A Family of Evil Demons in the Human World

Wu Jiu grew up in an orphanage in California. He has a little secret: he's a ghost.

After possessing a human for more than a decade, he's hunted by demons and pursued by a priest. His captivating looks are no reason for either mages or vengeful spirits to go easy on him. Wu Jiu has to keep his head down just to survive, in both the world of the living and the underworld.

At seventeen, Wu Jiu is adopted from overseas and brought to Qincheng by a mysterious young married couple.

He thinks that if he escapes here, no more evil spirits will lust after him and no more priests will hunt him. But he discovers that the gods and ghosts of Huaxia are even fiercer and more terrifying.

Only a few days into school, a vengeful ghost extorts him. Wu Jiu, dark circles under his eyes, frantically folds stacks of gold ingots, but the other ghost has no moral scruples and demands an exorbitant amount. Just as Wu Jiu is being bullied into helplessness...

His dad Qingji appears with a cold expression and smites the ghost into oblivion with a lightning bolt conjured in his bare hand.

His dad pats his head and says with a sunny smile, "I'm human. I was just pretending. Don't tell Biheng, okay?"

Later, his dad Biheng sends his official documents to a temple of the underworld, and even the underworld's agents treat Wu Jiu with the utmost respect.

When the priest who has chased him all the way from California sees the throng of deferential ghosts and gods behind Wu Jiu, he can no longer hold on to his Bible.

His dad can't understand why he's so shocked. "I'm not human. You never asked. Just don't tell Qingji."

Wu Jiu's eyes widen in shock.

From then on, Wu Jiu has three secrets: he isn't human, his dads aren't human, and they don't know about one another.

#The whole family of demons dutifully pretends to be human and keeps up the act with one another every day#

Underworld gossip:

#That demon had a kid, and he cherishes the little one like his own eyes#

#He's really gotten hooked on pretending to be human. Who'd he have a kid with?#

#I heard that the evil god of Dongyi Mountain had a kid too. Is having kids all the rage in the world of the living now?#

#We should make a record of their kid. Better not offend him. What's the kid's name?#

#Zhong Wujiu##And the other one?#

#...Also Zhong Wujiu#

1. Everyday childcare. The kid is the protagonist.

2. The kid will have a CP later (Ruochao).

1.7 million words now~

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Fu Yin's family makes a living dealing with the dead and works with the underworld's messengers. His father died young, and after his grandfather retired, he passed this side job down to Fu Yin.

But Fu Yin has other ambitions. He's handsome and beautiful, and as soon as he graduates from college, he charges into the entertainment industry with the dream of becoming a superstar.

Three years later, whether because Fu Yin has no connections or because generations of working with the dead have left him with weak yang energy and bad luck, he still hasn't become a star. Instead, he's become a star's assistant.

By day, Fu Yin serves tea, runs errands, and arranges schedules. At night, he has to pull out his soul-hook and moonlight as an underworld messenger. He's the very definition of a modern-day corporate workhorse.

Later, at his grandfather's funeral, Fu Yin is dressed in mourning clothes when his celebrity boss calls and starts throwing his weight around.

"Did you ask the company for leave? Did you ask me? Who's your boss? Your grandfather's dead. Is going there going to bring him back? Get back here right now!"

Fu Yin blows up.

This workhorse life is no way to live!

He doesn't want to live anymore! He wants to kill himself and get promoted to a full-time underworld messenger!

He'll become a proper messenger and burn the biggest incense!

Fu Yin says it and does it. After his grandfather's funeral, he rushes home and lies in the bathtub, slashing his wrists.

His underworld messenger coworker brings bad news. "You can still come back to life if you hurry. The underworld needs someone to handle business in the mortal realm, and they've just assigned you a job. What good is it for you to die before you finish your work? You can only become full-time after the job's done!"

Fu Yin is terrified. Afraid of delaying his promotion, he rushes back to life. When he wakes up, he's in a hospital, and his underworld messenger coworker is floating nearby.

"Your yang energy was weak to begin with, and now you've been forcibly brought back to life. You'll need to bind yourself to someone and borrow their yang energy to stay alive. From now on, you can't go too far away from them."

Just then, the hospital room door opens, and a man as handsome as a jade statue walks in.

The underworld messenger coworker tosses out a soul-hook. "Let's use him! He's got enough yang energy to last you a lifetime!"

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Oh no, he's been bound to top-tier star Rong Qingyan!

Later, to get his full-time promotion, Fu Yin switches jobs and becomes Rong Qingyan's assistant, doing his best to stick close and absorb his yang energy. He slacks off at his daytime job and devotes himself to his underworld career, yet somehow becomes famous in the mortal realm.

By day, he's a trending topic. By night, he's an underworld messenger who takes souls.

Below the sheets, he's Rong Qingyan's proper boyfriend. In bed, he gets to enjoy Rong Qingyan's biggest... incense.

The only problem is that Rong Qingyan has been a little troubled lately. His beautiful, clingy former assistant and current boyfriend is fine when he goes to bed, but suddenly turns cold in the middle of the night.

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