Su Li, a top funeral director in the modern world, has a secret she can never tell anyone:
Every funeral she takes on sends her transmigrating to ancient times.
The living stage fake funerals, while the dead seek justice.
The mystery surrounding a Warring States general’s poisoning is hidden in his burial sword tassel. A courtesan’s farewell poem bears the marks of an imperial exam scandal. The coffin of the Crown Princess of Qing leaks the bitter scent of a drug that can fake death...
With the ability to see “regret values,” Su Li rewrites the final chapters of the departed:
She uses electronic obituaries to expose an emperor’s hypocrisy and preservation techniques to stage a “corpse coming back to life.”
She turns mass burial pits into historical memorials and a courtesan’s final letter into an anti-corruption manifesto.
Then one day, the funeral home in the present receives a strange order:
The name in the client field is none other than Su Li herself, from three hundred years ago.
The writing on the blood-red silk is jagged and fierce:
“Please hold the final funeral for the Space-Time Administration.”
“Death does not truly come when the heart stops beating.”
“It comes when the last person who remembers you closes their eyes.”
As Su Li stands before a funeral hall where past and present intertwine, she finally understands the System’s chilling prompt:
[Service recipient: the truth murdered by history]
