Translator: ChuRen/ YuQiChen
Su Ling stepped forward and gave each of the Chang brothers a warm, loving hug.
Sheng Ze’s eyes darkened, as if he had realized something.
“Are you okay?” Su Ling asked with concern.
Chang Bai shook his head slightly, looking a bit aggrieved, then pointed at Naifu and complained, “Boss, the young lady was scared unconscious by the drowned ghost.”
The drowned ghost who was being blamed: ??
Su Ling’s gaze turned coldly towards the drowned ghost.
The drowned ghost was suddenly startled and scrambled along the ceiling using both hands and feet.
From a rear view, there was a strange sense of confusion in its spirit.
Su Ling quickly checked on Naifu’s condition, breathed a sigh of relief, and said, “She’s fine, just a bit young and got scared too easily.”
Naifu, who had just survived a difficult ordeal: …
Beside Naifu, Su Ling picked up a mini camera and curiously asked, “By the way, what is this thing?”
In Naifu’s live broadcast room, fans had just felt the camera shake violently and then heard the broadcaster scream.
After that, the camera went completely black.
Fans were worried and frantically asked what had happened, if the broadcaster was okay, and some even started considering calling the police.
However, just as they were in a panic, the screen suddenly lit up, revealing a high-definition, elegant face.
The fans’ discussions suddenly paused.
Su Ling curiously approached the camera, his enlarged eyes blinking innocently. After studying it for a while, he suddenly realized, “Oh, it’s a live broadcast.”
The fans went crazy!
[Oh my goodness, another handsome guy showed up!]
[Handsome guy! Can someone ask about Naifu’s condition?]
[Daring to get so close, this level of attractiveness is truly outstanding…]
Su Ling’s eyes curved with a gentle smile, instantly capturing the hearts of a group of female fans, “Don’t worry, the broadcaster is fine, just got scared unconscious.”
[That’s good, that’s good, I was really scared just now.]
[I have to say, getting scared unconscious in this haunted house, the broadcaster is really timid/can’t help but laugh.]
[So cute, I can’t suppress my motherly instincts anymore QAQ.]
The fan who couldn’t suppress her motherly instincts even had her username display “Chang Brothers’ Girlfriend.”
Children make choices, adults are take all, climbing walls without hesitation.
Su Ling pursed his lips, looking unhappy, “Why is it that when it comes to Chang Wu and Chang Bai, they have girlfriends as fans, but when it’s me, they turn into mother fans?”
The fans were puzzled, then burst into laughter.
[You’re so funny!]
[You’re adorable!]
[I’m different from them, I’m a big sister fan~]
Su Ling wasn’t convinced, “I’m not small, I’m the boss!”
[Yoooo~]
[So, are you and those brothers from the same company? What kind of magical company is this?]
[Boss boss, is your company hiring? I’ll work for free!]
Su Ling suddenly realized this was a great advertising opportunity and happily said, “Su Ling Life Ltd, address xxxxxx, you’re welcome to visit~”
After that, Su Ling thought for a moment, then turned the camera to capture Sheng Ze, Wu Pan, Shi Kongzang, and Meng Xiaoman one by one.
[Oh my god! I’m about to be suffocated!]
[Oh my goodness, the attractiveness level of this company is too high, right?]
[Planning to visit the company that cutie mentioned this weekend, anyone want to go together?]
[Count me in +1!]
Su Ling chatted with the fans for a while before ending the live broadcast, returning the camera to Naifu.
“Thank goodness we didn’t capture anything significant. If we caused a social panic, we would definitely be fined by the Underworld Enforcement Team,” Su Ling muttered.
Chang Bai smiled but remained silent.
With the two of them there, Naifu certainly wouldn’t capture anything.
“Kongzang, take Naifu and Meng Xiaoman outside and wait. Be safe,” Su Ling signaled to Shi Kongzang.
“Why does it have to be me?” Shi Kongzang complained.
Without hesitation, Su Ling replied, “Because you’re the fattest.”
Shi Kongzang looked around, unable to argue. Reluctantly, he hoisted Naifu on his back, his broad frame taking step by step, walking out of the desolate atmosphere.
“You guys wait, I’ll lose weight after we get back,” Shi Kongzang said grumpily.
The employees were indifferent and cast disdainful glances at him.
Watching them walk away, Su Ling then waved to the others and softly said, “I was afraid Meng Xiaoman and the others might get into trouble, so I didn’t dare to follow them. But I saw clearly, that drowned ghost was carrying the burden of human lives.”
The employees nodded calmly.
Su Ling paused, puzzled, “Aren’t you surprised?”
The employees exchanged glances, then suddenly shivered collectively, clearing their throats in indignation, “Carrying human lives, that’s despicable!”
“Xiao Bai, you’re lucky you made it out safely. If the boss hadn’t arrived in time, the consequences would have been unimaginable.”
“Will we be able to defeat it like this?”
Sheng Ze twitched his mouth, his gaze sweeping over the group of ghosts who were acting excessively.
“*Cough cough.*” He cleared his throat twice, showing some disapproval.
They were overacting!
The ghosts received a signal from the Ghost King and fell silent.
Su Ling happened to turn his head and looked at Sheng Ze with a cute tilt of his head.
Sheng Ze: “Is a ghost carrying human lives really that scary?”
With that tone of doubt, innocent expression, and pure, unpolluted acting skills, he portrayed the clueless innocent perfectly, reaching the pinnacle of performance!
The ghosts were momentarily stunned, then immediately cast reverent gazes towards the Ghost King.
To be able to act this way!
It truly opened up a whole new perspective on acting for them!
In the face of such impressive acting skills comparable to an award-winning actor, Su Ling had no doubts, “When a spirit is tainted with fresh blood, its malevolent aura increases by hundreds or even thousands of times.”
“Hmm, for example, the two from the Fan family we caught last time, although they were malevolent spirits, they hadn’t killed anyone, so their level was higher but their malevolent aura wasn’t as strong as the one we encountered today,” Su Ling patiently explained to the newcomer.
Sheng Ze nodded in understanding and humbly asked, “How should we handle encountering this type of ghost?”
After a moment of thought, Su Ling replied seriously, “I would use a demon-slaying sword paired with talismans. If that doesn’t work, I would call upon the spirits.”
“And for you, just run as soon as you see it.”
The employees followed behind Su Ling, and upon hearing the last sentence, they were on the verge of collapsing, internally screaming in frustration –
Boss, don’t be fooled by appearances!
“Alright, if I run into it, I’ll hide behind you,” Sheng Ze nonchalantly pretended to be scared.
Su Ling patted his chest proudly, “Hmm!”
As they walked and talked, they were nearing the exit of the haunted house.
Su Ling furrowed his brow, about to suggest turning back for further exploration when suddenly a white figure flashed before his eyes.
Within the white figure, there seemed to be a hint of red, a color resembling human blood.
It was the drowned ghost!
Su Ling was momentarily stunned, then instinctively stuck a speed talisman on himself and followed after.
Sheng Ze’s heart skipped a beat, and he quickly grabbed Su Ling’s sleeve. However, Su Ling ran too fast, and his sleeve slipped right out of Sheng Ze’s hand.
In the blink of an eye, Su Ling and the drowned ghost disappeared without a trace.
Sheng Ze’s eyebrows twitched, a dense aura of malevolence rising from his feet, simultaneously his hair kept growing until it reached almost to the ground. Without any wind, he looked fierce and menacing, his whole demeanor becoming more ferocious.
Wu Pan, Chang Bai, and Chang Wu instantly felt a compelling sense of danger and involuntarily took two steps back, barely suppressing their fear.
Wu Pan bit his lip fiercely, took a step forward, and hesitated, “Will the boss be in trouble?”
Sheng Ze, with a stern face, coldly replied, “Knowing that the Ghost King is here, daring to act so recklessly. Guess, is it because of his strength or is Su Ling’s soul just too tempting?”
Wu Pan’s eyes widened suddenly, and he exclaimed, “Please, Ghost King, save us!”
Sheng Ze glanced back at him, his gaze icy, and said, “Rest assured.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Sheng Ze’s figure moved, and in an instant, he disappeared without a trace.
Su Ling was led forward by the drowned ghost for quite a distance when suddenly, a thick red mist appeared before his eyes.
The mist surrounded him from all sides, tightly enveloping Su Ling.
Taking a few tentative steps, Su Ling found the mist to be extremely dense, sticking to his legs, making it difficult to move.
This sensation, it felt like blood.
Suppressing the feeling of nausea, Su Ling turned around to look.
Indeed, the way back had also turned into a veil of blood mist, making it impossible to see any direction.
However, since Su Ling couldn’t distinguish directions anyway, he didn’t feel particularly nervous in the face of such a bizarre environment.
At worst, he would just consider himself lost.
Su Ling tentatively called out, “Drowned ghost, care to have a chat?”
No response.
“Drowned ghost? Drowned ghost? Are you there?” Su Ling repeated.
Deciding to reason first, Su Ling said, “Drowned ghost, would you come out so we can talk?”
“I’m not called the drowned ghost,” a deep, hoarse voice slowly rang out.
“How should I address you then?” Su Ling tried to put on a friendly expression.
“Hehe.”
The voice suddenly chuckled lightly, then shifted to a sharper tone, saying, “Come, drink this Meng Po soup, cross the Naihe Bridge, and you can be reincarnated.”
Su Ling was taken aback, about to mock what kind of play the other party was staging, but the scene before him changed with the blood mist.
The bridge was very long and narrow.
A stone bridge only one person wide, with deep, unfathomable rivers on either side, where faint lights floated. According to the ferryman, these were the souls not yet reincarnated.
Su Ling felt a bit dazed.
“It’s your turn, what are you waiting for?” the ferryman urged.
Snap out of it, Su Ling took the bowl of hot soup from Meng Po’s hands.
Silently, Su Ling looked at the color of the soup – green with hints of red, red with hints of yellow, yellow with hints of purple, and purple with hints of black.
He didn’t want to drink it.
Resistance filled his entire being.
Beside him, Meng Po, wearing a black cloak that obscured her face, chuckled, and her voice, ancient and hoarse like the sound of breaking wind, spoke, “If you want to be reincarnated, finish it.”
Su Ling remembered, this was a story from hundreds of years ago.
He couldn’t help but smile, then just like before, casually poured the Meng Po soup into the river, saying, “Then I won’t be reincarnating.”
He, Su Ling, was a gluttonous ghost delayed from reincarnation by a dark secret.
Author’s note: [Short Play]
Drowned Ghost: These two brothers look easy to bully.
Black and White Impermanence: Oh no, we’re so scared. (Taking out the Soul-Locking Chain)
Drowned Ghost: This bookworm looks like an easy target.
Wu Pan: Oh. (The pen of the judge scribbles down, sentencing it to the 18th level of hell)
Drowned Ghost: Oh… forget it, looks like it’s not a good idea to mess with.
Sheng Ze: ?
Drowned Ghost: This one’s good, this one hasn’t reincarnated before, there must be some lingering attachment in his heart.
Su Ling (without hesitation pouring out the Meng Po soup): Huh? What did you just say?
Drowned Ghost: QAQ
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1 thought on “Chapter 9 – Refusing to reincarnate”
Hahahaha got the cut-sleeve scene barely a few chapters in and it’s so funny the way the sleeve ripped off coz Su Ling literally zoomed out of the place to chase after the drowned ghost, considering he’s the weakest of the bunch 😂
lol, and is this an insight into who Su Ling is?? what did he do in his past life he labelled himself as a gluttonous soul?? did he steal Meng Po’s soup? lol
Thank you so much for taking time to translate this ChuRen! Really love all the stories you take on as a project 😘