Afterlife Department

The next day.

"Will Jiang Ce be fine?" Huo Ling worriedly asked as they boarded the plane. He looked back but he can't see Jiang Ce's figure anymore.

They are now going back to China after they visited Harry Walter's grave. After all, Huo Ling is the last descendant of the Walter family, and even though he is no longer alive, he still has to be filial, even just visiting the grave of his parent, whom he never even once personally met.

"You have met him." Yi Bing who seemed to guess Huo Ling's thought said.

"Really?" Huo Ling was surprised.

"En." Yi Bing nodded as he leaned on his seat. "Before I sent you to reincarnation, Jiang Ce requested from us to take him to see Harry Walter one last time. Who would have expected that we wound uncover the Walter family's secret, especially the root of the cause of Jiang Ce's and Harry Walter's tragedy?" he asked as he heaved a sigh.

"Their incurable sickness due to marriage within the family…" Huo Ling muttered. 𝐟r𝒆ℯ𝘄𝑒𝒃𝚗𝒐𝘃e𝗹.c𝘰𝐦

Yi Bing hummed a response as he looked at the people sitting not far from them. "So, from afar, you saw him kneeling in front of his wife's grave to apologize." He told him.

"I met him as a soul…" Huo Ling said.

"Yes." Yi Bing nodded as the plane took off.

…

China.

"Xiao Ling sent me an email, saying that they were attacked last night in the hotel where they were staying… but they weren't hurt." Hao Baiyun sighed in relief. "Now, they are boarding a plane to return, but the plane is full of monsters." He can't help but feel worried again. "Why is he making troubles by going overseas?" he asked. His tone sounds helpless.

"It shows that young master Huo Ling is filial." Fei Xuli told him. 𝙛𝘳𝒆𝒆𝒘e𝗯n𝗼𝘷𝚎𝚕.𝒄૦𝓶

Hao Baiyun smiled. "Mn." He agreed when he remembered that Huo Ling paid his respect to Hao Ning's memorial tablet. "So, let us start now, shall we?" he said as he turned to face two people.

Well, they can't be called people anymore since one is a yao – Lin Shu, and the other has become a yao – Jing Li.

"I was really surprised that you know each other." Gu Xingfeng said as he looked at the two.

"It was fate." Jing Li smiled. "I was about to die, and xiao Ying was about to follow me, too, when Mr. Lin, who wanted to die, passed by us." he looked at Lin Shu. "He then gave his core to xiao Ying for xiao Ying to save me, turning me to a half-yao, so all three of us are still alive." He explained.

Lin Shu's expression turned complicated. Just as he was about to speak, there was a hurried knock on the door and then the door opened.

"Shu Shu! What happened?!" it was Peng Li. He looked at everyone inside Gu Xingfeng's office before he turned to look at Lin Shu with a worried look on his face. "You all…" he looked at Gu Xingfeng before his gaze fell on Hao Baiyun. "Mr. Hao. Lin Shu is a law-abiding citizen and is now living in peace. He didn't do anything to harm the humans…" he said.

Hao Baiyun raised his hand. "I know. We just wanted to ask him something." He told him.

Peng Li sighed in relief and he sat beside Lin Shu. But, there was another knock on the door.

"J – Jing-ge!" even though he is wearing a mask, but everyone can recognize him. He is the former actor Luo Ying.

"Xiao Ying." Jing Li smiled.

Seeing Jing Li's calm smile, Luo Ying sighed in relief. He knows that there is nothing serious. "Hello, everyone." He greeted and respectfully bowed before he sat beside Jing Li.

"Now that everyone is here…" Hao Baiyun spoke. "Let us continue." He said.

Earlier, after receiving Xiao Hualing's message, Gu Xingfeng sent people to fetch Jing Li and Lin Shu under a disguise as their family member since they have to be careful lest they arouse suspicion from the companies.

The two are cooperative. They know that something is up because they have no families, and so they decided to check who wants to see them. After verifying their identities as policemen, they left their work leaving an excuse about a family problem.

"The police officers already told us that the companies we are working under are under your suspicion." Jing Li immediately said. "We are yao, but earlier, you said that the problem doesn't lie on us. Thus, it should be that our company has a problem." He explained.

Gu Xingfeng nodded, feeling satisfied of Jing Li's frankness. "Yes." he answered. "Have you noticed anything suspicious in the company you are working under?" he asked.

"With my skills, I was placed in the logistics department. You should already know this?" Jing Li looked at them.

"Yes." Gu Xingfeng honestly said.

"I don't think so." Jing Li shook his head. "So far, I didn't notice anything… what is going on?" he asked them.

Luo Ying also feels nervous.

Gu Xingfeng didn't immediately answer. He turned to Lin Shu. "What about you?" he asked.

"You should already have guessed." Lin Shu shrugged. "Yes. I noticed something as I was communicating with the plants." He looked at them. "There are monsters coming to the company." He told them.

Everyone was surprised.

"Wait. 'coming'?" Hao Baiyun's eyes narrowed when he caught the word.

Lin Shu nodded. "En. Because my yao power is weak now after I gave away my core, you should have noticed that I am like an ordinary human." He said. "So, they must have not noticed that I am a yao and only regarded me as a human. I secretly observed the visitors of the company, as well as my colleagues after the plants told me about the monsters. And they are right – " he took a deep breath. " – my colleagues are humans but the visitors are not." He told them.

Silence fell.

"'monsters'…" Jing Li's expression turned serious when he heard this.

As soon as he and Luo Ying became yao, he knows that they will enter the yao world. Thus, he immediately investigated the yao world. So, he knows that 'yao' is a term for the domestic demons while 'monsters' is a term for foreign demons.

And yao and demons are seemingly in a conflict… now, it not just 'seems'. They are really in a conflict!

"I remember now." Jing Li looked at them. "I once seen a list and saw that recently, the frequency of shipping overseas has increased." He told them. "Is this related to the case that you are investigating?" he asked them.

Luo Ying almost jumped up his seat. Peng Li's brows knitted as he frowned while Lin Shu just calmly stared at them, waiting for their answer.

But, Gu Xingfeng didn't immediately answer. "Are you willing to cooperate with us, then?" he asked them.

Lin Shu almost sneered had he not been held back by Peng Li. "For us to cooperate, shouldn't you tell us what are we going to cooperate on for?" Peng Li asked.

"This case is confidential." Gu Xingfeng answered. "All that I can say is, our country is at stake here, especially all the yao." He said and looked at Lin Shu, and Jing Li and Luo Ying.

As expected, they were shocked.

"'overseas'… the monsters… our country… the yao…" Jing Li muttered as his mind spun. "And I am working in a shipping company, as well as he… could it be that – " he looked at them. " – they are shipping something of the yao, and it is deeply connected to the yao?" he asked them.

Fei Xuli chuckled. "He is good." He told Hao Baiyun. He is referring to Jing Li being smart.

It was a pity that he died, or else he and Luo Ying would rise in the entertainment circle as a golden manager and a move emperor, respectively. They are unlucky to be pitted by Luo Ying's agent, leading to their deaths.

"Yes." Gu Xingfeng confirmed. "So, are you willing?" he asked them again.

"As long as this can ensure xiao Ying's safety, I would be willing to cooperate." Jing Li answered.

Lin Shu glanced at Peng Li, who stared at him. He heaved a sigh and turned to look at Gu Xingfeng and Hao Baiyun. "I am also willing." He answered.

Hao Baiyun and Gu Xingfeng. "…" what is this feeling of being fed dog food by these two pairs?! They thought.

Fei Xuli. "…" finally, they experienced how it is being fed by dog food! He thought and secretly smiled.

Gu Xingfeng coughed. "You only have one task, that is to observe the monsters coming to your company, and also to send us the information about the shipping overseas, when it will happen and for how long, as well as where will the goods be delivered, and which delivery companies are involved." He told them.

Jing Li and Lin Shu nodded in understanding.