Soul (Shi hun) (失魂)

I watch the wind, and, dreamlike, vanish

Ah-Chuan

Ah-Chuan, are you all right

Everything seems normal

I think he should stay in the hospital for now

And... we may have to do some tests

Then talk to a psychologist

It could be depression

Uncle... Uncle...

What are you doing here

You don't have a room

In two days, my room will be empty

If you still don't have a room then

you can stay in mine

Shit,

this car's like riding a boat

Shaking all over

Ah-Chuan gets sick

The company won't even send a bigger car

Telling us to drive ourselves

All of us crammed in here

Is that good for his health

Seeing him like this, it's damned tragic

If I knew, I wouldn't have come

Don't fuck with me

You said you wanted to come

We only needed two to bring Ah-Chuan back

You insisted on coming

Complaining how Taipei's dull

And you wanted fresh air

Didn't I tell you it'd be cramped in the back?

Didn't I

You said, it was fine

Time will fly looking at the scenery

What else did you say

Let's go see the naked girls climbing the spider web in Taichung tonight

Shit, we haven't seen the spider web yet and you're bitching

How did this all start

A few days ago,

Ah-Chuan suddenly collapsed in the restaurant

Did anything happen before that

He was more quiet recently

But

A few weeks ago

One night, it was very late

We heard a very strange sound from Ah-Chuan's room

We opened the door

And saw Ah-Chuan striking his own head with his fist

Over and over

The next day I asked him

He remembered nothing at all

The past two days, some co-workers said

they saw him do a similar thing in the restroom

Then yesterday when Ah-Chuan was hospitalized

Business was heavier, and we couldn't be there

Today was better

so the boss asked us to hurry up and send Ah-Chuan back home

Your boss is a good man

To send him home as soon as there's trouble

Chuan, get up and eat something

Chuan, come

Let's eat something, ok?

You haven't eaten since you arrived

Come, eat something

Chuan

Can you hear me talking to you

I don't need help with the spraying

You head on back first

See if your brother's woken up yet

Dad, did you know last night Chuan got up to eat

He ate all the cold porridge in the fridge

You didn't heat it up for him?

No, I didn't join him

Dad

Dad

Something's weird about Chuan

What's weird

I've been back for three days already

I cook for him and he doesn't eat any of it

Then he gets up to eat in the middle of the night

Isn't that weird

He's the only brother you have

Never call him weird

You should get your return luggage ready for Taipei now

And spend more time with your brother, before you go

Who knows when you'll ever see him again

What happened

She wanted to hurt me

She's your sister

Why would she hurt you

Old man

I have no idea who she is

Then who are you

I wanted to ask you that

What are you doing here

I saw this body was empty

so I settled in

Where's Ah-Chuan

He left

He said he would be back in a while

Did you meet him

Yes

when he was leaving

Where

On the road

Uncle Wang

Anybody home

Uncle Wang

Uncle Wang

Uncle Wang

Uncle Wang

Classmate, what are you up to

I keep hearing noise but you don't open the door

Where's Uncle Wang

Hey, classmate,

how long have you been back

You didn't even call

Little Wu, when did you get in here

Uncle Wang, no, I knocked at the door for a long time

I was showering, didn't hear you

Showering

Uncle Wang, why do you shower with your socks on

Where's Yun

Did she go back already

She has been here three days, it was about time

She left this afternoon

Uncle Wang,

is this blood

You killed a chicken?

Yeah! Killed it this afternoon

I'm preparing it for Ah-Chuan tonight

Then how did the blood get on the table

I was making blood cake,

spilled some by accident

All of it?

There's still half a bowl

Is that enough for blood cakes

It's enough

Uncle Wang, your blood cakes are my favorite

When I used to come by for dinner

If there was blood cake, Ah-Chuan and I would eat it all

All right, have you had supper yet

Not yet

Then you must be hungry

Been busy all day, I haven't eaten a thing

Well then you better go home and have dinner

Eh

Get up, get up

Go home, go home

Go home for dinner?

Yeah

Come back next time

Ah,

then I'll come by to see you in a few days

Mr. Wang, what's the matter

I haven't slept well lately,

I wake up in the night

Any troubles on your mind

None

Then it's probably age, I'll prescribe something for you

Can I ask if it's sleeping pills

Why do you want to know

Because I tried buying them, and they didn't work well

Where'd you buy them

A small drugstore near my home

You tell the owner to be careful

Selling drugs with no prescription

there's no end to that jail time

How's this

I'll give you more

but don't take too many at once

Take half a pill

if that's not enough, take the other half

Dr. Wu

how many is too many

One or two is a lot already

What happens with too many

It'd put a cow to sleep for a few days

though if it's a lazy cow, that's another matter

Anything else you want to ask

Dr. Wu, it's like this

A friend's child has been acting strange lately

he doesn't even recognize his own parents

He even speaks like he's a different person

You mean your own child?

It's a friend's child

Then tell him to bring the child here himself

I just want to know

as I'm rather close to this child

If it's a mental illness,

the child should be examined

What is a mental illness

Basically,

the patient is like a wandering soul

Loosely speaking

it can be people with extramarital affairs

evil thoughts or contact with spirits

Can these illnesses get better

For an affair or evil thoughts

taking medicine won't help