Chapter 109 The Singer, Oh, the Singer 42

"Yes, yes, yes, of course, of course. Lord Wangxiang Platform would certainly look down on a small place like ours."

"I was just curious. After all, it's been a long time since any news came from Lord Wangxiang Platform. Why would he suddenly think of buying a house in another instance? We didn't receive any word here either..."

A hint of scrutiny flickered in the One-Eyed Ghost's eye.

"I wonder if you have any token from Lord Wangxiang Platform to prove your identity? I'm not questioning you, but there are far too many youngsters impersonating people these days. I really have no choice."

He didn't believe her nonsense and wanted to test her identity.

That was fair; after all, she had made the whole thing up.

It was only logical for a ghost to suspect a human speaking 'ghostly' lies!

As for some Wangxiangtai Hospital or Lord Wangxiang Platform?

When she transmigrated in, neither the male nor female protagonists of this instance had entered yet. All the information available was still just rumors.

How could Lin Xiangjun possibly have a token from Lord Wangxiang Platform?

She could only try to change the subject first.

"Do you think I'm tricking you?" Lin Xiangjun glanced at the One-Eyed Ghost, looking at him as if he were an uncultured bumpkin.

"Who would dare use Lord Wangxiang Platform's name to go around swindling people? Aren't they afraid of being caught and chopped into mincemeat by the Lord himself?"

"Truly a ghoul from a low-star instance, no worldliness at all."

She adopted a haughty stance, nose practically in the air, as if granting them a great mercy. "Fine, I'll give you some inside info. This house isn't for Lord Wangxiang Platform to buy—how could the Lord possibly like this kind of neighborhood? The ceilings are so low it's like a pigeon coop. Wouldn't the Lord feel suffocated living here?"

Lin Xiangjun lowered her voice, looking mysterious. This piqued the curiosity of the two ghosts, and they leaned in to listen.

"The Lord wants to prepare some properties in three-star and four-star instances with decent scenery—of course, not for himself to live in, and not just in your instance."

"Why does the Lord need so many houses?"

The Security Ghost stuck his head out of the window, looking somewhat puzzled.

Lin Xiangjun rolled her eyes, but secretly she was delighted. She pushed the topic further off track.

"You don't understand even this? The Lord wants them for his canary! That canary has been very much in the Lord's favor lately. One moment she said she wanted to see the three-star and four-star instances, and the next, the Lord sent us out to find houses."

The Security Ghost and the One-Eyed Ghost looked at each other.

"What's a canary?"

Lin Xiangjun: ...

What, don't you ghosts have any 'overbearing CEO' novels? No Yangshizi or Yellow Cat platforms?

You don't even know what a canary is?

This time, the look in Lin Xiangjun's eyes wasn't faked at all. It was exactly how a modern person would look at a caveman—like looking at an old relic from dozens of centuries ago.

"You don't know what a canary is? It's a little plaything kept specifically to amuse the Lord and relieve his boredom."

The One-Eyed Ghost looked like he had suddenly realized something.

The Security Ghost still didn't understand and asked blankly, "What did you understand?"

"A canary is a little plaything kept for boredom, to make the Lord happy! You don't even know that!"

"But what is it specifically? Can you explain it or give me an example?"

"I don't know either."

The Security Ghost was so angry that the eyes all over his body rolled in unison. His originally pitch-black, ink-like body turned mostly white.

It looked like his crime rate and rapping ability had both dropped instantly.

Apologies for the dark humor.

"...If you didn't understand, why did you act like you did?"

Seeing that the two ghosts were about to argue again, Lin Xiangjun took the opportunity to hold her breath and change her paper handkerchief.

Normally, she wouldn't care if they argued, but not now. Her items were limited, and she couldn't waste them on listening to them bicker.

"If you want to argue, finish my business first. Then you can argue however you want. If my business isn't done, you won't have lives left to argue with later."

As she spoke, she pretended to be impatient, grabbed a handful from her pocket, and threw a thousand underworld currency at the One-Eyed Ghost.

"Take me to see the houses first. If there's nothing suitable, I have to rush to other neighborhoods. If there's nothing in this entire instance, I have to rush to the next one. My time is tight."

Seeing the stack of underworld currency on him, the One-Eyed Ghoul's single eye erupted with an amazingly bright light.

She just casually threw out a thousand underworld currency!

It wasn't that the Property Management hadn't seen this much money before. After all, a thousand underworld currency sounded like a lot, but here it was only the rent for two or three apartments.

But the problem was, once this currency was collected, it wouldn't all end up in his hands.

He was just a Property Management Ghost in charge of administration. Every month, the rent collected had to be handed over to the real boss of the Property Management. After the boss took his cut, he had to hand some over to the Instance Master.

In reality, he was just a low-level lackey earning a few hundred in wages.

There weren't many wealthy people who would generously throw out a thousand underworld currency like this.

Now the One-Eyed Ghoul knew why the Security Ghost said this was a big client.

Look at this generous hand!

Look at this stack of fragrant underworld currency!

For a moment, a trace of greed flashed in the One-Eyed Ghoul's eye.

Such a wealthy low-level ghost...

"Of course, we will certainly take you to see the houses. Just show us some token related to the Lord to prove your identity—anything will do."

Lin Xiangjun was already prepared.

She didn't have a damn token.

But was Lin Xiangjun panicking?

Not at all.

You've got to be kidding. She hadn't seen the Instance Master of a five-star instance, but did this One-Eyed Ghost and Security Ghost know him?

She hadn't seen the head of state, but had their school principal seen him? It was the same logic!

Lin Xiangjun reached into her pocket. Under the intense gaze of the two ghosts, she calmly pulled out...

A copper coin.

A copper coin?

The One-Eyed Ghost looked the copper coin up and down. Just as he was about to reach out for it, Lin Xiangjun impatiently pulled it away.

"Don't touch it with your hands! This is something the Lord gave me!"

"How could Lord Wangxiang Platform give you a copper coin? This doesn't look like something from a hospital at all, does it?"

Facing the Security Ghost's suspicion, Lin Xiangjun could only say that his suspicion was correct.

Because this copper coin indeed wasn't given by any Lord Wangxiang Platform.

This was a drop from the previous instance after she cleared out the outsider—the Stair Ghost.

[An Old and Rusty Copper Coin]: Keep it in your wallet. It may have a miraculous effect on certain ghosts at certain times. You're asking me when and on whom? Sorry, go explore it yourself.