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
Yi Bing saw Huo Ling smiling brightly and knew this guy has totally relaxed. "Hm?" he muttered when he remembered something. "How can you give advice to Rong Zhe? Didn't you have no girlfriend?" he asked.
Hearing the question, Huo Ling felt his face burned.
Seeing his expression, Yi Bing's brows raised. "You had?" he said in surprise.
"… I didn't." Huo Ling honestly answered. "But I had a fiancée…" he said and lowered his head.
"'fiancée?" Yi Bing said.
Huo Ling nodded. "Her name is Shang Mei. We were childhood friends. Our fathers were close friends, thus they had arranged our marriage." He explained. "However, that was a long time…" he said and felt ashamed to continue. Here he is, telling his crush about his fiancée. He's so humiliating.
Yi Bing felt speechless. So he is straight… he thought. He doesn't know why but he suddenly felt a disappointment. He didn't dare think deeply about it. "Oh." He just said.