Chu Xisen bought all the materials Bai Ningning needed according to the address she gave him, and according to her instructions, gave amulets to the owners of several stores.

The boss didn't recognize them as big stars, but accepted the amulets with different expressions.

Chu Xisen carried two large bags into the kitchen and placed them on the counter in front of Bai Ningning. He asked, "You asked me to buy the hot pot base, why don't you just cook the hot pot?"

Bai Ningning: "Because it's a spicy hot pot restaurant."

"?"

Chu Xisen glanced back at the living room, making sure Sheng Kang had gone upstairs to comfort his sister before asking, "So the ghost is following you now?"

Jiang Miao excitedly leaned over: "Can you see me too?"

Chu Xisen retreated repeatedly: "Don't come over——"

Bai Ningning brought Jiang Miao back: "Don't mess around, he can't see, he can just smell it."

Chu Xisen breathed a sigh of relief, not daring to get close to Bai Ningning anymore, and muttered doubtfully: "The ghost energy on you is usually much stronger than this."

Bai Ningning guessed that Qinghuai was stronger, which caused the difference in the intensity of the ghost energy.

She dealt with it: "It is the underworld after all."

Jiang Miao played a game of spinning around Bai Ningning and asked, "Are you really telling me you're going to the underworld to open a shop? I thought you were just tricking me into going to the underworld to be judged and reincarnated."

Bai Ningning held her down: "What trial?"

Jiang Miao smiled and made a grabbing gesture: "The King of Hell. I heard that the King of Hell will judge all the dead souls, list their crimes in life, and then send them to the rolling pin, the mountain of knives and the sea of ​​fire, or even the frying pan..."

Bai Ningning: "Who told you that?"

Jiang Miao: "I've seen a ghost before. She lent me her phone so I could post about it. But I've only seen her twice - there aren't any ghosts around here anyway."

Oh! Goblin Alliance! Spreading rumors every day!

[But the entertainment facilities provided by the Ghost Alliance are indeed much more than those in the underworld.]

[Maintaining a livelihood is difficult in the underworld right now, so don't even think about having fun during this special period.]

Ningning had taken advantage of the situation before, and coupled with their lack of information about the Ghost King's aura, it would be difficult to wipe out the entire Ghost Alliance in one fell swoop.

It’s the Goblin Alliance again.

Bai Ningning washed her hands and said to Chu Xisen, "Call Sheng Kang over."

Chu Xisen: "Don't you need to call him sister?"

Bai Ningning: "If she wants to come, that's fine. If she doesn't want to come, you don't have to force her."

She was so scared by the ghost that even if I told her that the ghost didn't want to harm her, she probably wouldn't believe it.

Jiang Miao felt a little apologetic: "I really didn't mean to scare her. At first, I just wanted to invite her to be the first customer of my Malatang shop, but she refused to eat... Then I saw that she was getting thinner and thinner. It would be impossible for her not to eat. I tried to persuade her that she could eat something else instead of Malatang, but I didn't expect her to lose weight even more. She even refused to sleep..."

Bai Ningning just responded coldly. She had said everything she needed to say before.

Jiang Miao waited for a long time without getting a response, and angrily rushed to Bai Ningning: "You are such a cold person!"

Bai Ningning: "Well, so don't get close to the food."

Jiang Miao: “…”

[This is hilarious! Ningning is about to offend the chief contributor to the Underworld Admissions Office!]

Shouldn't the Chief Admissions Officer be Ning Ning herself?

Who would go to the underworld just because the King of Hell is cute? Of course, it's because they know there's a lot of delicious food there, so they want to go and experience it.

[The word Yama and cute don’t have anything to do with each other]

[The ghost messenger tells you: Our King of Hell is super cute, come with me. What do you think? Just thinking about it gives me chills.]

Bai Ningning: “…”

It's disgusting.

Bai Ningning carried Jiang Miao and leaned against the corner of the kitchen, directing Chu Xisen and Sheng Kang to cook spicy hot pot.

"First, make the broth - heat the oil, then add an equal amount of flour, stir-fry over low heat until golden brown, then add boiling water."

Chu Xisen: "Can this be called broth?"

Bai Ningning casually replied, "Yeah, fake broth, a shady shop."

She completely ignored Jiang Miao's angry shouts beside her: "Don't smear my family! We are not a scam!! This soup is delicious and healthy, and it was you who insisted that I make the simple version! I don't have enough time to make a real broth!"

Bai Ningning has already moved on to the next step: "Prepare the hot pot base, add green onions, and peeled cherry tomatoes, and stir-fry until melted. Remember to squeeze out the juice from the cherry tomatoes first, otherwise they might explode."

Although she doesn't cook often, she has some basic knowledge of physics.

Add water to boiling oil and you’ll most likely see fried fireworks.

Bai Ningning: "When it's almost done, add fake broth, then milk."

Jiang Miao: "I already told you it's not fake broth!!"

After Jiang Miao finished yelling, he noticed a dark shadow outside the kitchen door - Sheng Wen was hiding outside the door and peeking, and seemed to have been watching for a while.

Chu Xisen accidentally slipped and the soup splashed everywhere.

Sheng Kang was attacked innocently and was so frightened that he almost dropped the pot.

Fortunately, it was a false alarm and nothing happened.

Bai Ningning suddenly complained: "I'm afraid of this kind of situation, that's why I stand so far away."

She realized it when recording the variety show that Chu Xisen couldn't cook at all.

Unexpectedly, Sheng Kang is the same as him.

Sheng Wen stepped forward timidly: "How about I do it?"

Sheng Kang was so scared when he heard this that he threw the pot away. The fire on the integrated stove was instantly extinguished, and a hissing sound came out.

Sheng Kang had no time to care about these things. He looked at his sister anxiously: "Why are you here?"

Bai Ningning held a large pot lid in front of her face expressionlessly and said sullenly, "...She might be afraid that you'll blow up the house."

Sheng Kang smiled awkwardly, looking at the messy kitchen, and asked, "Can we ask someone else to do it? We have a cook hired by us."

Jiang Miao suddenly couldn't make up his mind: "That should be possible, right?"

Bai Ningning: "Don't underestimate obsession."

Jiang Miao scratched his head: "Actually, I'm not that persistent..."

Bai Ningning carried her behind her and said to Sheng Wen, "Miss Gui has been stopping at your house because of your forum message. You are her first and only customer, so she wants to make you a satisfying spicy hot pot."

The people from the Ghost Alliance also thought about taking her away, but her obsession was too deep and she couldn't leave Jiang Miao's family - this might be an obsession that she herself didn't realize, and she was almost becoming a grounded spirit of Jiang Miao's family.

Bai Ningning: "But humans can't eat things that ghosts have touched, so we have to settle for the next best thing and ask relatives and friends to do it for us. If we keep giving in, what's the difference between that and just going out and eating at a random spicy hot pot restaurant?"

Even if Sheng Wen did not participate in the whole process, Bai Ningning could still take Jiang Miao away by force.

But she hoped from the bottom of her heart that Jiang Miao could fulfill his obsession and leave without regrets.

Jiang Miao: "Wow—I'm so touched!"

Bai Ningning pinched Jiang Miao's face and turned her eyes away: "Don't look at me, I'm actually afraid of ghosts."

Everyone present: "..."

Do you believe what you said?

Bai Ningning: "I've been chased by ghosts since I was a child. Sometimes I'd look them in the eye as soon as I opened my eyes. People can be good or bad, and so can ghosts. It's just that humans and ghosts communicate on different frequencies, so there's no need to be so scared."

Sheng Wen stared at her in confusion, as if wondering how she could look so healthy.

Bai Ningning handed her a Qingweishan business card: "You can go out and communicate with people more often. Don't be afraid. You can still leave messages on the forum. If you encounter a ghost next time, call this number - but don't mention my name."

Bai Ningning clapped her hands, bringing their attention back to reality: "Alright, hurry up and make the spicy hot pot. I just placed an order through the post."

Jiang Miao complained about her: "You even said in the post, 'I want to do it myself, can the owner teach me how to do it?' I was so touched, but it turns out you didn't even want to do it——!"

Bai Ningning muttered softly, "I said 'want', not 'want'. Just thinking about it, don't take it too seriously."

Jiang Miao: “…”

Finally, Jiang Miao took the lead, Bai Ningning conveyed the message, and Sheng Wen was responsible for cooking. They made four servings of spicy hot pot that were delicious in color, aroma and taste, but Sheng Wen used clear soup base for her portion.

"tasty--!"

“I think this is the best spicy hot pot I’ve ever had!”

"Isn't it?"

Jiang Miao sat happily next to Bai Ningning, listening to others praising her.

Bai Ningning didn't let her get close to other humans.

However, the moment she heard the compliment, she felt a slight but obvious change in her body, as if some restraint had been lifted.

Bai Ningning removed the ghost spirit from the villa and gave Sheng Wen a talisman.

When Sheng Kang talked about the reward, Bai Ningning shook her head: "I can't accept the money."

How can the King of Hell charge a fee for taking away a ghost that is stranded in the human world?

This is unreasonable.

Sheng Kang was in a bit of a dilemma. He felt like he had received help for nothing and he felt bad.

Chu Xisen quickly understood: "But you can donate furniture to the underworld, right?"

Bai Ningning had a flash of inspiration: "That's great, they are in need of computers for their office."

"Computer?" Several people were puzzled and asked almost at the same time.

Bai Ningning shook her phone, showing the post Jiang Miao had posted, and said, "The underworld needs to keep up with the times and deal with the ghosts on the internet."

Sheng Kang: "But how do I donate?"

Bai Ningning handed over another contact number: "Wouldn't the Underworld's office on earth come in handy?"

Bai Ningning immediately distanced herself from the matter: "This organization has nothing to do with me. Donating supplies to the underworld is like doing charity and spreading love."

[Even the old tree was moved to tears after hearing this]

[The name card says "Shu Lao" on it, I am dying of laughter]

[Shu Lao himself didn’t know he was the head of a charity organization]

On the way back to the villa, Chu Xisen asked, "Did you take her in the car?"

There was always a faint smell of ghosts in the car.

"Yeah." Bai Ningning glanced at the food in the car, "Food made by ghosts, humans can't eat it, but ghost messengers can."

Jiang Miao was curious: "Can the ghost messenger eat real food?"

Bai Ningning guessed, "It's the same as offering sacrifices, right? They will eat, but in the eyes of ordinary people, there won't be too little."

Chu Xisen had something to show off, so he immediately joined the group chat: "I know this. After the ghost eats it, the real thing will lose its original elasticity and taste."

Chu Xisen touched his chin and recalled for a moment, then said, "But I think they would prefer to eat the incense offered as sacrifices."

Bai Ningning: "It doesn't matter. It's good enough to have something to eat. Why are you so picky?"

Chu Xisen: "...but I've never heard of anyone sending spicy hot pot when visiting a grave or offering sacrifices, right?"

Half an hour later, the Black and White Impermanence were forced to eat spicy hot pot.

Chu Ze was pulled into a small room by Bai Ningning.

She asked, "Is there any hope for your health?"

Chu Ze's smile was filled with regret: "It's a bit difficult, but I won't be a ghost messenger after I die, so just give up on this idea."

Bai Ningning's expression was serious, but she wasn't surprised. She said, "Well, I know. You used a special method to become the acting King of Hell. The price you paid was your soul being scattered after death. Don't try to hide it from me."

Chu Ze's eyes widened, and he panicked for a moment, but he quickly regained his composure and said in a deliberately cynical tone, "Not bad, a little better than I thought."

Chu Ze pressed her head and grinned: "Don't worry, living another two years won't be a problem."

He opened the door and walked out: "Miss Ghost, please give me a portion of spicy hot pot too."

The Black and White Impermanence instantly looked up at him and glared at him, saying in unison: "You can't eat—"

Jiang Miao was also puzzled: "Ningning said that humans can't eat things that ghosts have touched..."

Chu Ze smiled, holding his chin and looking at them: "I don't care, I don't worry about having too much debt."