I Opened an Inn in the Underworld

At the border between yin and yang, beside the Yellow Springs, Hua Zhong opened an inn to shelter wandering souls who could not yet enter the underworld. She was one of them. One day, as mist rose over the Yellow Springs, a man and a woman arrived at the inn. The man was the one Bai Wuchang had told her could take her into the underworld to be reincarnated. But soon after, he collapsed, covered in blood, among the flowers of the other shore. Hua Zhong brought him back to the inn. He said his name was Shen Ji. It was the first time Hua Zhong had touched the warmth of a living person, and the first time anyone alive had crossed into the Yellow Springs Ferry Inn. Hua Zhong became a little obsessed with the feeling. She could tell that Shen Ji felt something for her too, but he refused to admit it and even tried to avoid her. It was only later, when she recovered her memories of her past life, that she remembered they had known each other for a thousand years. A thousand years ago, the iron hooves of his nation had reached her capital. She had turned the tide, burning up her vital essence and nearly having her soul scattered by heavenly lightning. Shen Ji had placed a fragment of her soul in the Yellow Springs Ferry Inn, where she had forgotten her past. A thousand years later, she drove a sword into his chest and told him she hated him. He neither dodged nor resisted. He only smiled bitterly. "So be it." Later, Shen Ji died saving her, and she personally sent the fragment of his soul into the Yellow Springs. Which of them owed the other more? She did not know. But the Yellow Springs were once again drenched by rain, and she waited until that familiar face appeared at the inn once more. "You're finally here." "I'm sorry I'm late." I'm terrible at writing blurbs, so please bear with me. Not angsty, a light comedy. [Note] * The heroine's soul split from her body, giving rise to two personalities, but she is not at odds with herself. * Happy ending. * There was a misunderstanding about what happened a thousand years ago. * Happy reading~ --- Currently serialized --- "Lighting the Way for the Chief Minister (Transmigrated into a Book)" Su Xianjin transmigrated into a book. She found herself inside a classic male-oriented power fantasy. The hero's family was destroyed by the villain, but he survived against all odds, plotted his way forward, and eventually killed the villain and claimed the throne. * The villain, Cheng Yun, was the youngest chief minister in the Northern Dynasty. He suppressed dissent, manipulated the foolish emperor, monopolized the government, and executed loyal officials. Everyone wanted him dead. In the final chapter, the hero plunged his sword into Cheng Yun's heart in front of the assembled ministers and commoners. The onlookers erupted into thunderous cheers. * Su Xianjin had been perfectly satisfied with that ending, if she hadn't read the extra chapters. The so-called treacherous minister was really just a lone martyr, walking through the silent night with a torch in hand. Cheng Yun had lost all hope for the corrupt Northern Dynasty. He wore a mask and used the windfall of a tyrannical minister's rise to power. He needed to climb to the top before he could wield the sword that would cut down the corrupt imperial relatives. When he stood The Outcast, below only one person and above ten thousand, he would guide the new emperor, burning away what remained of himself to pave the way for a peaceful and prosperous age. * She was curious: Would someone who lived in darkness be afraid of it? Then one night, she opened her eyes to find herself standing before a secret chamber. She carried in a lantern and stepped into the life inside the book. In the light of a dim candle, the chief minister who held all the power in the realm pressed a carving knife into his own flesh. His face was pale as paper, and cold sweat poured down his cheeks. He was atoning for his sins, bearing those scars as he walked alone once more. * Su Xianjin approached with her lantern, illuminating the darkness. Beneath its light, the girl was gentle and holy as a goddess. "Cheng Yun." She called his name, and in the end, she rescued him from hell. Optimistic, cheerful, healing heroine x cool, ruthless powerful minister hero Theme: Live as your true self