Splendid Robes Before Nightfall

Serious blurb:

Yue Qianfan was an ordinary salvage worker until one day, when he accidentally dredged up a bone of unknown origin.

That night, the bone's owner came knocking: a ghost who didn't know her own name or where she had lived.

"Could you... help me?" the beautiful young woman pleaded.

"No," Yue Qianfan refused without hesitation.

"Then..." The lovely young woman opened her palm, revealing a gold ingot.

Yue Qianfan's eyes lit up, and he quickly changed his tune. "Easy as pie!"

Later, Yue Qianfan helped the ghost piece together her memories of a past life, and with them, a story about a princess of a kingdom... a past sealed away for a thousand years.

Not-so-serious blurb:

Yue Qianfan is a hardworking corpse retriever for the "I'll Fish You Out" Salvage Company. He chose this dangerous job because it pays well and makes it easy to save up for a bride price.

Who could have guessed that before he'd saved enough for a bride price, he'd dredge up a thousand-year-old water ghost?

Yue Qianfan: ??? What rotten luck!

Female ghost: Dear corpse retriever, could you help me find the rest of my bones?

Later, the water ghost patched and pieced herself together until she looked like his wife.

Yue Qianfan: Well, it wasn't a total loss. But... we're generations apart.

Mu Xiangwan: Are you saying I'm too old for you!?

☆ Money-loving corpse retriever (top) vs. wrongfully killed princess (bottom)

Theme: Across thousands of years of inheritance, what is beautiful is polished into its most dazzling form.