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

"I reported it to the police and sought help from school teachers and leaders time and time again. But the school was perfunctory, saying that I couldn't produce any substantial evidence and that I shouldn't make a fuss and affect my relationships with my classmates. My police report was also easily suppressed because the Jiang family has power and influence and extensive connections."

"All bullying and all harm are ultimately defined as—minor squabbles and ordinary conflicts between classmates."

"No one helps me, no one believes me."

"I had nowhere else to go but to grit my teeth and endure it. I told myself to hold on for a little longer, and once I got through the college entrance exam, I would be able to go to university and leave this place, and then it would all be over."

"But I underestimated Jiang Miaomiao's viciousness. She didn't give me any chance to breathe, and she wouldn't let me take the college entrance exam in peace."

"That day they locked me in the bathroom and poured cold water on me. I was soaked to the bone and looked utterly miserable. I didn't dare to leave the school until it was completely dark. A kind-hearted boy in my class saw how pitiful I was and, worried that I would catch a cold, took off his jacket and lent it to me."

"It was such a trivial, simple, and well-intentioned little thing that completely enraged Jiang Miaomiao."

"That boy was someone she had a crush on for a long time, someone she confessed to in public but was rejected."

"Someone casually took a picture of me wearing a men's jacket and sent it to Jiang Miaomiao. Because of this picture, and because of her ridiculous possessiveness and jealousy, she went completely insane."

"She was furious and convinced that I had deliberately stolen the person she liked. She immediately had me kidnapped on the way and dragged to an abandoned factory on the outskirts of the city."

At this point, the Yin energy around Xiao Yi surged violently, and her hatred almost burst forth.

"That group of people bullied and humiliated me at will, while Jiang Miaomiao stood by, watching with a cold smile, taking countless videos and photos with her phone."

"She spoke viciously, word by word, to me, who was utterly disheveled and humiliated—"

"She wants to post all the videos and photos on the school forum and online, ruin my reputation, make everyone curse and criticize me, make me never be able to hold my head up again, and completely destroy my life."

I was completely plunged into boundless despair, my heart filled with endless resentment and coldness.

On what grounds?

Just because Jiang Miaomiao comes from a prominent family and has power and influence, she can commit evil deeds and do whatever she wants without getting away with it? While I just want to finish my college entrance exam peacefully and rewrite my destiny, I have to suffer humiliation and be driven to the brink of despair step by step? Why is the world so unfair!

Overwhelmed by immense fear, resentment, and despair, I was completely crushed. I looked at the ferocious crowd before me, at Jiang Miaomiao's cold smile, and at the thought that I was about to be utterly disgraced, my future ruined, with no chance of recovery, and with no way out.

In utter despair, I turned and rushed to the top floor of the abandoned factory, where I jumped.

The tall building fell to the ground, and I died instantly.

A vibrant life was completely ruined in the summer of her seventeenth year.

Witnessing a death firsthand, the previously arrogant and domineering Jiang Miaomiao instantly panicked and completely lost her composure. She immediately contacted the Jiang family, and relying on their immense power and wealth, she worked through the night to clean up the mess.

All those involved in the bullying and kidnapping were silenced with large sums of money, and all traces of the incident were erased one by one. A murder case that deliberately drove a student to his death was fabricated into an ordinary accidental fall.

To avoid trouble and keep quiet, the Jiang family quickly arranged for Jiang Miaomiao to study abroad, sending her far away from the country to avoid all the controversy.

As for me, I died with resentment, my heart filled with boundless grievances and an unyielding obsession.

After death, my soul left my body, and with an undying resentment, I managed to evade the capture of the underworld officials and refused to enter the cycle of reincarnation. I was unwilling to simply vanish, and I refused to let the evildoers go unpunished.

I drifted to the Jiang family several times, wanting to seek revenge on Jiang Miaomiao. But when I died, my soul was weak and powerless, merely a wisp of remnant soul, unable even to get close, let alone harm her in the slightest.

I had no choice but to follow her day and night.

I watched her go abroad, escaping all her sins, and continue living a carefree and extravagant life. She ate, drank, and had fun abroad, indulging herself completely, forgetting the murder she had committed with her own hands, and comfortably enjoying the bright life that should have been mine.

As for me, trapped in obsession and resentment, I endure the loneliness of the dead day after day, and am tormented by the pain of my tragic death night after night.

For several years, I nurtured my soul with my burning resentment, slowly cultivating and gradually condensing my malevolent energy and power, finally gaining the ability to take revenge.

But whenever I'm about to succeed and settle the score with my own hands, I always fall short by the last step.

I later learned that the Jiang family knew that Jiang Miaomiao was tainted by the sins of human deaths, and fearing that the vengeful spirits would haunt her and seek revenge, they specially searched for capable people to completely eliminate me.

Fortunately, the masters they found were all charlatans with no real skills. They were so frightened by my fierce aura that they fled in panic and couldn't do anything to me.

Finally, the Jiang family took Jiang Miaomiao to a famous Taoist temple and asked her to carry a blessed amulet with her.

The talisman protected Jiang Miaomiao with its righteous energy, completely isolating her from my yin and evil energy, making it impossible for me to get close enough to harm her in the slightest.

I couldn't kill her directly to vent my anger, so I had to settle for second best. I would stay by her side day after day, slowly eroding her good fortune, luck, popularity, and future, and creating unexpected disasters for her everywhere, making her unlucky and restless every day.

At tonight's birthday party, I noticed that you kept staring in Jiang Miaomiao's direction, and we made eye contact several times across the distance.

I can clearly sense that you are different from ordinary people. You can see hidden spirits and sense my presence. You are a truly skilled esoteric master.

With a last shred of hope, I came here late at night, wanting to see if you could see through this long-standing injustice and give me justice.

In the quiet of the night, as Xiao Yi's shrill and sorrowful voice faded, the eerie atmosphere that had filled the room quietly dissipated, leaving only the endless grievances and injustices accumulated over the years, which lingered heavily in the air.

Luo Yurou stood to the side, a hint of melancholy creeping into her usually cool and aloof expression.

Having cultivated for hundreds of years and witnessed countless acts of kindness and evil, cause and effect, she still felt a deep sense of sorrow for this absurd and cruel tragedy on campus. Power oppresses, wealth breeds evil, the innocent die with resentment, and the perpetrators go unpunished for years—this is the greatest injustice.

Shen Jingshu sat upright on the edge of the bed, her eyes calm and still, without the slightest ripple, but in her heart she had already figured out the whole story clearly.

It's never that evil spirits cause trouble or maliciously haunt people; rather, it's that living people commit evil deeds and disregard human life, sowing the seeds of heinous evil, and they should bear the corresponding consequences.

Jiang Miaomiao's wealth, honor, and smooth life were all obtained by stepping on Xiao Yi's corpse.

Years ago, she coveted shortcuts and attempted to steal someone else's college entrance exam experience. After being rejected, she harbored resentment, wantonly bullying and humiliating her classmates. In the end, driven by jealousy and paranoia, she drove someone to their tragic death by jumping off a building. Afterwards, relying on her family's power, she covered up all evidence, silenced all those who knew, and, disguised as an innocent heiress, went abroad to study and enjoy life, living a life of unparalleled glory for several years.

Xiao Yi, who died unjustly, lost her life, her future, and everything else. She could only become a lonely, vengeful ghost, wandering the world, suffering the torment of resentment and loneliness day and night.