What Are...

Parsed with an automated reader. The content accuracy is not guranteed.

1

Before the execution, Tu Dian silently looked out the window.

The education officer(1) watched him from the door as the execution team stood waiting for orders in the motorcade outside.

When the education officer opened the door, a prison guard put handcuffs and ankle shackles on Tu Dian.

Then, the prison guard glanced at the education officer, silently turned around, and walked out.

The education officer knelt down in front of Tu Dian.

“Why don’t you want to escape death?”

Tu Dian looked out the window—there was a fly buzzing around outside. He remained silent for a while before saying, “It’s a full stop. People like me must have a full stop.”

“Don’t you want to keep helping others?”

“My death is the greatest help to you,” Tu Dian said.

On the education officer’s wrist was a tattoo of the number 5.

He seemed to understand what Tu Dian was saying.

“You don’t have any regrets?”

“Of course I do. There are evil people who refuse to be educated. They are more terrifying than I am,” Tu Dian said. “There are still many people like them in the world with bottomless abysses in their hearts, but there’s nothing I can do about it.”

He looked at the education officer, “I believe everyone has an abyss in their heart, but they just stare at it and refuse to jump. In order to help them, I simply go over and give them the push they need.”

“Those you say you can’t help…are you not able to push them down as well?”

“They are the abyss itself,” Tu Dian said. “The laid eggs have fallen into the abyss. Even if they hatch, they can’t fly up. It’s a pity, but there’s nothing I can do no matter how much I regret it.”

The prison corridor leading to the road where the police cars were waiting outside was called the “Departing Gaze Corridor”.

As Tu Dian walked slowly, he said to the education officer, “Spread news of my death to the world. I will never truly die.”

The education officer nodded.

Tu Dian suddenly paused as if he thought of something, and then said, “If you miss me and want me to come back in another form, you’ll need to find someone. This person is another me, but you all will have to guide them. They’ll lead you to greater heights.”

The education officer looked at Tu Dian, who said leisurely, “Their ears are very good, but I can’t remember what they look like.”

2

Ah Tou was drinking coffee when she saw news of Tu Dian’s execution in the newspaper.

There were flies on the glass outside the cafe.

Meanwhile, Xie Yuchen received Tu Dian’s urn.

“Should we put it in the ancestral hall?”

Xie Yuchen looked at the urn and thought for a while.

3

Che Galiba(2) looked at Kan Jian. As the eldest of the Eight Villains of the Wu family, he felt nothing but disgust in his heart.

The dog farm was covered in flowers, arguably making it the most beautiful dog farm around.

Many people told him that it was better to keep dogs and flowers separated because flowers weren’t good for dogs.

Che Galiba smoke a cigarette, looking at him indifferently.

He preferred flowers over dogs because taking care of dogs was work while growing flowers was life.

“Well, in those days, their ancestors smelled corpse odors, so why would you think that they can’t be around flowers because pollen isn’t good for them?” Che Galiba took a puff of his cigarette, “Dogs have some knowledge of the world so it’s better if they take care of themselves. After all, humans are the most unreliable creatures.”

Of course, Che Galiba preferred dogs over people.

“Speak up. What’s the matter?” He asked Kan Jian. “Didn’t the boss say that each company is responsible for its own profits and losses? I won’t lend you any money.”

“I need twenty minutes to explain everything clearly.”

Che Galiba shook his head, “You’ve got three minutes.”

“Brother Meng sold his father, then I sold Brother Meng, and then I sold a cow from my hometown.”

Che Galiba opened the dog door on the side, behind which was a small lawn with six large dogs.

The large dogs immediately rushed over. All six dogs didn’t like Kan Jian and looked at him with puzzled and annoyed expressions on their faces before they all started barking at him.

“Uncle Che—” Kan Jian started to explain.

But at this time, his cell phone suddenly rang. He glanced down at it and saw that Baishe was calling him.

He declined the call, but within a second, Baishe called again.

Kan Jian picked it up and said, “I’m not free.”

“Help! Save me!!” The other party shouted.

<What Are They Doing 2022 Chapter 19><Table of Contents><What Are They Doing 2022 Chapter 21>

****

TN Notes:

(1) In hopes of reducing recidivism and helping prisoners adjust to life post-prison, they can receive legal, moral, cultural, and technical education while serving their sentence. I’d say the education officer is kind of like their teacher.

(2) I thought this might be the Che Zhong guy from Sand Sea Part 4 (the one with the little palm-sized puppy that saved Wu Xie and knew his grandfather and had his stomach pumped to remove all those snake eggs *barf*) but I googled around and it’s apparently the guy from the Sand Sea drama who appears in episode 30 around the 18 min mark to guide Li Cu and the squad to Gutong Jing. Like Su Nan, he seems to be a drama-only character (unless they’re the same dude and Che Zhong was an alias but idk).

Like this:Like Loading...

Related