Chapter 192
Chapter 192
A fragrant croissant and a glass of iced Americano covered in condensation.
Perfect!
Yun Youyou took a bite of croissant and swept her gaze around the table.
“Where’s Vampy? Why don’t I see him?”
Shen Mingzhen looked up and discovered that the Vampire was indeed absent.
He immediately grew anxious. “Don’t tell me he disappeared too?”
“Good riddance. That pretty boy is an eyesore.”
The Second Young Master curled his lip, looking as though he hoped the Vampire had vanished.
They had made no progress in the Game. He still could not tell which people were ghosts and which were Players.
Were modern ghosts really this skilled at disguises?
Yun Youyou remained unhurried and continued eating her croissant.
Judging by their relative strength, she might disappear, but the Vampire certainly would not.
Only then did Shen Mingzhen remember that a Vampire was also a kind of ghost.
He had just risen from his chair. Now he sat back down and calmly spread butter on his bread.
The Second Young Master glanced at him and decided his earlier concern had been an act.
“Putting on a show. Maybe you’re the ghost causing all this trouble.”
He muttered under his breath.
Shen Mingzhen pretended not to hear.
Better to avoid unnecessary trouble. He could not be bothered with idiots.
The ghost was right in front of him eating a croissant, yet he suspected his own teammate.
Moron!
Yun Youyou had just finished one croissant when the Vampire came downstairs.
His skin was naturally as pale as Snow White’s.
Today, however, two dark circles stained that snowy skin. He looked exhausted.
Yun Youyou stared at him in surprise.
“Did you stay up all night?”
Shen Mingzhen asked curiously, “What were you doing? You look like you overindulged all night.”
The Vampire sat down without expression.
“Watching a movie.”
Shen Mingzhen asked, “What movie gives you dark circles like that? You didn’t watch something you shouldn’t have, did you?”
The Vampire gave Yun Youyou a long, brooding look.
Yun Youyou: “?”
Inspiration flashed through her mind. “You didn’t watch the movie I mentioned yesterday, did you?”
The Vampire nodded.
“Which one?”
“The last one.”
Yun Youyou considered that. So it was the one about Yama.
But the movie was not especially long. Why were his dark circles so severe?
Shen Mingzhen took a moment to remember what the final movie had been.
Once he did, he leaned close to the Vampire and furtively asked, “So what did the heroine and Yama do in the Eighteenth Level of Hell? Something naughty, right?”
Shen Mingzhen snickered.
The Vampire looked at him without emotion, as though regarding an idiot.
“No. They did something good.”
Shen Mingzhen did not believe him.
“Tell me the truth. We’re both men. What’s there to be embarrassed about?”
The Vampire asked, “Do you truly want to hear it?”
Shen Mingzhen nodded frantically.
The Vampire said, “Very well. The general plot is this: an unknown creature attacked the Underworld, leaving ghosts unable to reproduce and causing a severe population shortage. Yama led the heroine’s team in conducting research on the Eighteenth Level of Hell. They eventually created a miracle drug that produced eighteen babies per pregnancy and brought the Underworld’s ghost population to its historic peak.”
Shen Mingzhen: “…”
Everyone eavesdropping nearby: “…”
Who was this movie made for?
Even a film about a dung beetle rolling manure would be more entertaining!
Shen Mingzhen remained silent for a while.
He stared incredulously at the Vampire. “You spent the whole night watching that garbage? Was once not enough, so you replayed it several times?”
The Vampire said, “No. I watched it once.”
Shen Mingzhen grew even more confused. “Then what did you do with the rest of the night?”
The Vampire gazed into the distance. “I was considering how to locate the director and successfully assassinate him.”
Yun Youyou shuddered three times.
Being a director was not easy these days.
In the past, angry viewers merely mailed razor blades. Now audiences were considering assassination. The occupational risk had risen dramatically.
The Vampire continued, “I spent the remaining time wondering who the intended audience for such a movie could possibly be.”
Everyone present stopped moving and silently turned their gaze toward Yun Youyou.
Yun Youyou: “!!!”
Did they have to be so perfectly synchronized?
Desperate to save her reputation, Yun Youyou hurriedly said, “Don’t misunderstand. I only watched it casually. My usual taste in movies is excellent.”
Everyone’s eyes contained only two words.
We don’t believe you!
Yun Youyou: “…”
Stereotyping!
This was absolutely stereotyping!
After breakfast, Yun Youyou sat on the sofa eating fruit.
The Butler swept the floor with a broom.
Yun Youyou glanced over. “Why are you using a broom? Doesn’t the house have a vacuum?”
In a home this large, sweeping by hand would be exhausting.
The Butler smiled. “A vacuum consumes electricity. A broom is more environmentally friendly.”
Yun Youyou regarded him with admiration.
“Who’s the champion of saving energy? My Butler, obviously!”
“But that broom looks unusual. Why is it different from the ones I’ve seen before?”
Yun Youyou curiously studied the broom in his hands.
The Butler looked down at it too. “I made it myself. It’s a little rougher than the ones sold outside.”
Yun Youyou still thought something felt strange.
At that moment, the Butler moved to another area. His back turned toward Yun Youyou and blocked the broom from view.
She had no choice but to look away.
An employee who knew how to slack off did not need to think too much.
The Vampire sat quietly beside her.
Yun Youyou had once believed she was the Game’s greatest slacker.
Now she realized the Vampire might surpass her.
Every day, he either slept or stared into space.
Unable to restrain her curiosity, Yun Youyou whispered, “Do you have some powerful backing inside the Game?”
The Vampire returned to his senses. In the sunlight, his beautiful eyes resembled amber.
“I have no backing. No one else is worthy of standing behind me.”
Stars instantly filled Yun Youyou’s eyes.
An overbearing CEO!
He was absolutely the overbearing CEO of the Ghost Realm!
No wonder the Vampire ignored both coworkers and Players. He was the Game’s uniquely domineering ghost CEO.
Elsewhere, the Second Young Master secretly slipped into Yun Youyou’s room.
When Yun Youyou had opened the door yesterday, he had secretly observed the code.
The inheritance documents were probably inside a safe. Once he obtained them, he could escape the Instance.
The Second Young Master rummaged through Yun Youyou’s wardrobe.
Nothing in the nightstand.
Nothing in the bathroom.
Nothing anywhere.
He raked a frustrated hand through his hair. “Where did she hide the safe?”
“What are you looking for?”
The sound of another voice inside the room nearly made the Second Young Master wet himself.