Chapter 41: Chapter 41: Piao Dagen Backs Down, You Want Me to Kill Gu Yuan?

「Wansheng District.」

Han Sumei woke up in a daze.

Her mind was still reeling from being ganged up on and beaten. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

"Don’t hit... don’t hit my nose..."

"I’m not a pig head, don’t eat me!"

Han Sumei jolted awake, muttering from the corner of her mouth.

Cold sweat trickled down the side of her face.

She saw the familiar floor littered with bits of rotten flesh and debris and smelled the waves of foul stench in the air.

Only then did she realize she had been teleported back.

She instantly let out a sigh of relief.

’Thank goodness I wasn’t beaten to death.’

But the thought that Yun Zhenyue had not only taken her cat but had also likely received a huge amount of Ghost Coins made her grind her teeth in hatred!

’That part-time job task had a system subsidy!’

’I heard before that if you do well, the reward can be multiplied several times over!’

’It could be tens or even hundreds of Ghost Coins!’

’What a huge sum of money!’

Han Sumei’s heart was bleeding.

She had worked her ass off cleaning toilets for two days, only to end up without a single Ghost Coin!

Han Sumei completely lost her composure.

Just then, a dark figure holding a butcher’s knife suddenly walked over.

"Where are the Ghost Coins? How much did you earn?"

Piao Dagen’s gaze was fiery, a mixture of greed and expectation as he looked at her.

Han Sumei froze at his words.

The color drained from her cheeks.

"There are no Ghost Coins..."

"What?"

Piao Dagen’s face darkened, finding it hard to believe.

He had just made his rounds and seen the other female players giving their wages to their husbands.

Some gave over 100, and some even had 200 Ghost Coins!

He had lent his identity tags to Han Sumei, thinking she could earn a lot more Ghost Coins. And now she was telling him there weren’t any?

Piao Dagen flew into a rage. Thinking Han Sumei had received some other reward instead, he suppressed his displeasure and continued to ask:

"What about the identity tags?"

"L-lost," Han Sumei said, her face a mask of misery.

"What about other things? Did you get any other Ghost Artifacts? You worked for two days, you must have gotten *something*."

"Nothing, I got nothing!"

The more Han Sumei spoke, the more aggrieved she felt. Two streams of clear tears rolled down her face, which was swollen like a pig’s head.

"Shibal!"

Veins bulged on Piao Dagen’s neck like writhing branches, and the whites of his eyes turned bloodshot!

He couldn’t stand Han Sumei anymore!

—SLAP!!

Piao Dagen strode up and delivered a resounding slap,

knocking the miserable Han Sumei to the ground.

One of her cheeks hadn’t even stopped swelling, and now the other side was swelling up too!

"Speak! Did you hide it!"

"You bitch, you dare lie to me!!"

Piao Dagen dropped the butcher knife and started beating Han Sumei mercilessly!

Han Sumei felt intense pain all over her body, as if she were a punching bag.

She curled up in a corner.

She had already suffered at the Blood Moon Restaurant; now, she felt like she wanted to die.

"SOB SOB SOB... I really don’t have any Ghost Coins! They said I damaged the restaurant, so they wouldn’t give me a single cent..."

"Why don’t you just kill me? I don’t want to live anymore."

"That woman from Dragon Country’s husband has a Crimson-robe level cat. Do you have one? Her husband can even brew ghost wine. Can you? You can’t do anything, you just know how to hit me..."

The more Han Sumei spoke, the more aggrieved she became.

She felt more wronged than Dou E!

At this moment, she truly didn’t want to live. She offered no resistance!

’If Piao Dagen wants to kill me, then so be it. Everywhere I go, I just end up cleaning toilets anyway!’

"A Crimson-robe level cat?"

Hearing this, Piao Dagen’s brow furrowed. He didn’t strike again.

A trace of surprise and suspicion appeared in his eyes.

"Are you talking about that ghost from the third floor?"

"His name is Gu Yuan. Do you know him?"

"I don’t. But he’s just a wraith. How could he have a Crimson-robe level cat..."

"Well, *he* has one and *you* don’t, and that’s why I get bullied."

Han Sumei was still sniveling.

She looked like a steamed pig’s head.

Piao Dagen grew annoyed watching her and barked, "Stop crying!"

"If you keep crying, I’ll really get physical."

"..."

Frightened, Han Sumei pitifully stopped crying, but her heart still ached with sorrow.

"Are you sure you’re not mistaken? That should be impossible," Piao Dagen pressed.

"I’m not mistaken at all! That’s what the woman from Dragon Country said to trick that stupid cat away!"

Han Sumei said, biting her lower lip.

*HISS...*

Piao Dagen’s pupils shrank in shock.

He sucked in a cold breath, his scalp tingling.

’I thought all the ghosts on the third floor were trash. I never expected such a mysterious entity to be hidden among them.’

"You should stay away from them from now on," he advised.

"Hmph~"

Han Sumei snorted, her expression full of dissatisfaction.

She grew to dislike Piao Dagen even more.

’*Her* husband is so gentle and considerate.’

’And him?’

’He’s a total fraud!’

Han Sumei didn’t listen at all. Instead, her hatred for Yun Zhenyue grew even more intense.

"That cat is wild and unruly. He probably can’t control it at all, which is why he left it at the Blood Moon Restaurant."

"A pet? It’s hard to say who’s the master and who’s the pet,"

Han Sumei grumbled resentfully.

At this point, she suddenly had an idea.

She turned to Piao Dagen. "Why don’t you go kill Gu Yuan?"

"You’re a Fierce Ghost. You can’t possibly be afraid of him, can you?"

"Kill him, and that cat will be yours..."

Piao Dagen was shocked by Han Sumei’s words.

’Me? Go kill an entity who owns a Crimson-robe level cat?’

’Is this stupid woman out of her mind?’

To Piao Dagen, who had always been cautious—or to put it simply, a coward—Han Sumei’s words sounded like she was urging him to go get himself killed!

Seeing the reluctance on Piao Dagen’s face, Han Sumei knew he was a wimp, so she added, "If you don’t dare to make a move on him, then killing that woman from Dragon Country shouldn’t be a problem, right?"

"From this mission, she got... probably several thousand, maybe even ten thousand Ghost Coins."

Han Sumei didn’t actually know how many Ghost Coins Yun Zhenyue had received.

To lure Piao Dagen in, she thought it through: almost everyone else had earned over a hundred Ghost Coins. Yun Zhenyue knew the supervisor, so she probably earned several hundred, and with the subsidy multiplier, a few thousand should be no problem.

’If I exaggerate a bit more and round up, that’s ten thousand!’

"Over ten thousand Ghost Coins?"

Piao Dagen swallowed hard in shock.

His greed was stoked by this five-digit sum of Ghost Coins.

’I’ve never seen so many Ghost Coins in my life!’

’If there really are ten thousand Ghost Coins, after I absorb the yin energy, I could probably go from a high-level Fierce Ghost to a Crimson-robed Ghost.’

’And then I wouldn’t have to be afraid of that Crimson-robe level cat anymore.’

’And the price is just killing a single human.’

’These little mice can’t stay in Wansheng District forever anyway.’

’I’ll make my move when she’s out on a mission.’

’No one will be the wiser.’

Piao Dagen’s eyes filled with avarice. He had to admit, Han Sumei had convinced him.

Thinking of this, Piao Dagen’s expression returned to normal.

He even revealed a strange, eerie smile.

He helped Han Sumei to her feet.

"Get up and tell me the details."

"Don’t worry. If killing her really gets us over ten thousand Ghost Coins, you’ll get your share of the benefits."

"Really?!!" Han Sumei exclaimed in pleasant surprise.

She was thrilled!

’As long as my Fierce Ghost husband takes action personally!’

’Yun Zhenyue will definitely be chopped to pieces with a single blow!’

...

Seeing the two of them already plotting how to kill Yun Zhenyue, the audience from Dragon Country was in disbelief.

In past "ghostly marriages," it was hard enough for players to survive; infighting was usually limited to arguments.

There had never been a case of a player trying to kill another player.

Han Sumei was actually this vicious?

[This woman from the Great Cold Country has the heart of a snake! Going after Yun Zhenyue?]

[WTF, how shameless can you be? Can’t stand to see someone else do well?]

[This is so fucked up. He doesn’t dare to go after Gu Yuan, so he targets a woman instead. This Piao Dagen is no good either.]

[Didn’t Han Sumei say the cat is a top-tier Crimson-robed Ghost?]

[Uh... isn’t this just asking for death?]

[What a joke. As if Gu Yuan would just stand by and watch Yun Zhenyue get killed?]