After I stopped being a lady from a rich family, I fought all over the capital

Chapter 373 A strange sense of familiarity

Yan Jun: ...

That's so true, he was speechless.

"But..." I still wanted to struggle a bit more.

However, the moment Song Lan looked over, Yan Jun completely shut up and dared not utter another word.

His submission to Song Lan was instinctive.

It's completely ingrained in their bones... At most, they might utter a couple of cries.

No amount of resistance would change anything.

Yan Jun watched helplessly as Song Lan entered the Zhang family's haunted house, feeling both annoyed and discouraged.

Everything in the Zhang family's haunted house remains the same.

Song Lan had been here several times and was already familiar with the place.

Wherever she goes, there will be resentment, which will clear away obstacles and filth for her.

Let her move forward, spotless.

Song Lan went straight to the kitchen, which she had found strange before.

Every corner of the Zhang family's haunted house fits the description of a haunted house perfectly.

Dilapidated and ruined, covered in dust and cobwebs, the place always reeks of decay, which is unpleasant.

The kitchen, however, was quite different.

Clean and spotless.

Song Lan was quite certain that this was the source of the resentment from the Zhang family's haunted house.
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Hell.

At this point, everything was in complete chaos.

The four judges and the Black and White Impermanence were all somewhat flustered.

"What's going on?! What's going on? Why is the underworld suddenly shaking? Is someone coming back?"

"What exactly happened outside...?"

"The lightning flashing in the sky seems very strange. Why does it feel like this whole thing is aimed at our underworld?"

"Who broke the heavenly law?!"

At this moment, the only possibility that the ghosts could think of was "violating the heavenly rules".

Otherwise, heaven and earth, and the underworld, have always been independent entities that do not interfere with each other.

Why on earth would lightning strike the underworld?!

"Look, everyone!!"

Black Impermanence was the first to notice something was wrong: "What is that?!"

Everyone looked in the direction he pointed and saw a person walking towards them in the distance.

"It does look like a person?"

"!!! It's Little Yama!!"

What happened? Why is Little Yama back?!

"...Something seems off here. Is it really Little Yama?"

Everyone had some doubts.

As the figure drew closer, everyone was finally certain that it was indeed Little Yama, but not the Little Yama they had imagined... no, it wasn't the Little Yama they thought he was.

Cui Jue glanced at Lu Zhidao beside him: "What's going on? Why hasn't Little Yama's main body returned yet, but the wisp of his obsession that he separated out has instead returned in human form?"

"Logically speaking, even if this obsession achieves its goal, it should return to its original form. Why did it come to the underworld alone?"

Lu Zhidao glared at him: "You're asking me? Who should I ask?"

"Isn't the question you should be asking why Little Yama's clone suddenly died?"

"Don't forget why Little Yama went to the mortal realm in the first place!"

"Something's clearly not right here. Could it be that something's happened up above?"

Bai Wuchang's expression darkened slightly.

Cui Jue seemed to understand something: "You mean, Song Lan?"

But what will happen to Song Lan?

Not to mention, if something really happened to Song Lan, things would be much calmer now.

It would have to be a complete upheaval.

"I think we should stop guessing. We won't figure anything out anyway. The person is already here, isn't he?"

"Just ask!"

Zhong Kui didn't have so many hidden thoughts in his mind, so naturally he wasn't as flustered as they were.

In his opinion, if there's anything, you should just ask directly!

How could there be no answer?
There's really no answer, so there's no rush to find one.

The group exchanged a knowing glance, then took a step back in unison.

Zhong Kui, who had been quite indifferent, suddenly panicked.

Huh? No? You guys...

That's inhuman!

The crowd, ah, no! The ghosts: Hehehe, they've been dead for eight hundred years, they weren't even human to begin with!

Zhong Kui: ...

Despicable people! A bunch of despicable people!!

hypocrite!!

What might we do?
The Little Yama's clone is almost here!
Zhong Kui was furious at being tricked, but there was nothing he could do. He could only bite the bullet and step forward, tentatively asking, "Little Yama?"

The avatar of Little Yama—that is, Pei Yuanshi, who not long ago, outside the Princess's residence, took the initiative to stop Xue Wan from continuing to slaughter innocent people, and according to Song Lan, exchanged his own life for divine punishment, thus killing Xue Wan and those behind her together.

"I'm here to be reincarnated."

Pei Yuanshi pursed his lips, his tone becoming more tactful: "I'd appreciate it if you could all help with the arrangements."

Aha?

reincarnation?!
"Little Yama, you're not joking, are you?!"

The four judges and the Black and White Impermanence were all surprised. Why would someone suddenly have to reincarnate?

Moreover, if Little Yama goes to be reincarnated... then all the work in the underworld will fall on their shoulders again.

How can that work!
They've already worked so much overtime; they're tired and stressed enough.

Especially with the recent emergence of this so-called new underworld, they've been kept extremely busy, with no time to rest properly each day.

Despite being so busy and exhausted, there's not even a little bit of overtime pay.

Now Little Yama has come to tell them that they need to be reincarnated.

How does this work?
This absolutely cannot be done!!
“…Yes, I’m going to be reincarnated.” Pei Yuanshi said again with a cold face.

He's actually feeling very confused right now.

Before he could recover from the pain of being drained of his flesh and blood by Xue Wan, he suddenly received a large number of memories that did not belong to him.

Oh, no, that's not right either. It can't be said that the memories don't belong to him.

After all, those memories that belonged to Little Yama King do indeed belong to him in retrospect.

He is the clone of Little Yama.

How ridiculous!

It was only at this moment that Pei Yuanshi finally understood why his master always sighed and said that he was destined to be alone after he was found.

Now he finally understands why he couldn't escape it.

Because his life was destined to end in death... or perhaps that's not quite right, since everyone is born destined to die.

Pei Yuanshi didn't know how to describe that predicament, that feeling.

Anyway... that's roughly the idea.

It was only at this moment that Pei Yuanshi learned why his master had given him to Miss Song as a slave.

Because as an incarnation of Little Yama, no... even Little Yama, only by staying by Miss Song's side can he have a chance to preserve his life.

If not...

At least in the human world, it's a dead end forever.

The position of Little Yama was originally created because of Miss Song.

Without Miss Song, there would naturally be no Little Yama.

Simply because Little Yama is Miss Song's obsession and the source of her goodwill.

If one day, Miss Song's kindness completely disappears, Little Yama will also cease to exist.

...Pei Yuanshi is still somewhat confused.

It will probably be difficult for them to accept their identity in the short term.

But it doesn't matter, he's going to be reincarnated soon anyway.

He won't remember these things until his next death, so there's nothing to worry about.

"Little Yama, isn't there some misunderstanding about this...?"

Why would someone want to be reincarnated out of nowhere?

Pei Yuanshi pursed his lips, then felt that it was too much of a display of his emotions, and that it wasn't a good thing.

He even suspected that the original body sent this clone to reincarnate because he seemed to have his own emotions now.

But it doesn't really matter.

In any case, whether it's erasing his existence and making him completely merge with the original body, or letting him reincarnate, he can accept it.

Even if you can't accept it, there's no room for argument, is there?

"There's no misunderstanding, I'm going to be reincarnated."

Pei Yuanshi repeated expressionlessly, "If you have any questions, you are welcome to ask my true form."

"He sent me here."

"I am just a clone, I don't have any thoughts of my own, and I shouldn't have any."

"Nature dictates that whatever it commands, you all agree, don't you?"

Ghosts: ...

That statement does seem to make sense.

But... something just doesn't feel quite right.
"In that case, I'll trouble you, Little Yama, to go through the proper procedures."

"We will certainly verify this matter."

Wei Zheng stepped in and acted as a peacemaker, interrupting the others who wanted to continue asking questions and stop him, and quickly arranged for Pei Yuanshi to be reincarnated.

After Pei Yuanshi left, everyone's expressions turned somewhat grim.

"Why are you stopping us?"

"That's exactly right. So you get to be all the good guys, and we get to be all the bad guys."

"You really know how to use abacus beads."

The ghosts were all complaining about Wei Zheng.

Wei Zheng snorted coldly: "Why should I stop you? If I don't stop you, what are you going to do?"

"Should we continue to press Little Yama's clone about why he wanted to reincarnate?"

Cui Jue was the first to speak up: "Of course! He's going to be reincarnated, how can we not find out the details?"

"And why? Why can he go and be reborn into a carefree life, while we have to stay here and toil like cattle, working day and night? Why?!"

Wei Zheng glared at Cui Jue: "Then why don't you ask him? Do you think you can get the answer out of him?"

"Don't forget, he's just an incarnation of Little Yama, and one that the main body doesn't even like."

He snorted coldly: "You haven't forgotten, have you? Or have you all forgotten? Forgotten why Little Yama created an avatar?"

Everyone immediately fell silent.

Forgetting... of course it's impossible to forget.

But—"I remember that when the person who chose Little Yama to be Little Yama did so, they instilled in him the idea that Song Lan was an evil spirit and should be eliminated."

"Originally, I wanted Little Yama to be a ruthless executioner, to kill Song Lan by any means necessary, even if it meant sacrificing himself to feed a tiger or using his good looks."

"Unexpectedly, after Little Yama gained a foothold, he directly eliminated this idea and turned it into a clone."

So, what's the point of the original body sending its clone to be reincarnated?

Clearly, from the very beginning, this clone was disliked.

Therefore, this explanation makes sense.
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The Zhang family's haunted house, kitchen.

"...It's strange, even though I've never been to this place before, it always feels very familiar."

Song Lan looked at the kitchen's furnishings and layout. Although she had no recollection of anything related to it, she felt as if he had been here before.

It wasn't one of the previous times she came to participate in the haunted house challenge, but rather a... much more distant memory.

It felt like a past life?

But in her past life, she didn't remember ever being in such a place.

In her previous life, she wasted half her life in the Xie family and the other half imprisoned in the Zhang family.

There are very few opportunities to go out.

However, similarly, there are even fewer opportunities to enter the kitchen.

Why does she feel such a sense of familiarity with this place?
Yan Jun couldn't help but feel nervous.

His smile was stiff: "Perhaps it's because it's too ordinary. Kitchens are always arranged in a similar way. Maybe that's why it looks so familiar."

Song Lan raised an eyebrow.

She hadn't thought too much about it at first, since it was just a vague feeling of familiarity.

But I can't quite put my finger on why it feels familiar.

In addition, Yan Jun is right; most kitchens look pretty much the same, so it's normal for them to look somewhat familiar.

but……

If Yan Jun hadn't said that so abruptly, she probably wouldn't have suspected anything.

Now?
Song Lan had every reason to suspect that there was something wrong with the kitchen!
And this issue is very likely closely related to her.

She just didn't know why, even though her memory was very complete, without any trace of forgetting or any sense of gaps or fragments.

Why did this kitchen feel so familiar to her?

It can't be because she spent two thousand years in the underworld after she died, can it?

That's absurd.

But then again... why can't we?
However, what's most strange is that when Song Lan arrived, and even before, she could clearly sense that the kitchen, seemingly the most peaceful place in the entire Zhang family's haunted house, was actually teeming with resentment and was the source of all the resentment in the entire Zhang family's haunted house.

But now that she was deeply immersed in it, she suddenly felt no resentment at all.

What is the reason for this?
Song Lan thought about it again and again, but still couldn't figure it out.

She even went outside a few times to make a comparison, and each time she found that as long as she left the kitchen and stood outside in the yard, she could feel the strong resentment emanating from the kitchen.

Strangely, every time she went inside, the intense resentment she felt before would completely disappear.

It's like it never happened.

This is too weird.

Song Lan stood in the courtyard, staring at the kitchen, which was almost solidified, lost in thought.

What's going on?
Suddenly!

Song Lan noticed something was wrong.

She went back into the kitchen and looked at its clean and tidy appearance, seemingly brand new, and then seemed to ponder something.

The kitchen was clearly covered in a layer of dust when she was outside.