A corporate drone can pull an all-nighter working overtime and croak, fine, but why do I still have to work all night after transmigrating? And for the most inhumane, scam-ridden black-market real estate agency of all!
"Real estate agent? Not even a dog would do that!"
Chen Dayu slaps her resignation letter against her crooked boss's forehead and storms off.
Three days later, an officer from the Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development hands her a stack of fines:
"Hello. You've failed to pay your rent tax, environmental tax, air tax, single-person tax, and a total of thirteen other taxes to the Federal Tax Bureau for three consecutive months. Under the law, you are hereby being sent to a polluted zone for compulsory labor to pay off your debt."
Chen Dayu grabs the thick stack of fine notices and races back to lick her boss's shoes.
"Boss, I'm sorry. I was out of my mind the other day. Please give me another chance!"
The boss moves his shoe aside and says meaningfully:
"Fine, one last chance. We have business in the Lower District, too. Go develop the market there. You'll get a raise, and even room and board."
Chen Dayu cries with gratitude. "Thank you, boss."
"Hang every capitalist from a streetlamp!"
Nobody told her that the Lower District business was collecting haunted houses and renting them out again!
The ghosts see a sign quietly appear on the house they've occupied for years:
"Utopia Limited Liability Company, Lower District Office. Manager: Chen Dayu"
The ghosts: We've got work to do.
Chen Dayu, staring at the bloodstained haunted house: I'm done for.
Wait, why's there a miserable little chick in the corner?
Never mind, I'll save it while I'm at it.
The ghosts: Lord Ghost King!
"Little Chick": Shh. I'll peck her eyeballs out tonight.
Day Three
The ghosts: Why hasn't Lord Ghost King come back yet?
"Little Chick": Stay calm. I'll slit her throat tonight.
Day N
The ghosts feel like their territory is developing more and more of that human homey atmosphere called "coziness."
Ghost A: I don't like this style.
Ghost B: It's so ugly it's giving me goosebumps.
Ghost C: This throw pillow is so ugly. I'm taking it home to destroy it!
Ghost F: Why hasn't our Lord Ghost King come back yet?
The "little chick" Ghost King: Don't @ me, I'm incubating eggs.
Our heroine Dayu, a corporate drone with the air of the living dead, x the cold-faced, adorable little chick guy, incubating eggs.
Blurb written on 2026/4/28
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