A nostalgic modern urban paranormal episodic story with a light central plot, a soft, sickly male lead, a pregnancy plot, and plenty of melodramatic angst.
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Shen Zhui is the most famous ghost hunter in City B, known for two reasons:
First, he's highly skilled, renowned far and wide for his ability to deliver spirits to the afterlife.
Second, he's good-looking. Everyone with eyes knows that.
Shen Zhui's convenience store has been open in City B for ten years. His appearance hasn't changed in all that time; he's still as handsome and refined as ever. Nobody knows whether Shen Zhui is a living man who knows magic or a demon with great powers.
The living admire his stunning looks, and the dead fear his ruthless methods. Amid the chaos between the worlds of the living and the dead, Shen Zhui is almost a demigod.
For years, demigod Shen Zhui has opened his store, hunted ghosts, and waited for someone.
One day, a reckless demon ghost knocks on Shen Zhui's door.
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Xiao Yulou is a crane. He and his wife obeyed the law and devoted themselves to cultivation for centuries, coming within a hair's breadth of earning perfect merit.
When his wife met Xiao Yulou, he was still a young crane. Xiao Yulou gave him a name, taught him poetry and books, gifted him a sword, and stayed by his side for a hundred years.
Just as Xiao Yulou was about to ascend to immortality, his beloved came with a sword and destroyed a century's worth of cultivation.
After that, Xiao Yulou was half demon and half ghost, wandering in a daze for years until a sudden flash of insight brought his wife's face back to mind.
Once they were lovers who knew each other inside out. Now they're enemies bound by deep-seated hatred.
Xiao Yulou is going to get revenge.
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His beloved has changed his name, but not his face. Most importantly, he's still single, seemingly still in mourning.
A widow's door attracts many callers, and Shen Zhui has plenty of devoted admirers. Ordinary people can't see that his true form is a crippled crane, suffering bone-deep pain every day because of the sword he once drove into Xiao Yulou.
Xiao Yulou is somewhat relieved. Every night, he goes to eavesdrop at the wall, listening to Shen Zhui's agonized, uncontrollable whimpers to scratch that itch in his teeth.
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For as many years as Xiao Yulou has been dead, Shen Zhui has been in pain.
Whenever the pain gets too bad, Shen Zhui calls out for Xiao Yulou.
One night, Xiao Yulou seems to hear him and pushes open the door. Shen Zhui asks, "Are you here to kill me?"
Xiao Yulou: "How about you call me husband and apologize? Then we'll let bygones be bygones and get remarried. That way, someone can take care of you."
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The immortal towers of Penglai may be far beyond countless rivers and mountains, yet they can still be reached.
[Reading Guide]
The blurb and character names are temporary and may change as the story is revised!
Theme: Keep your heart set on goodness and follow the right path!
