Chapter 217: Chapter 217: You Are the Cotton Candy in My Heart

Zhang Yue’s baby face was filled with sincerity, showing not the slightest hint of a lie.

Behind her, the ghost spirit glanced over and then smiled blissfully.

"Master, to win your love, I have died a worthy death."

His voice was filled with genuine emotion.

"There, there. Don’t worry. In your next life, I’ll be a little gentler."

Zhang Yue replied, her face full of heartache.

"By the way, do you want to join?"

she asked the young lady, a dagger appearing in her hand.

Her assessing gaze fell on the young lady’s chest.

It was as if she would stab the girl in the heart the moment she agreed, just to welcome her into this big family.

’Seriously? Love even in death?’

"Erk!"

The young lady shivered, then violently shook her head and backed away.

"I’ve thought about it, and I can’t break up your relationship. Getting between lovers will get you struck by lightning."

Love is precious, but life is more valuable.

She couldn’t bring herself to give up her life for a love that was just a chance encounter.

’In the end, my love isn’t strong enough to transcend the boundary of life and death.’

"You two be happy."

Tossing out this line, the young lady fled in disarray.

’I’ve met my match. Time to dip, time to dip.’

"Miss, here is your bill. Please have a look."

The waiter popped out at the perfect moment, speaking with a grin.

Having won a resounding victory, Zhang Yue wanted to laugh, but couldn’t.

She deeply suspected her friends had left just to dine and dash.

Staring at the bill, which came to a whopping 250 Spirit Stones, Zhang Yue felt a profound sense of malice. Her face stiff, she tentatively asked, "Is it possible to dine and dash here?"

She, Zhang Yue, was a broke-ass Cultivator with no money.

Waiter: "Shopkeeper, someone here is trying to get out of paying for their meal!"

Shopkeeper: "What? Where’s my knife?"

「In the back of the kitchen」 After a war of words, Zhang Yue, who had opted to pay off her debt by washing dishes, found her hands covered in foam. She shook them, and the greasy feeling made her expression even colder.

She stared expressionlessly at the few people who had just appeared, holding out Spirit Stones.

’They only show up after I’ve practically sold myself into servitude to pay the debt. Where were you earlier?’

"Ahem, sorry. It’s our fault."

Shan Hanzhi chuckled awkwardly. The main reason was that she hadn’t wanted to get involved in that love hexagon and had fled in a panic, forgetting her dear friend in her haste.

"Um, we already paid the bill. This is compensation for you. We hope you can forgive us."

Lou Xiaotian was very quick to pull out the money.

Looking at the compensation, a grand total of 2,500 Spirit Stones, and then at her own savings of less than 200, Zhang Yue found she couldn’t refuse such a sincere offer.

She put away the Spirit Stones and gave the group a much friendlier look.

"Where’s Boss Lu?"

Qin Zhan asked. He had already searched the entire place but hadn’t seen Boss Lu.

"Don’t tell me she was kidnapped by that rich lady?"

Long Zhang’s words made everyone gasp.

"No, Boss Lu left after you all did. I thought she went to find you."

Zhang Yue shook her head. Seeing everyone’s blank stares, she paused, her tone turning strange.

"So, you’re saying we lost Boss Lu again?"

’We’ve only been enjoying the good life for a few days. Is it time to play hide-and-seek already?’

They knew that after the last video was released, some foodies from the Southern State were already itching to come to the West State to find Boss Lu.

If it all came to nothing, they couldn’t even imagine how immense the resentment from those foodies would be.

Qin Zhan, unwilling to face the truth, took out his One World Communication to message Lu Wu.

A moment later, he looked up with a forced smile.

"Good news, Boss Lu replied. We can contact her. Bad news, Boss Lu doesn’t know where she is either."

’How are we supposed to find her now?’

Qin Zhan wasn’t lying.

「On a deserted island in the middle of the vast ocean」 Lu Wu gazed at the churning blue waves surrounding her, lost in thought.

The system had teleported her here.

[Current Mission: Sell 500 cotton candies in seven days.]

[Designated Location: Unnamed Island]

[Designated Time: 1:00 AM - 5:00 AM]

Unnamed, and truly so.

The island, with a diameter of less than a thousand meters, was small enough to see across with a single glance.

Putting the three conditions together meant that for the next seven days, Lu Wu had to get up between 1:00 AM and 5:00 AM to sell cotton candy on this unnamed, deserted island.

’What kind of sane person sells cotton candy in the middle of the night instead of sleeping?’

At least last time her customers included demon beasts. On this island, which had nothing but plants, who could possibly be her customer?

Lu Wu’s gaze shifted to the vast ocean.

’Could it be... the mermaids are coming ashore?’

"Boss Lu, share your location. We’ll come find you."

Faced with the concern from Qin Zhan and the others, Lu Wu felt like crying.

’They’re such good people.’

After fiddling with the device for a moment, Lu Wu was just about to send her location.

CRACKLE!

Suddenly, the One World Communication device sparked and then exploded in Lu Wu’s hand.

The blast was small and didn’t harm Lu Wu, but the insult was immense.

"System, was that really necessary?"

’What, after the last episode of Wilderness Survival, you’re going to make me start an episode of Cast Away? Is it too late to read Robinson Crusoe?’

[It was not me.]

The system’s answer to Lu Wu’s accusation made her eyes go wide.

They had at least that much trust between them.

’If it wasn’t the system, and there’s no one around, could it be... a ghost?’

’That can’t be right.’

Lu Wu scanned her surroundings. Aside from the wind and waves, she saw nothing.

’Would someone target me for no reason in a place like this?’

Having completely lost her means of contacting the outside world, Lu Wu knew she was on her own this time.

"Sigh!"

She sighed, letting her three little companions out.

At least she wasn’t completely alone.

"CHIRP CHIRP?"

As soon as it arrived in the new environment, Huohuo spread its wings and soared high, circling the island to make sure there were no dangers.

Specks of golden-red flame trailed from where its wings passed.

Lu Wu didn’t notice that the space ignited by the flames distorted slightly before quickly repairing itself.

Since she was here, she might as well make the best of it. Lu Wu didn’t have any better ideas.

’Besides, what’s the difference where I do business? And I was kind of curious what the bitterness of mission failure tastes like, anyway.’

There was still some time, so Lu Wu wandered around the tiny island. She didn’t find any treasures. ’So the rule that protagonists always find treasure when they go out doesn’t apply to me, huh.’

「The sun set and the moon rose, with countless stars twinkling in the night sky.」

"Twinkle, twinkle, little star, how I wonder what you are."

The song was very fitting for the scene. Lu Wu hummed the tune, checked the time, and took out her stall.

Her terrible singing made the three little ones silently shuffle a little farther away.

’Master is great at everything, except for her singing. It’s unbearable.’

"Tsk."

Lu Wu pouted. ’These little guys just don’t know how to appreciate art.’

When it issued the mission, the system had provided Lu Wu with a professional cotton candy machine. This modified machine wasn’t powered by electricity or coal, but by Spiritual Power.

But she didn’t feel like saying thank you.

The sky was dark, the wind blew, and she shivered.

The temperature over the sea drops lower than on land at night. It was a bit cold.

Lu Wu rubbed her arms and hung up this mission’s sign.

"You are the cotton candy of my heart."

The slogan was pretty normal this time, but Lu Wu couldn’t help but feel there was a certain... flavor to the words.

The sickeningly sweet stench of love.

Regular Cotton Candy: Ten low-grade spirit stones each. Rainbow Cotton Candy: Fifteen. "Wash-Cut-Blowdry" Style Cotton Candy: Twenty.

The pricing was very reasonable.

After setting all this up, Lu Wu took out the ingredients for making cotton candy.

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