A Haunted House from the Start [Management]

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Here is this story's blurb:

After graduating from college, Bai Ji inherited a "haunted building."

It stood in the middle of nowhere, backed up against a cemetery, and was nothing but a bare shell inside. It didn't even have a door.

Great. She'd better go find a job...

After being rejected by over a hundred companies, she pitifully felt the two cents in her pocket and decided to inherit the family property and rent out the empty rooms!

[Unlocking Rent Collection Simulator for you. Due to special circumstances, the simulator will be upgraded to the "Nonhuman Edition."]

[Beep! A new tenant has arrived. Please provide service promptly.]

Would anyone really rent a place like this?

The moment she saw a monster with a coffin perched on its neck, Bai Ji's vision went black. She nearly fainted.

You call this thing a tenant!?

Monsters feed on human emotions and live in a strange world without sunlight.

Long-term hunger has robbed them of their reason and made them exceptionally brutal. They attack humans indiscriminately on instinct, just to get a tiny taste of negative emotions, nowhere near enough to fill their bellies.

One day, a dilapidated building fell from the sky.

Living there meant they could stay in the real world and savor incredibly delicious emotions at any time

The monsters went completely wild.

To live there forever, they volunteered to work for the landlady, competing to see who could pay the most rent.

A sunflower monster opened a flower shop. Every day, it had to explain to customers that its head was not for sale, and that the flowers in the shop, even the ones with teeth, absolutely would not eat anyone;

A deep-sea tentacle monster opened a restaurant, cooking with all eight tentacles at once and serving food at rocket speed. It looked bizarre, but the food was so delicious that it was voted the best restaurant for people who "eat with their eyes closed";

The headless ghost had a great physique and a six-pack. It started streaming without showing its face, bringing customers to the other monsters' shops and promising to reveal itself once it reached a million followers...

As the monsters opened more and more shops, Bai Ji's wallet gradually grew fatter. The "haunted building" became a luxurious themed complex, and the surrounding wilderness was developed into a famous ghost-story-themed commercial street.

Plenty of people came forward, volunteering to become employees simply because they loved the work and didn't want a salary.

Bai Ji hesitated for a moment, then gave them a standard smile

"How about you turn into a ghost and come back?"

Reader's Guide:

1. Contains lots of nonhumans. Some can take human form.

2. The main story is a management simulator. The heroine is determined to turn a bare shell into a fully finished luxury complex. The surrounding facilities belong to her too, and eventually the whole street becomes her business, developed into a ghost-story-themed commercial district.

3. The male lead is a coffin-headed monster who has a human form. Both leads are devoted to each other, and it's a one-on-one romance, but other nonhumans will have one-sided crushes on the heroine.

4. A heroine who's been poor her whole life and is extremely money-hungry X a male lead who's cold and taciturn on the surface, but has a gloomy, ghostly vibe underneath.

5. The System design draws inspiration from Kairosoft games.

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Preorder blurb:

After she transmigrates into a terrifying world of ghost stories, Lin Yuhe is bound to a management simulator System from the start and tasked with running an inn.

The building in front of her is dilapidated and reeks of decay. The floorboards creak underfoot.

Would anyone really stay at an inn with drafts coming in from every direction and not even a bed?

She was on the verge of tears, as if she could already see her tragic future, dying here.

[The ghost story [Nightmare] has been detected near the inn. Host, invite it inside and recruit it as the five-star furnishing [Sweet Dream Bed].]

[Quest completion reward: [Sturdy Walls] x 4.]

...Wait, she can turn ghost stories into furniture?

Lin Yuhe's eyes lit up instantly. When she looked at the ghost story, there was no fear in her gaze, only barely contained excitement.

A nightmare game has descended, and humanity's SAN levels are plummeting worldwide.

Horror is everywhere, and even sleeping can trigger it. One wrong move, and you'll be trapped in chaos forever.

Just when everyone was despairing, an inn fell from the sky.

Bright lights that dispel fear, sturdy walls that keep ghost stories out, soft beds that bring sweet dreams...

Isn't this the legendary safe house?

The players went crazy, all fighting for a chance to stay at the inn.

The inn became an overnight sensation, with beds in desperately short supply.

To add more facilities and staff, Lin Yuhe was either coaxing ghost stories or on her way to coaxing more ghost stories.

The Siamese cat, which wriggled around, was recruited as an employee. Just cuddle the kitty while you sleep, and your SAN level will recover to full, greatly reducing the chance of a ghost story hitting you;

The Slit-Mouthed Woman became the furnishing [Mysterious Painting]. Praise her beauty, and she'll give you the item [Face-Covering Mask]. Wearing it gives you a chance of being mistaken for one of the ghost stories;

The Hungry Ghost was transformed into the facility [Delicious Restaurant], which produces a constant stream of delicious dishes. Eat different dishes to gain their corresponding attribute bonuses...

As the inn's facilities grew more and more varied, Lin Yuhe's wallet grew fatter and fatter, and she lived happily ever after, eating, drinking, having fun, and petting cats.

The shabby little house that hadn't even had a bed was expanded into a luxurious resort dozens of stories tall. Countless players competed to spend a fortune just to stay one night.

Seeing a city bustling like a holiday resort,

a player visiting City A for the first time said: Did I transmigrate? Is this still a horror game??

① One day, Lin Yuhe went out to search for new facilities. She searched all the major cities but couldn't find a single ghost story.

The players were all in tears, calling her their savior. She pointed at herself in confusion: Huh, me?

② When she got home, the entrance to the inn was packed. Lin Yuhe had barely poked her head out before ghost stories surrounded her, all clamoring to describe their abilities so they could land a job at the inn.

The players were all in tears. You still say you're not our savior?

She pointed at herself in confusion: Huh, me?

③ [Congratulations, Host, on achieving the Complete Collection achievement. You have earned the title [Savior].]

When the System's notification sounded, Lin Yuhe was supervising the newly recruited ghost stories as they recited the employee handbook. She looked at the gold-star employees working hard around her, then at herself:

Huh?? Isn't this a management simulator game??

Theme: Hard work is the path to prosperity.