Afterlife Department

Middle Heaven.

"Achoo!" Shen Sheng suddenly sneezed. His butt almost slipped off his throne, due to wearing a silk dress that's slippery against his jade high chair, when his upper body moved forward after he sneezed.

Ling Shiyi, who was standing outside the wide, metal doors, heard a sound coming from inside. "Your Highness?" he called as he raised his hand to push open the door.

"What?" Shen Sheng's cold voice was heard outside.

Ling Shiyi's hand that's about to touch the cold surface of the metal froze. "… are you alright?" he asked, his voice low as he hung his head. Ever since his transgression and he was blown away by Shen Sheng, him who was usually inside Shen Sheng's throne room standing behind him as he served him, was now reduced guarding the door. His relief is that no one had replaced him as Shen Sheng's attendant.

"Never ask me this again." He heard Shen Sheng spoke from inside.

"… yes, Your Highness." Ling Shiyi answered and lowered his hand.

Hearing Ling Shiyi's answer, Shen Sheng sighed in relief as he looked at the floor before his face. Yes – the floor. His lips were only a few centimeters away from the floor. He almost kissed the floor has he not immediately held the armrest of his chair.

Ling Shiyi almost had seen him in an embarrassing position had he reacted late. Fortunately, Ling Shiyi bought his cold attitude.

He sighed as he immediately fixed his sitting posture. Just as he finished and he heard Ling Shiyi's voice from outside again. He frowned. What does that guy want again? He thought and opened his mouth to speak when he heard another voice outside.

"I want to request for an audience with His Highness." Gu Shi told Ling Shiyi.

Ling Shiyi's expression turned cold. "For what purpose?" he asked.

Gu Shi naturally cannot tell Ling Shiyi about the matter with the Soul Fragments. Ling Shiyi also noticed his secretive behavior and he frowned.

Just as he was about to speak, the door behind him opened. "What's the matter?" it was Shen Sheng.

Ling Shiyi and Gu Shi turned, then immediately knelt. "Your Highness." They called as they bowed.

Shen Sheng ignored Ling Shiyi's devout behavior and turned to Gu Shi who was respectfully kneeling. "Come in." he told Gu Shi and turned to walk back inside.

"Yes." Gu Shi answered and he sighed in relief. He had just stood when Shen Sheng suddenly stopped. Gu Shi's breath hitched and he stood frozen on the spot.

However, Shen Sheng turned to the still kneeling Ling Shiyi. "Next time, just let the grim reapers of the Afterlife Department inside." He told him and then left.

"Yes… Your Highness." Ling Shiyi answered as he lowered his head. He balled his fists as he watched Gu Shi followed Shen Sheng then the doors closed before him.

He took a deep breath to calm himself before he stood and unclenched his fists. Then, he slowly went back to his post and stood like a statue. No sound can be heard from behind the doors.

Special World.

"The time and space is unstable, so we might not receive Gu Shi's reply yet." Yi Bing said as he sat on one of the single-seater sofa.

Di San nodded while Feng Er just filed her nails. Liu Lin was leaning on the back of the sofa to rest and Si Shui was hugging his knees on the sofa. He is obviously an introvert. "How about the woman who died?" he asked Liu Lin who called for the police earlier.

Liu Lin won't be traced by the police since the grim reapers' phone is close to nonexistent. It was made by Sha Jiu and the phone can be used in any world. It has a special frequency that can complement other radio waves. However, because of its special frequency that is not of this world, thus it cannot be traced. If one would try, they would only think that it was done by a genius hacker – which is true.

Sha Jiu was a hacker. He is the one who created their communication program. Meanwhile, Hai Ba is an inventor. Together, they created the communication device the grim reapers are now using. As for Sha Jiu now being an inventor… once Sha Jiu become interested in something, he would pursue it. Thus, he is now also an inventor, even surpassing Hai Ba. One could say that Hai Ba is Sha Jiu's mentor.

"The woman's name is Yu Qin." Liu Lin said. "She is Rong Ming's wife. Rong Ming is one of the victims of the Ascend Cruise Ship's shipwreck." He explained.

Earlier, Yi Bing and Di San went to look for any suspicious being after they determined it must be a yao that killed the woman inside the villa. Meanwhile, he waited for the police to arrive. He didn't return with empty hands since the police immediately recognized the woman.

"Isn't this Yu Qi?" Xiao Xie exclaimed when the woman's bloodied face was revealed. She had a shocked and horrified look on her face. Her eyes were bulging out of their sockets and are bloodshot. Her lips are pale as her face and her mouth is open wide. 

"It looked like it's asphyxia." Zhang Bao commented.

"She's holding a wake for her late husband, yet…" Song Mingfan frowned as he walked towards them. He had checked the left wing of the villa where the wake was held.

She died.

"Senior officer Song!" a police officer called while holding his mobile phone as he ran towards them. On its screen is an ongoing call.

"What is it?" Song Mingfan asked as he turned.

"I got a news that Yu Qi has a fight with Madam Rong." The police officer said as he panted.

"A fight?" Xiao Xie said. Zhang Bao is checking Yu Qi's corpse along with the forensic team.

The police officer nodded. "Yes. An hour ago, Madam Rong arrived and she viciously slapped Yu Qi multiple times." He said. "According to the witnesses, Madam Rong accused Yu Qi of having an affair." He explained.

"An affair? It's known to their circle that her and her husband's wedding anniversary is coming up. How can she have an affair?" Xiao Xie asked. Even if they didn't recognize Yu Qi, nor the address since one's address is confidential, but they often heard Rong Ming and Yu Qi in the business news channel.

"Xiao Xie ah. Even if a husband and wife are glued to their hips, and as sweet as honey, but if one is determined to cheat, it's not impossible." Zhang Bao told Xiao Xie as he rubbed his chin while grinning.

Song Mingfan shot Zhang Bao a look before he turned to the police officer. "Continue." He told him.

The police officer nodded. "They said, Madam Rong thrown Rong Ming's last will to Yu Qi. Rong Ming's assets won't be going to Yu Qi." he finished.

Song Mingfan pondered. "So that's why some of the chair in the left wing were toppled." He said. Even if the whole villa was overturned, but only the left wing of the villa where the wake was held, aside from some chairs, wasn't in chaos.

"Eh? I thought Yu Qi is the pure type." Xiao Xie said as he clicked his tongue and shook his head in dismay.

"What? You like her, xiao Xie?" Zhang Bao grinned.

Song Mingfan's face darkened.

"Well, she's beautiful." Xiao Xie answered.

Song Mingfan's face is darker than the villa which all the lights were broken. Meanwhile, Liu Lin who was secretly listening left after he heard the important information.

"Yu Qi." Yi Bing muttered.

"You know her?" Di San asked.

Yi Bing turned to Di San as he nodded. "Huo Ling and I met her in the foreign land." He answered when he remembered the wailing woman outside the hospital. "She looked… faithful." He said.

Feng Er was surprised. "But Liu Lin said she isn't." She said, her lips curling up as she listened to gossip.

"If she cheated, who could she cheat with?" Si Shui asked.

"Children don't need to listen to the adult matters. Close your ears." Liu Lin told Si Shui. "There's also that will Rong Ming left." He said. "The police said she and Rong Ming were a sweet pair of husband and wife. Rong Ming must also be not that old. How can he leave a will this early?" he asked.

Si Shui pondered. "Could madam Rong be lying?" he asked.

"Children don't need to listen to butt in to the adult matters." Di San told Si Shui. "Whether the will is authentic or not, but Yu Qi died. Even if she had a conflict with the madam, but it wasn't madam Rong who killed her." he said.

"But, the police will think it's madam Rong who killed her, since she's the only one who had a conflict with her, and the conflict happened before she died." Feng Er said.

Yi Bing silently sat as he listened to them. "You all…" he called. "You plan to solve this matter?" he asked.

"Ah." the four said as they looked at each other. "No. We're just gossiping. We still have to find the Soul Fragments…." They said.

Yi Bing. "…" I didn't say you can't help with this case. He thought and sighed. Forget it, then.

If Huo Ling heard what they said, he'd definitely say, "How carefree they are…"