Chapter 15 – Capitalist Su’s daily exploitations

Translator: ChuRen/ YuQiChen

Editor: Xinghe

“You just have to play a game with me using the jade hanging around your neck,” The roulette ghost licked its sharp teeth and urged.

Guo Guo reached out to cover the jade hanging around her neck, looking somewhat hesitant.

“It’s okay, gamble with him.” Su Ling’s voice sounded in her ear again.

Guo Guo hesitated for two seconds, then gritted her teeth and nodded, “Okay.”

The roulette ghost licked its sharp teeth, clapped its hands, and the roulette beneath him emitted ancient bell sounds, striking one’s eardrums.

Guo Guo’s eyes momentarily glazed over, and when she came to her senses again, she had already signed a contract with the roulette ghost.

“The Life roulette, fair and square,” the roulette ghost finished its lines and yawned, urging, “Let’s begin.”

“Wait a moment,” Su Ling pushed open the door, smiling, “I can play with you, but no cheating allowed.”

The roulette ghost chuckled, winked, and said, “No cheating.”

“Is that so?” Su Ling smiled noncommittally, then gestured behind him to Sheng Ze.

Understanding the signal, Sheng Ze naturally walked to the window, blocking the roulette’s path.

A faint light sprinkled at the window, as Sheng Ze seemed to casually grab a handful of moonlight and scattered it on the ground, forming a subtle array.

At the same time, Meng Xiaoman slowly manifested from the cabinet. She didn’t even push open the cabinet door, but her whole figure passed directly through the wooden board, revealing a pale and delicate figure in the moonlight.

Guo Guo was so frightened by this eerie sight that she gasped, mentally stuttering, “Y-you, you’re not not not human?”

Meng Xiaoman tilted her head slightly, soft hair sliding down her earlobes to her shoulders. She looked at Guo Guo, surprised, “We’ve never said we were human.”

In that surprised expression, there was a hint of subtle mischief.

A faint rational nerve in Guo Guo’s brain belatedly reacted, and as she was lost in thought, she suddenly realized the current situation— she had actually invited ghosts to exorcise ghosts?

Guo Guo’s eyes rolled back, and she fainted on the spot.

“Oh dear, scared another one.” Meng Xiaoman’s tone sounded regretful, but it actually had a bit of schadenfreude.

Su Ling’s mouth twitched, he turned around, looked at the roulette ghost, and asked in a friendly tone, “Will you remove the cheating array from the roulette yourself, or should I do it?”

The roulette ghost, surrounded by Meng Xiaoman, Sheng Ze, and Su Ling, felt a bit nervous, even its tail behind it couldn’t help but curl up. Upon hearing Su Ling’s question, it didn’t answer immediately but thought carefully.

Su Ling, however, took this silence as tacit approval.

He nodded knowingly, not very sincerely expressing regret, “Then I’ll have to take matters into my own hands.”

The roulette ghost was startled, watching Su Ling’s movements cautiously and carefully.

However, the first thing Su Ling did was not to start a fight, but to gently touch the black wooden roulette.

With a smile on his face, Su Ling elegantly erased the ghostly mark left by the roulette ghost on the roulette.

And resolutely wrote his own name on it.

Roulette ghost: ??

Su Ling waved his hand, and the transformed roulette instantly shrank to the size of a coin, obediently fitting into his palm.

Meng Xiaoman and Sheng Ze: …

Su Ling casually put away the roulette, then seemed somewhat embarrassed as he explained to the two, “The craftsmanship of this roulette is quite good, I want to take it back for my collection.”

Sheng Ze looked at him expressionlessly.

The meaning was clear—no need for an explanation, and they weren’t particularly surprised either.

Su Ling let out a slight sigh and said, “Alright, I’ll be honest. This magical item is quite fun, I want to take it to the underworld to trick some old friends.”

Since Su Ling took back the roulette, the roulette ghost fell from it in confusion, landing on the ground, sitting down.

It sat on the ground, seemingly contemplating its ghostly existence.

Su Ling didn’t hesitate to walk over and kick it, asking, “Are you still playing or not?”

“Playing!” The roulette ghost quickly got up from the ground, confidently holding out its hand to Su Ling, “How can I play without the roulette?”

Taking advantage of his height, Su Ling flicked the roulette ghost’s forehead, “Stop pretending, I know you have another one, bring it out quickly.”

The roulette ghost, feeling wronged, covered its pocket and shook its head repeatedly, “I don’t have it, I really don’t have it!”

Su Ling sneered, threatening, “If you don’t bring it out, I’ll just snatch it from you.”

Roulette ghost: ??!

This boss is really something, a master of tricks!

Su Ling snapped his fingers, and deep blue flames burst from his fingertips, saying in a deep voice, “I mean what I say.”

Under the eaves, the roulette ghost, in a resentful tone, summoned a roulette much larger than the previous one, and reminded, “This really is the last one!”

“I don’t want to hear it.” Su Ling glanced at the unconscious Guo Guoguo, then took the ice jade from around her neck and handed it to the roulette ghost, saying, “You play a game with Xiaoman using the ice jade, the life you gain goes to Guo Guo.”

The roulette ghost joyfully pounced towards the ice jade, responding eagerly, “No problem, no problem.”

The second roulette slowly started up, and Meng Xiaoman smilingly touched it, causing the entire roulette to start spinning rapidly.

The cheating array of the roulette ghost began to activate in sync. Unfortunately, Su Ling merely chuckled, lazily pointed his finger to ignite the ghostly flames once more.

The roulette ghost’s small body hesitated in its movements, and finally, reluctantly settled down.

The deep red pointer circled past several sections, eventually landing on the one with the highest value: “45 years.”

“This can’t be!” the roulette ghost shouted, “You’re cheating! The probability of landing on this section is 0.3%, it’s impossible to draw!”

Although it couldn’t directly manipulate the ghost roulette through the array under Su Ling’s suppression, the probabilities of the roulette sections were predetermined.

While the sections appeared the same size, the actual probabilities varied greatly—this was the roulette ghost’s second line of defense. So, like the roulette Guo Guoguo had played with before, even if the cheating array failed, she would hardly draw anything good.

“0.3% is already quite high, at times like these, as long as Xiaoman is involved, there’s never a failure,” Su Ling sighed.

When it came to drawing lots, no matter the scientific probability, when Xiaoman was involved, it always turned out in her favor!

His employees were just that impressive!

Su Ling thought contentedly.

“What’s the point then?” Meng Xiaoman reluctantly pursed her lips, “It only works when it’s someone else’s business, but when it’s my turn, it becomes especially difficult.”

While the roulette ghost continued to suspect foul play, no matter how much it doubted, the truth remained. After a futile struggle, it had to return Guo Guoguo’s 45 years of life.

Subsequently, things became simpler—fights, ghost-catching—a full-service package.

However, this roulette ghost was more about marketing skills, fighting wasn’t its strong suit. Su Ling didn’t even have to put in much effort to quickly subdue it.

Of course, while catching ghosts, Su Ling didn’t forget to casually slip the second roulette into his pocket.

Roulette ghost: !!!

Don’t think that just because I’m in the containment room, I can’t see what you’re up to, capitalist Su!

The roulette ghost was stuffed into the Demon-Sealing Flask.

As it dangled back and forth around Su Ling’s waist, feeling the empty pocket, the roulette ghost couldn’t help but start pondering: Why did it end up bankrupt in just one day…

Author’s note: 

Roulette ghost: Tragic and miserable, losing everything in one night, years of hard work gone with the wind T.T

Su Ling remained expressionless and performed a knife-throwing act in front of it.

Roulette ghost (quickly changing its tune): …But I still want to thank Mr. Su for giving me a chance to confess and face justice.

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