By Edward Wenming
When actor Yu Menglong died earlier this year under still-unexplained circumstances, the mystery surrounding his death quickly became a national obsession. The government’s refusal to release details the swift removal of online discussions, and the detainment of people who merely questioned the official account all contributed to a growing sense that something was deeply amiss.
In that silence, an entire parallel ecosystem emerged — commentators, diviners, spiritual practitioners, and online investigators — each trying to interpret the fragments that the public has been allowed to see. Among them is content creator Edward Wenming, who has been gathering these interpretations, including warnings from the medium Deborah and readings from metaphysics practitioners. He doesn’t present them as proof, but as a record of how far the public must reach in a landscape where facts are withheld.
Public concerns rise around actor Hu Ge
One moment from Deborah’s earlier broadcast sent shockwaves across social media: her statement that “the next one” targeted by the same forces behind Yu Menglong’s death would be a well-known actor surnamed Hu. That alone was enough to trigger widespread fear for Hu Ge’s safety.
To calm the panic, Wenming turned to metaphysics practitioner Lin Hankun, who used Qimen Dunjia divination to interpret Hu’s situation. According to the reading, Hu is not in immediate physical danger, but is living under unusually intense pressure. His speech is constrained, his movements observed, and the weight pressing on him appears to come not from individuals but from institutions.
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In this version of events, he is neither being beaten nor detained. Instead, he is being disciplined and warned through invisible channels-closed-door conversations, directives from above, and the unspoken rule of “do not cross this line again.” Even his management company seems immobilized, unable to intervene and unwilling to provoke further scrutiny. It is a subtle form of control, but in China’s entertainment–political ecosystem, subtle pressure often achieves more than overt punishment.
Will the Yu Menglong case be reopened in 2026?
Despite the swirling speculation, the public’s focus remains on Yu Menglong himself. More than eighty days after his death, the official narrative has persuaded almost no one. International media have begun highlighting discrepancies, while Chinese platforms delete discussions as soon as they appear.
Lin Hankun’s divination characterizes the government’s attitude as one of deliberate suppression-effective for now, but unsustainable. Yu’s death generated a shockwave too large to bury quietly, and every attempt to silence inquiry only fuels suspicion.
The reading suggests that the case may eventually be pushed toward criminal investigation territory. Some of those involved may have left evidence that cannot be fully erased. Internal disputes could expose a critical mistake made during the crime. In short, the cover-up may already contain the seeds of its own collapse.
Still, the reading stops short of optimism. Even if the case is reopened, complete clarity may remain out of reach, and any legal process could stretch for years. What sustains supporters is a simple conviction: a natural death can be accepted; a tortured, silenced man cannot.
For a growing number of Chinese citizens, Yu has come to symbolize something larger — a person crushed beneath a system that refuses accountability.
Readings about the ‘17 individuals’ linked to the case
The intensity of public frustration is reflected in how eagerly people have turned to symbolic interpretations of justice. YouTuber Jilin Xiaoshimei, for instance, used the I Ching to examine the fate of the seventeen individuals widely believed online to be connected to Yu’s death. Her readings may be spiritual rather than evidentiary, yet they mirror the emotional landscape surrounding the case.
Across her interpretations, a familiar pattern emerges: powerful families shielding key figures for now; financial networks used to suppress exposure; several individuals facing potential downfall between 2028 and 2034; and internal fractures leading to betrayal and the abandonment of weaker members.
Some are depicted as already suffering from psychological strain. Others as preparing to flee abroad, lose wealth, or become scapegoats. What resonates most is not the predictions themselves, but the sentiment behind them-a collective refusal to let the story disappear in silence.
In a system where formal justice feels inaccessible, these readings operate as moral counterweights.
Answers about the case remain out of reach
Here lies the core of the issue. People do not seek out diviners and psychics because they reject rationality; they seek them because the usual channels for truth-journalism, the courts, police investigations-are constricted or controlled by the Chinese Communist Party.
In such an environment, citizens turn to tools that remain outside the state’s control: fragments of leaked information, symbolic interpretation, traditional divination, collective memory, and moral intuition. These are not substitutes for evidence. They are what people grasp when evidence is made unreachable.
Both the death of Yu Menglong and the recent Hong Kong housing-estate fire-which killed more than a hundred residents-illustrate a political structure that values stability over transparency and image over accountability.
Public determination to keep the case alive
Some observers argue that focusing on karmic retribution or metaphysical consequences is trivial compared with the brutality Yu is believed to have suffered. But that misunderstands the form resistance takes under authoritarian rule. Speaking out does not guarantee truth; remaining silent guarantees its burial.
As long as the CCP controls information, the right to know will always bow to political necessity. Yet every leak, every independent investigation, every collective remembrance pushes the truth a little nearer to the surface.
Metaphysics practitioners emphasize that the fight for Yu Menglong should be linked to the victims of the Hong Kong fire, who likewise died without answers-casualties of a system built on secrecy and political fear.
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