Mo Chou (23)

Both people found the options presented to them ridiculous. Zhan Rong, for example, was dumbfounded and could not relate the options to ghosts. All of these… if she hired a tutor or exposed herself to the field, wouldn't she learn them all the same? Why the hell did she have to suffer from the pursuit and pestering of those clingy spirits? A bunch of them almost followed her home!

Zhan Rong had no answer to this as she didn't want to entertain the conclusion that survival was already the best she could ask for. She was in a low mood even after she reached home and climbed onto her bed. 

As her eyes darkened, she thought, 'Who said everything happened for a reason? Clearly, there are things that happen without one. A lot of things about life could not be controlled and planned, rendering one powerless and helpless. However, who is to blame? Who asks us to be mere mortals?'