Seeing Ghosts

The ultimate nepo baby × the most hopelessly lovestruck Ghost Emperor It's rare to hear of a ghost returning after its soul has been scattered. Maybe her soul hadn't really been scattered, or maybe the Number One Judge Under Heaven wasn't an ordinary ghost. Either way, Yan Huaixu was reborn a thousand years after her death. To a ghost official, a thousand years pass in the blink of an eye. But the human world and the underworld had both changed beyond recognition. Yan Huaixu walks into the ghost market and gets bombarded with flyers for escape rooms and murder mystery games. The themes include “Escape the Eighteen Hells,” “Kill That Ox-Headed Demon,” and “Terror on the Bridge of Helplessness.” She knows what each character means, but can't make sense of them when they're put together. The underworld is deserted. The Kings of Hell have all moved into office towers, spending their days frantically dealing with cases of evil spirits attacking mortals. At noon, they open a food delivery app and order a Hellish Combo Meal, delivered straight to them by ghost soldiers. In the afternoon, they have a 9.9-yuan coconut latte with Granny Meng's soup, then work on cases until dawn. Granny Meng's Manor is even more ridiculous. Yan Huaixu stares wide-eyed at the flashy menu in the beautifully renovated shop, wondering if she's taken a wrong turn: “Strawberry Granny Meng Soup with Mochi and Rice Pudding” “White Peach Oolong Granny Meng Soup with Mini Rice Balls” “Cheese and Juicy Grape Granny Meng Soup” “Brown Sugar Pearl Milk Granny Meng Soup” Yan Huaixu: “...?” She takes a couple of steps forward. Beside the Granny Meng Soup shop stands a blue sign with white lettering: “The wind you miss has finally blown all the way to the underworld.” Turning her head, she sees the Black and White Impermanence spirits making money by charging tourists for photos. A swing-side photo costs 19.9 yuan and comes with a frame. The world has changed beyond recognition, and Yan Huaixu has made peace with it. She plans to be a decent nepo baby who coasts through life, clings to the Ghost Emperor's coattails, and retires with honors in a few years. Bai Yuelian: “Sure. I'll make sure you live in luxury, and you can repay me by giving yourself to me.” Yan Huaixu: “Sure, as long as I get to live in... Wait, repay you how?” Note: This is fantasy, not a horror story. It isn't scary. Upcoming novel, *Make Every Beautiful Psychopath Hate Me [Quick Transmigration]*: During a night of rain, Wang Qing dies by suicide, jumping from a building. ...Except she doesn't die. God says she'll be given another chance and bound to a Quick Transmigration System. If she completes enough missions, she can be reborn. Wang Qing: “...You do remember how I died, right?” God doesn't care and insists that she go win over the characters in each world. “To retrieve a character's soul, once their emotions have stabilized, both their affection and hatred values must reach their maximum before retrieval can proceed.” “, You have to make them fall in love with you, then make them hate you with all their heart.” [World One: Award-Winning Producer × Unknown Talent Yet to Debut The award-winning producer's bed is never short of newcomers hoping to climb the ladder. The same goes for Wang Qing's bed. Her partner has been her lover for two years. They pretend not to know each other by day, but tangle together in sweat by night. Then one day, her lover confesses that Wang Qing has been her idol since childhood, the dream she's spent her whole life pursuing. Looking into her lover's sparkling eyes, Wang Qing gives a cruel smile. “If that's how you feel, then this is where our relationship ends.” “Once you fall in love with your bed partner, you don't cut it as a bed partner anymore.”] [World Two: Telepathic Twin Emperors × Regent To win over the regent, the emperor arranges for Wang Qing's entire family to be killed when she's still a crown princess, then reaches out to save her. Wang Qing has always regarded her as the master she must serve for the rest of her life, devoting everything to her. But there's something strange in bed. Sometimes Her Majesty is as gentle as water, sometimes cruel and rough. Sometimes she likes to lick, sometimes she likes to bite. Her moods are impossible to predict. Only later does Wang Qing discover that the current emperor, the supreme ruler, is actually two people. In the bath, Wang Qing deliberately wraps her arms around Her Majesty's neck and whispers in her ear, “Do you like it?” “Does your older sister like it, or your younger sister?”] [World Three: Post-Apocalyptic Leader × Laid-Back Drifter Who Doesn't Care About Anything To win her target's favor, Wang Qing keeps pretending to be righteous and kind, helpful, strong, and brave, contributing everything she can to humanity's defenses, until Her target sees her casually shove an innocent person into a horde of zombies, then brush the dust off her sleeve. Now that she's been found out, Wang Qing stops pretending. She grips her target's chin and says, “This is just who I am. You don't like it?” “Now my face will haunt both your dreams and your nightmares.”] [World Four: Tsundere Heiress × Personal Bodyguard] [World Five: Dark and Possessive Master × Little Succubus] Theme: Keep striving despite every setback