What does it feel like to fall from heaven straight into hell overnight?
Come, let Shen Ran tell you.
The day before, she was just another overworked employee. On a whim, she walked into a lottery shop and bought one hundred yuan worth of tickets.
That night, when the lottery numbers were drawn, she actually won one billion yuan.
Shen Ran was so excited that she didn’t sleep the entire night.
Early the next morning, she skipped work and headed straight to the provincial lottery center to claim her prize.
But halfway there, she was hit by a brick that suddenly fell from the sky—
And died on the spot.
When she arrived in the underworld, the soul-reaping messenger Xiao Bai, who had come to receive her, looked extremely guilty and told her that he had taken the wrong soul.
Shen Ran: “What? You took the wrong soul? Hurry up and send me back! I still need to claim my prize!”
Xiao Bai: “I can’t send you back. Your head was smashed to pieces. Your brain splattered everywhere. There’s no way to fix it.”
“Then what am I supposed to do? I haven’t claimed my one billion yet! Do you even know what one billion means?”
“With one billion I could buy the seaside villa of my dreams, and also the Ferrari 812 I’ve always wanted—not to mention clothes, bags, jewelry, and cosmetics!”
“I was even planning to travel around the world, stay in five-star hotels, enjoy the best services, and hire a few male models to have some fun!”
“But because you took the wrong soul, all of that is gone—gone!”
The more Shen Ran spoke, the more she broke down. The more she broke down, the more desperate she became.
She grabbed Xiao Bai by the shoulders and shook him like a madwoman.
“Give me back my seaside villa! Give me back my Ferrari! Give me back my one billion!!!”
Thud!
Xiao Bai’s head was shaken clean off.
He calmly picked it up and put it back on.
Shen Ran continued shaking him while screaming.
Thud!
Off it went again.
Shen Ran shook him again.
And so it went, over and over.
Even Xiao Bai himself lost count of how many times his head had fallen off and been reattached.
His once perfectly round head was now full of dents from all the shaking.
And throughout it all, he kept repeating just a few sentences:
“I’m sorry.”
“It’s my first day working in the underworld, so I’m not familiar with the procedures and made a mistake.”
“It’s my fault. If you want to hit me, hit me. If you want to scold me, scold me. I won’t complain.”
In the end, he simply shut his mouth and looked like he had given up entirely.
“I’m going to file a complaint!”
Shen Ran suddenly shouted.
Xiao Bai was so frightened that the top of his head nearly popped open.
“Big sister! Please don’t complain! I waited a hundred years in line just to get this job in the underworld!
As long as you don’t complain, we can talk about anything, okay?!”
Shen Ran said firmly, “Then I want compensation!”
Xiao Bai quickly replied, “That’s fine! You want your one billion, right? I’ll convert it into supplies and give it to you. I’ll also give you a storage space to keep everything in, and then send you to be reborn!”
“Deal!” Shen Ran’s eyes lit up as she immediately started making demands.
“First, put my seaside villa and Ferrari 812 into the space. Those two are absolutely essential!”
“Next, let’s talk about supplies in detail. I need everything—clothing, food, housing, and transportation!”
“For clothes: underwear, T-shirts, pants, shirts, long dresses, sweaters, cotton coats, down jackets… give me 50,000 sets of each size.”
“For staple foods:
300,000 jin of rice,
200,000 jin of flour,
100,000 jin each of millet, corn, and sorghum,
plus another 100,000 jin of various grains.”
“For fruits, vegetables, meat, and seafood:
watermelon, cantaloupe, grapes, bananas, cabbage, lettuce, tomatoes, chicken, duck, fish, lamb, beef, rabbit meat, fish, shrimp, crabs, shellfish… 50,000 jin of each.”
“And snacks! I love spicy strips, jelly, cake, potato chips, candy, chocolate, instant noodles… give me 10,000 boxes of each type.”
“For housing: large furniture like sofas, wardrobes, tables, and beds—10,000 of each.
And bedding like sheets, quilt covers, pillowcases, and curtains—another 10,000 sets.”
“For appliances, skincare, daily necessities, medicine, tissues, toiletries, cleaning supplies, and pet supplies—20,000 of each item.”
“For transportation: cars, SUVs, pickup trucks, sports cars, RVs, ships, yachts, speedboats, helicopters, motorcycles, tractors, bicycles—20 of each.”
“Finally, some extras: luxury handbags, cosmetics, gold and silver jewelry—20,000 sets.
And outdoor and fitness equipment—about 5,000 pieces.”
“Oh, and male models. I want them at least 188 cm tall with eight-pack abs.”
“If there are no male models, then give me a few robots instead. I’m too lazy to manage my space myself, so the robots can do it!”
Shen Ran rattled everything off in one breath.
Hehe. After all, she had read so many novels with storage spaces.
She had often imagined what she would stockpile if she had a space and lots of money.
She had even looked up lists online before.
All the information was memorized perfectly in her mind—she just never expected she would actually use it one day.
After hearing everything she said, Xiao Bai was completely stunned.
This woman was asking for the impossible.
All these things together definitely exceeded one billion. It might not even be enough with ten billion.
Xiao Bai hesitated. “This is already way over the limit… how about reducing some?”
Shen Ran smiled coldly. “Between reducing it and filing a complaint, which one do you choose?”
Xiao Bai gritted his teeth. “Fine! Let’s just do it your way!”
Sob… All the savings he had accumulated for hundreds of years were about to be gone.
He just wanted to send this disaster away as quickly as possible.
“I’ve already placed the space and supplies into your body,” Xiao Bai said. “Go and be reborn now. I’ll choose a wealthy family for you.”
“Wait!” Shen Ran suddenly called out.
Xiao Bai’s eyes widened. “What else do you want now?!”
Shen Ran smirked. “The space supplies are compensation for my one billion. But you still took the wrong soul—you should compensate me for that too.”
Xiao Bai sighed. “…What do you want?”
Shen Ran smiled sweetly. “Aren’t underworld workers very powerful? Just give me any cheat ability.”
Xiao Bai reluctantly dug into his pocket and took out a glowing golden sphere, tossing it into her body.
“This is called the Heart of the Beast Realm. With it, you can communicate with animals and hear their thoughts.”
Shen Ran’s eyes sparkled. “Nice!”
Xiao Bai forced a bitter smile. Of course she liked it—it was his last remaining treasure.
And so, Shen Ran happily went off to be reborn, carrying her space and the ability to understand beast language.
But just as she reached the reincarnation passage, someone suddenly attacked from behind and kicked her into the transmigration passage next to it.
A cold snort came from behind her.
“You drained all my savings and still want to be reborn into a rich family? Dream on!”
Shen Ran: “…Damn. What a grudge-holding guy.”