Ghost Matchmaking: Ghost Emperor Husband and Campus Queen Wife

The Dragon Country audience cringed.

Yun Zhenyue was already going this easy on them.

She’d all but written "I’m a mole" on her face.

How could this Field Mouse be so ungrateful?

She just had to toy with them.

Turning this into some kind of game show.

[Is this one of those legendary ’minor female ghosts’?]

[No, she’s considered a ’major ghost’.]

[The Field Mouse was probably getting annoyed with being chased, so she wanted to play a little trick to punish the factory’s team.]

[It makes sense from her perspective, but why are you defending her? Yun Zhenyue was nice enough to offer intel, but she just insulted her. And now she’s playing guessing games.]

[What kind of punishment could it be? Is she going to make rocks fall on them in the alley or something?]

...

At that moment, Xiao Jiu clenched her little hammer and gritted her teeth. "Damn it!"

"I’m not a kid! I’m going to be a great villain!"

"Who wants to play games with her?! And there’s a punishment? That hateful little mouse!"

Xiao Ba asked quietly, "Should we split up?"

’Split up?’

Yun Zhenyue shook her head. "Let’s stick together."

’That’s a classic horror movie trope. The main group splits up for no good reason, and then they get picked off one by one.’

Yun Zhenyue wasn’t worried about the two sisters. Their strength was more than enough for them to protect themselves. Still, this Field Mouse did have some real power—her Ghost Skill could actually alter the terrain!

’Better not risk the sisters getting toyed with.’

’Yeah, let’s not do that.’

Yun Zhenyue looked back.

The path they’d come from had turned into a solid wall.

She had Xiao Jiu test it, to see if she could brute-force her way out of the alley.

Xiao Jiu’s hammer smashed into the wall, shattering the bricks. But behind the rubble was another, unfamiliar alley. She smashed through that wall too, only to reveal yet another alley.

Their surroundings had completely transformed into a maze of alleyways!

’A simple game of cat-and-mouse or hide-and-seek would have been fine.’

’Throw in a few puzzles.’

’Wouldn’t that have been a perfect way to waste time?’

’But no, she had to get cocky and try to teach us a lesson!’

Yun Zhenyue was not pleased.

’She’d better not take it too far.’

’Or I’ll have to teach this Field Mouse a lesson myself!’

"So, do we go left or right?"

Li Ruxue asked, her expression blank.

"Either one works," Yun Zhenyue said after a moment of observation. "The two alleys look identical."

On both sides were deep, utterly identical alleys.

From the color of the walls to the trash scattered on the ground.

If there was any difference at all, it was the ominous aura coming from the left path, while the right path emitted a gentle one.

’Maybe the auras are the Field Mouse’s hint?’

"Let’s go left!"

Xiao Jiu piped up excitedly.

Her childish nature loved to play, and a game of rewards and punishments was right up her alley.

She had already forgotten how angry she’d been just moments before.

"Didn’t the pretty lady just say?"

"The places the enemy wants us to avoid are the exact places we have to check out!"

"This left alley is clearly trying to scare us off, so there must be treasure inside!"

Xiao Ba said quietly, "I don’t think we should choose either one. This Field Mouse is obviously a villain. Both paths are probably traps."

Li Ruxue remained expressionless. "But we’re trapped. If we don’t choose, we’ll just have to sit here and watch the mission fail."

In the end, they all turned to look at Yun Zhenyue.

"Let’s go with Xiao Jiu’s idea, then."

Yun Zhenyue made the final decision.

"Yay!" Xiao Jiu cheered.

Li Ruxue didn’t object this time.

After all, she was already quite certain that Yun Zhenyue was just sandbagging.

Led by Yun Zhenyue, the group moved out.

The moment they stepped into the left alley, the path behind them vanished.

They could only move forward.

It was an incredibly long and deep alley.

It was also very narrow, wide enough for only two people to walk abreast.

But they had only taken a few steps inside when...

Suddenly!

Yun Zhenyue had a bad feeling.

She abruptly felt the ground disappear from under her feet!

A feeling of weightlessness shot through her!

RUMBLE!!

The solid ground from a moment ago had instantly turned into a pit of mud!

There was nowhere to dodge!

Caught completely off guard, Yun Zhenyue’s entire body sank into the mud.

The mud pit wasn’t deep, only coming up to her knees.

But the group looked as pathetic as puppies that had accidentally fallen into water.

"Whoa!!" came a startled cry from Xiao Jiu beside her.

"..."

Yun Zhenyue’s shoes were filled with wet, sticky mud.

Her clothes were stained with a filthy layer of muddy water.

But the most unbearable thing for Yun Zhenyue was...

...her hair had gotten dirty.

For someone who was always so meticulous about her cleanliness, this was torture.

Her mood instantly soured.

The foolish smile she had been wearing froze on her face.

Yun Zhenyue tried to console herself.

’It’s okay!’

’At least my face is still clean!’

She looked to the side.

Xiao Jiu and the others were just as filthy.

Just then, a gloating voice rang out from nearby.

"Congratulations, you guessed wrong!"

The Field Mouse’s figure appeared before them.

Her eyes danced with amusement as she took in the scene.

"You hateful, nasty mouse!"

Xiao Jiu, looking down at her filthy clothes, was furious. She raised her little hammer to charge at the Field Mouse!

But her foot slipped!

SPLAT!

She fell over!

Her bottom landed heavily in the mud.

It was like a depth charge going off.

It splashed mud all over Li Ruxue’s face.

Li Ruxue: "..."

Her fists clenched!

Xiao Ba sighed and tried to sneak up on the Field Mouse.

But just as she approached, little axe in hand, the Field Mouse dodged out of the way.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk~"

"The game’s just getting started. Don’t be in such a hurry,"

the Field Mouse said with a giggle.

Her black cloak fluttered gently.

Her radiant face was a picture of perfect relaxation.

It was as if she were watching a comedy.

But little did she know, the stars of her "comedy" were all dying to punch her lights out.

"Don’t run!!"

Xiao Jiu was livid!

Heedless of everything else, she charged forward alone!

Yun Zhenyue and the others hurried to follow.

They were afraid of falling prey to the Field Mouse’s Ghost Skill again.

But the Field Mouse’s figure shattered like a soap bubble once more.

Two more alleys appeared before them.

Her lingering voice echoed in their ears.

"DING DING!"

"Round two! Make your choice!"

"Relax, this is a bonus round!"

The group instinctively looked ahead.

The setup in the alleys was the same.

Except now, two distinct scents filled the air.

A faint, sweet smell wafted from the alley on the left.

The other, however, reeked of a strong, spicy scent.

Without a second thought, Xiao Jiu once again chose the left path!

Li Ruxue agreed.

She had always been headstrong.

But just as they entered the left alley of "Round Two," carefully watching their step...

SPLASH!

A "downpour" suddenly rained down from the sky!

"Watch out!" Yun Zhenyue shouted.

But it was already too late.

A viscous, sweet-smelling liquid suddenly drenched them all!

"It’s honey..." Xiao Jiu said with a frown. "It’s so sticky."

The smile on Yun Zhenyue’s face disappeared.

She had tried so hard to keep her face clean!

Now her face was all sticky and horrible.

She felt like a little bun slathered in honey.

A dark chocolate-filled one, at that.

’So this was the bonus round?’