Chapter 33 – Teaming up to scam ghosts…

Translator: ChuRen/ YuQiChen

“Important reminder: Candidates are advised not to move around randomly, please take your seats promptly, otherwise cheating will be handled accordingly.” Chang Bai played around with a voice changer, thoroughly enjoying himself.

Unfortunately, Sheng Ze and the others didn’t fall for it.

“Well then, handle it,” Sheng Ze reclined with his legs crossed leisurely.

“What if we get a zero?” Su Ling mimicked his posture, crossing his legs.

Chang Bai choked, turned off the broadcast, and turned to the shadow ghost, “Yeah, what will happen?”

The shadow ghost grimaced, “Locked in the small dark room, palm-slapping, standing as punishment…”

“The small dark room won’t work for them,” Chang Bai frowned.

“Palm-slapping is out of the question,” Chang Wu vetoed.

Chang Bai’s gaze swept around, finally settling on the shadow ghost.

Shadow Ghost: ?

Had a strange, ominous feeling.

After a while, a large screen suddenly appeared in front of Su Ling and the others.

On the screen, Chang Wu and Chang Bai were tied together with ropes, their mouths stuffed with black cloth, struggling in place with muffled sounds.

The other end of the rope was held by the shadow ghost.

Su Ling’s expression instantly darkened.

Numbly, the shadow ghost recited the lines Chang Bai had given him, “I control the exam hall, I set the test papers. If you want to save them, you must first take the test.”

Su Ling calmly switched legs to continue crossing them and calmly confirmed, “Once we finish the test, you’ll release them?”

The shadow ghost subconsciously glanced at Chang Bai, then shook his head, “No, you must score full marks.”

“No problem.” Su Ling said as he gestured to Wu Pan.

“No, he can’t do it,” the shadow ghost pointed to Su Ling’s right side, “Only if he scores full marks.”

Su Ling followed the direction of the finger…

The spirits burst into laughter.

Sheng Ze, with a dark expression, began to move his fingers with a creaking sound.

The shadow ghost quickly tightened the rope in his hand and shouted, “Don’t act impulsively! The lives of these two are in my hands. If you dare to do anything, I’ll kill them!”

Chang Wu and Chang Bai exchanged a glance and began to whimper.

Hearing this, Su Ling felt a pang of anxiety and quickly advised, “Yes, saving them is important. Just agree to it.”

Sheng Ze coldly watched the “kidnapped” Chang brothers, showing no emotion, “I won’t save them.”

—The way the shadow ghost occasionally glanced at Chang Bai while speaking clearly indicated collusion. Combined with the strength of the black and white Wuchang, Sheng Ze was completely sure that the other party was acting.

How could he, the Ghost King be deceived by such a small trick?

However, although the Ghost King wasn’t deceived…

The Ghost King’s boss was completely fooled.

Especially since Chang Bai, to increase credibility, had forcibly created a not-too-deep wound on himself.

The dark and eerie ghost energy seeped out from the wound, causing Chang Wu’s expression to change instantly, filled with heartache.

Seeing this, Su Ling became even more anxious, tugging at Sheng Ze’s sleeve, his big watery eyes filled with condemnation and accusation.

Shi Kongzang, now aware of the truth, joined in, “We’re all good brothers, how can you stand by and watch?”

Wu Pan, holding his chest, lamented, “It’s just a test, isn’t it? If the shadow ghost hadn’t specifically asked for you, I would have gone up there long ago.”

Meng Xiaoman followed with disdain, “I never expected this, you turning out to be such a ghost!”

Sheng Ze:…

Are these people all trained in some kind of performance art after death? Why are they all such great actors?

Wu Pan discreetly nudged Meng Xiaoman’s back, whispering, “You’ve gone too far.”

Realizing her mistake, Meng Xiaoman regretted her words and immediately tried to amend, “In my eyes, you’ve always been a ghost who values loyalty and righteousness, always ready to help others, enveloped in an angelic halo… Your response just now truly disappointed me!”

Sheng Ze:…

That’s some incredible eloquence flipping between right and wrong!

Shi Kongzang and Wu Pan turned their heads simultaneously, looking at Meng Xiaoman with admiration.

Meng Xiaoman said solemnly, “I believe, just now, the real you wasn’t showing. Deep down, you must be willing to save them, but you’re afraid you won’t do well in the test, right?”

Finishing, she smoothly offered Sheng Ze a way out.

Sheng Ze: “…Yes.”

Su Ling suddenly understood and blamed himself, “So that’s what you were thinking, we all misunderstood you.”

Sheng Ze gritted his teeth and chuckled, “I’m worried that I won’t score full marks.”

The shadow ghost nodded and smoothly continued, “I know, that’s why I prepared this for you.”

With that, a complete set of high school textbooks and exercise books appeared out of thin air in the palm of his hand.

“This is a set of study materials I’ve carefully prepared for you. These books have been tested by students for many years and are the most complete and insightful set of study guides in the past decade,” the shadow ghost proudly declared.

Sheng Ze:…

The shadow ghost considerately shook the cover of the books in his hand, “During the break between the two exams, you can borrow these books from me to consolidate your high school knowledge.”

Su Ling keenly caught the main point, “So, does this mean there’s more than one exam?”

“Of course!” the shadow ghost kindly explained, “After each test failure, there will be a half-hour break, and then the next test will automatically begin.”

—Of course, this rule was just set by Chang Bai.

Su Ling’s face lit up, patting Sheng Ze’s shoulder happily, “Now it’s all good, A-Ze, you’ll be fine!”

Sheng Ze was itching with frustration, but he had to maintain a smile on his face. Following Su Ling’s lead, he said, “I’ll do my best.”

After the first test, the Ghost King’s score: 8.

Meng Xiaoman, Shi Kongzang, and Wu Pan looked at the bright red score, struggling to contain their laughter.

Clearly, Su Ling didn’t expect Sheng Ze’s true level to be like this, but he still tried to comfort him, “It’s okay, practice makes perfect. You’ll do even better next time.”

The shadow ghost timely placed the study materials on the table in front of Sheng Ze.

Sheng Ze looked at the cover, trying to express his resistance with all his facial features.

Su Ling earnestly handed him the book, his big eyes filled with anticipation as he looked at him.

Sheng Ze accidentally met Su Ling’s gaze:…

Forget it.

The second test began, and after it ended, the score was: 24.

“A-Ze, you’re amazing, you’ve improved by 300%!” Su Ling earnestly cheered him on.

Meng Xiaoman and the others found it increasingly difficult to contain their laughter, hands firmly covering their mouths, afraid they might burst out laughing unintentionally.

However, intermittently in the space, incomplete syllables like “p”, “ci”, “e”, “u”, “o” could be heard, sounding quite odd.

Sheng Ze, with a dark expression, felt the urge to punch someone.

Suppressing his temper, he reluctantly completed the third round. The shadow ghost graded the paper and said regretfully, “59, so close to passing.”

“Such rapid progress—keep going, young man! Victory is right in front of you!” Su Ling squeezed Sheng Ze’s hand tightly.

Sheng Ze pushed the paper forward in frustration and said, “I don’t know where I went wrong.”

Su Ling paused, looked down, and then asked softly, “What don’t you understand?”

Sheng Ze’s eyes lit up.

Su Ling continued, “Let Wu Pan teach you.”

Sheng Ze froze.

As Wu Pan stood up and took a couple of steps forward, he felt Sheng Ze’s icy gaze sweep over his legs.

Suddenly feeling a chill on his legs, Wu Pan felt a spiritual revelation and quickly sat back down, declining, “I don’t understand this question either.”

Su Ling: “But you haven’t even looked at the question yet.”

Wu Pan closed his eyes to rest, pretending not to hear.

Helpless, Su Ling took matters into his own hands, flipping through the book and explaining to Sheng Ze, “You missed a condition in this question, it should be like this…”

Sheng Ze lowered his gaze, naturally landing on Su Ling’s neck.

After becoming a ghost, with all his blood gone, the skin in that area was as pale as snow, devoid of any signs of life.

But when Sheng Ze’s breath grazed past, Su Ling couldn’t help but instinctively shrink his neck, causing a faint crimson color to appear there.

Even without flesh and blood, the transmission of emotions is unaffected?

Sheng Ze chuckled.

“Did you understand?” Su Ling turned back to ask him.

Sheng Ze snapped out of it and shook his head without remorse, “No.”

Su Ling sighed, “Okay, I’ll explain it again.”

“Okay,” Sheng Ze nonchalantly began to act mischievously, “Come closer, I can’t see.”

Su Ling obediently moved closer to him, and his calf unintentionally had a close encounter with Sheng Ze’s.

The ghosts:…

The 《Absolutely no Ghost King and Boss gossip group》 started buzzing again.

【Amitabha】: Cold dog food is being haphazardly thrown on my face…

【I’m Not a Bookworm】: Warm tears and Tuanzi squeezed together…

【Gujiguji】: Gujiguji Gujiguji?

【I’m Not Meng Xiaoman】: It started off fine, but why did it suddenly veer off in a strange direction…

【Amitabha】: It’s like reading a novel, beginning as a face-slapping story, continuing with consistent face-slapping and enjoyment, but ending up as a frustrating story with unexpected twists. I just want a refund now!

【I’m Not a Bookworm】: Well, regardless of the beginning, I can always steer it back to the sweet path of showing affection—by: the Ghost King.

【Meng Xiaoman, the Most Beautiful in the Universe】: Besides that… am I the only one curious about the fate of the Chang brothers?

【Amitabha】: What’s there to be conflicted about? Either they get beaten to death by the Ghost King, or they get played to death by him, those are the only two outcomes, no other possibilities.

【Chang Family’s Younger Brother】: At least after tricking the Ghost King, everyone gets a small victory. You can’t just stand by and watch like this, right?

【Amitabha】: [Not saving].jpg

【Meng Xiaoman, the Most Beautiful in the Universe】: Oh my, Monk, your speed is impressive, you actually managed to capture the expression of the Ghost King just now?

【I’m Not a Bookworm】: Please share the meme!

【Chang Family’s Older Brother】: Hehe

【Chang Family’s Younger Brother】: Hehe. You all looked so happy in kicking him while he was down. Do you really think that the Ghost King will spare any of you?

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