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  1. 1 The Paper Effigy Maker 扎纸匠 Mystery377k WordsOngoing I was born unlucky. My father didn’t care for me, my mother didn’t love me, and even my grandfather, who had been closest to me when I was little, wanted nothing to do with me. Then one day, I accidentally drank some “mineral water” my cousin had made for an experiment, and my life changed completely. I thought my life was about to end, but my grandfather, who had spent his whole life making funeral wreaths and paper effigies, suddenly came looking for me. He took me to a place only the dead cou 35Reads—Score—Shelves
  2. 2 Black Myth: Soul-Sealing Apotheosis 黑神话:摄魂封神 Mystery250k WordsOngoing [Black Myth] [Lighthearted Supernatural] [No System] [Space] [Not Invincible] [Ensemble Cast] Liu Chen is an orphan a million yuan in debt, making a living from... adult photography... no, regular photography. He’ll take any job to protect the house his mother left him. After taking private portraits of the school belle, he is haunted by a vengeful ghost. He thinks he’ll never pay off his debts, but an incredible fortune is just around the corner. Liu Chen also gains a new identity: Imperial Cit 1Reads—Score—Shelves
  3. 3 The Corpse Stitcher 缝尸匠 Mystery1.3M WordsOngoing When I was born, torrential rain fell for forty-nine days straight. Rivers overflowed their banks, and mudslides swept through the land. My master cut me out of my mother's womb. The moment I came into the world, ghost soldiers marched across the land and countless ghosts paid homage to their king. When I was a little older, my master told me that my Seven Killings fate had no restraint, and that I might incur Heaven's punishment in the future. He then taught me the art of corpse stitching, so I 161Reads—Score—Shelves
  4. 4 A Mismatched Timeline, A Swapped Life 错位时空,交换人生 Ancient Romance681k WordsCompleted By some twist of fate, two people from different eras accidentally exchange lives once more. From then on, they embark on different paths in their parallel worlds and find a sense of purpose of their own. 15Reads—Score—Shelves
  5. 5 Jiangshi World: From the Start, I’m a Paper Effigy Maker 僵尸世界:开局一个扎纸匠 Mystery487k WordsOngoing On a deserted street in Changping City stood a shop that made paper offerings. The moon was bright and the stars were sparse. The night should have been peaceful and quiet, but now the air was thick with the stench of corpses. Every shop on the street was closed, and the nearby residents had gone to bed early. Only that paper-offering shop still had a faint light shining inside. The wreaths at the entrance looked especially unnerving. Inside, row upon row of paper figures and burial clothes were 5Reads—Score—Shelves
  6. 6 Divine Blood-Jade Coffin 血玉神棺 Mystery345k WordsCompleted I revealed my family’s heirloom blood jade on an antiques appraisal livestream, only to bring a death sentence upon myself. What I never expected was that the blood jade held a great opportunity left behind by my grandfather. After inheriting it, I became a Feng Shui master whose power could shake heaven and earth, and whose name inspired fear in ghosts and gods! Dragon-and-phoenix blood jade, a divine coffin for a jade maiden, enchanting women, Gu refined into spirits Mother-and-son fiends, nin 46Reads—Score—Shelves
  7. 7 Never Search for These Stories at Midnight 千万别在午夜搜索这些故事 Mystery251k WordsOngoing [Rules Horror + New book, ratings will rise as more chapters come out + No Female Lead + Collection of Standalone Stories + High Quality] If you're lying in bed scrolling on your phone right now, and it's close to midnight, then you've already met the first condition. Next, all you have to do is search for that keyword. When the page briefly freezes and your signal drops to two bars, please don't exit. It's checking whether you're willing to become the next story. —Reads6.6Score—Shelves
  8. 8 The Clay God Carver 泥神匠 Mystery767k WordsCompleted My family has been making clay idols for generations. We sculpt statues of gods and invite spirits into them. Remember, you must never worship at the little mountain god or earth god temples hidden in the ravines. Those are wild temples, because you never know what it is you're worshipping... 18Reads6.8Score—Shelves
  9. 9 The Paper Effigy Maker 扎纸匠 Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted Why can the descendants of the legendary Lu Ban, once famous throughout the land, only make paper offerings for funerals? Why did the once-renowned Li family retreat into the mountains? As the power of his bloodline awakens once more within a young man, is it a curse, or the work of man? Can fate be defied? Li Shuisheng refuses to believe in destiny. He will defy the heavens, change his fate, and fight for a chance to survive... 278Reads—Score—Shelves
  10. 10 I Ferry Souls in the Mortal World 我在人间摆渡灵魂 Urban358k WordsOngoing Some people call me Master, others call me a charlatan. Some even respectfully address me as Grandmaster or Celestial Master. But really, I’m just an “ordinary” guide for the dead. Jiang Cheng, an unremarkable funeral master, awakens a mysterious ability after one particular funeral. He can actually see souls, or ghosts!!! (This story has only one supernatural character, the protagonist. It’s more of an everyday-life story with tearjerking moments, not a horror novel.) 51Reads8.7Score—Shelves
  11. 11 Make Me a Ghost, and the Three Realms Shall Know No Gods or Buddhas! 让我做鬼,三界至此无神佛! Eastern Fantasy279k WordsOngoing The Heavenly Dao had its designs. After Tang Yu died, he became a ghost, doomed to never be reincarnated. But he transformed into a ghost constable, capturing souls across the Three Realms. The gods of heaven and the Buddhas of the West trembled at the sight of him! White Bone Demon: “Grandpa Sun, please smash my soul to pieces too! That ghost constable is terrifying. I don’t want him to come for me!” Golden-Winged Great Peng: “The Buddha betrayed me! Why did I become a prisoner in the Underworl 5Reads6.2Score—Shelves
  12. 12 Cultivating the Dao Amid the Strange: Starting with Corpse Driving 诡异修道:从赶尸开始 Eastern Fantasy182k WordsOngoing Ye Bai woke up one morning to find himself a corpse-driver. The dead should return to their roots. Those who die far from home must be escorted back to their hometown by a corpse-driver, or trouble may follow. In this chaotic dynasty, wars break out constantly, and there are plenty of corpses. However, Ye Bai discovers that he can earn rewards simply by driving corpses. Corpse-Controlling Arts, the Yellow Skin Drum, divine-mask Nuo opera, paper figures brought to life, the Rebirth Eye, Earthly F 34Reads—Score—Shelves
  13. 13 Jiangcheng General Store 江城杂货铺 Mystery46k WordsOngoing Rules of the Jiangcheng General Store: 1. The store opens at the hour of the Rat and closes at the hour of the Rabbit. We serve no customers at any other time! 2. Every visitor is a customer. Anyone who enters must follow the store’s rules, or bear the consequences! 3. All transactions must be honest. Payment is due upon delivery. Break the deal, and bear the consequences! 4. No pets allowed! —Reads—Score—Shelves
  14. 14 Northeastern Coffin Bearer 东北抬棺匠 Mystery4.2M WordsCompleted Wang Chuyi learned the Book of Changes and the Eight Trigrams, Maoshan magic, swordsmanship, and boxing from his grandfather from an early age. He met Ma Hongmei, a disciple of the Ma family from Northeast China, and became her godson. Before she died, Ma Hongmei passed on to him her shrine, where she had enshrined a hundred immortals. Practicing both the immortal and Daoist paths, Wang Chuyi slays evil ghosts, subdues wicked demons, battles zombies, and guides benevolent spirits onward. He even 400Reads6.8Score111Shelves
  15. 15 Strange Tales of the Corpse Retrievers 捞尸诡闻 Mystery996k WordsCompleted My grandfather was a corpse retriever. When he died, the waters of the river churned all night. In a single night, every chicken in the village died... 16Reads5.3Score—Shelves
  16. 16 Eerie Corpse Retrieval: Beating Up a Thousand-Year-Old Water Ghost from the Start 诡异捞尸:开局暴打千年水鬼 Mystery454k WordsOngoing As everyone knows, corpse retrieval has three rules: 1. Don’t retrieve bodies during thunderstorms. 2. Don’t retrieve bodies floating upright. 3. If you can’t retrieve a body after three tries, give up! No matter how much the client offers, corpse retrievers refuse to enter the water if any of these three situations arise! Before retrieving a body, they also perform all kinds of warding-off rituals and offerings. If anything seems amiss, they won’t enter the water either! These are precious less 15Reads—Score—Shelves
  17. 17 A Blind Date Turns into a Ghost Marriage: I Turn the Tables and Livestream the Corpse-Carrying Groom 相亲变冥婚:我反手直播赶尸新郎 Modern Romance617k WordsCompleted [Metaphysics + horror + juicy gossip + comedy + complete] Lin Qingjiu, the disowned daughter of a wealthy family, is schemed against by her relatives and forced into a ghost marriage. Lying in the coffin beside her ghost groom, whose face is deathly pale yet stunningly beautiful, she smiles. Thanks, buddy, for the fresh corpse! She immediately turns around and livestreams herself escorting the groom’s corpse, bringing the whole internet along to feast on the juicy gossip. She exposes the weal 32Reads6.5Score—Shelves
  18. 18 Midnight Tales of the Strange 午夜怪谈录 Mystery269k WordsCompleted A collection of a hundred folk tales of the supernatural, with one self-contained story per chapter. Every tale strikes at the heart of Chinese-style horror. Welcome to Midnight Tales. A word of warning: if you read late at night, be sure to lock your doors. Each chapter is a new story, told entirely in the first person. 109Reads—Score—Shelves
  19. 19 The Last Paper Effigy Maker 最后一个扎纸匠 Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted Paper effigy crafting is a business of the yin world. Of the many trades, the seventh refers to making paper effigies. My master said our line of paper effigy makers suffers from the Five Banes and Three Deficiencies, and is steeped in bad luck. We can forget about marrying and having children. If a female ghost starts haunting us, that's practically a blessing from our ancestors! “So that's why you told me to marry a paper effigy?” I looked at the paper figure lying beside me and felt a chill r 132Reads—Score—Shelves
  20. 20 The Young Master's Little Ancestor Is an A-Class Badass 太子爷的小祖宗A炸了 Modern Romance706k WordsCompleted (The later chapters go off the rails, read at your own risk!) [One-on-One Romance, Both Leads Have Secret Identities, The Heroine Blows Everything Up, The Hero Is Gorgeous, All About Exposing Secrets!] Lu Jiu is a tomboy who grew up in the countryside. After taking a year off school, she makes a living repairing cars in Pingshan Town and earns some extra money riding motorcycles. When the infamous young master Fu Yancheng of the capital falls for a country girl with nothing going for her except 196Reads7.1Score101Shelves
  21. 21 Gain Lifespan by Collecting Corpses? I’ll Become Invincible and Immortal at the Funeral Parlor 收尸加寿命?从义庄开始长生无敌 Eastern Fantasy547k WordsCompleted [Burial complete. You have received 1,000 years of life and the recipe for the Tribulation-Deliverance Golden Pill.] [Spend 600 years of life to simplify the Tribulation-Deliverance Golden Pill.] [Tribulation-Deliverance Golden Pill → alchemy → refining → warming yourself by a fire] Zhang Yi transmigrates to a cultivation world and becomes the corpse keeper at a funeral home. Collecting, preparing, stitching, and burying corpses all earn him rewards. This rule applies to everyone, whether mortal 201Reads5.9Score—Shelves
  22. 22 I Graduated on a Whim, Secretly Became a Corpse Driver, and Got Livestreamed 任性毕业,偷摸做了赶尸匠还被人直播了 Mystery320k WordsCompleted Lin Xu unexpectedly awakens the Corpse-Driving System. A terrible student, he decides to head to western Hunan and drive corpses. On the train, Lin Xu gets a call from his homeroom teacher: “Lin Xu, we're taking graduation photos today! Hurry over and make yourself a nice memory from your senior year!” Lin Xu: “Teacher, I'm on a train to western Hunan right now! I'll have to miss the graduation photos.” Homeroom teacher: “Western Hunan? What are you going there for?” Lin Xu: “To drive corpses, o 135Reads—Score—Shelves
  23. 23 Stranded in a Supernatural World, I Have No Choice but to Summon a God to Fight for Me 身处灵异世界,我只好请神代打了 Mystery209k WordsOngoing Li Changfeng has just transmigrated when a life-taking ghost latches onto him. No big deal. Toss it into the merit box and let Buddha duke it out with him. What? There are no temples or Taoist shrines?! Don’t panic. No big deal... Wait, this is a huge problem!!! “Ding! The Merit-for-Hire System has been bound. You pay merit, and I’ll call in someone to fight for you...” Li Changfeng: [Clear skies above, sacred earth below, I burn incense and call upon Master Lin. With a peachwood sword, he slays 112Reads5.4Score—Shelves
  24. 24 The Serpent Mark Around Me 蛇印缠身 Mystery229k WordsCompleted The Su family has an unwritten rule: for generations, they have worshipped the Snake Immortal. I was born with a snake-shaped birthmark, which everyone says was placed there by the Snake Immortal himself. He chose me to serve him. But I refused to believe in fate and fled the village. Still, he found me and came to collect his debt. “Su Li, didn’t your great-aunt tell you?” “Tell me what?” “When you turn eighteen, you’ll be my sacrifice!” I had no way to refuse, so I submitted to him. But this w 250Reads6.9Score—Shelves
  25. 25 The Supernatural Events I Encountered in My Rental Apartment 我在出租屋遇到的灵异事件 Mystery305k WordsCompleted One day, Du Shangfeng returned home and discovered that his once-gentle cousin had begun acting terrifyingly strangely. He was so frightened that he fled the house in the middle of the night. On the road, he ran into his college classmates Li Xiuchen and Pan Xiaowei, a girl from the Miao family. Together, they began investigating the matter. As they dug deeper, stranger and stranger things came to light: Why had their classmate Afu, who had moved away and whose house had been demolished, suddenl 7.3kReads8.3Score475Shelves
  26. 26 I Was Livestreamed Driving Corpses, So I Took the Streamer as My Disciple! 赶尸被直播,我收主播为徒! Urban153k WordsOngoing Beneath the moonlight, Xia Yu emerged from the mountains, shaking a soul-summoning bell as he drove seven corpses before him. The eerie ringing, the stiff corpses, the mysterious yellow talismans, the birds startled into flight. New streamer Hei Xiaopang happened to witness the scene. Excited, he stopped the corpse-driving procession. “You must be a professional livestreaming team! Look at those actors, look at those props! I want you to take me on as your apprentice!” Xia Yu looked with satisfa —Reads7.3Score—Shelves
  27. 27 Dumped from the Start and Left to Drive Corpses, Now I'm Invincible 开局被甩成为赶尸人,我无敌了 Urban329k WordsOngoing At a dinner where he was supposed to confess to the campus belle, Zhang Bufan, a college entrance exam failure, is pranked and teased by his classmates. By sheer chance, he obtains a god-tier Corpse-Driving System! Classmate: “Zhang Bufan, come sweep the toilets at my dad’s company. I’ll give you the friends-and-family rate of 1,000 yuan a month!” Zhang Bufan: “For 100 yuan, I’ll help your dad find his roots.” “When the dead travel, the living must keep their distance…” At midnight, bells ring t —Reads5.3Score—Shelves
  28. 28 I Became Haunted by Evil Spirits After Starting Out as a Corpse Burner 从当烧尸匠开始恶鬼缠身 Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted To escape an arranged marriage, I took a job burning corpses at a funeral home. Old Li, who handled the bodies, actually brought a prostitute to the funeral home. That woman later died, leaving a red high heel at the entrance... The next day, Old Li died. A red high heel had pierced through the center of his forehead... With my father's help, I learned that before she died, the woman had been pregnant. Someone had cut the baby out of her and turned them into a Mother-Child Demon. After that, t 5.7kReads8.3Score483Shelves
  29. 29 After the College Entrance Exams, I Became a Corpse Herder, Exposed by the Campus Goddess 高考后当赶尸人,被校花女神曝光 Urban106k WordsOngoing After the college entrance exams, the campus belle suggested that everyone take a trip to western Hunan and visit her childhood sweetheart. When they arrived at a village in western Hunan, they found a gloomy, mysterious old mansion standing there. The locals stayed well away from it. Campus Belle: Village chief, this old mansion has been abandoned for so long. Why doesn't anyone live there? Village Chief: Miss, don't ask so many questions. Hurry up and leave, or someone might die! Campus Belle: 3Reads6.4Score—Shelves
  30. 30 My Little Dumpling's Livestream Exposes My Identity as a Corpse Driver 小呆呆直播,我赶尸人身份被曝光 Urban137k WordsOngoing After transmigrating to a parallel world, Zhang Wei inherits a yin-yang shop and settles into life as a laid-back shopkeeper. One night, he unexpectedly becomes a corpse driver. Viewers: The campus beauty is getting married. Want to come to the wedding? Zhang Wei: I’m an officially employed corpse driver for the Underworld. I’m happy to join the banquet, but count me out of the wedding. Viewers: What perks come with an official job? Zhang Wei: I stay at the five-star Delona Hotel, have Bai Wucha 31Reads6.6Score—Shelves
  31. 31 After Dropping Out, I Became a Corpse Driver: Exposed on Ziqi's Livestream 辍学后当赶尸人:被子柒直播曝光 Urban151k WordsOngoing After dropping out of school, Yuan Shuai thought his life was over. He never expected to be hit by a god-tier corpse-driving System. After the college entrance exams, a classmate posted in the group chat: “Yuan Shuai, if you dropped out and don’t have a job, why not come work as a security guard at my company?” Yuan Shuai: “No thanks, I’m busy driving corpses. Since we’re classmates, I can give you a twenty percent discount if you need a corpse driven.” When the dead return home, passersby must 41Reads6.8Score—Shelves
  32. 32 After Failing the Exams, I Took Up Corpse Driving and Got Exposed by Xiao Zhouzhou! 落榜后去赶尸,被小周周曝光了! Mystery607k WordsCompleted Li Chen fails the college entrance exam, and his family is buried in loan-shark debt. Just as he thinks he's done for, he suddenly awakens a corpse-driving System. Driving corpses makes him stronger and earns him generous rewards on the side. Just then, a call comes in about his class reunion. “Li Chen, you didn't get into college, did you? How about I get you a job hauling bricks at my family's construction site?” “Sure! You'd better pay the wages of a few people, then!” The call ends. Li Chen 104Reads—Score—Shelves
  33. 33 Yin-Yang Paper Effigy Maker 阴阳纸扎匠 Mystery311k WordsCompleted The paper effigies my grandfather made could subdue spirits and drive away evil energy. He passed this craft down to me alone. Back in his day, my grandfather was a renowned master in the world of feng shui. I thought I could carry on his legend, but I was set up as soon as I struck out on my own. It turns out there’s another me in this world! (No System, no mindless protagonist, no stale tropes, no cultivation.) 422Reads6.9Score—Shelves
  34. 34 I Took Leave to Go Home and Deal with a Corpse, but My Beautiful Boss Insisted on Coming Along 请假回家赶尸,美女上司非要一起 Urban669k WordsCompleted Fu Long, who had left Raojiang, was eating braised chicken rice in the Magic City CBD when he suddenly got a call from the head of his village: "The corpse-driving contest starts soon. Last year, you didn't come back, and we lost to the neighboring village by five cows, two pigs, and more than a dozen chickens. If you dare not come back this year, I'll livestream myself tearing down your house!" 86Reads—Score—Shelves
  35. 35 I Came Down the Mountain as a Corpse Driver and Scared My Online Girlfriend Silly 赶尸下山,我把网恋对象吓傻了 Mystery92k WordsOngoing His shima told Zhang Hao to take his marriage contract and go down the mountain to meet his beautiful fiancée. Then the woman he'd been dating online for seven years sent him a message. Liu Shishi: "Let's break up. I don't want to keep staring at my phone." Zhang Hao: "I'm coming down the mountain." "Then... let's meet in person." "Let's meet in person tomorrow night. Don't keep me waiting." Liu Shishi brought her twin sister and showed up at the designated spot as promised. A young man 1Reads7.8Score—Shelves
  36. 36 Fear Infection: Paper Dolls Absorb Everything for Me 恐惧感染,纸人替我吸收一切 Mystery396k WordsOngoing [Horror Game + Infinite Escape + Supernatural Horror] Darkness fell, and a world of terror arrived. An invisible plague was spreading unseen. Dreamlike murmurs echoed across the land. Terror filled the cities, and nightmares reveled in the streets. [Survival Guide for Ordinary Citizens]: Keep your fear level down! Keep your fear level down! Keep your fear level down! Unless... you want to see them become real. Wen Jiu: “Well said, but... what if I don’t have a fear level?” 15Reads8.4Score—Shelves
  37. 37 I Hosted a Show, and My Identity as a Corpse-Driving Taoist Was Exposed 主持节目,我赶尸人身份被曝光了 Urban121k WordsOngoing A campus interview show. Host Zhou Xiaoyi asked, “Have you ever seen a ghost?” “Heh. What era are we living in? We should believe in science. Of course I've never seen a ghost!” Ye An replied. Beep! Beep! Beep! The lie detector went off like crazy! “Then what did you do after you encountered a ghost?” “Obviously, I ran! It was a ghost. Wouldn't I have to be an idiot not to run?” Beep! Beep! Beep! The lie detector went off like crazy! From that day on, Ye An's identity as a corpse-drivin 31Reads5.9Score—Shelves
  38. 38 I Expose My Corpse-Driving Skills at School 开学赶尸,被校花曝光了 Urban178k WordsCompleted He was just passing by while escorting a corpse, but the campus belle exposed him! They even thought he was playing dress-up! “Bro, your makeup looks so real!” “Miss, these are real zombies! They're not pretending!” 2.7kReads6.9Score134Shelves
  39. 39 The Corpse-Driving System from Heaven 天降赶尸系统 Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted College student Tian Ye suddenly acquires the Corpse-Driving System and becomes a mysterious corpse driver... 418Reads—Score—Shelves
  40. 40 Jiangshi World: From the Start, I Become the Disciple of the Thunderbolt Taoist 僵尸世界:开局拜师雷电法王 Urban781k WordsOngoing Lin Bei was reborn in the Republic of China and spent fifteen years there, always thinking it was an ordinary world. Then he saw a Taoist conjure lightning with his bare hands and blast a zombie into a charred corpse. Lin Bei immediately dropped to his knees. The Taoist couldn't get rid of him, so he had no choice but to take him as a disciple. “I am Shi Jian, eldest senior disciple of the inner sect of the Maoshan Sect.” Lin Bei was dumbfounded. Shi Jian? The Thunder Lord from "Mr. Vampire"? Un 80.1kReads7.6Score6.1kShelves
  41. 41 The Last Corpse Driver 最后一个赶尸人 Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted The dead march on; the living must keep their distance. If they don't, disaster is sure to follow! I'm a corpse driver, and this is my story! 731Reads8.0Score101Shelves
  42. 42 The Corpse Driver of the Yellow Springs 黄泉赶尸人 Mystery375k WordsCompleted My name is Zhang Yijiu, and I’m a corpse walker. When I got my first job, I didn’t dare say a word the whole way. That road had only two living people on it: me and Fatty Fan... 564Reads—Score—Shelves
  43. 43 The Yin-Yang Judge of Life and Death 阴阳生死判 Mystery282k WordsCompleted [Slow-paced story. Enter at your own risk if that’s not your thing.] Remote villages are often home to all kinds of bizarre legends. A hundred ghosts carry a coffin for a thousand miles to deliver a child... The King of Hell calls the roll, then hunts someone down for a thousand miles... These strange events all happen to Ye Qiu. Ye Qiu: “I am the Judge of Life and Death. I’ll handle affairs in the world of the living, and affairs in the underworld too. The laws of the Underworld are strict. Le 40Reads—Score—Shelves
  44. 44 The Cunning Yin-Yang Doctor 阴人诡医 Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted [Supernatural + Feng Shui + Fortune-Telling + Doctor + Witchcraft + Ghosts + Mystery + Wild Imagination + Qimen Bagua + Professions] To repay a debt of gratitude, I went against my grandfather’s dying wish. From then on, there was a strange doctor in the world, and I encountered countless extraordinary people. A human face that appears on your back at night, man-eating Gu insects, evil spirits with human faces and snake bodies. The wandering knife peddlers who sell their wares on credit, and the 167Reads7.1Score—Shelves
  45. 45 The Spirit Chaser 赶阴人 Mystery3.1M WordsCompleted Read the stars and moon, and declare life and death with ironclad certainty. A man on the margins of the human world, he sets right the injustices of the underworld. My new book, The City's Strongest Immortal Son-in-Law, is out now. I humbly ask for your support! 450Reads7.1Score—Shelves
  46. 46 Patroller of the Living World 阳间巡逻人 Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted Stories of spirit babies have circulated in the countryside of Sichuan and Chongqing for generations. When a baby dies, its lingering resentment can turn it into a ghost. Spirit babies were most common during the height of the one-child policy. As a child, I fed crows, which left me with an unusually strong aura of yin. Spirit babies often mistook me for one of their own, so someone later raised a ghost to protect me. On top of that, I have to work for the Underworld Bureau just to stay alive. 506Reads7.3Score—Shelves
  47. 47 Hauntings in Xiang Village 湘村诡事 Mystery863k WordsCompleted The living leave shoes to see someone off; the dead leave shoes to send someone to their grave. After I picked up a pair of a beggar’s straw sandals, my grandfather hanged himself in the bamboo grove in the middle of the night... 141Reads7.0Score107Shelves
  48. 48 Yin-Yang Taboos 阴阳禁忌 Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted My family told me that on the night I was born, an old beggar woman came to my grandfather's house. The moment she saw me, she said nothing and grabbed me by the throat... It wasn't until my grandfather was murdered that I learned the truth. I swore to fulfill every last one of his wishes! 1.5kReads8.4Score123Shelves
  49. 49 The Last Paper-Cutting Artist 最后一位剪纸人 Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted My name is Song Xiaohan. I’m a living corpse with no heartbeat, and a paper-cutting artist of the underworld. On the surface, I cut paper decorations for a funeral shop, but behind closed doors, I trade with humans and ghosts. My master passed away two months ago and left me the family craft, along with this modest little shop and my tools of the trade: a pair of scissors and a carving knife. “You want to make a deal with me? But all I want is your shadow!” Song Xiaohan grinned. 210Reads8.5Score—Shelves
  50. 50 Records of Yin-Yang Mysteries 阴阳异闻录 Mystery6.2M WordsCompleted The newly dead have their brows painted and faces made up; those long dead have their skin painted and bones carved. The people around you may not be human, and the stories you've heard for years may be more than just stories. 440Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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