Li Erniu, an "outstanding" graduate of Qingwei Temple on Mount Yuntai (the very last in his class), had a life after coming down from the mountain that was even worse than a ghost’s. He wanted to return to his old line of work and get rich catching ghosts, but his skills were terrible...
That is, until he "picked up" Jiao Niang, a stunningly beautiful female ghost. This fearsome lady was his "contracting client," and after they were forced to form a bond, Li Erniu’s ghost-catching work went completely off the rails:
Ghostly shadows disrupting the square-dancing crowd? Jiao Niang: "Leave it to me!"
A delivery guy being relentlessly haunted by a Hungry Ghost over a bad review? Li Erniu: "Easy there, boss! I’ll give you a five-star review right away... No! A bad review! You can write it yourself!" Jiao Niang promptly set up a ghostly furnace: "Here’s your bad review! I’ll burn you ten more braised pork knuckles as an apology. Eat your fill!" The Hungry Ghost hugged the pork knuckles and cried like a ghost in tears!
When Jiao Niang gazed at Li Erniu as he slept, she recognized that this good-for-nothing was the childhood sweetheart who had died for her in his previous life. As her sealed memories awoke, Li Erniu burst into tears: His childhood sweetheart from his past life had come back for him! He wasn’t doomed to be single after all!!
A passionate reunion to rekindle their love? Even a kiss between a human and a ghost feels like an electric shock! Get married? The laws of heaven and earth would strike you dead first!
The two blockheads went straight to the King of Hell’s palace and slammed their hands on his desk. The King of Hell picked at his ear. "You want to return to life and get married? Sure! The underworld is still way behind on its KPIs! Go and ‘take care of’ those most vicious, most obnoxious, and most bizarre ‘customers’ who refuse to leave the mortal realm! Complete the job, and Jiao Niang can return to life. I’ll personally officiate your wedding!"
And so, the most outrageous ghost-catching husband-and-wife business in history was forced to open: a good-for-nothing Taoist priest and his short-tempered female ghost client, specializing in unruly ghosts of every kind. Their goal: use their bizarre style to smash the underworld’s KPIs and earn a wife who can return to life.