Chapter 1: Living Ghost

  When Su You saw a ghost for the first time, he didn't feel like he had seen a ghost at all.

  That day was Friday, and by rights, the working class should have been cheering to welcome the double rest days. However, Su You was still stuck in the company overtime. The unfortunate part of it was that as long as he finished his tasks on hand, at least he could guarantee that he would be able to lie at home on Saturday and Sunday, sleeping with his head covered, without receiving a call from work.

  Su You does industrial design, the company has an outsourcing agency nature, if there are orders they work overtime, if not they drink tea. The boss is nice, when he sees them tired, he will give a few hundred or thousand more, inviting them to eat, sing and travel is also common. So Su You is particularly calm about working overtime - just do what needs to be done.

  That evening, it was already 9:10 PM when he got off work. The streetlights were all lit up. With a smooth day's progress and a good mood, Su You had a barbecue dinner and drank two bottles of beer at a roadside stall before strolling back to his small apartment. In the expensive city where every inch of land was worth its weight in gold, he was able to rent an apartment on the edge of the CBD, which was all thanks to his own hard work and his boss's kindness.

  So when the elevator opened on his floor, Suyuri naturally took the person in front of her door for a prankster. "Little Qi? You weren't at school last month waiting for your thesis defense, what are you doing here?"

  Xiao Qi, also known as Jiang Siqi, is five years younger than Su You. He is currently a senior in college. Although his school and Su You's company are located in the same city, universities these days are often built far away from urban areas - supposedly to help students focus on their studies - so the two do not meet frequently.

  But as soon as he said this, Su You felt that something was off. The person in front of his door indeed had Jiang Siqi's face, but what was with the hair that reached almost to their feet? And those pearl strings on their head, and the wide, long ancient clothes...

  Was he drunk? So thought Su, feeling the alcohol spreading from his stomach to his brain.

  Here we must emphasize that Su Youpeng is extremely bad at liberal arts, having studied science in high school and engineering in college. He's all thumbs when it comes to history and culture, so it's a bit difficult for him to appreciate traditional costumes.

  That person was originally facing Su You sideways, and after hearing the sound, he turned his face around.

  Su Yu only then discovered that this person's eyebrows were slanted upwards, his lips thin, and his appearance was more sharp than Jiang Siqi. To know that Jiang Siqi not only had a gentle appearance but also a gentle personality, from young to old he followed behind him calling "ge" without stopping.

  It turns out that Ling Lie's version of Xiao Qi is also quite handsome, no wonder he's his sworn brother! thought Su You.

  No way, no matter how similar they look, Xiao Qi's family is much cuter than this guy! Su You thought again.

  At that moment, the man who looked like Jiang Siqi had his lips tightly pursed and didn't utter a word. On the contrary, his eyes seemed to be nailed on Suyu, with a light inside that wouldn't move away.

  Su You felt uneasy being stared at and couldn't help but chuckle twice. "Brother, even if I look pretty good, it's not worth you staring like that!" He said while walking over, patting the man on the shoulder, "Who are you looking for? Did you come to the wrong door?"

  The chill that came from his hand made Su You shiver involuntarily. Whoa! On a hot summer day like this, how could someone's body be so cold, did he come with air conditioning?

  That man still didn't speak, his dark eyes dropped down to look at the hand that Su You had just touched, then lifted up again to stare into Su You's eyes, making one's heart feel flustered.

  I don't know if it's the gaze or the temperature, but Su You felt a bit of goosebumps on his body. He rubbed his back and suppressed that feeling, then said: "Why aren't you speaking? If it's inconvenient to answer, can you please make way for me? I need to go inside."

  Su You thought the sentence was extremely polite, but the other person immediately showed a hurt expression - or rather, Su You felt that the other party had been offended. Because anyone who came to see would say that there was no fluctuation on that icy face at all.

  But one thing was certain: he had understood Su Yu's words. He took a step back, then another, and disappeared around the bend in the corridor.

  Su rubbed her eyes. Had that person turned transparent before turning the corner? She thought about it while pressing the fingerprint lock on the door, but after entering, she completely forgot about it and fell asleep instantly as soon as her foot touched the carpet.

  Yeah, Su You really only drank two bottles of beer and his alcohol tolerance is indeed not good. He considers this to be the greatest shame in his life so far, so he has sworn to practice. However, from the current situation, the revolution has not yet succeeded, comrades still need to work hard!

  Goodnight.

  It wasn't until the next day, when the sun was high in the sky, that Su You finally woke up with a start from the carpet. As he walked, he took off his clothes and threw them into the washing machine with surprising accuracy, considering how bleary-eyed he still was. Then, stark naked, he went into the bathroom, took a shower, brushed his teeth, and washed his face, only then did he come to his senses.

  Who was that last night? It wasn't a ghost, he even slapped the person! Although it was a bit cold, it definitely had a physical body!

  Su Yu wrapped herself in a bath towel, holding a toothbrush, and swayed to the living room to call Jiang Siqi. "Good morning, what are you doing?"

  "It's still early, bro? It's almost noon!" Jiang Siqi retorted mercilessly on the other end of the line, but then asked, "Did you work overtime last night?"

  Su You replied vaguely and asked: "How's your thesis going? Any problems?"

  "Come on, bro, you're also a university graduate, don't you know that an undergraduate thesis is just nonsense?" Jiang Siqi teased him again.

  "Brother is already over thirty years old, can't you show some respect as his younger brother?" Su You pretended to protest.

  The two of them chatted for a while longer, and Su You finally mentioned what had happened the day before, asking: "Little Qi, you really didn't come to the city yesterday? That person looked just like you."

  On the other end of the phone, Jiang Siqi's voice was particularly innocent: "Brother, I really don't play cospy." After he finished speaking, he became suspicious again, "To be honest, brother, are you drunk again?"

  Su You pretended not to hear the last sentence and felt that things seemed a bit out of hand.

  Since there was a first time, there will be a second time, so when Su You saw that person again, she was very calm.

  Last time at the door, this time in the living room. Su couldn't help but suspect that locks and doors and walls were no match for that person - after all, he had only gone to relieve himself, and when he came out, he saw a giant Buddha sitting on his favorite lazy sofa!

  Now the question is, which lock technology is stronger?

  And that's really a lazy sofa, don't take it as a cushion okay?

  Because the corridor had lights on all the time, that person didn't mind at all, so Su You never thought of going anywhere else. Now taking a closer look, well, there really is no shadow! It should be said that around that person, there seems to be some kind of gas, blurring what should have been a shadow.

  Su You sat down opposite the man with a stern expression, his anger evident due to someone occupying his throne, and said: "What do you want to do?"

  That person was originally closing his eyes to rest his mind, at this time he opened his eyes, a ray of light flashed by.

  In an instant, Su You felt as if he had been dazzled. This ghost not only came with air conditioning effects but also had a glowing effect?

  Don't cheat like this!

  That person seemed to see what Su You was thinking. His eyes fell and rose again, and he slightly shook his head, as if indicating that he didn't intentionally take Su You's position.

  It doesn't look scary, but why isn't it talking? Su You furrowed his brow. "How about this, I'll ask you questions, and you just nod if it's true, or shake your head if it's not?"

  That person gazed at Su You and really nodded.

  Su You finally let out half a sigh of relief.

  "Are you looking for me?" Nodded.

  "What's wrong?" Shaking head.

  "Can't say or don't know?" The former nodded, the latter shook his head."

  "What are you doing now? Don't know?" Nodded.

  "...Do you know your own name?" Shook head.

  After a few more questions, Su You could only rub his temples and swallow the half-breath he had just let out. This was a ghost who didn't know anything! Then what should he do, just let the other person keep pestering him like this? Although the other person seemed to have no malicious intent and even helped to improve the city's appearance when walking out, but this wasn't right either!

  Su You thought for half a minute, to no avail, and decisively decided to go to sleep. "Since you don't understand and I don't either, let's just leave it like this and talk about it later." Then he stood up, neatly hung the ghost in the living room, and yawned as he went back to his room.

  The cool guy who looked like Jiang Siqi blinked twice, still didn't make a sound.

  But if you think this night will pass quietly, that's too naive. Because Su You, who has always been a heavy sleeper, suddenly felt short of breath in the middle of the night, feeling as if he was being pressed down by a ghost. When he opened his eyes to take a look, it wasn't a ghost pressing him down, though...

  "Wait, can ghosts take off their clothes too?" Su You finally became terrified.

  In the dim light of the bedside lamp, he looked different from the previous two times. The first time was cold, the second time was dull, and this time...

  Su felt extremely painful. A ghost with a bald head on Jiang Siqi's face, what is the relationship between Guanyin and lotus? If his thing gets up, does it mean he has an unclean mind towards Xiao Qi? If not, does it mean there's something wrong with that aspect of him?

  What's more, he was a basketball player in college, 185 cm tall and weighing 80 kg, with all the muscles one would expect, but now he can't even get rid of a white rooster!

  What the heck is he playing with me! Su You cursed in her heart.

  But that person seemed to have no psychological barriers at all. The black hair tied up during the day fell down, and like ink, it spread out on his skin. His skin was extremely white, and with the curve of his waist, it made people's noses bleed. As if he had noticed Su You's stiffness, the man narrowed his eyes and smiled, then leaned in and gently covered Su You's lips.

  This kiss was delicate and lingering, but Su You felt like she had been struck by lightning.

  Wait, the first kiss I reserved for my future wife was given away to a ghost?

  Su Yu couldn't help but seriously consider whether it was because he was too kind-hearted that others, no, ghosts, dared to trample all over his face.