"You want to replace me?"

The question took Zhou Ze by surprise.

What did she mean?

Was he going from being an illegal resident, hiding in a city, to a local civil servant?

The surprise was too sudden.

Zhou Ze was hesitant to accept.

Free lunches existed, but most people who encountered them ended up getting crushed by the pie.

Most importantly, Zhou Ze didn’t think saving her life was enough for her to treat him like this.

The matter with the driver hadn’t been cleared up yet, and while the little loli was cute, that was just her appearance.

Xu Qinglang had said she’d appeared in his shop, expressionless, and extended her tongue, taking away his parents’ souls.

No matter how Xu Qinglang cried and begged, she remained unmoved.

You couldn’t expect someone like that to be grateful; you’d be thanking the heavens if she didn’t bite you.

As a ghost messenger of the underworld,

How much joy and sorrow had she seen?

How much of the evil of human nature had she witnessed?

How much resentment from ghosts had she observed?

She wasn’t a simple little girl, and couldn’t be.

"What? Cat got your tongue?" the little loli asked again.

"I don't know what to say. Are you just asking casually?" Zhou Ze asked carefully.

"You can answer that you don’t want to," the little loli said.

Then, silence.

The little loli continued, "Then, I'll drag you down."

"............" Zhou Ze.

Alright,

Wasn’t this more comfortable?

Why offer a multiple-choice question?

Just fill in the blank.

The question was designed so that if you didn't write "yes," you'd be shot.

"I agree," Zhou Ze replied, without hesitation or entanglement.

The little loli turned around, smiled innocently, and then slowly walked in front of Zhou Ze, pretending to be an adult and wanting to adjust his collar.

This seemed to be a superior showing importance to a subordinate, like an ancient emperor giving a minister the opportunity to dine with him.

However, the little loli was too short. Standing in front of Zhou Ze, she couldn’t adjust his collar, but could only adjust his belt.

"Pick me up," the little loli pouted, ordering.

Zhou Ze bent down and picked up the little loli.

The little loli reached out to adjust Zhou Ze's collar and frowned, seeming to feel that being held by Zhou Ze like a daughter was inappropriate.

"Am I being silly?"

"Very cute."

The little loli stretched out her small hand, planning to slap Zhou Ze's cheek directly.

In that instant, Zhou Ze's fingernails rapidly grew longer and darker, and black swirls flowed deep within his eyes.

The little loli stopped, a meaningful smile appearing on her lips.

Zhou Ze didn't make any further moves.

"Do you know that showing anger and resistance in front of me is a very silly thing to do?" the little loli asked.

"Doesn't matter, I'm already a dead man."

"That's because you were lucky, and only walked a short distance on the road to the Yellow Springs (huang quan lu) before leaving. You haven't experienced the pain and torment of hell!" the little loli said loudly. "That kind of torment can make all those who commit suicide and go to hell regret it! Better to live poorly than to die, it's not just empty comfort."

"Is that so?"

"Put me down."

Zhou Ze put the little loli down.

The little loli leaned back and looked at Zhou Ze. "Do you know why I chose you?"

Zhou Ze shook his head.

"Because you're smart, or rather, you're calm and know your limits." The little loli ticked off her fingers. "The underworld has order, the mortal realm has laws. There are many people who sneak out for various reasons, but you are the calmest one I've ever seen."

"I don't believe that's the real reason," Zhou Ze said.

"I don't want to tell you the real reason." The little loli stretched. "I'm tired and want to go down, so I happened to run into you, and you won't cause me too much trouble, so I chose you.

"Heh, there was a guy in Rong City a while ago who was making a lot of noise. He was clearly a pitiful stowaway, but he called himself a judge. As a ghost, he wanted to exercise his judgment in the mortal world. Do you think he was stupid?"

"Stupid," Zhou Ze replied. Immediately, Zhou Ze suddenly remembered that the old Taoist seemed to be from Rong City. "What happened to him later?"

"He was blocked."

The little loli tilted her head, looking innocent. "The rules are flexible, but if you cross the line too much, there's no hope."

"Is he dead?" Zhou Ze asked. "I mean, was he caught and taken back to hell, or did his soul dissipate?"

Hearing this, a hint of anger appeared on the little loli's face, as if she had been touched on a sore spot.

"You don't need to know this."

The little loli grabbed Zhou Ze's hand, her small palm facing his.

Immediately, Zhou Ze felt a burning sensation in his palm. When the little loli removed her hand, Zhou Ze saw a black rune in the center of his palm.

The rune wasn't complicated; it looked like an eye.

"The underworld has order, the Yellow Springs can be crossed." The little loli said very seriously, "You send down those who should go down, and you can directly disperse those who should be dispersed.

"Of course, if you want to roar when you see injustice on the road,

"That's fine,

"But bear the cost yourself.

"If you mess up, you bear the consequences."

The little loli yawned, as if she was tired.

"You said you're tired, so how long are you going to rest? Am I just filling in?" Zhou Ze asked.

"I'll tell you when I get back." The little loli was ready to go downstairs.

Zhou Ze continued to ask, "So what am I supposed to do? Patrol every night,

"Find ghosts,

"And then,

"Haunt ghosts?"

"The door is in your hands, you can do what you want. You can continue to run your bookstore. You are a ghost, a ghost returned to a borrowed corpse. Those dirty things and miscellaneous things will consciously gather around you.

"To them, you are a candle in the night, and they are moths.

"Also, after I left that mark on you, it's like upgrading you from a candle to an incandescent lamp, enough to blind their dog eyes."

"............" Zhou Ze.

The little loli went downstairs, and Zhou Ze followed.

"I'll read a book for a while and leave later. The mother of this body will come to pick her up later."

The little loli sat down on a plastic chair and randomly picked up an illustrated book to read.

Zhou Ze stood next to her, not to serve her, but because he had some questions to ask.

"Speak," the little loli said.

"This...is there a salary?" Zhou Ze asked. "You know, what I'm doing here is a losing business."

"The economy is sluggish, and it's getting harder and harder to earn money from the living now," the little loli sighed.

"Yeah," Zhou Ze echoed.

"Then earn money from the dead."

"The money of the dead can't be spent," Zhou Ze shrugged.

"That's because your method is wrong." The little loli spread out her hand. "Get some ghost money, the kind given by the dead."

Zhou Ze took out a stack of ghost money and put half of it in the little loli's hand.

"You're earning a lot," the little loli glanced and smiled.

Zhou Ze didn't mention that half of it was given to him by the old Taoist who came from Rong City last time. Zhou Ze felt that if he let this little loli know about this, it would bring him trouble.

The little loli took the money, opened the door of the bookstore, and squatted by the roadside.

"Lighter."

Zhou Ze handed over the lighter.

The little loli burned the ghost money, and the ashes were quickly blown away.

Immediately, the little loli stood up and clapped her hands. "Okay."

Zhou Ze stood in the wind, feeling a little disheveled.

"Is this an advance payment to my account at the underground bank?"

"Wait and see, your place still doesn't have enough popularity." The little loli and Zhou Ze, one big and one small, stood at the door of the store, waiting for about half an hour.

The little loli's delicate face was a little red from the wind, but Zhou Ze wasn't afraid of the cold. But standing on the side of the road like an idiot felt very strange.

Finally,

A pot-bellied man walked past them, and then, a wallet fell from the man. The man didn't notice at all and continued to walk forward.

Zhou Ze went up to pick up the wallet and found that there were thousands of yuan, as well as an ID card and bank cards.

"Should I return it to him?" Zhou Ze asked tentatively.

The little loli "pfft" laughed,

"This person has done something bad, this time it's a loss to avoid disaster. This money is yours to earn."

The little loli pushed open the door, entered the bookstore, and rubbed her hands. Obviously, she was frozen for half an hour, and it was warmer in the bookstore.

Zhou Ze walked in with the wallet, a little incredulous. "Won't he call the police?"

"This money, you take it, it's not a hot potato at all." The little loli was a little impatient.

"Okay, so in the future, if I'm short of money, I'll just stand at the door and burn ghost money, and someone will take the initiative to send money, right?"

Zhou Ze didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but he also found it interesting.

Xu Qinglang came over at this time, carrying a large bottle of sour plum juice.

"Hey, there are only so many ingredients in the store, I can only make these, and there are some more, wait..."

Xu Qinglang had just pushed the door open and saw the little loli sitting there. He staggered, and the bottle in his hand fell to the ground and shattered.

Sour plum juice splattered all over the bookstore.

Zhou Ze looked at Xu Qinglang, signaling him to restrain himself.

The little loli didn't seem to take Xu Qinglang seriously at all.

Indeed, a person who was lucky and knew a little bit of mysticism wasn't worth her looking at.

"Whose daughter is this? So cute, hahahaha, come, little friend, uncle has a tank of small goldfish at home, do you want to go home with uncle to see them?"

Xu Qinglang smiled awkwardly, forcing it out.

The little loli only uttered one word: "Scram."

Xu Qinglang smiled again, turned around, and went back to his shop.

"Do you think I'm being too much?" The little loli looked up at Zhou Ze.

"A little bit," Zhou Ze said truthfully.

"Then I'll tell you again, the driver's death was just because I was bored on the school bus at the time, and I revealed my true form to make a joke,

"Would you think,

"It's even more too much?"

The little loli tilted her head, looking at Zhou Ze with a silly expression.