Every Ghost Story Says I'm a Sneaky One

They say that if you find the fifteenth step, you can make a wish to the urban legend.

“Senior, we’ve found fifteen steps. I wish to be with you forever. What’s your wish?” The handsome young man gazed at Shi Que, blushing, his eyes full of anticipation.

Shi Que earnestly pulled out his phone to calculate. “The staircase is X meters long and X meters wide, and the building has X floors, each X meters high. Simple math tells us there are only fourteen steps. Wake up. Legends are all fake.”

The clueless, hopelessly straight man happily walked away. The young man stood motionless, staring at his retreating figure as his body slowly split into countless fragments

*

Shi Que worked at the Institute of Folklore Studies. Though he often heard stories about urban legends, he was an atheist and hopelessly straight, so he could explain everything scientifically. That is, until one day, all the terrifying urban legends came back to life...

From then on, wherever he went, he encountered supernatural events. Either you explode after holding it in, or you go insane. Shi Que went insane.

[The staircase legend that clings to people, then kills those who make a wish]

Shi Que: Wake up. Given the building’s length and width, there can only be fourteen steps.

The legend: ?

[The player legend that toys with people’s affections before killing them]

Shi Que: Your boyfriend already sold me the game account where he linked you as a couple. Three hundred yuan. The note said you’re a sucker who’ll buy me milk tea whenever I ask.

The legend: 6

[The musical-score legend that forces people to sing nonstop]

Shi Que: Stop harassing people everywhere. I’ve found you a new job: vocal coach for an idol audition show. You start tomorrow. Have your salary paid into my account.

The legend: ...

Shi Que thought of himself as a diligent wage earner, working every day to make a little money by containing urban legends. But the legends he contained didn’t seem to see it that way. Then one day, they all met

Legend One: Shi Que is the scumbag who abandoned me.

Legend Two: Shi Que bought me.

Legend Three: Shi Que deceived me, then sold me.

Lord of the Urban Legends: Shi Que is my wife.

Shi Que: ??? Don’t make things up!!!

One-on-one romance, from the receiver’s point of view. A straight man focused on making money × a handsome-face-loving, direct-approach pursuer.

Note: This story has no connection to real life and is not based on anything. It is entirely fictional. Believe in science. Love you all~ Thirty percent anti-piracy protection.

Next up: “This Treasure and I Are Meant to Be”

Blurb: Chi Yu grew up in an orphanage in the underground city. As an ambitious young man, he spent every day wondering how to break free of class constraints and achieve financial independence.

Until one day, he acquired a treasure.

[Paranormal Legacy 520: I can detect the most powerful and influential fated person within a hundred-mile radius. I’m assigning the Host a mission: help the Host get together with that person.]

When he was dragged into a conflict between two major factions, 520 was thrilled to spot a big shot at the center of the battle. Chi Yu was just as dazzled.

520 said excitedly, “This person is the underground world’s biggest boss, and he’s deeply fated to the Host. Mission assigned: make a lasting impression on him!”

Chi Yu struck a world-weary pose. “Got it.”

[Not long afterward, Chi Yu blew up the underground city.]

He certainly made a lasting impression on the big boss.

Chi Yu happily held the treasure he had stolen from the big boss. “You were right. This treasure and I really are meant to be.”

520: ???

520 was a System designed specifically for romance. It had always thought helping its Host find a partner would be easy, but then it met the terrifying Demon King Chi Yu.

As it watched its Host fight and make enemies, leaving a “lasting” impression on big shots everywhere, unforgettable for a lifetime, those big shots began appearing wherever he went, “following” him. In time, even 520 fell into deep thought.

Did this count as completing the mission in an unconventional way?

Later, the big shots who had been so deeply impressed by Chi Yu met up. None of them wanted to tell the truth, so they each put a flattering spin on their past with him.

Big Shot One: Chi Yu accepted my token of love, then left me. [Actually, he stole the treasure.]

Big Shot Two: I offered him the underground city as his bride-price, and Chi Yu and I have an unfinished engagement. [Actually, he stole my territory.]

Big Shot Three: Loving him means giving him freedom, so I chose to follow him for life. [Actually, he tricked me, then forced me into a pact as his underling.]

Chi Yu drew his knife. “Want to date? The kind where I take your life.”

Theme: You have to rely on yourself.