Return to the Human World - Chapter 1

Of course, I’m not really alive again-it’s just that King Yama was afraid I wouldn’t be able to pay back my debt, so he made an exception and let me return for a while.

He summoned Ox-Head and Horse-Face, who fabricated a body for me that was exactly the same as before.

After not being human for several years, suddenly having a physical form again felt a bit strange.

Flustered, I hurried to the human world and went straight to Sheng Yan’s villa.

But I was stopped by the security guards.

They said that someone with the surname Sheng lived here, but it wasn’t Sheng Yan.

Maybe because I looked so disheveled and pitiful, they gave me a business card and told me to call the person on it.

It took quite some effort to track that person down.

I finally arrived at a five-star hotel, where it seemed an engagement ceremony was taking place.

But when I saw the man on the poster at the entrance, I froze on the spot.

Sheng Yan was getting engaged to someone else?

Well, I’ve been dead for five years-wouldn’t it be normal for him to be with someone else?

But even so, he shouldn’t have forgotten to burn money for me!

He has no idea how expensive things are in the Underworld!

Isn’t the Sheng Family in big business? Just a little bit of savings from anywhere would be enough for me to splurge in the Underworld!

I remembered when I died, trembling in pain in his arms.

Seeing Sheng Yan only crying nonstop, I used all my remaining strength to say my last words-

“Since I died because of you, remember to burn me more joss paper every year.”

I was an orphan, dated Sheng Yan for several years, but we never married. I was truly afraid I’d have no money to spend after death.

Only after seeing him nod in agreement did I finally close my eyes in peace.

And now, just a few years later, he’s found someone new and forgotten about the dead, huh!

Fuming, I was about to go in and confront Sheng Yan when a clean male voice suddenly sounded behind me.

“Are you looking for me?”

Footnote:
1. Ox-Head and Horse-Face(牛头马面): Mythological guardians in Chinese folklore responsible for capturing wandering spirits and guiding them to the Netherworld.