After an Honest Ghost Got Tangled Up with a Brooding Cultivator

[Metaphysics + Mystery Solving + Stealing a Wife + Deliberate Flirting + Size Difference]

Honest, somewhat dim-witted female ghost versus gloomy, lustful cultivator

In a nutshell: Kind people get bullied, and kind ghosts become other people's wives.

After Song Liuniang dies, she becomes an honest ghost with an empty stomach.

Until one day, she hears another ghost say that finding a "husband" in the world of the living will let her absorb yang energy and fill her belly.

Trembling, she slips into a bachelor’s dream. The man's ears turn red, but he calls her Huiniang.

To fill her stomach, Liuniang throws caution to the wind.

But who could have guessed the man was a cultivator? To stay alive and secure a long-term meal ticket, Liuniang can only accept the identity of his fiancée. When the man heads to the capital to take the imperial examinations, she goes along with him.

In the capital, the man focuses on preparing for the exams.

But the capital is full of talented people. To comfort him, Liuniang deliberately says, "Don't worry. You're capable, so even if you don't pass, you'll have other options."

The man puts down his book and raises an eyebrow. "Oh? Like what?"

Liuniang says, "I've heard that a ritual in the capital costs ten taels of silver. You can charge extra to keep watch overnight, and talismans and other things cost more."

The man says nothing and goes back to reading.

Liuniang continues with her suggestion: "Young Master Tang, who gets along with you, comes from a wealthy merchant family in Yangzhou. Why don't I go scare him, and then you can sell him a few talismans?"

The man says, "I'm not using my own wife as bait. Forget about it."

Soon, the results are announced, and the man places third in the imperial examinations.

Just then, strange cases start occurring all over the capital.

And so, the man and the ghost begin their official mystery-solving journey...