Chapter 158 Section IX

Chen Lin's parents rushed to Dayu Mountain crying, two days later.When they picked up Chen Lin's body in the valley, they were almost in pain. After checking the suicide note, the police announced that Chen Lin died of suicide without any suspense. The website of the Dayushan Park Photography Contest paid a lot of money to buy the photos taken by Xu Man for Chen Lin. There was a big discussion on campus beauties, sugar daddies and AIDS prevention.This set of photos won the grand prize of the photography competition without any suspense, and Xu Man became famous in one fell swoop. Many telephone stations interviewed her, and many magazines also signed photography contribution contracts with her.

Xu Man did not continue her studies, and she thought life in college was not as interesting as she thought it would be.After dropping out of school, she became a professional freelance photographer, wandering around the famous mountains and rivers or the downtown all day long, capturing the moments of life with the camera in her hand.Maybe it's the halo brought to her by the set of "Black Moment" photos. As long as she shoots things, they all become magazines' hot sellers without exception.She used the earned manuscript fees as travel expenses to continue her traveling life.

But perhaps because of the shadow brought about by Chen Lin's death and the fatigue of traveling, Xu Man suffered from severe depression and neurasthenia. She couldn't sleep all night and often had nightmares. The shadow falling rapidly from the gondola was covered in cold sweat when he woke up again. Xu Man's health was deteriorating, her hair fell out in large quantities, she became thinner and thinner, and her eye sockets were sunken.She took a lot of medicine, but no matter what, her condition still showed no signs of improvement. One day, she took a handful of sleeping pills and lay down in bed.Finally, sleepiness came to her heart slowly like a tide, and she closed her eyes.In a halo of nothingness, she saw a blurry figure gradually becoming clear—it was Chen Lin.Xu Man shouted hysterically at the shadow: "Why are you following me?"

Chen Lin laughed sadly, and said horribly, "I'm so lonely, I really want you to accompany me." After saying these words, Chen Lin's body slowly disappeared into the darkness . Xu Man screamed and woke up from her sleep. She hugged her chest with her arms crossed, and her body was wet with sweat. At that time, she was traveling to Wutai Mountain, so she took this dream to visit a master who had attained enlightenment.The master looked at her for a moment, and then said calmly, "You should untie the knot wherever it is." The eminent monk's gatha-like words were like enlightenment to Xu Man.She nodded secretly, she knew what she should do.

On the day of Chen Lin's death, Xu Man came to the cableway of Dayu Mountain again.Xiao Zhang, the shy boy guarding the cableway, barely recognized the thin woman holding a white chrysanthemum in front of her as Xu Man.Seeing that Xu Man's mental state was very bad, Xiao Zhang offered to accompany Xu Man to sit in the hanging basket. When the hanging basket reached the position where Chen Lin committed suicide, Xu Man threw the white chrysanthemum in her arms into the abyss with tears in her eyes.After a while, she asked the shy boy, "What's your last name?" "Zhang..." The boy's face turned red.At the same time, he was also a little sad, one year was enough for Xu Man to forget her last name.

Xu Man lit a slender cigarette, looked at Xiao Zhang fixedly, and said slowly: "Xiao Zhang, do you want to hear sister Xu tell you a story?" The boy nodded, blushing even more.