135: Ambitious at such a young age

"Exclusive for Ghost Sex Life～Ghost-rex???" Meng Jiang read the advertisement posted outside the paper effigy shop softly, her face full of suspicion.

Then her gaze fell on the line below — "Breast enhancement surgery, honest to young and old..."

Immediately followed by another jaw-dropping line: "Increase 1cm, remove eight taels of meat..." Seeing these bizarre advertisements, Meng Jiang couldn't help but stop in her tracks.

She tilted her head on purpose, a smiling expression on her face, her eyes fixed directly on Shang Wan Ning beside her.

"This paper crafter is truly talented! Not only working part-time as a ghost doctor, but actually selling Ghost-rex too!" Meng Jiang teased.

"Heh, indeed very talented." Shang Wan Ning gave a few awkward dry laughs.

Suddenly, a ball of blue flame appeared in her palm, instantly burning that advertisement into ashes.

The whole process was lightning fast, astonishing.

Meng Jiang didn't pay much attention to Shang Wan Ning's swift destruction of the evidence, but walked straight into the paper effigy shop.

As soon as she entered the shop, she began to look around curiously. The dazzling array of paper effigies in the shop was overwhelming.

Among them were lifelike paper figures and exquisite, ornate paper houses, as well as various strangely shaped cosplay figures: a dashing male version of Mei, a cute green pikachu, and a heroic female version of Kirito, etc.

However, in stark contrast to the lively atmosphere of other shops, there was only a little boy sitting quietly in this paper effigy shop.

The little boy looked very young, about three or four years old.

His round, cute little face was like a glutinous rice ball, making people want to pinch it.

He was wearing a pleated short-sleeved lapel dress, sitting obediently on a small stool at the moment.

His exposed arms were chubby, his skin presenting a milk-white color, slightly glowing with a faint pink radiance.

It must be soft and squishy to the touch, as if it would sink in with just a light touch.

Such a cute and soft child seemed a bit out of place in the surrounding dim and eerie environment.

A crisp shout broke this eeriness: "Goudan!"

It turned out to be Her Majesty the Empress who had arrived~

Hearing the voice, Goudan's originally dull eyes instantly brightened, his face full of joy at seeing his idol.

He quickly stood up from the small stool, and with his two little short legs, ran vigorously towards Shang Wan Ning.

Unfortunately, he was too short, and Shang Wan Ning was wearing high heels, making her look over 1.7 or 1.8 meters tall.

So~ even though Goudan had tried his best, he still couldn't pounce into Shang Wan Ning's arms all at once.

Fortunately, Goudan reacted quickly, slammed on the brakes, and tightly hugged Shang Wan Ning's slender knees.

His face was beaming with a bright smile, enthusiastically greeting Shang Wan Ning: "Your Majesty! Welcome to your arrival. I wonder what I can do for you, Goudan?"

After saying that, he affectionately rubbed his small nose against the Empress's knees.

Like a well-behaved little animal trying to please its owner, shaking its head and wagging its tail, seemingly begging for something.

"One, three, four... twelve times."

After just rubbing a dozen times, Goudan obediently let go of Shang Wan Ning's knees, and his whole body floated to the side.

[Woo woo woo... I really want to keep hugging Her Majesty, but Goudan is a polite good boy, I can't stick to her for too long without manners.]

Shang Wan Ning trembled her lips slightly, reached out and stroked Goudan's head. She said softly: "Not bad, little guy, looks like you've grown a bit taller."

Goudan blinked his lively big eyes, looked up at Shang Wan Ning excitedly, but suddenly pouted, looking aggrieved: "Really? But... but I feel like I'm still much shorter than my peers."

Shang Wan Ning smiled indifferently and explained patiently: "A person's soul is divided into three souls and seven spirits, among which the souls can be further subdivided into the life soul, heavenly soul, and earthly soul."

"Among them, the life soul is the main soul and also the most powerful one. As for the seven spirits, they are called joy, anger, sorrow, fear, love, evil, and desire."

"The more they are missing, the weaker the person will be. Some people with incomplete souls find it extremely difficult to even condense into ghosts."

"Last time your soul was scattered by Wild Fox, it was already extremely difficult for me to expend spiritual power to help you condense one soul and three spirits."

Shang Wan Ning flicked Goudan's round head heavily, and then continued: "Little guy, you are really a bit too greedy."

Goudan covered his forehead with his little hands pitifully, muttering stammeringly: "I... I just want to grow up quickly, that way I can let Your Majesty marry me!"

Shang Wan Ning held back her laughter and rested her arm on the shoulder of Sister Meng beside her.

Looking at Goudan playfully, she asked: "Do you actually know? I am a woman, and I also prefer women, you know?"

Upon hearing this, Goudan nodded frantically and replied: "I know, I know, Tang Tang told me long ago that Your Majesty likes girls who smell fragrant."

"That's why I begged Tang Tang to buy me a beautiful little dress to wear."

"I will work hard from this moment on to learn how to become a cute and well-behaved girl. Once I grow taller—I will go find the Thailand sorcerer at the corner of the street."

"Ask him to cast a spell to turn me into a real girl. That way, I can fulfill my wish and marry you, Your Majesty!" Goudan said this with a face full of yearning, as if everything was within reach.

After listening to Goudan's "childish" words, Shang Wan Ning couldn't help but widen her eyes in surprise.

She never expected that this little "Goudan" would have such earth-shattering thoughts in order to marry her one day!

For a moment, Shang Wan Ning didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She shook her head gently and thought to herself: "This little guy is really 'small body, big ambition', to have such a grand ambition at such a young age!!!"

On the other side, Meng Jiang was pinching her thigh hard, her slender fingers turning white from excessive force.

She bit her lip tightly, fearing that her years of 'expression management' would break down—enduring it was truly hard.

Just at this moment, a burst of unbridled laughter suddenly rang out.

"Hahahaha... I can't take it anymore, I can't take it anymore. I'm dying of laughter."

"Hahahaha... Her Majesty's dark history..."