short series

He Came From the Backlight

share time: 2026-02-24 00:31:42

Lin Xiaoman, an overworked office worker, was attacked after overtime at midnight but saved by Gu Zhao— a man in moon-white ancient robes who stepped out of the backlight. He claimed to be the “bottom-ranker” of the immortal world, here to steal her “legendary luck” for his turnaround, and forced his way into her rental apartment. He used spiritual liquid to clear her overtime acne but turned her instant coffee into thousand-year ginseng tea; he used telekinesis to retrieve her client files but scattered them all over the office building, making Xiaoman “socially die” repeatedly. Yet when Xiaoman broke down from a client’s scolding or was excluded by colleagues, Gu Zhao always stood in the backlight, holding newly-learned sugar-fried chestnuts and saying, “I’ll protect you.” It turned out he didn’t cross a thousand years for his own success—he came to find “Miss Xiaoman,” who took a fatal sword for him in their past life. Their urban romance is full of sweet, chaotic gags, hiding a deep, time-crossing promise.

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