Chapter 35: Sad Past

More than a month later, on February 9th. Suburb of S City, Nileoga Paradise. Mo Yuan received a tray bumped with two American hot dogs, two packages of fries, and two glasses of coke from the clerk's hands and returned to this seat. The tables here were all in an open-air setting, so you could view the scenery around the park while you dined. And not far behind him was a carousel. The children's laughter gradually dispersed Mo Yuan's inner haze. Since Mo Yuan's parents divorced when he was ten years old, they soon started their own families. Now, they were both out of town. Last year, when he first brought Shadow Moon to L City to meet his parents who lived there, it was only after five years that he saw them again. After his parents had each started their own families and had new children, he had become a rather redundant figure at the center of this. Yes, like the hot dog sandwiched between the two slices of bread in front of him. "This hot dog is a bit too expensive!" A young couple was teasing at the table next to Mo Yuan. "It's fine, as long as you're happy eating, I'm happy with any amount of money." The young man in the couple smiled and said, "If you like it, I'll give you this hot dog too." Mo Yuan looked at the hot dog, coke, and fries in front of him. Back then, in order to maintain her figure as a model, Shadow Moon couldn't eat these foods even when she came to the playground with Mo Yuan, yet she looked like she was craving for them every time. At that time Mo Yuan was heartbroken for her. He bought two hotdogs, but only picked up one of them and bit down. At this time, the clerks in the small store next to him discussed, "How many times is this?" "Yeah …… every other month he comes in and orders two hot dogs fries and a coke, but every time he only eats one of them, the other one is always left and doesn't move." "Is he stupid?" "No, no, no, no, have you ever seen a Japanese drama called 'Housewife Mita'? It's from a few years ago, with Nanako Matsushima in it. After the heroine loses a loved one, she also goes to the amusement park where the family used to go all the time before the loss of a family member, and then buys three servings of food without moving. I see a similar situation with this one." "No? That's so sad." "Ugh, it just seems like it would be a waste of food." Mo Yuan expressionlessly bit into the hot dog hard, the ketchup dripping from the top of the hot dog kept spilling down his lips, and he didn't care to wipe it off. Then, he picked up his Coke and took a sip. "What do you think we should go play later?" The couple's conversation came from beside him again. "Well, I looked at the park's exclusive app, and the closest one to this with the shortest queue is Gothic Town at the moment. But that seems a bit similar to a haunted house, aren't you afraid?" "I'll look at the guide introduction on the APP. That said, how long do I have to wait in line for this program?" "Uh, an hour." Mo Yuan remembered that the project, Gothic Town, was still under construction a year ago. At that time, he had made an appointment with Shadow Moon to come back here to play after the first year of marriage. Now, everything was no longer possible. In fact, he didn't know what was the point of him coming here every month. Even if he remembers the places he stayed and ate with Shadow Moon in the past, it's unlikely that she'll come back. The entertainment company that …… Shadow Moon signed with and Xiao Zhi's agency also cooperated in the beginning, agreeing on resource replacement. Shadow Moon appeared in an outdoor variety show reality show before her contract expired, and that reality show also had Xiao Zhi Zhi participating. The reality show in the shadow of the moon also gained considerable popularity, so the company against the will of the speculation of her and Xiao Zhi's romance scandal, in her unknowing situation with her microblogging and Xiao Zhi the same day sent microblogging selfie background in the room exactly the same photo. It was thought that this hype would allow Fu Ying Yue, who had gained a certain amount of popularity, to give up on ruining her contract and continue to renew her contract with the company, but she didn't expect that Ying Yue would still adamantly refuse to renew her contract. For the newly popular idol, the shadow moon that became the subject of the scandal became the object of universal cyber violence. Gossip hype is always false, even if she denies it, no one will believe it. On her personal microblog, there were hundreds of thousands of bad comments every day, and the viciousness of Xiao Zhi's fans' words was enough to break through the limits of human imagination. As she no longer renewed her contract with the company, there was no public relations team behind her, and the power of speech was naturally held by Xiao Zhi's side, who would not clarify for her at all. The main character of the scandal, Xiao Zhi, has never positively denied the scandal. Then, the hype intensified, the paparazzi photographed Mo Yuan and shadow moon photos, so the shadow moon became "cheating". Although Shadow Moon has clarified on her microblogging account, no one is willing to believe it. Xiao Jian did not come out to clarify at all, but a bunch of fans said they felt sorry for him. The scale of the net storm began to become unprecedented. The partners of the photography studio resolutely refused to use Shadow Moon as a spokesperson, and her reputation was in tatters. Even after listening to the internet rumors, Mo Yuan's parents were adamantly opposed to Shadow Moon being their daughter-in-law, and even hid their household registration books to prevent them from registering their marriage at the Civil Affairs Bureau. In the network violence of all the people denouncing the "second wife", it finally escalated from the network to reality. Some people actually found Shadow Moon's address, and crazy fans threw paint and rotten eggs at her door, writing words such as "death to second wives". In the end, she had to move to a hotel. She had to move to a hotel and suffered from severe depression for several months, which became more and more serious. The last time Mo Yuan saw her, she slit her wrists in the bathroom and ended her life. Before she passed away, she had taken more than five medications for depression. But even when she posted photos of her taking depression medication on Weibo, Xiao Zhi fans still berated her for selling her whitewash. It wasn't until after Shadow Moon's death that the Internet began to "reflect on online violence" and "no snowflake is innocent." But this is no longer meaningful, the shadow moon "cheating" stigma can never be clarified. In Mo Yuan's mind, those self-proclaimed righteous keyboard warriors have killed no less people than those evil spirits! Mo Yuan even considered whether he could let the dead Shadow Moon return to his side, even if she had turned into an evil spirit, he did not mind. But Fang Han told himself that based on the scope of wishes he knew, the occupants couldn't make wishes that involved spirit-like spirits either. Anything that would bring the dead back, or allow them to be reincarnated, could not be realized either. Qin Ziyuan told him that if it were him, he would make his wish "to kill all the keyboard warriors involved in the hype and cyber violence, and even Xiao Zhiqian himself". He looks at vengeance only in terms of results and pursues homomorphic vengeance. But Mo Yuan doesn't want to do that, he doesn't even want to kill anyone. Revenge and killing meant nothing to him, not to mention how many lives were involved? If he really wished for such a thing, what was the difference between him and an evil spirit? He drank the coke in one go and opened his cell phone to check the app for the paradise. "Gothic Paradise …… hmmm …… here it is ……"