Spiritual energy suddenly returned to the world, allowing not just humans, animals, and plants, but also ghosts and other supernatural beings to cultivate.
They wreaked havoc, so the underworld established the Supernatural Affairs Department in the human world to handle difficult cases involving malevolent spirits.
Lin Nianxi had been targeted by the ghost immortal Mugui since childhood. Then, soon after graduating, she was pushed into the position of director of the Supernatural Affairs Department.
Unfortunately, as she grew older, her courage dwindled. She was no longer the little girl who picked flowers on graves and cheerfully invited ghosts to play with her.
Mugui came up with all kinds of nightmares to train Lin Nianxi's courage.
Lin Nianxi: “Sister Mugui, shouldn't I at least get to do a mission before your nightmares scare me to death?”
Mugui smiled without warmth. “Even if you die, that's easy to arrange. We can sort something out with the underworld, and you'll still be able to work.”
Lin Nianxi: “...That's inhuman. Do I really have to take this job?”
Lin Nianxi didn't understand. She was an ordinary person who'd grown up in a quiet, happy home, while every member of her team had an impressive background: the Dragon Prince Fuxi, a thousand-year-old fox demon, the Underworld's Nether Bell, a spirit bird from the Classic of Mountains and Seas...
Did they really need her to catch ghosts and monsters?
Mugui explained that Lin Nianxi's wood-aligned destiny was unusual, and she was the only one who could be director.
Lin Nianxi felt like the chosen one. But whenever a mission scared her into screaming, all she could think was that Heaven was trying to torment her.
They say what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Lin Nianxi developed her own uncanny method: the more terrified she was, the steadier her hands became.
The harder the ghosts tried to scare her, the harder she hit back. She couldn't control her fear, but at least her aim was solid.
It was miserable, but she could put up with it. After all, on top of the basic benefits, being director also meant a boyfriend would show up out of nowhere.
He might not technically be human, but the aloof black serpent who acted so calm around everyone else and only clung to her was just too adorable. She couldn't love the contrast more!
The yao immortal Suyu volunteered to come to the human world, but his real reason was to stay by Lin Nianxi's side day and night.
Because a very, very long time ago, when he was still a little snake, he'd already fallen for her.
[A cheerful, forthright director who can be sweet or salty X an aloof-to-others, clingy-to-her yao immortal]
Reader's Guide:
1. Set in a fictional modern world. The supernatural and mystical elements are fictional, so don't apply them to real life.
2. Includes some mythological figures and creatures from the Classic of Mountains and Seas, but with many original liberties.
3. 1v1, both leads are sexually inexperienced, happy ending, equally matched leads.
4. A touch of ensemble cast.
Theme: Lay down your life for what is right
