The name is commonly rendered as Nip Siu Sin in Hong Kong adaptations in accordance with its Cantonese pronunciation.

A pale-faced scholar, Ning Caichen, is going to Beijing to take a civil service examination.

Though Nie attempts to prey upon Ning Caichen, he resists her and takes her from the demon.

As Ning's sickly wife slowly dies, Nie fulfills expectations of filial piety as she takes upon the household chores.

She and Ning marry and conceive a child, representative of Nie's restoration.