To Keep Us Together, My Boyfriend Became a Vengeful Ghost

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Original title: The Boyfriend I Couldn't Break Up With

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Blurb:

Lin Zhao's roommate was dumped by her rich boyfriend. Her breakup compensation was an apartment building and one million yuan.

Lin Zhao glanced at the balance in his bank account and got an idea.

He set his sights on the hardest-to-approach rich kid at school.

Why him?

Because Ji Youqi was always alone, never spoke to anyone, and never went to events or parties. His grades were always far ahead of everyone else's, and he'd been admitted to university through a special recommendation. He also had a perfectionist mother who would never allow him to fall in love with anyone at this school.

Lin Zhao thought he was starved for love in every sense of the word, and Lin Zhao happened to have plenty of that cheap stuff to offer.

Lin Zhao knew he was beautiful, and knew he seemed harmless. If he wanted to, anyone could fall in love with him.

So it came as no surprise to him when Ji Youqi fell for him.

After Ji Youqi defied his mother for the first time for Lin Zhao's sake, Lin Zhao knew it was time to wait for Ji Youqi to break up with him.

But no matter whether Lin Zhao gave him the cold shoulder or deliberately got close to other people, Ji Youqi never said they were breaking up. Instead, Lin Zhao got the news of his death...

Because he'd been strictly controlled since childhood, and had an oppressive family and a domineering mother, Ji Youqi grew up withdrawn and friendless. He was used to being alone.

Until Lin Zhao rudely barged into his orderly life.

Lin Zhao took him to the hill behind school to look at flowers after evening study, fed seagulls with him at the beach when they had no classes, and kissed him breathless in secluded corners where someone might appear at any moment... Lin Zhao let him experience everything he'd only ever read about in books.

The sense of freedom Lin Zhao carried was exactly what Ji Youqi craved. After their reckless passion, he began to feel insecure.

Even though Lin Zhao told Ji Youqi he loved him countless times, the person standing before him was still impossible to read. All he knew was that Lin Zhao was called Lin Zhao, so Ji Youqi was always saying, "Zhaozhao, don't lie to me..."

But Lin Zhao still deceived him, insisting that they had to break up.

So what would it take to stay by Lin Zhao's side forever...

On the third night after hearing of Ji Youqi's death, Lin Zhao gets caught in a ghostly loop on his way home.

After barely escaping the gates of the underworld, he dreams that night of being tormented by a ghost. When he wakes, he finds marks all over his body...

That night, as Lin Zhao applies ointment to his thigh in the bathroom, the lights go out.

He is pulled into a cold, familiar embrace. His shirt is forcibly lifted, and a hand slips inside. At the same time, he hears the voice of his ex-boyfriend, who should already be dead, beside his ear:

"Zhaozhao, I've finally found a way to stay by your side forever..."

He's lost his mind.

Lin Zhao sobs in bed, eyes red and unfocused, legs trembling, and whispers in despair.

#He found out his wife wanted to break up, so he decided to die and become a vengeful ghost, that way he could stay with his wife forever

#Yes, maybe I chose to die

#If I can stay by Zhaozhao's side forever, being a ghost isn't so bad

A few notes:

1. A short story. You can tell from the blurb that the top is super clingy and loves the bottom, while the bottom is wildly promiscuous and gets in over his head (?).

2. Both are each other's only partner. Human-ghost romance, happy ending.

3. The top has some non-consensual scenes after his death. If that's not your thing, please don't read!

4. More accurately, it's a suspense story.

5. The bottom may seem a little weak, but note that this story is tagged "strong x strong."

Theme: You were always mine.