The Fake Heiress Advises Generosity, I Throw a Ghost at Her

Shi Qing was a veteran survivor of a world overrun by terrifying entities known as Weirdness, where existence was a constant struggle for survival. Upon her death, she transmigrated into the body of a girl bearing the same name, who had just committed suicide after being driven to despair by her biological family. In this new life, Shi Qing found herself in the role of the malicious true young miss in a swapped-daughters narrative. Eighteen years prior, her adoptive mother, Xue Mei, had swapped her with a wealthy family's daughter, Shi Yi Yi. While Shi Yi Yi was raised in luxury and adoration, Shi Qing endured years of neglect, starvation, and abuse, eventually being forced into illegal factory work. When the truth was revealed and Shi Qing was brought back to the Shi family, she was met not with love, but with disdain and hostility. Her father, mother, and older brother Shi Mo favored Shi Yi Yi, blaming Shi Qing for disrupting their perfect image. The original host, unable to cope with this rejection and the memory of her suffering, took her own life, allowing Shi Qing to take over.

Unlike the original host, Shi Qing possessed a cold, pragmatic mindset forged in her previous life. She immediately confronted her family, slapping her brother Shi Mo in response to his earlier abuse and listing her years of torment to expose their hypocrisy. She demanded five million as severance pay to cut all ties with the Shi family, threatening to expose Xue Mei’s crime of identity swapping if they refused. The family, terrified of the scandal affecting Shi Yi Yi, agreed. Shi Qing secured the money, left the villa, and purchased a small apartment in the suburbs. However, her relief was short-lived when she discovered that this world, though less hostile than her previous one, still contained supernatural entities called Ghosts. To her dismay, she found a grotesque creature lurking in her new home, reminding her that she was never truly safe from the paranormal.

Shi Qing soon realized she had brought her golden finger from her past life: a Space-Time Shop. This mysterious dimension contained a main shop area with empty shelves and a backyard garden with accelerated plant growth. Her first customer was Yu Huanhuan, a low-level cultivator from an ancient dynasty who stumbled into the shop. Shi Qing traded an Ancient Spirit Stone for Yu Huanhuan’s cultivation manual and Ghost Stones, currency used by ghosts. This transaction revealed that the shop could facilitate trade across different worlds and timelines. Shi Qing planted spirit seeds in her backyard, discovering that items grown there possessed enhanced properties, such as apples that nourished the body and Ghost Hand Vines that could strangle supernatural entities.

Her life in the mortal world became complicated when she encountered Suihua, an Usher Ghost who had followed her home. Instead of fleeing, Shi Qing used a Ghost Stone to bargain with the spirit, establishing a master-servant relationship. Suihua agreed to protect Shi Qing in exchange for regular supplies of the spirit-enhanced apples. Meanwhile, Shi Qing returned to school, where she faced bullying from He Yan Ting, a classmate who served as Shi Yi Yi’s enforcer. Shi Qing publicly slapped him, shocking her peers and marking a significant shift in her demeanor. She also reconnected with Feng Shuang Shuang, her only friend from the original host’s past, and discovered that Feng was being targeted by a malicious curse.

The curse was a Luck Transfer Spell cast by Feng’s sponsored student, He Xiaohua, who sought to steal Feng’s fortune and life force. The spell utilized grave heart soil from an Evil Ghost, which was slowly killing Feng. Shi Qing enlisted the help of Liu Fengcheng, a Taoist priest who became her second customer. Liu examined the cursed soil and confirmed that Feng had only three days to live. The trio traveled to He Xiaohua’s village to confront the source of the curse. There, they discovered that He Xiaohua and her family had been scamming Feng for years, using the stolen money to support their household. At the source of the curse, an ancient grave, they were attacked by the evolved Evil Ghost. Liu Fengcheng struggled to contain it, but Shi Qing used the Ghost Hand Vine from her shop to destroy the entity, breaking the curse and saving Feng Shuang Shuang’s life.

With the immediate threat neutralized, Shi Qing’s position in this world solidified. She continued to attend school, balancing her studies with her new responsibilities as a shopkeeper and ghost handler. The Space-Time Shop provided her with resources and allies, including Liu Fengcheng, who regularly visited to trade for supplies and spirit stones. Shi Qing’s goal shifted from mere survival to building a secure life, utilizing the powers of her shop to protect herself and her friends from the supernatural dangers lurking in the shadows. She remained detached from the Shi family, focusing instead on expanding her influence and understanding the full potential of her unique abilities in this strange, ghost-infested world.