Who says vengeful ghosts can't go on blind dates?

Jiang Xiaowei felt a surge of anxiety.

That vengeful ghost came looking for her!

What should I do?

Boning knife?

If I used a boning knife, I might be able to fight back against this deliveryman.

However, the faceless female ghost didn't let her touch the boning knife at all.

The boning knife is still sitting in the corner of the front desk, waiting for someone destined to take it.

"You take control of the body and run!"

Knowing she wasn't very skilled at controlling the ghost, the faceless woman temporarily relinquished control.

She thought a lot when she saw the deliveryman.

Actually, the body isn't important. Her rules for killing are all about this face; as long as that face is there, the body can be replaced at will.

For example, she could try to parasitize the transporter and take over his body.

However, she hesitated.

On one hand, the transporter feels like a puppet of some vengeful ghost or a living structure. If they were to parasitize it, they might also be controlled.

On the other hand, she was unsure how strong the transporter's rules of killing were.

If someone is stronger than her, even if she successfully parasitizes them, it will be difficult for her to control them.

At that point, the delivery person only needs to go to the hospital once, and she'll be finished.

So, it's best to just stall for time.

"Please pay the balance... one twenty-yuan ghost coin."

The deliveryman stared blankly as Jiang Xiaowei fled. Only after confirming that she had no intention of paying the remaining balance did he begin to walk towards her.

"Final payment..."

……

While Jiang Xiaowei failed to make contact and was risking her life to escape, Ren Zhizhe had already leisurely returned home.

He first called his blind date. She seemed surprised that he would call, and sounded a little nervous.

After learning that the other party was having dinner, Ren Zhizhe did not disturb them further. He simply arranged a meeting place with Song Yufei and then hung up the phone.

Afterwards, he leaned back on the sofa and took a short nap.

Everything is fine for now.

No, actually there seems to be one more thing.

Ren Zhizhe remembered.

Song Family Anxiang Welfare Home.

This was the location he learned from the two human waiters.

He felt very uncomfortable with the child laborer.

He had never seen that expression on anyone else's face in this world.

He didn't know why he cared so much about it at the time.

"Song Family Anxiang Welfare Home..."

He seemed to have never heard of the name before.

This welfare home is probably not in the city where he lives; it's likely in another city.

So, were those two waiters from out of town?

Ren Zhizhe shook his head slightly.

If it's in another place, he's not so willing to care.

This world has a strong sense of regional protectionism, and it's very prevalent. Businesses seem quite resistant to investing from outside their local area.

For example, banks.

Each region seems to have its own local bank, and other regions often only recognize the local bank's currency and not the currency of banks outside the region.

Therefore, Ren Zhizhe has not invested in many industries outside of Beijing.

But it's not much. After all, banks are banks, and money is ultimately omnipotent.

If the price offered is high enough, those profit-driven companies will naturally succumb to temptation and betray regional protectionism.

However, doing so is usually too low in cost-effectiveness. Ren Zhizhe wouldn't do it if the profit margin wasn't high enough.

Therefore, Ren Zhizhe did not invest much in other places.

So, let's find out about the orphanage later.

……

A bizarre world.

Beixia Hotel.

Although Count Golos believed that Song Yufei didn't need to eat like a human, Song Yufei still felt hungry.

Hunger like that of humans.

She felt like she was dying of thirst and hunger.

Although Count Golos still insisted that this should not have happened, Song Yufei still felt extremely hungry.

She even suspected that the beautiful countess was deceiving her.

Having no other choice, Count Golos went out to find her fresh food.

only……

Looking at the bloody lung tube in front of her, Song Yufei was on the verge of a breakdown.

"What is this?" Her eyelids twitched uncontrollably.

Human internal organs.

"Human internal organs?"

"Yes, these are fresh human organs. Oh dear, why aren't you eating them? I had a hard time finding them."

eat?

Song Yufei looked shocked.

No, seriously?

Should we feed her this?

Eating raw lung tubes?

Or are they eating human lungs?

She looked at Count Golos.

At this moment, Count Golos was covering her face with a folding fan, so Song Yufei could not see the countess's expression at all.

But judging from the look in this vengeful ghost's eyes, it seems to be serious.

This vengeful ghost really wanted her to eat human internal organs raw!

Just thinking about it made Song Yufei feel nauseous.

"I...I can't eat this."

Count Golos narrowed his eyes slightly, as if examining a less-than-ideal piece of his collection.

Why?

Although her voice remained unchanged, based on their previous interactions, Song Yufei knew that the Earl was already somewhat angry with her for her disobedience.

"Your Excellency," Song Yufei could only try her best to explain, "we do not eat our own kind, and... we certainly would not swallow our own kind whole."

Count Golos didn't reply, but simply tilted his head and stared at Song Yufei sideways.

"similar?"

The countess straightened her head, unusually lifeless.

However, her eyes revealed a hint of incomprehension and confusion.

"Fellow countryman... what nonsense are you spouting?"

Count Golos quickly and gently fanned himself with his folding fan:

"How many times do I have to say it? You are now a part of me, and you are different from those humans."

"But... Your Excellency," Song Yufei said with a troubled expression, "I was originally human, and some... ingrained habits are hard to change."

Of course, she didn't think so.

But her first priority is to persuade the female ghost in front of her, not any other nonsense.

"Oh well, alright. But I have other matters to attend to and don't have time for you right now. Go find an inn yourself, just don't die."

Count Golos wagged her insect tail, flicking out a few ghost coins in the process. After placing the ghost coins on the table, she left the inn room, disappearing to do who-knows-where.

Perhaps because they had just pulled out the internal organs of a living person, the few ghost coins that were thrown out still had a strong smell of blood on them.

Song Yufei did not immediately touch those ghost coins.

Looking at the few ghost coins on the table that emitted a faint fishy smell, and then at the pile of disgusting dark red organs in the plate, she felt her stomach churning again.

She fought off the urge to vomit and carefully avoided the plate of "food".

She touched the ghost coin.

It looks like... it's genuine!

Does this female ghost really want her to go out and buy food herself?

Song Yufei took a deep breath, suppressing the fear and discomfort in her heart.

Count Golos clearly did not intend to treat her as a "commoner" who truly needed care, but rather as a "collection" or "pet" that needed to adapt to its environment on its own.

Beixia Hotel... In my memory, this is also a dungeon location in a strange game.

Therefore, there should be some food available for human consumption in this place.

And if she can move freely within this inn, she might encounter other players?

Song Yufei's heartbeat gradually quickened.

This is different from the last time at the shady casino.

While in the ghost casino, with Ren Zhizhe watching over her, she dared not have any contact with other players.

However, if one is free to move around within the Beixia Hotel, one can try to contact some players and have them relay the message back to the real world and to the Song family.

Although Count Golos could monitor her at any time, it wasn't impossible if he did it discreetly...

"Ring ring!"

Just as she was about to leave with the ghost money, her phone rang.

Song Yufei took out her phone. Just as she was about to answer, she suddenly realized that this wasn't her phone's ringtone.

And... she glanced at her phone screen.

No signal.

If there's no signal, how did this call even get through?

She held her breath, unconsciously tensing up. However, she relaxed a little after seeing the phone number.

This seems to be Ren Zhizhe's phone number.

She answered the phone.

Sure enough, it was Ren Zhizhe calling.

Just as they had agreed when they parted, Ren Zhizhe called to discuss the time and things to do when they met next.

After getting away with some nonsense, Song Yufei used the excuse that she had to go have dinner to guide Ren Zhizhe to hang up the phone.

"Phew. Talking to that guy was exhausting..."

"Did they contact you again?"

Song Yufei's shoulders twitched, startled.

She looked over and saw that it was a ghost real estate agent.

Unbeknownst to her, the ghost agent had already silently appeared behind her.

If she hadn't made a sound, she would have been completely unaware that a vengeful ghost was standing behind her.

"That's a good thing." The ghost intermediary nodded, seemingly acknowledging Song Yufei's efforts.

But he quickly scanned his surroundings, as if searching for something. He probably didn't see what he was looking for; Song Yufei clearly saw the ghost broker's brow furrow.

"Where's that guy?"

"Uh, you mean...?"

"Wasn't that guy with you?"

Hearing this, even if Song Yufei was slow to react, she should have realized what was happening.

So you were looking for Count Golos?

"The Earl has gone out."

Even when Count Golos was not present, Song Yufei still respectfully addressed him as "Count."

After all, the worm in her brain was still there, and she hadn't forgotten how Count Golos had initially spoken to her.

"She went out?" The real estate agent's face stiffened. "Who let her out?"

"Useless trash, couldn't you have stopped them... Ah, never mind. What are you planning to do with these damn coins?" He instinctively wanted to scold them.

But realizing that Song Yufei simply didn't have that ability, he stopped halfway through his sentence. Upon seeing the ghost coins in Song Yufei's hand, he quickly changed the subject.

"I...I want to go find something to eat and drink..."

Song Yufei started to stutter because of the shady agent's attitude.

She meant to say food and water.

But when it came to her lips, the imposing manner of the ghost agent made her a little nervous, so she unconsciously said those words.

"Oh, I see. Who gave you permission to go out? Don't you know you can't go out?"

"what?"

Song Yufei was stunned on the spot.

Can't she go out?

"Ugh. That troublemaking bug! I really..." The ghost broker glared angrily again. But he quickly composed himself.

He was only gone for a short while.

In just a short while, Count Golos not only went out and killed several players who were active in the inn, but also left the inn.

He really didn't want to cooperate with the Countess anymore.

But there's nothing we can do about it.

Now it's the countess who's bothering him. If there were a real way, he wouldn't be forced to pay the café's ghost coins.

"I'll go find you some human food and water... Oh, and here's something for you. You can use this to contact other vengeful ghosts. Just don't let this blind date fall through."

After saying that, he threw a seashell beetle into Song Yufei's hand.

After that, he didn't give Song Yufei any chance to react and directly used his killing rules to send Song Yufei back to the side room of his house to rest.

Having done all that, and remembering that he still needed to find Count Golos as soon as possible, the ghost broker left in frustration.

……

Post station.

Jiang Xiaowei ran as fast as she could, her heart pounding in her chest.

The footsteps behind her were neither fast nor slow, but they stayed right behind Jiang Xiaowei, making it impossible for her to shake them off.

The deliveryman wasn't walking very fast, but with each step he closed the distance between them.

Furthermore, the terrain of this post station seemed to be constantly changing. She always seemed to return to places she had been before, even if she was traveling in a straight line.

Human physical strength is limited. In the end, Jiang Xiaowei couldn't run anymore.

"Twenty ghost coins."

The deliveryman reached out his hand to her.

But Jiang Xiaowei didn't have any twenty yuan ghost coins, so she could only retreat in terror.

Seeing this, the deliveryman stopped talking.

They have a fixed procedure for dealing with customers who refuse to pay their debts.

He stepped forward, grabbed Jiang Xiaowei by the neck, and lifted her into the air.

The rules of murder instantly applied to Jiang Xiaowei.

The deliverymen operate under a set of rules for killing imposed by the relay station. When offline customers cannot afford the ghost coins, they can forcibly turn them into "delivery packages," waiting for new customers to purchase them and recoup their losses.

"Wait a minute... I can use my bank account!"

Realizing that she seemed to have been caught up in the transporter's rules of killing, the faceless female ghost quickly cried out twice.

That's really bad news. I don't know what methods this post station used, but they haven't been able to get her back from the solitary confinement room yet.

"...Go through the bank?" The deliveryman stopped what he was doing.

He didn't ask any questions, just waited quietly. Only after the post station clearly stated that they had received a twenty-yuan ghost coin did he leave the package and then slowly depart.

"Damn human, you wasted my ghost coins! I'd like to see what you bought..."

She froze halfway through her sentence.

Then, she quickly threw the package aside and retreated to a corner of the shelf!

Invitation letter?

How could this be...?

Damn it... Damn it!

Were we tricked by this human?

The faceless female ghost continued her furious rage. But now, the rules of the solitary confinement room finally took effect, and Jiang Xiaowei was pulled back into the room.

No matter how furious she became, the faceless female ghost eventually fell back into a deep sleep.