No Being Reborn

Wen Li made Xu Chang's life miserable even while he was alive.

Xu Chang had to teach Wen Li how to function in society, keep an eye on him at all times, and know what he was doing every moment of the day.

Wen Li's phone was fitted with surveillance software. He had several trackers and listening devices on him.

Xu Chang had to screen Wen Li's social interactions, and forbade him from being alone with anyone for more than half an hour.

They lived on tenterhooks like that for ten years. Before Wen Li had the chance to cause any real trouble,

Wen Li died first.

As he pushed Wen Li into the cremation furnace with his own hands, it was hard to tell whether Xu Chang felt any relief.

Then one day, officials from a special department came to visit.

They said: Your childhood friend Wen Li has become a walking calamity of evil spirits.

They said: Every word he speaks drives people insane.

They said: Everywhere he goes, he leaves unpredictable bloodshed and chaos in his wake.

"Is there a way to stop an evil spirit from being reborn?"

Xu Chang: "..."

He pressed a hand to his forehead, thinking that he'd only stopped keeping an eye on Wen Li for six months.

Wen Li had made his life miserable while alive. Of course he'd keep pestering him after death, too.

"I'll find a way..."

Thick, almost tangible black mist silently spread behind Xu Chang.

Cold, damp arms that could drown a person wound around his waist.

"...to kill him with my own hands."

"I can offer you a good method..." The evil spirit leaned close to Xu Chang's ear and whispered. "You can die with me."

"Forever and ever, you'll never leave me."

"Not even in death."

Obsessive, very optimistic madman top × obsessive, very rational lunatic bottom. The protagonists aren't perfect, and they're mutually devoted to each other, but their relationship is extremely intense and unhinged. They perfectly embody the idea of both parties being willing participants.

Blurb written on 2026.2.7.

Theme: Let's work together to build a better life.