Follow This Film Emperor to Ward Off Evil

[The blurb for After Marrying the Evil God is below... orz]

Recently, the entertainment industry has been buzzing with scandalous gossip:

A nobody extra, Tang Nian, has been receiving visits at home from top-tier directors, award-winning screenwriters, and other industry insiders!

Gossipers: There must be some shady deal going on behind the scenes!

The truth is actually:

A top-tier director chases him down: "Master Tang! Pick any role you like, just help me get rid of this ghost!!"

An award-winning screenwriter camps outside his door: "Teacher Tang, they say putting a poster of you on the door works better than anything else. I'll pay double, please give me an autographed photo!"

A producer frantically calls him: "Master Tang, this twenty-billion investment project can't do without you! Is there a role you like?"

Tang Nian, whom a horde of ghosts submit to wherever he goes: ...

His dream is to become an award-winning actor worshipped by everyone, but instead he is racing down the road to becoming a medium and never coming back.

*

Hounded by rumors and trending online, Tang Nian has no time to clarify anything, because he has a vicious ghost to deal with...

The long-haired man kneels on one knee and vows: "I will obey your every command, in life and death. I will never overstep my place."

Later, Tang Nian looks at the marks on his body and can't help exclaiming, "You beast!!"

The man kisses the corner of his reddened eye. "Easy. I didn't lie to you. Look, when have I ever been on top?"

Coming soon, recommended read~↓↓↓↓↓

Jiang Wu is the least favored second son of the Jiang family, sickly since childhood.

For their own benefit, his family sends him into a marriage with a powerful business magnate.

Jiang Wu has had enough of them, too. He packs his things and shows up at the magnate's door in the middle of the night. Afterward, he discovers that the people who call Chi Chen "sinister and cold-tempered" are just plain jealous. Chi Chen is not only mature, steady, gentle, and considerate, but also a master of everything. He's simply the most perfect man Jiang Wu has ever met.

Even better, the sinister shadows that used to follow him around have all disappeared.

Jiang Wu thinks he has met his destined one.

*

Until one day, Jiang Wu accidentally wanders into the abyss.

At the very top of a mound of bones and roses, a god sits on his throne, casually toying with a human skull.

Jiang Wu: "...Honey?"

Chi Chen: "!!!"

A general warning: This story focuses on the supernatural.

1. A sweet, satisfying story with a lighthearted tone and no angst.

2. The setting is entirely my own invention.

3. Sorry, the blurb has changed because I changed the core premise. I really couldn't write the original version. I'm just too useless, sorry.

4. All specialist knowledge in this story, including face reading, palmistry, and incantations, comes from books or Baidu Baike. I've marked the sources in the afterwords and will review them again, though there may be some oversights.

5. Cover art used with permission from the artist Pingzi Huamo.

6. If this isn't for you, please stop reading and find another good story. Maybe we'll meet again.

Note from 6.27.

Theme: Face danger and hardship without fear, and keep moving forward.