After Being Forced to Work for the Underworld

I'm currently updating The Bookish Young Scholar's Little Husband. Welcome, dear readers! *bows*

[I'll stockpile chapters first, then update all the way to the ending once it's finished.]

1.

The young master was born into a wealthy family. His parents hoped he'd live a carefree life of comfort and prosperity, so they named him Li Anxian, meaning "peaceful and carefree."

He thought he'd live a worry-free life forever, until one day he drank too quickly, choked, and ended up in the underworld.

"Can I still go back and be alive?"

The King of Hell remembered the instructions from "that person" and gave him a chance to return to life by working and earning merit.

Li Anxian wiped his tears and nodded eagerly. As long as he could go home, he'd learn to do anything, even the things he couldn't do!

So he was packed off to serve an underworld envoy who was fussy, demanding, nitpicky, and fond of ordering people around. He had to be ready to obey at any moment.

2.

Yin Wuxiang: This envoy wants a bath and incense.

Li Anxian carried bucket after bucket of water from a place five li away.

Yin Wuxiang: This envoy wants to hear a story from the mortal realm.

Li Anxian searched the entire bookshelf and found a story to suit his tastes.

Yin Wuxiang: Today, go run an errand for the underworld guards.

Li Anxian obeyed, and while he was passing by, he even helped Lady Meng boil a pot of soup.

No matter how much he whined and tried to get out of it, he couldn't escape doing manual labor. Somehow, the pampered freeloader was trained into an all-purpose little ghost of the underworld.

The envoy grew more and more satisfied with him. Then one day, he tossed him a book and told him to read the story. But the contents...

Why do the main characters have the same names as us?

3.

One day, Li Anxian went to the envoy with a bag full of merit, hoping to trade it for more years of life, but an elegant immortal blocked his way.

"You mortal really are a fool, completely taken in by a ghost. Do you know that the day you return to the mortal world will be the day your soul scatters? If you don't believe me, ask the Emperor of Fengdu behind you."

Li Anxian stared blankly at the person beside him.

The fake envoy, who was really the Great Emperor of Fengdu, Yin Wuxiang, spoke with difficulty. "He's right."

Li Anxian: "..."

Sob, sob. You'll get what's coming to you for deceiving a ghost!

△Tips:△

1. A story about the moody emperor of the underworld and a spacey, unconventional little fool from the mortal realm. Lighthearted, sweet, happy ending.

2. Lots of personal worldbuilding, all revealed in the main story.

3. A lighthearted, sweet story with no horror scenes, because I'm scared too, qwq.

----- The wife's blurb for Strong Guy Breaks Down, Then Lures His Wife Back -----

Xu Jin had a crush on Lu Wenqi all through university and pursued him for four years, only to get the same answer before graduation: "Sorry, you're not my type."

He'd expected that answer, and graduation season had left him swamped with his internship. Xu Jin decided to close his heart for a while and put Lu Wenqi aside.

Then a variety show hired him as a photographer. The footage he shot made the show's star a sensation, and the public dug into his life too, making him even more popular than the other showbiz stars.

Lu Wenqi, a guest appearing on a variety show for the first time since taking over his company, naturally ended up in Xu Jin's lens too. But as the filming went on, Xu Jin couldn't help asking:

"Mr. Lu, we're shooting a magazine spread, not showing off your abs."

"Mr. Lu, your partner for this episode is over by the sofa. Just look at camera two. Why do you keep coming over to our camera crew?"

"Mr. Lu, it's work time. We're busy. Save the personal invitation for later."

Watching Xu Jin's slender figure walk away side by side with another man right under his nose, Lu Wenqi indignantly fiddled with his phone and asked him out. "Meet me in the parking lot tomorrow. I'll drive you to work."

Later, as more and more people gathered around Xu Jin and his workload grew, he barely ever came to see Lu Wenqi anymore. Lu Wenqi refused to admit he was breaking down. Drunk, he knocked on Xu Jin's door and said pitifully, "Xiao Jin, do you still want to pursue me? Don't do it anymore, it's too hard. How about I pursue you instead?"

Xu Jin: "?"

"A coworker told me that men are only three-tenths drunk after drinking, and they'll act until you cry. I can't trust a drunk man's words."

Lu Wenqi: "..."

A stubborn, sharp-tongued top who puts on a peacock display after falling for his wife x a straightforward, sincere, career-minded, talented bottom who falls for that sort of top

△Tips:△

At first, Strong Guy is stubborn and insists he doesn't like his wife. Once his wife has him smitten, he goes all out showing off to win him over. When he gets jealous and breaks down because he can't win him over, he tries every trick to make his wife love him.

Theme: Face your true feelings. Only by loving someone openly and honestly can you receive love in return