Chapter 51

Walking into his own shop, Xia Zhi finally relaxed a little.

That deity was quite frightening.

However, that shimmering diamond progress bar hanging around them was very tempting.

Xia Zhi rubbed his forehead, cutting off the unrealistic thoughts in his mind.

For now, he neither dared nor wanted to interact with beings of that level.

It was safer to develop quietly for now.

"Boss, are you taking a bath tonight?" 

"Mm."

"Then I'll go heat up the water!"

"Okay."

"Um..."

"Is there something else?"

"Boss, I... I want to drink juice again."

"Alright."

"Yay!"

Considering Miss Zhu would be wearing a qipao and black stockings for him five days a week from now on, he could certainly fulfill these small requests of hers.

Besides, looking at it from another angle, rather than mixing juice for her to drink, it was more like feeding her.

Having a beautiful and cute girl slowly drink the magical liquid you made with your own hands, watching her squint her eyes and show a cat-like expression of satisfaction...

Thinking about it this way, it seemed quite appealing.

Xia Zhi walked behind the counter, took out two clean glasses from the cabinet, and smoothly made two rainbow juices.

Zhu Zi happily accepted one of the glasses.

"Alright, go heat up the water now."

"Thank you, Boss!"

When it came to bathing, Xia Zhi went first. After he finished, Zhu Zi asked him to leave his clothes in the bathroom so she could wash them together with hers after her bath.

How virtuous, he wondered who would be lucky enough to marry such a woman in the future.

Xia Zhi sighed inwardly as he went upstairs to his room.

Opening the door, as soon as he saw that desk and the wall adjacent to the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor, memories of last night's all-nighter immediately began to assault him.

Nothing much to say, better to be prepared.

Xia Zhi first took out the [Blazing Incense Burner] and made two portions of [Perfect Calming Incense], storing them in his inventory for recycling, gaining 2 points.

Then, he found an item in the shop similar to the [Corpse-Binding Talisman].

[Ghost-Binding Talisman]

Quality: Iron

Type: Consumable

Properties: None

Effect: When attached to a ghost, can immobilize them. Duration varies based on the ghost's strength.

Hidden Effect: None

Price: 2 points

Xia Zhi looked at this item and deliberated for a moment before buying it.

He wasn't sure if that beautiful female reader would come again tonight, or if she would continue flipping through his novel back and forth...

Last night he had observed her for most of the night and noticed she seemed to be avoiding being discovered by him. Otherwise, she wouldn't have needed to carefully restore the manuscripts to their original state after reading them, nor would she have deliberately lowered her voice when talking to herself.

She seemed worried about frightening him away.

From this, he could deduce that unlike the previous tenants, he had something she wanted.

What could it be?

The manuscripts? The incense?

Or perhaps both?

Thinking about how Qi Qi ate the incense this morning, naturally the incense seemed more likely.

This would also reasonably explain why she stood by his bed last night staring at him with that resentful gaze - it was because she hadn't gotten to eat the incense she had been yearning for, so she was dissatisfied. But because she was afraid of frightening him away and never being able to eat incense again, she had to endure it.

As for the manuscripts, they were probably just an unexpected pleasure to help pass the time.

However, how could such a pure person like me write something so suggestive?

I don't believe it.

Xia Zhi pulled out the chair, sat at the desk, took out his manuscripts and turned to the steamy scene he wrote yesterday, carefully critiquing it.

It's just like this...

Huh?...

Wait, did I really write this?...

Did she secretly modify what I wrote?...

Wow, such fast progression...

Never mind, I better stop reading, or I'll need to reward myself once.

Xia Zhi put down the manuscript and took out the incense burner, putting in a quarter piece of [Perfect Calming Incense] and lighting it.

The familiar fragrance wafted through the air, carrying a strange power that made people feel at ease.

Xia Zhi took a deep breath of the incense, and felt the desire that had just emerged being suppressed.

His previously lazy train of thought suddenly became clear.

Xia Zhi held his quill pen and fell into contemplation.

He was considering the direction of the upcoming plot.

The first option was naturally to continue down the steamy path - after all, that's how it is on the highway, either overtake others or be overtaken.

Yesterday it was a snake spirit, today it could be a fox spirit, and tomorrow it could be a little deer.

The second option was to return to the normal orthodox plot like the original work, write it clean, and just let a certain beautiful female reader read it anxiously.

After a moment, Xia Zhi made his decision.

The third option: add a new character to the book.

Species: Female ghost.

Type: Losing love interest.

Because she has no physical body, she can only be a witness...

Subsequently, Xia Zhi's pen moved as if guided by divine inspiration, quickly writing out a substantial plot development.

He checked it himself.

Wow, how tragic.

I wonder if the ghost will be angry after reading this?

If she gets angry, will she come crawl into my bed?

How scary.

But I have the [Ghost-Binding Talisman], so I'm not that afraid.

At this time, the sound of Miss Zhu coming upstairs came from outside the door.

She stopped at the doorway, then gently knocked on the door and called out softly, "Boss, are you asleep?"

Xia Zhi found it a bit strange and said, "Not yet, do you need something?"

"Nothing, I just wanted to ask if you want me to wake you up tomorrow morning?"

"No need. Although it's our first day of business, we still don't open until 9 AM. Don't make yourself too tense, just keep the same schedule as yesterday."

"Oh, okay."

Zhu Zi responded softly, then returned to her room and locked the door.

Xia Zhi lowered his head, looked at the manuscript and thought for a moment, then added a line to the first page: This story is purely fictional.

This should be safer.

By now it was quite late, but since Xia Zhi had taken a nap this morning, he didn't feel tired.

He frowned, suddenly thinking of something.

If I keep sitting at the desk and don't go to bed, will she still appear?

To avoid frightening me, she probably won't show herself, right?

Maybe she'll hide in or behind the wall?

Although his detection ability could indeed see the situation next door, there was a powerful figure over there, so he really didn't dare to use it recklessly.

Just like tonight when he came back and accidentally ran into that person, even stealing a glance made him feel terrified.

This wasn't good.

He had wanted to continue observing her tonight, to see if she was really as he imagined.

Then he would have to go to bed early.

Xia Zhi organized the manuscripts and looked at the incense burner.

Half of the incense inside had been burned, the remaining amount would probably last for 2 hours.

Getting up from the desk, Xia Zhi returned to bed, pretending to enter a sleeping state, then began browsing the [Shop].

About ten minutes later, a slender white ghostly figure passed through the wall and entered his room.

As soon as she entered, she smelled the familiar incense fragrance, her eyes immediately lit up, and she pounced towards the incense burner on the desk.

Xia Zhi lay in bed, silently watching this completely undignified female ghost happily hugging the incense burner and rubbing it against her face, feeling that the 2 points he spent on the [Ghost-Binding Talisman] were really wasted.

After all, that was 20 million Mora!

Author's note - I will now upload 2 chapter per day both in a same time and from monday 2 chapter extra for every 100 power stones :)