The Nineteenth Person in the Class Group

In the sixth year of graduation, Jiang Han, who had been dead for six years in the university class group, suddenly updated his step count on WeChat. Eighteen living people fell into panic and suspicion: is it a system bug, a hacker intrusion, or the return of the dead? Step count, likes, birthday automatic replies, and coughing during death anniversary live broadcasts have torn apart this group named "Missing" again and again. The truth is revealed: It was Jiang Han's mother who walked 10,000 steps a day with her son's mobile phone to keep him "alive" in the circle of friends. After my mother finished posting her sixty-second confession in the group, the step count always stopped at 8,987. In the digital age, a dead person's account becomes a mirror for the living to project their desires, guilt, and power. Underneath the black humor is the ethical dilemma that every modern person faces when it comes to digital heritage: In what way does the dead continue to participate in the lives of the living?