Can a Good-for-Nothing Go Monster Hunting?

[Quick-Witted, Playful Young Miss X Cheerful, Spoiled Young Master]

Canglan City has two good-for-nothings.

Chu Sui, the young miss of the Chu family, has the lowest-grade spiritual root. She has spent three years practicing the basic sword forms, but still swings her sword all crooked. And yet her whole family dotes on her like she's the most precious thing in the world.

Yan Xu, the spoiled young master of the Yan family, draws talismans that look like chicken scratch. He spends all day swaggering around with a wine gourd in hand, never missing a chance to run his mouth. His greatest pleasure is arguing with Chu Sui.

“Yan Shisan, did you steal my candied hawthorns again?”

“Chu Qi, you call that a candied hawthorn? The sugar's melted all over your sleeve.”

Whenever they meet, they bicker. Neither will back down.

Every year at the Immortal Heroes Tournament, one places last and the other second to last. Somehow, neither can beat the other, and the battles are so pitiful that onlookers want to pool their money to buy them magical weapons.

The barrier around the demon realm weakens, and seven ancient demonic beasts emerge.

The great families form demon-hunting squads. Chu Sui rolls up her sleeves and jumps at the chance to join, and for some reason, Yan Xu comes along too.

“What are you doing here? Bringing a whole team to die with you?”

“I'm worried you'll die and leave me with no one to compete with for second to last place.”

Other people rely on their cultivation to hunt demons. These two rely on luck.

Other people slay demons and exorcise evil. These two spend the whole journey sabotaging and saving each other.

They bicker and banter as they hunt demons, and somewhere along the way... why does it feel like neither of them wants to part?

1. Both are pure and devoted, HE

2. A two-good-for-nothings growth plan, though both have other identities

3. A touch of ensemble cast

4. A blend of sweetness and angst

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Coming soon: After Becoming a Widow, I Was Claimed by My Late Husband's Younger Brother

[Honest, Widowed Farmer's Wife X Brooding, Obsessive Younger Brother-in-Law]

Because of a marriage contract, Meng He married the eldest son of the Xue family. Once a country girl, she entered the halls of a prominent household and became a bride from a family of standing.

But her husband was frail. Less than two years after their wedding, he fell ill and died, leaving Meng He a widow at a young age.

On the day of the funeral, her mother-in-law handed her divorce papers. Meng He refused to leave, begging to stay with the Xue family and eke out a living in a secluded courtyard.

Then, a year later, an imperial edict arrived. The Xue family was condemned to death for crimes including dealing in illicit salt and human trafficking.

When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to the day of her husband's funeral.

The incense had yet to cool. Her mother-in-law was pointing at her and cursing her for bringing her husband to an early grave, then casually slapped a divorce agreement down in front of her.

Without a word, Meng He picked up a brush and signed.

But the deed of sale for Yingge, her maid and dearest companion, was still in the Xue family's hands.

Just as she was at a loss, Xue Wangyan appeared, his expression mild and his tone gentle. “Sister-in-law, you have nowhere to go. Would you be willing to stay with me? I'll get your maid's deed back for you.”

With nowhere else to turn, Meng He could only nod.

Little did she know that this slight nod was like inviting a wolf into her home, and she had just stepped into the vast cage he had carefully prepared for her.

-

Xue Wangyan, the youngest son of the Xue family's concubine-born branch, was sent to live in a border town as a child and forgotten by everyone.

Others thought him gentle, courteous, modest, and restrained. In truth, his nature had long since twisted into something fanatical.

He studied for ten years, and no one knew that he had passed the highest imperial examination and become a powerful official with authority over secret investigations and direct access to the emperor.

He took his widowed sister-in-law under his roof, living beside her day and night in the same courtyard, watching as his seemingly docile sister-in-law remained trapped in his grasp.

As the days passed in close quarters, warmth and fragrance lingered everywhere. Each time they crossed a line, Meng He tossed and turned, tormented by regret.

But Xue Wangyan was like a ghost clinging to her bones, wrapping her in tenderness as he tightened his hold on her step by step.

He beguiled her without a sound and claimed her without a trace, leaving her no way out, trapping her firmly within the small world he had made for them.

He had coveted his elder brother's betrothed for a long time.

He was determined to have his elder brother's widow.

Theme: Even without talent, hard work can still lead to a good outcome