Two ghosts were fighting over paper money in the middle of the night, so I pulled out the Civil Code.
“Stop fighting. Neither of you has the capacity for civil rights.”
[Sunny, quick-witted law student x considerate, reserved grim reaper]
After two hundred days unemployed, Liu Songqiao finally got a job offer. But why was it issued by... the Underworld?
Before she could turn it down, a black-robed grim reaper took her away and asked her to sign a contract. Was she really selling her soul? Oh, just her legal expertise? Then that's fine.
A perfect match for her degree, a four-digit hourly wage, and the chance to defy fate. All she had to do was hear ghost cases? Count her in!
But the cases were way too complicated. What did it mean to divide paper money among ghosts in the middle of the night? Why were ghosts fighting over inheritances? And say that again: a Tang dynasty ghost was divorcing a Roman foreign devil?
As if the cases weren't complicated enough, some of them put her life in danger. But that wasn't a big deal. When she was in danger, all she had to do was yell as fast as she could, “Teacher Xiang, help me!”
Luckily, her grim reaper coworker was always reliable. He helped keep order in court, stood up to the judges, and fought by her side. He was so dependable she wanted to lean on his shoulder.
She instinctively turned around, expecting him to have her back. Wait, where was his head? Why was it gone?!
“Waaah, Teacher Xiang, did he die?”
“What are you talking about? He died ages ago.”
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“What a coincidence. Neither of us had a job when we were alive. How funny is that?”
“Don't be silly. You're not dead yet.”
Xiang Mingjin rubbed his forehead. He had dutifully worked in the Underworld for hundreds of years, but had never met such a rowdy coworker. To put it nicely, she was brave. To put it less nicely, she was reckless. She never held back when dealing with bad people, yet she was so endearing that he couldn't help lending her a hand.
The more he helped, the more his heart wandered. But he adhered to the way of a gentleman: see no impropriety, hear no impropriety, and...
But she said modern times weren't so strict.
Should he keep being a gentleman or not?
*There is a side couple who are women, but their relationship isn't very prominent. Proceed with caution if that's not your thing.
Theme: If you can't shine and make a difference right now, perhaps you simply haven't found the right moment. Every effort you make will be worthwhile.
