[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-ghost-matchmaking-ghost-emperor-husband-and-camp":3,"chapter-ghost-matchmaking-ghost-emperor-husband-and-camp-ghost-matchmaking-ghost-emperor-husband-and-camp-chapter-23":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Ghost Matchmaking: Ghost Emperor Husband and Campus Queen Wife",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1882815,2500,"Chapter 23: The Terrified Old Weirdo Offers Full Compensation and Begs to Be Spared","ghost-matchmaking-ghost-emperor-husband-and-camp-chapter-23",23,"\u003Cp>The old ghost’s swollen lips moved, mumbling indistinctly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mr. Li’s anger had yet to subside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still gripping his neck tightly, he snarled, \"Wrong? What were you wrong about?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old ghost, on the verge of tears, had no idea how he’d angered Mr. Li. He could only follow his lead and answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I was... I was wrong to make the store owner drink with me...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And?\" Mr. Li said, his eyes cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I... shouldn’t... shouldn’t have bullied the Blood Moon Restaurant’s staff...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Mr. Li became even more furious and landed another vicious slap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—SLAP!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The last front tooth in the old ghost’s mouth...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that slap...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...flew out like a nail yanked out by pliers!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two streams of tears instantly flowed from his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They trickled down his face like little pearls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old ghost was filled with true regret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’If I’d known Mr. Li was this much trouble, I’d have died before ever setting foot in the Blood Moon Restaurant again.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Waaaaah...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is that the main point?\" Mr. Li grabbed his earlobe and yanked hard. The old ghost cried even louder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Waaah~ Mr. Li... I really don’t know who the store owner is... Please, spare me...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wanted nothing more than to kneel and kowtow loudly to Mr. Li!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’This is no way to treat a ghost!!!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Let me go!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But just as the old ghost braced himself for an even more violent beating from Mr. Li...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...Mr. Li revealed a slight smile and gently set him down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, he gently patted the old ghost’s face, which was already swollen up like a dumpling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the old ghost broke out in goosebumps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes filled with terror and despair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Correct. Your mistake was not knowing who our esteemed Store Owner is, and you a regular customer, too.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Our Store Owner is a peerless beauty, a lotus blossom emerging unstained from the mud. Among us ghosts, you should have recognized her at a glance... But instead, you called her a rat and demanded she drink with you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"These dog eyes of yours are useless. Why don’t I just help you gouge them out?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Meanwhile.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The viewers from other countries were all dumbfounded!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were beating him, sure, but what was with all the praise?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could such cheesy, sycophantic words about \"peerless beauty\" and \"blushing flowers\" come out of his mouth?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was especially true for the viewers from the Great Cold Country and the Sun Country!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They never would have imagined Mr. Li would go this far to get justice for Yun Zhenyue!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was downright brutal!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Doesn’t he want customers anymore?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Isn’t he afraid of ruining the Blood Moon Restaurant’s reputation?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Ugh, I’m gonna puke. This Mr. Li just looks like a bootlicking sycophant.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Aren’t all the ghosts in the Blood Moon Restaurant like this?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[What? He doesn’t want this customer anymore? Beating him up in public like this?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[If other ghosts find out about this, the Blood Moon Restaurant probably won’t be able to stay in business.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Might as well go bankrupt. The Blood Moon Restaurant doesn’t deserve its reputation as an S-rank dungeon!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Hmph~ Just you wait. That old ghost will definitely be back for revenge.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You can protect her for a day, but can you protect her for a lifetime?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that instant,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>even a fool like the old ghost would have sobered up!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it weren’t for his preconceived notion that a human could never be the store owner,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he wouldn’t have been beaten for so long, only figuring it out after Mr. Li’s blatant hints.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The store... she’s the Store Owner?!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old ghost’s gaze shifted to Yun Zhenyue, who was standing to the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like an old dog stung by bees, his eyes were so swollen he could barely see.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But a violent tremor could still be faintly seen in them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The color drained from his sunken cheeks, leaving them ashen white.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the wrinkled wings of his nose trembled involuntarily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yun Zhenyue’s disgusted expression fell upon him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was like a sharp sword, on the verge of carving his heart out!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’He knew.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’If he had only angered Mr. Li, there was still a chance he could survive.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’After all, no matter how furious Mr. Li was, he wouldn’t go so far as to kill him, a mere Fierce Ghost,’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’and tarnish the Blood Moon Restaurant’s reputation.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’But angering the Store Owner...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’...that was a completely different story.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’He was the one who had first spoken rudely and insulted the esteemed Store Owner!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’For an S-rank dungeon like the Blood Moon Restaurant, the connections and resources its actual master possessed were beyond the imagination of a minor Fierce Ghost like him.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’All it would take was a single glance, or even just showing a hint of displeasure towards him,’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’and countless ghosts would flock to flay him alive!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’They would cut off his head and present it to the Blood Moon Restaurant as a sign of allegiance!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Even if he died here in public at the Blood Moon Restaurant today,’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’the other ghosts would just say he got what he deserved!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’This was the law of the jungle in the Ghost World!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’It didn’t matter if the Store Owner was the \"rat\" he’d called her or not.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this thought,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the old ghost trembled violently, feeling the hand of death already clutching his throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t care about anything else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He scrambled and crawled in a panic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under Mr. Li’s cold gaze,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he crawled in front of Lin Jiu and Yun Zhenyue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t even dare get too close!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was afraid the blood and filth covering him would offend their eyes!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old ghost was a pathetic sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised his right hand high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Yun Zhenyue was wondering what he was about to do,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the old ghost viciously slapped his own, already swollen cheek!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SLAP!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A violent slap landed on his own face!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This slap was far harder than any of Mr. Li’s!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old ghost’s nose was nearly knocked crooked!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he continued slapping himself without hesitation!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SLAP! SLAP! SLAP! SLAP! SLAP! SLAP!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound of slapping washed over them like a tide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m not human, I’m an animal!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re a magnanimous person... Please forgive me, just treat me like a fart in the wind!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll kowtow to you, esteemed Store Owner...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have Ghost Coins, Ghost Artifacts, I’ll give them all to you as compensation...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tears and snot streamed down the old ghost’s face, a messy pulp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pulled out everything he had on him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground was covered in Ghost Coins, probably adding up to several thousand!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He even took off the Ghost Grave Clothes he was wearing,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>revealing his shriveled body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Timid as a mouse, he kept kowtowing loudly to the two of them,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>making for an utterly pathetic scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Coupled with his already old and frail appearance,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>if this were in the real world,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>one might think Yun Zhenyue and Lin Jiu were bullying an old man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This shocking scene\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>plunged the global audience into a dead silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, many viewers didn’t understand what being the Store Owner of the Blood Moon Restaurant signified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, seeing the old ghost’s terrified performance,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they could all feel the shiver of fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Power in the real world is already so alluring,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>let alone power in the Ghost World.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Power represented strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though Yun Zhenyue hadn’t said a single word,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>even though she had only cast a single glance,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>amplified by her status as the Store Owner,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it was enough to make a Fierce Ghost, one who normally stopped at nothing, tremble in terror!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It even drove him to beg for her mercy through self-mutilation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aside from the Dragon Country, viewers from every other nation\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>had never seen a ghost so terrified of a human.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that moment, they forgot their disputes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were simply immersed in their own desire for such power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their hearts filled with envy for Yun Zhenyue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Lin Jiu, who had been saved by Yun Zhenyue,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>she dazedly watched the old ghost kowtowing relentlessly, her head still spinning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This senior, this supposed heroine, had a complex look in her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She muttered unnaturally,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Junior... who in the world are you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1378,"2026-06-10T06:39:54.391Z",1,"novelbin.me","42b46e3724c3f397ec597052216e42854a6a2d484d69c30d827a2ebebdabec69","ghost-matchmaking-ghost-emperor-husband-and-camp-chapter-24","ghost-matchmaking-ghost-emperor-husband-and-camp-chapter-22",162,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fghost-matchmaking-ghost-emperor-husband-and-camp-cover.jpg"]