The Haphazard Diary of Hu Lai, Matchmaking Agent

What did you say? I drove his fiancée to hang herself, so now I have to marry him? What kind of twisted logic is that?

What did you say? Just because I once made fun of your name, you had me buried in a pile of ice?

What did you say? We worked in the same department, at least. If you treat a former colleague like this, I'll haunt you after I die...

What did you say? I...

What if the stand-in Matchmaker is named Hu Lai, and likes to do whatever he wants?

Just close your eyes and marry him (or her)!

There's no way out!

There was a Matchmaker named Hu Lai, who carelessly joined fates with a single red thread, pairing demons and spirits with young men, and beauties with wicked ghosts.

He paid no mind to the Three Realms or the Six Paths, only cared about connecting red threads. But such unreasonable matchmaking was bound to make a mess of everything.

He did this day after day, year after year. Heaven and earth were thrown into chaos, and the gods in the divine halls suffered endlessly, their souls lost in life and their spirits gone in death.

The other immortals were all running around in circles, while he alone laughed with delight. Then one day a newcomer arrived, determined to investigate Hu Lai thoroughly.

Without investigating, life had been peaceful. Once they started digging, trouble came one disaster after another. To keep the marriage threads from breaking, he had even altered people's destinies.

Never mind all the deaths and resurrections, the laws of heaven were no more than scraps of paper to him. Every time he forced two people together, the thread would snap and ruin another relationship.

But the man himself never realized it. Used to doing whatever he pleased, he made every kind of mess and still dared to call them romantic tales.

He wrote down every incident, convinced he had brought people together in a fine match. He commented on every case, never realizing there were other fates beyond the red threads.

His outrageous deeds were compiled into a book, driving his successor mad and even rousing the worthy immortal who had held the position before him. Nothing could compete with a book that served as a cautionary tale.

Theme: A record of Hu Lai's misdeeds, a short story about a vegetarian.