The mont they stepped out of the room, a ghostly face lunged at them, making their hearts skip a beat.
By the ti the two of them escaped the mansion, they were drenched in a cold sweat.
"Holy shit, you scared to death!" Ziyou patted his chest, panting heavily.
"Are you awake now?" his handso roommate asked, turning to Ziyou.
Ziyou nodded miserably. "I am now."
After leaving the village, they got into a taxi to go ho.
The handso roommate asked Shen Zhiyao, "Strear, what did Chen Muzhe’s mother an with her last words? Don’t tell Chen Muzhe is still going to pester Little Feng?"
Ziyou, his face pale as a sheet, said, "Strear, please help . Help get rid of Chen Muzhe. I really don’t want to dream about her ever again."
Shen Zhiyao’s expression grew a bit grave. "I’m afraid it’s not that simple."
"What do you an? Is she going to co back?" Ziyou asked frantically.
Shen Zhiyao said, "You already accepted her marriage proposal in the dream. She will send her dowry to your ho, and she’ll also bring the ghost marriage officiants to take you to the underworld to marry her. If nothing unexpected happens, she’ll deliver the dowry to your house tonight."
"What?" Ziyou was so scared he slumped in his seat. "I... I don’t want to marry her... and I don’t want to die..."
His handso roommate said hurriedly, "Strear, you have to save Little Feng! He’s so young and has such a bright future ahead of him. He can’t be forced into a ghost marriage with a dead person!"
Shen Zhiyao said confidently, "Don’t worry. I have a way."
[See that? This is what happens when you’re a fool for a pretty face! Let’s see if you n dare to swoon over anyone so easily again!]
[Even though I’m a guy, I have zero sympathy for Ziyou. Who told him to be so taken with a pretty face, fall in love with a woman he’d never t in a dream, and even accept her proposal. Heh, all I can say is, he deserves it!]
[You can’t say that! Basically every guy has dread about a gorgeous woman!]
[He’s in the pri of his youth; who wouldn’t be tempted after spending day and night together in a dream! I dread about a super hot girl last ti, too. She was riding one of those "ghost fire" motorcycles and looked so cool!]
[You n all just like those super hot girls, don’t you! When Chen Muzhe was a great beauty in the dream, he was totally into her. Now that he knows she’s an ugly hag, his attitude does a complete 180. What? Do ugly people not deserve love?]
[What’s wrong with liking pretty people? Do you like ugly guys? Fine, let’s set you up with a pockmarked man with teary eyes, how about it? Would you be willing?]
For a mont, the bullet comnts in the stream exploded into a heated argunt. Shen Zhiyao glanced at them but paid them no mind.
She looked at the two of them seriously and said, "Just do as I say. They will definitely deliver the betrothal gifts tonight. You don’t need to panic. First thing tomorrow morning, find the owner of a paper effigy shop and have a paper doll made in Ziyou’s likeness. Tomorrow night, stick a piece of paper with Ziyou’s birth date and ti onto the doll. When the people from the ghost marriage procession arrive, you," she gestured to the handso roommate, "will deliver the paper doll to their vehicle. That will complete the ritual! The paper doll will take Ziyou’s place as Chen Muzhe’s groom, and Chen Muzhe will then live happily ever after with her new husband."
The handso roommate asked, "And that’s it?"
"Mhm, that’s all it takes."
"Whoa, that sounds surprisingly simple!"
Shen Zhiyao said, "However, because you’re the one delivering the paper doll to the vehicle, you’ll need to prepare a black cloth to cover your eyes tomorrow night. For an ordinary person, seeing a ghost can cause a major illness, and on the day you deliver the groom, you will see many ghosts."
Hearing Shen Zhiyao’s words, the handso roommate’s scalp tingled with fear:
"Shouldn’t the parents be the ones to see the groom off? Do I really have to be the one to do it?"
"My mom is back in our hotown; she can’t make it back in ti. And I don’t want to worry them..." He grabbed his handso roommate’s hand. "Can you help ? At school, you’re the only real brother I have."
The handso roommate nodded. "I’m seriously terrified of ghosts, but what can I do? You’re my best friend. Of course I have to help you with this!"
"Thanks!" Ziyou said gratefully.
"Strear, tomorrow night at midnight, when we’re sending Ziyou off, can we video call you?"
Shen Zhiyao nodded. "You can. With here, nothing will go wrong."
"Thank you, Strear!"
"You’re welco. I’ll see you tomorrow, then!" With that, Shen Zhiyao ended the call.
[Now that’s a real bro. Not like my brother, who only knows how to steal my food. He’ll eat anything in my hands as long as it isn’t literal shit. I’m so jealous!]
[I feel like this Ziyou guy is so selfish. He doesn’t want his parents to pay the price, so he makes his friend pay it for him, and even makes his friend take the risk for him.]
[What a "green tea boy." He makes his friend accompany him to an old mansion for a ss he created, and tomorrow night he’s making his friend face a hundred ghosts for him. You’d better treat your friend well from now on.]
[You should solve the problems you cause yourself! Why drag your friend into it!? What kind of man are you! You have no sense of responsibility at all. I can’t stand guys like you!]
[This kind of guy is a top-tier coward. He’d get on my nerves too!]
Most of the bullet comnts were filled with negative opinions about "Ziyou."
Shen Zhiyao imdiately stepped in to stop them. "Don’t you have any good friends? Or do you hope your friends just stand by and do nothing when you’re in trouble? If sothing isn’t your place to judge, then don’t judge it!"
’I should keep the grandstanding to a minimum. Too much and I’ll sound like a bleeding-heart saint.’
The remaining two divination slots were for fortune-telling about marriage, and Shen Zhiyao quickly gave her answers.
Early the next morning, the landlady knocked on Shen Zhiyao’s door.
When the landlady saw Shen Zhiyao, she paused in surprise. "You’re... Miss Shen?"
’Strange! How is she so different from the dowdy, plainly dressed girl I rember?’
At that mont, Shen Zhiyao was still wearing that dark green qipao, her hair in a half-updo. Elegant and noble, she looked completely out of place in the rented room.
The landlady quickly snapped back to her senses and finally rembered to ask, "The rent is due. Are... are you going to renew?"
’I originally ca to collect the rent, but after seeing Shen Zhiyao now, I feel like my humble little place can’t possibly hold such a distinguished person anymore.’
"It’s due, so I won’t be renewing. I’ll be moving out in the next day or two."
She had lived in this shabby rented room before because she was poor. Now that Shen Zhiyao’s wealth was growing daily from her livestreams, she no longer had to put up with such conditions.
It was just that for the past few days, she’d been so busy with her cultivation that she hadn’t thought about moving.
But now, she was gaining so fa on the internet. With fa cos trouble, and a better environnt could help her avoid a lot of hassle.
She had originally thought about buying an apartnt, but when she looked at a real estate agency, she discovered that the prices in Beijing City were frighteningly expensive.
In a building that housed dozens of families, a single apartnt cost over thirty million!
’For the sa price in the Cultivation World, I could have bought an entire mountain to establish my own sect!’
’Maybe I should just rent an apartnt for now,’ she mused.
Just then, she got a call from Jin Fan...
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