Silence!
A dead silence fell over the room!
It was as if something inside them had silently shattered!
The women's eyes were wide with disbelief and shock!
'This whole table of delicacies... it must cost hundreds, if not thousands, of Ghost Coins, right?'
'It had to be for an incredibly powerful ghost, or at the very least, a rich one!'
'How could it possibly be for a human?'
'And for Yun Zhenyue, of all people—a woman they hadn't seen all day?'
They'd all assumed she had run off somewhere to slack off.
They were even looking forward to her being punished by the ghost foreman.
They had all tacitly agreed not to leave her any leftovers.
They were all secretly looking forward to seeing her break down.
The worst thing in the world is comparison.
If Yun Zhenyue had turned up more miserable than they were, they would have felt better about their own hard day's work. At least they could fill their bellies and earn a little money.
But what if they were told...
