Stepdaughter of a wealthy family? The little darling of a Beijing tycoon

He stood quietly to the side and watched for a long time until the game ended, and only then did Mengmeng look up and see him.

The girl immediately got up from the sofa, pounced on him like a koala, and clung tightly to him.

Zhou Chengyi instinctively reached out and caught the person steadily. Even though he knew that the body now contained a soul that was no longer familiar, this body still carried memories of the past, and he couldn't help but feel worried, afraid that the other person might bump into something and get hurt.

"Cheng Yi, you're back?" Mengmeng asked cheerfully.

"Yes, I brought a friend with me."

A look of surprise flashed in Mengmeng's eyes. This villa was where the two of them lived in private. In order to keep their relationship a secret, Zhou Chengyi never brought outsiders here except for his personal agent.

"Why did you suddenly bring a friend along?"

"We're just friends, let's just go downstairs and sit for a bit."

"Should I change my clothes?"

"It's alright, do as you please."

Just as Zhou Chengyi was about to turn around and go downstairs, Mengmeng suddenly leaned in and quickly planted a kiss on his cheek before skipping and hopping towards the dressing room to pick out clothes.

A moment later, only Zhou Chengyi came downstairs. Shen Jingshu saw this but didn't ask any further questions.

Zhou Chengyi sat down on the other side of the sofa and said in a low voice, "She's changing clothes upstairs and will be down soon."

"Hmm," Shen Jingshu replied calmly.

From the moment she stepped into the villa, she had already subtly sensed the surrounding atmosphere. The air inside was chaotic and strange, and she had taken in all sorts of unusual details. Without needing to search the area, she had already grasped the general outline of the problems lurking there.

Not long after, Mengmeng slowly walked down the stairs.

At this moment, she was dressed in a neutral style, neat yet flamboyant, but the outfit looked out of place on her. Upon seeing this, Zhou Chengyi's brows furrowed slightly involuntarily.

This was also the reason why he had felt something different for so long. Mengmeng used to be gentle and quiet, and she always preferred elegant long dresses. Her greatest hobby was sitting quietly and reading. She was gentle and reserved.

But since waking up from the car accident, her tastes have completely changed. Her clothing style has become cool and androgynous, and she spends all her time playing online games. She used to never play games, but now she spends almost all her time with her devices.

At first, Zhou Chengyi had some doubts and asked Mengmeng, but she only said that after going through a life-or-death ordeal, her mindset had completely changed, and she wanted to live as she pleased and experience things she had never encountered before.

At the time, Zhou Chengyi thought that the car accident had left his girlfriend with psychological trauma, and that it was normal for her to change her personality after experiencing such an event, so he did not investigate further.

But day after day, countless details of their lifestyles and mannerisms clashed, and the familiarity they had built up over eight years gradually dissipated. He became increasingly certain that the person in front of him was no longer the lover he had been with for so many years.

As soon as Mengmeng came downstairs, she caught sight of Shen Jingshu sitting on the sofa. The bright smile on her face instantly vanished, and her gaze towards Shen Jingshu became wary.

She sized up the strikingly beautiful girl before her, her mind filled with speculation.

She had never heard Zhou Chengyi mention this person before. The other person was so beautiful and charming. When the two of them were alone at home, she couldn't help but secretly suspect that Shen Jingshu and Zhou Chengyi had some kind of entanglement.

Just as her thoughts were in turmoil, Shen Jingshu looked up at her.

Shen Jingshu quietly activated her Heavenly Eye, her gaze penetrating the outer skin to clearly see the inner secrets.

Mengmeng's body remained the same, but there was a clear separation between her physical body and soul, and their auras could not merge.

The soul residing in this body is not Mengmeng's original soul, but the ghost of a woman with a strong and androgynous temperament.

Seeing this, Zhou Chengyi immediately introduced her, his tone somewhat frank: "Mengmeng, this is Miss Shen. Ever since you recovered from your car accident, I've felt that you're completely different from before, so I specially asked her to come and check on you."

Mengmeng's smile vanished instantly, a hint of panic flashing in her eyes. She then feigned ignorance, her tone tinged with a touch of defiance: "How could I be any different? I've already told you, I'm just someone who survived a disaster and wants to try a different way of life."

She feigned a softening stance, appearing accommodating: "If you don't like me the way I am now, I'll change back, back to the way you used to know me. There's absolutely no need to have someone come to see who she really is."

"I'm here to subdue you." Shen Jingshu's tone was calm, and her words clearly reached the other person's ears.

Mengmeng's pupils contracted sharply, instantly confirming that the other person was a practitioner of mystical arts, and she subconsciously took two steps back. She turned to look at Zhou Chengyi, her eyes quickly reddening, putting on a wronged expression, and her voice choked with sobs.

"Cheng Yi, why did you bring in a sorcerer? After eight years of being together, you're now doubting that I'm really you? Has your heart already changed, and you no longer love me, so you're using this as an excuse to make things difficult for me?"

"If that's the case, you can tell me directly. I won't pester you any longer. I'll leave now."

As soon as she finished speaking, Mengmeng pretended to be angry, turned around and walked towards the door, trying to pretend to be injured and leave, thus getting away with it.

Zhou Chengyi turned his head to look at Shen Jingshu beside him. Seeing that she was calm and composed, without any change in expression, his heart, which had been hanging in suspense, was slightly relieved.

Just then, Shen Jingshu's cold voice rang out: "Did I give you permission to leave?"

Mengmeng paused, suddenly realizing that she seemed to be imprisoned by an invisible force, her feet firmly planted on the ground, and no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't move an inch. She stood frozen in place, her expression instantly turning anxious and panicked.

Zhou Chengyi, who was standing to the side, was shocked by this bizarre scene and was at a loss for what to do.

Mengmeng was both shocked and furious. She stared intently at Shen Jingshu and demanded sharply, "What did you do to me? Let me go! Why can't I move?!"

Zhou Chengyi watched everything from beginning to end. He never saw Shen Jingshu raise her hand to cast a spell, but Mengmeng was suddenly imprisoned in place and unable to move.

The scene before him was mysterious and unpredictable, and he was filled with amazement. He also truly witnessed the profound and unfathomable nature of Xuanmen magic.

"It's not impossible for me to release you from your restraints," Shen Jingshu said coldly, her tone completely unwavering. "Tell me your origins honestly. What kind of wandering spirit are you, and why are you possessing someone else's body?"

The female ghost residing in her body still refused to confess, feigning ignorance and denying, "I don't know what nonsense you're talking about."

Seeing that the other party was still resisting, Shen Jingshu said calmly, "Even now you still won't tell the truth. Since you are unwilling to reveal it, then let the real person involved show up in person."

"The person involved?" The female ghost's expression changed drastically upon hearing this, her face filled with disbelief. "You mean Mengmeng? How could she still be alive?"

She was filled with shock. In her opinion, Mengmeng's soul had been separated from her body for half a year. Without a physical body to rely on, her soul should have long since dissipated into the world and there was absolutely no possibility that it had survived to this day.

After a brief moment of surprise, the female ghost simply stopped pretending, her previous weak and aggrieved expression fading away as she turned to look at Zhou Chengyi, whose expression was complex.

"Now that things have been exposed, there's no need for me to continue hiding it." The female ghost frankly admitted, "I am indeed not Mengmeng, your lover of eight years."