Shocking! A master of metaphysics has been mind-reading!

After the door was knocked three times, the noise outside suddenly became louder, followed by a heavy thud, as if someone was banging on the door with their foot.

The noise at the door grew louder and louder. Although Cao Niannian knew that Xia Wange was there and nothing would happen, she gradually became uneasy.

Xia Wange did not react. She stared in the direction of the door, her eyes flickered, and a faint purple light flowed through her pupils, instantly opening her third eye.

Then she saw outside the door two pale-faced paper figures with bloodshot eyes, their eerie red lips smiling, blocking a man in red from entering the room.

But every time the paper effigy tried to bring him into the room, he would forcefully kick the door to resist.

Then, during the struggle, they slammed their fists against the door, making a series of noises.

Xia Wange was stunned.

Goodness, it turns out it was an arranged marriage by the parents, and the groom was also resisting.

No wonder she always felt something was off, but she couldn't figure it out until now; it turns out the other party in the ghost marriage didn't agree to it.

They were forcibly brought here by the person casting the spell, using paper effigy, to complete a ghost marriage.

Thinking of this, Xia Wange stood up, walked to the door, and opened it.

The two paper effigies that were locked in a stalemate with the male ghost saw her and screamed as they tried to rush over. Xia Wange raised her hands from the left and right at the same time and pierced the bloody eyes of the two paper effigies. Then, with a light pry, the two paper effigies deflated and collapsed limply to the ground.

The male ghost looked at Xia Wange, his ashen face full of surprise.

"Those two are strongmen. I fought them all the way here, and you just took them down so easily?"

"I can not only take care of them with ease, but I can also take care of you with ease. Come in and talk."

The male ghost took a step back. "I do not accept arranged marriages."

"I'm not forcing you, I'm here to break up your ghost marriage."

The male ghost hesitated for a moment, but still went into the room. He said hesitantly, "If you break up this ghost marriage, will I be considered a first or second marriage? I don't want to be a second marriage. I don't want my innocent karma to just disappear like this."

Xia Wange was speechless. "You two aren't married yet, so it's not considered a second marriage. Moreover, according to Article 1052 of the Civil Code, if a marriage is entered into under duress, the marriage can be annulled. That's how it is in the human world; it's even more convenient in the underworld."

"That's good." The male ghost breathed a sigh of relief.

Cao Niannian was quite nervous.

In the dimly lit room, she heard a frantic commotion outside the door. After Master Xia left, she heard the sound of paper being punctured, and then she heard Master Xia talking non-stop.

When she finally saw the other person, she realized that Master Xia had been talking to thin air...

"Master Xia, where are we now?" Cao Niannian asked in a low voice.

"Oh, that's about it. It's nothing serious. The male ghost on the other side also disagreed." Xia Wange waved her hand, preventing Cao Niannian from seeing anything from the underworld. "I'll sever your karmic ties once I've done that."

"You can't kill her." The male ghost suddenly stepped forward and grabbed Xia Wange's sleeve. "You can't kill her yet!"

Xia Wange looked at the male ghost, her gaze somewhat somber. "What?"

Unexpectedly, the male ghost immediately began to wail and scream, "Master, you know, this ghost marriage was definitely arranged by my mother through my third aunt, the sorceress in my family. I don't want to get married! I was constantly pressured to marry, and I couldn't take it anymore, so I committed suicide. If you cut it off now, they will definitely arrange another one for me! I really don't want to get married, Master, please help me!"

Unable to bear the male ghost's pitiful crying any longer, Xia Wange frowned. "I'll take you back, and you can talk to your family yourself?"

The male ghost said cautiously, "I don't think it's useful. They didn't listen to me when I was alive either."

"Maybe it will listen after it dies?"

The male ghost floated left and right, "Impossible, she won't listen."

"That's alright, we'll try to persuade her later. I'll focus on severing your karmic ties now..."

"Waaaaah, Master, please don't execute me yet. Wait until my family is sure they won't make any more arrangements for me, then you can execute me, okay? Please. Also, could you come with me? I'm afraid that shaman relative of mine might do something to me, and I won't be able to escape. Master, please help me, you're so much more capable than that half-baked shaman in my family."

Xia Wange looked up at the sky and took a deep breath.

Seeing her like this, Cao Niannian asked anxiously, "Master, what's wrong? Did that ghost change its mind? Is it very fierce?"

Xia Wange shook her head, somewhat unable to resist the crying male ghost tugging at her trouser leg.

She wasn't afraid of even the fiercest ghosts; it was just a matter of whether she got beaten up once or twice.

But she's always been someone who responds better to gentle persuasion than force, and this devil's attempt to be gentle with her left her momentarily at a loss for what to do.

"Niannian said he was afraid that if I severed your karmic ties, his family would immediately arrange a new one for him, and then no one would be there to help him. So he wanted to wait until he persuaded his mother before I severed them."

Cao Niannian was taken aback. "Then he should go and persuade him first."

Xia Wange said, "He wants me to go with him."

"I'll go too, Master, please take me with you," Cao Niannian said. "I'm scared to be alone until this matter is resolved. I can drive, I can drive."

Xia Wange didn't let Cao Niannian drive. The distance wasn't too far, but it would take about five or six hours by car and eight or nine hours by train.

She was used to riding a motorcycle, but this situation was clearly not practical, so she took Cao Niannian directly to buy train tickets, and the male ghost was possessed by a small paper doll.

She originally wanted to invite Lu Qiu, but then she thought that this matter wouldn't be of much help to his leg, and might even be a wasted trip. After thinking it over, Xia Wange decided not to inform Lu Qiu.

On the train, out of boredom, Xia Wange crumpled up a talisman that could hear the male ghost's voice and gave it to Cao Niannian. The three of them then had a good chat and learned about his past.

The male ghost is named Zhou Xingwang. He lives in a single-parent family with his mother.

His name carries all of his mother's hopes and love, and he also receives control from her.

"You have no idea how terrifying my mother's controlling nature was." Even as a ghost, Zhou Xingwang still felt lingering fear. "She would ask me if I wanted to drink porridge, and if I said no, she would keep asking and asking until I drank it."

"Then why did you keep saying you wouldn't drink?" Cao Niannian asked in a low voice.

"Then she would just hand it to me and watch me drink it. If I still didn't drink it, she would cry, slap herself, and say that it was all her fault and that she was wrong. Then she would start crying about how difficult it was to raise me."

As he spoke, Zhou Xingwang suddenly burst into tears. "I'm twenty-six years old, and I've never chosen a single piece of clothing for myself, nor even picked out a pair of socks. When I said I didn't like the smell of cilantro, she would make cilantro buns every day and cook every dish with cilantro in it, forcing me to eat it..."