Afterlife Department

Huo Ling stared at Yi Bing while Yi Bing stared back at him. After a while, Huo Ling spoke. 

"I don't know…" He said. "… but what I know, is that I should trust you." He told him. 

Yi Bing's eyes widened and his pupils constricted. 

"I don't know… why I am saying this." Huo Ling continued. "This irrational feeling… it makes me want you to pry my thoughts – " he said and frowned, feeling uncomfortable. 

He doesn't want the feeling of being controlled. His parents, as well as his grandfather, doted on him, loves him so much they let him do whatever he pleases.. He even has a guess, that if, perhaps, he would commit a crime, they would cover up his crimes. That's how much he is valuable to them, since they treasure him so much. 

Of course, he didn't have the chance to commit a crime now to see if his parents and grandfather would really cover his crime, since he is now dead. Maybe, this is fate. And, of course, he doesn't have the guts or doesn't see the need to commit a crime. After all, he has all that he wanted with his parents and grandfather giving them to him. All, except agreeing to his chosen course and career. 

Although he was spoiled, but he didn't become a tyrant because of his kind nature, as well as his mother being strict on him. He doesn't want to become one, either, since he had to take care of his followers if that happened. He also doesn't like bullying. 

And so, this irrational feeling that suddenly sprouted in one corner of his soul made him feel discomforted. Although he has no plans of wanting to control everything, but that doesn't mean he likes being controlled. Thus, this irrational feeling, it almost drives him insane. That's why he said those words to Yi Bing, that if Yi Bing could pry into his thoughts to know where did this irrational feeling in his soul came from. 

While Huo Ling was contemplating, Yi Bing is also contemplating. He stood there on the side of the road, unmoving, to the point he almost looked like a statue. Of course, he isn't bothered of the passersby stares. What he is contemplating about isn't of life. But, of what Huo Ling has said. 

Huo Ling said he trusts him. But, Huo Ling also said that he doesn't know why. This contradicts what Huo Ling said has said earlier, as well as his former behaviors. Huo Ling could sense he isn't a good person, and is even wary of him. But, Huo Ling just said that he trusts him. Why? It's because Huo Ling felt an irrational feeling. What irrational feeling? 

Could it be – Yi Bing thought as he narrowed his eyes. He glanced at Huo Ling floating by his side. He could remember again? That's impossible. Huo Ling recalling his former reincarnations and his interactions with Yi Bing isn't reflected to Huo Ling's behaviors right now. Huo Ling doesn't know him. So, what is this irrational feeling that Huo Ling is talking about? 

Yi Bing wanted to ask, but his heart was shaken. Huo Ling obviously dislikes this irrational feeling is he feeling, so he said that he wanted him to pry into his thoughts to know the origin of the irrational feeling he has. He said it even though he already knew that he might die. 

Yi Bing doesn't want it. When he had frozen Huo Ling's soul before in the Stable World, he wasn't familiar with Huo Ling at that time. Huo Ling's soul almost died. But, Huo Ling managed to survive because of his tenacity. And, they were in the Stable World at that time, where the world's energy is very stable. 

But, this time, they are in a different world. And, this isn't even a Balanced World. Also, Yi Bing could see that this Huo Ling in front of him right now, although bold thus he takes risks, but he doesn't have the tenacity of the Huo Ling he met in the Stable World. The Huo Ling of this world hasn't seen enough, or more, of the world, thus he can be bold. He also grew up in a very comfortable environment and was raised in riches, so he was spoiled. Completely different from the Huo Ling of the Stable World who is tough, decisive, and brave. 

The Huo Ling of this world is lacking compared to the Huo Ling of the Stable World. He is weaker than him. Thus, Yi Bing knows that if he'd pry into the thoughts of the Huo Ling in this world, this Huo Ling will definitely die. 

Both were immersed in their own thoughts. So, when they spoke, they spoke at the same time. "Will you?" Huo Ling asked. 

"I won't." Yi Bing spoke. 

Both looked at each other for a long time. The passersby were really scared as they saw Yi Bing, who's the only one visible in their eyes, is staring at the lamppost beside him. 

"Why?" Huo Ling asked, complaint in his voice. 

"I won't." Yi Bing repeated. 

Huo Ling really felt wronged. "Haven't you already done this process before?" he asked. 

"Yes." Yi Bing answered. 

"Did that soul live?" Huo Ling asked. 

"He did." Yi Bing answered, a faint nostalgia in his voice. 

"Then, why not perform it on me, too?" Huo Ling asked. 

"I don't want to." Yi Bing answered. 

Huo Ling gasped. "You're being biased!" he said as he gaped at Yi Bing in shock. 

"I am." Yi Bing said. 

"You - … what did you say?!" Huo Ling asked. "So, you're really just being biased!" he exclaimed. 

"And you're being spoiled." Yi Bing said, his eyes and voice indifferent as he looked at Huo Ling. 

"You - !" Huo Ling pointed a finger at Yi Bing. Although Huo Ling already know it in his heart, but no one has ever told the fact in his face that he is spoiled by his parents and grandfather. It is to give him face. 

Yi Bing is the first one to say it on his face. He really doesn't give him face. "What?" Yi Bing said. "Want to call your bodyguards to beat me up?" he asked. 

"I won't!" Huo Ling said. 

"Because you couldn't." Yi Bing said. Huo Ling is now dead. 

Huo Ling felt a raging fire in his chest. However, he doesn't know how to pour it out. He has never cursed before. Of course, he has never been in this losing situation ever before. "I won't! I'm not that type of a person!" he told him. 

"A type of a 'soul'." Yi Bing corrected him. 

"Whatever!" Huo Ling waved his hand in defeat. He floated to a corner and hugged his knees with his hands. He lowered his head, his shoulder sinking in depression. He looked like a lost and wilted puppy growing mushrooms on the side. 

Yi Bing slowly walked towards him. But, the expected comfort didn't happen. "Do you know who are the most idiot person in the world?" he asked him. 

"Who?" Huo Ling asked. 

"A naïve and arrogant spoiled person." Yi Bing answered. "Fortunately, you're just naïve and spoiled. But, not arrogant." He said. A faint smile was on his lips. 

After hearing Yi Bing's words, Huo Ling did feel better. "I'm not a tyrant!" he told him, his lips are pouting. 

"I know." Yi Bing said. 

"I'm the only child in the family. Mother has me very late, and I was born with a faint pulse, they thought I was dead." Huo Ling said. "Fortunately, they noticed my pulse. They said my life is a miracle. That's why, I am very treasured in the family." He explained. 

"Even my uncles and aunts dare not disobey me, especially my cousins. They know I am the successor. They are also afraid that my parents, especially my grandfather who doted on me the most, would punish them. Father, although mild-tempered, but, though I am ashamed and afraid to say this, he is secretly sinister. His brothers, even his two elder brothers, are afraid of him. Mother, too. She is a strong-willed woman. My aunts, who secretly wanted their sons to be the successor of the clan, don't dare to secretly plot against me because they are very afraid of her. Even though mother isn't someone from the clan, but mother is very straightforward and a bold woman. My aunts don't dare to even speak rudely to me, nor humiliate me." 

"One time, my fourth uncle's wife and daughter humiliated me for being physically weak. Mother didn't even blink when she splashed the wine towards them who were sitting across her. Fourth aunt and my female cousin coughed violently since the wine got in their nose. Their makeup was also ruined, and with the red liquid added, they looked like hideous ghosts. Grandfather was very displeased. Not towards my mother, but towards my fourth aunt and female cousin's shameful behavior. He kicked them out in the middle of the family dinner. Fourth uncle even fearfully apologized towards mother, father, grandfather, and even me."