I’m a Bodyguard for a Goddess, and She Wants to Marry Me

Reborn in 2010 at the age of 20, retired soldier king Chen Mo just wants to lie flat. He has stashed away 100,000 bitcoins, invested in a pile of unicorn companies, and bought several Beijing courtyard homes. By June 1, 2015, he’s just about ready to enjoy the ultimate idle life: fishing by day and counting money at night. Then a former comrade ropes him into working as a temporary bodyguard for top-tier star Liu Yifei. On his first day, she corners him in a hotel corridor. “Chen Mo, right? Marry me. Now. Right this second!”

Chen Mo looks at the beautiful woman before him and, in a moment of madness, says, “Sure.” When he comes to his senses with a marriage certificate in hand, he realizes he’s been dragged into a chaotic life of fending off obsessive fans by day, placating his mother-in-law at night, and hacking into rival celebrities’ computers at midnight to delete dirt.

Liu Yifei’s fans: “That security guard isn’t good enough for my goddess!”

Chen Mo quietly opens his Bitcoin account.

A rival actress: “Liu Yifei is box-office poison. She should quit showbiz!”

Chen Mo retaliates by investing in a hit web series that makes her famous again.

A corporate tycoon: “Little security guard, I’ll give you five million. Leave Liu Yifei.”

Chen Mo glances at the man’s company stock price. “I’ll offer 500 million to buy your company. You can get lost.”

Only Liu Yifei knows that her “idle husband” strolls around in an old man’s undershirt during the day, but can hack into the Pentagon at night (allegedly), take on ten men at once, and make money faster than a printing press. Leaning against his shoulder, she asks, “Chen Mo, what else are you hiding from me?”

Chen Mo thinks for a moment. “I can’t have children. I really can’t.”