Deep in the Woods, No Deer in Sight: A Ghost!

[Main story and extras complete. Stock up and enjoy~~]

Blurb:

In this world, there are always things that people cannot understand or deal with. In the pest control company's System, they're called "Anomalies," and specially assigned staff are sent to eliminate them quickly.

* Embalmer arc *

Question: What is it like for an embalmer to see "things that don't exist in this world"?

Scared out of your wits? No.

Biting the bullet and toughing it out? Of course not.

Lin Shen faces the abyss. "Just tell me, what do you want me to make you look like?"

Lin Shen's hands are steady, and he never falters. He's not afraid at all, so there's no reason to feel nervous.

* Professional pest control arc *

Song Lingyun receives an assignment and runs into Lin Shen, who's heading to the library, while surveying the old medical school building. He assumes Lin Shen is a student.

Acting like an innocent, harmless little lamb, Lin Shen tells Song Lingyun that ghost stories are common here and the place is creepy, so he should hurry back if he has no business here.

Song Lingyun says, "Oh," and comes back that night.

Just as a spirit is about to strike while haunting the place, the sealed laboratory door suddenly swings open. The little lamb at the entrance, face blank and cold, looks down at it and flings a copy of Blue Life and Death Love, a medical science textbook. It's so thick that the spirit being attacked is knocked senseless.

Song Lingyun: "..." ???

* A little scene from some day or other *

Lin Shen: Old Song, can you tell me what the pay and benefits are like for temporary workers?

Song Lingyun answers without batting an eye or looking up. "Great pay, great benefits. You'll get a place to live within a year."

A year later

Lin Shen: Old Song, where's my place?

Song Lingyun: You haven't managed to get one?

Lin Shen: ?

Song Lingyun: The nearby places are all rented out. If you didn't book in advance, how were you supposed to get one?

Lin Shen: ... ???

Are you the devil?

[An outwardly meek little lamb who's actually a lazy, cold-hearted medium shou x an all-around powerhouse of a boss who subtly lures the lamb into his trap gong]

1. This is an office romance (not).

2. This work is entirely fictional. The author is trying out various styles, so please don't be mean if it's not your thing. May the world be at peace and everyone be happy.

3. All names, places, and other details in this story are fictional products of the author's imagination and have no connection to real life. Any resemblance is purely coincidental.

4. The characters' views in this work do not represent the author's views.

5. My next story is on the way. Please look forward to it! If you lovely readers enjoy my stories, please visit my author page and bookmark it to show your support. The author adores you all and rarely takes breaks during serialization, sometimes even adding bonus chapters (doge).

1v1, happy ending, sweet, mainly from the shou's perspective.

Note: Blurb written on October 17, 2021, and lightly revised on November 10, 2022.

(Note to self: Main story completed on March 24, 2023; extras completed on May 20, 2023.)

Theme: Reject feudal superstition and do your best to protect yourself.