1. The year Yuan Xixuan turned seventeen, a group of people claiming to be her family came looking for her.
They said she was the younger daughter of the Yuan family, switched at birth, and that they would take her home to enjoy a life of wealth.
After returning, she discovered that there was already a fake heiress in the family, a girl named Yuan Ruoxuan.
The family loved one another dearly, making Yuan Xixuan, their newly returned biological daughter, seem like an outsider.
But Yuan Xixuan didn't care. As long as the money was there, that was all that mattered.
Besides, she already had a loving family of her own.
2. Yuan Xixuan had been able to see ghosts since she was little.
When she was still an infant, her wicked stepmother abandoned her at the haunted Wanfeng Ridge.
A group of old ghosts found her and worked hard to raise her. They were her mom and dad.
When the Yuan family came looking for her, she was unmoved. But she saw the ghostly flames in her ghost parents' eyes, and how hard they were trying to hide their excitement.
Her second mom, a beauty reduced to bones, cradled her own head and reminisced about her jade hairpins. Her third dad, once from a family of scholars, recited poetry to the moon and longed for a fine work of calligraphy...
For the sake of jade hairpins and fine calligraphy, Yuan Xixuan took another look at the Yuan family.
They were rich.
They were willing to compensate her financially.
They felt nothing but pity for her. They didn't love her.
Perfect. She could find her ghost parents a warm home.
3. The Yuan family discovered that their home had suddenly become gloomy and chilly.
They also noticed that the girl they'd brought back out of pity was growing more and more beautiful, excelling at school and becoming a jack-of-all-trades. She was nothing like someone who'd grown up in the countryside.
They couldn't help wondering, "Could some powerful master be secretly helping her?"
One old ghost: Oh, come on, what powerful master? I'm only a little versed in literature. I just happened to pass all three imperial examinations.
Another old ghost: Oh, come on, what powerful master? The pipa pieces I composed just happen to be on your exams now.
Ghost number who-knows-what: Oh, come on, what powerful master? I just have a few successful descendants who aren't worth their salt.
4. One night, the richest man in City X, a famous director, a great artist, and others all received a call from their ancestors.
The call had two points.
First, their ancestor had taken a goddaughter in the underworld, meaning they now had a little grand-ancestor.
Second, someone had bullied their little grand-ancestor.
Theme: Give your love to those who deserve it