The Evil Spirit's Mind Works in Mysterious Ways

A foul-mouthed little paper effigy bottom x an evil spirit with a bizarre way of thinking top

On the first day Su Cen transmigrated into a little red-cheeked paper effigy, the strongest evil spirit alive picked him up and spun him around three times.

Bai Siqi rubbed his face against Su Cen's, delighted. "Play with me."

Su Cen sneered. "I'm a paper effigy. I'm only good for accompanying the dead, buddy!"

But Bai Siqi didn't care. He was convinced: "You're a toy, and I'm your master."

Su Cen: "Go bark up somebody else's tree!"

The result was that he ended up dangling upside down from the canopy, head pointed at the evil spirit's butt.

"Bai Siqi, are you only three years old?"

"Twenty-two."

Faced with an evil spirit whose mind worked in such a strange way, Su Cen was furious. He was determined to restore a paper effigy's dignity, turn things around, and sing his own song.

He managed it soon enough: he became Bai Siqi's master.

Only, he was the mistress.

Bai Siqi swore solemnly, "I'll listen to my wife."

And he really did.

Before killing living creatures, he would ask, "Should I kill them all?"

When it came to blood, he would bite his own lip and say, "Wife, come get some."

And when Su Cen slept, he stopped hanging from the bedpost and started hanging in Bai Siqi's arms instead.

Su Cen was quite satisfied. "You mutt."

Bai Siqi blinked. "...Woof."

By all rights, dog training had reached its pinnacle by this point.

But Su Cen never expected that even a dog could lose control sometimes, and only under certain circumstances.

"No kissing!"

"I'm not going to listen."

"...Didn't you promise to let me be on top?!"

"You are on top."

"That's not what I meant, aaah... Bai Siqi, tomorrow I'm going to smash your stupid dog head!"

"Okay, wife."

Reader's Guide:

1. An unconventional dog-training story, a silly and sweet slice of daily life, best enjoyed without overthinking.

2. One-on-one romance, happy ending, a touch of ensemble cast. The plot exists to serve the comedy.

3. The author's stress-relief, anything-goes project. The evil spirits ate the logic.

Theme: Learning to become a better person through love