A cold wind howled, and the grass and trees withered. Bloodstained corpses littered the ground.
Li Xi stood amidst the corpses, sword in hand, her crimson eyes seeming to want to burn everything to ashes.
The sword she held in her hand was still dripping with the blood of the person she had just killed, but Li Xi felt no emotion.
Suddenly, the sound of horses' hooves broke the silence. Li Xi remained standing there, undisturbed by the outside noise.
Sun Tiantian led Meng Zhelan to Li Xi, but there was still no response after several calls.
Having no other choice, Meng Zhelan could only take advantage of her inattention and sprinkle a handful of sleeping pills on her.
Within moments, Li Xi lost consciousness and collapsed to the ground. Sun Tiantian quickly lifted her onto the carriage and left.
Fifteen minutes later, the officers and soldiers arrived.
Meng Zhelan fed Li Xi the medicine, and in the swaying carriage, Li Xi gradually regained consciousness.
She lost control again. Whenever she heard about arson, murder, and robbery, she couldn't control her bloodthirsty impulses.
The story begins in a previous life.
Two years ago, Li Xi worked overtime all night to earn extra money, and unexpectedly died suddenly.
When I arrived in the underworld, I thought I would just have to wait in line to be reincarnated, but who knew that I would be here in the blink of an eye.
The day before her sudden death, Li Xi, a working professional, returned home, ate a quick dinner, and turned on her computer, intending to edit several short videos before sending them to her sugar daddy—Goodbye, Love at First Sight.
The debt of over 100,000 yuan was finally almost paid off, but her mother would never come back.
That mother who had been her only family for eighteen years, that hardworking mother whose eyes curved like crescent moons when she smiled and whose lips curled up in a confident smile.
Even though life was tough, the woman who couldn't be defeated finally succumbed to liver cancer five years ago.
She sold the house she had painstakingly saved for over a decade to buy, and borrowed money to pay for two years of treatment, but it still couldn't save her body riddled with wounds.
And her biological father didn't even come to see her one last time before her mother closed her eyes.
Well, when she was six years old, he brought another woman home and said he wanted a divorce, and she no longer had a father.
The woman in the video, nicknamed "Goodbye to Love," is named Liu Jia. She is about 1.6 meters tall, has a sweet face, and her dimples when she smiles seem to be captivating.
Dressed in Hanfu, they struck elegant and graceful poses. The young people currently wearing Hanfu are really doing a great job. She couldn't help but marvel at how the goddess Nuwa could create such beautiful people.
Did I doze off when I pinched her? She's a short potato, only 1.5 meters tall, but her features are fairly regular.
After five years of being immersed in various high-calorie takeout foods, she finally grew into a round potato.
Forget it, all she wants in this life is to live out the rest of her days peacefully on her own. Height and appearance are just external factors.
Remove acne, smooth skin, and fix the hairline. Add filter layers, segmentation, speed adjustment, and keyframe insertion. Add popular music from a current video software and some sound effects.
Four hours passed after all the steps. After sending the money to Liu Jia, who was extremely satisfied, she readily transferred the funds, and Li Xi received the three thousand yuan as she wished.
I checked my phone balance, and sighed. I still need to work hard to earn money and achieve financial freedom as soon as possible.
After finishing her work, Li Xi, as usual, lay comfortably on the bed with her phone in her arms.
The glow of her phone screen danced on her face, reflecting her entranced expression.
She browsed aimlessly online, reading other people's stories and sharing their laughter and tears.
So that's how she "died" in her sleep. It's a rare way to die, though it's somewhat ridiculous.
The events of the past few days flashed through my mind like a fleeting glimpse; there was no doubt that her life was so short and dramatic.
The judge in charge of her flipped through the booklets in his hands, page after page, book after book.
She couldn't even complain, because the Ox-Head and Horse-Face demons behind her were staring at her.
"Um, my name is Li Xi, Li as in 'Li of wood' and Xi as in 'tide'. Hmm, how about I write it down for you?" Was this judge promoted through connections?
Li Xi took a step forward towards the judge, wanting to take the pen from his hand and write her name for him to see; it was such a waste of time.
They started working without even understanding the job responsibilities; didn't they provide any onboarding training?
"What are you doing? Step back!" The judge was speechless. Are all ghosts these days so audacious? They even dared to snatch his pen.
"Oh, no, I saw you couldn't find my name for a while, so I thought I'd show you by gesturing." Li Xi thought to herself, but remained respectful on the surface.
"How dare you, you brat, mock me? People these days are not as polite as they used to be." The judge was somewhat annoyed.
"Yes, yes, my esteemed judge, have you found my name on the register?" Strange, don't they always find it in a flash on TV? What have they been busy with all this time?
Even if you have all sorts of complaints in your heart, you must still smile gently on the surface.
She flashed a perfect eight white teeth and said, "Your Honor, when can I be reincarnated? Perhaps in my next life I can be a tall, beautiful, and sophisticated woman?"
Li Xi was bored and started talking to Ox-Head and Horse-Face.
"Brother Ma, is that a hood or your real head? Um, Brother Niu, are you and Brother Ma brothers?"
Two more hours passed, and the judge still couldn't find her name on the register.
In his panic, he called for help everywhere, and soon a few men dressed in black suits who looked like successful people arrived. The men kept looking through the booklets.
They were speaking in a language Li Xi couldn't understand. The judge looked dejected, and soon the others left. The remaining onlookers looked conflicted.
"Uh, cough cough, it's just this: recently, our underworld has received too many souls. If you have to wait in line to be reincarnated, it will take hundreds of years before it's your turn."
However, new regulations have been made for you ghosts who have accumulated merit.
"Well, it's like this. Given your good deeds and virtuous conduct, we've arranged a new identity for you that we guarantee you'll be satisfied with. This person is 1.77 meters tall, with a slender figure and stunning beauty..."
After a long string of words, Li Xi only heard the tall man, 1.77 meters, exclaim, "My God, isn't this my lifelong dream?"
"Okay," Li Xi agreed. Anyway, it doesn't matter where you go, who wants to die if they can live?
This judge is amazing; how does he understand my heart so well!
The judge breathed a sigh of relief after managing to trick Li Xi into leaving. Today was his first day on the job, and he had already encountered this unusual situation.
He searched the entire register but couldn't find any record of her. She wasn't someone he could afford to offend; she was someone higher up…
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