Now I’m Just Waiting to Die

Xu Deng had always been the unwanted one. Since childhood, he had carefully curried favor with his father and older brother, minding his every word and deed, never daring to make a single mistake. But his father treated him like a transparent nonentity, and his brother scorned him for it. Around his friends, he was meek and compliant, yet they only laughed at him with contempt…

No matter how hard he tried, he could never earn anyone’s approval or affirmation. In everyone’s eyes, he was just a gloomy, unlikable poor wretch.

…

Until one day, Xu Deng discovered that the world he lived in was actually a supernatural novel, and in the end, he would die a miserable death at the hands of others’ mockery, becoming a vengeful ghost whose resentment never dissipated.

Everyone who had ever hurt him would fear him. Everyone who disliked him would be terrified of him. And he would be incredibly powerful—even the protagonist of the novel would be helpless against him.

Xu Deng: ?

Xu Deng: I don’t want to try anymore. I’m just waiting to die.

…

Xu Deng finally got his wish and died. After death, he indeed transformed into a fierce ghost, incredibly powerful. But when he returned home, he found that his father, who had always ignored him, had gone white-haired overnight; his brother, who despised him, was sleeping while clutching his photograph; and the arrogant young master who had once looked down on him was actually making a heartfelt confession in front of his grave…

Xu Deng, who was just about to start his intimidation: ?

You’re really making things hard for a ghost.

…

With nothing to do, Xu Deng picked up a homeless blind man and took him home, caring for him meticulously. But who would have thought that the blind man was actually the master of the legendary protagonist—the strongest man in the entire book, and the one who would eventually kill him in the story.

Xu Deng: ? Maybe he should just leave!

…

Xu Deng drifted everywhere, his ghostly existence lonely. Before he knew it, he had somehow stumbled into the title of Ghost King… But unexpectedly, in the end, he still fell into the man’s hands.

On the man’s pale, gloomy face, a strange, gentle smile appeared. His fingers lightly brushed Xu Deng’s slender neck as he said, “Stay by my side. No one will be able to hurt you.”

Xu “Trembling” Deng: Aside from you, no one else could hurt me anyway, right?

Content Tags: Supernatural, Devoted Love, System, Wish Fulfillment