From that day on, Fang Zhiyi became incredibly unlucky, and even frequently saw things that others couldn't see.

He saw a woman with an indistinct face often standing by the well in the He family mansion, weeping. He also saw ghosts hanging from the branches of trees on the outskirts of the city. It seemed that these ghosts would keep bothering Fang Zhiyi because they realized that he could see them.

Fang Zhiyi began to look increasingly haggard, but she didn't know who to confide in.

Fortunately, he met a wandering Taoist priest and bought a talisman. Carrying the talisman on his person would keep ghosts and demons away, and Fang Zhiyi was able to come back to life.

During this period, He Yuling kept causing him trouble and even tried to frame him, but because Grandpa He was still alive, He Yuling's tricks never succeeded.

It was at this time that Old Master He suddenly fell seriously ill and passed away a few days later.

Without Old Master He's supervision, He Yuling began her own schemes. First, she spent lavishly to send people to search for He Chusheng. Then, she had her confidant strangle the servant who had informed on her. Finally, she took back the shop that Fang Zhiyi was running.

"A penniless nobody like you dares to marry me? Bah!"

Fang Zhiyi was turned away when he tried to pay his respects to Old Master He. He was quite nonchalant and turned to leave. Although he had lost his shop, Fang Zhiyi had accumulated a lot of connections over the years. All he wanted was an opportunity.

But instead of getting the chance, he faced a deadly disaster.

He Chusheng appeared, and He Yuling was overjoyed. However, she did not notice any change in He Chusheng. Under He Chusheng's sweet talk, He Yuling was completely unguarded and gave him whatever money he asked for. She even started preparing for her wedding with He Chusheng, completely ignoring the strange looks from those around her.

Just as she was happily preparing her wedding dress, news struck her like a bolt from the blue.

He Chusheng was already engaged to another woman.

It wasn't until then that He Yuling belatedly realized that He Chusheng had returned not for her, but for the He family's money. He needed money to enhance his image because he had a new love in the provincial capital. The girl came from a noble family, and he needed the He family's money to create a good family background for himself.

But He Yuling was already deeply involved. She clung to He Chusheng and stopped providing him with money. She even prevented He Chusheng from leaving, using her pregnancy with his child as a threat. She said she would cause a scene in the provincial capital if he left.

"Who do you think you are? If my father hadn't taken you in back then, you would have died long ago! You're just an orphan with no parents!"

These words made He Chusheng's eyes turn fierce.

"How dare a lowly countrywoman insult me?"

That night, He Yuling's door was pushed open, and several masked burly men barged in. They first assaulted her, and then He Chusheng appeared. When He Yuling pleaded for help, He Chusheng simply scolded her for being unchaste and threatened to tell everyone about it.

In this era, after such an incident, He Yuling's reputation was ruined. Although her reputation wasn't good before, if this matter got out, she and He Chusheng would have no hope left. He Yuling panicked. Faced with He Chusheng's threats, she completely compromised, selling all her land and shops and giving the money to He Chusheng, only begging him not to abandon her for the sake of the child in her womb.

But He Chusheng went even further. After getting the money, he ran away and had people spread rumors that He Yuling had committed adultery. He Yuling was devastated and eventually hanged herself in a bright red wedding dress.

And so the most ferocious ghost in Jiang Town appeared.

The He family was the first to suffer; overnight, not a single member of the He family survived.

The next day, Fang Zhiyi was the one who suffered. The talisman in his hand was completely unable to withstand He Yuling's resentment. By the time he was discovered, his body was stiff.

In He Yuling's opinion, if it hadn't been Fang Zhiyi in the first place, she wouldn't have ended up like this.