Yu Miaomiao stared at him, and he stared back at Yu Miaomiao.
Both of them wore expressions as if they were struggling to take a shit.
“I get it—you want me to help contact a grave relocation company?”
There must be such companies, right?
The Soul Ferryman shook his head.
“No, I want you to dig.”
Even if he wasn’t human, he couldn’t possibly be saying such ghostly nonsense!
Yu Miaomiao pleaded, “Can’t you give me another task? I really don’t dare do this!”
The Soul Ferryman pointed at the clock on the wall. “There’s no time. You only have four hours left.”
Meaning… she had to dig tonight?
“You’re not seriously asking me to go to a cemetery in the middle of the night and dig up a grave, are you?!”
The Soul Ferryman sighed. “It’s truly excessive. You’re a girl…”
Right, right!
“Maybe you should just die instead.”
Maodou: Wuwuwuwu~~
Yu Miaomiao rode her little electric scooter, following the GPS to a cemetery over twenty kilometers away.
As she rode, she tried to bolster her courage. In the face of life and death, what was a little grave digging? For Maodou’s sake, she’d dig!
Earlier, she had asked the Soul Ferryman why the old lady wanted her grave moved.
The reason was infuriating!
This grandmother had been abused by her husband for over forty years. Her only wish was not to be buried with that rotten man after she died.
Her two sons had promised her exactly that, but after she passed away, they buried her with her husband—who had died two years earlier—just to save themselves the trouble.
“I told her that after death, the body is nothing but a handful of ashes.”
“But she insisted that the thought of her ashes lying next to that dead man’s ashes would keep her from resting in peace.”
“It’s been ten days since she died, and she still refuses to reincarnate.”
The Soul Ferryman sighed heavily as he recounted this.
Yu Miaomiao’s righteous spirit instantly flared up. Even if it weren’t for Maodou, she would have dug this grave.
By the time she reached the cemetery, the sky was pitch black.
The night wind rustled the leaves, and despite it being midsummer, she couldn’t help but shiver.
“Brother Gui, are you here yet?”
The Soul Ferryman had promised to accompany her.
“I’m here.”
He appeared beside her in an instant.
Yu Miaomiao steeled herself again. With a ghost right beside her, what was there to fear?
“Let’s go, quick and decisive!”
Under the Soul Ferryman’s guidance, she quickly found the grave.
It wasn’t a wild grave, so retrieving the urn was relatively easy.
“The larger urn belongs to the old man, the smaller one is the grandmother’s,” the Soul Ferryman reminded her.
Yu Miaomiao hurriedly took out the smaller one.
This was her first time holding an urn. She had expected to be so scared her hands would tremble, but it wasn’t too bad.
“What now? Where do I bury it?”
“The grandmother said she doesn’t want to be buried. She wants you to scatter her ashes into the sea. She was confined at home her whole life and wants to see the world.”
Alright, she’d respect the old lady’s final wish!
Yu Miaomiao fastened the urn tightly, placed it in her backpack, and rode her little scooter through the night toward the sea.
The moonlight was bright, and the sea was calm.
Waves gently kissed the shore, one after another.
Yu Miaomiao found a suitable spot, took out the urn, and bowed respectfully.
“Grandmother, I’m sending your remains to travel the world. May you meet a good person in your next life and live happily forever!”
As soon as she finished speaking, Yu Miaomiao felt a subtle, indescribable sensation in her body.
The Soul Ferryman had appeared behind her at some point.
“Miss Yu, your three days of Life Span have been credited.”
So—she could live three more days just like that?
That was pretty easy.
After scattering the ashes, she stood up and gazed at the deep, dark sea.
“Three days from now, after I die, can you help scatter my ashes into the sea?”
The Soul Ferryman shook his head apologetically. “Against the rules, I’m afraid.”
So stubborn.
“Fine, forget it.”
“I know you have no family, but you could hire someone.”
Yu Miaomiao chuckled. “You don’t know this, do you? Not only do I have no family, I also have no money!”
The Soul Ferryman suddenly curved his charming lips into a faint smile.
“Don’t worry—you’ll have some soon enough.”