I Became Famous Thanks to Absurd News

Lu Xiuman comes down from the mountain to retrieve the horn that was stolen from him.

New to the world and utterly lacking in common sense, the divine beast repeatedly gets into trouble and makes the social news, becoming famous against his will.

News 1: A big eater orders too much takeout at home, making local residents suspect his home is a pyramid scheme den. To prove his innocence after being reported, he eats thirty bowls of rice on the spot.

News 2: A boy born with superhuman strength wrecks an anti-theft door display at a promotional event. The shopkeeper suspects a competitor of causing trouble, and a fight breaks out. To prove his innocence, the boy punches straight through a steel plate brought over by the police.

News 3: A small restaurant has a food poisoning incident. Everyone, including the dining room manager, falls ill except for one customer, who is suspected of poisoning the food. To prove his innocence, he eats three servings of spoiled fermented rice noodles on the spot without ending up in the hospital.

News 4: ...

As the head of the Special Incidents Department, Jun Xuan keeps working overtime because of the same clueless nonhuman. His bonus gets docked, and finally he's sent away to become Lu Xiuman's temporary guardian.

After racking his brains for a long time to prevent a human panic, Jun Xuan finally finds himself on the social news one day...

Along with the person under his guardianship.

News N: Immortal love! At the scene of a volcanic eruption, a man risks his life to rescue his trapped boyfriend alone, surpassing human limits!

Photo: Jun Xuan and Lu Xiuman, both disheveled, embracing, unmasked. Do not censor.

Blurb 2:

Lu Xiuman has slept for too long and been bored for too long. The moment he comes down the mountain, the dazzling world overwhelms him. Trouble follows him everywhere, and he never learns his lesson. He'll do it again next time.

After all, Jun Xuan will take care of things if the sky falls, smooth everything over if it gets out of hand, and work overtime to clean up if it all goes wrong...

By the time he comes to his senses, he's accidentally become famous among humans. It seems, maybe, possibly, that he's taken things too far.

Lu Xiuman feels deeply sorry and full of remorse.

Jun Xuan, however, isn't bothered. “I did it on purpose.”

Lu Xiuman: ?

Reader's guide:

1. Happy ending, one-on-one, goofy and sweet.

2. Everything is fictional, with lots of headcanons about demons and ghosts. No research needed.

3. Inspired by the year's goofiest news stories. If anything seems familiar, it's because reality is even more surreal.

Preorder for the historical danmei novel My Beloved Disciple Fell to the Demonic Path, and His Master Traveled Back. Coming soon, add it to your reading list~

One-line summary: His master is possessed by a terrifying villain for three years. After going through countless hardships to save his beloved disciple, the master finally travels back, only to find that his little disciple has been tormented into a dark, demonic state and is no longer the innocent boy he once was.

A bittersweet, sweet story of two people healing and saving each other.

Theme: If fate is a joke, laugh in its face.