Crossing Into Life

[Main Story Complete]

Yu Deng, a soul escort from the Underworld, retired and returned to the human world. Strange supernatural incidents were occurring more and more frequently, and the organization in charge of handling them was called the Special Operations Bureau.

After joining the bureau, he discovered that everyone there worshipped an old ancestor. According to legend, this ancestor was a vicious, terrifying fiend. In any case, he certainly didn't sound like a good person.

There was also Sheng Yi, Captain Sheng, who was always drawing someone's portrait.

Only later did Yu Deng learn that the ancestor they worshipped and the person in the portraits were both him.

Yu Deng: "?"

Please note (pay attention!):

1. This is a past-life-and-present-life story, with many scenes from past lives. The past-life chapters are numbered in the table of contents. [The chapters beginning with Bu Er and his close friend tell the story of Yan Ze and Pei Lu. Buy with caution.]

2. A somewhat ensemble cast, with a secondary couple who get plenty of screen time.

3. Entirely fictional setting. Trust in science.

Next book -> "Mind Your Own Business"

When he was little, You Shi was the neighborhood's beloved little sweetheart: well-mannered, polite, and a good student. His face practically had the word "good boy" written all over it.

Then his parents cheated on each other one after another, and the older boy next door who had raised him disappeared without a trace. You Shi was left completely without anyone to look after him.

He started rebelling, skipping school and fighting without mercy despite his harmless-looking face. He was the one climbing walls and showing up late, the one at the bottom of the rankings, the one writing a self-criticism every Monday.

He'd made himself familiar to the whole school. What was this about being a little sweetheart, or getting competition-prep books from his childhood friend? He might as well just become the school's resident bully.

That was what he thought. But on the first day of the new school year, his childhood friend suddenly appeared, walked through the classroom, pulled out the chair beside him, and sat down.

You Shi: "?"

Jiang Ying kept catching him in the act. The worst time was when he barged into the birthday party of one of You Shi's delinquent friends. Under the dim, hazy lights, he spotted You Shi sitting at the very back of a booth at a glance.

You Shi had a cigarette between his lips and half a glass of beer on the table. He sat quietly, looking somewhat spaced out, occasionally giving a crooked smile and a nod.

Jiang Ying walked through the entire private room. As everyone looked on in shock, he snatched the cigarette from You Shi's mouth and, without even looking, pressed it against You Shi's thigh. A hole burned through his pants, and the smell of scorching fabric gradually filled the air.

You Shi frowned and clicked his tongue. "That hurts."

"So you do know what pain feels like." Jiang Ying narrowed his phoenix eyes, his gaze full of amusement and appraisal. "You fight so viciously, I thought you couldn't feel pain."

You Shi: "..."

Whenever You Shi ran into Jiang Ying, what he said and did most often was this: cigarette unlit between his lips, hair a mess, he'd glance at Jiang Ying impatiently and mutter, "Mind your own business."

Jiang Ying suddenly remembered the way this guy, so wild and impatient, would obediently stub out his cigarette for him. He smiled.

What was he supposed to do? He liked him even more now.

Theme: After enduring hardship, we will meet again in the end.