50,000 years ago, Hell was destroyed because of too much Foul from the resentment of the souls that later turned to Soul Eaters and devoured everything in their wake, leaving nothing of Hell. The gods above in Heaven, in order to take care of the newly-died souls, created the Afterlife Department comprised of grim reapers. Huo Ling was delivering food that day when he met Yi Bing and the guy gave him a warning. When he arrived to the customer's unit, he was killed. Huo Ling: you set up a death flag for me! Yi Bing: I'm a grim reaper. I'm the flag myself. Let me help you solve the mystery of your death. Huo Ling: your sister! Alternative title: The Different Ways I Died at 23 Update: daily
"Wha – " they opened their mouths to speak, but it's as if their voice doesn't want to come out. "WHAT?!?!" they exclaimed. Their eyes widened in shock as they started at each other, then Shi Jiu, stunned.
"What – what do you mean, a child?! Xiao Hualing has a child?!" Jiu Ye asked.
Shi Jiu calmly nodded. He was also shocked earlier when he heard this. "Yes. She had." He said.
Huo Ling and Yi Bing heard what he said and they started. "'had'… by 'had', you mean…?" Huo Ling slowly spoke.
"Yes." Shi Jiu turned to him. "It was never born." He told him.
Huo Ling opened his mouth to speak, but no words came out. He doesn't know what to say.
Yi Bing, on the other hand, has lived for many thousand years and has seen many things. He was shocked at first but he immediately became calm. "Is this the reason why she is haunting the Pei family?" he asked.