Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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Shen Yu stood in the front hall and saw the old front desk and the cement walls with almost no decoration at all. Combined with the young boss’s appearance like he had not opened a business in hundreds of years, how about it? He was so excited that he easily caught three fat sheep, such that he was already wondering if he had entered a black shop.
The boss moved three chairs for them to sit down, served tea and water, and asked about their welfare.
“Please wait a moment, our front desk clerk will be here soon.”
Alas, it was really unreliable. Even the front desk clerk was missing. Shen Yu asked with a headache: “You are the boss, can’t you directly open a room for us? Do you have many rooms here?”
“A room?”
The young boss looked at the small book on the front desk with a look of inexperience, and muttered: “Yes, there are, but there are not many suitable for you to live in…”
What did it mean that there were not many suitable for them to live in?? Shen Yu turned around and looked at the dilapidated hotel, which was like a dilapidated courtyard. He had to wonder in his heart if this hotel actually didn’t have many rooms at all, so he asked, “Where’s your best room?”
“The best? Hmm, it’s Tianzi Room No. 1,” the boss raised his head and said with some pride, “Our only presidential suite is currently unoccupied.”
Shen Yu: “Then book this room.”
As soon as he finished speaking, at the same time the several people heard a voice that seemed to come from behind the front desk, but also seemed to come from all directions. The voice was low and magnetic, cold and very impatient.
“Who said no one lives there?”
There was a sound of heavy footsteps, and a tall shadow walked out from the corner of the corridor. The man’s bangs were very long, covering his eyebrows and only revealing the lower half of his face. His skin color was a very unnatural white. If you looked closely, you could see that he was wearing foundation, and it was very thick. In sharp contrast, this man’s thin and sharp lips were painted with bright aunt’s red lipstick!
In fact, judging from the lower half of his face, he looked suffocatingly handsome, but the makeup was too heavy.
The moment he came out, Shen Yu and his party felt an inexplicable pressure and discomfort. This felt very strange. But the man didn’t come towards them, he just stood there, with the foundation all over his body telling everyone that he was a little unhappy.
The young boss looked over in surprise: “You, why did you come out?”
“Stop talking nonsense! How dare you let someone else live in my room?”
The boss: “Well, I mean no one lives in it, who asked you to?”
“Shut up.” The man snorted and said to Shen Yu and the others: “This room is already occupied. You can change to another room.”
He had a bad attitude towards the boss, but his tone towards Shen Yu was not bad.
Shen Yu nodded and cast a very distrustful look at the young boss again. He almost had two groups of people living in one room. It was a shame that he could make such a mistake.
“In that case, give us a three-person room.” Xu Maomao had already answered for Shen Yu very considerately, completely unaware of his resentful eyes.
Triple room? Can you still give me a kiss and a hug in that case?
Seeing how knowledgeable they were, the man with heavy makeup snorted with satisfaction and left.
The boss was quite embarrassed and quickly arranged other available rooms for them. Until he finished checking the room and registered, the so-called front desk clerk never showed up, and from time to time there were some very strange noises coming from upstairs, such as the cries of children and the comforting voices of adults, but their voices seemed to be blocked by some glass. It was so scattered that it didn’t even look like it came from somebody’s mouth.
Baobao paid attention to the movements in the hotel the whole time and was very surprised to feel that there was a sinister wind everywhere in the entire hotel! There seemed to be unusual energy fluctuations in every direction and corner.
The whisk in his hand was standing straight, and the pocket watch was beating weakly at the same frequency as his heart.
Baobao quietly said to Xu Maomao: “It’s very close. It must be here.”
Xu Maomao lowered his voice: “Let’s put the luggage in the room first and then sneak out to look for him. This hotel is so small. He must be easy to find.”
After a while, the information was registered, and the rent was to be paid after check-out. This was different from other hotels. Other hotels not only had to settle the bill in advance, but often also required you to pay a deposit, but the owner of Sun and Moon Youth Hostel seemed to be a little bit different. He didn’t even worry about the guests staying in the Sun and Moon Youth Hostel. He picked up a bunch of keys and said enthusiastically, “Mr. Shen, I’ll take you to the guest room.”
He walked in front, and Shen Yu and others followed him.
He never expected that the inner hall of this hotel was much larger than it looked from the outside, and contrary to the dilapidated exterior, there was actually an elevator installed inside! Although the style looked very old, the coating was mottled, and it even made a clanking sound when he went down to the first floor.
The boss pretended not to hear the old elevator’s protest and said with a smile: “Please come in, don’t look at it like this, it is newly installed by us, it is very safe.”
The three of them walked in suspiciously, and suddenly their eyes flashed, Xu Maomao seemed to see a dark shadow fly out from above their heads when they got into the elevator! It was very fast, blowing his hair.
“What?” Xu Maomao asked uncertainly, “I seem to see something…”
The boss smiled dryly and wiped the sweat from his forehead, “What? You are exhausted. You must have seen it wrong.”
“…” Such a big black shadow!
Xu Maomao wanted to say something else, but the boss decisively closed the door and pressed the elevator button – wait, 7th floor?! This hotel seemed to have only two and a half floors, right?
But if you look closely, you could see that there were only 1 and 7 on the buttons in the elevator, and there was no number key in the middle. Maybe it was because the labels were wrong.
Ding – a wind chime rang, the “7th” floor arrived, the elevator opened, and the boss led them out.
Surprisingly, the decoration on this floor looked decent. Compared with the shabby hall, it looked more formal and luxurious. However, the lights were too dim and you couldn’t see anything deep in the corridor, but it was obvious that the space was better than outside and it looked much bigger.
The boss opened room 0701 and gave each of them a key: “I wish you a good sleep tonight.”
“Thank you, boss.”
After taking the key, the three of them walked into the room, and you could hear the boss relaxed greatly.
Shen Yu closed the door, put his luggage away, and said calmly: “Do you see anything?”
“There’s something wrong with this hotel!” Xu Maomao, no matter how nervous he was, noticed the space problem, “From outside, it looks small, but it’s huge inside!”
Shen Yu nodded: “The temperature is also lower than outside.”
“Because,” Baobao Shen said mysteriously, “This hotel must have been haunted, and there are many souls…”
“Ah, don’t scare me!” Xu Maomao said he was afraid, but his eyes showed no sign of fear at all. He even rubbed his hands excitedly, “Have you sensed your master?”
Baobao shook his head: “But he must be in some corner.”
Shen Yu: “Is there a ghost on this floor?”
Baobao held his breath for a moment and said: “No, this floor seems to be safer, and don’t be afraid, Mr. Cat Immortal, your soul power is very strong, you don’t need to be afraid of ghosts.”
Xu Maomao’s eyes lit up: “Really! Let me tell you, I have a pretty strong character! In this case, let’s explore the map!”
But Baobao frowned tightly: “…Wait a minute, wait a minute, I always feel that this… this hotel is a bit strange… I seem to have heard of it somewhere…”
“Isn’t it just a haunted youth hostel?” Xu Maomao felt very brave ever since he saw the cat’s soul and relied on Baobao’s presence.
Shen Yu didn’t know why, and he was just a mortal, he couldn’t seem to be of help at this time, and he had been riding a tricycle all night. He was a mysophobic and urgently needed a bath, so he said: “You guys should discuss how to find it first. Don’t be reckless. After all, here is someone else’s territory, wait until I come out before taking action.”
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