Deep in the long-abandoned Jinglin Forest, legend says there are forgotten gods.
With no one to worship them, their incense offerings have dwindled.
One day, a child abandoned there sobbed at a scarecrow nailed to a tree. "Did nobody want you, either?"
He freed the scarecrow, and together they walked out of the forest.
Later, Su Muyou grew up safe and sound and became an actor in the entertainment industry.
He worked hard at his craft, but never became especially famous.
Wherever he went, though, he always brought that scarecrow along.
But just before Su Muyou became an overnight sensation, the scarecrow mysteriously disappeared.
From then on, he had strange dreams every night.
In them, a sickly, beautiful man kept accusing him of things.
He accused Su Muyou of kidnapping him from his home, giving him neither food nor drink, and draining him of all his energy.
Unable to resist, Su Muyou returned to Jinglin, only to see a tall, handsome man standing there, gentle as jade, yet speaking with a hint of reproach. "So many people like you. Why come back?"
Su Muyou asked cautiously, "Excuse me, have you seen my scarecrow? It's small and very cute."
The scarecrow himself, Kui Jing: ...
I can't change back. You might as well take me with you.
Later, after hearing that Kui Jing had appeared in the world, the S City Special Administration Bureau activated its highest-level alert and round-the-clock surveillance.
But to their surprise:
On the first day, all the roaming evil spirits in the city turned themselves in.
On the second day, the great demon that had occupied S City for years moved away overnight.
The Special Administration Bureau delivered a pennant and an appointment letter to their door.
They didn't expect Su Muyou to answer, with a camera and a livestream crew behind him.
Kui Jing stiffly said, "They must really like the handicrafts I make, so they want to thank me."
Su Muyou introduced him to the camera. "The scarecrows A Jing makes have a spirit of their own. They're lucky charms. He says he'll make a whole batch for everyone when he has time."
Kui Jing, who had just made that up: ...
The Special Administration Bureau: Good grief, can he use the art of ten thousand clones? Absolutely terrifying...
Theme: Let's walk together, so we won't be lonely.