After the Beauty Was Widowed

The Anomaly Management Bureau recently hired a pretty young widower.

The widower, Xia Ci, is beautiful and gentle. They say he gets so scared when he sees evil spirits that his eyes turn red, but he's also unbelievably unlucky, with a rare Yin constitution coveted by every evil spirit.

On his first day at work, a bombshell of a rumor set the Bureau abuzz.

Xia Ci had the terrible luck of being assigned to the Third Division, under Qin Ran.

Word was that Division Chief Qin Ran was the bane of vengeful spirits: handsome, fierce, and deeply homophobic. Any evil spirit who was gay met an especially gruesome end at his hands.

The poor beauty was in for it now. Everyone wondered:

Would he cry first when the evil spirits scared him, or when Qin Ran yelled at him?

*

Before long, people noticed something was wrong.

Why had the once vicious and brutal ghosts become so weird since Xia Ci joined them???

A hungry ghost crouched greedily at his feet. "I'm willing to let you taste me."

A painted-skin ghost gazed at his skin in fascination. "I want to be part of your private collection."

A baby ghost whispered to his belly. "I want to be born from here."

Meanwhile, Xia Ci, who was supposedly a sniveling crybaby whenever he saw a ghost, squeezed an evil spirit's throat in his pale, slender fingers.

"Shh," Xia Ci said with a smile. "You can't do that."

Even more terrifying, during one meeting, their deeply homophobic chief accidentally projected his search history onto the screen:

[How to get closer to a subordinate?]

[Is it normal for a straight man to get a racing heart around a gay man?]

[How can I persuade my subordinate to open up and find love again?]

[How can I make a widower fall in love with me?]

That day, the entire Anomaly Management Bureau descended into chaos.

Every single member stared in shock as a certain someone chased after Xia Ci, repeatedly insisting:

He, Qin Ran, was absolutely not possessed by a ghost!

*

At first, Qin Ran thought the pretty little widower was just a beautiful vase with a very gay vibe.

Somehow, a burning flame took root in his heart.

Would Xia Ci smile so beautifully at his husband who died young? Would he say with reddened eyes that he couldn't take it? Would he scratch his back like a cat when things got heated? Would he look at him with a satisfied expression when he'd had his fill?

The flame only needed the tiniest opening in his heart before it surged out, scorching his insides.

One day, Qin Ran finally gritted his teeth and asked.

Xia Ci coldly kicked him out of bed.

"When the hell are you finally going to remember?"

This story is also called:

#MyDeadHusbandWithAmnesia#

#I'mJealousOfMyself#

Beloved-by-all pretty widower bottom x "deeply homophobic" cool-guy top

The top is nonhuman!

The main story is still a goofy supernatural comedy, similar to The Honorary Underworld Dweller. His teammates are all comedians, so it won't be too scary. The author would be scared too!

The supernatural elements are partly based on books and partly made up. This is my take on the supernatural, so read with caution if that's an issue.

Theme: Live life with optimism