GRMFBS CH188

Zhan Yan was nervously watching the gossip feeds remotely.

On one hand, the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau, after receiving the news, was already rushing to the location of the flesh and blood server, preparing to clear it. At the same time, he was checking the hidden tracks of the Chronicle of the World. This guy had been hiding and definitely had bad intentions. On the other hand, he was checking his sister’s situation. For some reason, his heart had been feeling unsettled.

Multiple gossip feeds were advancing simultaneously. As he refreshed and refreshed, the gossip feeds suddenly stopped refreshing.

Zhan Yan was stunned. He switched to search other gossip feeds, but those wouldn’t load either.

Today, he had been browsing the Monster Doctor’s gossips and checking the Chronicle of the World’s gossips. Both of these were major pollution sources and consumed a lot. Before, he would only get [Loading…], which didn’t consume much. Now that he could search, he accidentally consumed all of today’s gossip energy, and the gossip system wouldn’t let him refresh anymore.

Zhan Yan: Ahhhh why drop the ball at the critical moment!!!

Can I take an advance? Can I move tomorrow’s and the day after tomorrow’s quota to today? It’s urgent right now!

A headache isn’t unbearable. Nie Yu had given him information about being polluted and how to fight pollution before. Just let him check! He feels it’s very important right now!

The gossip system remained unmoved.

Zhan Yan stood up anxiously and poked the gossip system’s panel fiercely.

“Yan ah, we bought a new watermelon, do you want to eat…” Bao Qingshan and Zhan Yan looked at each other.

Zhan Yan withdrew his hand: “Cough, I won’t eat, you guys eat.”

Bao Qingshan: “Okay… okay, you get busy first.”

Zhan Yan: …

Does poking fiercely at the void make me look like a psychopath? Forget it, it doesn’t matter!

The point is how to handle this stubborn gossip system first!

He had encountered the state where he couldn’t refresh before. At that time, he always felt his brain lacked energy and wanted to eat sugar. But facts proved that eating sugar had no effect other than causing him to develop a sugar addiction. But in the earliest days, there was clearly one time he could refresh gossip feeds again after eating…

He remembered! That time he ate sliced bread baked by his brother!

Because that slice of bread was overwhelmingly sweet, he had the illusion that eating sugar to replenish brain energy consumption could allow him to continue using the gossip system. But perhaps what worked wasn’t the sugar, but the bread baked by his brother personally!

His brother was the Lin Yuan Ghost King!

Zhan Yan started recalling gossip feeds. After his brother’s identity was revealed, he had re-browsed the gossip feeds after the merger of the “Zhan Jinli” and “Lin Yuan Ghost King” entries. It’s just that at that time, he was anxious to solve the problem of Wan Yan cat looking for his brother, so he skimmed through many gossip feeds without reading carefully.

It didn’t matter, he had a system backup.

Closing his eyes, he reopened that segment of memory from the backup.

Sure enough, the bread and cakes made by his brother were special. Eating them directly could replenish spiritual consciousness. After being offered as ghost food, a piece of bread could turn into a mountain of bread.

Although he hadn’t cultivated and had no spiritual consciousness, what the gossip system consumed seemed to be something similar, so his brother’s bread should work. Today was his day off, he would go to his brother’s bakery right now!

Zhan Yan rushed out of the room to borrow a car.

Chu Chengcheng wanted to greet him to eat watermelon, just starting: “Hey…”

Zhan Yan was already out the door.

“In such a hurry, did something happen?” Cheng Yichu asked in confusion.

Bao Qingshan: “I don’t know.”

He tried hard to sense it but didn’t sense anything.

When he entered the room, he saw Zhan Yan was fine, just secretly acting crazy in private. It’s normal to act crazy occasionally in private. Bao Qingshan also acted crazy occasionally when he was alone. Apart from being a bit awkward if caught, this only showed that he was a lively, healthy spirited young man!

Zhan Yan wouldn’t run away from embarrassment, right…

Zhan Yan borrowed a car and drove straight to his brother’s bakery with navigation on.

God, please pray that his brother’s shop is open today. If not open, there must be some stock in the store! He is really panicking inside right now!

With sparks and lightning all the way, Zhan Yan almost drove back at the speed limit.

Good news: Brother’s cake shop was open.

Strange news: The one opening the shop was not Brother.

It had been several months since his brother’s cake shop exploded in popularity, and the heat of the cake shop had also cooled down. Although his brother’s cakes were beautiful, they weren’t cheap. Now the customer flow had returned to normal, and no strange internet celebrities came to check in and harass. His brother’s shop looked normal from the outside.

Zhan Yan pushed the door open and went in.

A baby-faced clerk greeted him with a smile all over his face: “Welcom com com…”

Zhan Yan and the baby face both froze.

Zhan Yan was wondering who this person was. Unfortunately, the gossip system couldn’t refresh gossip feeds now, so he couldn’t check.

Baby Face (Five Little Ghosts): Holy crap, why did Lord Abyss’s brother suddenly come?

Zhan Yan: “Uh, is the owner of this shop still Zhan Jinli?”

Baby Face: “Yes yes, you are the store manager’s brother, right? We are the new clerks hired by the store manager.”

Things in the underworld were too busy. Zhan Jinli was so busy he didn’t even have time to see the Tie Lao Ghost King, really having no energy to take care of both sides simultaneously.

But Mom was at home recently, and he couldn’t find a suitable reason to close the shop. His shop occasionally had ghosts coming and going, so he couldn’t hand it over to ordinary people to manage.

Zhan Jinli heard that the Tie Lao Ghost King commissioned the Artisan to make a puppet to help him work, which made things much easier. Tie Lao seemed to praise that puppet greatly, saying frankly that if the Artisan didn’t ask for such a high price, he would want to order a few more.

Zhan Jinli was tempted too. So he also commissioned the Artisan to make a puppet.

The Artisan said he wasn’t taking orders recently, but Zhan Jinli’s requirements weren’t high. He just needed a puppet with enough physical flexibility, appearance anthropomorphic enough that people couldn’t tell, and capable of being possessed by ghosts.

This was simple. The Artisan made a bunch of puppets during his previous research, all meeting the conditions, useless sitting there collecting dust. So he sold a puppet to him.

After receiving the puppet, Zhan Jinli let the Five Ghosts try it.

The Five Ghosts patted their chests and promised their Ghost King Lord that they would watch the shop well!

After Zhan Jinli left, the five of them fought over this new big toy. Finally, they made a schedule and took turns possessing and using the puppet.

The Red Ghost was on duty today.

Baby Face (Red Ghost version) was very enthusiastic: “The store manager told us about you. Do you have any needs? We… no, I also know how to make these styles of fondant cakes.”

Ghost King Lord’s brother! Used to only see from afar, never had contact!

Zhan Yan felt a bit strange. His brother went busy with Abyss Ghost King missions and left the shop to a newly hired employee? But now was not the time to think about this.

Zhan Yan: “I don’t want fondant cakes. Do you have ordinary cakes or bread?”

He was very worried that after having the fondant cake business, his brother would stop making ordinary cakes and bread.

Zhan Yan waited for a few seconds but didn’t get a reply.

The Five Ghosts were fighting where Zhan Yan couldn’t see.

The Red Ghost hugged the baby-faced puppet and wouldn’t let go, shouting loudly: “It’s clearly my turn today! This puppet is mine for the whole day today!!!”

The Yellow Ghost pulled his leg downwards: “Today is a special situation! This is Lord Abyss’s brother!”

The Black Ghost pried at his fingers: “Exactly exactly! You can’t experience it alone!”

Red Ghost: “Bullshit! We agreed on one ghost one day! Blame your bad luck?!”

The Green Ghost hugged his head and pulled down: “Today is special, let go! We’ll take turns, and we’ll compensate you later!”

The White Ghost drilled under his stomach, taking advantage of the gap pulled out of the Red Ghost, forcefully squeezed into the puppet, and pushed the Red Ghost out.

Zhan Yan watched the baby face standing there in a daze and felt even more weird: “Hello?”

Baby Face (White Ghost version) nodded reservedly: “Hello.”

Zhan Yan: …?

“Do you have ordinary cakes and bread?”

Baby Face (White Ghost version): “Yes.”

Zhan Yan saw him stop moving after speaking and had to continue asking: “Where are they?”

Baby Face (Green Ghost version): “Here here!”

Zhan Yan watched helplessly as this baby face, who was very reserved a second ago answering one question at a time, suddenly hopped and ran to a hidden counter, waving at him and speaking lively: “Look! There are many kinds here! Cakes, bread, and small snacks~”

Zhan Yan: “Uh, okay. Let me see.”

He walked over carefully, maintaining a safe distance from the baby face.

Baby Face (Yellow Ghost version): “What flavor do you want to eat? Or do you have any needs? We also have meal buns here, very low calorie.”

The Yellow Ghost was very calm and confident. Ever since suspecting the Ghost King Lord wanted to conquer the world through the culinary world, they all learned the craft of making cakes, bread, and desserts. For ordinary people, what they made was much more delicious than what Lord Abyss Ghost King made.

Zhan Yan understood upon hearing the words “low calorie”: “Is there anything made by my brother personally?”

Baby Face (Yellow Ghost version) widened his eyes: “Huh? You… are you sure?”

Zhan Yan: “I know, the kind that is super sweet.”

Baby Face (Black Ghost version) persuaded gently: “But that kind is super sweet, oh. You might not be able to accept it. Want to try something else? They are all very delicious.”

Zhan Yan: “Thanks, no need, I just want what my brother made.”

The Five Ghosts started fighting again. Because they didn’t know if they should give him the Abyss Ghost King version of bread and snacks.

Green Ghost was very worried: “Should we give this? What if Lord Abyss’s brother dies from sweetness?”

Black Ghost was very hesitant: “But he is Lord Abyss’s brother. He knows how sweet Lord Abyss’s cakes are. He asked for it himself, it should be fine, right?”

Yellow Ghost disagreed: “But humans are unreliable. Have you forgotten how many humans die from stupidity in the underworld every year?”

White Ghost found it hard to choose: “But didn’t other ordinary humans buy Lord Abyss’s cakes before? They didn’t die from sweetness.”

Green Ghost and Yellow Ghost voted against, Black Ghost and White Ghost voted for.

Two votes against two votes, they found it hard to decide and looked at the last ghost.

Red Ghost was tied in the corner by them, turning his head away: “Humph! I don’t care. You grabbed it yourselves, go grab it yourselves! Bear whatever consequences yourselves!”

“What if Lord Abyss’s brother complains to the Ghost King Lord when he comes back because we didn’t give him cake?”

“Then what if we give him cake and he vomits from sweetness and complains to the Ghost King Lord?”

Zhan Yan saw the baby face freeze again and was very worried, asking: “Are you okay?”

Why does he feel the employee hired by his brother is weird? Personality changing every two sentences, does he have multiple personalities?

“When I just came in, you looked like you weren’t feeling well. Need to go to the hospital?”

Even if discovering he is the store owner’s brother, there’s no need to be excited to the point of freezing like a machine, right? Does this employee really have some strange illness?

Red Ghost was very moved hearing this sentence.

“He said ‘when I just came in’! He remembers me! He worries about me!”

Secretly untying himself, Red Ghost took advantage of the other four ghosts fighting to dash into the baby-faced puppet, quickly grabbed a bag of bread and a box of cake from the back, and shoved them to Zhan Yan.

Baby Face (Red Ghost version): “Yes yes! These are all for you! Ahhh you are so nice!”

Zhan Yan: ?

He was a little scared.

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