I Feed the Ghost King with Soft Rice

Ming Xu inherited his family's candle and paper effigy shop, which was on the verge of closing. Every day, he fretted over piles of unsold spirit money, paper houses, and paper figures. Before he could figure out how to sell the shop, a supernatural resurgence began in this world. The ghost realm and the human world overlapped. Wronged souls and vicious ghosts appeared among the living, throwing everyone into a panic. People feared being caught up in a paranormal incident and killed by a vicious ghost. Only Ming Xu managed to turn his life around. The spirit money in his shop could actually be used to trade with ghosts! Water Ghost: I was going to find him and make him my replacement in death, but he gave me eight hundred billion in spirit money! What's so great about reincarnating? You still have to take college entrance exams, go to school, and become a wage slave! I'm already a billionaire in the ghost realm. Hungry Ghost: I was going to eat him, but he's way too rich! He treated me to a feast in the underworld for forty-nine whole days. From now on, I'm his number one henchman. Ghost Bride: Ah Xu is so handsome. From now on, you're my destined one. I won't marry anyone but you. Ghost King: ... Watching other people risk life and limb to catch ghosts, Ming Xu couldn't help sighing. Sure enough, money makes the ghosts turn the mill. Until one day, Ming Xu received a text: I'm the Ghost King currently undergoing resurgence. I urgently need 1,000,000 billion in spirit money to turn things around. Send me the money, and I'll make you my Ghost Queen. Ming Xu: ?? Blurb screenshot dated March 7, 2022 Theme: Beware of scam texts and romance scams involving fake photos