The Working Ghost's Rise to the Top

My other novel, The Young Lady Is Afraid of Marriage Every Day, is currently being serialized~

Blurb

Sang Yan was born a lonely ghost, formed from ghostly energy, while Yun Xi was the most untouchable flower in the Netherworld.

After a ghostly artifact backfired thousands of years ago, he accidentally rescued her.

From then on, Sang Yan decided that she had to have some kind of connection with him in this lifetime.

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She worked hard and saved up ghost coins, all so that when the Netherworld reassigned its staff every hundred years, she could be posted to the territory under Yun Xi's jurisdiction.

And so, after a thousand years of scrimping and saving

She finally got her wish and became Yun Xi's guardian.

But why wouldn't he let her follow him around?

Never mind. That's just how untouchable flowers are supposed to be!

Sang Yan consoled herself as she mourned the ten thousand ghost coins she still hadn't made back.

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When unrest broke out in the ghost district, she was ordered to join him in putting down the vengeful spirits.

Only then did she realize that this ghost emissary seemed to be just a tiny bit of a tsundere.

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One day, much later, someone tricked her into admitting that she admired him, and she was caught red-handed. Just as she was about to flee, someone blocked her path.

Yun Xi, the secretly smitten one, gently lifted her chin and made her meet his gaze. "I help you cultivate and gave you a bell. Did you think everyone gets to enjoy such privileges?"

His words burst beside her ears like fireworks, brilliant and dazzling.

So he had fallen for her, too?

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It took them a long time to realize that they had been born to illuminate each other's lives.

"I'm amazed by all the different lives in this world, and yet I'm grateful I'm not mortal. I have enough years to bridge the gulf that they could never cross in a lifetime."

That was the distance between heaven and earth.

"I'm grateful, too."

He was grateful that, in this endless, lonely, and cold stretch of time, he had met a heart so warm and sincere.

Blurb for my next novel, The Young Lady Is Afraid of Marriage Every Day

[Rebellious, Marriage-Fearing Young Lady vs. Cold and Ruthless Powerful Minister]

Xi Rui, daughter of the Minister of Justice, was a rebel in the circle of noble young ladies in the capital. She was hopeless at music, chess, calligraphy, and painting.

But she was beautiful and captivating, and her family wielded considerable power. Even if she was a bit of a good-for-nothing, she would still make a lovely ornament to bring home as a wife.

When she came of age, matchmakers wore a path to the Xi family gate. After much deliberation, her father finally settled on the legitimate son of the Minister of Personnel.

Xi Rui, the marriage-phobe: Men are all dogs. Isn't it much more comfortable to be alone?

So, on the day the other family came to propose, she wore a plain white gown, her eyes brimming with tears, and fell to her knees in the hall, clutching her skirt.

"Father, there's something you don't know. I've long been in love with General Qi. I will marry no one else. Now that I've heard he may be dead after fighting the Xiongnu, I ask to remain chaste for three years."

Xi Rui's father was so furious his beard bristled, and the betrothal ceremony descended into chaos.

After this, the Xi family became the laughingstock of the capital. Everyone mocked her as audacious and delusional.

The young lady of the Xi family was the first to rush into becoming a widow before marriage.

But then, even if the powerful young Lord Qi returned alive, why would he ever want a woman who had nothing to offer but her looks?

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Then one day, Qi Shuo faked his death and escaped. The Zhenbei Army returned in triumph, and the whole country celebrated.

Hidden in the crowd, Xi Rui looked toward the tall, imposing man in his heavy armor, and felt her legs go weak.

"...Father, I've missed my maternal grandmother so much after all these years. Could you let me stay in Danyang County for a while?"

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Later, red candles flickered on their wedding night.

He pinned her beneath him, his tall frame completely enveloping her. A teasing, low chuckle sounded beside her ear.

"I hear my wife is deeply devoted to me?"

Xi Rui was utterly exhausted. She realized that the weakness in her legs she'd imagined that day had been no illusion.

One-on-one romance, sweet and fluffy daily life~

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