Story #10: Zhao Bu Dao

[This story follows a old chinese belief. I never heard of the saying till i heard this story from a show in taiwan and i checked with my grandparents who are traditional ppl who told me the saying is true but i’ll never wish to find out personally]

Standing on the rooftop of a carpark in taiwan,
a young lad was telling his girlfren that its time they go their separate ways.

‘ure breaking up with me? u promised u’ll love me forever and marry me,bringing me out of this god damned place’

‘im sorry but thats the past. lets move on. i found someone else who i wish to be with.’

‘im pregant’

‘how do i know its really mine?’

‘i’ll jump. i cannot think of any other reason why i should be alive without u’

’stop being childish. u’re wasting my time. i got to go. bye.lets not contact anymore alright’

‘daniel!~ (not real name) HOW COULD U!~ YOU NEVER LOVED ME!~ U LIER!~’

He left her crying on the floor.

AT NIGHT. As he was making out with his new girl his handphone rang.
He ignored it but it kept ringing thus he stop making love with her and answe the handphone.

‘hey daniel!~’ a boy’s voice.

‘wats up chris’

‘turn on the tv dude!~ ITS CINDY!~(not real name)’

‘wat?~~~ so~~~’

‘SHES DEAD BRO~ wtf happened between you two?!~’

‘(news) a lady was found at the foot of the carpark at ——–around 9pm by a a schoolboy. No ID was found on her but its believed she fell from the roof of the carpark. Her head was badly smashed,face almost gone smashed in thus police assumed she landed head-first when she landed…’

daniel froze.He off the tv.

‘dude im telling you, you’re dead meat man.What the hell happened man?!~
i mean look, its going to be midnight u better go over to somewhere safe tonight.A friend;s house or sth. U better not be alone. Ppl who die like that have lots of anger and grief man.’

‘chris im christian i do not take this kinda bullshit alright.shut up and let me think.’

‘dude if u cannot find a place to go hide man.My granparents use to tell me that Spirits Cannot Bend Their Spine.( GUI BU NEN WAN YAO) So if u do not wish for them to see you hide somewhere REAL low.’

’shut up chris shut up!~’

‘wats the matter darling?’

(he told her)

(she left the house in a hurry, grabbing her shoes and ran away,still half dressed]

Daniel cursed under his breath and look at his clock. Its 11.45pm.

He went to bathe.

He came out of the bathing room, its 11 55pm.

He froze looking at the clock. Chris’s words ringing in his ear.

He went ouside his room and look downstairs at the first floor story.Everything dark and off.silence.

he went to use the com…silence in the room.Clock ticking.

Clock Chimes midnight~ daniel leap up in his chair,startled.
He breathes in slowly and decides to turn in….he walks to the light switch..

‘THUD THUD THUD’

Daniel froze his chest hurts by the sudden increase rate the heart is racing.

‘THUD THUD THUD’

Daniel swiched off ths light and ran to his bed snuggled under the covers only light in the room was from the window-the moon shining on to him.

‘THUD THUD THUD’

It sounds as though something hard was hitting on to the ground downstairs.

He kept really really quiet…breathing hard.

then he heard the voice that he was sure he was dreaming a nightmare yet hes awake for it said :

‘(in chinese) Zao Bu Dao~~~~**cries **sobs’
[it means ‘cannot find’]

He shivers and then he remembered chris’s words.

‘Zao Bu Dao~~~~~~’

He hurries out of bed and his eyes franticaly scanned thru the room for a hiding spot. Then his mind said to him, Under The bed.

‘THUD THUD THUD’
The sounds were moving up the staircase.

He went down his knees.He squeezed himself under fast and hard not caring that the bed is very low and hes not so small.

‘Zao Bu Dao~~~~’ ‘THUD THUD THUD’ the sounds reached 2nd floor outside his room door.

He made it under the bed. He force himself to turn over to face out to be able to see the room instead of the inside wall then regretted it thus closing his eyes at once praying fast.

‘Zao Bu Dao’
‘THUD THUD THUD’

his other room’s door creaks slowly..

‘ZAO BU DAO~~~~~’
the voice of cindy sounded miserable.

His toliet door creaks open.

‘ZAO BU DAO~~~~~~~~’ ‘THUD THUD THUD’

‘THUD’
His room door creaks open.

His eyes close shut his breathing stops.His prayer stops in his mind hes listening attentively.

‘THUD THUD THUD’
‘ZAO BU DAO~~~~~’

‘AH!~ ZONG YI ZAO DAO LE’ [finally i found it.]’

Daniel shivered badly…eyes still shut….

slient for so long. so long. daniel opened his eyes.

he screamed. he died.

‘(news) a young boy around the age of 18 was found dead huggled under his own bed. It seems that the young boy was found frightened to death for his eyes were wide opened his mouth were wide open and his body was cold and purple…and there was nothing wrong with the boy, its a unnatural death and the police is now…’

chris stares at the tv… his grandparents told him on the phone when he told them about his friend’s unusual death that his advice would have worked….if only he knew how the decrease died.

visualise this::

Cindy fell and landed HEAD first.

She commited suicide and thus cursed to travel around that way and to experience the same death every night.

SHE TRAVELS NOW ON HER HEAD WITH HER LEGS IN THE AIR…SHES CURSED TO TRAVEL UPSIDE DOWN.

EVERYTIME SHE TRAVELS, HER HEAD RISE ABOVE GROUND THEN STRAIGHT DOWN SMASH HARD ONTO GROUND…GOES UP THEN DOWN,SMASH HARD. GOING THRU THE SAME DEATH AND PAIN EVERYTIME SHE ‘WALKS’

THATS WHY THERES THE ‘THUD THUD THUD’ HITTING THE GROUND HARD SOUND.

(imagine how many people die this way. tragic..)

THATS WHY DANIEL WAS FOUND.
ALL CINDY DOES IS TO GOES TO THE BED AND SHE SEES HIM UNDER THE BED.

DANIEL SEES HER FACE.ONLY HER FACE…


Credit: A Suspicious Man