Chapter 117
Chapter 117
The man gave Yun Youyou a slight nod. “Thank you.”
Yun Youyou said, “No need. This is what any upstanding citizen should do.”
The two men picked up the Bald Male Manager lying on the floor and carried him out.
Xiao Wang had been scared out of his wits by Yun Youyou’s sudden move. Still shaken, he stared at her in horror.
Just then, Su Zeyang and Su Zehan came running over as well.
The instant the Bald Male Manager disappeared, they received a notification from the system.
[The Workplace Storm Instance has been completed. All Players, please prepare to leave the Instance.]
“Sister Youyou, we’re leaving.”
Su Zehan waved at Yun Youyou reluctantly.
“I don’t know if we’ll ever get the chance to meet again. Consider this five-star review my farewell gift.”
Yun Youyou waved back at them too.
“Don’t worry. We’ll definitely have a chance to meet again.”
Su Zeyang looked deeply at Yun Youyou. “Then we’ll be going first.”
“Bye-bye!”
Yun Youyou smiled and waved goodbye to the brothers, then exited the Instance as well.
Only Xiao Wang was left in the empty office, his face full of shock.
[Congratulations, Employee 003, on successfully completing the Instance mission. You have gained 600 Experience Points and obtained the new titles “Warm-hearted Ghost Realm Citizen” and “Walking Ghost-shaped Toolbox”.]
Forget the first title. At a stretch, it sounded like a compliment.
But that second one, “Walking Ghost-shaped Toolbox,” didn’t sound like a good thing no matter how she heard it.
Puzzled, Yun Youyou asked, “What part of me has anything to do with a toolbox?”
The Game’s electronic voice replied at an unhurried pace.
[That makes sense. Perhaps you should not be called “Walking Ghost-shaped Toolbox,” but rather “Walking Demolition Team.”]
Yun Youyou: …
So it was throwing shade at her, huh?
How had she never realized before that this Game was so wicked at heart?
From this Instance, Yun Youyou gained another five five-star reviews.
[Current positive reviews obtained: 15 five-star reviews. Current temporary placement on the Ranking List: No. 115.]
[Staff level: Level 5 (Ordinary Staff). Experience Points: 600/700]
Yun Youyou’s rent arrived once again.
[Game Currency: 38,000]
Yun Youyou once again sighed over the joys of being a landlady.
This time, the Game finally showed a little humanity and did not urge Yun Youyou to hurry off to the next Instance.
A soft little bed. A quiet environment.
Yun Youyou slept for a full ten hours.
When she woke again, she had been shaken awake by the Light Brain on her wrist.
Yun Youyou narrowed her eyes and opened it for a look.
The Light Brain displayed a message from a Player.
[Player Wang Yuanyou invites you to join an Instance.]
Yun Youyou’s eyes snapped wide open. She read it back and forth several times before finally confirming she had not seen wrong.
Players could actually invite an NPC to participate in an Instance?
How had this Game become more and more advanced?
Yun Youyou hurriedly called out to the system.
“What exactly is going on? Why can a Player invite an NPC?”
Only after quite a long while did the Game reply.
[This is part of a recent update, allowing Players to enjoy gameplay with a higher degree of freedom. However, inviting an NPC requires spending a massive amount of Game Currency in the Player Shop to purchase a voucher. You are still the first NPC to be invited.]
The first NPC to be invited?
That sounded seriously impressive.
With a grand wave of her hand, Yun Youyou immediately accepted Player Wang Yuanyou’s invitation.
He had spent that much money, after all. She had to give him face.
[Employee 003 has successfully accepted the invitation. Matching Instance now.]
[Instance matched.]
[Attention, Employee 003. Instance: Beachside Guesthouse is about to begin.]
Yun Youyou calmly watched the white light appear.
As a veteran, she no longer reacted like some clueless newbie the way she used to.
By the beach.
In a clean little courtyard sat two small bamboo stools.
One large figure and one small figure were seated on them.
“Waaah… boohoohoo…”
A four- or five-year-old child was bawling at the top of his lungs in the courtyard.
Huge teardrops rolled down his soft, fair cheeks. The tip of his nose was red, and so were the rims of his eyes. He looked so pitiful that anyone would have wanted to scoop him up and coax him.
However, the beautiful woman sitting beside him had absolutely no intention of doing so.
Lu Keke cried for a while, then secretly cracked one eye open to peek at Yun Youyou beside him.
Seeing her sitting there on the stool with an utterly indifferent look, he cried even louder.
“Mommy! Boohoohoo… I want Mommy!”
Yun Youyou’s face remained the very definition of cold indifference.
After crying for ages, until his throat was nearly hoarse, Yun Youyou’s backside still seemed glued to the stool. She remained as unmoving as a mountain.
Lu Keke finally understood that Yun Youyou was not going to come over and coax him.
Once reality sank in, he immediately wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, climbed down from the stool, and charged furiously up to Yun Youyou.
“Hey! Why didn’t you come comfort me?”
Yun Youyou lifted her eyelids and gave him a bland glance.
“Why should I comfort you?”
Lu Keke puffed out his adorable little belly and said with perfect confidence, “Because you’re my mommy!”
The moment Yun Youyou heard the word “mommy,” her head started to ache.
“Brat, I’ll say this one more time. I’m only playing the role of your mother. I’m not actually your mother, okay?”
Lu Keke was a domineering little child.
“I don’t care, I don’t care! You are my mommy!”
Yun Youyou: …
She really hadn’t expected the Game to recruit child labor too. That was illegal!
If Yun Youyou hadn’t been unable to contact anyone from the Underworld, she would have called a Judge over to judge this properly. Preferably with a life sentence that locked the Game up for good.
Lu Keke and Yun Youyou, the two ghosts, stood in the courtyard glaring at each other.
Neither was willing to back down.
Knock, knock!
Someone suddenly knocked on the courtyard gate.
Yun Youyou and Lu Keke exchanged a look. Both of them had excellent professional ethics, so they immediately held hands and began acting out a touching mother-son bond.
Together, they walked toward the entrance.
Lu Keke tipped his head back and looked haughtily at Yun Youyou’s chin.
“Don’t forget, your role is a gentle single mother, not some vicious tigress.”
Yun Youyou gave a cold snort. “And don’t you forget, you’re a well-behaved child, not a little hellion asking for a beating.”
“Hmph!”
Lu Keke snorted as well.
The two ghosts turned their heads away from each other, one to the left and one to the right, while their large and small hands remained tightly clasped together.
Yun Youyou opened the gate with a smile and said gently, “Welcome, dear guests. Please, come in.”
Lu Keke shyly hid behind Yun Youyou’s skirt and looked bashfully at the Player guests, without the slightest trace of the brat from moments ago.
The moment Yun Youyou lifted her eyes, she saw Ji Lin.
Even in a crowd, he was still that eye-catching.
When Wang Yuanyou saw Yun Youyou, his eyes immediately lit up.
However, he did not rashly step forward to greet her.