Chapter 553

His features were exceptionally handsome, but his skin was so pale it was almost inhuman. His deep, narrow eyes were eerily cold, devoid of any human emotion. Although his expression was not terrifying, but rather gentle, it still inexplicably instilled fear in people.

That is the awe that humanity feels when facing an unspeakable, terrifying existence.

He stood in the candlelight, wearing a long black robe with intricate patterns embroidered on the collar and sleeves. In the dim light, looking at him for even a moment would sting one's eyes.

Even more bizarrely, his wrists and lower body were wrapped in black chains, and he silently disappeared into the void.

As an ordinary human girl, Wen Xin should naturally be afraid of Him, after all, this man was so strange.

She hugged the jade ruyi and shrank deeper into the bed, her grape-like eyes glistening with tears.

Noticing the human girl's fear, He pursed his thin lips slightly.

The atmosphere in the new house was unusually quiet.

Seeing that He hadn't done anything to her for a while and didn't seem to intend to harm her, the girl finally mustered up a little courage and asked, "W-who are you?"

His inhuman gaze remained fixed on her, without uttering a word.

Wen Xin sat there helplessly, not daring to speak again.

Suddenly, her stomach growled softly in protest, and the discomfort of hunger swept over her again. But remembering that there were other people in the room, a blush crept onto her fair face, and she lowered her head in embarrassment, not daring to look at Him any longer.

The sound of the mahogany door opening and closing could be heard.

The mysterious man, who was suspected to be another protagonist on the wedding night, left the room.

Before Wen Xin could react, a group of beautiful maids dressed in blue ruqun (a type of traditional Chinese dress) filed in carrying food.

The head maid, with a smile, bowed respectfully to Wen Xin, "Madam, please have your meal."

Wen Xin seemed startled, "W-who are you?"

"We servants were assigned by our master to serve you, Madam."

"ah?"

The head maid didn't explain, but simply reached out to help Wen Xin out of bed.

Touching the other person's excessively cold hand, Wen Xin couldn't help but tremble. The faint ghostly aura made her body instinctively shrink back.

Ugh, she really doubts if there are any normal people here.

So, did the fragment of her soul know what kind of being she was going to marry?

Um, and also, she shouldn't have broken the character setting of the soul fragment, right?

I'm scared, I'm going bald, and I'm hugging myself and trembling.

Xiao Jin: "..." That's too much, Master, that's too much of a performance.

Wen Xin: Shut up!

Is that stupid butterfly so itchy if it doesn't get a good beating?

Little Jin scurried away in terror.

There was a beautifully presented meal on the table. Wen Xin touched it and found it to be warm and without any ghostly aura.

Honestly, being surrounded by a group of ghost maids while eating is incredibly exciting.

Even though Wen Xin knew it wouldn't happen, she couldn't help but imagine herself eating air instead of food, or the food on the table turning into bloody human flesh.

Wen Xin quickly gulped down the hot porridge in her hand, imagining that she wouldn't be able to eat anymore.

The head maid said gently, "Madam, please don't rush, eat slowly, there's plenty more."

Wen Xin was suffocating: Sister, don't get too close to me, or I'll be in no hurry. The ghostly aura is about to pounce on my face, honey!

The head maid had no idea that the new young lady was not as simple and harmless as she appeared, and that she had already seen through their true identities.

After all, in her eyes, Wen Xin was just an ordinary human woman with no spiritual energy fluctuations. How could she possibly see through them?

However, Wen Xin, who knew everything, filled her stomach with exhaustion.

The head maidservant helped Wen Xin remove her phoenix crown and change out of her heavy and elaborate wedding dress.

The maids brought her hot water to wash up.

Such thoughtfulness! If she hadn't been able to sense that the ghostly aura in this place was so dense that it couldn't dissipate, forming an independent inner world, Wen Xin wouldn't have believed that this was actually a ghost realm full of ghosts and monsters, without a trace of human presence. She would have thought she had transmigrated into an ancient noble family.

"Madam, it's late, please rest now."

Wen Xin sat on the bed, her red lips slightly pursed, as if she wanted to ask something but dared not speak.

The head maid asked considerately, "Is there anything else you wish to instruct me about, Madam?"

"No," Wen Xin waved her hand, nervously clutching her red nightgown, and whispered, "I just wanted to ask, who was the man who just came here...?"

"Yes, madam, it is my lord."

"grown ups?"

"Your Excellency is the owner of the old house in Nanshan, and also your husband."

"..."

What's it like to wake up to a dead husband?

However, her deceased husband seems to be very powerful and influential. Does this count as her marrying into a wealthy family? Only a wealthy family in the ghost world.

The female protagonists in these abusive novels have such tragic lives!

Wen Xin had very mixed feelings and could only comfort herself that at least her dead husband wasn't the male lead in a sadomasochistic novel.

"Where did he go? Is he coming tonight?"

"My lord has instructed me to take good care of you, Madam. You may stay here in peace."

"……oh."

Being abandoned by her husband on her wedding night—isn't that part of a tragic love story?

But thinking about what kind of existence her newly-born husband was, Wen Xin wondered what kind of angst this was? It was clearly a story with maximum luck.

After all, if she were to actually sleep with a ghost husband, she felt she might not be able to handle it; it was likely that something bloody would happen.

On her wedding night, a fierce human woman kills her dead husband with her own hands... Well, Wen Xin completely rejects this kind of ghost world headline.

But, is her non-human husband not coming to take care of her feelings?

Wen Xin thought of the handsome man with sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes, and her affection for him increased by 1.

Ah, never mind that for now, I need to go to sleep and absorb the memories of the soul fragments and the Heavenly Dao plot. Otherwise, I'll be completely in the dark, and I'm afraid that if I say anything more, it will ruin my image and cause endless trouble.

The head maid helped Wen Xin lower the bed curtains and extinguished the palace lanterns in the room, leaving only the dragon and phoenix candles burning.

The bed was dimly lit, not so dark that it would disturb sleep, but not so dark that it would be frightening. Wen Xin couldn't help but admire the head maid's thoughtfulness. Her professional skills must be comparable to those of a first-class female official in the palace.

The ghostly aura was everywhere, but apart from making her feel a little cold, it did not cause her any other harm.

However, Wenxin still released the red rope to keep watch at night before closing her eyes and falling asleep.

...

This is certainly not the ancient world; on the contrary, it is a modern society with highly developed information technology.

However, in this world, science and the supernatural coexist, and many strange phenomena exist in places unknown to ordinary people.

But a hundred years ago, the laws of nature began to restrict these strange existences, using rules to confine them in various mediums, such as haunted school buses, haunted schools, and haunted houses.

However, simply trapping them will only make the monsters more ferocious and out of control. In that case, they will all turn against the Heavenly Dao, and this world can say goodbye to the universe.