On this side, Chen Meiling gathered with a group of people, chatting for a while. When they saw Shui Miao and Zhang Hanya leave, they all headed to the tea restaurant, just in time for Xiao Shuang and the others to arrive as well. Shui Miao’s mother, Yang Min, was present, along with Director Zhang and others, and together they held a meeting. Chen Meiling shared her vision, expressing no issues with the tea restaurant’s management strategy and even praising Lin Zhiling’s performance. However, her focus was on joining the Zhonghai Chamber of Commerce as soon as possible, leveraging its channels to conduct foreign business, rapidly expanding assets, and eventually going public for explosive growth.
As for the old-fashioned members of the Zhonghai Chamber of Commerce, Chen Meiling planned to stage another “bitter meat strategy,” continuing her role as the villain, though this time Yang Min would play the hero instead of Shui Miao.
Chen Meiling, truly the daughter of Chen Yiren, was masterfully plotting a grand scheme—flawlessly crafted and meticulously planned.
Moreover, with everyone’s help, she felt even more confident and capable.
Surprisingly, Lin Zhiling revealed the true thoughts of Lin Senior. In fact, Lin Senior hoped to find a son-in-law with great fortune and wisdom. Now, Shui Miao seemed to meet those criteria. If Shui Miao agreed, Lin Zhiling would report back to her father, potentially making Shui Miao heir to the Lin family’s fortune worth billions.
However, unfortunately, Shui Miao was devoted to the Dao, regarding wealth as worthless.
Surprisingly, even Chen Meiling, known for her greed, rejected this idea. She believed the current assets were already sufficient—nearly a billion. With such wealth, she was confident in reviving the Chen family business and confronting those old-fashioned figures with complete certainty.
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While Chen Meiling and her group were sharpening their knives, preparing for a major move, Shui Miao and Zhang Hanya arrived on the university campus, heading straight for the girls’ dormitory building.
“Aren’t we supposed to go to a party? Why are we here at the dormitory?”
Before Shui Miao stood a dormitory building, its entire wall lined with hanging female clothes. Anyone claiming this was a boys’ dormitory would have to believe the residents were perverts, which was certainly not the case at this normal university. Examining it carefully, Shui Miao noticed something odd—the building was a long strip running north from south, with an east-west orientation. However, the top few rooms at the northernmost end had no clothes hanging outside, while all the other windows were filled with laundry. His professional instincts made him suspect that perhaps the feng shui of those northernmost rooms was problematic.
“Brother, do you see the problem with this dormitory?”
Zhang Hanya usually went home and never stayed in the dormitory, but today, at the request of a group of female alumni, she had agreed to bring an expert to check things out. Zhang Hanya only knew that Shui Miao practiced energy cultivation and Daoism, so she assumed he was powerful, thus convincing him to come to the girls’ dormitory first. In reality, the party wouldn’t start until later in the evening.
Hearing this, Shui Miao frowned. “So what’s going on? Is there a ghost here?”
“Brother, you’re the master, why are you asking me? I don’t know anything,” Zhang Hanya playfully waved her hands, treating it as a joke.
Shui Miao exhaled, rubbed his nose, and smiled slightly at her. “You know, even a quick look will cost me spiritual energy. You brought me here for a reason. If you don’t tell me, I won’t bother. Remember, my spiritual energy is more valuable than gold.”
“Oh come on, brother, just help them out. They’re just a bunch of poor girls with no money,” Zhang Hanya tugged at Shui Miao’s hand, pouting and acting cute.
Hearing this, Shui Miao was genuinely surprised. “So you tricked me? You said there’d be a chance to earn millions. This is just a scam!”
“No, no! The rich kids are only coming to the party tonight. Most of the girls here are from rural areas—they don’t have much money. Brother, you’re so powerful, just help them out, okay?” Seeing that tugging didn’t work, Zhang Hanya switched tactics, giving Shui Miao a back massage. Her soft little fists hit just the right pressure points, clearly a trick she’d often used on her father at home.
Shui Miao couldn’t quite resist her gentle persuasion, so he smiled and shook his head. “Alright, I’ll make an exception and take a quick look.”
“Great! Great!”
Zhang Hanya clapped her hands in excitement.
Shui Miao focused his mind, channeled his immortal energy, and activated his yin-yang eyes, looking up at the building. The moment he opened his spiritual sight, he was startled—several pale-faced female ghosts stood motionless at the windows, staring coldly down at him.
“Damn! So many of them!?”
Shui Miao didn’t want to be stared at by a group of ghosts, so he quickly channeled his energy and sensed that there were seven female ghosts in total inside the building.
After withdrawing his spiritual energy, Shui Miao looked at Zhang Hanya in shock. “Little sister, this place is a ghost nest!”
“A ghost nest! How many ghosts are there?” Zhang Hanya, surprisingly, wasn’t scared—she was actually excited.
Shui Miao looked at her in surprise. “You’re not afraid of ghosts?”
“Why would I be? Weren’t they human when they were alive? If I don’t bully them, they won’t bully me.” Her words revealed her sheltered upbringing. She had always been pampered, and with her father being the police chief, no one dared to bully her. She had grown up without ever experiencing what it was like to be mistreated.
A true flower raised in a greenhouse.
Faced with such a girl, the only thing Shui Miao could think of was to protect her.
“Alright then. Xiao Jin, Xiao Mu, Xiao Shui, Xiao Huo, Xiao Tu—you five go up there and capture those five ghosts. If you can’t handle them, don’t force it—just come back immediately.” As he spoke, Shui Miao squatted down, took out the five ghost fangs from his pocket, and placed them on the ground. Instantly, the five fangs transformed into five streams of black mist, which then became five ghostly winds, swirling toward the dormitory building.
“Wow! You’re amazing!” Zhang Hanya’s eyes sparkled with excitement. Still holding Shui Miao’s hand, she quickly asked, “Brother, brother, who are Xiao Jin, Xiao Mu, Xiao Shui, Xiao Huo, and Xiao Tu?”
“They’re my companions. They were five young Daoist priests in life. They should have no problem dealing with these ghosts.” Shui Miao turned and spotted a nearby bench. “Come on, let’s go sit over there. Five against seven might take a little while.”
“Okay!”
Zhang Hanya happily followed Shui Miao to the bench and sat down, but then pouted slightly, saying with a hint of longing, “Too bad I can’t see them. Otherwise, I’d have a few more friends.”
Hearing this, Shui Miao felt a chill run through his scalp. “Little sister, you’d better forget that idea. In real life, you have a police chief as your father, so no one dares to mess with you. But ghosts are different. You’d better listen to me—never think like that again. They don’t follow normal rules, and they will only bring you harm.”
“You say that too, and my dad says the same thing. I just don’t get it—where am I being childish? There’s no such thing as a bad person in this world!” Zhang Hanya had genuinely never encountered any real villains, which was the tragedy of a greenhouse flower. Once she left her parents’ protection, she would struggle to survive in the real world.
Hearing her words, Shui Miao felt a sense of urgency.
It seemed that spoiling her wasn’t going to work anymore. He needed to find a way to teach her a lesson—to help her understand the harsh realities of society.
As Shui Miao was thinking, he suddenly saw the five ghostly Daoist boys and seven female ghosts land on the ground, engaging in fierce combat.
Suddenly, one of the female ghosts charged straight toward Zhang Hanya…
Judging from her posture, she seemed determined to possess Zhang Hanya’s body!
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