Sim Chi Yin—VII Photo

“I wonder if he knows that you are here today. I think you must feel very uncomfortable being here today. Usually when you come he’s here to talk to you, joke with you. He’s especially happy when you come to visit. He’s not here today. If he was talking to you now, for sure you’d be uncomfortable and your head would feel like it’s bursting...

“Previously, he said to me he wanted to reincarnate as my child, so that he could come back and repay me. I took such good care of him… I can say that without regret…

“I really looked after him well. The one regret I have is that I never got to buy him good clothes, to let him dress well when he died. He only had lousy old clothes to take with him…

“He went too fast… Every time I’m sad, I have pain here [points to the middle of her chest].”

—Mi Shixiu

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“I wonder if he knows that you are here today. I think you must feel very uncomfortable being here today. Usually when you come he’s here to talk to you, joke with you. He’s especially happy when you come to visit. He’s not here today. If he was talking to you now, for sure you’d be uncomfortable and your head would feel like it’s bursting...

“Previously, he said to me he wanted to reincarnate as my child, so that he could come back and repay me. I took such good care of him… I can say that without regret…

“I really looked after him well. The one regret I have is that I never got to buy him good clothes, to let him dress well when he died. He only had lousy old clothes to take with him…

“He went too fast… Every time I’m sad, I have pain here [points to the middle of her chest].”

—Mi Shixiu