[Infinite] Chinese Medicine to Ward Off Evil

Ye Jinyu is a medical student.

An unlucky medical student who stayed up all night cramming for finals, then fell asleep and woke up face-to-face with a deathly pale ghost.

[Dear player, welcome to the Ghost Game.]

[Your yang energy is depleted, and your yin fire flickers weakly.]

[We coexist with ghosts.]

[Ding! You are currently in the new-player protection period.]

[Ding! Items detected: two books that aren't much use.]

[Current instance mission: Survive for three days.]

[New-player protection countdown: one hour.]

[System reminder: Do not deceive the stars above or the ghosts and gods below.]

The cold notification voice was full of ominous foreboding. With tears in his eyes, Ye Jinyu, who had somehow been dragged into the game, began his escape.

But when he couldn't resist poking the dandelion on the ground, the notification voice suddenly rang out.

[Ding!]

[Player talent detected. Activating...]

[#￥26*%]

[???]

[Rescanning...]

[Beep! Scan successful!]

[Talent name: Good Medicine Tastes Bitter]

Good medicine tastes bitter?

Ye Jinyu pondered this, unable to stop himself from glancing at the deathly pale ghost wandering nearby.

*

Fu Beiyan had someone clinging to him.

The boy was small and pitifully adorable, following close behind him and not daring to fall even a step behind.

He looked so timid, yet when it came to feelings, he was so straightforward.

Fu Beiyan, whose old heart had caught fire, was completely bewitched. Though he knew the boy was still young and his sweet words couldn't be trusted, he fell for him step by step until he could only surrender, giving him the stars and more.

Then one day, he saw his gentle, forthright sweetheart holding a bowl of black, gloopy stuff, smiling as he forced open the mouth of a drowned ghost and poured it all in.

"Tasty?" he asked with a smile.

"Tasty," the drowned ghost answered through tears.

Fu Beiyan: ...

Reading guide:

1. One-on-one romance, older love interest

2. Gorgeous and refreshingly direct bottom x mature, restrained, doting top whose old heart has caught fire

3. The author's headcanon is extensive

2023.04.22

Theme: Good medicine tastes bitter, but it cures the sick