Ch31 - Xu ge’s Ghost Fans Will Never Admit Defeat

Although the Grim Reaper Bureau’s efficiency was pretty high, there were still a lot of ghostly souls that were left wandering in the world.

Most of them came out at night. Every day, they would wander around the place where they died. Some even needed to repeat their moment of death daily. Regardless of whether this kind of work was for humans or for ghosts, after a long time, it was easy to get tired of it.

It was also because of this that the humane underworld institutions set up an underworld communication network for them.

Everyone could look up ghost friends’ information when they had nothing to do or meet up with nearby ghosts. It could be considered a bit of substance in their otherwise boring and ordinary days.

Lu Xu’s participation in ‘Birth of an Idol’ was a well-known secret in the ghost friend circle. As the face of the Grim Reaper Bureau, Lu Xu’s popularity in the ghost realm had always been very high. Upon knowing that the Master Grim Reaper was participating, many ghosts and souls gathered together, wanting to hit call for Lu Xu in the underworld.

Ever since the last time she had contributed to Lu Xu’s ratings in the ghost friends group, the female road ghost Xiao Bai was obsessed with showing support—apart from camping on the road every day, she would secretly pay attention to competition updates and send them to the group to inform the ghost fans.

[Car accident – Xiao Bai: Master Lu Xu got an A!]

[Car Accident – Xiao Bai: I spent a million coins to develop my fan relationship. Please, someone, burn an HD picture of Master Lu Xu’s face for me, I’ll share the happiness with you!”

[Car accident – Xiao Bai: Update!!! I heard a passerby say that Master Lu Xu was surpassed in the online voting!!! I heard that it’s someone who paid to get to first place!!!]

Once this piece of news was sent out, a lot of the ghosts were shocked —

[Smoking – Spicy Cabbage: Fuck, how did Master Lu Xu get surpassed? I’m not convinced! If it’s about spending money, I have money! My family just burned 100 million coins, I’ll donate them all towards voting for Master!]

[Drowning – Xian Ya: I’ll donate too. If it’s not enough I’ll go into my family’s dreams and ask them to burn some for me. Whine whine whine I can’t stand this kind of wrongdoing, our Master has to be number one.]

[Fell down a building – A-K: Asking for one voting method: I’ll donate 20 million, we’ll pick our grim reaper, and defend the world’s greatest Master Lu Xu!!]

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Once the latest status was updated, countless wandering souls let out their undead cries —

They wanted to hit call for Master Lu Xu, they wanted to spend big money to vote for him, they wanted to pick him to debut in center position.

However, after the moment of excitement was over, they discovered a key problem. The living and ghost realm were two different worlds and weren’t connected on the same internet; even their currencies were different.

For those who wanted to personally vote for Lu Xu, unless they could be reborn, it was not possible at all. All ghosts knew this.

Just as everyone was at a loss, Xiao Bai once again sent a message, as if they were clever little ghosts on their way to chasing idols.

[Car accident – Xiao Bai: @Drowning – Xian Ya raised something important. Go into their dreams and tell your friends and family to go and vote my ghost friends!!!]

For stranded souls to attain life, they would need to ask for things from their families.

At this time, they could request for a dream permit from the Human World Embassy. The rule was that every soul could only do this once a year.

As for the matter of death, unlike the souls, the living didn’t take it lightly, so they would rarely take the initiative to bother their close ones’ lives.

The dead had their own realm, and the living naturally had their own lives to live.

What’s more, they would inevitably meet in death, so why bother them in life?

But because it was for Master Lu Xu, it was, of course, an entirely different matter.

It was on this day that the Human World Embassy received a lot of dream requests.

Although they didn’t know why there were suddenly so many, it was something that was permitted by the rules, so the relevant person in charge chose to approve them.

That night, tens of thousands of dead souls were entering dreams ––

[Dad, next time when you burn money for me don’t forget to add two Playboy Model magazines. Lately, I’ve felt that my mental spirit is lacking. Also, you and mom, don’t forget to register an account to vote for Lu Xu. Don’t ask, don’t be curious. If you ask, it’s a secret.]

[Your brother had good reasons to suddenly come and disturb you. Can you help cast a vote for Lu Xu? You have to keep it confidential and don’t ask me why either, you’ll know in the future.]

[Daughter, stop burning things like estates and cars for me. The underworld doesn’t allow too many buildings and gives limited permits for cars, I can’t even use it. If you really want to be filial, then vote for Lu Xu. Remember, this matter is top-secret, don’t let anybody know. Of course, you can get your friends to join in.]

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As for those on the other side of the dream, many relatives opened their eyes at that point in the dream.

They looked at the time. 00:00.

Their relative that had passed away a long time ago suddenly came to tell them to vote for Lu Xu. Many of them couldn’t help but wonder.

A lot of them didn’t even know who Lu Xu was, and had to rely on Baidu to find out Lu Xu’s contestant details.

Upon seeing the voting link at the bottom of the page, everyone hesitated for a moment but still chose to vote in the end.

Some things were just supernatural. It was better to believe that it existed, rather than to not believe it.

Although they didn’t know why their family members would enter their dreams to ask them to vote, it was okay to just vote a bit…

He Xinghua could only feel excitement pumping through his veins when he saw the ghost fans report their support, and he felt even more regret in his heart. “Aaa, I can’t believe I didn’t make it for the last support activity.”

His colleagues came up, also looking regretful, but they still comforted him. “It’s okay, we can still hit call when it’s live. We also don’t know what Master Grim Reaper’s progress with his mission is now…”

Ji Xiunian came out from the practise studio, unable to stop himself from thinking about the F4’s outdated clothes.

Since they were already external trainees in his eyes, having uniforms was a must right?

As Ji Xiunian thought about this, he got an idea.

“Meow…”

Just as Ji Xiunian lowered his head, Ba Mei suddenly let out a high-pitched noise, as though it was a warning.

Ji Xiunian raised his eyes to see a pair of pale white hands clutching a long rope, as though they wanted to pass it to him. “In the name of seeking wealth and honour, is the Film Emperor looking for love?”

“…”

Ji Xiunian recognised this female ghost who was wearing a school uniform, and he wanted to pretend that he hadn’t seen her and just pass on through like he did last time.

However, the female ghost in the school uniform stood in front of him, her long tongue swishing and swaying, smiling proudly. “You don’t have to pretend, okay? I already saw you give them scores. Please, date me, okay?”

As the female ghost talked, she tossed the rope Ji Xiunian’s way, obviously wanting him to catch it.

Ji Xiunian unconsciously took a step back, his instincts telling him he shouldn’t catch that rope.

He personally didn’t have much experience with ghosts, let alone experience with this kind of situation. He couldn’t help but frown.

“I’m really too greedy. Treat it as being a good person doing good deeds and fulfil me this once!” As the female ghost spoke, she lunged forward. Ba Mei immediately jumped in front of Ji Xiunian, its tail upright, growling threateningly.

It was obviously a very cute little kitty, but for some reason, the female ghost hesitated.

In her moment of hesitation over whether to go forward or not, the rope was suddenly pulled out of her hands by someone behind her. “Nian ge, where did you find this ugly rope…”

It seemed like Lu Xu couldn’t see the female ghost. As he spoke, he stretched the rope out and measured its length. “Is it a jump rope?”

“Don’t!”

Ji Xiunian called out to stop him in fear, but Lu Xu didn’t seem like he minded at all. He even flung the rope out and tried to jump twice with it. “You should throw it away, it’s not usable.”

The female ghost stared blankly as he flung around the object signifying the end of her life like a toy. He didn’t show the slightest degree of caring, and even said it was ugly.

In her world, whoever picked up her rope would be the person she would fall in love with.

But in the face of Lu Xu’s handsome face, the female ghost was so terrified her face paled. She didn’t even dare mention falling in love.

She wanted to slip away, but the rope was still in Lu Xu’s hands. At last, the female ghost chose to escape. Her ghost life was more important than some rope; she would figure it out later.

Seeing that she had left, Ji Xiunian immediately went up and tried to take the rope away from Lu Xu. “You can’t just randomly pick up whatever you see, what if it’s something strange and brings you trouble…”

The moment Ji Xiunian reached out with his hands, Lu Xu threw the rope onto the ground.

Ji Xiunian was his order. No other ghosts were allowed to touch him.

Lu Xu slowly and carefully wiped his fingers with a wet tissue, then looked up to see Ji Xiunian’s clearly visible, worried expression.

The early morning sun illuminated his face, making his skin seem radiant. It was extremely beautiful.

Lu Xu lowered his head and smiled before hesitating the next moment. “Nian ge, did you feel like… there was something terrifying here just now?”