Chapter 14 – Age is a mystery

Translator: ChuRen/ YuQiChen

Editor: Xinghe

Nurturing one’s health is important, but that crafty ghost must be caught and brought back.

Su Ling pondered that the ghost gained advantages from Guo Guoguo, so he may come back looking for her. Therefore, he and Guo Guoguo decided to take the employees to Guo Guoguo’s house to lie in wait.

That day, Su Ling gave Guo Guoguo a piece of white jade. Then, he and Sheng Ze stayed in the guest room, while Chang Bai and Chang Wu lay in ambush in the opposite hotel, using a telescope.

As the only female employee of the company, Meng Xiaoman accompanied Guo Guoguo, hiding in the wardrobe of the master bedroom.

Su Ling waited on the side, getting bored and yawning one after another.

Sheng Ze glanced at him and suddenly asked, “Can you play chess?”

Su Ling raised an eyebrow, “Gomoku?”

Sheng Ze: …

“Just kidding.” Su Ling laughed heartily, waved his hand, and conjured up a chessboard out of thin air, along with black and white pieces.

Sheng Ze sat on the floor, propped his chin lazily, picked up a white chess piece from the mahogany box, and examined it under the light.

“Ivory,” Sheng Ze judged.

Su Ling grinned, “Yes.”

“Black jade,” Sheng Ze picked up a black chess piece, lazily smiling, “And the chessboard, it’s made of ancient wood, right?”

Su Ling still smiling, “Yes.”

Sheng Ze shook his head with a smile, put the pieces back, and looked at Su Ling with a half-smile, “This set of chess is quite valuable, where did you buy it from?”

Su Ling was teased by him, feeling a bit embarrassed, scratched his nose, and said, “I brought it down myself.”

After a person dies, the soul leaves the body and enters the underworld, not taking anything with it. But if it’s one’s own burial item, after seven days, the ghost is free to retrieve it.

When underworld ghosts talk about such burial items, they will say they were “brought down by themselves.”

Sheng Ze raised an eyebrow in surprise, and after a while, with a tone of contemplation or inquiry, he said, “This actually makes me curious about your age too.”

“Once the soul enters the underworld, matters from the past are not discussed, it’s common sense for ghosts.” Su Ling smirked cunningly, curved his finger, pointed at the chessboard, and urged, “Those things don’t matter, will you play or not?”

Sheng Ze sat up a bit straighter, earnestly starting the game.

Su Ling and Sheng Ze fought fiercely, and before they knew it, it was almost midnight.

“I have something to attend to, let’s call it a night for today,” Su Ling said.

Sheng Ze reluctantly withdrew his hand, nodding.

The game this time was indeed played with great enthusiasm, and both of their skills turned out to be quite unexpected.

In addition to surprise, it was inevitable that a sense of mutual appreciation arose in their hearts.

Su Ling smiled as he put away the chessboard, earnestly inviting, “Let’s continue next time.”

“Okay,” Sheng Ze casually ruffled Su Ling’s hair.

At midnight, the door of the master bedroom quietly opened a crack, and a chilly wind swept away the room’s warmth.

Guo Guoguo bit her lip, holding back her voice, tightly wrapping herself in the blanket, unable to stop trembling.

After a while, faint footsteps could be heard at the door.

Guo Guoguo shuddered, a tear rolling down her cheek, her body cold, on the verge of screaming.

“Don’t be afraid,” Meng Xiaoman said softly.

As Meng Xiaoman spoke, Guo Guoguo felt a tingling sensation passing through her body from head to toe. Then, somehow, her once cold hands and feet began to warm up.

Guo Guoguo’s heart trembled, cautiously peeking out from under the blanket, about to say something, but then heard Meng Xiaoman hush again, solemnly saying, “He’s here.”

He’s here!!!

Guo Guoguo quickly tucked her head back under the covers.

“Clang, clang, I have a little Roulette, so beautiful and so fun. Spin it, spin it, enjoying endless glory and wealth~”

A child’s voice, mixed with laughter, repeated the song, coming closer from afar, gradually growing louder.

Guo Guoguo tightly gripped the corner of the blanket, hands covered in cold sweat.

“Hehehehe, Miss, come out and play with me!” Suddenly, a hand-shaped shadow appeared above the blanket.

“Ah—I don’t want to play, I don’t want to play, go find someone else!” Guo Guoguo finally couldn’t help but shout out.

Meng Xiaoman’s figure moved slightly, but quickly, she held back her impatience and retreated.

It’s not the right time yet.

“Ask it what it wants to do.” Su Ling’s calm voice suddenly sounded in Guo Guoguo’s ear. “Find a way to make it bring out the Roulette.”

Guo Guoguo was taken aback, sensing that the power above the blanket had not weakened. Mr. Su somehow managed to keep the Roulette ghost from sensing anything unusual.

Gritting her teeth, Guo Guoguo suppressed the urge to escape, trembling as she asked, “What do you want to play?”

“Play with the Roulette,” the ghost chuckled.

Remembering her past experience of being deceived, Guo Guoguo couldn’t help but feel angry and retorted, “You’ve taken so many lifespan already, isn’t that enough?”

“Hehehehe, how about I give your life back to you today?” The ghost patted the blanket again.

Guo Guoguo suddenly sat up from the bed, excitedly asking, “Really?!”

As she spoke, a black Roulette with a radius of one meter appeared in front of Guo Guoguo. This Roulette was somewhat similar to the one she had seen before, but larger, and the inscriptions on it had changed.

The Roulette was divided into several small sections, each labeled with different time spans like “3 years,” “5 years,” “2 months.”

Perched at the top of the Roulette was the fist-sized Roulette ghost, grinning at Guo Guoguo.

Guo Guoguo looked up, slightly stunned.

She hadn’t seen the Roulette ghost last time, and now that she saw it, she realized that the Roulette ghost didn’t look as terrifying as she had imagined, but rather… petite.

The Roulette ghost was like a miniature doll, with a strange smile on its face, two small black horns on its head, and seemingly a slender tail behind.

“Today, let’s play the game of drawing life! In each section below, whichever you draw, I’ll give it back to you, okay?” The Roulette ghost tilted its head, looking strangely innocent.

The appearance of the Roulette ghost somewhat calmed Guo Guoguo’s inner panic, making her feel a bit braver.

She turned her face away, rejecting with sorrow and anger, “No.”

Do I look so easily deceived? I’ve been tricked once, am I really going to be tricked a second time?!

Guo Guoguo thought, feeling frustrated.

“I’m not deceiving you.” The Roulette ghost sounded a bit aggrieved. “Look, this time there are forty-eight sections, only four of them are ‘thank you for your patronage.'”

Guo Guoguo couldn’t help but look back, and besides the four sections that said “thank you for your patronage,” the smallest one also read “20 days.” The Roulette ghost had indeed not deceived her.

Mr. Su had mentioned before that even if they caught the Roulette ghost, they wouldn’t be able to retrieve her life…

Thinking about it, Guo Guoguo couldn’t help but feel a bit tempted, swallowing nervously and asking, “So, what are you going to exchange this time?”

The Roulette ghost’s gaze firmly locked onto Guo Guoguo’s neck, a greedy expression on its face.

Guo Guoguo’s face turned pale instantly, covering her neck and stepping back repeatedly.

Is it after my life? No, my life is already short, could it be… after something else?!

In an instant, Guo Guoguo’s mind involuntarily conjured up dozens of inappropriate images.

Roulette ghost: …

You’re overthinking it, I just want that piece of jade.

Author’s Note: [Mini Theater]

Wu Pan: Boss, you can actually recite “The Sage’s Notes” from memory!

Su Ling: Oh, it’s nothing, back in my day, that book was part of general education.

Sheng Ze: Boss, this chess set of yours seems a bit expensive.

Su Ling: Not at all, back in my time, ivory and black jade were not worth much.

Meng Xiaoman: Boss, why do you always get deceived?

Su Ling: Ahem, that’s because back in my day, people were more innocent…

Employees: So, Boss, which era are you really from?!

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