Southern Archives: Qilin Returns to the Soul, and Xia Zai Loves Hailou Most

⌠Bottom protagonist + all pairings + The Grave Robbers' Chronicles fanwork + Southern Archives + reborn and redemption + absurd comedy + main pairings: Black Shrimp/White Shrimp/Hailou + secondary pairing: Wu Xie and Zhang Qiling⌡ (A Sea Salt pairing might be added, too.)

Middle-aged Zhang Hailou was reborn. When he opened his eyes, he discovered:

One: Zhang Haixia was still alive. Wonderful.

Two: His younger self hadn't disappeared. Not good.

Three: The soul of Zhang Haixia, who had been with him for thirty years after death, had come along too.

A person and a soul fighting over one body means chaos every day.

Young Zhang Hailou is mouthy and asking for a beating, so Black Shrimp beats him up. Young Zhang Haixia has his eye on Hailou, so Black Shrimp beats him up. Young Zhang Haixia sneaks a kiss on Hailou while Black Shrimp can't get out, and by morning he's been beaten until his mouth is a mess.

“You can take the mouthy one away and leave the reserved one for me.”

“I like the older Hailou, not that little monkey.”

Young Zhang Hailou: “Are you people even being polite? If he's me, then he's mine.”

Shrimp and Black Shrimp both turn to look at him.

“Kids shouldn't interrupt when adults are talking.”

Salt: …

Under the influence of a love curse, Hailou is poisoned and left with the intelligence of a six-year-old. He wreaks havoc on Shrimp and Salt's hair, while Black Shrimp keeps well away, afraid he'll be the next one to go bald.

Zhang Haiqi: “Salt, now you know how much of a handful you were as a kid.”

Salt rubs the bald spot on the crown of his head… He couldn't understand it any better: Could this brat really be me?

Wu Xie: Who knows what it's like to fall out of the sky? Big brother, who's stuck to me, could you stop touching my waist?

Zhang Qiling: Whoever I catch is mine.