539. News from the Female Ghost
“Graduation photo, huh… I guess I’ll need to ask Wen Yang for two days off. Yep.”
“I’m at work right now, no time to chat… I’ll let Wen Yang know. Okay~ Bye?”
With her head tilted to the side and her phone wedged between her shoulder, Ning Chu was busy tapping away at her keyboard while juggling work.
She finally placed her phone on the desk, mumbling to herself, “This female ghost is pretty responsible, notifying everyone by phone… Why not just post an announcement in the group?”
Has this ghost really gotten hooked on being an instructor? She hasn’t budged in years.
Are there really that many clueless young folks falling for her tricks? After all this time, no one has reported her for stealing snacks.
Images of the curvaceous ghost An An and her alluring face floated in Ning Chu’s mind…
Honestly, the clueless young folks might be quite happy to have been tricked.
“Ning, it’s time to clock out.”
A light pat on the back of her chair snapped Ning Chu out of her thoughts. She turned to see her manager, a thirty-something woman in a professional OL dress.
This was her manager, a fox girl. Compared to the one back at school, this fox was pretty good to her. Though she heard her manager’s private life wasn’t the best, it really matched the stereotype of a fox spirit.
“Sis, got it~”
“Your little boyfriend seems to be waiting for you downstairs.”
“Huh? I still have a bit left to finish…”
With her fiery red tail swishing, the manager pushed Ning Chu away from her workstation.
“Sis~” Ning Chu got up helplessly, wanting to say something, but she was stopped by those soft, enchanting fox eyes.
“No need to rush this moment.”
“Alright… So I’m heading out now?”
A few more minutes with Wen Yang wouldn’t hurt.
She thought to herself, waving at her manager, grabbed her bag, and hurried over to the time clock.
“Ning Chu~ Are you going shopping tonight?”
“Not going, my boyfriend is picking me up.”
“Ooh~ Got a man and you forget your bestie~”
“No way!”
Ning Chu quickened her pace, hurriedly clocking out and squeezing into an elevator that was nearly overloaded.
She was pretty, easygoing, and still young, earning her a lot of attention in the company, almost like a collective pet… With so many women around, it felt like she could have her own harem.
As she stepped out of the elevator and into the office building, Ning Chu immediately spotted Wen Yang waiting at the entrance.
“Wen Yang! You came again!”
“If I don’t swing by every now and then, I thought you don’t have a boyfriend!”
Wen Yang threw a wary glance at the crowd pouring out of the door, his eyes scanning every male before instinctively pulling Ning Chu behind him.
“Watch out for another self-righteous weirdo bothering you.”
“Just that one time and you’ve held onto it forever…”
Ning Chu wrapped her arms around Wen Yang’s, a smile never leaving her face, sweet as candy: “Oh, by the way, the instructor told us we’re taking graduation photos next month, and if it’s convenient, we can organize a class farewell feast.”
“What do you think?”
“Definitely not! Just inviting Lily and Shao Qing out for a meal would be enough.”
Mentioning her old buddies from school sent her thoughts drifting away.
Will it still feel like the same cozy atmosphere when they meet again…? It’s been almost a year without, after all.
Lily is probably still that icy succubus on the outside, but soft on the inside; Yan Xinya should have calmed down a bit at work and not be so loud, and Xixi must have shed her youthful innocence too.
Zhang Shaoqing’s social media is just filled with pictures of traveling with Qian Qian. Wang Jie seems to still be jobless, cooped up in the dorm playing games.
That homebody guy has been looking a little too down since breaking up with his bunny girlfriend, almost a reincarnation of Ning Chu in her past life… Who knows, maybe one day Wang Jie will suddenly time travel into a fox girl?
“How many days off are you planning to take?”
Wen Yang interrupted Ning Chu’s daydreams.
She clung to him, tilting her head in thought: “Two days with the weekend, maybe a vacation day too—could take almost a week? Just enough time to go home and browse around.”
She didn’t even know about vacation days until her manager reminded her that she had five paid days off a year.
It was quite a pleasant surprise…
“Perfect, I’ll take six days then? Leave one vacation day just in case.”
The two chatted while strolling leisurely along the sidewalk toward the nearby subway station.
It was rush hour, making the sidewalk feel crowded, and cars on the road barely moved.
Ning Chu had long left her customer service job to work at a female-focused mobile game company handling content work.
She had written a novel that got some recognition, and when she interviewed, she bravely submitted her best work, surprisingly earning their favor.
“Payday is coming up~”
She had already planned how to spend her salary, rambling on and on: “Between the two of us, we’ll nearly hit thirty thousand! Save twenty thousand, use the rest for rent, utilities, food… Can I pocket three hundred bucks for a new game skin? They just released a super cute one!”
“I want to switch to a one-bedroom apartment; this place is too tiny and feels a bit suffocating.”
“That’s so expensive! With the deposit, our salaries wouldn’t even cover it.” Ning Chu’s eyes sparkled with excitement, “But a new game just launched last month; maybe there’ll be bonuses this month~”
“The games your company makes…”
Wen Yang twitched an eyebrow.
The characters are beautifully designed, but the rest is a complete disaster, including Ning Chu’s Mary Sue plots… It’s just hard to describe.
He couldn’t understand how anyone would pay money for those low-quality games, nor how the boss managed not to lose money.
“What’s wrong! Our game has a loyal fanbase, alright! They praise my writing! People cried while playing!” Ning Chu huffed, passionately defending her work, “It’s a game aimed at women! It’s not like you’re part of the target audience!”
“Okay, okay…” Wen Yang quickly patted the feisty little succubus to shift the topic, “What do you want to eat tonight?”
“Maybe noodles? Nothing really sounds good, I’m all noodle-d out.”
Ning Chu didn’t think much of it; after a mock pout, she wrapped her arms around Wen Yang again.
Her male protagonist hit the gym twice a week, and while he didn’t look too different, his stamina had definitely improved.
That made her look healthier, and she was sleeping well every night.
As they strolled through security and into the bustling subway station, Wen Yang wrapped his arm around Ning Chu’s shoulders, pulling her close and bringing a rosy hue to her cheeks.
“After dinner, how about we go shopping? It’s been ages since I took you out.”
“……”
Not hearing Ning Chu’s reply, Wen Yang looked down to find the little succubus transfixed on her phone, chatting with Lily.
These two had a way of making every conversation a little risqué, even if they started on serious topics, somehow veering into a rabbit hole of suggestive images.
“When it’s graduation photo time, Lily said we should visit her house again~”
“Has she found herself a boyfriend yet?”
“She had one at first… but it seems they broke up after just a few days. I didn’t ask why.”
“Did they fight?”
Ning Chu stood on tiptoe, tilting her head closer to Wen Yang’s ear, whispering, “Maybe he was too small~”
“This…”
