Ye Ran refused his gay boss's sexual advances and got fired.
He hated that crowd with a passion, so he decided to pull off one big act of revenge and retire early while he was at it.
After learning how to pick up men online, Ye Ran went to a gay bar on the outskirts of town that very night, and actually managed to hook one.
Damn, he was handsome. And he was into men. Serves you right.
Ye Ran smiled sweetly on the outside and cursed him viciously on the inside.
The man, Zhong Yi, was completely taken with him. He asked Ye Ran out every night, and each time gave him a piece of jade.
Ye Ran had someone appraise one. Each piece was worth ten years of his salary!
And the jade pieces looked like part of a set. If he collected them all, they'd be worth at least three times as much!
Before long, Zhong Yi invited Ye Ran to his home. Of course, Ye Ran refused.
Only an idiot would go to a gay man's house. This guy seemed gentle and refined, but he was tall with long legs. If Ye Ran went, he'd definitely lose his virginity.
He kept stringing Zhong Yi along until he'd collected the whole set. Put together, the pieces formed a round jade pendant.
That very night, he terminated his lease and fled the city of Fancheng.
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Zhong Yi's ghostly soul awoke, his mind hazy. He only vaguely remembered that he needed to return to life as soon as possible.
On the outskirts of town at night stood a building brimming with yang energy. One young man in particular stood out: golden and fiery light wrapped around his handsome face, making it impossible to look away.
The young man hinted that he wanted a gift, so Zhong Yi gave him the pieces of jade he carried with him.
There were nine pieces in all. Giving them all to the same person meant accepting that person as the only one who could help him return to life.
The paths of humans and ghosts are separate, but Ye Ran swore he loved him, and would love him until death.
Zhong Yi believed him and gave him all nine pieces.
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The nine pieces of jade joined together and quietly absorbed Zhong Yi's ghostly soul.
When he awoke inside the pendant the next morning, he found himself in a five-star hotel in an unfamiliar city.
Ye Ran, who had sworn to love him until death, was enjoying fine wine while searching online for a buyer for the pendant.
He'd even called Zhong Yi a "sucker."
Zhong Yi quietly watched the young man wrapped in a bathrobe. A pale pink stretch of neck showed at the collar, and his yang energy was so scorching it burned a ghost.
The nine pieces of jade had been given away. The man who'd cheated a ghost and the ghost who'd been cheated had no time left to regret it.
Yin and yang could only be reversed through a medium. His lover had ulterior motives, making him the perfect one to carry a ghost child.
Zhong Yi gently raised a hand, and the room plunged into darkness.
#Handsome straight pick-up artist bottom vs refined, gloomy ghost top#
#Modern office worker vs ancient prince#
#Bonus Scene 1#
"This jade is a family heirloom. If I weren't in urgent need of money..."
"A family heirloom? This is a damn funerary artifact! Get out, get out, get out! Leave now or I'll call the police!"
Ye Ran was stunned. A funerary artifact???
#Bonus Scene 2#
Ye Ran had been having erotic dreams lately, and the object of them was that damn tomb raider, Zhong Yi.
Afraid he was turning gay, he arranged a blind date that very night, but ended up throwing up all over the beautiful woman he was meeting.
After returning from the hospital, Ye Ran looked at his perfectly normal test results, then at his increasingly swollen belly, and felt utterly miserable.
Not only had he turned gay.
He'd gone crazy, too.
[Content Warnings and Guide]
1. Both leads are sexually inexperienced. Content warnings are still unknown; more will be added later.
2. Blurb screenshot dated January 9, 2026.
Theme: Obey the law.
