The Reaper Is Off Duty Today

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[Flirtatious Black Impermanence gong x Cold on the outside, warm on the inside White Impermanence shou]

[Tanned skin x pale skin]

Thanks to technological progress and new initiatives in the Underworld, ordinary ghosts take a number and are automatically reincarnated.

Black and White Impermanence are dispatched to the human world to hunt down evil spirits who have escaped from the mortal realm.

After drinking the Meng Po soup to erase his memories, as required by Underworld regulations, Xie Bi'an opens his employee handbook as usual.

[Employee Handbook, Rule One: Black and White Impermanence must always act together and work as a team.]

Xie Bi'an nods.

[Employee Handbook, Rule Two: Black and White Impermanence must enforce the law impartially and must not fall in love.]

Xie Bi'an nods again.

Until he reaches the final rule, written in bold in his own handwriting:

[Beware of Fan Wujiu.]

Beware of Fan Wujiu, the Black Impermanence.

Xie Bi'an: ?

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As partners, avoiding Fan Wujiu is impossible.

To Xie Bi'an's surprise, Fan Wujiu doesn't secretly cause trouble the way he feared he would.

Though he's shamelessly flirtatious and unserious, he's also dutiful and always ready to help.

For a while, Xie Bi'an even thinks that handwritten warning is just a joke.

Until Xie Bi'an is injured during an urgent assignment.

Fan Wujiu, usually so nonchalant, turns grim and leaves without a word.

Later, Xie Bi'an sees Ox-Head and Horse-Face complaining in the group chat that the Black Impermanence went down to the Nine Netherworlds, dragged out the ghost who hurt the White Impermanence, and beat it up again.

Meanwhile, the culprit is kneeling before Xie Bi'an, nervously blowing on the wound that's almost healed.

When Fan Wujiu notices Xie Bi'an looking at him, he doesn't hold back. Instead, he kisses the inside of Xie Bi'an's wrist.

Xie Bi'an: ...

So it really was right to beware of Fan Wujiu.

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In response to the call to make the Underworld a more harmonious place and improve workplace relationships, Yan Wang assigns the usually stone-faced Xie Bi'an a special task:

During the Spring Festival, he must personally visit his coworkers and spread some warmth.

Xie Bi'an decides to start by "spreading warmth" to his neighbor, the Black Impermanence.

He knocks on Fan Wujiu's door.

Fan Wujiu reeks of alcohol, his peach-blossom eyes hazy. He's clearly very drunk.

After staring at the expressionless Xie Bi'an for a few seconds, the Black Impermanence lights up with delight,

throws his arms around Xie Bi'an, and kisses him.

After the kiss, his eyes still sparkling, he says,

"You remembered, honey!"

Xie Bi'an: ???

Who are you calling honey?

-

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the Underworld's official social media account posts a photo.

It shows Black and White Impermanence embracing and kissing.

The caption reads: "A heartwarming display of coworker camaraderie to welcome the New Year [Thumbs Up] [Firecrackers]"

The many netizens in the ghost realm who see the photo: ????

A few days later, Yan Wang presents them with the Underworld's Best Photo of the Year award. Xie Bi'an, utterly resigned to his fate, raises the trophy alongside Fan Wujiu.

He really should beware of Fan Wujiu!

* The supernatural elements are based on the author's imagination and research.

[Don't be superstitious. Trust science.]

* Angsty amnesia, fake getting-back-together

Coming soon: After Planting a Love Gu in My Archrival

Wen Qingyin is the son of the leader of the Yunzhong Immortal Sect.

Handsome and exceptionally talented, he's been doted on by everyone in his sect since childhood.

He's been spoiled into being rather high-maintenance, but treats people with warmth and courtesy, except when it comes to...

Pei Junheng, the son of the leader of the Wanzhou Sword Sect.

The Yunzhong Immortal Sect and the Wanzhou Sword Sect are the two great sects of the cultivation world, and they have been enemies for generations.

Their old grievances have made them loathe the sight of each other, and Wen Qingyin and Pei Junheng, the sons of their respective leaders, are no exception.

That year, Wen Qingyin and Pei Junheng both enrolled at Yingzhou Academy.

They clashed at every turn, even fighting on the way to the academy. Once there, they fought day after day, giving their instructors a headache.

Until one day, during a scuffle, Wen Qingyin accidentally tossed out a love gu he had concocted. Under its influence, Pei Junheng wrapped an arm around Wen Qingyin's slender waist and pressed his lips to Wen Qingyin's beautiful neck, his voice low and husky with restraint.

Wen Qingyin: !!!

A book said that the effects of a love gu were as follows: the person infected would fall deeply and irretrievably in love with the person who planted it.

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The disciples of Yingzhou Academy suddenly notice that the relationship between Wen Qingyin and Pei Junheng, the two sworn enemies, has improved.

As they struggle to make sense of it, one disciple catches the cold-hearted, seemingly merciless Pei Junheng of the Wanzhou Sword Sect pinning Wen Qingyin, the lovely, flowerlike young master of the Yunzhong Immortal Sect, down to kiss him. His gaze burns with a possessive desire, fierce as a blizzard.

The news that the sworn enemies have become lovers spreads throughout the academy.

The medicine cultivators and sword cultivators who are in the middle of a fight: ?

Why are their young sect leaders getting together with that guy?

Theme: Cherish the beauty and love in life's brief moments.