The shock! An honest office worker was reborn into the body of a swindler, to think he actually became a man who does this sort of thing…
The feng shui community had always declared Lin Zhushui to be omniscient, but it seems that his only miscalculation was his destined marriage to Zhou Jiayu.
Zhou Jiayu always had a mild nature, his skin was thin and tender, and his bones, brittle and soft. He never expected that what he feared the most after his rebirth wasn’t actually provoking someone’s displeasure.
Zhou Jiayu: Before I was reborn, I had always believed I’d be a devoted socialist successor, but then I became a charlatan and even encountered a big-shot fortune-teller,
Lin Zhushui: Are you happy being with me?
Zhou Jiayu: I’m happy! So happy I could die! But, Boss, if you could just stop thinking about meals with me as a menu item every single day, I’d be even happier.
What can I say? Good ol' reliable author. Just the right story to pull me out of the slump. I love the MC. He's cute, funny and although scared, he's not annoying. Although the story follows a simple format, the result is great; it's enjoyable, interesting and most importantly, managed to give the readers a good time. The horror is also on point. In the end, the living were more scary than the dead is all we can come to conclusion.
On the other hand, maybe it's because of my recent state of mind (had a conversation about great aunt's death, discussion on whether it's an accident or suicide), I was pretty spooked by some of the arcs. It doesn't help that I read this before I sleep hence my dreams were pretty bizarre these few days.
As for whether this or KOD is scarier, I personally feel this is scarier maybe because...it's closer to reality? As for KOD, my mind had automatically converted it into fantasy because of the doors so I'm less afraid? Anyway, I absolutely love this author's horror BLs, they're delicious!
Humble government worker Zhou Jiayu dies in a car crash and finds himself thrust into the world of fengshui when he transmigrates into the body of someone with his exact same name—the fraudulent fengshui master Zhou Jiayu whose crimes have cost lives. He is captured by Lin Zhushui, a blind fengshui master that he has been brought back to save from certain death.
A really fun read for about 30 or so chapters, with some delicious angst at the end.
I think I would recommend reading this til the end of the tournament arc (before it gets to the “main plot”) and skipping to the dog case (a traumatic but excellent standalone horror episode) and the last few chapters as well as Lin Jue's parts. She turned out to be the most well-written character in the entire novel even though she's kind of the token jiejie side character while everyone else is just sort of... plays their part..
The author is very good at one-off horror mysteries with cute critters and comedy, but very bad at writing bigger arcs. If this had just been a series of horror episodes and interconnected short stories, or if it had been like 40 chapters shorter, I would have loved it! Unfortunately, there had to be a plot, which simply just was not plotting...