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

As Shen Jingshu closed her eyes to think of a solution, the night outside the window suddenly darkened, and a chilling gust of wind sneaked in through the window crack.

The air instantly turned bone-chillingly cold.

Shen Jingshu's eyes sharpened, and she suddenly opened them, coldly saying in a low voice, "Since you're here, come in."

The moment the words fell, a ghostly figure in a white dress, its entire body tinged with a deathly pale blue, floated lightly through the tightly closed French windows and slowly hovered into the room.

The female ghost's long hair hung down, obscuring her face. Her skirt fluttered even without wind, and a thick, heavy aura of yin energy surged around her, chilling the air and enveloping the entire room in a deathly, ghostly atmosphere.

She slowly raised her head, revealing a pair of dark, empty eyes that stared intently at Shen Jingshu, her voice hoarse and cold:

"You've been staring at Jiang Miaomiao all night... Can you see me?"

Shen Jingshu sat upright on the bed, her expression calm and unwavering, her gaze fixed on the vengeful ghost: "I can not only see you, but I can also see you clinging to her every day."

The female ghost's eyes narrowed suddenly, and her yin energy surged dramatically.

She instantly realized that the young girl in front of her was a true Xuanmen cultivator.

"A mystic..."

The female ghost chuckled softly, her malevolent aura surging, a gust of cold wind whipping around her, her hatred boundless.

"Since you've seen what you shouldn't have, then you can forget about living!"

Before she finished speaking, her figure suddenly transformed into a pale afterimage, carrying a chilling wind and intense killing intent, and pounced straight towards Shen Jingshu!

Just as the ghostly aura was about to get close—

The spirit that had been quietly dormant in Shen Jingshu's gourd suddenly became restless.

A faint light burst forth from the gourd's mouth, and a pure and majestic beam of light shot out instantly, blocking Shen Jingshu's path and facing the white-clad vengeful ghost that was charging towards her! Luo Yurou's figure suddenly broke through the air and stood firmly in front of Shen Jingshu.

She was an old ghost who had cultivated for hundreds of years, with a profound foundation. In recent days, she had been given ghost cultivation methods and nourished by merit and spiritual energy by Shen Jingshu, and her cultivation was progressing by leaps and bounds, and her aura was becoming more and more stable and powerful.

In contrast, the white-clad female ghost before them was merely a manifestation of her resentment, possessing only a fierce aura but lacking any discernible order.

The two are not even on the same level.

Luo Yurou's clothes fluttered, and her ghostly aura condensed like a blade, giving her opponent no chance to retaliate. In just two or three moves, she completely locked down the white-clad female ghost's murderous aura with her overwhelming strength, suppressing her in mid-air and rendering her unable to move.

The white-clad female ghost struggled desperately, but to no avail. A surge of overwhelming resentment and unwillingness welled up in her eyes.

She glared at Shen Jingshu, her voice sharp and venomous: "You sorcerers only ever favor the living, you can't distinguish right from wrong! If you're so capable, why don't you just smash my soul to pieces! As long as my remnant soul remains, I will haunt Jiang Miaomiao forever, in this life and the next, and I will never give up!"

Shen Jingshu sat upright on the edge of the bed, her expression cool and indifferent, and slowly said, "Who said I was going to break you up? I'm going to take you in."

The female ghost was taken aback, then gave a bitter laugh: "The Jiang family has hired three or four groups of Taoist priests and Taoist masters, all of whom want to get rid of me."

"They are them, and I am me."

Shen Jingshu calmly raised her hand and ordered, "Yu Rou, release her."

Upon hearing this, Luo Yurou immediately suppressed her murderous aura, released the restraints as instructed, and gracefully turned around, landing quietly on the chair beside her. Her posture was languid yet noble, as if she were listening attentively.

The restraints suddenly came off, and the white-clad female ghost staggered and floated to the ground.

She quickly calculated in her mind—

The girl before him looked young, yet her cultivation was unfathomable, and she was accompanied by Luo Yurou, a ghost cultivator with terrifying power. He was completely isolated and helpless today, with no chance of escape whatsoever.

Since there's no way to avoid it, I might as well tell all the grievances that have been building up for years.

The female ghost lowered her eyes, the ferocity in them slightly diminished, replaced by endless sorrow and hatred, and slowly spoke.

"My name is Xiaoyi."

Her voice was hoarse and trembling, concealing endless grievances and resentment: "The reason I'm clinging to Jiang Miaomiao isn't because I've committed evil deeds or harmed people without cause; it's because Jiang Miaomiao killed me with her own hands! It's only right that I seek revenge!"

Shen Jingshu's gaze sharpened slightly, and she calmly pressed, "Tell me in detail how she took your life."

Xiao Yi took a deep breath, and the long-buried past, accompanied by endless injustices, slowly began to unfold.

Xiao Yi's voice was low and hoarse, carrying years of lingering resentment and sorrow, as she slowly recounted the past that had been buried deep in her heart for many years.

"Jiang Miaomiao and I were classmates in high school."

"She comes from a wealthy family and was spoiled since childhood. She had no interest in studying. She was always distracted in class and played around. Her mind was entirely on eating, drinking, having fun, dressing up, and comparing herself with others. Her grades were consistently among the worst in the class. The college entrance examination was never a source of pressure for her."

"But I'm different."

At this point, Xiaoyi's voice choked slightly, her resentment mixed with bitterness and resentment.

"I come from an ordinary family, and all the hopes of my family rest on my shoulders. I studied hard and did practice problems day and night, hoping to change my fate through the college entrance examination, get into a good university, bring honor to my family, and create a way out for myself. That was my only chance in this life."

"With the college entrance exam drawing ever closer, everyone was giving it their all when Jiang Miaomiao suddenly found me."

A deep hatred welled up in her eyes as she spoke, each word distinct and deliberate:

"She knew I had good grades and was a sure thing to get into a top university. But her own foundation was too weak, and no matter how much she crammed, it wouldn't help. So she asked me to do her a favor."

"She wants me to take the college entrance exam for her."

"She said that if I took the exam for her and helped her get into a prestigious university, she would give me a sum of money that would be enough to cover my family's expenses for several years. She also promised to help me and protect my future in every way."

"The college entrance exam is the only chance for ordinary people like us to change our fate in this lifetime. I've studied desperately for over a decade; how could I possibly agree to take the exam for her and ruin my own life?"

"I rejected her on the spot without hesitation."

"But I never expected that because of this one rejection, Jiang Miaomiao would hold a grudge against me."

From that day on, she led a group of classmates who clung to her to intensify their isolation and bullying of me. They scribbled all over my desk, piled it with trash, and even secretly left dead animal carcasses there to disgust me; when I went to the toilet during evening self-study, they would lock the stall door as soon as I entered and pour buckets of cold water over me, soaking me from head to toe.

"Every day after school, they would deliberately block me in secluded alleys, and a group of them would surround me and punch and kick me, bullying me at will."

"I also resisted."

Xiao Yi's eyes were red and filled with despair and self-mockery.