In My Grave Lies Another Me

My name is Lu Jiu. The year I was born, nine people died in the village.

On my eighteenth birthday, I received my own death certificate.

Grandpa told me only one thing: “If you want to live, go to the back hill and dig up your own grave.”

I asked who was buried inside. After a long silence, he said just two words: “You are.”

Only when the coffin was opened did I learn that my life had never belonged to me...