
"Dong dong!"
"Who is it? Here we come!"
There was a clear response from inside the house, and then the door of the resettlement house opened.
A somewhat haggard middle-aged woman wearing a blue shirt with floral patterns looked at the tall and handsome young man in front of her with some surprise, her eyes somewhat puzzled.
"You are……"
Lin Yu looked at the woman in front of him who looked about half like Xia Yue, but only older, and a gentle smile appeared on his face.
"Hello, Auntie, I'm Xia Yue's friend."
When the woman heard Xia Yue's name, a hint of shock flashed in her eyes.
"Xiaoyue's friend? Then come in! What's your name?"
She quickly opened the door a little wider and invited Lin Yu to come in and sit down.
"Just call me Xiaolin."
Lin Yu smiled and nodded.
Then, Xia Yue's mother noticed what Lin Yu was holding in his hand and quickly spoke again.
"Just leave the things at the door. Auntie won't need them."
Lin Yu walked in, smiled and shook his head: "No, Auntie, Xia Yue told me that she has a younger sister at home, and these are bought for the child."
"The fruits are dragon fruit and blueberries. They are good for your brain."
"The milk is also imported. It's good for children to drink more milk as they grow."
"This is all from the bottom of my heart...Auntie, please don't refuse. I feel really guilty for not coming to see you until now."
Lin Yu blocked Xia Yue's mother's reason to refuse with just a few words.
The frail middle-aged woman could only speak awkwardly: "I'm sorry to have cost you so much..."
She bent down and took out a pair of women's slippers from the shoe cabinet for Lin Yu.
Xia Yue's mother raised her head in embarrassment: "Well...it's okay if you don't change it. We don't usually have many guests at home."
"Only what Xiaoyue wore before..."
Lin Yu looked at the clean tile floor, changed into the pair of pink plastic slippers that didn't fit him well, and walked into the house.
"It's okay, Auntie, the slippers don't have to fit too well."
He walked into the house and placed the fruit milk on the shelf at the kitchen door.
Then, Xia Yue's mother pointed to the sofa in the living room.
"Please sit down first. I'll get you a glass of water!"
She said, hurrying towards the kitchen.
Lin Yu nodded and slowly walked to the living room.
There is a small mourning hall in the living room, on which are placed two sets of black and white photos, a memorial tablet and an urn.
The one on the left belongs to an adult man and it looks like it has been there for quite a while.
And the one on the right...
The newly placed young girl has a lively and lovely smile and a gentle face.
This is naturally Xia Yue and her father.
The spirit tablet, the portrait and the small table for offerings were all wiped clean, and the incense burner was lit with quietly burning incense sticks.
Someone must have cleaned this place carefully every day.
Lin Yu sat silently on the sofa opposite, and soon...
Xia Yue's mother came out with a cup of tea.
"I don't know if you're used to drinking chrysanthemum tea. If you young people don't like it, I'll go to the supermarket downstairs and buy some Coke or something."
As Xia's mother spoke, Lin Yu waved his hands quickly.
"No need, Auntie. I'm used to drinking tea."
He took the chrysanthemum tea and took a sip.
Xia Yue's mother sat on the sofa on the other side of Lin Yu. When she noticed that Lin Yu was sitting opposite the spirit tablet, she smiled silently.
"There's limited space at home, so we put it together with her dad."
Then, Xia's mother changed the subject: "Um... Xiaolin, your visit this time..."
Lin Yu nodded slightly.
"I did come to see you, but I also have a request that might be a bit excessive..."
"Auntie, I want to see Xiaoyue's body or ashes."
"She shouldn't be here, right?"
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