Chapter 2

Chapter 2

An hour later, I was carrying a cloth sack that was still vibrating with the sound of Bai Ling’s muffled cursing.

I gave the bag a heavy smack, and it finally went quiet.

After greeting the staff at the amusement park entrance, I returned to my Haunted House, where the resident ghosts immediately swarmed around me.

Yes, I run a Haunted House at an amusement park.

Including Bai Ling, there are currently four ghosts in the Haunted House, which is just enough to cover four themed attractions.

It was currently just past 11:00 AM, and the Haunted House hadn’t opened for business yet.

I closed the doors and lit a bundle of high-quality sandalwood in the incense burner in the northwest corner. As the curls of smoke rose, the ghosts gathered around.

Zhou Huaikuan, the zombie, hopped over with a stiff, wooden expression.

“Was it you who let Bai Ling out?”

“I-”

Before I could finish, an eight- or nine-year-old ghost boy named Zhang Mingming ran over.

“Sister Lingzhu, look! You’re famous!”

He stood on his tiptoes and shoved a phone into my arms.

[BREAKING! Brave Lesbians Publicly Declare Their Love on the Street!]

[These two girls are such a perfect match! Why can’t they be together?!]

[Support them! Ignore the judgmental eyes of society!]

[Sob, I was really moved by that line: ‘Just forget about me!’]

[I know the girl in the tracksuit! She runs the Haunted House at the amusement park!]

[OMG, I know the other girl too! Isn’t she Song Feifei, the daughter of the city’s richest man who just returned from abroad?]

I slammed the sack onto the floor with all my might.

“Bai Ling! Look at what you’ve done!”

“Ow, you’re hurting me~”

Bai Ling, dressed in a qipao, stretched languidly with an enchanting grace before leaning on Zhou Huaikuan to stand up with poise.

“Oh? We’re on the local trending topics?”

She giggled, covering her mouth with a flirtatious look.

“Oh, stop being so grumpy. Going viral is a good thing! When we’re popular, business will be good, and when business is good, you’ll have money!

“If business gets any worse, you won’t even be able to afford the incense you give us. Let’s get one thing straight: I don’t eat second-rate incense, so don’t try to fool me with low-grade stuff.”

I took a deep breath and collapsed into a chair in despair.

I was wrong. I shouldn’t have picked a fight with my Senior Brother back then.

If I hadn’t fought with my Senior Brother, I wouldn’t have run away to start my own business.

If I hadn’t tried to start my own business, my Daoist temple wouldn’t have gone bankrupt.

If the temple hadn’t gone bankrupt, I wouldn’t have used my last bit of money to take over this failing Haunted House.

And if it weren’t for this Haunted House, I wouldn’t be trending on the internet.

As for the girl Bai Ling had possessed, I had already wiped her memory of the incident and sent her home secretly.

But now, once she sees this video, she’s definitely going to come looking for me. How on earth am I supposed to explain this?