I Offended an Evil Spirit, and He Looks at Me Strange

[Two male leads + mystery + ghost-hunting + devoted to each other]

Introverted office worker bottom x tsundere ghost king top

Chen Shu doesn’t know how to say no, so he’s constantly exploited at work. The resentment steadily building inside him awakens a ghost king sealed away a thousand years ago: Linyuan.

As ghosts and gods descend upon the world, resentment runs rampant.

To repay Chen Shu, Linyuan promises to grant him one wish.

Chen Shu wishes for the boss who keeps exploiting him to die.

And then...

His boss really does die.

Next come his coworkers, then his supervisor...

Chen Shu becomes the prime suspect in a string of murders.

A little scene

The ghost king Linyuan becomes completely obsessed with mobile games for a while. Unfortunately, he’s so bad at them that he keeps getting eliminated as soon as he lands.

Kindhearted Chen Shu finds a few skilled streamers for him to watch and learn from.

But instead of picking up any skills, Linyuan is captivated by the flashy skins in the streams. With no hesitation, he points at the outrageously expensive ones and declares, “I want all of these!”

So Chen Shu quietly switches him to another game: Honor of Kings.

2.

Linyuan never expected Chen Shu to be broke. He generously assures him, “Once you find my true form, there’ll be gold and silver beyond counting, and all the glory you could wish for.”

So Chen Shu starts working hard to find his true form.

But once they find it, Linyuan breaks down and cries, “Impossible! I’m broke too?”

Chen Shu: “...”