Ji Younai quickly skimmed through the contents written in the newspaper and stole a glance at Gong Siyu.
Did she have a conscience?
Not exactly...
She leisurely wiped off the tea that had spilled onto her hand before placing the teacups on the coffee table upright. She then pretended to be composed and grabbed the newspaper to read it solemnly.
"Female Corpse Comes Back To Life in Western Suburb Funeral Parlor And Sneaks Out Of The Embalming Room At Night, The Surveillance Footage Shows That She Had Smashed The Glass Door With An Axe Before Leaving In A Hurry. Can The Dead Really Be Resurrected?"
"Or Is This A Female Spirit Possessing A Body?"
"Various Media Platforms Will Collaborate And Investigate To Uncover The Truth For You!"
The matter of her being resurrected and escaping the funeral parlor had again been reported on the news. It even made it to the headlines!
In a momentary trance, she again recalled the time when she woke up in the embalming room and looked at all the corpses around her. She also recalled the female ghost who smiled eerily and wryly at her with half of her head exposed.
Ji Younai clenched her fists tightly to the point where her bones turned white. She seemed to be nervous and afraid.
"Is it true?"
Gong Siyu asked again patiently.
In fact, he already had an answer in his heart when he saw Ji Younai's reaction. However, he still wanted to hear the truth for himself from her.
"Yes."
Rubbing her small hands unnaturally, Ji Younai acted like a child who had made a mistake as she hung her head low and stopped eating. She simply sat obediently in front of Gong Siyu.
Gong Siyu took out the body tag that was sealed in a plastic bag, from the pocket on the side of his sick hospital gown. He placed it in front of Ji Younai and said, "This is what my men found in the forest at the scene of the accident."
As soon as Ji Younai saw the body tag in Gong Siyu's hand, which was supposed to be hanging from her ankle, she immediately pulled a long face. "Why do you have this with you?"
After she finished speaking, she got rid of the unnatural gaze in her eyes and insisted that everything written in the newspaper was nonsensical.
"You don't even believe such exaggerated reports that are only meant to attract attention, do you?"
Gong Siyu remained silent and simply observed Ji Younai's expression.
His sharp, narrow eyes were slightly squinted, and they were deep and dark. Nothing could escape his eyes at all.
He did not tell Ji Younai that there were surveillance footage of her escaping the funeral parlor and smashing the glass door of the funeral parlor while wearing the shroud.
"I'm still alive. My heart is still beating, and I'm breathing!"
Looking at the young girl in front of him who was desperately trying to prove that she was still alive, Gong Siyu was serious for a while, but he suddenly lost control. His thin lips curled up, and he put on a devilish smile. He reached out and gently touched Ji Younai's head to comfort her.
"Okay, I'm not suspecting you, why are you crying?" He paused, and his smile grew wider. He coaxed gently, "Younai is breathing, and her heart is beating too. How can she be a female corpse? Everything in the newspaper is nonsense. However, you have to understand that they have to make money by attracting the attention of others."
As long as he was certain that Ji Younai was alive, he would not have to bother delving into the rest.
That was what Gong Siyu thought.
However, he had missed the trace of panic and uneasiness that flashed across Ji Younai's eyes for a moment.
It was a strong doubt about whether or not she was still alive.
"I… I'll go to the washroom!"
She fumbled and stood up, not daring to look at Gong Siyu. She almost fled in panic.
She slammed the frosted glass door of the bathroom shut with a loud bang to lock it.
Her breathing was erratic, and her reddened eyes were filled with tears. Looking at her pale and haggard self in the mirror, Ji Younai raised her trembling hand and began unbuttoning her hospital gown.
Once she had fully unbuttoned it...
Ji Younai looked at her body in the mirror hopelessly again.
There was a hideous scar that started from her chest cavity and all the way down. It was almost as long as her entire upper body.
That was a scar that was left on her body after the autopsy.
She was dead. She was really dead...
'Who can tell me why I'm still breathing and my heart is still beating? Why am I still… alive?'
In order to prevent Gong Siyu from seeing the flaw in her act, Ji Younai wrapped herself tightly in her clothes, washed her face, and looked at her excessively fair and clean face in the mirror. She got a grip on her emotions before leaving the bathroom.
"Um, Gong Siyu, I thought about the reason why I'm dead and alive when I was in the washroom!'"
Ji Younai sat down on the edge of her own bed, looking at Gong Siyu with a serious expression. He was lying on the bed sluggishly.
Gong Siyu raised his brows and glanced at his expensive watch.
She had spent almost an hour in the bathroom.
She had probably gone to think about life. After all, she was inside there for a long time.
"Why?"
After hearing his question, Ji Younai answered blatantly without shame.
"Maybe, King Yama doesn't want me because he thinks I'm adorable!"
Gong Siyu couldn't help but spit out the melon seed husk in his mouth.
It coincidentally landed on Ji Younai's tiny face.
She squinted with her almond-shaped eyes, and her face was a little twisted as she glared at Gong Siyu in exasperation.
"It's my fault, it's my fault for being careless."
Gong Siyu laughed and abruptly sat up straight. He removed the melon seed husk with his fair and beautiful hand. He also took the opportunity to pinch and poke her. He only let go after ensuring that her face was still soft and unscathed.
It was nice to touch, and it felt just like fresh and smooth tofu.
Ji Younai blushed when Gong Siyu was pinching and playing with her face.
He was right in front of her, and she could smell the faint scent of his special cologne. His eyes were glistening with an alluring luster. There was an evil smile on his lips, and he was refined and elegant. She was a little shy and thus did not dare to make eye contact with him.
Perhaps, that was what it felt like to have her heart skip a beat.
However, Ji Younai was instantly displeased. She thought, 'Why is he pinching a girl's face so casually!?!'
'Shameless!'
"By the way, little kid, did you really scatter your parents' ashes at your aunt's home?"
Gong Siyu asked immediately in order to get rid of the awkwardness.
She rolled her eyes at Gong Siyu and pouted. "How could that be!?! Those were just lime powder! My parents' ashes are stored in their respective urns in the columbarium!"
At the mention of her aunt and the thought of her deceased parents, Ji Younai's tiny face turned sullen.
She was upset.
On the second day that Ji Younai was admitted to the VIP ward and became roommates with Gong Siyu, her aunt headed angrily and eagerly to Ninth Asylum with a list of bills in her hands.
Her uncle was there as well.
Ji Younai was woken up bright early in the morning by the doctor and brought to the administrative director's office in the asylum's treatment center. She tiptoed out of the room when she left because she was afraid of waking Gong Siyu up.
There were plenty of people in the administrative director's office.
Ji Younai instantly recognized her uncle and aunt as soon as she entered. The two of them looked rather hostile and terrifying.
Her main physician was present as well. She was a middle-aged woman named Wu Defang who was her aunt's childhood friend.
Just because she and her aunt were best friends since they were children, she was hospitalized for more than a month and was tortured terribly. Things only got better for her when she started behaving properly.
When Ji Younai was wondering why she was brought there, she saw her aunt picking up a thick book from the desk in the office with a murderous expression before smashing it at her face.
She also smashed a cup at Ji Younai.
Still unsatisfied, she pulled Ji Younai's hair and began reprimanding her.
"You're so young and already so wicked! You've gone mad, but you're still torturing me!"
"I've already paid for your bills for five years, and yet, you're so capable, huh!"
"You moved to the VIP ward! 500,000 yuan is gone in a month, just like that! Do you think I own a vault of cash!?!"