| Fake partners, real adversaries | Haughty little female ghost × half-blind spirit medium
Meng Zhanyun was born half-blind, but fortunately she could communicate with spirits. She lived with her older brother and sister-in-law, making a living as a spirit medium who told fortunes.
During the turmoil of the Republic of China era, enemy forces entered the city. Her brother and sister-in-law packed up their valuables and fled with the whole family, leaving her behind.
A woman in wartime was worth less than grass. Meng Zhanyun wanted to die.
On a freezing winter night, she stood by the river. A pair of pale hands swept aside the clattering icicles and clamped around her ankle. “If you want to die anyway, why not help me first?”
When a person is about to die, even a little good deed is precious. Meng Zhanyun agreed to take her back to her family home, three thousand kilometers away.
The water ghost Tang Yilin had one obsession: she wanted to be reborn.
She waited and waited, for eight whole years, until she found the perfect body of a young girl.
She said to the living corpse, “Girl, take me back to Yangcheng. My family will give you a proper burial.”
Amid the chaos of the times, the two of them became partners.
Along the way, Meng Zhanyun made countless friends by telling fortunes and helping people solve cases.
But every night, she would lose a stretch of time from her memory.
One morning, Zhanyun woke to find herself floating above the roof.
In front of the mirror, the person there was holding her... and muttering, “Not bad. Young bodies really are the best.”
Zhanyun was horrified. “Your hands! Take your hands off me!”
Only then did Tang Yilin reveal her true nature. “I was wrong to deceive you. You can die now.”
Later on.
Meng Zhanyun said wryly that when she most wanted to die, she'd met a ghost who most wanted to live.
Tang Yilin realized belatedly that when she most wanted to live, she'd met someone who most wanted to die.
PS: 1. Plot and romance are split 50/50.
2. Please add it to your collection. I'll prepare chapters in advance.
3. HE. Just watch me work it out.
Theme: Always be your own god.
