Stop pretending, the fake heiress is actually a master of metaphysics.

"Bad grades don't mean anything."

Shen Yingjia heard herself say, "Anyway, the Shen family has plenty of resources. Shen Nian may just not be suited to the domestic high school education system. She can also study business abroad."

Shen Yingwei's face stiffened: "That's not what I meant, Xiao Jia, why are you so agitated?"

A male netizen standing nearby, unable to bear seeing the beautiful woman heartbroken, stepped forward and said, "Aren't you Yingwei's younger brother? How dare you talk to your sister like that?"

Shen Yingjia wanted to say that she wasn't her biological sister.

The person she was talking about is my own sister.

But after thinking about it, Shen Yingjia still didn't say it.

Although he's a bit foolish, he's not capable of doing something as ruthless as stabbing someone in the heart.

No matter what kind of family the Shen family is, they still have this much upbringing.

Someone asked curiously, "Yingwei, who is this Shen Nian you're talking about?"

Shen Ying smiled and said, "She's my older sister. Didn't I tell you before? I'm the adopted daughter of the Shen family, and this is the biological daughter of the Shen family. We were just found recently."

"Oh, so it's her."

Someone said, "Sister Yingwei, has she bullied you because of her status? If she has, tell us and we'll teach her a lesson."

Shen Yingwei neither confirmed nor denied it, but vaguely said, "After all, I've been using her identity for so many years, it's understandable that she's angry."

Although she didn't say it explicitly, her aggrieved expression made it clear to everyone what she meant.

Shen Yingjia watched coldly, thinking to herself that she used to be the same way, being led by the nose by her.

Shen Yingwei would never go west if she told him to go east; he would follow her every command, more loyal than a dog.

Shen Yingjia sneered and left.

Shen Yingwei then stopped talking and chased after him.

"Xiao Jia, why are you walking so fast?"

"Yeah, didn't you see that Yingwei could barely walk?"

"Sister Yingwei, your younger brother is completely incapable of taking care of people. Why don't we become your younger brothers?"

Shen Yingwei smiled shyly: "How can that be? Xiao Jia is probably in a bad mood today; she's not usually like this."

As they chatted, the conversation drifted to supernatural rumors.

"I've heard rumors of ghosts at every school, Yingwei, does your school have any?"

After thinking for a moment, Shen Yingwei said, "Yes, but I don't know if it's true."

She pointed to an abandoned school building across the playground: "Our school used to be a combined junior and senior high school, and that school building was where the junior high school was located."

"About two or three years ago, a female junior high school student became pregnant out of wedlock and jumped off that building, killing herself and her unborn child."

"Since then, the sound of heavy objects hitting the ground could often be heard from that teaching building. Some people said that it was the scene of the girl falling to her death being replayed every day after her death."

"With this rumor, the junior high students were no longer willing to study there. In addition, the junior high and senior high schools were separated and new schools were established, so this school building was abandoned."

This rumor piqued the great interest of the group, and they all clamored to go and see the so-called haunted building.

Shen Yingwei frowned, somewhat hesitant: "This... isn't a good idea. What if something happens..."

"Sister Yingwei, aren't you good at catching ghosts? With you here, what could possibly happen to us? You're so amazing, if there really is a ghost, dealing with a little ghost would be a piece of cake."

Several people surrounded Shen Yingwei and began to praise her.

After all, Shen Yingwei portrayed them as wealthy heiresses who were proficient in metaphysics and could catch ghosts and exorcise demons.

"Alright, I'll take you to see it then. But if we run into anything, don't run around. Just stay behind me."

As she spoke, Shen Yingwei took out several small wooden plaques engraved with cinnabar from her pocket and distributed them to the others: "These are amulets I carved myself. Remember to wear them close to your body. They can protect you in critical moments."

When the wooden plaque was handed to Shen Yingjia, for some reason his eyelids twitched, and he inexplicably felt a sense of resistance towards the plaque.

"Xiao Jia, didn't you say you lost the wooden plaque I gave you before? This one is newly carved by me, take it."

Shen Yingjia frowned, but still refused: "No need, Sister Yingwei, I have one that Sister Shen Nian gave me, you can keep this one. I don't think you have one yourself."

The people standing nearby were almost moved to tears: "Sister Yingwei is giving these to us even though she's not wearing them herself. You kid, don't let Sister Yingwei's kindness go to waste."

Shen Yingwei's smile froze: "I'm different from you, I don't need this. If you're not going to wear it, I'll keep it for you and give it to you when we get home."

"Alright, it's getting late. Let's go in, take a quick look, and come right out, okay?"

"We must not allow any unforeseen complications to arise."

However, sometimes, what you fear most is exactly what happens.

Or rather, it was a self-fulfilling prophecy.

-

Shen Nian walked under the eaves of the mansion, preparing to return to her room to rest.

Suddenly, a muffled cry of "Help!" reached her ears.

However, there was no one around, and it was completely silent.

Where did that cry for help come from?

An ordinary person might think they were hallucinating at this moment.

Shen Nian recognized the voice; it was Shen Yingjia's.

The location... seems to be a school.

She frowned. Shen Yingwei went to meet an online friend, so why did she end up at school?

They're really in a good mood.

After a moment's thought, Shen Nian retreated into the deserted corridor and raised her hand to open the gate to the underworld.

Tsk.

One after another, they're all causing her trouble. She's been using the Ghost Gate technique much more frequently these past two days.

The next moment, she appeared out of thin air in an abandoned school building.

Inside the teaching building, black smoke billowed into the sky.

Shen Nian's expression changed for a moment after she took a clear look at her surroundings.

How did this group of people get involved with this thing?

"Help!!!"

"Sister Yingwei, save me!!!"

"Where am I?!"

Shen Nian followed the sound and stepped forward, only to see a group of unfamiliar young men, each of them running around in the dusty stairwell as if they had gone mad.

One of them bumped into Shen Nian, but seemed oblivious, screaming, "A ghost!!! She touched me!!! I'm going to die!!"

Is this a collective illusion?

Shen Nian quickly scanned the crowd and finally spotted Shen Yingjia in a corner of the corridor.

He seemed much more lucid than the others, at least he wasn't yelling, but he wasn't much better off.

He was huddled in a corner, hugging his knees, trembling, and crying out, "Help me...help me...I'm drowning..."

It was as if he wasn't in a tall building, but rather soaking in a cold, deep pool.

This hallucination seems to allow one to see their most feared things.

For Shen Yingjia, the most terrifying thing was probably falling into the water when she was seven years old.

From then on, he almost always avoided water.

He was carrying a protective talisman given to him by Shen Nian, so he shouldn't have been affected.

Upon closer inspection, Shen Nian discovered that the wooden plaque on Shen Yingjia's chest had been replaced with the life-saver talisman that Shen Yingwei had used.

She sneered, lifted Shen Yingjia up, and slapped him across the face.

Snapped!