Little Sweethearts 19
Rumor has it that the Book of Life and Death is kept by the judge beside the King of Hell, recording the life and death dates of all animals in the world. In addition to recording the life and death of humans, it also records a person's life experience.
Legend has it that the length of each person's life is recorded in the Book of Life and Death.
When he was alive, Xu Cheng'an never believed such statements.
Like Jiang Qixin, he was a contemporary young man who revered science. It was only after his death, after witnessing many sights invisible to the naked eye and glimpsing another world, that he came to believe that a person's soul could outlive their lifespan.
A person who died in the way he did had accumulated a lot of merits, and he had the right to choose his own path after death - to enter reincarnation early and be reborn as a human being; or to get a job in the underworld and wait for his relatives.
Of course, the latter option also requires that he has sufficient ability to complete the work in the underworld. As long as he completes the assessment, he can choose the second option.
But once you make a choice, you can't regret it.
Xu Cheng'an decided to wait for Jiang Qixin here. Maybe she will have her new family in the future, but he really couldn't let Jiang Qixin go.
Even if it was just wishful thinking, he was willing to wait for her.
"You humans always think you're the most loyal, and when relationships are at their peak, you always make vows you can never fulfill. You and your girlfriend have only been dating for a few years, do you really think you'll love her for decades?"
Wu Chang, who became Xu Cheng'an's colleague and senior, said this jokingly while touching his long gray nails.
Xu Cheng'an has not yet adapted to the state of his soul. Now he still maintains the appearance before death, and the wounds on his body have not healed yet, which is particularly horrifying.
Because of brain death, the pupils lost control and became relaxed and dilated, and the darkness was bottomless.
"But I have loved her for more than 20 years, and there are not many 20 years in life. I am willing to do this." Xu Cheng'an always speaks with a firm voice and does not allow for rebuttal.
Wuchang pouted and didn't refute him.
As a lawyer, Xu Cheng'an is very adapted to the work of judging cases in the underworld. With his professional background, he gradually adapted to the life of his soul here.
Xu Cheng'an's daily routine is to look at the names flashing on the book of life and death, and watch living people die one by one according to their so-called fate.
At first he thought this was a bit cruel, but gradually he became numb and just completed his work silently, occasionally asking Wuchang for news about Jiang Qixin and his parents.
At that time, Xu Cheng'an was still limited to the underworld, and the Black and White Impermanence, who were soul-catching messengers, were one of the few ghost messengers who could go to the human world.
Most of the responses he got were things like, "They're doing well and are still alive and well."
Since his death, Xu Cheng'an has been receiving paper money burned by Jiang Qixin.
You can't burn paper money to the underworld whenever you want. The fact that it can be burned accurately into his hands shows that the person who burned the paper money has done special research on it.
Xu Cheng'an knew that Jiang Qixin was a person who did not believe in ghosts and gods at all before, and even his parents did not understand the tricks of burning paper money for him.
Xu Cheng'an had no idea how Jiang Qixin managed to burn so much paper money for him.
However, as long as she is alive and well, that is the best news for him.
"Something bad is happening. No, this shouldn't be a bad thing for you." Bai Wuchang came to Xu Cheng'an after finishing his meal, his tone a little anxious.
"What?"
"I smell something wrong with your girlfriend."
Xu Cheng'an's hand, which was flipping through the Book of Life and Death, froze for a moment, and Wuchang could only smell the scent of a dying person.
Jiang Qixin was not his blood relative, but he was able to peek into the information on her life and death book. Xu Chengan saw the flashing red words on the life and death book.
The three words "Jiang Qixin" pierced his eyes like needles.
Money makes the world go round. Fortunately, Xu Cheng'an is extremely wealthy now. He went through great pains to find out that he and Jiang Qixin were a match made in heaven, and the matchmaker had tied the red string for them.
But because Xu Cheng'an died unexpectedly, Jiang Qixin's fate with him has not been severed, and it cannot be severed.
So she had no choice but to come to the underworld earlier to renew their relationship with him.
Xu Cheng'an felt that it was unreasonable for Jiang Qixin to accommodate him because of his death.
No matter how deep the bond between them was, Jiang Qixin couldn't die young with him just to continue this bond.
She is still young, she is still studying, and she has a broader and brighter future.
The underworld is a dark, tasteless and boring world. A world without food and sleep must be a very scary world for her.
So Xu Cheng'an made a decision. He wanted to rewrite Jiang Qixin's fate written in the book of life and death.
He would rather pay the price himself in exchange for her lifelong peace, even if it means breaking their original fate, than watch her die as a young girl.
Xu Cheng'an made an exchange with the underworld.
It was a bright afternoon. Xu Cheng'an tidied himself up and came to this world he had not set foot in for a long time.
When he saw Jiang Qixin, Xu Cheng'an's eyes seemed a little moist.
Impermanence had deceived him. She was clearly not doing well. She looked much thinner, her eyes were more tired than before, and her mental state was not good either.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have gotten into a car accident on the road due to distraction.
When the car was moving forward not far away and then drove towards Jiang Qixin, Xu Cheng'an used all his strength to pull her.
Jiang Qixin did not die in a car accident as written in the Book of Life and Death. She should have had a broader and brighter future.
As for the final fate, only Xu Chengan can grasp it through his own efforts.
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Xu Cheng'an wasn't breathing, but Jiang Qixin didn't know why she couldn't help but feel his chest rising and falling. Perhaps her own breathing had become a little rapid.
This was not the first time Jiang Qixin had dreamed of her own death. She knew that her dreams were always bizarre, but it was rare for her to have a dream as real as tonight's.
She is the main god of dreams, so even though the protagonist of this dream is Jiang Qixin, the real Jiang Qixin is watching this story made up in her brain from a God's perspective.
So even though Jiang Qixin in the dream could not see Xu Chengan's existence, the real Jiang Qixin saw Xu Chengan sitting next to her.
She saw Xu Cheng'an's loss when he found out that she couldn't see him, saw his heartache and helplessness when he saw her cut her hand, and saw him silently staying by her side.
He spent the past few years like this, day by day, until the day she saw him, and the world finally changed from black and white to color.
Jiang Qixin leaned her head on his shoulder, and her nose was filled with the most familiar scent, which made her feel infinite security and strength.
Her hands slowly rose and placed behind his back.
"I have never abandoned you, and you can't abandon me." She said, her jaw opening and closing, poking at his broad shoulders.
"I won't, I will stay here forever." Xu Cheng'an put his face against her neck, feeling the warmth of her body and her breath.
"Do you like the ring?"
"Huh?" Jiang Qixin was stunned, and then realized that he was talking about the ring she found in the drawer just that afternoon. She rested her chin on Xu Chengan's shoulder and nodded somewhat vigorously.
"It looks very nice." Her hands grabbed the clothes on Xu Chengan's back, "It's just a pity."
She paused, making Xu Cheng'an feel a little nervous. He crossed his hands behind her and clasped them tightly together.
"It's a pity that I can't wait for the day when you put it on my hand." Jiang Qixin said as he sniffed.
How could she not know that Xu Cheng'an had secretly measured her finger size, and when she was preparing to order the ring, he had always, intentionally or unintentionally, inquired about her preferences in jewelry.
Jiang Qixin always seems indifferent when it comes to relationships. She is the kind of person who has a good relationship with all the classmates in middle school but does not have any particularly good friends.
Even facing Xu Chengan and his uncle and aunt, she found it difficult to express her feelings. Having lost her parents at a young age, it was difficult for her to open her heart completely.
But she wasn't so dull that she couldn't notice Xu Cheng'an's thoughts, not to mention that they had already discussed when they could get married.
She waited and waited, waiting for Xu Cheng'an to kneel down on one knee and ask her if she would marry him.
But then came the news of his death.
Xu Cheng'an loosened the embrace between them. His body was already retaining her warmth from being too close to her. He turned around hurriedly, opened the bedside table beside him, and took out the velvet box.
He opened the box and looked down at the ring.
He had memorized the proposal words countless times in his mind, but now he couldn't utter a single word.
Jiang Qixin tilted her head and looked at Xu Cheng'an. Her eyes, which had already adapted to the darkness, could clearly see his expression.
He probably felt it was a pity too, as they should have had a bright future.
She raised her head and stretched out her left hand in front of him, "I do."
"Jiang Jiang..." Xu Cheng'an raised his head and looked at her in a daze. He had originally wanted to leave this ring to her as an ordinary decorative jewelry, but he didn't expect her to do this.
Even if it was to make him happy, Xu Cheng'an didn't dare to imagine it.
He carefully took out the ring, gently held her hand with his fingertips, and put it where it belonged.
"You lied to me. How could I be thinner? Isn't this just right?" Jiang Qixin lowered his head, and seemed to feel the light of the diamond in the darkness.
She raised her hand and looked at the back of her hand where the ring was worn. As expected, no one could resist the beautiful sparkling stone.
Jiang Qixin has slender fingers, which are very suitable for wearing rings. If it weren't for the inconvenience of going to the laboratory every day, she would probably like to wear jewelry.
"It looks very nice, I like it very much." She said softly again.
"Jiang Jiang, I know I can't live a normal life with you now. We can't be legally married, and we can't live like ordinary couples.
I just hope you can love me a little longer. If, if one day you find that you have no feelings for me anymore, or you are tired of living this kind of life with me, you can give up living with me like this.
But I hope, I hope you won’t let me leave you, I…”
Xu Cheng'an choked up, he knew that the living could not compare to the dead.
But how can a dead person be better than a living person?
"I just want to be with you. If you really find someone else you like in the future, you can be with him and become a real couple with him, but can you please not abandon me?"
Xu Cheng'an held her hand and wrapped it in his own palm.
"Anyway, no one else can see me, so just treat me as a plaything to amuse you."
Xu Cheng'an's eyes were red. He was really afraid that Jiang Qixin would stop loving him one day, or get tired of this kind of life where he was neither human nor ghost.
Jiang Qixin was so shocked by his words that her lips opened. She was stunned for a few seconds before she realized that Xu Chengan's words clearly meant that he was willing to be a mistress.
"Lawyer Xu, you can't break the law knowingly." Jiang Qixin placed his warm palm on his cold cheek.
The ring on his finger scraped against his face.
Jiang Qixin raised her hand and grabbed Xu Cheng'an's collar, pulling him towards her, then raised her head and kissed him fiercely on the lips.
The warmth of her lips transitioned to his soft lips, and Jiang Qixin's breathing became a little rapid.
Xu Cheng'an was stunned for a moment. The moment he felt her breath, he responded to it. He felt his vision become misty, and he wrapped his body around her with a trembling body.
The hand on his cheek pinched his earlobe, then moved slowly down along the earlobe and reached under his collar.
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