When Tongying Niangniang, who had enjoyed offerings for three thousand years, opened her eyes, she saw her tearful believers lined up in a long row, having been "successfully apprehended" by a group of black-clad men called "police officers."
A gray-haired believer cried out, "Tongying Niangniang has protected our villages for a thousand years. Her divine powers reach the heavens. You'll get what's coming to you sooner or later."
The "captain" leading the group had a dignified face and an air of righteousness. "It's the twenty-first century, and you're still dabbling in feudal superstition and spreading cult ideas? Once we get back, we'll make sure your counselor gives you a proper lecture."
Tongying Niangniang: "???"
She blankly stepped out of the idol, only to be treated as a "victim" and escorted by the police to a place called the police station.
With no other choice, she caught a ghost baby at the captain's haunted neighbor's house and asked it what was going on.
The legendary ghost baby, said to be seen only once in a hundred years, had a blue face and wept bloody tears. Under the horrified gazes of the captain and his neighbor, it burst into sobs. "Niangniang, times have changed!"
----A bystander's perspective----
Three thousand years after leaving the mountains, Tongying Niangniang discovered that the world had changed beyond recognition.
But one thing hadn't changed: people's greed could always come up with new and interesting things she liked.
So Tongying Niangniang transformed herself, opened a shop, and started doing business both online and offline, collecting offerings in a different way.
And so, there was the star who wanted to become famous overnight...
The husband coveting his wife's fortune...
The older brother who resented his younger brother out of jealousy...
The woman before them was clearly beautiful, smiling brightly, yet in the candlelight her face looked utterly sinister.
She tapped the table with her slender fingers, smiling faintly. "So, what can you offer me?"
Notes and content warnings:
1. The female lead runs a shop.
2. The female lead is the main villain, a genuine villainous boss with warped values.
3. There is a male lead, and he is an ordinary person.
4. In terms of combat strength, the female lead is the strongest.
5. Horror and gore.
6. Bad people get what they deserve.
Theme: World peace, and evil gets its comeuppance