Ghosts of the Underworld, Please Show Some Restraint!

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Whose kid wouldn’t yelp after seeing a ghost in the middle of the night?

Lin Shuxiao wouldn’t.

He stared out the floor-to-ceiling window at a group of female ghosts with red lips, white teeth, and flowing hair, their hearts puffed up as they twisted into vine-like curls. Beside them were male ghosts, squeezed into a stack, their faces blue-white. He silently drew the curtains.

Then he yanked them open again.

Crash! He dove under the covers, unable to say a word, and shakily tapped out a message.

It’s been quiet for four years. Why am I seeing ghosts again?

This is going to kill me! Has the gate to the underworld opened at my house?

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Hearing there was a big job, Song Fangge, the best neighbor anyone could ask for, came downstairs in dinosaur pajamas, yawning and teary-eyed, carrying the battered peachwood sword he’d been using for ten years.

Clanging and mournful wails came from somewhere near the door.

“You ghosts need to show some restraint! Get in a proper line and wait outside!”

Lin Shuxiao shot out from under the covers and cracked the door open.

“Wow, you’re popular!”

Song Fangge showed his little tiger teeth. “They actually got here before I did. Happy birthday, Brother Lin.”

Lin Shuxiao hid his trembling hand behind his back and steadied his voice.

“Thanks.”

Song Fangge tilted his head and used his peachwood sword to nudge a half-dead female ghost inside. “Now, tell us what you need.”

Lin Shuxiao’s pupils shook.

Letting ghosts into my house? Song Fangge, you’re doing this on purpose, aren’t you!

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“Could you help me?”

Squeezed flat by the shameless female ghosts, the male ghost at the end of the line finally began to tell them his tragic story, his face full of misery.

“What’s that got to do with me?” Lin Shuxiao muttered. But he couldn’t resist the little Taoist priest’s persuasion, and reluctantly became an “underworld detective.”

From then on, the world gained a “Lin Qingtian” and a “Song Protector,” famed for crossing between the worlds of the living and the dead.

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“Little Taoist, are you an idiot?”

“Little Taoist, don’t... don’t go too far away. I... I won’t be able to protect you!”

“Little Taoist, I’m older than you. Why would I... be scared? Aah!”

I’m not! I’m not! I’m not scared! That ghost was just way too cold!

Song Fangge looked at him with a smile, tightening his grip on the sword. Suddenly, his gaze turned sharp.

“Who touched him just now? Come out and accept your punishment, or I’ll hit you with thunder magic!”

Lin Shuxiao, expressionless: Amazing! Is this really my soft and easy-to-pick-on little Taoist?

Tales of ghosts and people, ghostly words in the human world.

Lazy Taoist priest Song Fangge x ghost-absorbing tsundere Lin Shuxiao, childhood friends, a supernatural mystery with a younger seme and a receiver-focused romance.

The romance develops naturally and sweetly. There’s a secondary couple, a slightly mysterious plot and everyday life, with a few frightening scenes.

Scheduled to start before August 2024. The full story is already drafted and not very long.

Synopsis updated 20240524.

See the author’s page for older works and upcoming stories.

Theme: The living and the dead are one family. Be an upright, ordinary person.