After Being Hated by the Entire Internet, I Made a Comeback by Hunting Ghosts

An unconventional entertainment-industry novel where readers can pick their favorite pairing.

Ji Ci was the last successor of the Maoshan School. Through a twist of fate, he was reborn in the body of an obscure, B-list actor who shared his name, and things seemed to be going badly for him... He had a face so handsome that anyone who saw him would compliment it. He could have coasted by on his looks as a pretty-boy actor, but his unscrupulous agency was determined to make him famous by turning him into a hated celebrity.

#Male star acts like a diva on set, arrogantly making his assistant kneel to tie his shoelaces#

Ji Ci: Is it possible he just squatted down to pick up the coin he dropped?

#Ji Ci hogs the camera at a banquet, stealing the spotlight from a rising actress and drawing furious criticism#

Ji Ci: Come on, her dress was malfunctioning and she was about to expose herself. I was just trying to cover her up.

That was all fine, though. Ji Ci had weathered plenty of storms and was used to it. But then things started taking a strange turn.

#Ji Ci obsessed with a popular young actor, possibly gay#

Ji Ci: ? I’m straight. If you insist on making up a dating rumor, at least pair me with a pretty girl. Thanks.

#The Best Actor is so charming that Ji Ci falls in love at first sight#

Ji Ci: Seriously, am I not allowed to admire a handsome guy?

#Acclaimed actor XXX reportedly harassed relentlessly by Ji Ci#

Ji Ci: I was just being polite and offering him a drink at the wrap party. And I really don’t like men, thanks.

Fans and passersby alike can’t stand Ji Ci, and demand that he get out of the entertainment industry. He doesn’t care, until one day his awful agency signs him up for a variety show, a paranormal exploration show, no less. Ji Ci is confused, Ji Ci is stunned, Ji Ci is ecstatic! Is it finally time for me to show what I can do?

But when Ji Ci gets the official cast list, he’s dumbfounded. Why are all the other guests so familiar?

Isn’t that the popular young actor who appeared with me on a lifestyle show and was rumored to be the object of my unrequited love? Isn’t that the supposedly aloof Best Actor? And isn’t that the acclaimed actor I worked with before?

Ji Ci watches them eyeing one another like they’re ready to fight and can’t figure out what’s going on. Then the Best Actor suddenly puts an arm around him and says, “Don’t be afraid. I’ll protect you.” The acclaimed actor blushes and gets flustered when they’re close, and the popular young actor says he bet Ji Ci’s lips are really soft. Ji Ci finally catches on: So you’ve all been coveting my body, huh?

During filming, everyone thinks it’s all part of the show, until one inexplicable phenomenon after another appears.

Netizen 1: Holy crap, I can confirm the haunted house they visited is in the village next to my hometown.

Netizen 2: Ji Ci’s just trying to get attention again. Stop making stuff up.

Netizen 3: My great-grandfather was a Taoist priest for over a decade. He says Ji Ci’s talisman-drawing technique is from the legendary Maoshan School... Ji Ci: Believe in science.

Finally, after Ji Ci steps in once more, the netizens can’t keep quiet: “You just flew down from a height of twenty or thirty meters, and you’re telling us to believe in science?” “That force behind your swordplay, the way you draw talismans so effortlessly, and you still claim you can’t do it?” “Ji Ci, please tell my fortune too. I’ve been single for over thirty years.”

1. A satisfying, face-slapping 1v1 romance.

2. Come pick your favorite pairing and see whose ship is the sweetest.