When I was five, I, Lin Xiaotuan, missed a step in my backyard and became the most “fiercely adorable” living underworld constable in the history of the Netherworld.
The thing bound to me wasn’t any respectable System, but a sharp-tongued, tsundere [Gossip System] that nagged me to meet my KPIs every day:
“Host, the starving ghost on West Street has some piping-hot gossip. Go solve the case!”
“Host, someone watered down Granny Meng’s soup. This gossip is juicy!”
I thought I could coast along using my natural mind-reading ability, listening to ghosts’ thoughts and digging up old gossip. I never expected my entire family to hear my thoughts!
My gentle mother quietly brought out her mystical treasures.
My steady father started poring over the Book of Reincarnation late at night.
Even my comatose older sister was analyzing clues in her sleep...
Our Lin family seemed to have landed in serious trouble.
And to make things even more exciting, there was something not quite right with my Gossip System!
When my merit points ran out, it used its last bit of energy to buy me candied hawthorns.
It could turn into a white fox spirit pet that only I could touch.
And in the end, right before my eyes, it became a gentle-eyed sixteen-year-old boy who promised to protect me for a thousand years.
Later, the headlines of the Three Realms exploded:
“Shocking! Adorable Young Underworld Constable Uncovers Heaven’s Biggest Scandal While Gossiping!”
“The Missing Page from the Book of Reincarnation Holds the Truth Behind the Judge’s Madness!”
“The Entire Lin Family Awakens and Joins Forces with the Adorable Kid to Storm Heaven: We’re Just the Descendants of Ordinary Guardians!”
And my System and I, no, my boy and I...
We went from sharing one candied hawthorn to sharing a life.
We went from figuring out the thoughts of one little ghost after another to hearing the secrets of all things across the Three Realms.
We’ll savor the sweetest gossip, solve the most baffling cases, and, while we’re at it... reclaim all the love I was owed in both my past and present lives.
