Half past five in the afternoon.

A residential complex in Jiangnan District.

In the bathroom, Ye Tong applied shower gel three times and scrubbed his body over and over again.

The work of the undertaker can be divided into the following 6 steps:

1. Disinfect the corpse, clean up the dirt, and repair the corpse if necessary.

2. Wash the body (purify the body).

Third, put the deceased into clean clothes.

Fourth, further organize the appearance of the corpse and put makeup on the deceased according to the family's requirements.

5. Embalm the corpse.

Sixth, put the body into the coffin.

For most undertakers, the first step is the most difficult part of the entire job.

They need to remove the clothes of the deceased and disinfect the entire body.

However, even through a mask, the embalmer may still smell the smell of the decaying corpse, and this odor can easily contaminate their body and be difficult to dissipate for a long time. Some deceased people may even have excrement leaking out, and

This also requires the undertaker to clean it up.

In this industry, enduring the smell of corpses and cleaning up excrement are relatively easy problems to solve.

What is even more frightening is that the embalmers must try their best to repair the corpses that have been severely damaged in car accidents or car accidents.

For example, severely decayed body tissues are removed, and plastic clay, silicone and other materials are used to suture and fill the defective parts of the corpse, so as to repair the body of the deceased to a complete state as much as possible.

Although Ye Tong has long been accustomed to this job, every time she comes back from get off work, she will apply shower gel at least three times and scrub her body while taking a shower, trying to get rid of the body odor as much as possible.

After washing her hair for more than 40 minutes, Ye Tong put on the most beautiful clothes, then dried her hair with a hair dryer, tied it into a simple high ponytail, and put on some light makeup.

After everything was settled, Ye Tong said hello to his mother and went to a restaurant to meet his blind date.

…

While Ye Tong was vigorously scrubbing his body, Qin Guanhai was also washing his body over and over again at home.

Compared with embalmers, forensic doctors are actually not much better, and are even worse than embalmers.

Ninety-nine percent of what embalmers face are fresh corpses, but forensic doctors... they are really there wherever there are dead corpses. It is their basic practice to dissect corpses that have been dead for several months.

However, although the work of a forensic doctor is more terrifying than that of an embalmer, the forensic doctor has the identity of a police officer, can clearly determine the truth, examine the corpse and find the murderer, and the psychological implications are relatively strong and can be suppressed.

Therefore, the social status of the two is completely different.

Even though Qin Guanhai doesn't have many friends in real life, he is respected whenever his profession is mentioned.

After Qin Guanhai carefully cleaned his body, he put on clothes that he felt better about, used a hair dryer to style his hair, sprayed it with hairspray, and went out satisfied.

…

7pm.

Qin Guanhai and Ye Tong met at XX restaurant!

Jiang Feng, the matchmaker, did not come. Instead, he gave them his contact information and asked them to contact him and talk among themselves.

After all, although Jiang Feng did not discriminate against forensic doctors and embalmers, he felt a little resentful about eating with these two people, so it was better to avoid them if possible.

In fact, Jiang Feng himself also understood that this was all due to his own psychology. When he usually went to a wedding banquet, he would naturally eat happily. But when he went to a funeral banquet, even if the chef was the same, the dishes were cooked by the same chef.

I always feel a little nauseous when I eat food.

Qin Guanhai and Ye Tong had both seen their own photos, and when they arrived at the agreed place, they could easily recognize each other.

Qin Guanhai took the initiative to reach out and say hello: "Hello, I am Qin Guanhai!"

It took Ye Tong three full seconds to react, and he stretched out his hand to shake his hand somewhat awkwardly, "Hello, I'm Ye Tong!"

After shaking hands, Ye Tong couldn't help but sigh: "You are the first person to shake hands with me since I started working."

Qin Guanhai felt very sad after hearing this. They forensic doctors also had this problem, so he comforted both the other party and himself by saying: "Just get used to it. Chinese people are somewhat taboo about this aspect. This has been passed down for thousands of years."

Customs are not easy to change."

Ye Tong nodded and said: "Yes, the Chinese people do have too many prejudices against our profession. In comparison, you forensic doctors are much better, at least you are respected!"

Qin Guanhai made an invitation gesture and took the lead into the restaurant and said: "Actually, it's not much better. I don't have many friends in real life. Most people do respect us forensic doctors, but it doesn't prevent them from feeling resentful."

It was rare to meet half of his colleagues. Ye Tong followed him into the restaurant and said bitterly: "You are much better than us after all. At least you forensic doctors don't have any taboos about attending weddings and birthday banquets. But after I entered the industry, I

I have never attended anyone’s wedding banquet or birthday party!”

This can be regarded as the unspoken rule of their profession as an undertaker!

In order not to mess with other people's mentality, they set down many unwritten rules for themselves:

Do not attend weddings and birthday celebrations of relatives and friends, do not take the initiative to tell others about your occupation, do not hand out business cards, do not shake hands, do not say "hello", "goodbye", "have a good trip" to visitors, etc.

Many people will avoid inviting the undertakers once they know their identity.

Even if there is an invitation from a friend, the embalmer does not want to affect the feelings of the people around the friend or cause trouble to the friend, so he will still politely decline. Some people, even if they are not afraid of the work of the embalmer, will feel unlucky.

After all, the auspiciousness mentality is very common in our country. Eight and eight are homophonic, so they become auspicious numbers. The job of the embalmer is to send people away, so the association is unlucky and goes against the festive atmosphere.

The two of them went into the private room and sat down, ordering food and waiting for it to be served.

Qin Guanhai asked curiously: "Why did you choose to enter the career of an encoffiner in the first place?"

Ye Tong smiled bitterly and said: "When I was a child, I watched an embalmer's program on TV, and I felt that leaving people with dignity is a sacred job. From that time on, I had the ambition to be an embalmer.

I really didn’t expect that this profession is so discriminated against in society. If I had known better at that time, I probably wouldn’t have chosen this profession!”

"It turns out it was my childhood ambition, so no wonder!"

Qin Guanhai looked stunned, and then said in admiration: "You are so courageous for a girl, you are really awesome!"

"Courage is also cultivated. The first time I came into contact with a corpse, I was actually very scared. Even after I have been in the industry for several years, I was still scared to the point of crying."

Recalling that terrifying scene, Ye Tong still said with a clear heart: "That was when I was putting makeup on a deceased woman. Her eyes suddenly opened and her face was ferocious. I was so scared that my legs were shaking."

Soft, scream out loud."

As an authority in this field, Qin Guanhai said with a calm smile: "The deceased woman probably did not die normally, right? She died accidentally due to drowning or a car accident, etc."

Ye Tong praised: "As expected of a forensic doctor, he knows a lot. The deceased woman was indeed drowned."

Qin Guanhai smiled and said: "Although the deceased who died abnormally have lost signs of life, their body functions can still operate as usual. It may be that the nerves of the deceased were touched intentionally or unintentionally, which has a lot to do with the temperature. Biology

The nerves stimulate the brain and the deceased will open their eyes, which is a normal phenomenon."

Ye Tong smiled and said: "I heard about it later, but I didn't understand it at the time. I was really scared that time."

Although it was the first time for the two of them to meet, because they were both engaged in special professions, they had many topics in common, and there was no sense of strangers when they chatted. It felt like they were already friends.

During this period, the waiter served the food, and both of them stopped talking about professional matters.

It wasn't until the waiters left that they continued to talk about some embarrassing things they had encountered in their careers.

Qin Guanhai said: "Compared to you embalmers, we forensic doctors also have an embarrassing point, that is, every time we dissect a corpse, our bodies will be contaminated with putrid corpse gas, and this corpse gas will not dissipate for several days.

No matter how much you scrub, it's useless.

When I first entered the industry, I didn’t have the financial resources to buy a house or a car, so I had to take the bus to and from work. Every time I got on the bus, the passengers on the bus would wrinkle their noses and stay away from me. The scene was really embarrassing!”

Ye Tong covered his mouth and said with a smile: "We are indeed a little better at this. Although we will be infected with corpse gas to a certain extent, it is not as serious as you. But we also have our own embarrassments. For example, we are hungry when we work the night shift and want to order takeout.

I wanted to eat it, but as soon as I said it was going to be delivered to the funeral home, no one took the order!

One time, my colleague successfully ordered food, but three guys came to deliver the takeout. I was really helpless!"

The two of them were chatting about the corpse while eating. If it were anyone else, they would probably lose their appetite for the delicious food. However, both of them have worked in their respective industries for many years, and they can even eat next to the corpse, let alone

Just talking about it!

Fortunately, Jiang Feng, the matchmaker, was not present. If he were sitting here eating and hearing the conversation between the two, he might not be interested in anything delicious, no matter how delicious it is!

The two of them ate this meal for nearly two hours.

At first, the two of them talked about their respective careers, and gradually the topic extended to their respective families.

After nearly two hours of communication, both of them had a good impression of each other. Not only were they a good match, but they were also very compatible in their careers. It is really difficult to find such a suitable person!

Of course, this is the first time the two of them have met, and no matter how good they are, they won't confess immediately.

However, before parting, Qin Guanhai still gave a hint and asked with a smile: "I have very few friends in real life. Can I ask you to eat and walk with me after get off work?"

Ye Tong responded with a smile: "Of course, I have fewer friends in real life. I usually stay at home after get off work and don't go anywhere. In my mother's words, I'm almost moldy!"

"Then let's make an appointment tomorrow!"

"Well, let's make an appointment tomorrow!"

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