Afterlife Department

Chapter 320 - Yang Jie

"Don't fret. It was me who set the condition of locking your memories during the day, so you won't be exposed. You can only return as a grim reaper during the night." Yi Bing explained when he saw Yang Jie is in low spirits.

"Boss Yi doesn't need to explain everything to me. I understand." Yang Jie answered.

Silence fell upon them for a while. Yi Bing continued to gaze at the city blanketed by the darkness, where only the lights coming from different kinds of establishments illuminated it.

Yang Jie is one of Yi Bing's former assignment. In fact, Yang Jie is his first assignment when he became a grim reaper. Yang Jie died by committing suicide.. Yi Bing, as a newbie, was flustered because he found out that Yang Jie didn't have any attachment.

Yang Jie is someone whom you'll meet rare: he doesn't have any emotion. The psychologist, after doing all the tests he could muster, still failed to cure Yang Jie. Yang Jie's family is also very rich. And the psychologist the best psychologist they found. Thus, this meant that Yang Jie wouldn't be cured in this lifetime. He doesn't want to drag this condition of his, so he committed suicide.

His family panicked and thought it was murder at first. But, their house has the best security, so which intruder can enter and kill Yang Jie? Thus, his family pointed at the people working for them. When they still haven't found the murderer, they finally pointed at each other. They think someone killed Yang Jie for the family inheritance, since Yang Jie is the legal heir.

Yang Jie floated around them as a ghost. Yi Bing felt helpless since Yang Jie knows it was suicide, but Yang Jie doesn't show regret he committed suicide after seeing his family is suspecting each other.?Yi Bing also thought that, Yang Jie is just a ghost. What can a mere ghost do? Thus, he was at his wit's end.

It was at this time that the family invited a private investigator who just came from abroad. The husband of Yang Jie's elder sister called the private investigator, and it turned out that Yang Jie's family actually knows the private investigator. He is a family friend, but they have lost contact with each other since the other family moved abroad.

Suddenly, Yi Bing saw a change in Yang Jie for the first time – curiosity. Yang Jie was curious towards this man that suddenly appeared. Yi Bing thought it was a progress, so he let Yang Jie observed the man. He didn't notice that Yang Jie started to familiarize the man. Yang Jie, indeed, remembers the man. His memories of the man is in the deepest part of his mind.

The man's name is Zhang Jun. His investigation is neither too fast nor too slow. The case is simple: suicide. The family was forced to accept the fact. In fact, they have long been suspecting this is the case, since Yang Jie is withdrawn from the world.

Yi Bing thought Yang Jie's attachment is familial relationship. That Yang Jie wanted for his family to give up on him. But, Yi Bing thought wrong. Yang Jie's attachment actually hasn't appeared, until the man appeared. Yang Jie's attachment is Zhang Jun. Yang Jie, being withdrawn from the world, thus he is ineloquent, couldn't express his feelings. He actually didn't want for Zhang Jun to leave the country, because Zhang Jun would forget him.

His fear came true and Zhang Jun really did forget him. After Zhang Jun left for the second time, after he closed Yang Jie's suicide case, Yang Jie cried. Yi Bing felt flustered, since a grim reaper has no emotion. He doesn't know how to comfort Yang Jie.

But, Yang Jie told Yi Bing to reincarnate him. Yi Bing was forced to do as Yang Jie wished – he sent him to reincarnation without completely resolving his attachment. Yi Bing thought he would wait for Yang Jie to die in his second life, but he thought wrong once again.

Something happened. Yi Bing returned to Yang Jie's world to gather some tips on how to resolve a soul's attachment. He didn't expect to bump into Zhang Jun. Zhang Jun… is drunk. Someone wanted to take advantage of the drunk Zhang Jun. Yi Bing thought that since Zhang Jun is Yang Jie's friend, thus he helped him.

Zhang Jun isn't actually thoroughly drunk. He asked Yi Bing who he is and why he helped him. Yi Bing just answered he is Yang Jie's friend. He never imagined for Zhang Jun to suddenly cry. It was then Yi Bing found that Zhang Jun badly wanted to return to the country, but his parents withheld him. They wanted him to marry someone.

Zhang Jun naturally declined the arranged marriage, and so he fled from his home and lived a life by his own. He worked here and there, until he managed to gather enough money to study, and then studied hard to get a scholarship, then graduate and finally worked to earn money. After he became a private investigator, he returned to his family before he went to the girl's family to formally decline the marriage, then finally return to the country to see that child he got attached to before.

Only to receive a call before he returned to the country to solve a crime. When Zhang Jun heard the name, he was dumbstruck. He immediately flew to the country and confirmed that it was that child that really died. He felt he lost all the meaning of life. He felt his heart was crushed when, during his investigation, he found an old picture stuffed inside the pillow. It was them two.

Yi Bing was dumbfounded. He didn't know there was this story. He left Zhang Jun to give him space. He didn't expect to hear the next day that Zhang Jun was hit by a car and died on the spot. He thought, that time, that grim reapers are really the harbinger of death. If he didn't meet Zhang Jun, he thinks Zhang Jun might still be alive right now.

Yi Bing went to Yang Jie's second life when he was given a notification that Yang Jie is about to die. When he arrived, he found Yang Jie pining for Zhang Jun. Then, without warning, Yang Jie jumped off the cliff. Yi Bing felt his head is about to split when he saw that Zhang Jun turned, only to miss seeing Yang Jie.

The remaining seven reincarnations of Yang Jie and Zhang Jun were still like this. After Yang Jie's first cycle of reincarnation, Yi Bing offered him to become a grim reaper. Yang Jie agreed, since he can see Zhang Jun. Thus, Yang Jie became the second grim reaper – 0010, where the code for grim reaper starts.

"Is it time for me to return to the Stable World?" Yang Jie asked. His voice pulled Yi Bing out from his thoughts.

Yi Bing turned to him. "Why did you say that?" he asked.

"Zhang Jun's second cycle of reincarnation is going to end. I – " Yang Jie took a deep breath. "I think my obsession of him has faded. If there's something I can do in the Stable World, then I am willing to return." He said.

Zhang Jun is one of the souls that isn't an assignment. There is no grim reaper tasked to him, since Zhang Jun's reincarnation cycle is smooth-sailing. Only the unresolved souls, like Yang Jie, will have a grim reaper to help them 'move on'. Yang Jie got his spying mission when the worlds made an alliance, with the Stable World at its center. So, Yang Jie was sent to spy on these worlds. He used his spying mission to follow Zhang Jun, while gathering information of the other worlds.

With the help of Yang Jie, the reincarnations of the souls to the other worlds became smoother, and the grim reapers' tasks became easier since they have some information regarding the worlds where the souls reincarnated.

Before Yi Bing could answer, a voice spoke. "So, this is where you are going every night." It was Zhang Jun.

Yang Jie was stunned and he turned to see Zhang Jun standing behind them. "You… how did you – " he stammered, feeling flustered. "And… you can see me?!" he was surprised.

"Yang Jie." Yi Bing called. "Look at him closely." He told him.

Yang Jie followed Yi Bing's words and was stunned when he saw Zhang Jun's figure seemed transparent. "You…" he gaped at him.

Yi Bing's and Yang Jie's communicators rang. "Died of blood loss after being ambushed…" Yi Bing spoke and then looked at Zhang Jun.

Yang Jie's eyes widened in shock. "Could it be… those drug dealers…" he muttered under his breath.

"I was too careless." Zhang Jun said.

Yang Jie felt a pain in his chest. Just then, he realized something – "Blood loss after being shot in the head, heart, and chest." Yi Bing said and looked at Yang Jie.

Yang Jie's face paled. His clone in this world also died. The pain on his chest just now is because the other half of his soul returned to him. Because he died in this world, he couldn't continue remaining in this world.

If it was before, he would have already left. However, right now, Zhang Jun found him. "Boss Yi…" he called Yi Bing. "What should we do with him…?" he asked, but his gaze is on Zhang Jun. His hands inside his sleeves clenched.

"This is perfect timing." Yi Bing said.

"Huh?"

"Bring him with us." Yi Bing told him.

"Huh? What are you – " Yang Jie is confused.

"His second cycle of reincarnation has just finished. We should use this opportunity." Yi Bing ignored Yang Jie and then turned to Zhang Jun who was silently listening to them. "Are you interested on becoming a grim reaper?"

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