Does a Widow Reborn in the Apocalypse Still Have to Get Married?

(Apocalypse, supernatural powers, gender transformation, 1v1)

“Wasn't I... already dead?”

“I brought you back to life.” Zhang Jinchuan's voice was hoarse. “But why did you try to die? The apocalypse came, ghosts and monsters ran rampant, and it was the power-enhancing serum you developed that helped humanity weather the crisis. You built the shelters yourself. Everything was steadily progressing under your direction. And then, at a time like this, you died. Answer me. Why?”

Lu Fu was silent for a long time before speaking softly. “Because I was reborn.”

“Reborn?”

“I miss my wife. I miss my child.” She gazed into the distance, as if looking through the apocalypse at a home she could never return to. “In my previous life, my wife left me only one wish before she died: she wanted our child to live in a world without an apocalypse. Now the apocalypse is almost over, and my task is complete. I'm going to join her.”

Zhang Jinchuan froze. He could only ask hoarsely, “Who is she? Tell me, and I'll bring her back to life.”

“It won't work.” Lu Fu shook her head, her voice as soft as a sigh. “I looked for her. She doesn't exist in this world in this life.”

“Is there really nothing here... worth staying for?”

Lu Fu didn't answer.

The wind blew in through the window, as if someone were calling her name softly from beyond the divide between life and death. She closed her eyes, as though if she didn't open them, she could return to her previous life, to the time when her wife and child were still there.