The Tomb-Raiding Trio

I'm a law-abiding jiangshi woman. I like crawling slowly through the dark, especially along the ceilings and pipes.

I crawl and crawl and crawl and crawl, back and forth, over and over.

Life is pretty quiet. My sister, another jiangshi woman, and I depend on each other. Every day, we help brush one another's hair, which grows all the way down to our ankles.

We're doing just fine. Nothing much happens day to day, except that we can't be exposed to sunlight.

Sunlight means death, got it?

That day, I woke up from a nap on the rooftop corridor. My sister had gone somewhere else to wander, leaving me all alone.

So boring.

I wanted to crawl down, sit at the dressing table and comb my lovely hair, braid it into a pair of plaits, and tidy up the room.

Don't be fooled by how dark the house is. My eyesight is great.

I don't have any special powers. I've just been cooped up here so long that I've gotten used to it.

I was just about to crawl down when I heard a very faint sound of footsteps.

I froze. Could my sister be back?

No, we can't walk, only crawl. Who the hell would make footsteps?

Someone's coming!!!

Someone actually came to this godforsaken place!!

Aaaaaah!

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.