396: March 26, 2026 Wenzheng Puppy

(Life has lost its passion.)

(I feel like I have depression too. I think I have a bit of somatization, but I can still manage to control it! I don't know what the future will look like, but it seems I've lost interest in everything.)

(Without the courage to leave my comfort zone, my life is just a straight line to the end! A person who isn't outstanding, a single individual existing in this world—in modern society, is the meaning of being alive just... to be alive??)

(Days filled with work, never having the chance to re-experience things! I'm trapped here.)

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(07:15) Minjeong who doesn't reply to messages: [Morning, Oppa! Today I was woken up by Lami's "gentle wake-up call," but it upgraded its service recently—first a lavender gradient, then honey grapefruit tea color, and finally it woke me up with a "ding-ding-ding" alarm sound effect. The problem is, it's currently mimicking a rooster crowing right next to my pillow! (Sends a chaotic scene of Lami trying to mold itself into a rooster shape and making "cock-a-doodle-doo" sound effects)]

(07:18) Minjeong who doesn't reply to messages: [The point is! It crowed for fifteen minutes, and everyone in the dorm woke up except me! Ningning rushed in and said "Unnie, your Slime is becoming a spirit," and only then did I groggily open my eyes. Now Lami is sulking, sprawled on my face, flashing red light like an ambulance to show "I'm frustrated that I couldn't wake you up"... (Sends a social-death photo of Lami sprawled on my forehead like a purple face mask)]

(07:21) Minjeong who doesn't reply to messages: [Breakfast time major incident! Lami watched a variety show yesterday and learned a new skill; just now, while I wasn't paying attention, it snuck into the kitchen and slid out holding a piece of toast on a "tray mode," with a crooked smiley face drawn on it in honey! But it dripped honey everywhere, and now the kitchen looks like a crime scene, with sticky golden footprints everywhere...]

(07:24) Minjeong who doesn't reply to messages: [Ningning is chasing Lami to clean up the honey footprints, but Lami thinks it's playing a "floor drawing game" and is even more excited! Now there are honey little paw prints in the living room, the hallway, and even at the entrance of the bathroom! I want to cry while wiping, but every now and then Lami turns back and flashes light "asking for praise," so I can't bring myself to scold it... (Sends a chaotic scene of a purple figure and golden footprints all over the floor)]

(07:27) Minjeong who doesn't reply to messages: [Finally finished cleaning! Lami voluntarily asked to stand in the corner for punishment; it's currently in a "rectangular board shape" facing the wall, flashing an apologetic blue light every ten seconds. But it secretly turned its body toward the kitchen, clearly still reminiscing about the joy of painting with honey. Is this punishment even working?!]

(07:30) Minjeong who doesn't reply to messages: [We have morning rehearsal today. Before leaving, I checked to see if Lami was staying properly in my bag, but it had snuck in an extra piece of toast as an "emergency snack"! I told it no, so it pitifully hid the toast inside its body, and now it looks like a bulging purple bun... (Sends a stealth photo of purple light and the edge of the toast peeking through the bag zipper)]

(07:33) Minjeong who doesn't reply to messages: [On the subway, Lami finally couldn't hold back and secretly took a small bite of the toast, its whole body glowing with warm yellow light in happiness! The kid next to us stared at it for five minutes, then tugged on his mom's sleeve and said "Mom, I want a bun that glows too"... I'm currently pretending I don't know what's in my bag!]

(07:36) Minjeong who doesn't reply to messages: [Arrived at the company! Lami is full of life after eating the toast, twisting and turning excitedly in the bag like I'm carrying a purple caterpillar. I patted it and said "Be good today," and it immediately went still, playing dead, only flashing a light to indicate "Understood." I hope there won't be a repeat of the honey incident today...]

(07:39) Minjeong who doesn't reply to messages: [Met Irene Unnie before entering the practice room. She glanced at my bag (Lami was secretly flashing inside), laughed softly, and said "You're raising Winter well." My ears turned red instantly! Does she know who gave Lami to me... (Sends a caught-in-the-act photo of Lami peeking its head out from the bag opening, flashing shy pink light)]

(07:42) Minjeong who doesn't reply to messages: [Today's rehearsal intensity is a bit high, so Lami voluntarily switched to heart rate monitoring mode and stuck to my wrist. Every time my heart rate accelerates, it flashes along with it. The problem is it's too sensitive; it even alerts when my heart rate speeds up because I'm spacing out! Now it starts flashing every time I think of someone, and Ningning has already figured out the pattern... Should I set it to silent mode?! (Sends a sneak photo of Lami flashing non-stop on my wrist, with Ningning's "I caught you" smirk next to it)]

(10:23) Minjeong who doesn't reply to messages: [Rehearsal break! Lami caused trouble again just now... It snuck to the side of the speaker while I was drinking water and secretly imitated the rooster crowing sound effect it learned this morning, scaring all the trainees in the next practice room out! They thought a real chicken had entered the company! (Sends a photo of Lami hiding behind the speaker, showing only half its body and flashing guilty red light frantically)]

(10:26) Minjeong who doesn't reply to messages: [When I rushed over to catch it, it actually learned to dodge using a moonwalk! Ningning shouted from the side "Unnie, your Slime is doing Waacking!" And then everyone in the practice room was surrounding a piece of purple jelly dancing... Lami kept getting more into it, ending with a beautiful spin, and even flashed and bowed! (Sends a social-death scene of Lami in the center of the practice room with people clapping around it)]

(10:29) Minjeong who doesn't reply to messages: [Now it's exhausted, sprawled on my knees like a puddle of melted purple sweet potato paste, occasionally flashing "ask for praise." I whispered "You danced well," and it immediately came back to life, bouncing three times on my knees! This Slime's emotional swings are bigger than mine in a week...]

(10:32) Minjeong who doesn't reply to messages: [Giselle passed by just now, stared at Lami for five seconds, and said: "Did it get fat?" I was shocked! Looking closely, it really does seem to have rounded out a bit! Have I been feeding it too many snacks lately?! When Lami heard the word "fat," it immediately stretched itself into a noodle shape to prove it was thin, but it only held it for thirty seconds before popping back into a round ball shape, and even flashed gray light as if it were deflated...]

(10:35) Minjeong who doesn't reply to messages: [Emergency decision! Starting today, Lami is going on a diet! But when it heard that, it pitifully shrank into a small ball and hid in my jacket pocket, making my pocket look bulging, looking like I hid a large tangyuan. It was even secretly flashing light inside the pocket to protest, in Morse code for "I am thin"! Who taught it that?!]

(10:38) Minjeong who doesn't reply to messages: [Training load doubled! When I dance, Lami follows along, and now it's so tired it doesn't even have the strength to flash light, sprawled in the corner like a purple rag. Karina Unnie said "Lami's exercise volume is higher than ours today," and Ningning added "It's not on a diet, it's on a death-diet"... (Sends a "fainted photo" of Lami sprawled on the floor in a "big" shape, completely motionless)]

(10:41) Minjeong who doesn't reply to messages: [Rest is over, getting ready to continue practicing. I called Lami to get up, but it played dead and didn't move. I waved hand cream in front of it, and it immediately popped up and chased after the hand cream! Now it's circling the practice room chasing my hand; have I raised a Slime-shaped puppy?! (Sends a blurry motion shot of a purple figure frantically chasing the hand cream)]

(10:44) Minjeong who doesn't reply to messages: [Finally caught it! Now Lami is satisfied, having absorbed a tiny bit of hand cream, glowing with rainbow light in happiness, completely forgetting it was just "on a diet." Never mind... let it be fat, being round and chubby is cute too. (Sends a close-up of Lami curled in my palm, round, soft, and glowing with gentle purple light)]

(13:12) Minjeong who doesn't reply to messages: [Lunchtime disaster! Lami took advantage of me not paying attention and stole my iced Americano. Now the whole Slime is in a state of caffeine overload, bouncing crazily in the practice room! Like an out-of-control purple bouncy ball, bouncing from the floor to the ceiling and then to the mirror. The Four of Us can't catch it! (Sends a blurry scene of a purple afterimage bouncing repeatedly in the practice room)]

(13:15) Minjeong who doesn't reply to messages: [It just bounced onto the speaker and switched the music playing from a ballad to electronic dance music! Then Lami danced even crazier to the rhythm, and you could see brown liquid sloshing between its gears inside its body! Ningning was rolling on the floor laughing, saying "How much did Lami drink?"! I counted the cup—at least a third! How could it drink that much!]

(13:18) Minjeong who doesn't reply to messages: [Finally! It bounced onto the sofa cushion and got stuck, its four little short legs kicking wildly outside! I quickly pulled it out. Now Lami is lying limp in my arms like it's drunk, twitching every now and then, and burping with a coffee scent. The burps sound like irregular "Ding~ Ding-ding~" sound effects! (Sends a close-up of Lami lying limp in the palm of my hand, with its body occasionally twitching, a "caffeine aftermath")]

(13:21) Minjeong who doesn't reply to messages: [Urgent check of the manual! It says that after Lami ingests caffeine, it will enter "Hyper Mode," lasting about 2-3 hours. During this time, it will consume a lot of energy, and after that, it will fall into a deep sleep... So it's going to sleep all afternoon? Doesn't that mean I'll be alone for my afternoon practice! (Sends a sleepy photo of Lami, with its light flashing frequency getting slower and slower)]

(13:24) Minjeong who doesn't reply to messages: [It fell asleep! Just as I was typing, it slid down from my palm and curled into a ball on my lap. Its light went out completely, only occasionally shining dimly, like a night light running out of battery. Its breathing-like rise and fall also became very, very slow... (Sends a quiet picture of Lami curled up on my lap, with dim surrounding light)]

(13:27) Minjeong who doesn't reply to messages: [I put it in my bag, padded with a soft towel. It subconsciously burrowed deeper into the towel, as if looking for a warm place. Ningning leaned over and said, "It's actually quite well-behaved when it's asleep," and I whispered that it has always been well-behaved... just occasionally causes trouble.]

(13:30) Minjeong who doesn't reply to messages: [Afternoon practice is about to start. Lami is sleeping soundly in the bag, occasionally flashing a very, very faint purple light, as if dreaming. I wonder what a Slime dreams about? Is it endless pigeons, endless fish cakes, or... someone that makes it shine?]

(13:33) Minjeong who doesn't reply to messages: [I don't even dare to make big movements during practice now, for fear of waking it up. Karina Unnie said, "You are more attentive to Lami than to yourself," and I... isn't that expected! It's so small, and it drank coffee, so of course I have to take good care of it! (Sends a candid shot of me peeking into my bag during a break in practice, Lami curled into a peaceful circle in the towel)]

(13:36) Minjeong who doesn't reply to messages: [By the way, before it fell asleep, I whispered a secret in a volume it couldn't understand... "Thank you for always being with me." It actually flashed in its sleep! Did it really hear me? Or was it just a coincidence? Never mind, let's just pretend it heard me. (Sends a heartwarming picture of my finger gently touching Lami, and it lighting up slightly in its dream)]

(16:48) Minjeong who doesn't reply to messages: [Lami is awake! It slept for a full three hours. The first thing it did upon waking was flash a dazed yellow light twice, and then it started looking for something everywhere in my bag—is it looking for a coffee refill?! Absolutely not! (Sends a photo of Lami just waking up, poking half its head out of the bag, with a confused look in its eyes)]

(16:51) Minjeong who doesn't reply to messages: [It seems to have amnesia! It doesn't remember its crazy bouncing in the afternoon at all! I showed it the video Ningning recorded. It looked at the purple afterimage on the screen, flashed a question mark in confusion, and then turned to look at itself—it completely doesn't believe that's it! Now it has been looking in the mirror for five minutes, doubting its life...]

(16:54) Minjeong who doesn't reply to messages: [After confirming it was itself, Lami shamefully flattened itself into a pancake and stuck to the front of the mirror, playing dead without moving. Ningning was dubbing on the side, "That's not me, that's not me," and it actually cooperated by flashing the light language for "denial triple play"! This Slime has thinner skin than I do!]

(16:57) Minjeong who doesn't reply to messages: [To comfort it, I promised to give it a small piece of fish cake as a reward in the evening. It immediately bounced up from the mirror, fully revived, and even tried to perform an "elegant spin" to save its image—but it got dizzy by the third spin and fell crookedly into my hands! (Sends a funny moment of Lami lying dizzily in the palm of my hand, with its light flashing in the shape of mosquito coils)]

(17:00) Minjeong who doesn't reply to messages: [Now it has recovered and started patrolling the practice room again. It just snuck next door to watch the junior trainees dance, was chased out, and had a string of screams of "The senior's Slime is so cute" following behind it. It is now the most popular non-human employee in the whole company, bar none! The security guard left it a piece of dried fish today...]

(17:03) Minjeong who doesn't reply to messages: [It didn't eat the dried fish, it brought it back to me! Using "tray mode," it balanced it on top of its head, wobbling back, like a little purple sea lion. I said "Thank you," and it happily spun three times, then hid the dried fish under the sofa cushion—is it hoarding food?! Who did it learn this habit from!]

(17:06) Minjeong who doesn't reply to messages: [Giselle says Lami now has a "hoarding habit." Under the sofa cushion, it has already hidden: a piece of fish cake, half a slice of toast, a candy, and today's dried fish! I dug them out to show it, and it flashed guiltily, then tried to stuff everything into its body to take away—but it got stuck! Its body was bulging like a sock stuffed with three oranges! (Sends a scene of Lami's embarrassment, with the silhouettes of various snacks faintly visible inside its body, unable to move)]

(17:09) Minjeong who doesn't reply to messages: [After helping it take out all the snacks, Lami curled up in my pocket, feeling wronged and refusing to come out. I said, "I'll give you a fixed amount of snacks every day from now on, no need to hide them," and only then did it slowly poke out a little bit and flashed "Really?" twice. After receiving confirmation, it was happy again and started rubbing its head against my finger to act cute...]

(17:12) Minjeong who doesn't reply to messages: [Today's practice is almost over. Lami is lying on my shoulder, staring blankly at the sunset outside the window. The sunset is the color of honey citron tea, exactly the same as the light it flashes after being full and satisfied. It suddenly flashed once, at a very, very slow frequency. I looked it up—it means "I'm very happy today." I whispered, "Me too."]

(17:15) Minjeong who doesn't reply to messages: [On the way back to the dormitory, we passed a convenience store, and Lami peeked out of the bag to look at the fish cake stand. I said, "You've already had some today, let's buy more tomorrow," and it pulled its head back, but its flashing frequency changed to the rhythm of "looking forward to tomorrow." Have I raised a weather forecast in the form of a Slime—just by looking at its light, I know what there is to look forward to tomorrow!]

(17:18) Minjeong who doesn't reply to messages: [We're at the dorm! Today, Lami voluntarily turned into a night light to help everyone light up the entryway, and even flashed a warm "Welcome home" light at the door. Ningning said, "Your Lami is more polite than some humans," and Giselle added, "And more thoughtful than some boyfriends"... I pretended not to hear that last sentence! (Sends a healing picture of Lami emitting a gentle, warm light in the entryway, welcoming everyone home)]