novelraw Chapter 37: Goodwill boost
Chapter 37: Goodwill boost
Next to table number three, Jiang Ping was filled with anger. The table in front of him was already empty, the guest who liked to rest his head on the dining table was long gone, leaving only a half-eaten dish.
The dish was served, and the guest was gone? Did they dine and dash?
Don’t joke around, this is a horror instance, the rules aren’t so easily broken. It’s not just for the chosen ones, it’s the same for the evil spirits in the instance.
The horror instance of the Ghost Restaurant has been around for a long time, many people have entered and even filmed videos.
Naturally, incidents of evil spirits dining and dashing have occurred. It happened once when the instance first started a few years ago.
As a result, the ghost who ran away was burnt to ashes by the two eternal lamps at the door, and the chosen one was also punished. Since then, similar incidents have never occurred.
Was he so unlucky to run into a ghost that isn’t afraid of death?
Jiang Ping looked around, hoping to find some clues, but both the chosen ones and the esteemed guests were subconsciously glancing in Alexander’s direction.
"Hey! Be honest, did you do this? Where’s my customer?"
"Your customer?" Alexander smiled slightly, pointing at the plate on the red-dressed ghost woman’s table, "In the plate. If you came a little later, it would have been all eaten up!"
In the plate...
Eaten up...
Jiang Ping was stupefied, looking at the dish shrouded in black aura with disbelief.
As if to respond to Alexander’s words, when the red-dressed ghost woman picked up another chopstick of vegetables, the black aura wrapped around the vegetables kept tumbling, as if trying to break free.
The red-dressed ghost woman frowned slightly, snorting coldly. Like ice stabbing into bone, the entire VIP area was instantly covered in a layer of frost. The black aura entwined around the vegetables let out a soul-piercing wail and stopped tumbling, obediently being stuffed into her red lips.
"It was my customer!"
Jiang Ping’s face changed dramatically, staring intently at Alexander:
"Scum, you dare to betray me!"
The customer disappeared, and it was this esteemed lady in red from the VIP area who dared to do it.
The restaurant definitely wouldn’t dare to say anything. However, they would definitely not let it go so easily, obviously this bill would be put on Jiang Ping’s head in the end. Even if he isn’t punished, his rating will be much lower.
How could he accept this!
"So, you’re not satisfied?" Alexander raised an eyebrow, laughing: "My guest is still hungry after one dish. I believe she won’t mind having an additional delicious sea cucumber dish on her table!"
"You..." Jiang Ping was so angry his face turned black.
But seeing the red-dressed ghost woman next to Alexander, his clenched fists couldn’t help but weaken. In the end, he snorted coldly:
"Wait for it! Riding on someone else’s coattails, I’ll kill you sooner or later!" Saying this, he turned and headed towards the restaurant backstage. It’s unclear whether he was going to complain to the manager or what.
Alexander was not worried at all. Even if a complaint was made, what could happen?
This newbie instance was just leveraging the situation to bully the ghosts, this instance is also considered to be back to its old business. It would never leave any handle for others.
You ask why Alexander is so confident? Nothing more, just familiarity!
Besides, the manager has been scared off since the red-dressed ghost woman came out, would he dare to show up now?
Confidently withdrawing his gaze, he turned his head, but saw the red-dressed ghost woman looking at him with a seemingly mocking smile.
Above her head, the goodwill that had originally become zero was decreasing bit by bit, quickly becoming negative five.
Soon, a somewhat icy voice sounded in Alexander’s ear:
"Little brother, you are using me to deal with your competitors, don’t you feel guilty at all?"
Cold sweat, instantly poured out!
With a forced smile on his face, Alexander said:
"Isn’t this to prevent him from affecting your appetite? My strength is limited, only by borrowing your prestige can I intimidate this scum!"
"Scum? You mean the one just now?" A cold light flashed in the red-dressed ghost woman’s eyes.
He guessed it right again! This female ghost died because of her boyfriend, and the most hated is the scum.
Next is the second stage!
Telling stories, giving gifts!
A fitting sorrow of an Oscar-level actor flashed in Alexander’s eyes. He opened his palm, in the center was a bone ring as white as jade.
"Guest, would you like to hear a story?"
The red-dressed ghost woman frowned slightly, but seemed to be affected by Alexander’s sad expression, she did not refuse.
"A boy and a girl were childhood friends, and they promised to love each other for a lifetime."
"In order to afford an engagement ring, the boy who was not rich worked all around: in the crematorium, hospital, hair salon... Finally, through his relentless efforts, he found this beautiful bone ring."
"Just when the boy excitedly went back, wanting to tell the girl the good news, wanting to propose to her, he discovered that the girl had fallen in love with another man, and had become his kept woman."
"The girl was attracted by the man’s maturity and wealth, disregarding everything and leaving the boy. However, she soon discovered that the man had more than one mistress..."
A poignant love story, told by Alexander.
The girl got pregnant and wanted the man to divorce his wife, but the man ruthlessly refused and ordered her to abort the child.
The boy took care of the girl wholeheartedly, married the girl without regard to past grudges, and even brought up the daughter born by the girl as his own.
But when the man learned that the woman had given birth to a child, he was afraid that the matter would be exposed, lose the support of his father-in-law, and feared being blackmailed in the future, he actually secretly arranged a car accident.
The boy buried the woman and planted a rose on her grave, hoping that when the rose bloomed, the woman would also return.
As Alexander narrated, the red-dressed ghost woman’s eyes gradually reddened, and her goodwill also gradually increased.
Good opportunity!
An idea came to Alexander’s mind, and a bunch of red roses appeared in his hands. He said, "Guest, this is the rose planted on the grave, I’m giving it to you. I hope you understand, people can’t always live in the past. This time has betrayal, but it also has true love!"
The red-dressed ghost woman took it, her expression suddenly changed. She moved closer to Alexander, and gently sniffed him, as if smelling some scent.
Could it be that the story he made up was discovered?
Alexander was startled. He had made up the story as complete as possible, with the bone ring and roses as proof. If it was discovered to be fake, he would definitely be done for!
"Sigh..." Just as Alexander was nervous, the red-dressed ghost woman sighed lightly.
"Has she returned?"
"Huh?" Alexander was slightly taken aback, not understanding what she meant.
The red-dressed ghost woman put the rose to her nose, smelling the fragrance it emitted, and said softly:
"When the rose blooms, the lover returns. Stop pretending, you’re that lovelorn man! You have the scent of being intertwined with a female ghost on your body, it should be her, right?" The red-dressed ghost woman looked at Alexander with a complicated expression:
"What a lovelorn man, even if the ways of humans and ghosts are different, do you still want to be together? She’s really lucky!"
What’s going on?
Alexander was utterly confused.
What did this female ghost come up with? He has the scent of a female ghost intertwining with him? Su Rong!
It seems that she has mistaken Su Rong for the woman in the story.
Well, this red-dressed ghost woman was moved by the story he made up and her own imaginations!
Alexander had all kinds of feelings in his heart, but his face looked helplessly in love:
"You saw through me! If the Life and Death could separate us, how can it be true love! There are heartless people in this world, and there will also be people who truly love you. Guest, I believe you will meet them!"
"Really?" The red-dressed ghost woman still smelled the rose in her hand, as if lost in thought.
What surprised Alexander was her goodwill!
After the story was finished, the goodwill reached 9 points, but at this moment, the value suddenly changed!
Goodwill: 69!