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"My Tenant is a Female Ghost" features a female ghost.
"Sister Shirei, where are you going?" Ouyang Shirei picked up her bag and walked out, with Bai Zhuo chasing after her. "Sister Shirei! Sister Shirei!"
Bai Zhuo grabbed Ouyang Shirei's hand. "Sister Shirei, don't let someone irrelevant affect you!"
Ouyang Shirei turned her back to Bai Zhuo, lowering her head so her expression was hidden. "He’s not irrelevant... Bai... do you think I’m pathetic?"
"Sister Shirei..."
"I know! I know you must look down on me. It’s been over four years; he has been pestering me for more than four years, and every time I indulge him, he becomes more outrageous." Ouyang Shirei turned around and shook off Bai Zhuo's hand.
Bai Zhuo stared at her in shock as tears streamed down her cheeks. "To be honest, why do I indulge him so much? Because I like him. From the very first moment I saw him, I liked him... I’ve waited for him for four years, not four months, but four years!"
Ouyang Shirei's tears flowed continuously, smudging her makeup, yet she remained beautiful. She choked out, "I like him so much; I just didn’t expect that on my wedding night, he would send me to another man for his own future!"
"I like him! That’s why I indulge him; I thought he would change. I told myself he would change for me... I've been waiting for him, but he shows no sign of remorse... Bai, I know you have feelings for me. I've thought that maybe if I can't have him, you would be a good choice too. I was ready to give up, but just now when I saw him, I realized I still held onto hope. I can’t let go; I'm sorry... I'm a bad woman."
Ouyang Shirei walked away. By the time Bai Zhuo heard half of it, his heart had already grown cold. A woman's love truly comes without any reason.
Bai Zhuo wanted to cry as well; only now did he realize that he had always been a backup option. The falling flowers have intentions while the flowing water is indifferent; he was someone who could both hold on and let go. A romance that hadn’t even begun had already ended.
"Ah—" Bai Zhuo let out a long howl, attracting the bewildered gazes of passersby who pointed and whispered about him.
Ouyang Shirei leaned against the wall and upon hearing Bai Zhuo's cry, she cried even harder. "I'm sorry, Bai. I don’t want to drag you down with me. As long as this relationship isn’t resolved, I won’t find peace in my life. Once I sever this entanglement, I'll give you my best self!" Sometimes women can be very clever, but at other times they can be exceptionally foolish. If it were Ge Shui Lian in this situation, no matter how much she liked someone, she would have kicked them where it hurts without hesitation! But Ouyang Shirei is Ouyang Shirei; she has her own way of handling things.
...
Bai Zhuo wandered in a daze; by the second day, his mind was still filled with thoughts of Ouyang Shirei. When he left home, he didn’t even respond when Peach Peach greeted him, which made her quite unhappy.
At Ge's Flower Shop, Bai Zhuo gently pushed open the door, causing the wind chimes to ring. His brief moment of distraction earned him Ge Shui Lian's scolding: "Hey, Bai! Don’t block the door; people need to do business here!"
Thinking about his engagement with her made Bai Zhuo look at Ge Shui Lian strangely.
Ge Shui Lian felt uneasy under his gaze. "What are you staring at? Haven't you seen a pretty girl before?" Bai Zhuo was already in a bad mood and shot her a glare. "I already know."
Ge Shui Lian's heart skipped a beat as she asked, "W-what do you mean?"
"I know why you are targeting me," Bai Zhuo said lightly as he walked over. "Don't worry, marriage is a matter for two people. I'm not interested in you, so go ahead and pursue your Cold Young Master... What era are we in? My master still thinks of using such an old-fashioned method to bind me."
Upon hearing this from Bai Zhuo, Ge Shui Lian felt displeased. "Hey, hey, hey! What do you mean by that, Bai?"
"What do I mean... the literal meaning. Can't you understand Chinese?" Bai Zhuo shrugged and headed upstairs.
"Hey~ You think I’m interested in you? There are plenty of people chasing me! I wouldn’t even look at you! You should take a good look in the mirror and see what you look like... Ouch..." Ge Shui Lian exclaimed as she covered the back of her head in pain. Turning around, she saw it was Elder Ge.
"You little brat, are you causing trouble again? A girl should have some modesty; how will you get married in the future?"
Ge Shui Lian could only swallow her grievances and shot a fierce glare at Bai Zhuo before huffing away.
In Elder Ge's room.
"Master, is your hand feeling better?"
"With the blessing of talismans, it's much better now."
"What happened last time when someone tricked you?"
Elder Ge sighed. "It was the Tang family causing trouble. With the competition approaching, they were warning me... Sigh—I'm getting old. I don't want to get involved in this mess this year, but you have to break free from this cursed deal and face it head-on! The Onmyoji Association's warehouse... it's essentially the Tang family's warehouse. I know there’s a talisman for breaking contracts inside. You must retrieve it; Ghost Marriage is truly not something to be entered into, for both you and Shui Lian's sake. There are three hours left; I'll take you to the Yin Yang Market later to see if we can find some good items."
"The Yin Yang Market?" Bai Zhuo asked in surprise. "Are we going to buy things? I've heard that a Mystic Water Talisman or Ice Symbol costs hundreds of thousands; I don't have any money!"
"Haha, that's where you're mistaken. Anything that can be bought with money isn't worth much! In the Yin Yang Market, many things cannot be purchased with money! In the Yin Yang Realm, the only currency is souls."
"Huh? Souls as currency?" Bai Zhuo exclaimed.
"That's right! Money has little use for onmyojis anymore. But souls are different; they can serve as currency and can also be used to raise Ghost Servants. The older the soul, the more valuable it is—of course, that’s assuming you can catch it. Now do you understand how important it is to learn ghost-catching?"
Bai Zhuo nodded and asked, "So, Master, how many souls do you have?"
"Follow me."
Bai Zhuo followed Elder Ge into his bedroom. Elder Ge took a bag from the cabinet and handed it to Bai Zhuo, saying, "Take a look."
The bag was yellow, adorned with several symbols, and a large character for "seal" was written on it. It felt very light, as if it contained nothing at all. When Bai Zhuo opened it, a wave of Yin Qi rushed out, revealing that the bag was filled with various milky-white "pearls."
"What is this?"
"This is the Soul-Sealing Pearl, sealed from the Soul Sealing Altar," Elder Ge pointed to a gray-brown clay jar in the corner of the room. The jar was affixed with two talismans, and its opening was covered with a Yellow Cloth bagua diagram.
"Generally, captured spirits are sealed in the Soul Sealing Altar. The longer they are sealed, the more valuable they become."
"Master, since you can seal so many spirits, why not create a few Ghost Servants?"
"Sealing spirits and subduing them are two different matters. Besides, I believe that humans and spirits should not intermingle; using spirits for one's own purposes goes against fate, and I do not advocate it."
Bai Zhuo murmured softly, "Oh, no wonder Ge Shui Lian has such a stubborn mind."
"Huh? What did you say?"
"Nothing, nothing...?"
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