Night Worship

Original title: After Moving Into a Haunted House, I Made a Move on the Ghostly Big Shot

Also known as: I Picked Up an Arrogant Cat Who Calls Me a Brat at Every Turn and Takes Care of Me, Only to Discover He's My Direct Boss

*Please check out my ongoing and upcoming novels! Blurbs are at the very bottom.

1. Ongoing: The Infinite Second-Chance Life Company

2. Coming soon: The Nth Perspective, The Empty House

Blurb

The "genius prodigy" Zhong Yu was murdered. Strangely, every trace of the killer at the crime scene vanished into thin air, and the case remained unsolved.

Ten years later.

Ji Dong, a horror novelist with an intensely chilling aura, rented a haunted house that no one had dared touch for ten years. After moving in, he began a battle with a "ghost."

After several days of being tormented, Young Master Ji grew fed up and furious. He taunted the ghost by exposing its identity, only to bring down its vengeance.

Ji Dong: I'm a real person, and you're a real dog.

Ji Dong immediately called in a powerful exorcist. When he returned to his room, he found someone curled into a ball, covered in blood...

Ji Dong: "Are you human or a ghost?"

Zhong Yu: "Neither..."

Ji Dong: "Then what, are you a god?"

Later...

Zhong Yu: "I'm really a god, the guardian deity of the Night God."

Later still...

Ji Dong: "Yu, I'll help you find the real killer."

And later still...

Ji Dong: "I'm a god too, the Night God, and your direct boss."

On the surface:

Ji Dong: "Yu, your cooking is so good~"

Ji Dong: "Yu, give me a hug~"

Ji Dong: "Yu, you can only be nice to me~"

Ji Dong: "Yu~ Yu~ Yu~"

Zhong Yu: "…"

What happened to being as icy and chilling as a vampire???

In truth:

Zhong Yu: Seducing you? I did it on purpose.

Ji Dong: I'll break your legs and lock you up.

A possessive, obsessive, sinister beauty top × a cunning, theatrical big shot of the ghost realm bottom

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Mad dog × Loyal dog

A story about a yandere and a schemer trying to destroy each other, only to end up getting themselves tangled up in it.

Note: The top has bipolar disorder, hypoglycemia, heart disease...

1v1, HE

Ongoing and upcoming novels

Ongoing: The Infinite Second-Chance Life Company

Shen Mi is the owner of the "Infinite Second-Chance Life Company," which offers "second chances at life." If you clear the trials in certain worlds, you can return to any point in time you choose and live your life over again.

He ran the business in peace, hidden deep in the mountains, until one day, Chen Yin, director of the Anomalous Incident Investigation Bureau, pushed open the company's old wooden door with a thoughtful expression.

"In recent years, mysterious disappearances have been on the rise. The victims are neither alive nor dead, and our investigation shows they've all visited a place called the 'Infinite Second-Chance Life Company.' Boss Shen, care to explain?"

After finally fobbing off Chen Yin, who had come to investigate, Shen Mi hurriedly brought out the hidden customers and began the "trial entry ceremony" so they wouldn't miss the auspicious hour.

The moment the world opened, Chen Yin, who had already left, suddenly charged in and got swept into the miniature world by mistake.

Shen Mi: "I object!"

World: "I don't care!"

Chen Yin: "I knew it!"

Shen Mi objected, then realized something was wrong. Chen Yin wasn't bound by any of the miniature world's rules. He had a cheat ability of his own.

Shen Mi: "Great!"

Chen Yin: "Brilliant!"

World: "Get lost!"

Shen Mi and the customers were assigned specific identities upon entering the miniature worlds. Chen Yin was the only exception, so...

When Shen Mi was a celebrated opera star, Chen Yin played a chamber of commerce president, paid a fortune to book a private show, listened to music all day, and took him home at night...

When Shen Mi was a concubine confined to the cold palace, Chen Yin played a tyrannical emperor, acting fierce and cruel in public while singing and dancing with him every night in private...

When Shen Mi was someone's son, Chen Yin played a father whose love was as mighty as a mountain collapsing, chasing after him and demanding he call him "Dad"...

Chen Yin: When you're away from home, you get to choose your own identity.

Shen Mi: I refuse to accept this.

World: I don't know, I didn't see anything, I know nothing.

Putting up with that smug, infuriating face every day in the miniature worlds was one thing. But after they left, Chen Yin continued to pester him day after day. Unable to take it anymore, Shen Mi planned to shut down the company and run, only to find Chen Yin blocking the front desk, staring at him with eager eyes.

Chen Yin: "So when does the next trial open?"

Shen Mi: "…"

After Chen Yin left, Shen Mi hid in a shadowy corner, his expression carefully composed. His assistant's soft voice came through:

"Boss, he really doesn't remember you."

The miniature worlds had their own fixed rules. After clearing the final trial, Shen Mi could achieve his ultimate goal. He chose to face the near-impossible challenge, where death was all but certain, alone.

As he set out on the road that was destined to reduce him to ashes, a familiar voice came from behind him.

"Little fox, I'm here to take you home."

A black-panther top with an insatiable curiosity who won't rest until he uncovers the truth × a smiling fox bottom, secretive and scheming, with countless secrets who hides as much as he can

1v1, HE

Coming soon: The Nth Perspective

The god Fan Yuzhen bankrupted himself to launch the "Perfect World" project, only to destroy the world under his care.

Standing alone in the ruins where everything had been annihilated, he resolutely chose suicide to atone for his crime. Just as he was about to drown in the River of Oblivion, a mysterious hand pulled him back. Only then did he learn that a higher-dimensional organization existed above the gods.

The higher-dimensional organization offered him a chance to make amends. All he had to do was reflect on his mistakes, turn over a new leaf, and undergo a gentle cleansing at the [Sanctuary of Purification], and the shattered world could be restarted.

Overwhelmed with gratitude, Fan Yuzhen stepped into the legendary [Sanctuary of Purification]... only to discover he'd been dumped in a super-hell where the dead outnumbered the living.

Fan Yuzhen: ???

What happened to the promised "gentle cleansing and chance to make amends"?

System: [The world you governed has been divided into seven regions. These seven regions exist within the "Supervisory Perspective World." Clear a scenario to light up one region and close one supervisory perspective. Once all seven regions are lit and the seventh perspective is closed, the world you governed can be restarted.]

Fan Yuzhen: I get it. I'm atoning. (huffing and puffing through scenarios)

[Ding! You have lit up 1 world region! First perspective closed!]

[Ding! You have lit up 2 world regions! Second perspective closed!]

Fan Yuzhen: Yeah! Victory is just around the corner!

[Warning! 1 lit region has turned gray! Eighth perspective closed!]

[Warning! 2 lit regions have turned gray! Ninth perspective closed!]

[Warning! If all remaining regions turn gray, you will explode along with the System!]

After that, the regions kept flickering between lit and gray. The supposedly fixed seventh perspective became the endlessly distant Nth perspective!

Fan Yuzhen: ...???

Even more absurd was that the handsome, icy official whom the gods all kept at a distance, the Holy Arbiter who held the power of life and death over the gods, looked at him each time with an expression as complicated as if he were watching a cat demolish a house and set the kitchen on fire.

Until one day, unable to take the torment of the scenarios anymore, Fan Yuzhen cried out in righteous indignation: "Which goddamn idiot designed this damn System, anyway?!"

The Holy Arbiter, wiping down his blade, said calmly, "I did."

Fan Yuzhen: "..."

Fan Yuzhen: "Then why are you in there fighting and killing people too???"

Holy Arbiter: "The Holy Judgment System I designed has two modes, Heaven and Hell. Someone secretly merged and altered them, causing the current situation. I'm here to fix it."

Fan Yuzhen: "So you mean..."

"Yes," the Holy Arbiter said. "It was a mistake on my part, and you got caught up in it."

Fan Yuzhen: "..."

The world really is one giant amateur operation.

Some time later...

Fan Yuzhen: Thanks for asking. I'm in an infinite-loop world, and the Holy Arbiter is my bodyguard, sugar daddy, savior, System designer, and bug fixer... and, ahem, my partner.

Damn it! I was supposed to serve my sentence, but I ended up stealing away the judge!

[Reader's Guide]

1. An outwardly cold but soft-hearted Holy Arbiter top × a once-idealistic, now wisecracking god bottom.

2. The scenarios are intense, the romance is even more intense, and the villains keep switching between eating dog food and getting killed off.

3. The worldbuilding is expansive but never dull, with a focus on "being able to laugh even in the direst circumstances."

1v1, HE, both protagonists are virgins

Coming soon: The Empty House

There is a little street-side building in Nanfa Town known as the "Empty House." The name comes from the fact that, starting one day, anything left inside overnight vanished without a trace by the next morning, including people.

After that, the building's doors were locked, and nobody dared go near it.

That was until Shen Yangqu arrived. Ignoring everyone's warnings, he rented the Empty House and moved in. While everyone waited for the next day's headlines, Shen Yangqu opened the door early the next morning and greeted the onlookers with a cheerful smile:

"Good morning. I slept very well last night. How about you?"

The panda-eyed crowd that had kept watch all night: "???"

Not only did he live there comfortably, he also opened a little shop on the first floor, with a unique business model: customers browsed and took what they wanted, then paid on their own.

As for him, he either sat by the entrance sunbathing and reading the paper, or went to enjoy the scenery at the lavender farm behind town. When he left during the day, he didn't even close the shop. Only at night did he shut the door tight.

Strange rumors about the Empty House at night began to spread:

Some said they heard a fierce fight inside. Some said something had screamed all night. Some said they saw a strange light through the crack in the door. Others said they'd seen Shen Yangqu sneaking around the sanatorium at the northern edge of town in the dead of night...

But no matter what rumors circulated the previous night, every morning at 8:00 sharp, he would open the door and greet the street with a sunny "Good morning."

His peaceful, carefree life was eventually disrupted by one wave of outsiders after another. He wasn't as gentle with them as he was with the townsfolk. In fact, he was frighteningly cold, refusing to let them set foot in his shop.

One evening, as he was about to close up, a hand suddenly grabbed the doorframe. Without even looking up, he said, "I'm not coming out. Get lost."

"I'm not here to ask you to come out of retirement. I'm here to become your apprentice." A peerlessly handsome face appeared through the gap in the door. "The strongest demon hunter in history, the God of the Ageless."

Li Chongguan, head of the Demon Hunting Bureau, wanted to ask Shen Yangqu, the only god-tier demon hunter in the world, renowned far and wide but now retired, to solve a problem. But the several groups he'd sent before had all been kicked out, so he traveled thousands of miles to Nanfa Town to ask in person.

He arrived in a rush at dusk and was quick enough to grab the little shop's door just as it was about to close. Before he could speak, a voice full of disgust shot out: "I'm not coming out. Get lost."

Hearing the cold, resolute tone, he knew his chances were slim, so he changed tack on the spot. "I'm not here to ask you to come out of retirement. I'm here to become your apprentice, the strongest demon hunter in history, the God of the Ageless."

The person inside: "Who are you?"

"I'm the head of the Demon Hunting Bureau..."

"Li Chongguan?" The person's expression grew even more disgusted. "That evil little old man from the rumors? The one whose theories and enchanted weapons got my master killed? My greatest wish is to rip out his heart and feed it to a dog."

The "evil little old man" silently tucked the business card he'd been about to pull out back into his pocket. "...I'm the leader of his hate club. I hate his whole 'demons can be put to good use' theory. It's complete nonsense!"

Shen Yangqu raised an eyebrow, his expression unreadable, then opened the door. "Come in."

From then on, the rumors about the Empty House grew even more mysterious.

People said they'd seen Li Chongguan on the second floor, where Shen Yangqu never let anyone set foot.

People said that after the two began living together, they would sometimes disappear for a while, then return together.

People said that once, only Shen Yangqu came back, covered in blood. He kept the shop closed for seven days and seven nights before opening it again.

People said that during the time Shen Yangqu was alone, he would silently kick pebbles at the town entrance, gazing into the distance.

People later said that it seemed the second floor of the Empty House had been filled, too.

*Waiting for you to come back and fill the Empty House means waiting for peace in the world, and for a life together that lasts forever.

Bottom: A conceptual deity who ranks second in each ability system but stands head and shoulders above everyone else in overall combat power. (Ordinary people can only cultivate abilities from one system.) Gentle by nature, most of the time, and exorcises while killing.

Top: A wealthy, invincible tycoon with special physique that prevents him from cultivating abilities. Since he has no abilities, he can't enter the ability rankings, and his true strength remains a mystery. He pretends to be harmless to coax the bottom into joining his company.

1v1, HE

Theme: Everyone has a light meant just for them