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
Everything is according to his plan. From Huo Chengyi's car accident and disappearance, Wang Yan's burn, and Huo Luan's accident. He had been holding himself back for a long time, biding his time until he hammers down the punishment for those who had hurt him, as well as Huo Meiying.
Huo Chengyi has his prideful attitude that won't ever yield to everything until he has himself pushed back to a wall. Like what happened this morning, where Huo Dakuan finally announced the transfer of the CEO position to Huo Jinghua, Huo Chengyi decided to take a step back. It looked like a retreat, but it was actually an advance. He didn't force Huo Dakuan more, since he knows it would result to a worse situation for him if he did.
Thus, Huo Jinghua had already expected that Huo Chengyi would take his stuff from the company to avoid humiliation in case he'd meet the company's employees after his, along with Huo Xuaner and Huo Zhansan, their suspension would be announced.