Kill That Ex-Boyfriend

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Jin Tiao is a not-quite-competent heir to a shamanic tradition. In modern society, she runs a shamanic detective agency, spending her days dodging crackdowns on superstition and solving cases like finding lost cats and catching cheating spouses. But today, the agency is closed.

She has discovered that her washed-up ex-boyfriend, Ruan Younuo, who dumped her, has become a top-tier star idol known across the country.

No. She won't allow it. Her scummy ex can have a happy family, but he absolutely cannot get rich and rise to fame!

Watching his handsome figure bouncing around on the screen, Jin Tiao remembers the twenty thousand yuan he owes her. Her spiritual power surges, blowing up the TV in front of her. "I'll draw a circle and curse you, you bastard!"

The good news: It worked.

The bad news: It worked too well.

The next day's headline: Popular male star Ruan Younuo dies in a car accident on his way home in the early hours of Saturday.

? Has the founding ancestress really answered her prayers?

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Male star Ruan Younuo is trapped in a death loop. Every Saturday in the early hours, he dies in a horrible way.

Before Saturday, no matter whether he jumps off a building, slits his wrists, or gets hit by a dump truck, fate somehow keeps him from dying.

But once the early hours of Saturday arrive, even a flake of ceiling plaster falling on him can trigger an acute heart attack and kill him on the spot.

Desperate, and carrying a fortune in cash, Ruan Younuo arrives at the shamanic detective agency of rumor.

Disguised and masked, he pours out his story with heartfelt sincerity, then lays gold and jewels at the feet of the expert.

Only to find his ex-girlfriend Jin Tiao sitting cross-legged on the high seat amid eerily beautiful smoke. "Will you do anything I say?"

Ruan Younuo nods fervently.

Jin Tiao smiles. "Think about it the other way around. Before the early hours of every Saturday, you can go anywhere dangerous and face any dangerous criminal... You can do whatever you want and still won't die, right?"

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[Last month's headlines]

Unsolved cases surge across the city, with all manner of twisted killers on the loose;

Masked murderer snaps ten people's necks;

Another person is shoved onto the subway tracks by the Mad Cow Reporter;

Missing persons are suspected of being turned into human-meat buns;

Popular male star Ruan Younuo living with a shaman [Trending]

Jin Tiao, purveyor of feudal superstition [Trending]

Netizens: What is this? Keep your hands off my brother!!!

Meanwhile, at the bloodstained entrance of a building, chopping sounds ring out. Jin Tiao gives Ruan Younuo a shove. "Go on, it's Friday."

[This month's headlines]

One after another, the city's unsolved cases are cracked by a remarkable investigator;

The masked murderer is finally arrested;

The Mad Cow Reporter says, "I shoved him sixteen times";

The human-meat bun shop owner claims to be mentally ill, but the court rejects the claim;

Shaman Jin Tiao earns a fortune in reward money and is awarded the title of Outstanding Young Citizen [Trending]

Ruan Younuo: Personally picked by the goddess, way out of his league [Trending]

Netizens: Brother-in-law, hang in there. Wait until my sister solves one more case!!

A half-baked modern shaman versus a hapless popular male star

* The female lead grows stronger as she solves cases

* The male lead is not a scumbag

* Believe it or not, this is a mystery novel

Blurb archived at 5 a.m. on January 17, 2026

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