Chapter 226: Yun Zhenyue’s Birthday at the Orphanage
Just then,
Yun Zhenyue received a mission notification.
She had more or less mastered her etiquette lessons and could choose to complete the mission for its reward now or continue with in-depth study.
Yun Zhenyue had wanted to go home. It had been a while, after all.
But the children clung to her, not letting her leave.
Meimei gently tugged on Yun Zhenyue’s sleeve and invited, "Miss Yun, come to the orphanage with us."
"There are lots of other kids, too. I’m sure they’d love to meet you."
Shoushou added, "That’s right! Mrs. Kui will definitely welcome you. And the big sisters! They’ll all want to see what Brother Gu Yuan’s wife is like."
The children chattered away, extending their enthusiastic invitation.
Hearing this, Yun Zhenyue thought for a moment.
’I don’t have anything to do at home right now anyway. In that case, I might as well go.’
’The timing is a little tight, though.’
Her birthday was in two days.
She had been looking forward to spending her 21st birthday with Gu Yuan.
With this in mind, Yun Zhenyue decided not to hide it and asked, "But my birthday is in two days. After we go to the orphanage, do you want to come home with me?"
Birthday?!!
The children all grew excited at the word!
"Really?"
"I wanna go, I wanna go!"
"I love birthdays the most! You always get to eat tons of delicious food."
"And lots of presents! Last time, Mrs. Kui gave me a big doll."
The children all spoke at once.
They all expressed their desire to attend.
Suddenly, one of them asked, "But can only a few of us go to Miss Yun’s birthday?"
"Why don’t you just celebrate your birthday at the orphanage, Miss Yun?"
’Celebrate at the orphanage?’
’That might work.’
Yun Zhenyue hesitated. "Would that be a bother? I was planning on inviting a few friends to come, too."
"Of course not!"
Meimei exclaimed.
"Everyone loves a lively party! Miss Yun, you should invite them over right now. By the time we get back to the orphanage, they should be arriving."
"Alright."
Yun Zhenyue nodded.
She took out her phone and sent a message to the group chat.
Yun Zhenyue: "My birthday is in two days. Do you all want to come? @All"
"The location is the Terminal Orphanage. I’ll send you the address in a bit."
The moment the message was sent,
not even a few seconds passed before a flurry of replies came in.
Luo Huan: "Ooh, a birthday? I’m in, count me in! I’m about to become an intermediate Crimson-robed Ghost, you know. Hmph hmph~ Let me go and show off!"
Mrs. Yan: "It just so happens that I’m not too busy lately. Since it’s your birthday, please count me in as well."
Lin Jiu: "The Blood Moon Hotel has been pretty busy recently... Oh well, I’ll just ask the manager for some time off."
Mengmeng: "Mmm, birthday... kitty is curious.jpg"
Si Qin: "Ghost City has been very peaceful lately. It’s just that too many milk tea shops have opened up. Everyone has a cup at every meeting. I’m considering banning milk tea during meetings."
"By the way, my City Lord, can I bring a few more people? The Xiaoye sisters have been doing great recently and have become my right and left hands. I’d like to bring them along as a reward for their hard work."
Loli: "C-can I go too?"
Yun Zhenyue had also given Loli her phone.
And right after giving it to her, she had pulled her into the group chat.
But Loli was probably a bit shy around strangers; she’d just been lurking in the group since she joined.
Yun Zhenyue: "@Loli, you can come with us. We haven’t left yet."
"@Mengmeng, want to come? I can have someone pick you up."
"@Si Qin, yes, you can all come together. But don’t bring too many people. I only invited friends."
"@Gu Yuan, do you want to come back to the orphanage?"
...
At this point,
the audience from the Dragon Country couldn’t help but get excited.
[Are we finally going to see Gu Yuan’s instance dungeon with our own eyes?]
[Don’t scare me. What if all the kids in the orphanage turn out to be Fierce Ghosts or Crimson-robed Ghosts?]
[That’s not impossible. Gu Yuan is a Great Evil, so what’s wrong with his subordinates being a ’bit’ stronger than average?]
[Weird, from what they were saying, are there only ’big sisters’ at the orphanage?]
[Maybe female ghosts are gentler and better suited to taking care of kids.]
[Huh? No matter how you look at it, female ghosts are more terrifying. They probably only seem gentle because Gu Yuan is there to keep them in line.]
Aside from their curiosity about finally seeing the orphanage,
many felt envious of Yun Zhenyue.
[This is the first time I’ve ever seen someone celebrate a birthday in the Ghost World. So envious!]
[Only Yun Zhenyue could get this kind of treatment. When normal players have a birthday in the Ghost World, getting an extra piece of black bread is considered a reward. But look at her—a whole crowd of friends is coming to celebrate.]
[Before we knew it, the great Yun Zhenyue has made so many friends. If anyone tried to mess with her now, they’d probably drown in the spit of her supporters.]
...
A short while later,
Yun Zhenyue, bringing Loli with her
and followed by the five children,
set off on the road back to the orphanage.
Once again, Shoushou drew a small car.
Meimei was skeptical at first, but his drawing skills had improved significantly over this period, and the ride was very smooth.
Soon, Shoushou drew a few sun hats along the way.
Meimei’s was pink and open-worked, Pangpang’s was blue and wide-brimmed, and Loli’s was a dark red that matched her dark clothes well...
Finally, when it was Gu Yuan’s turn, a black one was drawn. He showed no expression on his face, but he accepted it nonetheless.
The children were delighted to see this.
The group went for a ride, wearing their different hats.
They laughed and joked the entire way.
Occasionally, they would encounter ghosts who needed help.
For example, when passing by an alley,
they helped a "helpless" old lady cross the street.
Even though the old lady had been waiting by the roadside with the intention of harming whoever helped her, after the children took turns supporting her, she was trembling, her old arms and legs numb.
’Who would have thought a group of Evil Stars would actually help her cross the street?’
Later, the children asked where she was going. The old lady gave them a vague answer, naming a place hundreds of kilometers away, thinking they could never possibly go there.
But without a second word, the children!
Immediately lifted the old lady and sent her off to another city.
It was a west-to-east granny transfer!
Now she was truly a helpless old granny.
Then there was helping a lost child find his mother.
Originally, the child’s purpose was to lure humans to a dilapidated house so his mother could kill them.
He even claimed his mother would give a reward for taking him home.
Of course,
that was just a lie.
But the children took him at his word.
When they showed up at the door, the ghost mother was dumbfounded.
’I told you to lure humans, and you brought a pack of Evil Stars home?’
The look she gave her child was one of utter collapse.
’You’re the one who led the little devils to our house?’
Helpless, she used what little ghost currency she had left to buy groceries and cook a meal for the children. Pangpang, especially, having been tipped off by Meimei about the mother and son’s original plan, ate with a vengeance!
In the end, he didn’t leave behind a single grain of rice.
He arrived with an empty stomach and left leaning on the wall, sighing.
They whiled away the time playing as they traveled.
By the time they finally arrived at the orphanage,
two whole days had passed.
Meanwhile, Yun Zhenyue’s friends had also arrived one after another.
The group was at the orphanage entrance,
seemingly waiting for her.