Possession

Novel Blurb:

1. Everyone knows there are ghosts in this world. At any moment when you let your guard down, one might possess you.

Wang Lingling, a former CIB intelligence ace and now a forensic pathologist with Hong Kong City’s forensic science department, was raised by a Taoist priest. Her coworkers all agree she’s a weirdo.

She kept writing things like “The deceased appeared in my dream and said the killer was the neighbor, Old Wang” or “The divination says the murder weapon is in the southeast” in her case reports. At last, her boss couldn’t take it anymore and banished her to the morgue.

By day, she wears a white coat and calmly performs autopsies, seeking the truth through science. By night, she wields a peachwood sword, recites prayers for the dead, and sends one restless soul after another on its way.

Who could have guessed that someone who could swagger around both day and night would end up possessed by a female ghost?!

2. Three thousand years ago, the most powerful female exorcist of the Ma clan died.

Ma Xuanyin has hated Wang Lingling for three thousand years.

She hates Wang Lingling’s excuse that “the emperor’s command cannot be disobeyed,” and hates that she slaughtered Ma’s entire family on her wedding night.

Taking advantage of Wang Lingling’s unstable soul after divine retribution, Ma Xuanyin forcibly possesses her, swearing to make this faithless woman pay in blood.

With two souls sharing one body, she watches coldly as Wang Lingling sinks into desire.

Until the past is unraveled thread by thread, and the truth tears through their memories:

Wang Lingling herself spun the illusion of a massacre, using her “boundless hatred” to keep Ma Xuanyin’s fading soul from scattering. She bore the curse alone for three thousand years.

[Scene from the story]: The morgue

Wang Lingling examines a corpse. “The deceased has a darkened mark between the brows. This is a sign of great misfortune...”

Ma Xuanyin, inside her, sneers and takes over her left hand, driving a scalpel into the table. “What misfortune? A vengeful ghost took their life.”

The next second, Wang Lingling regains control of her body and bows apologetically to the air. “Your Ladyship, could you please save me some face at the police station?”

Her coworkers throughout the station tremble: Madam’s having another episode...

To appease the resentment of the ghost king inside her, Wang Lingling has no choice but to resign and search for the body parts scattered across the world.

Wang Lingling: Do you really have to possess me forever?

[Reader's Guide]:

1. The story features two souls sharing one body in the early chapters.

2. All place names are fictional. No such places exist in the real world, so please don’t mistake them for real locations.

3. The author can’t tell fortunes or catch ghosts. It’s all made up, so don’t take it as real. Don’t take it as real. Don’t take it as real!

4. If you’re scared, hide behind the author. The author’s scared too.

5. Strong bottom, weak top. The pairing is fixed.

Theme: Traditional culture is profound and rich.