My Dead Husband Came Back

“Has your husband used some kind of suggestion or other means to cut you off from your social connections, distort your understanding of events, monitor your every move, psychologically control you, and restrict your freedom?”

Jian Zhou was silent for a long time. Then he said:

“He treats me very well. None of those things have ever happened.”

His husband is the CEO of a company: gentle, reliable, handsome, and rich. There is no one else as perfect as him.

“Since you married him, you've disappeared from public view. In nine years, you haven't taken a single step outside the villa, and you've completely cut off contact with the outside world.”

Jian Zhou: “No, you've misunderstood, Officer. I can leave whenever I want. I just don't want to. Whatever I want, he gives me. You can't criticize the way I choose to live.”

“Does being monitored every minute of every day count as your way of life?”

“Our investigation found surveillance cameras in every corner of the villa. He watches your every move, all the time. Your phone is specially made to show you only what he allows. Your contacts have been erased, and the only number left is your husband's.”

Jian Zhou: “...”

“You may not remember, but a year ago you tried to get away from him and failed. This time will be different. I'll help you get divorced. You just need to cooperate with me and be careful not to alert him.”

*

Before the divorce could be finalized, his husband died in a sudden car accident. The scene was horrific.

Some people said the CEO loved his partner deeply, and had pushed him away without hesitation, stepping in front of the out-of-control car to protect him.

Others said the CEO should not have done that. After his death, the company was thrown into turmoil, crushed by its competitors and on the brink of collapse.

What's more, he had entrusted the entire company to his partner.

Everyone knew the CEO's partner was a useless canary with nothing but a pretty face.

The business empire he had built with his own hands was sure to fall apart.

*

After fending off pushy reporters and scheming colleagues, Jian Zhou returned to the villa. He signed the share-transfer agreement without taking a cent, and left with only an old shirt from his youth.

Jian Zhou was ready to leave the place where he had spent nine years, never to return.

Whatever his husband had done to him, the dead could no longer be held accountable. He would let it all go and start a new life.

But Jian Zhou couldn't turn the doorknob.

It was the seventh night after his husband's death. The villa lights suddenly went out. With night blindness, Jian Zhou groped his way to the balcony and pushed open the glass doors

His husband was outside.

His body was still twisted in the grotesque shape it had been after the accident. He silently watched Jian Zhou as he prepared to leave.

His face was contorted, but his voice was gentle:

“My good boy, where do you think you're going?”

*

A controlling, fake-gentleman yandere seme who is literally a male ghost x a cool, beautiful uke who is simply unlucky enough to have crossed paths with a madman

Older man/younger man. The uke was twenty and the seme twenty-nine when they married. They have been married for nine years, but the uke's mind is still stuck at twenty; he has barely grown at all.

This story is entirely fictional. The folk customs and legends in it only serve the plot and are not real. Please do not apply them to real life.

Content warnings:

1. A pure horror story whose only source of horror is the seme. An episodic story in which the seme appears in all sorts of places and tries to take the uke away, while the uke struggles to survive and exorcise him. Read with caution if you cannot handle horror.

2. The seme is literally a male ghost, with textual jump scares. He was controlling when alive and even more so after death.

3. The uke was originally a cool but lively sweetheart. After nine years of torment, his thinking has grown sluggish, but running away brings him back to life :)

4. I just wanted to write a love story with a horror atmosphere. There are plenty of sweet interactions between the ghost seme and the uke.

(Of course, whether the uke considers them sweet is another question.)

5. In the end, the two of them end up together again, unfortunately.

Blurb captured on 2026.5.17

Theme: A healthy marriage is the foundation of a happy life.