Ghost Matchmaking: Ghost Emperor Husband and Campus Queen Wife

"Huh?"

Yun Zhenyue was dumbfounded. She blinked, a million question marks popping up over her head.

'Isn't that a contradiction?'

First, she was promised entry into the sacred place to worship the Ghost Lord.

Then, she said she had only seen the Ghost Lord once.

'Don't tell me Lan already knows my identity and is planning to go back to Wansheng District with me?'

If that was the case…

She didn't need Konglan's promise at all. She saw Gu Yuan every single day.

"Don't be anxious. Let me explain slowly..."

Konglan said gently, seeing Yun Zhenyue's clueless expression.

"Actually, I know you must be very envious of me."

As she said this,

a hint of pride flickered in Konglan's eyes.

She sat up straighter, her gaze grew brighter, and even her voice became more charismatic.

It was just that look of reminiscence.

As if her entire heart and soul had flown off to some distant place.

"Envious of you…"

Yun Zhenyue was even more confused. 'What is there to be envious about?'

'Envious of how you exploit your underlings?'

'Or that you have a better figure?'

"I know, you don't have to hide it," Konglan took a soft breath and continued, speaking as if to herself. "After all, I'm the only one who has truly seen the Ghost Lord, even if it was only his back."

"But that silhouette… it completely captivated me."

"From that day on, I knew I wanted to follow him for the rest of my life."

"The reason your loyalty is maxed out must be because you secretly admire and revere the Ghost Lord, just like me. You probably have sleepless nights, just like me, and are even bursting with impatience to go to the sacred place and worship him, aren't you?"

Yun Zhenyue: "..."

She didn't even know where to begin with her comeback.

Aside from when she was on missions,

Gu Yuan was the first person she saw when she opened her eyes and the last when she closed them. They ate at the same table, slept in the same bed, and they'd done things that were even more intimate.

'How could I possibly be envious of you for seeing Gu Yuan's back!'

But after thinking it over, Yun Zhenyue decided not to tell her about her relationship with Gu Yuan.

"You're right."

Yun Zhenyue said obediently.

She was only saying this because of Lan's fanatical fangirl act.

If she told Konglan how close she and Gu Yuan were, would Konglan burst into tears?

A strange scene appeared in Yun Zhenyue's mind.

She seemed to see herself and Gu Yuan in their bedroom at home, while Lan was outside, crying her eyes out. Yet, she wouldn't dare disturb them, only managing to choke out, 'Be gentle, Gu Yuan can't take pain...'

AHHHHHH!

'What is all this!'

Yun Zhenyue silently clenched the hem of her skirt.

'I feel like Lan's whole persona is about to collapse.'

"Lan, why don't you continue talking about the Ghost Lord," Yun Zhenyue reminded her, taking a deep breath.

Her words snapped Konglan out of her reminiscence. Feeling a bit embarrassed, she coughed twice and reverted to her mature, aloof CEO persona.

"I will tell you everything…"

"With your current status, you are qualified to know all this."

...

Through Konglan's slow narration,

Yun Zhenyue gradually came to understand everything.

"Huh?"

"HUH?!!"

Yun Zhenyue was dumbfounded.

She recalled what Yu Honghui, the Nightmare Hunter member, had said back at the Fierce Ghost Mall. Gu Yuan had once slain one hundred thousand Crimson-robed Ghosts with a single sword strike, and the residual ghostly energy, never to dissipate, eventually formed a terrifying dungeon.

That so-called SSS-rank dungeon!

Holy cow!

—It was the Purgatory Factory?

The ground beneath her feet,

it was the so-called [Land of the Doomsday]?

And Konglan was a survivor from the Land of the Doomsday.

Back then, she was merely an Evil Star. It was Gu Yuan who had shown mercy, not coldly wiping out every last ghost.

On that day, Konglan had gazed at Gu Yuan's back.

Drawn to strength, she was profoundly captivated by his power.

And so, the desire to follow him was born.

Unfortunately, Gu Yuan left too quickly.

After the Land of the Doomsday was relocated, Konglan happened to be transported here as well.

Out of admiration for Gu Yuan, she founded the Purgatory Factory to make herself stronger, and she worshipped Gu Yuan as her master.

Calling him the Ghost Lord!

The supreme spiritual pillar of the entire Purgatory Factory.

She fantasized that one day she would see Gu Yuan again. He would be moved by her devotion, and if he simply agreed to let her follow him, then everything she had done would have been worthwhile and meaningful.

As for this "sacred place,"

it was just a secret realm within the factory.

Konglan had ghosts guarding it strictly,

and no outsiders were allowed in.

Inside, there was a phantom projection of Gu Yuan.

One that Konglan had created herself!

It was unknown what Ghost Artifact she used, but according to her, it possessed immense power, even stronger than she was as a high-level Great Evil!

Konglan had no idea that Gu Yuan lived in Wansheng District.

The object of worship she was allowing Yun Zhenyue, the Saintess, to visit was the phantom projection of Gu Yuan in the sacred place.

You could say,

everything Konglan had done

was just for the sake of seeing Gu Yuan again.

She had no other strong obsession!

What about conquering the Ghost World, satisfying some twisted desire, or seeing the desperate faces of other ghosts?

Those kinds of typical villainous ideologies

had nothing to do with Konglan.

She was just a fangirl!

A die-hard fan of Gu Yuan!

To put it in real-world terms, Gu Yuan was like a huge pop idol, and she was the kind of extreme fan who would sell her own parents for a concert ticket. She would give anything just to meet him once.

As for the Ghost Lord's teachings, his deeds while walking the mortal realm...

Konglan made all of that up.

It was the perfect Ghost Lord she had fantasized about in her heart.

Compared to the real Gu Yuan?

It wasn't just a mismatch; the two were completely and utterly unrelated.

It was purely a fangirl's wishful thinking.

Hearing this, Yun Zhenyue almost lost control of her expression.

Her face was a mask of sheer bewilderment.

She was glad she hadn't told Konglan about her relationship with Gu Yuan. Otherwise, Konglan would surely ask a million questions, and then she'd find out that Gu Yuan did nothing productive all day except pet cats and slack off.

He was even addicted to video games, a total screenager.

Her faith would probably shatter!

"By the way, Lan…"

At this point, Yun Zhenyue asked the biggest question on her mind.

Why did Konglan establish the Purgatory Factory with such a twisted operational model?

Like exploiting the underlings and forcing employees to carry out missions.

As it turned out, Konglan said it was all for Gu Yuan...

After all, she had seen Gu Yuan slaughtering without mercy back then, cutting down Crimson-robed Ghosts like they were weeds.

'He must be a bad guy!'

'As his fangirl, I have to follow his style of doing things.'

'Let the underlings suffer a little; I'll take the blame!'

Maybe when she finally met Gu Yuan, he would even admire her for it!

"Uh… well…"

Yun Zhenyue didn't know what to say.

Konglan had absolutely no idea that the one hundred thousand Crimson-robed Ghosts were actually just clones split from a single ghost. She thought they were all different ghosts, mercilessly slaughtered by Gu Yuan!

Such a ruthless method!

Not only had it shocked her, but it had also left a deep impression on her.

"So…"

"The real culprit is actually Gu—the Ghost Lord?"

Yun Zhenyue concluded, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

'Case closed!'

'We were hunting for the real villain, and it turns out to be my own husband?'

The strange feeling left Yun Zhenyue feeling completely helpless.

Gu Yuan should have explained things to Konglan back then, or just recruited her directly into the Nightmare Hunters. The Purgatory Factory probably would have never been created.

No!

Even if there were no Purgatory Factory,

another dungeon would probably have been born.

After all, the lingering power of his sword strike had already left behind enough ghostly energy to form an SSS-rank dungeon.

Yun Zhenyue started to feel suspicious of Gu Yuan.

Why didn't he order the ghosts of the Nightmare Hunters to clean up the site back then?

Erm~

'He must have had something more important to deal with.'

'It's not possible that he just didn't care, or simply forgot, right?'

Yun Zhenyue felt that her husband's sins were grave indeed.