The greatest benefit of a ghost marriage was that Su Youqi had the entire nuptial chamber entirely to himself.
Tallying up his current total assets, Su Youqi couldn’t help but sigh. Tsk, getting married really does make you rich!
Before transmigrating, he was an advanced celestial master who had achieved fame at a young age. His fees for a single action were exorbitant, and his professional competence was so exceptionally strong that his business exploded with popularity. He had quickly accumulated a handsome amount of wealth, entering the upper-class circles of ordinary people as a newly rich self-made man who never lacked money.
However, he only now realized that the small fortune he had painstakingly earned over several years amounted to a mere seventy percent of the revenue he had gained from this single wedding alone.
Of that seventy percent, a staggering fifty percent came directly from the betrothal gifts provided by the Nan family.
When Qin Shuya had shown him the gift inventory back at the Su residence, there hadn’t been enough time to examine it thoroughly—he had only roughly memorized the items. Looking closely today, however, he realized just how astronomical their value truly was.
Yet judging by current appearances, these items meant virtually nothing to the Nan family.
Because of his specialized profession, Su Youqi had encountered quite a few prestigious clans prior to his transmigrations, but none possessed the profound heritage of the Nan family.
A tycoon is truly a tycoon. At that exact moment, Su Youqi gained a deeper, more elevated understanding of the Nan family’s true power.
If it weren’t for his exceptionally sound mental state, he felt he might actually start developing a bitter hatred for the ultra-wealthy.
Well, I am still young, and I will have plenty of opportunities to make a fortune in the future, Su Youqi comforted himself.
After all, he had only been twenty-five years old when he transmigrated, and right now he was merely a third-year college student—he was still young.
Su Youqi raised a hand to pour himself a cup of water to drink, only to discover it was a top-tier legendary tea worth a thousand pieces of gold on the market, a tiny fraction of which he had spent a small fortune to acquire before his transmigrating.
Looking closer still, the teacup in his hand was made of fine celadon porcelain, and judging by its age, it did not look modern at all.
Why did this tea suddenly taste a little sour?
Feeling utterly defeated by the display of wealth, Su Youqi abandoned his tea and re-examined his current asset total, finally allowing a smile to return to his face.
Are you really that happy?
A gentle, refined male voice suddenly rang out beside his ear, startling Su Youqi thoroughly.
Following the source of the sound, Su Youqi spun around in alarm, only to see a handsome, elegant man wearing wedding robes identical to his own standing silently behind him.
Given that someone could appear here right now dressed like this, Su Youqi could only think of one possibility. Are you Nan Ke?
The man seemed somewhat startled as well, though he quickly regained his composure and countered, Can you see me now?
There was a hint of three-part shock and three-part joy in the man’s expression, with the remaining parts composed of emotions Su Youqi couldn’t quite decipher.
This Nan Ke was truly bizarre.
Su Youqi silently arrived at this definitive conclusion.
That is correct, I am Nan Ke. Seemingly sensing Su Youqi’s thoughts, Nan Ke offered an apologetic smile. My apologies. It is simply that having someone suddenly able to see me after all this time has left me quite surprised and excited.
In that brief span of time, Su Youqi hadn’t been idle either. He carefully observed Nan Ke’s state, waved a hand, and said, It is no matter. You are currently in the state of a separated living soul, so it is completely normal for ordinary people not to see you.
What was a separated living soul? In short, it meant that a person’s soul had detached from their physical body, which was similar to the state of a regular ghost. However, a ghost’s soul naturally separates after a person dies, whereas a living soul separates while the person is still alive due to certain external factors.
Ghosts belong to the netherworld, while living souls belong to the mortal realm.
Naturally, if a living soul remained separated from its physical body for too long, the physical body would ultimately perish.
At that point, the living soul would genuinely transform into a dead ghost.
Therefore, it was critically important for a living soul to return to its physical body in a timely manner.
During the period of separation, a living soul retained its own consciousness. It would assume everything was normal, believing it could see others and travel anywhere, yet no one else could see it, as if it had been completely isolated from the world.
For most people, the duration of soul separation was extremely brief, and upon returning to their bodies, they would merely assume they had experienced a bizarre dream.
A situation like Nan Ke’s, where a living soul wandered outside for an extended period, was exceptionally rare.
Su Youqi couldn’t help but feel a twinge of sympathy for Nan Ke. Such a wealthy and kind-hearted tycoon, whose destiny should have been smooth and blessed for a lifetime, had been forced to suffer such an ordeal simply due to the plot mechanics orchestrated by the author’s grand script.
Fortunately for him, he had transmigrated here. Otherwise, had the plot continued to unfold according to the original narrative, this tycoon’s physical body would have been buried right after the ghost marriage.
At that point, he truly would have died thoroughly.
Two additional strokes of pity surfaced in Su Youqi’s eyes as he organized his thoughts and spoke. I honestly did not expect to see you today; I originally planned to track you down later.
Our Su family is different from ordinary households. We are a lineage of celestial masters, which to put it colloquially means we bust ghosts for a living. I know it is difficult for ordinary folks to accept such feudal superstitions, but given your current condition and personal experience, you have no choice but to accept it whether you like it or not.
I am also a celestial master. When the target for the ghost marriage was swapped, I happened to check your birth characters and casually calculated your fate. Discovering that you were not actually dead, I planned to use the opportunity of this ghost marriage to save you.
Su Youqi quietly omitted the details about taking the opportunity to fleece the Su family of their money and severing any possibility of the Su family clinging to the Nan family for benefits.
However, Su Youqi wasn’t lying; he truly had intended to rescue Nan Ke from the very beginning. After all, the vast majority of the wealth he had squeezed out of the Su family came from the Nan family’s betrothal gifts, which could be considered receiving his payment upfront.
Trading betrothal gifts for the Nan family’s legal heir meant neither party was taking a loss.
Though come to think of it, he was still the one losing out right now. Thinking of the marriage contract that had somehow miraculously succeeded in binding them, Su Youqi felt a mild headache coming on.
He hadn’t even experienced his first romance yet, and he was already about to become a divorcee.
For now, his only option was to wait until he helped Nan Ke resurrect before figuring out a way to dissolve it.
Is that so… Nan Ke gave Su Youqi a deep, meaningful look. Then I must thank you.