The wicked ghost Xu Jia died. When she opened her eyes again, she had become a death-row inmate awaiting execution.
From her "roommate," she learned why she'd ended up here. The original owner was a thug who forced Shen Yu, a beautiful Omega with no family, to marry her. After the wedding, she beat and abused Shen Yu. When she learned Shen Yu was a lost member of the Shen family, the original owner joined forces with Shen Yi, who had contacted her, to steal that identity through a scheme. After their plot was exposed, the original owner was sent to prison for a long list of crimes.
"You're going to die," her transparent roommate said ominously.
"Oh." The ghost, content to laze around, wasn't worried at all.
It wasn't as if she had never died before.
The next day, a cool, stunning beauty walked into the filthy prison. She frowned at Xu Jia, who was fast asleep.
After Xu Jia woke up, she heard the news: she wouldn't have to die after all, because the stunning beauty in front of her was pregnant, and the fetus needed to be nourished by the pheromones of its biological Alpha parent.
Shen Yu hated Xu Jia, but she couldn't bear to give up this child.
2
The wicked ghost had no interest in reforming. She just wanted to laze around.
But life beside a stunning beauty was definitely better than life in prison. Xu Jia struggled with the choice, then gave in for the time being at the sight of a fragrant meal. The ghost hadn't eaten human food in hundreds of years.
When the beauty stood, Xu Jia supported her. When she sat, Xu Jia massaged her legs. When she lay down, Xu Jia became her cushion.
As time passed, Xu Jia was horrified to sense ghostly energy in Shen Yu's womb that came from the same source as her own.
Had she infected the baby? She was human now!
At a checkup, the doctor told Shen Yu that there was no guarantee she could keep the baby. For once, the wicked ghost felt guilty and ashamed. The child had been affected by her and become half human, half ghost. It was weak because it hadn't been fed ghost food.
"It's my fault." Seeing that Shen Yu couldn't sleep, Xu Jia admitted her mistake.
Shen Yu said nothing.
"I'll try my best to make it up to you." Xu Jia would work hard to produce ghostly energy.
Shen Yu misunderstood what she meant.
"Help me." The stunning beauty took the initiative and clung to her.
If there were enough pheromones, could the baby be saved?
3
The stunning beauty woke from a nightmare with reddened eyes. She stared at Xu Jia in panic, dazed, and kept murmuring, "I'm sorry."
The wicked ghost held her Omega and gently comforted her, assuming she'd had a nightmare.
Years later, when the wicked ghost remembered what had happened, she wanted to give her past self a good whack.
"I'm sorry." Shen Yu snuggled against the hard-won ghost, content and affectionate.
People say ghosts and monsters are devious, but Xu Jia thought those self-righteous Daoists were just as bad.
She only regretted that she'd been blind in her ghostly eyes back then.
"Are you still angry with me for deceiving you?" Shen Yu asked sadly when Xu Jia didn't kiss her as usual.
"No." Seeing that expression on Shen Yu's face, Xu Jia instinctively hugged her to comfort her. Only afterward did she realize what she'd done.
Oh well. They already had a child, so the wicked ghost decided to keep lazing around and stop worrying about it.
Theme: Winning by doing nothing is still winning.