The Lost Corpse

Chapter 13: Truth 2

Lin Cheng started to tremble slightly and turned to me, "Wu Mo, did you forget? I'm already dead."

I looked at him, unsure of what he was talking about. He continued to murmur, "So this world is fake. I forgot. I thought I was still alive." Caught between their cryptic words, the interchangeability of life and death felt blurry to me. Lu Nan opened the car door and sat in the back seat. Lin Cheng asked him, "Do you know how to take him back?"

Lu Nan nodded, "Just keep driving straight ahead."

"Where are we going? Can you stop teasing me like an idiot? Can you just be straightforward? Is it fun to keep people in suspense?" I was surprisingly angry, sitting in the passenger seat.

"Wu Mo, I just want you to know, no matter what, don't decide to die on your own." Lu Nan said. Lin Cheng then calmly added, "And don't feel guilty, really. The events were beyond anyone's control. I don't blame you, and your parents must think the same way."

I still didn't understand the whole truth, but suddenly, I became quiet. It seemed, vaguely, that I started to grasp something.

I didn't expect the end of this road to lead to a crematory. I recalled the driver that day who stopped and offered help, his car was very unusual. "At that time, your mind wasn't ready, so I didn't let you get into that car," Lu Nan whispered beside me. I suddenly noticed how incredibly thin his body had become, his skin somewhat sunken, revealing the contours of his bones.

"Originally, if Lin Cheng hadn't appeared, I would have brought you here as soon as possible. My body couldn't hold on any longer."

Here stood two people who can be considered as the most important people in my life, smiling, as the staff prepared to take me into the furnace for cremation.

The temperature at the crematorium can reach tens of thousands, but I didn't feel the heat. My body was rapidly decomposing, and then Lu Nan jumped in too, with Lin Cheng watching from the side. Lu Nan and my body slowly shattered together.

In 2004, I met Lu Nan.

In 2006, Lin Cheng died on his way back to China to celebrate my twentieth birthday.

In 2007, my family was in a traffic accident, with casualties unknown. However, in my extreme speculation, both of my parents perished.

Afterward, I began a long slumber. No wonder there was never an accurate time there, as everything there was my imagination, and I wasn't sure how long I had been sleeping. I indirectly caused the death of my best friend and parents; I didn't want to wake up.

The flames burned for a long time, especially in my eyes, so red as if about to bleed. I moved my eyeballs, then opened my eyes and saw a white ceiling. "You're awake!" Someone tightly held my hand, and kept kissing the back of my hand. He stood up excitedly, shouting for a nurse. Only then did I realize that the person in front of me, with long hair and an unshaved beard, was Lu Nan.

I wanted to speak, but my throat felt like it was being scraped with blades, causing intense pain. The light in front of me was chaotic and bright. Although he stood there, he kept holding my hand, and my fingertips ached. Strangely, I wanted him to grip harder, as if in the crematorium, kneading my ashes with his ashes. I unexpectedly cried.

Then a large group of doctors and nurses rushed in. The identity card of the doctor leading them, checking my condition, had the words "Lu Bei" written on it. Lu Nan released my hand and then came back to insert a soft straw into my dry mouth. I instinctively started to suck on it. Then consciousness blurred and I fell into a coma.

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For those who didn't understand, please refer to the following explanation:

After a car accident in 2007, Wu Mo fell into a coma. Because he was afraid that his parents had already died and his friend Lin Cheng's death was indirectly caused by him, his will to live weakened. However, Lu Nan had been by his side for years, talking to him, instilling a will to survive. So when he turned into bones in the forest, the imagined Lu Nan came and took him away, giving him hope for life. So, Wu Mo slowly transformed from bones into a person with a body. Everything that happened in the preceding chapters was part of Wu Mo's fantasy world.