Chapter 47

Shi Jian couldn’t refuse the lighting effects, nor could she refuse the beautiful clothes.

Her desire for the beautiful dress temporarily made her forget her fear.

Her mind was filled with thoughts of how perfect she would look wearing this purely handmade traditional Chinese bridal dress—she absolutely had to have it!

Her entire face said—sincerely buying, no tricks.

To show her sincerity, Shi Jian even said, “We can do the exchange in person right now. Why don’t you name your price?”

So generous.

【This streamer hahaha, what’s going on?!】

【What bad intentions could Shi Jian have? She just wants to buy a pretty dress.】

【Shi Jian: subdue the female ghost (X) female ghost uniform (√)】

【Female ghost: Do you think this is a themed merchandise shop where you come to buy merchandise?】

【To be honest, this dress really is beautiful. If it was sold as merchandise, I’d want to buy it too.】

【Celestial maiden Shi Jian has her eyes on your dress; please cooperate and hand it over quickly. (Not really)】

【I don’t think it’s that simple. Streamers these days are too crafty. How could anyone be simply wanting to buy a dress in such a crisis? That sentence must mean something else, like to anger the bride ghost?】

If Shi Jian didn’t want this bridal outfit, she would have hoped the bride ghost wouldn’t even notice her—how could she purposely anger her then?

But the bride ghost didn’t listen to Shi Jian’s negotiation at all. She let out an angry roar, and her nails, originally normal, quickly grew long and looked extraordinarily sharp on the edges.

Shi Jian: “...” Looks like I won’t be buying the bridal dress after all.

Shi Jian took two urgent steps back. Suppressing her disappointment, she forced herself to shift her gaze away from the dress, though her eyes still glanced at it from time to time.

Shi Jian took out the prepared talking points again and pretended to negotiate, “Calm down. There are reasons for grievances. I have no hatred or grievance with you. We can talk about...” cooperation.

The last two words never came out.

Because the bride ghost lunged at Shi Jian. She seemed completely irrational, unable to stay calm.

Shi Jian thought, holy crap, she couldn’t let the bride ghost pin her down and claw her, so she dodged urgently.

This time she avoided the attack.

The bride ghost’s nails stabbed directly into a wooden pillar in the ancestral hall. Shi Jian noticed the wood was pierced with five deep holes.

Shi Jian’s scalp tingled: unbelievable!

She was certain that the female villager whose belly had been torn open was probably slashed by those nails, which might be as sharp as the school doctor’s surgical knife.

If not for concerns about her image and not wanting to expose her celestial maiden disguise, Shi Jian would have pushed open the ancestral hall door and run out.

Of course, the current situation didn’t allow her to retreat. The bride ghost pressed closer, and Shi Jian didn’t even have a chance to push the door.

After missing the first strike, the bride ghost quickly launched a second, then a third!

The attacks were extremely fierce, one strike following another, clearly aiming to kill Shi Jian.

Unlike the half-headed male ghost encountered by the main group on their night exploration of Happy Village, the bride ghost dared to come out in broad daylight, right under the sun, and was naturally fearless of the light radiating from Shi Jian.Shi Jian could only keep dodging.

The villagers outside and the other streamers didn’t know what was happening but faintly heard rumbling sounds from inside the ancestral hall; as for the viewers in the live stream, their adrenaline was already surging—what on earth was going to happen?

The villagers had been fooled by Shi Jian, thinking she was a celestial maiden, but the viewers knew the truth.

Wearing Barbie pink high heels, Shi Jian dodged several times in a row, though it was becoming increasingly difficult. At one point, the bride ghost’s nails even brushed against Shi Jian’s hair.

Tear—

At such a critical moment, Shi Jian’s dress was snagged and torn by the bride ghost’s nails. It seemed like such a small matter, but since even flesh could be caught, what was the big deal?

The viewers didn’t notice.

But Shi Jian did.

Her eyes suddenly widened. She stared at the hem of the dress pierced by the bride ghost’s nails, feeling like her heart was bleeding.

Although this dress wasn’t the one Shi Jian had spent the most points on, it was one she quite liked. Today was the first time she wore it, and it was ruined the moment it appeared.

“Torn… torn,” Shi Jian muttered.

She was furious—damn it! If you want to kill, just kill; why ruin someone’s dress?

But soon Shi Jian had a new idea. Since it was already torn… why not make the tear bigger?

The bride ghost didn’t care what Shi Jian was doing. Like an emotionless killing machine, she continued reaching out toward Shi Jian. This time Shi Jian didn’t retreat but instead stepped forward slightly to meet her.

The bride ghost’s long nails scraped her dress again, and with that swipe, the tear in Shi Jian’s dress grew larger, with a big piece torn into strips.

Shi Jian immediately accused the bride ghost loudly, “You’ve ruined my dress, you have to compensate me.”

“You broke my dress, pay me for a new one, fair enough?”

“I’ll take the one you’re wearing… I know you agree, I’m coming to get it.”

Saying that, Shi Jian lunged back at the bride ghost, trying to grab the bridal dress off her.

Shi Jian was full of fighting spirit: beautiful bridal dress, come and get it!

A few minutes ago, the bride ghost was lunging at Shi Jian; now the roles were reversed—Shi Jian was lunging at the bride ghost.

…

Everything happened in just a few seconds. The live stream’s chat froze for a moment, not quite able to react.

I was just worried about the streamer’s safety, how did this suddenly become a domestic dispute about dress compensation?

Oh, and the compensation amount was decided by the streamer herself.

【Ghost… did she agree? I didn’t see it, or am I seeing things?】

【She agreed, she agreed. I’m a bystander and I can testify. (Wife, did I answer well? Can I get a flying kiss reward?)】

【Agreed, agreed. If the ghost didn’t refuse, that means she agreed. (dog head emoji)】

【If you tear someone’s dress, you have to pay. Isn’t that obvious?】

【That’s true, but considering Shi Jian’s strong desire to get the bridal dress earlier, her current behavior doesn’t seem entirely innocent, especially the last swipe from the bride ghost—it looks more and more like a set-up.】【!!! Oh my god, what did I just see when I entered the livestream? Now the ghost is pulling off the streamer’s clothes? Doesn’t the platform care? This setup is so twisted... but the ghost really looks good.】

【Sisters, don’t panic, it’s the streamer pulling off the ghost’s clothes.】

【???? Even more shocking!】

In the ghost realm, there probably isn’t much of this kind of “staged conflict.” At least the bride ghost is very straightforward and doesn’t know about these tricks. The bride ghost was pinned down on the table by the suddenly aggressive Shi Jian.

Shi Jian felt she wasn’t really staging anything. First, wasn’t it the bride ghost who first tore a hole in her dress?

Right?

Secondly, it was the bride ghost who shredded the dress into strips; Shi Jian didn’t hold her hand to cause that damage.

Shi Jian said with full justification: So she is fighting for her legal rights!

Of course, the bride ghost wouldn’t let Shi Jian do this, but Shi Jian’s mind was full of her compensation—

Bridal dress, a beautiful bridal dress.

So when the bride ghost reached out, Shi Jian grabbed her wrist, controlled it above her head, and held it firmly.

The bride ghost’s nails were very sharp, and she had a wild madness about her. But fortunately for Shi Jian, her strength was manageable, within Shi Jian’s control because of the dress incident.

Shi Jian used her whole body to restrain the bride ghost.

The bride ghost grew fangs, four long, sharp teeth exposed outside. Unable to grab Shi Jian, she tried to bite instead.

Shi Jian had a solution. She quickly bundled the bride ghost’s red bridal veil into a ball and stuffed it into her mouth to block her.

“...”

The bride ghost couldn’t grab or bite Shi Jian, so Shi Jian quickly started pulling off her clothes.

Besides the bridal dress, the bride ghost was also wearing white long sleeves and pants underneath. The red elements on her body became fewer, and the white elements more.

In the end, the bride ghost gave the streamers a strong impression of being pitiful, helpless, and utterly despondent, while Shi Jian pulling off the clothes looked exactly like a female bandit.

Viewers: Bride ghost, do you need legal aid?

The atmosphere in the livestream was joyful beyond words. Shi Jian, you’re just too strong!

...

In the end, Shi Jian was fully satisfied with the compensation she got. The bride ghost probably lost her gear, her whole aura dimmed, and once Shi Jian let go, she vanished.

Shi Jian was mostly just angry plus obsessed with the bridal dress. When she came to her senses, she felt a bit scared.

After all, the bride ghost really wanted to kill her.

Of course, the fear was quickly drowned out by the new bridal dress in her hands. Look at the embroidery, look at the fabric’s sheen... Shi Jian didn’t want to tear this dress. She was eager to put it on.

Outside the ancestral hall.

“Why is it suddenly so quiet?”

“Did something happen?”

“Did the ghost win, or did the celestial maiden win?”Although the villagers were at some distance from the ancestral hall, they anxiously watched and waited. When loud noises came from inside, they were scared; when there was silence, they were even more frightened.

Because silence meant the battle was over, and the final result was out.

There were basically only two possible outcomes: Shi Jian, the celestial maiden, subdued the ghost, or the ghost gutted the celestial maiden.

Grandma Yu sneered with schadenfreude, “Where is she a celestial maiden? She’s fooling you, and you actually believe it.”

As the villagers hesitated, the tightly closed door of the ancestral hall creaked open.

As if to confirm Grandma Yu’s words, the bright red bridal dress first appeared before everyone’s eyes, causing a sudden outcry.

“Ghost! Ghost! Ghost!”

“Run! The celestial maiden is gone!”

The villagers, like startled birds, began clutching their heads and fleeing in chaos.

“The celestial maiden is here.”

Shi Jian’s voice sounded out, calming the villagers.

No need to run, the celestial maiden isn’t dead; she just changed her skin.

Showing off the bridal dress she had successfully taken from the ghost bride, Shi Jian asked everyone, “Is it good? Does it suit me?”

The bright red bridal dress made Shi Jian’s skin look as white as snow. The phoenix embroidery on the dress seemed ready to take flight—so beautiful, breathtaking.

Grandma Yu was pale with shock, her eyes almost falling out, staring incredulously at Shi Jian slowly walking out of the ancestral hall.

“How... how are you still alive?”

How could Shi Jian have escaped the ghost? Impossible!

The village chief joined his hands in prayer, overwhelmed with excitement: “That’s the ghost’s dress. The celestial maiden subdued the ghost and took the spoils... she really is a celestial maiden!”

“Shi Jian, celestial maiden, boundless power!” The loud slogan echoed throughout Happiness Village.