Home Visit

Because Lin Yu has excellent acting skills and is also quite good-looking.

Therefore, even though it was the first time Xia Yue's colleague had met Lin Yu, she developed a strange sense of trust in him and believed almost unconditionally what Lin Yu said.

She instinctively told Lin Yu everything she knew about Xia Yue's cause of death.

"Xia Yue... died in an accident."

"That afternoon, she was seeing patients alone in the shop when the manager received a call from a customer and went to pick up their pet."

"According to the store manager, when she returned, she found Xia Yue lying in a pool of blood with a terrible wound on her neck."

"She lost too much blood and fell into a coma... The store manager immediately called and took her to the hospital."

"The Doctor tried to save her for a while, but she remained in critical condition."

"At last..."

"She was pronounced dead at the hospital that evening."

"The store manager called the police later, and a lot of Police came to the store. For some reason, the surveillance footage from that afternoon was all broken."

"The final investigation revealed that Xia Yue likely fainted due to low blood sugar, and her neck was cut by the edge of the metal frame."

As Xia Yue's colleague spoke, a complex mix of sadness and fear resurfaced on his face.

Sometimes I feel... people are really fragile.

"She died for such an absurd reason, when she was such a good, promising person..."

As she spoke, Lin Yu also sighed.

"Yes... but life cannot be brought back to life, so please accept our condolences."

"Okay, thank you for telling me all this."

With that, Lin Yu stood up and left the pet hospital.

His mood was indeed somewhat heavy, and it wasn't entirely because of his acting skills.

This was another instance where Lin Yu witnessed firsthand the impact of the "Death game" in real life.

Although Lin Yu died near midnight and joined the Game, it's not only those who die in the early morning who can become Player.

If you die at any time, you will enter the Game at midnight that day—and if you win the Game, you will Resurrection after midnight.

Even if the corpse no longer exists, Karma can be reversed, reality can be corrected, and that person can be brought back to life, making everyone around them forget that the Player had already died.

Just like how Lin Yu had jumped off the building but returned to the rooftop.

For someone like "Xia Yue," who only experienced one Game, her "death" would still be overlooked by ordinary people who are not "Player."

Lin Yu knew perfectly well that Xia Yue had died from Fluoxetine.

But...

Xia Yue's colleagues actually believed her reason, which she herself found somewhat "absurd"—that she had just been scratched on the neck when she fell.

Lin Yu had reason to suspect that if he really died from Fluoxetine, even if 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 become "Player," they truly become crippled bodies clinging to life, souls that should not exist in this world.

However, Lin Yu's investigation and digging into Xia Yue is still not over.

He rode his bicycle to a residential area.

Lin Yu loaded a bag of newly bought fruit and a carton of milk from the bicycle basket, greeted the security guard with a smile, and entered the not-so-strictly-accessible residential area under the pretext of "visiting relatives."

This is a residential community with very tall buildings and narrow spacing. In an era where "skyscrapers" are no longer considered a sign of high-end prosperity, this community is not considered a high-end or expensive type.

In fact, this place is indeed a "relocation housing" area.

Lin Yu arrived at one of the buildings, opened the unit door, took the elevator, and went to the fifth floor.

The six-unit-per-floor layout made the elevator building quite cramped. Lin Yu carried fruit and milk to room 506 at the end of the floor and gently knocked on the door.

"Knock knock!"

"Who is it? Coming!"

A clear response came from inside the house, and then the door to the resettlement house opened.

A somewhat haggard middle-aged woman, wearing a floral blue shirt, looked at the tall, handsome young man in front of her with some surprise and a hint of doubt in her eyes.

"Who are you..."

Lin Yu looked at the woman in front of him who resembled Xia Yue by five or six points, only much older, and a gentle smile appeared on his face.

"Hello, Auntie, I'm Xia Yue's friend."

The woman's eyes flashed with shock when she heard Xia Yue's name.

"Xiaoyue's friend? Then come in quickly! What's your name?"

She quickly opened the door a little wider, inviting Lin Yu to come in and sit down.

"Just call me Xiao Lin."

Lin Yu smiled and nodded.

Then, Xia Yue's mother noticed what Lin Yu was carrying and quickly spoke up again.

"Just leave the things by the door; Auntie doesn't need them."

Lin Yu walked in, smiling and shaking his head, "No, Auntie. Xia Yue told me she has a younger sister. These are for the children."

"The fruits are dragon fruit and blueberries; they're good for the brain."

"The milk is also imported; it's good for children to drink more milk as they grow."

"This is all I wanted to say... Auntie, please don't refuse. I already feel very guilty for only coming to see you now."

Lin Yu's few words effectively shut down any further reason Xia Yue's mother might give in.

The thin, middle-aged woman could only awkwardly say, "I'm so sorry to have troubled you..."

She bent down and took a pair of slippers from the shoe cabinet for Lin Yu; they were women's slippers.

Xia Yue's mother looked up somewhat embarrassedly. "Well... it's okay if we don't change it. We don't usually have many guests."

"Only the ones Xiaoyue used to wear..."

Lin Yu looked at the clean tiled floor, changed into a pair of pink, slightly ill-fitting plastic slippers, and went inside.

"It's alright, Auntie, the slippers don't need to fit too perfectly."

He went inside and placed the fruit and milk on the shelf by the kitchen door.

Then, Xia Yue's mother pointed to the sofa in the living room.

"Please sit down, I'll get you a glass of water!"

As she spoke, she hurried toward the kitchen.

Lin Yu nodded and slowly walked into the living room.

There was a small mourning hall in the living room, with two sets of black and white photos, a memorial tablet, and an urn containing ashes.

The one on the left is that of an adult man, and it looks like it's been there for quite a while.

And on the right...

The young girl who had just been placed there had a lively and lovely smile and a gentle appearance.

This is naturally Xia Yue and her father.

The memorial tablet, the Posthumous Portrait, and the small table for placing offerings were all wiped very clean, and incense sticks were burning quietly in the Incense Burner.

Someone must have cleaned this place very carefully every day.

Lin Yu sat silently on the opposite sofa, and soon...

Xia Yue's mother came out carrying a cup of tea.

"I don't know if you like Chrysanthemum tea. If you young people don't like it, I'll go downstairs to the supermarket and buy some cola or something."

Xia's mother spoke, Lin Yu quickly waved his hand.

"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. Noticing that Lin Yu was sitting opposite the memorial tablet, she smiled silently.

"There's limited space at home, so we put it together with her dad's."

Then, Xia's mother changed the subject. "Um... Xiao Lin, you came here this time..."

Lin Yu nodded slightly.

"I was planning to come see you, but I have a request that might be a bit unreasonable..."

"Auntie, I'd like to see Xiaoyue's body or ashes."

"She shouldn't be here, right?"