She Waits for the Departed in This World

A cool, aloof ghost hunter with a soft heart vs. a smiling, scheming, jealous investigator When the wind rises and peach blossoms fall, I always feel you are the branch I broke off in my past life, blooming once more in my heart in this one She is Shi Du, who appears to be the proprietress of a small tavern. In truth, she is a yin-yang master who exorcises ghosts in a world torn by chaos. She is the town's only female yin-yang master. The times are troubled, wars are frequent, and the people are living in misery. Strange local tales keep cropping up around town, leaving her so busy she barely has time to catch her breath. First, a ghost haunted the inner courtyard of a powerful official's mansion. To her surprise, it led to an unsolved case from ten years ago! Then rumors spread that someone was stealing corpses from the charity cemetery in the middle of the night, only for the culprit to turn out to be fallen soldiers from the northern frontier, resurrected in borrowed bodies~ A plague suddenly broke out in town, too. Many people had died horribly from the same illness five years ago, so why had it returned? She thought she could lead a simple yet fulfilling life helping spirits pass on. But fate kept throwing her together with one man whenever she was doing her work. His name was Jiang Yan, the youngest chief of the Investigation Bureau. He had no martial skills and had earned his position through sheer intelligence. People throughout the streets and alleys called him “Ghostbane.” But more than anything, he disbelieved in ghosts and gods. He especially disliked yin-yang masters who used such claims to swindle people. So when he first met Shi Du, he resolved to catch her in the act of deceiving people. “Boss Shi, I will find proof that you're a fraud.” “Then come and try, Lord Jiang. I'll be waiting.” Unfortunately, fate had other plans. After meeting Shi Du, he kept seeing all kinds of strange things. A woman suddenly climbed out of a well, her mouth split all the way to her ears! In the middle of the night, a decaying corpse in the charity cemetery twisted its severed limbs into pieces and came at him! In an alley, a girl who had died five years ago was carving her own tombstone... He was a chief of the Investigation Bureau. He investigated cases involving the living; there was no need to get tangled up in the affairs of the dead. Later, he told himself he was only trying to find out what tricks she used to fool people. But the more he investigated, the more he realized those things were real! And after a while, he could no longer tell whether he was there to investigate her or to see her... At some point, Jiang Yan's two least favorite things became yin-yang masters and anyone who got close to the female yin-yang master. When he once again managed to stay by Shi Du's side under the pretext of official business, he looked at her smugly, only to hear her say: “I always feel like you and I knew each other a very, very long time ago.” The heroine seems cold, taciturn, and untouchable, but is actually softhearted, fiercely protective, and deeply compassionate. She saves her sharpest tongue for the hero alone. The hero is steadfast and unshakable in his disbelief in ghosts and gods, but is secretly a jealous, possessive puppy who is utterly devoted to her. The story focuses on plot in the early chapters, with the romance coming more into focus in the middle and later stages. It features past and present lives and a dual storyline of mutual redemption. Theme: Even when the road ahead is shrouded in mist, we can still fearlessly seek the light.