This Japanese Monogatari Isn't Lame
Chapter 405 - 278: Smiling Despite Everything (Making Up for the Updates from Big Boss Ji Xuan)_2

Chapter 405: Chapter 278: Smiling Despite Everything (Making Up for the Updates from Big Boss Ji Xuan)_2

It seems that there are still many documents that need to be sorted, and I won’t have time to come today.

Intuition told Beichuan Si that it might be a problem with the private documents Qiuxiao Yunai gave to Shen Gu Mirai.

Otherwise, why wouldn’t Shen Gu Mirai be able to make time?

While Beichuan Si was aware of this, he didn’t ask anything outwardly.

After all, Beichuan Si’s plan today was to go and deal with Shan Yuanmu Yuzi’s issue, and he could ask Shen Gu Mirai about it after returning without a problem.

On the other side, the Shen Gu family.

"I never expected the private files to be talking about this..." Shen Gu Mirai, wearing pink and white headphones, looked at the constantly refreshing chat community window, her face flushed as she typed out a line:

"Beichuan God is invincible under the heavens!"

Following this line, many similar sentences immediately appeared below—

"Beichuan God is invincible under the heavens!"

"Beichuan God is the strongest!"

"..."

It must be said, this feeling was just different.

Unlike the atmosphere in the school where most people didn’t really like Beichuan Si, everywhere in the North River Divine Support Association was filled with Beichuan’s praises.

How could this not make her happy?

Moreover, the alt Qiuxiao Yunai gave her was an admin alt, which gave her even more room to play.

"Beichuan God is number one under the heavens!"

Shen Gu Mirai posted another message and received countless approvals again.

"Could this place be heaven?"

Shen Gu Mirai looked at the words that followed her own, leaning back in her computer chair, her heart content.

It seems there were still many people in the world who knew Mr. Temple’s good points—

Shen Gu Mirai was delighted.

Leaving aside her addictive behavior for now, Beichuan Si, Qiuxiao Yunai, and the others finally arrived at the place.

The group completed the visitation procedures, took the elevator, and came to the fourth-floor neurology department.

Clearly, the doctors had diagnosed the perpetually comatose Shan Yuanmu Yuzi with a neurological condition.

But who could have imagined that Shan Yuanmu Yuzi’s body was gradually emitting an aura of death, something that simply could not be explained by a mere neurological condition.

The group entered Shan Yuanmu Yuzi’s ward.

What caught their eyes was the pale face of a young girl.

The girl was petite, with long hair, her fine eyebrows tightly knitted as if she could not find peace even in her dreams, her eyes full of exhaustion, and she occasionally uttered meaningless sleep talk.

"This is Shan Yuanmu Yuzi," Qiuxiao Yunai stated the obvious.

Next to her, Nanami Qiao Nai looked at Shan Yuanmu Yuzi with concern in her voice, a bit anxious: "Sister Shan Yuan once lived in Ibaraki Prefecture for a period... It seemed like she was on holiday then, and she stayed at my place for almost twenty days. After that, we agreed to go to Tokyo... and then I was sent to the Ibaraki Prefecture Second Mental Hospital because of that incident... When I came out, I heard that Sister Shan Yuan had become like this."

It was clear that Shan Yuanmu Yuzi and Nanami Qiao Nai had a good relationship. Otherwise, Nanami Qiao Nai wouldn’t have traveled such a long distance to find her, nor would she have specifically asked Beichuan Si for help.

Beichuan Si patted Nanami Qiao Nai’s head as a cold aura of death surged into his eyes.

Through the vision of death, Beichuan Si indeed saw wisps of faint black qi emitting from Shan Yuanmu Yuzi’s body.

But if one simply looked at the heart rate monitor next to her, they could notice that Shan Yuanmu Yuzi’s heartbeat was very rhythmic, without any hint of rapid or abrupt stopping.

Beichuan Si approached Shan Yuanmu Yuzi’s side and did not notice anything else emitting death qi.

He retracted the death qi and fell into thought.

He had initially thought there might be some items or jewelry filled with death qi around Shan Yuanmu Yuzi.

But her fingernails were neatly trimmed, and she wore no jewelry on her body.

This was somewhat strange.

"From the surface, indeed nothing can be seen," Beichuan Si said, tapping Kelian, who was peering out from his collar with half her small head: "Did you notice anything?"

Hearing this, Kelian made a great effort to squeeze out of the collar, forcefully pulling at her half-stuck body.

After finally extracting herself completely, she seemed to have pulled a bit too fiercely and bumped into Beichuan Si’s shoulder, her entire stuffed face looking dizzy and disoriented.

Kelian seemed unreliable, so Beichuan Si silently tapped the Shinra Bell, signaling Shenzhu Shihui to appear.

"This... this kind of symptom... I’ve heard the Shenzhu Family Head talk about it before," Shenzhu Shihui stammered without manifesting, explaining in Beichuan Si’s ear: "We call it Jade Destruction Disease."

Jade Destruction Disease?

"The jade refers to a person’s heart, destruction refers to the death of that heart... it’s what you might call... being resolved to death, but Jade Destruction Disease isn’t just that."

The so-called Jade Destruction Disease refers to when a person, on the brink of death but not yet dead, presumptuously believes they are already dead—

Under the impression that one is already dead, the once vibrant body begins to exude an aura of death. If this state persists for a long period, not only will the body start to decay, but even the Spiritual Body will completely vanish.

"Is that all there is?" Beichuan Si continued to ask.

"Um... there should be other explanations... but I’ve been playing with my phone these days... and then I forgot."

"I’ll confiscate your phone when we return," Beichuan Si said expressionlessly.

"Eh?! No! I’ll start thinking right away!"

Shenzhu Shihui’s face changed dramatically.

Her phone now was like a second life to her. Beichuan Si confiscating her phone was akin to taking away her life.

This was no laughing matter.

She blushed, struggling for a long time before she remembered what the Shenzhu Family Head had said: "For a doctor... Jade Destruction Disease isn’t just a physical symptom... Those with Jade Destruction Disease... surely harbor unresolved regrets in their hearts... those who are dying but are not dead yet... what they carry... is actually the curse from when they were still alive..."

Unresolved regrets in the heart.

Could it be about her mother, who passed away early in life?

A curse carried while alive? What did this curse mean?

What circumstances could cause a rich heiress to live in such agony that she ultimately commits suicide by slitting her wrist?

Beichuan Si’s gaze flickered.

Family circumstances.

School circumstances.

Social life.

Or could it be all three?

From the perspective of someone her age, these were the issues that came to mind for the time being.

Beichuan Si moved next to Shan Yuanmu Yuzi.

He then slightly lifted a corner of the blanket.

On Shan Yuanmu Yuzi’s arm lay various fine scars twisted like earthworms.

The scars were shallow, but they had all left marks.

"Is this why Shan Yuanmu Yuzi usually only wears long sleeves?"

Beichuan Si let go of the corner.

If someone were in a very happy psychological state, they would seldom resort to self-harm.

So, Shan Yuanmu Yuzi had been playing the role of a well-behaved student in front of classmates, teachers, and parents.

"So what is your true self like?" Beichuan Si murmured to himself.

On the other side, Shenzhu Shihui was still pondering a concrete solution and hadn’t come to a firm conclusion yet. So, Beichuan Si didn’t rush, instead squatting down to look at Nanami Qiao: "Nanami, I remember you saying that Shan Yuanmu Yuzi once stayed at your house for a while, right?"

"Mhmm."

"How did she behave at that time? Were there moments when she got particularly angry or sad to the point of crying?"

Beichuan Si asked earnestly.

Nanami Qiao swallowed, nodded, and began to recall the past.

What expression did Shan Yuanmu Yuzi often have in those memories?

Nanami Qiao clearly remembered that it was a very serene smile. She appeared peacefully tranquil like a quiet orchid, no matter who she looked at.

Yet beneath that tranquil calmness seemed to hide an indescribable frenzy and sadness—

If Beichuan Si hadn’t brought up the topic, Nanami Qiao felt she probably wouldn’t even think of...

Shan Yuanmu Yuzi’s expression.

"I remember now," Nanami Qiao said in a childish voice. "Sister Shan Yuan... she always looked at the white cat in our house with an indescribable smile."

At that time, Shan Yuanmu Yuzi...

Although she was smiling,

She was very sad.