The Ghost King Gong Is Both Arrogant and Soft

#Next book: Raising a Beautiful, Strong, and Tragic Hero into a Hopeless Romantic. Please add it to your reading list!# Zhuo Er firmly believes in the art of being cunning and ruthless, and has her heart set on a civil service career. She has failed time and again, but keeps getting back up. On her way to another civil service exam, she dies in a car accident.

She died trying to save a cat.

But in the underworld, she ends up becoming a civil servant: a ghost official.

What kind of ridiculous turn of events is this?!

"But what am I supposed to do? I don't know the first thing about navigating social relationships in the underworld!"

On her first assignment, a ridiculous stroke of luck drops from the sky, and she signs a contract with a powerful Ghost King.

The Ghost King turns out to be a cat.

Rookie Zhuo Er: "Boss, boss, how can I get promoted quickly in the underworld? Please, I'm begging you."

Ghost King Zhi Ye: "You need to learn a little about being cunning and ruthless: learn to take criticism, cater to your superiors, flatter them, join the right circle, and ask for things at the right time."

Watching Zhuo Er take this advice as a treasure and scribble down every word, the Ghost King Cat licks a forepaw and squints down at her arrogantly. Zhuo Er looks up, her bright black eyes full of curiosity.

"What else? What else?"

The cat raises a paw, wanting nothing to do with anyone.

Zhuo Er takes the hint and brings him a serving of premium cat food.

The ghost cat eats to his heart's content, then lounges in the sunshine and lazily says, "All that cunning and ruthless nonsense you've been reading is complete crap!"

Zhuo Er: "..." With a dark look, she silently tears up her notes.

"Boss, then what matters most?"

The Ghost King Cat taps his food bowl.

Zhuo Er: "..." I'm out of coins.

*

Ghost King Zhi Ye never owes anyone a favor. Zhuo Er made cat food for him, so he saved her life.

Unfortunately, Zhuo Er slipped and lost her life anyway.

For no apparent reason, Ghost King Zhi Ye runs into this clueless rookie with her wild ideas again while out looking for food, and signs another contract with her. After a moment of regret, he decides that having her as his personal servant and meal ticket isn't such a bad idea.

Once he gets his soul power back, killing the rookie and ending the contract will be child's play.

It's just that things seem to be getting more and more strange...

The blunt Ghost King Cat:

(scratches with his paw) Little ghost, don't touch me.

Zhi Ye, soft and cuddly:

(presses her head down) Little ghost, get behind me and stay hidden.

(hugs her) Little dried fish, be good and sleep a little longer.

(leans in) Kiss me...

(cuddles close) Let me hold you a little longer. It's not like there's anything to do after we get up.

An oblivious, devoted rookie ghost official, the receiver

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Before his identity is revealed: sharp-tongued, honest, and MAX-level powerful, a tsundere Ghost King, the pursuer

After his identity is revealed: a cuddly, sneaky-snacking, kneading-lap-kitty pursuer who'll melt your heart

PS: This isn't an entertainment-industry story. Half the story is about fighting evil ghosts, and half is about the everyday art of being cunning and slacking off. There'll also be plenty of cat cuddling from time to time. Pick it up based on the title if it sounds like your thing.

Next up: Raising a Beautiful, Strong, and Tragic Hero into a Hopeless Romantic. Please add it to your reading list~~

Song You had a dream that seemed both real and unreal.

In the dream, a man dressed in deep purple stood beneath a blood-red sunset and spat out a single word at him:

"Go!"

Blood ran down the slanted blade from his sleeve, trickling along its edge and dripping onto a mountain of corpses as tall as a building.

"We'll go together." Song You wanted to reach for him, but didn't even have the strength to lift his hand.

Golden light flashed, and the heavenly gate opened.

Behind the man, a bloodthirsty crowd surged toward them like a tide.

"I will stand with Yuqing Mountain until the end," the man said.

Song You was sent out of that world.

As his vision faded, the immortal mountain that had once been wreathed in clouds and filled with celestial splendor, the stone steps he had climbed one by one, the pear trees he had planted with his own hands, laden with white blossoms, and the training valley he both loved and hated... all began to crumble, slowly and solemnly, in a scene of tragic grandeur.

The mountain split apart. Boulders tumbled down, and clouds of dust swallowed the figure who had turned away without hesitation.

"Mu Qingfeng!"

Song You woke with a start, calling out a familiar yet strangely foreign name. It felt as if a piece of his heart had gone missing, leaving behind an unfillable sorrow and endless regret.

*

Song You drew the dream as a comic, and its scenes gradually became clearer.

But one night, the images in the comic began to fade, bit by bit.

He stroked the pages, then fainted, weeping blood.

When he opened his eyes again, Song You had been transported into the comic.

The first thing he did was find Mu Qingfeng and try to take him away immediately.

Mu Qingfeng stood motionless in the bitter mountain wind, his hands behind his back. The hilt of his sheathed sword pressed against Song You's chest, stopping his outstretched hand. His voice was cold as ice.

"Who are you? Why would I go with you?"

Song You: "..."

He doesn't remember me!

Even better. The hopeless-romantic makeover plan officially begins now.

#Song You: I'll turn this beautiful, strong, and tragic hero into a hopeless romantic, while all I want is to save the world#

#Mu Qingfeng: You protect the world. I'll protect you#

Theme: Work hard to create a better life.