My Days Stirring Up Trouble in the Immortal District

Shen Zhijuan is a lifestyle creator on C Station. Lately, he’s been getting some strange phone calls. “Hello, I’m Meng Po. Lately, I’ve started feeling like my ghostly existence is meaningless. Any advice?” “The Matchmaker’s workload is crushing, but my boss won’t let me quit. What should I do?” “I’m the Kitchen God, and the God of Wealth is a good friend of mine. But now his incense offerings are piling up while my shrine is deserted. I’m so jealous, I don’t think I can stay friends with him anymore.” Shen Zhijuan assumes it’s some new kind of prank and gives them some irresponsible advice. “You could change jobs. Maybe sell milk tea.” “Can’t you do a bad job without doing a good one? If something goes wrong, your boss will make you quit.” “If you can’t be friends, you can be lovers. Top him! I’m rooting for you!” Shen Zhijuan even makes the most of these calls by turning them into videos and uploading them to the site. They become wildly popular. In C Station’s cutthroat lifestyle section, Shen Zhijuan rides this windfall of material to success and makes a fortune. But little by little, he starts to feel that something isn’t right. First, a Meng Po milk tea shop opens in the city. Supposedly, drinking its tea lets you see your past life, but there’s a side effect: memory loss. Not long after, he receives a wedding invitation from the Kitchen God and the God of Wealth, along with a lottery ticket worth ten million yuan, inscribed with four big characters: Matchmaker’s Gift. Shen Zhijuan starts to panic, thinking of the man who flirts with him every night. A foreboding feeling suddenly wells up inside him. Just then, someone knocks on his door. A handsome, tall man leans against the doorframe. A long red thread trails from his wrist, with the other end tied around Shen Zhijuan’s hand. “You’re the destined partner the Matchmaker told me about?” Shen Zhijuan: “...” “May I ask who you are?” “My full name is XXXXX. The world calls me the Great Emperor of Fengdu.” [Bonus scene] When Shen Zhijuan takes a sponsored deal. Sponsor, rolling in money: That supernatural-themed promotion you did last time worked great. We can do another one in the same series. Name your price! Shen Zhijuan: Two hundred million. Sponsor: !!! Shen Zhijuan: ...In ghost money. Sponsor: ??? Coming Soon Please add my new novel to your follows! Am I the Lord of the Rule-Breaking Horrors? Blurb: Ji Ze is an ordinary, poor college student. But he has a secret. His mother is beautiful, but has eight eyes and six arms. His father is quiet and dependable, but likes to hide in other people’s shadows. He also has a younger sister who routinely buries herself and other people in the ground. And a pet dog that sheds bits of bone whenever it gets excited. Plus other relatives who drop by from time to time. Ji Ze is troubled. He loves his family, but they don’t seem quite normal. Worried they might be arrested by the police and put on a dissection table, Ji Ze has no choice but to set some rules for them. For example, reply to messages promptly. For example, obey traffic laws. For example, don’t eat food offered by strangers. - A hundred years ago, the paranormal descended upon Blue Star. They were powerful, dangerous, and impossible to control. Humans who encountered them were either killed or injured. Then one day, a group of people in City A who had wandered into a paranormal realm suddenly received an invitation on their phones to slash prices on Pinduoduo. After that, humanity discovered that the once-chaotic paranormal entities had suddenly begun following rules. For example, shining a red light on one makes it stop. For example, if you offer one food of your own accord, it will leave. For example, every Sunday night, all paranormal entities across the city suddenly disappear, making things wonderfully peaceful. Ji Ze: What’s the big deal? Having a family dinner once a week is perfectly normal! - One day, when the Special Operations Team is cornered, they discover that an ordinary college student named Ji Ze has wandered in. To protect him, the captain steps between Ji Ze and the paranormal entity. The captain expects to die, but when he opens his eyes, he sees Ji Ze grab the entity and smack it hard across the face. Captain: ??? Holding the now-subdued entity, Ji Ze apologizes sheepishly. “Sorry, my relative gets lost easily...” Captain: ????? Later, they learn that The S-rank entity, “Lady Eight-Eyes,” is his mother. The S-rank entity, “Shadow Hunter,” is his father. The S-rank entity, “Hellhound,” is his pet. At last, the captain points shakily at the unmentionable entity, SSS-001, and asks, “Then who is he...?” Ji Ze bashfully scratches his cheek. “Ahem... he’s my boyfriend.” Theme: A kind and pure heart will find help from heaven.