Dead Broke Chapter 9 : Epilogue

Jiang’s new position was already waiting. The Fengdu Emperor himself forced a contract under his hand a whopping three hundred years of service, penned in ghost-blood ink. Head Judge of the Netherworld.

I doubled over with laughter until the Emperor thrust one under my hand too. Same three hundred years. Guard Captain.

His salary? Five times mine.

My laughter died.

On the walk home, Jiang pinched my face. “What was so funny? Your husband here has just been enslaved for three centuries. You thought you’d outsmart fate?”

I rubbed my cheeks, grinned nervously. “Hold up. Husband? Who promoted you? We haven’t even tested the role.”

His dark eyes gleamed. He didn’t answer, just smiled. My spine chilled.

I bolted. He caught me anyway, locked arms around me.

Leaning close, whispering heat into my ear,
“Let’s go home. And test.”

The Underworld bathed in dusk the crimson light of hell’s sun painting the clouds.

And in that twilight, I knew the story of Lu Zhen and Jiang Yuyan was only just beginning.

End