Chapter 170: Chapter 170: Luo Huan Comes to Play, The City is Shaken, Golden Grand Prize

Meanwhile.

The chosen spouses from various countries, currently sweeping the streets, were exhausted.

For some reason.

Over the past two days, a ton of ghosts had started littering.

The key thing was, they were all littering the same item.

Empty milk tea cups.

This left them all dumbfounded.

Since Dragon Country’s milk tea shops were world-famous, they’d all had it before. They immediately recognized the cups, printed with the name "Honey Blood Ice City," as milk tea from Dragon Country!

’This... is really weird, isn’t it?’

’Has Dragon Country opened a milk tea chain in a ghost city now?’

’Isn’t this rate of expansion a little too fast?!’

And practically everyone had a cup in hand!

From toddlers in split pants to elders who could barely stand with their canes.

They all held a cup of fruit tea in their hands at all times.

They weren’t doing anything else!

Just SLURP SLURP SLURP!

Some of the less-principled ghosts would just toss the cups aside when they were done.

This created a lot of extra work for them!

It also left the chosen spouses wondering, ’Is this fruit tea really that good?’

That is, until they stumbled upon a half-finished cup of lemon tea.

One of the spouses took a sip, and her eyes instantly lit up!

"Whoa~"

It was the best thing she had ever tasted in her life!

The taste was tart and sweet.

She was hooked after just one sip.

The others happened to be thirsty, and when they saw it, they scrambled to grab it. After finishing it, they were all addicted.

Doing manual labor was tiring to begin with, and drinking this sugary fruit tea was the perfect way to replenish their energy!

The women looked at each other.

’No wonder these ghosts love this lemon tea!’

’The flavor is so damn unique!’

’These ghosts sure know how to live!’

Going a day without it felt like having ants crawling all over their skin.

But they had no money to buy any.

When they craved it, all they could do was stare longingly at the passersby.

If someone didn’t finish their drink and left a little behind...

They would instantly turn into starving hyenas, fighting tooth and nail just for a single sip!

"It’s mine, give it to me!"

"Leave a sip for me! I haven’t had any water all day."

"BLECH~ Why is there chili oil on this straw? What was that ghost eating?"

...

「Elsewhere.」

Han Sumei, the septic-tank cleaner cosplaying as Mario, was also having a rough time.

Her partner, an uncle-like ghost.

had been frequently slacking off for some reason these past two days.

Whenever she went looking for him, she’d find him in the sewers, licking something he was holding.

This thoroughly disgusted Han Sumei.

She thought he had some kind of special fetish.

Mushrooms grew down in these sewers.

’He isn’t licking those disgusting mushrooms, is he?’

But when Han Sumei couldn’t help but walk over, she saw that the uncle was actually drinking lemon tea.

She immediately lost her patience and threatened to report him!

"No, no, no! I have some here, you try it too."

Seeing this, a drop of cold sweat appeared on the ghost uncle’s forehead, and he behaved himself.

He quickly bought a cup for her as well.

Han Sumei took a small sip with a frown, but her expression instantly softened.

She loved drinking milk tea back in the real world!

But no matter which kind,

none of them could even compare to the one in her hand!

The flavor of that ghost lemon was intoxicating.

Han Sumei couldn’t help but feel a sense of smug satisfaction.

’Even Yun Zhenyue probably can’t drink something this exquisite, right?’

’She’s just a measly City Lord.’

’What kind of fine food and drink could she possibly have?’

’It’s nothing more than chicken, duck, fish, and meat.’

’I got sick of that stuff a long time ago!’

...

「Eternal Life Library.」

Yamada Aiko stared in astonishment at the readers holding cups of lemon tea.

For a moment, she thought she had returned to the real world.

’When did the milk tea trend sweep into the Ghost World?’

She had tried Dragon Country’s milk tea before, and it was genuinely quite good.

’Did a player from Dragon Country open a shop in the ghost city?’

Curious, Yamada Aiko asked around.

She soon learned the identity of the milk tea shop’s owner from a kind reader.

She recognized the name at once—it was Yun Zhenyue!

From City Lord to milk tea shop owner...

These two completely unrelated identities,

left Yamada Aiko completely baffled.

She couldn’t figure out what Yun Zhenyue was trying to do at all.

’Her personality is just too unpredictable!’

But when she heard the milk tea shop was located at the entrance to the slums,

Yamada Aiko had a flash of insight.

’Is Yun Zhenyue trying to alleviate poverty?’

’Is she trying to win over the people?’

’It feels like she’s playing the long game.’

...

Seeing this unfold,

the foreign viewers, aside from those from the Sun Country, were practically fuming.

[Stop drinking! Why are you all drinking from the trash? Isn’t it embarrassing enough?]

[Ugh, they’re even licking the oil off the straws! Have you all gone mad!]

[Miss Sumi, to think you have such... strong tastes. Drinking in a sewer.]

[It’s just a cup of fruit tea, not some precious treasure. Is there a need to be so dramatic?]

[Well, maybe it’s possible. After all, it’s made from ghost lemons. Who knows what that tastes like.]

...

Busy!

So busy they could die!

A few more days passed.

But the lemon tea craze showed no signs of stopping!

Yun Zhenyue had employed nearly half the ghosts in the slums.

From picking and transporting lemons to hand-crafting the drinks and cleaning up the trash.

Every step of the process required a large workforce.

The income of the slum residents also saw a significant increase.

Everything was flourishing!

Another strange phenomenon also occurred.

The organization known as Embers seemed to have disappeared.

There had been no news about them for the past few days.

BUZZ!

Yun Zhenyue had just finished helping a customer with the prize draw,

when she saw a message from Luo Huan in the group chat.

"I’ve arrived in the ghost city! Miss Yun, where are you!"

Luo Huan had said yesterday that she happened to be traveling near the ghost city.

Since they hadn’t seen each other in a long time, she wanted to meet up.

Yun Zhenyue told her about opening the shop, and Luo Huan, extremely excited, immediately said she wanted to come help.

"Head north. There’s a slum. I’m here."

After sending the message, Yun Zhenyue was too busy to pay any more attention.

Less than half an hour later.

Suddenly, Yun Zhenyue heard a strange noise behind her. Before she could react...

"—Who goes there?!"

Si Qin, who was always protecting Yun Zhenyue, her eyes turning ice-cold, reacted instantly!

She materialized like a shadow!

In a flash, she grabbed the wrist of Luo Huan, who had been about to sneak up and pat Yun Zhenyue.

Si Qin’s grip was incredibly strong. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

It made Luo Huan grimace and cry out in pain!

"It’s a misunderstanding. Si, don’t be so tense. This is my friend, Luo Huan," Yun Zhenyue said helplessly.

"Right, right, right! I’m Miss Yun’s friend, not a bad person!"

Luo Huan, dressed in a sapphire-blue JK school uniform, quickly explained.

"Is that so? It seems I was being overcautious..."

Hearing this, Si Qin softly apologized to Luo Huan.

"I’m sorry, I hurt you."

"It’s fine, it’s fine~" Luo Huan shook her head like a pellet drum.

She was very interested in this cool older sister who wore a cheongsam and had a gentle demeanor, yet acted with such ruthless precision.

"Hello, sister. Are you a new friend of Miss Yun?"

Hearing Luo Huan’s curious question, Si Qin’s eyes showed a flicker of surprise before she replied gently, "I am the City Lord’s secretary. To call myself a friend would be presumptuous."

City Lord?

Secretary?

The moment those words entered Luo Huan’s mind,

she instantly became as excited as a dog that had just smelled a chicken leg!

"Miss Yun, you’re too fast! Haven’t you only been in the ghost city for a few days? You’re already the City Lord?"

"How do you manage to achieve such a super-high status everywhere you go?!"

"You should have said so in the group chat! I would’ve come ages ago! Being a City Lord is way more impressive than being a principal or whatever. Ah~ I came too late, I must have missed out on so much cool stuff..."

Listening from the side, the corner of Si Qin’s mouth twitched.

’This friend of the City Lord’s has a rather... flighty personality.’

Just as Luo Huan was wallowing in regret,

the customers in line suddenly erupted!

Like a pressure cooker exploding!

A voice, filled with a mixture of excitement and panic, burst out from the crowd!

The entire scene descended into chaos!

"The grand prize! I won the golden grand prize!"

"Ma’am, please hurry and give me my prize!"