A review by keddy4306
Guardian: Zhen Hun (Novel) Vol. 2 by priest

medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Characters
  • Zhao Yunlan - The Guardian /
    Kunlan
  • Shen Wei -
    The Soul Executing Emissary
  • Wang Zheng - Head of HR / Ghost girl with neck stitches
  • Sangzen -
    Wang Zheng's ghost boyfriend. He works in the library and can't read Chinese characters.
  • Guo Changcheng - incompetent new hire
  • Chu Shuzhi -
    to be filled in
  • Daqing - the cat 
  • Lin Jing - the monk
  • Zhu Hong - serpent lady
  • Lao-Wu - nighttime doorman
  • Lao-Li - daytime doorman

Chu Shuzhi waggled his eyebrows at Zhao Yunlan. Shen Wei had picked up on the very first ring. That was the level of attentiveness one couldn't even get from their own father. This was what Zhao Yunlan called heartbreak?
(page 37)
Zhao Yunlan being drunk and retrained by Daqing sitting on his stomach and Guo Changcheng holding him down while Chu Shuzhi calls Shen Wei to come get him.
Chu Shuzhi hung up and struck a salacious pose, blowing a kiss at Zhao Yunlan. "He's at your beck and call. You've got this in the bag. Don't forget my matchmaker's feast."
Zhao Yunlan jabbed a trembling finger at him. "Y-you bitch. "
(page 37)
Shen Wei shows up and Chu Shuzhi opens the door and pushes Zhao Yunlan headfirst into his arms.
But even if he couldn't stand up straight, Zhao Yunlan still had some fight in him. He pointed back into the office at Chu Shuzhi. "Just you wait, you little bitch. "
(page 38)

Shen Wei's eyes were still locked on him. "If you must die, it must be in my arms and by my hand. "
"Please shut up. " Zhao Yunlan applied heavy pressure to Shen Wei's wrist. "Why do you go insane at the drop of a hat?"
(page 52)
Confession scene and agreeing to move in with Zhao Yunlan. Shen Wei viciously bit his own wrist and drew blood while hugging him.


But if it was something Zhao Yunlan had made, even if it were a bowl of rat poison, Shen Wei was still willing to eat it all without the tiniest change in expression - though he made sure to choose the most normal cup noodles offered.
(page 55)
Zhao Yunlan "cooked" five different cup noodles for Shen Wei in the morning. Shen Wei was shocked Zhao Yunlan hadn't died of food poisoning yet.


[Chu Shuzhi]had been all too happy to watch the chaos unfold and was vibrating from head to toe with uncharacteristic excitement. "Was that the Ghost Army just now? Who summoned them? Are they crazy? That was so fucking hot!"
(page 88-89)

Seeing Daqing enter [the library], Sangzen greeted him earnestly. "Henlo, cat."
"Henlo, stutterer," the cat replied. 
Sangzen stopped dead. Wang Zhen was a quiet, refined girl who would never teach him insults, so the term wasn't familiar to him. With perfect sincerity, he asked, "What i-is a slutterer?"
Daqing: "It means 'good bro'."
Sangzen nodded in understanding, then enthusiastically gave it a try. "Oh,  henlo, cat slutterer!"
(page 110-111)

By the time they left the hospital, Zhao Yunlan, like some sort of cockroach, had adjusted to his blindness. "
(page 127)

Daqing: "What's wrong with your eyes?"
Zhao Yunlan: "Oh, that features been temporarily deactivated."
(page 129)