The Slacker King and the Fairy-Sister's Absurd Daily Life

Lin Xian, a reborn man with access to a treasure trove of cutting-edge technology and entertainment from 2024, wakes up in 2010. His ultimate dream is to earn money while lying down and enjoy life while having fun. So he opens a tiny tech workshop called “No Idlers Allowed,” selling all kinds of “unproductive” gadgets for lazy people, prank toys, and bizarre figurines. He lives by the motto, “Better to mess up someone else’s life than wear yourself out,” and with technology a decade ahead of its time, he becomes the legendary “Master of the Absurd” in both tech and anime circles.

Then one day, while testing his “fully automated concept pancake machine,” he sets up a stall outside a film studio. A girl with an ethereal air and a furrowed brow is drawn in by his sign: “Follow us by scanning the code for a free pancake. If it tastes bad, we’ll compensate you for emotional distress.” She is Liu Yifei, once known as the “Goddess,” and she is currently overwhelmed by the pressure of changing careers and public opinion.

Lin Xian hands her a pancake. “Have some carbs. They double your happiness. Worries? Can you even eat those?”

Almost as if under a spell, Liu Yifei takes a bite. Her eyes light up.

From then on, the nation’s leading diva has an eccentric “tech consultant and personal assistant” by her side. He perks her up with “Happy Slacking Water” (an energy drink), helps her clap back at haters with a “Reverse Gaslighting Phrase Generator,” and dazzles everyone on the red carpet with “One-Tap Holographic Outfit Changes.” He also “accidentally” registers the copyrights to all her future hit songs and dramas in advance, then says with “great reluctance,” “Copyright fees? Just give me whatever. Don’t keep me from fishing.”

The entertainment industry notices that Liu Yifei’s style has become increasingly “unpredictable,” though she seems to be doing better and better. And that perpetually sleepy-looking man...