Abused Female Lead And Beautiful Villainess (Quick Transmigration)

When Qin Ying ascended to ghost emperor status, the King of Hell was delighted to have another powerful being join the underworld ranks, as she had already been a member for some time.

Upon hearing of her impending marriage to Shen Wan and their plans to hold the ceremony in the underworld, he eagerly helped with the arrangements.

Since the couple had many ghost friends in the human realm, he ordered banquet tables to be set up at the gates of the underworld, ensuring all their acquaintances could attend.

The wedding was scheduled for the dead of night when most humans were fast asleep.

This time, the underworld gates opened onto a vast, empty sports field. Late at night, with the football stadium closed, no one would suspect the gathering of countless ghosts about to take place.

In the depths of night, the field was filled with minor ghosts from the human realm, while not far off stood a gate bearing the inscription “Underworld” in large characters.

Ghost officials guarded the underworld entrance, each holding a wine glass and with small tables beside them.

The King of Hell dared to host such an event because the human realm had become peaceful, and the underworld was no longer as chaotic as before.

Before long, wedding music typical of such ceremonies began to play from within the underworld. The couple wore wedding gowns, foregoing traditional ceremonies. Both ghosts outside and inside the gates seemed to accept this arrangement. Some elder ghosts observed the scene with curiosity and joy, marveling at how much the human world had changed over the years.

In the past, newly arrived ghosts rarely communicated with them, as everyone was busy queuing for reincarnation, viewing each other as competitors. Who would have thought they’d chat like this now?

The couple joyfully celebrated their marriage. Lu Feng had even brought his wife, having obtained permission from the King of Hell. The King had also promised that when his wife’s mortal lifespan ended, she would be allowed to reunite with him.

Chen Darong sat hand in hand with a middle-aged female ghost in a nearby seat, smiling at Shen Wan and Qin Ying before exchanging glances with the middle-aged ghost, who rolled her eyes at him. Overall, the two seemed to be doing well, their twilight romance apparently quite successful.

“Why don’t we pick a date and have our own ceremony?” Chen Darong had been married before but later divorced because his ex-wife couldn’t handle his work. He respected her decision, and they parted ways.

Later, feeling his profession was too dangerous and not wanting to leave a young woman widowed if something happened to him, he declined matchmakers’ efforts and remained single for most of his life.

Humans are emotional creatures. While he understood his reasoning, who doesn’t hope for a companion to experience the wonders of passionate love and the affection that grows from long-term companionship?

He was very fond of this middle-aged female ghost. She had originally been his contact for assignments, and they gradually grew close.

Now that their relationship was stable, he felt they should have a proper wedding, hold a banquet, and get their marriage certificate, making it official.

Hearing this, the middle-aged female ghost said, “Let’s skip the wedding ceremony. We’re not young ghosts anymore. We can just invite our acquaintances for a meal and apply for a marriage certificate. No need for all that trouble.”

“How is having a wedding ceremony trouble?” Chen Darong protested. Perhaps because he liked her, he wanted everything to be perfect.

Shen Wan and Qin Ying were unaware that at their wedding, Chen Darong and his partner were already discussing their own marriage plans. His partner had agreed to a ceremony, albeit a simple one with just close acquaintances invited. Chen Darong acquiesced, a broad smile on his face as he held his partner’s hand.

Yu Shuang glanced left at the loving Chen Darong and his partner, then turned right to see Lu Feng whispering intimately with his wife.

He rolled his eyes in exasperation. Looking around, he saw couples everywhere, feeling as if he’d been hit by a million critical strikes!

So, was being single truly a sin?

He was already pitiful enough being single, and now these people were rubbing salt in his wounds.

At that moment, a dog passed by his side. He smiled, tossed it some food, and patted its head. “Brother, are you single too?”

No sooner had he spoken than a barking sound came from nearby. The dog in front of him grabbed the food and ran towards the source of the barking. Yu Shuang had a bad feeling, and sure enough, when he turned his head, he saw the dog delivering the food to another dog. Noticing the slightly swollen belly of the other dog, Yu Shuang was nearly driven to despair. It seemed this dog had come out to find food for its pregnant mate.

Damn it, even dogs had partners these days. Why was he still single?

Utterly dejected, Yu Shuang could only bury himself in eating.

The wide-open gates of the underworld that night attracted the attention of many skilled individuals in the human realm, especially ghost hunters.

Several ghost hunters, sensing the strong yin energy, arrived in groups.

When they reached the underworld gates, they saw festive decorations and a joyous atmosphere. The entire field was filled with banquet tables where ghosts sat eating, drinking, and congratulating Shen Wan and Qin Ying on their marriage.

The ghost hunters looked at each other, and one said, “This is a gathering of countless ghosts, right at the gates of the underworld. Isn’t the King of Hell going to do something about this?”

“They seem to be attending some kind of banquet, eating quite happily.”

Most of the food was provided by Shen Wan, who found it easy to produce food for ghosts. The rest was courtesy of the King of Hell, who had paid out of his own pocket to help with the arrangements. After all, having Shen Wan here was beneficial to him.

Now, people from other realms wouldn’t dare casually enter his underworld to alter lifespans. Not only did they have him, a ghost emperor, but also Qin Ying. In terms of combat ability, Qin Ying was even more formidable than him. Plus, now that Shen Wan was Qin Ying’s partner, the King of Hell was secretly delighted. Who would dare come now?

The last time he attended a gathering, those fellows were quite wary of him.

“With so many ghosts, should we still try to capture them?” one ghost hunter asked weakly. How could they possibly catch so many?

As soon as he finished speaking, an older ghost hunter smacked him on the head. “Don’t be an idiot. They’re gathered at the gates of the underworld, and even the King of Hell isn’t interfering. Clearly, he knows about this and has allowed it. They chose this empty football field in the dead of night, which shows they’re conducting business without intending to harm the human realm. What’s there to capture? You want to catch ghosts for the sake of it?”

“So, should we leave, keep watching, or go over and ask what they’re doing?”

“You know, it feels like we’ve been away from the world for just a short while, exploring a secret realm, but why does the human world seem so strange now? It’s almost frightening.”

These ghost hunters had discovered a secret realm a few years ago and entered it in groups. There were indeed some treasures and secret techniques inside.

But getting out wasn’t easy either. They had only emerged from the secret realm two days ago.

Their powers had greatly increased, and they were eager to show off, perhaps by catching a few evil spirits to vent their energy.

Usually, ghost hunters wouldn’t capture ghosts indiscriminately. They wouldn’t interfere with ghosts that weren’t causing trouble or harming people. When the gates of the ghost realm opened, these ghosts would go for reincarnation.

Those lingering in the human world mostly had unfulfilled wishes. As long as they didn’t harm the human realm, the hunters wouldn’t bother them.

However, there were some twisted ghost hunters who would capture any ghost they saw, but they were a minority. It wouldn’t be fair to label all ghost hunters this way.

“Why don’t we go over and ask? We won’t make a move, so they shouldn’t do anything to us. It looks like some joyous event is happening here.”

Then, the group of ghost hunters cleared their throats and slowly approached.

Ghosts are very sensitive to the aura of ghost hunters. As they approached, thousands of ghosts suddenly fixed their gazes on them, creating an eerie and chilling atmosphere.

“Are we still going?”

“Let’s go. They haven’t made a move, they’re just curious about us. This is at the gates of the underworld, with the doors wide open. Surely nothing bad will happen.”

As they bravely went closer, they found that these ghosts weren’t afraid of them at all, just staring at them intently.

It wasn’t surprising. Many of the ghosts lingering in the human realm now were newly formed and had no deep-seated grudges against ghost hunters.

“What are you all doing here?” one ghost hunter asked politely.

“Attending a wedding banquet. Today is the joyous day of Lady Shen Wan’s marriage to the Ghost Emperor. Don’t you know?”

At first, they had sensed the ghost hunters’ aura and thought they might know Shen Wan and were here to attend her wedding.

The ghost hunters looked at each other in confusion. A wedding? And the Ghost Emperor was getting married? Who was this Shen Wan?

They walked further in and found no ghosts stopping them. When they reached the gates of the underworld, the guarding ghost officials asked who they were and what they were doing.

“We’re ghost hunters. We sensed strong yin energy here earlier, so we came to check. We didn’t expect to find a celebration.”

They had to be polite, didn’t they? These were ghost officials, not to be trifled with by ghost hunters.

“Oh, you’re ghost hunters? Do you know Lady Shen Wan and the Ghost Emperor?”

The ghost hunters were taken aback. Then, the young ghost hunter who had asked earlier about capturing ghosts tugged at his master’s sleeve and whispered, “I remember Grandfather Shen’s granddaughter was called Shen Wan. I wonder if it’s the same Shen Wan.”

Hearing this, everyone remembered.

It couldn’t be, could it?

Shen Wan’s grandfather was indeed formidable, but Shen Wan herself was only mediocre. How could she have such a grand wedding, with a banquet set in the underworld? More importantly, she was marrying a Ghost Emperor? This… A ghost hunter marrying a ghost? They’d never heard of such a thing.

“We know Shen Wan.”

“Oh, so you’re friends of Lady Shen Wan. You’re late, but go on in.”

The ghost officials weren’t worried about just a few ghost hunters. Although the underworld gates were open, there were still many obstacles to reaching its core. They weren’t afraid of trouble.

If these few dared to cause a disturbance, Lady Shen Wan and the Ghost Emperor would be the first to deal with them.

The gate-guarding ghost official sipped his wine and nibbled on roast duck, watching the group of ghost hunters trembling as they entered.

To be honest, although they hunted ghosts, they only dealt with evil spirits. This was their first time facing countless ghosts, and they felt nervous, excited, and a bit scared. If anything happened, these ghosts could probably drown them in saliva. So they truly weren’t here to cause trouble, just curious and wanting to confirm if the Shen Wan marrying the Ghost Emperor was the one they knew.

At the same time, they wanted to understand what had happened in the human realm recently. They felt the world had become so unfamiliar, to the point of being frightening.

“These ghosts look well-behaved, not causing trouble, no different from humans.”

“Remember how we searched half the country after coming down the mountain and couldn’t find a single evil spirit?”

“Yes, could all the evil spirits be extinct?”

“I don’t know if evil spirits are extinct, but I do know that if things continue like this, we might be out of a job.”

Hearing the word “unemployed,” everyone’s expressions changed.

“Let’s go in and ask then. Who knows what’s happened in these few years? Have we become so out of touch with society that we can’t keep up with the times in just a few years?”

“Master, society develops so rapidly these days. I think even if you secluded yourself for just a year, you’d see huge changes.”

The group of ghost hunters finally found Shen Wan. Upon seeing her, they breathed a sigh of relief. But when they saw Shen Wan smiling and holding hands with a beautiful female ghost, both having changed out of their beautiful wedding gowns into more comfortable qipaos, dressed similarly and looking very intimate, especially hearing everyone around calling that beautiful ghost “Ghost Emperor,” the group of ghost hunters stood dumbfounded.

“So Shen Wan not only married a ghost, but her partner is also female?”

“You’re not seeing things, that’s how it is.”

At this point, Shen Wan also noticed the group. She naturally recognized them, even though they hadn’t met often.

But being in the same line of work, they had at least seen each other in passing and couldn’t be complete strangers.

She walked over to the group of ghost hunters with Qin Ying, smiling as she greeted them, “Uncles, how did you find your way here?”

“How else? We noticed the strong yin energy here in the middle of the night, almost reaching the sky, so we came to check it out.”

“Yes, we thought some great ghost had appeared, but instead found a gathering of countless ghosts.”

“What we couldn’t have imagined was that a wedding was being held here, and these ghosts were attending the ceremony.”

“What I still can’t believe is that you, little Shen Wan, are actually married.”

“I really can’t trust my eyes. You got married, and to a ghost at that.”

“By the way, didn’t you have an engagement with that Mu family boy? I remember your grandfather mentioning it. Before we entered the secret realm, hadn’t you already gone to Mu Yuan’s family?”

Shen Wan blinked. “He fell for a malevolent ghost, so we had a falling out and broke off the engagement.”

Hearing this, the ghost hunters stared at her, inwardly thinking: So you’ve fallen for a ghost now too? Is that the reason?

In any case, they couldn’t bring themselves to disrupt the wedding.

This female ghost had already become a Ghost Emperor, with power comparable to the King of Hell. She could crush them to dust with a single finger. A Ghost Emperor could fully suppress their yin energy, so she wouldn’t harm Shen Wan. They had no right to object.

Their main concern was understanding what had happened in the human realm recently.

Shen Wan had someone arrange seats for them, with food and drink suitable for humans. She asked them to wait a while, saying she’d come back to explain everything after finishing the toast rounds.

The wedding banquet continued until four in the morning. In the height of summer, it couldn’t go on any longer as dawn was approaching, which wouldn’t be good.

The ghost hunters learned from Shen Wan about the changes in the human realm over the past few years.

They heard that ghost officials were now stationed in the human realm, specifically handling new souls. As for evil spirits, due to the ferocity of Shen Wan and Qin Ying, they no longer dared to linger in the human realm and obediently went to the underworld for punishment, becoming quite docile.

“So, the profession of ghost hunting has really become obsolete? We’re unemployed.”

The group of ghost hunters frowned, feeling utterly perplexed.

They never imagined that after just a few years, everything would change so drastically, to the point where even ghost hunters could become unemployed.

“Why don’t we change our strategy? Even if we can’t hunt ghosts anymore, we could still do feng shui consultations.”

“Not many people believe in that, and unless the location is truly terrible, nothing major will happen. Besides, with no evil spirits causing trouble, even bad feng shui won’t lead to much harm. A lot of bad feng shui relies on yin and malevolent energy. Look at the human realm now, all the ghosts are well-managed. Those who used feng shui for evil purposes or tried to raise minor ghosts are out of business too.”

“Then why don’t we set up street stalls?” the young man in the corner suggested weakly. “I saw the stalls outside the police station doing good business. If we can’t do business with humans, why not do business with ghosts?”

“Set up stalls my foot! You want to eat shit paid for with underworld currency?” The young man got a knock on the head, wincing in pain.

Later, Chen Darong and his two companions approached this group of ghost hunters, revealing their identities as ghost officials. They expressed that the King of Hell and the police department were willing to recruit them and collaborate, believing it would be a waste not to use their skills.

At the same time, Shen Wan also suggested a money-making opportunity for them: selling items needed by ghosts to the deceased’s relatives and doing some spirit communication to allow the dead and living to communicate.

Their public identity would be as police personnel, thus establishing the country’s first special department to handle supernatural and ghostly affairs.

After gaining official status, this group of ghost hunters found their new situation quite agreeable. They could still hunt ghosts when needed, as the world was vast and there would always be some that slipped through the cracks. Now they were on the public payroll and had connections with the underworld, making their lives seem even better than before.

When they met, their favorite topic of discussion was Shen Wan. They were grateful for her cleverness and ability to move with the times, preventing them from becoming unemployed and even securing them such convenient positions.

They weren’t fools; they knew Chen Darong and his companions approaching them was surely Shen Wan’s doing. It seemed the candy they had bought for her as a child hadn’t been wasted after all; she still had a conscience.

If only they didn’t know that the girl’s other motive for becoming a homebody was to live a shameless life with her wife at home, they would have been even happier.