I'm not sure if these ghosts have purchased that labor protection contract. Last time, I just touched a ghost's neck and was kicked out of the instance. It was because the ghost in that instance had bought the "Instance Ghosts Labor Protection Contract."

The ghosts in this instance probably haven't bought that particular contract yet.

With such a hopeful expectation, Gu Mian grabbed the three right arms and, with all his might, yanked three pale faces out of the smartphone, much like uprooting radishes.

They were three familiar faces. Gu Mian immediately spotted his love interest. His love interest, Zhao Tiankuo, had a hideous scar on his left cheek, making his entire face look exceptionally fierce.

At this moment, Zhao Tiankuo's fierce face showed a hint of confusion, as if he hadn't yet grasped what was happening.

Before they could react, Gu Mian swiftly pulled again.

This time, more than half of each of the three ghosts' bodies were pulled out of the smartphone.

At this point, the three ghosts that had been pulled out finally reacted.

They turned their deathly pale faces, looking around.

Keke was standing quite far from Gu Mian. When Xia Yutong began to turn her head, she immediately saw Keke not too far away.

Although Xia Yutong didn't immediately understand what was happening, upon seeing a living person nearby, a strange smile appeared on her ghastly pale face.

Normally, anyone seeing such a peculiar smile would instinctively turn and run. No, the moment one sees a ghost, they should turn and flee immediately.

But this woman before them didn't run. Instead, she stood her ground, pursing her lips with an inscrutable expression, her gaze irresistibly drifting to a spot diagonally behind Xia Yutong.

Xia Yutong followed the woman's gaze and looked diagonally backward.

Then, she saw a large face looming down at her. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

Her smile began to gradually fade.

Gu Mian was very perceptive; he immediately noticed Xia Yutong's mood souring. When this female ghost first appeared, her face was all sunshine and smiles, and she even gave Keke a kind, approachable smile.

But now, the smile on her face was disappearing at a rate visible to the naked eye, and her already white face became even more ghastly.

Gu Mian reached out to her, intending to soothe the female ghost's emotions.

Unexpectedly, as if she had seen something repulsive, she lunged outward, leaped out of the smartphone, and then scrambled away, vanishing without a trace in an instant.

She was so fast that even Gu Mian didn't have time to react.

"Your girlfriend ran away," Gu Mian said to Chu Changge.

"Your boyfriend is about to run away too," Chu Changge said, pushing up his glasses.

Only then did Gu Mian realize that Zhao Tiankuo, who was right in front of him, was surreptitiously crawling out of the smartphone.

Realizing his actions had been discovered, Zhao Tiankuo stopped acting furtively. He abruptly straightened up and desperately ran into the distance. Gu Mian reached out to grab him but missed, only managing to brush a corner of Zhao Tiankuo's clothes.

What Keke had been imagining ultimately didn't happen.

Zhao Tiankuo had violent tendencies, and she had even imagined Gu Mian being knocked to the ground by Zhao Tiankuo, left to sob while clutching his saw.

Gu Mian didn't chase after the two fleeing ghosts. There was still one ghost here, and Keke and Chu Changge were also present. He couldn't very well abandon the two people and one ghost to chase after the two that had fled.

After Xia Yutong and Zhao Tiankuo fled one after another, Gu Mian, with quick eyes and deft hands, pinned down the remaining one.

There were only three in total; I can't let this one escape too.

The unlucky one who was caught was Keke's love interest, Ai Zitao. His persona was that of a stuffy office worker; he didn't talk much and seemed like an Honest Person.

Clearly, he was the most docile of the three ghosts.

The other two ghosts had realized something was wrong much earlier and had already vanished without a trace. Ai Zitao, however, had only just noticed Gu Mian standing behind him.

Recognizing the situation, Ai Zitao's expression also changed, and he immediately turned to flee.

However, Gu Mian was already prepared and held him down firmly, preventing this ghost from running freely.

Judging by the current situation, these ghosts probably had no idea who they were chatting with before they came out.

Gu Mian recalled that Xia Yutong had merely glanced back at him, upon which her expression had changed drastically, and she had fled in a panic.

This scene was somewhat like an online dating meet-up gone disastrously wrong.

Three online love interests were scared off by the 'ugly' Gu Mian the moment they arrived, and Gu Mian had shamelessly pestered and pleaded just to barely keep one.

Gu Mian tightly held onto the love interest in his grasp.

Ai Zitao's already white face now turned even more ghastly pale. Realizing he couldn't escape, he simply closed his eyes, as if unwilling to face this cruel reality.

Seeing Ai Zitao's expression of someone ready to die for a noble cause, Gu Mian couldn't help but touch his own face, a little suspicious.

Am I really that ugly?

Fortunately, few people passed through this corridor. Otherwise, they might really think Gu Mian was some sort of pervert about to do something to the pitiful-looking man with glasses he was holding.

"Don't you remember me?" Gu Mian said, looking at Ai Zitao, who was playing dead with his eyes shut in his grasp. "I'm your love interest."

Strictly speaking, Keke was Ai Zitao's actual love interest, but Gu Mian had already forcefully stolen Keke's chance, snatching her phone and personally engaging in an online romance with him.

Ai Zitao remained still with his eyes closed, as if he couldn't hear Gu Mian's words.

Gu Mian smiled at him amicably and said, "I sent you a message, but you never replied. You never talk to me. Is it because you don't like me?"

Gu Mian had sent this message to Ai Zitao before, but Ai Zitao had never replied.

Now that they had finally, with great difficulty, met in person, Gu Mian could ask him face-to-face.

The ghost in his grasp didn't utter a word. Definitely an introvert, Gu Mian thought.