Free Web NovelChapter 181: Chapter 181: Flower of Love About to Bloom? Gu Yuan’s Company and Daily Life
[1: A position equivalent in rank to a Ghost City’s City Lord]
[2: Special Fertilizer for the Flower of Love]
"Huh?"
’Another choice of rewards?’
Yun Zhenyue was quite surprised.
’The Flower of Love I chose last time hasn’t even bloomed yet.’
Reward #1 was a position of the same rank as the City Lord of Fengdu Ghost City.
Reward #2, on the other hand, was just some plain old fertilizer for the Flower of Love.
Staring at the two rewards, Yun Zhenyue was just about to ask for Gu Yuan’s opinion.
But she found he wasn’t home.
"Honey, are you home?"
She called out a few times, but there was no reply.
This struck Yun Zhenyue as very odd.
’This is the first time I’ve ever seen Gu Yuan go out.’
Normally, Gu Yuan was a total homebody, either playing games or sleeping.
’Did something urgent come up?’
"Oh, well."
Yun Zhenyue sighed.
She’d wanted to ask him about the situation in the Ghost City.
The milk tea shop at the entrance of the slums had been destroyed during the great battle with the blood-red paper figure.
Now, franchise shops had opened up all over the Ghost City.
The owners of these shops were all former residents of the slums.
Yun Zhenyue had told Si Qin to give them plenty of support.
And she was still the City Lord.
According to Si Qin, the Ghost City could operate just fine even without a City Lord. If a major incident occurred, she would call and inform Yun Zhenyue, so there was absolutely no need for her to resign.
But just in case,
Yun Zhenyue had still left the little paper figure in the Ghost City.
It was her final trump card.
Besides, she had already formed a contract with the little paper figure.
If she ran into danger, she could instantly summon it to her side.
The little paper figure was still slumbering.
Yun Zhenyue looked at the two rewards, hesitating.
’Anyone else would definitely choose Reward #1, right?’
’A domain on par with Fengdu Ghost City, and I would become its absolute ruler.’
’I’d probably become a domain lord, a hall master, or some similar figure.’
But Yun Zhenyue thought about it for a moment.
The only reason she was able to navigate the Ghost City so smoothly...
...was mainly due to Gu Yuan’s status.
In any other place, even if she started with the highest position, she was still just a human. She had no absolute power of her own, and her subordinates wouldn’t be loyal. It would just be an endless pile of trouble.
’I’m better off just choosing Reward #2.’
The special fertilizer for the Flower of Love.
With that thought, Yun Zhenyue immediately chose the latter.
HUM!
With a flash of white light!
A small bag of fertilizer appeared in Yun Zhenyue’s hand.
"This is the fertilizer? It looks so plain."
Yun Zhenyue shook her head and walked toward the balcony, bag in hand.
It had been a while since she’d checked on it.
The Flower of Love was still just a tiny seedling.
She could see traces of it having been watered.
Yun Zhenyue was a little disappointed, but then she remembered the flower needed to be watered with flawless love to grow and couldn’t just grow naturally. The thought made her feel better.
She immediately tore open the bag of fertilizer!
Just then!
WHOOSH~
A pink light erupted from the fertilizer bag!
Yun Zhenyue felt a warm current flow through her mind.
Instantly, all her memories with Gu Yuan came flooding back.
Every little moment she had spent with him, day and night, trickled together like a winding stream, flowing into an ocean woven from pink affection. Each drop held a gentle, sincere emotion.
As the images slowly faded,
Yun Zhenyue blinked, still wanting more.
Then, she suddenly noticed.
The Flower of Love in its small pot...
...had suddenly shot up to over a meter tall!
A single, beautiful bud stood atop the stalk, ready to bloom.
"Ah?!!"
’It grew this tall all at once?’
Pleasantly surprised, Yun Zhenyue rubbed her eyes. ’This fertilizer is incredible!’
Just then,
CREAK~
Yun Zhenyue heard the front door open.
She turned her head and saw Gu Yuan returning, carrying a large bag.
"Honey, come quick! Look, my flower is about to bloom!"
"So soon?"
Hearing Yun Zhenyue’s excited voice, Gu Yuan slowly walked over to the Flower of Love.
Whoa!
’It really is!’
Gu Yuan was rather surprised.
’He’d been watering this flower every day, but it never grew.’
’Even as the Ghost Emperor, and even when he let his guard down, the flower had a hard time capturing his emotions.’
’I just wonder what kind of wish Yun Zhenyue will make.’
The flower only contained a single drop of his blood.
It could fulfill an ordinary, small wish.
But if she wanted something like changing the world, that would be impossible.
While Yun Zhenyue wasn’t looking,
Gu Yuan secretly squeezed a few more drops of his blood into the pot.
’It was just his ordinary blood, anyway. He would recover instantly, and there were no side effects.’
’That should do it.’
’Now she can make some pretty outrageous wishes.’
"Honey, where did you go just now?"
Placing the plastic bag he was holding onto the dining table, Gu Yuan saw Yun Zhenyue stretch tiredly.
He answered casually, "Just took care of a little something."
’The Corpse-Eating Ghost from upstairs had gotten a little too full of itself after becoming a mid-tier Evil Star.’
’It actually tried to make a move on me!’
’It even lured me to a very secluded spot.’
’I listened to the Corpse-Eating Ghost spout a bunch of nonsense.’
’Something about survival of the fittest, how it was already a mid-tier Evil Star, and how all it needed to do was devour me, a "sealed" Evil Star, to have a chance at becoming a high-tier Evil Star and purging Wansheng District...’
’It also said something about how Yun Zhenyue would be taken care of by its partner, Cecil.’
’What a load of crap!’
’I couldn’t be bothered to listen.’
’With the Golden Red Fish Talisman and ten drops of my blood, Yun Zhenyue could level the entire Ghost City!’
’Still, just in case, I took a peek.’
’I saw that blood-red paper figure.’
’After that, I stopped paying attention.’
’Finally, I got tired of its rambling, stuck out a finger, and flicked the Corpse-Eating Ghost to death.’
’Then I went grocery shopping.’
’When I got to the Shadowy Supermarket, the ghoul manager gave me a warm welcome. Figuring I couldn’t keep freeloading, I took out ten thousand ghoul coins and topped up my membership card.’
’And I came back just in time to see Yun Zhenyue.’
’No trouble at all.’
His days passed with a certain rhythm.
Eat, play games, sleep, water the flower...
’I wonder how much longer days like these can last.’
Gu Yuan watched Yun Zhenyue carefully tending to the Flower of Love.
He had a feeling this ordinary, daily life was about to come to an end.
’I’ve been inactive for too long.’
’Quite a few ghosts with ulterior motives seem to have forgotten about me, the Ghost Emperor.’
’When the time comes, I’ll see if Yun Zhenyue gets a suitable mission.’
’One we can go on together.’
’I’ll just treat it as a vacation with her.’
...
Time flew by.
「A month later.」
Just as winter was approaching, the remaining marriage partners finally returned to the district.
They had suffered greatly over the past month.
In the end, they were only let go after begging to quit their jobs. fгee𝑤ebɳoveɭ.cøm
And not only that!
The rewards from the marriage system were completely bizarre!
They were positions of an equivalent rank in other domains!
You have to understand,
they had been either latrine cleaners or street sweepers.
What good was an equivalent position to that?
Han Sumei’s face was grim.
She had received the position of "Master Toilet Unclogger" at a ghoul company!
Another marriage partner got a job as a security guard at the same ghoul company!
Yamada Aiko was arguably the luckiest of them all.
She got a position similar to a librarian’s:
An archivist.
Before they could even rest for a few days,
the marriage system issued another mission.
[Ding! You have a new marriage mission!]
[Learning proper etiquette is conducive to mutual love, understanding, and long-term harmony between spouses.]
[Please proceed to Eternal Night Manor today to study etiquette!]
[Mission Reward: The marriage system will grant rewards corresponding to each partner’s progress in their studies!]
