Chapter 775: Professional Mourner
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
“Professional mourner? Do you cry when someone dies?” Amelia asked.
The crybaby ghost nodded. “That’s right. Birth, old age, illness, and death are natural laws. Most sons and daughters work outside, or when the old die, they are already in their nineties and almost a hundred years old. At that time, no matter how sad their descendants are, it’s inevitable that they won’t be able to cry. If they can’t cry, they will be said to be unfilial. What can they do now? They can only hire professional mourners ”
The crybaby ghost sniffed and said, “Back then, in the surrounding villages, I was the most professional at crying, so everyone liked to invite me over to cry ”
William: “So did you cry yourself to death?”
The crybaby ghost wanted to say something but hesitated. “This has to start from when I was young. When I was young, I loved to cry. My mother brought me shopping. When I saw toys, I wanted to buy them. When my mother didn’t buy them for me, I cried and made a scene. Sometimes, my mother found me annoying, so she beat me up. I cried even harder. I cried when I couldn’t drink water. I cried when I didn’t get the food I wanted to eat when I ate. I cried when I quarreled with my siblings and didn’t win.”
The crybaby ghost’s parents originally thought that the child loved to cry when she was young and would be fine when she grew up. Unexpectedly, when the crybaby ghost grew up, she cried even harder. If she didn’t want to go to school, she would cry. If she didn’t study well in school, she would cry. She would be criticized by the teacher and cry. If she was praised by the teacher, she would cry too.
“Just like that, I cried from elementary school to junior high, from junior high to high school, until I went to university ” At this point, William couldn’t help but ask, “Did you finally stop crying after going to university?”
The crybaby ghost shook her head. “I went to university and got a boyfriend. I cried even harder.”
Amelia:
William:
Elmer:
Ling stuffed fruits into her mouth as she glanced at the crybaby ghost. George sat behind his desk marking documents. From time to time, he would look up to confirm if Ling had peeled the fruits. Anyway, he could not see anything. He could only guess what the ghost said with Amelia and William’s questions.
The crybaby ghost continued, “When I first started dating, I was quite happy. The first time we quarreled was three days after we got together. He went to play basketball. I texted him, but he didn’t reply to me. After we came back, we quarreled. Once we quarreled, I cried. My boyfriend said that it was just a message. It’s fine if he didn’t reply. Moreover, he was playing basketball, so I felt that he didn’t love me, so I cried and wanted to break up.” Anyway, it was just trivial, trivialities. They often quarreled, and once they quarreled, she cried. In the end, her boyfriend was annoyed and broke up with her.
The crybaby ghost: “After we broke up, I cried in university for four years ”
Amelia, William, and Elmer: “???” How could she cry for four years after a breakup?
“How did you cry?” William asked curiously.
The crybaby ghost thought of that sad past. That was her first love. As she thought about it, her tears were about to fall again. “Every time I think about how I gave my all and ended up being broken up with, I feel terrible. If you love someone, shouldn’t you love everything about them? I like to cry, I admit it, but he was the one who made me cry first! Why can’t he coax me gently and meticulously at all times? I don’t want to cry either, but sometimes, when autumn comes and the leaves fall, I feel sad and tears fall. At this moment, he should hug me with heartache and say: silly ”
Amelia: “???”
William: “???” Are you sure you mean silly and not an idiot?
The crybaby ghost: “After I quarreled with my boyfriend, I often cried to my friends. It was the same after we broke up. I cried as soon as I said it. In the end, I cried to the entire class and the entire faculty. Four years of university passed just like that ”
Elmer:
After graduating from university, the crybaby ghost had just stepped into society and was very uncomfortable, so she cried. At first, the colleagues she had just met would comfort her, but later on, they would hide when they saw her.
Amelia was speechless. “Aren’t you the same as the auntie just now?”
The crybaby ghost pouted and said aggrievedly, “How can it be the same? At least I won’t cry and beg for forgiveness ”
William chuckled. “It’s pretty much the same. The two of you are evenly matched.”
The crybaby ghost did not explain and only said, “Just like that, I cried through ten companies ”
William’s eyes widened. “Ten companies? You’re amazing!”
The crybaby ghost nodded. “I can’t help it. I can’t control myself either. They always say that I have a glass heart, but that’s actually not the case. According to a saying in our hometown, my tear ducts are shallow “