What does it mean to adapt to the times; that ghost probably knows too.
Just when she realized she might dissipate into nothing before she could escape, she quickly compromised.
"What do you want to know, I'll tell you," she began negotiating with Su Nanzhi, "If I tell you everything, will you let me go?"
Su Nanzhi: "I'll send you to reincarnation."
"..."
"Or if you don't like reincarnation, I can make your death a bit quicker."
To dissipate into nothingness is essentially a second death for a ghost.
No ghost wants to experience such pain.
Just as people don't want to face death, during this second process of vanishing, one is acutely aware of disappearing from the world forever.
This fear surpasses that of death.
"Reincarnation... is fine." The other party quickly compromised.
Su Nanzhi first asked for the ghost's name and age, and to be cautious, also asked for the gender.