Liu Shuo had just turned eighteen when he was discharged from the psychiatric hospital.
With both his parents dead and no practical skills to speak of, but with a pretty face, he decided to become a livestreamer.
Livestreaming was fiercely competitive, and someone talked him into choosing the least popular niche: exploring haunted houses.
What he didn't know was that Botong City, where he lived, had become a hunting ground for ghosts and monsters, who saw humans as delicious prey.
During his first livestream, he appeared in front of the most famous haunted house with a sweet, pretty face. A special camera clearly captured the terrifying ghost behind him. As viewers frantically warned him, Liu Shuo turned around, then lectured it earnestly. "There are no ghosts in this world. We should believe in science, believe in our country, and believe in the Party."
Viewers: "???"
Next, the viewers watched this pretty, delicate young man stand in the haunted house, where ghostly shadows swarmed, and solemnly explain everything to them.
The furniture moving by itself was because of rats.
The tangled footsteps and the sound of bouncing marbles were caused by corroded rebar snapping and springing loose.
Seeing ghosts was an illusion. And if everyone saw ghosts... Liu Shuo stood in front of the monsters, facing the camera with a grave expression. "Then it's a mass hallucination. That's related to environmental stress."
The viewers, shivering with fear and still being forced to take a scientific approach: "????"
Could you listen to yourself for once?!
After that, Liu Shuo became a hit in the paranormal section for being bold, straightforward, stupid, fearless, and unbelievably lucky. As his livestreams went deeper and cases of ghosts and monsters injuring and eating people became more frequent, people gradually realized the world was being overrun by terrifying entities.
Only Liu Shuo's livestream remained as steady as ever. Even when he stumbled across a special department hunting ghosts, he would earnestly explain to his viewers, "They're filming over there. The set looks so realistic."
Viewers: "..."
No, those are real ghosts!
Help, this streamer really is an idiot!
Even Liu Shuo's most devoted fans thought that someone as stupid as him would eventually be killed by a ghost or monster.
Then one day, an enormous monster appeared somewhere. The special department lost many of its best people trying to deal with it and was on the verge of despair. Then everyone saw Liu Shuo, livestreaming as he passed by, casually wave his hand. The terrifying monster immediately turned into black mist and vanished.
Liu Shuo remained completely unaware. Facing the camera, he looked sweet and innocent as he offered his viewers some warm advice. "The smog's pretty bad today. Remember to wear masks when you go outside."
Special department staff and livestream viewers: "..."
#I admit I failed to recognize the real master. I never expected you to be such a big shot#
[The protagonists are both complicated, and the blurb is hard to write. I'll leave it like this for now and revise it later.]
Reader's Guide:
1. Main character is the receiving partner: a firm materialist who seems like an idiot but is actually a sweet, lovable big shot. Pairing: idiot-cute receiving partner x big bad wolf of a lover who lives with him.
2. A sweet romance with horror elements.
3. Please add it to your collection!
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