She disappeared with no witnesses, no clues, not even a consistent description.
A calm but strange "lost contact incident" is quietly fermenting in a corner of the city. Her landlord said she was withdrawn, her colleagues said she was a prank, her boyfriend said she was cold... And every "statement" seemed to cut her into pieces - none of them was the real version of her, but every one claimed to know her.
Podcast host Shen He decided to follow this "inconclusive" disappearance case, but unexpectedly discovered that Lin Lan had already withdrawn herself from any relationship before people told her. She uses deleting accounts, blurring images, anonymous forums, and silent protests to turn "existence" into a proposition that no one can solve.
This is not a question about "where she went", but a reflection on "why we need her to stay".
Everyone told a version, only she left the original voice.
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I don't know whether I care about other people's opinions or my own opinions. I always want to find a perfect balance between myself and others, but I am self-defeating. Buddha said, donor, you have to let go.
I don't know whether I care about other people's opinions or my own opinions. I always want to find a perfect balance between myself and others, but I am self-defeating. Buddha said, donor, you have to let go.