*A funeral actress who cries for the deceased's mother, low-rent and out of fashion x a fraudulent Taoist who steals others' reputations and puts on a fake show of skill
*Two troublemakers locked in a face-to-face showdown
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An auspicious day: good for weddings, good for funerals
An actress who always cries for the deceased's mother is used to playing the child of the dead. She has no status, no respectability, and no place in polite society.
A Taoist priest who acts like a monk is always tripping up the living, a charlatan and a fraud who pretends to be compassionate.
These two thirteen-crazy oddballs, so incompatible they reek of trouble,
are brought together by the funeral rites of an unfilial son.
From that moment on, they are bound by fate and karma.
Heaven gives birth to water; Earth completes it with six.
Heaven begins with one; one is the source of numbers. Earth pairs with it to give birth to six,
completing the numbers of Heaven and Earth, which join to form nature.
Troublemakers belong together. We were made for each other.
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"Faced with the tragedies of all living things, I admit I have my own selfish wishes.
I hope he won't grieve or be drowned in useless emotions.
To survive, I have to force him to become a cold, numb bystander."
*Thirteen-crazy: A regional term for madmen, lunatics, or other people considered abnormal or mentally unstable.
※ Unofficial, regionally transmitted tales of the strange
※ Introduction adapted from Shangshu Dazhuan: Five Elements and Yiqian Kunzaodu
※ Contains many regional customs, traditional folk practices, and folk literature. Please don't get hung up on the details.
※ Cover background image found online and available for commercial use. Sources and citations are in the author's notes.
※ An outrageous amount of creative license, unhinged characters, and plenty of nonsense
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Theme: I decide whether fate brings us together, not Heaven
