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Zhao Mingyue had lunch at the convenience store, still instant noodles.

There were restaurants around, but she couldn’t leave for the time being because she was the only employee during the day. Besides handling the cash register, she also had to arrange the products in the store. Lu Liangting used to be in charge of this task, but he was gone now.

“Little Sister Yu, can you smell it?”

While eating instant noodles, Zhao Mingyue placed the rabbit doll on the table. Her cheeks bulged as she spoke, making her words a bit unclear.

“I can.”

“Does instant noodles smell bad?”

“Indeed, a bit. I don’t recommend eating this junk food every day.”

“Mmm, I don’t want to eat it either. Instant noodles taste good when you first eat them, but if you eat them every day, they start to taste bad.” Zhao Mingyue put down her fork and held Miss Rabbit with both hands.

As soon as she finished speaking, she continued, “Little Sister Yu, if you come out, would you be much different from ordinary people, aside from the skin issue? Like being in the sun or holding things?”

At this point, Bai Yu still hadn’t noticed the issue and honestly answered, “Apart from skin problems, there are differences from ordinary people, but not significant. I can ignore them if I want to. As for the sun, as long as it’s not too strong, I can have short-term exposure.”

Her body is different from normal ghosts, more solid without that ethereal feeling.

The fundamental reason was the number of blood threads in her body.

Most ordinary ghosts weren’t formed from blood threads but from resentment materialized into black mist. Only after their strength increased would blood threads appear on their bodies.

At this level, if the amount of blood threads in a normal ghost’s body is ten, then the amount in her body would be over one hundred and twenty.

This was also why her true form, when manifested, would be different from ordinary ghosts.

But there were also issues. While she had many blood threads in her body, she lacked resentment.

Resentment is the foundation of ghosts, and she was quite lacking in this aspect.

If the number of blood threads in her body is matched by an equal amount of resentment, her strength would at least triple.

Thinking of this, Bai Yu was about to explain it properly to Zhao Mingyue, but this girl’s eyes flashed with a clever glint as she whispered, “No wonder you could help me work and even got checked out by that boy earlier.”

“By the way, Little Sister Yu, can you cook?”

“Cook?”

“Cough cough, I mean, when you were alive.”

As these words left her mouth, Bai Yu knew what this girl was getting at.

She had completely seen through her.

“You want me to cook for you and deliver it to you at noon, right?” The rabbit doll suddenly raised its head, its two red eyes glowing with an eerie light, as if staring at Zhao Mingyue with a very resentful gaze.

“Hehehe, you saw right through me.” Zhao Mingyue felt a little embarrassed.

But to be fair, that’s exactly what she had in mind.

Just thinking about it filled her with happiness. Working for a whole morning and feeling famished, just as it was time to eat, she no longer needed to have instant noodles. Instead, a ghostly beauty would personally cook, pack it up, and deliver this “love-filled lunch” to her.

“I can cook, but your safety is more important than cooking.”

“Ah~” Zhao Mingyue pouted. “Okay, I’ll just eat instant noodles then.”

“…”

After a while, after finishing the instant noodles, arranging the products in the store, wiping down the shelves, and cleaning the floor, Zhao Mingyue returned to her seat, yawning.

With nothing to do and no customers coming in, she rested her chin on her hands, propping her face up.

She hadn’t rested much all night and was indeed quite tired. Even so, her face didn’t show any signs of haggardness, let alone dark circles. At most, she just lacked her usual youthful vitality.

In this state, her temperament became much gentler, giving off the vibe of a literary beauty.

Although Zhao Mingyue’s grades at school were indeed excellent.

“Little Sister Yu, I’m getting paid tomorrow. If nothing goes wrong, I’ll have a day off. How about we go shopping together?”

“Okay.” Bai Yu didn’t refuse. It’s normal for girls to enjoy shopping.

“I mean, you and me together.” The corners of Zhao Mingyue’s mouth curled up in a subtle arc. Just now, she was troubled by Bai Yu not cooking for her, but now she had another idea in mind.

“You want me to manifest and go with you?”

“Yes, yes, yes!” Zhao Mingyue nodded repeatedly, her eyes lighting up. “Tomorrow is a cloudy day. Can we, can we?”

“It’s very dangerous.”

“I know it’s dangerous. I can dress you up then. As long as others can’t tell, it’ll be fine. I know you’re afraid of exposing your identity, but think about it. If you go out in broad daylight with me, others won’t even suspect, right?”

“Mingyue… Those people are very dangerous.”

Bai Yu didn’t know what to say. She didn’t recommend being so careless.

“Just once!”

“No… But I can accompany you with the doll.”

“I…” The brightness in Zhao Mingyue’s eyes dimmed again, a hint of disappointment showing. She hid this small emotion very well, just a fleeting moment, before immediately smiling again. “The doll is fine too.”

Eyes are indeed the windows to the soul. Although they don’t display text like an LED screen, with enough observation, one can discern changes in someone’s mood to some extent.

Bai Yu was very good at judging a person’s inner thoughts through their eyes, let alone a girl like Zhao Mingyue who had no schemes and at most some cleverness.

Seeing Zhao Mingyue’s disappointment, Bai Yu didn’t say anything more.

She couldn’t let her be in danger just because of her whims.

For the entire afternoon, Zhao Mingyue didn’t say much.

It wasn’t because she was angry. The whole afternoon, she spent most of her time looking at her necklace.

The necklace was clearly an antique, a hard material in the shape of a lotus flower, seemingly containing something inside.

This was probably something her parents left her.

Bai Yu suddenly remembered that Zhao Mingyue didn’t know about her own past, and she similarly didn’t know about Zhao Mingyue’s past. She only knew that her parents had passed away, and the only sister who took care of her had also died, leaving her alone to live. As for what happened in the process, she didn’t know, and Zhao Mingyue had never mentioned it.