I looked at Shi Yitong seriously, and nodded, "It's a bit of a bitch."
Shi Yitong threw the pillow over, "Fuck you!"
I smiled and put the pillow down, Shi Yitong tried to kick me through the quilt.
"Okay, go to bed!" I yelled.
We quarreled for a while, and then we all lay down and went to sleep. But unexpectedly, at six o'clock this morning, we were woken up by a loud noise.
"What's the matter?" Shi Yitong sat up from the bed earlier than me, with his shaggy hair on his head, and his eyes hadn't opened yet.
"The sound of something breaking." Before I fully woke up, I muttered in a daze, "It has nothing to do with us, go to sleep."
Just when Shi Yitong and I were about to fall back to sleep again, there was another scream from downstairs, followed by booing.
"What's going on?" Shi Yitong couldn't lie down anymore, and jumped off the bed, "Gu Yu, let's go down and have a look."
When the two of us rushed out the door, we just ran into Su Xiaoyun who came out of the opposite room, and it seemed that he also ran out after hearing the sound.
"What's going on?" Shi Yitong asked.
"I don't know, let's go down and have a look." Su Xiaoyun led the way downstairs.
Once we got to the first floor, we were all stunned. I don't know when many people surrounded the corridor on the first floor. They should be tourists staying in the hotel. They were forming a circle and pointing at the center.
"What's the matter, I would have stayed in this small hotel if I knew it earlier."
"That is to say, how dangerous it is."
We looked at each other and squeezed our way through the crowd. Only then did I realize that what was being watched by a group of people was the messy scene in the center of the corridor.
Briefly describe the layout of this small hotel. There are three floors in the hotel, there are no elevators, only stairs, and there is an open space at the landing of each floor for the living room. And where we are now is the waiting room at the stairway on the first floor.
The living room on the first floor is the largest. Even so, there is only a long sofa, a small wooden table and a landscape painting on the wall. There was originally a potted plant and a vase on the small wooden table, but now the potted plant and vase were smashed on the ground, and there were glass shards everywhere. Not only that, but now the only couch seems to have been cut by countless sharp knives, and all the cotton sponges inside have been turned out, which is simply horrible.
"What's going on, is this a thief?" Shi Yitong squeezed his head in and said in surprise.
"It doesn't look like it was stolen." The onlookers didn't know who said, "Look, if it was stolen, why is the painting on the wall all right?"
I looked in the direction the man pointed. Sure enough, the only unscathed thing in the entire waiting room was the landscape painting hanging on the wall. Not only was it unscathed, but its position had not changed.
"That's a prank." Someone among the onlookers said unhappily, "Who would do this kind of prank when they have nothing to do? Are there any children in the hotel?"
"No, I don't think children's pranks should be able to do this..."
Su Xiaoyun, who was standing by the side without saying a word, suddenly poked my shoulder. I turned to look at her, and found her suspicious expression.
"Gu Yu, don't you think it's weird?"
"What's weird?" I was baffled.
"That painting." Su Xiaoyun looked over my shoulder and pointed to the painting hanging on the wall.
"Hmm... kind of weird," I replied, "because everything was destroyed except the painting."
"That's not what I'm talking about." Su Xiaoyun waved his hand, "Yes... don't you think the painting itself is a bit strange?"
"Myself?" I shook my head blankly, not understanding what Su Xiaoyun was going to say.
"I can't tell." Su Xiaoyun muttered while resting her chin, "Yesterday I liked the style of this painting, so I deliberately looked at it a few more times. But I always feel that this painting is the same as when I saw it yesterday. Not the same."
"What's different?" Shi Yitong also came over.
"I don't know either… "
At this moment, a familiar figure came out from behind the door, it was Xu Yingchen, the owner of the hotel. When Xu Yingchen saw this scene, he was startled at first, and then quickly squeezed in from the crowd.
"What's going on..." Xu Yingchen murmured.
"So uncle, don't you know what's going on?" Shi Yitong asked.
Xu Yingchen shook his head blankly, "No, I don't know at all. Could this be a prank? Who would be so bored to do this kind of prank? I remember that there are no children in the hotel."
"Boss, can't you watch the surveillance?" Someone in the crowd said something.
"Oh, this..." Xu Yingchen scratched his head in embarrassment, "But we don't have surveillance cameras installed here either."
Hearing this sentence, the crowd immediately became commotion. Several people started whispering to each other.
"Boss, check out!"
Suddenly a man in the crowd yelled, "What a lousy place you are! You shouldn't have come to stay here from the very beginning, and you can't even take basic security measures! Why live here!"
Then one after another, some people followed suit.
"That's right, there is no monitoring, no room card! How can the safety of this place be guaranteed?"
"Yeah, if a thief sneaks in in the middle of the night, we won't even know."
"Boss, check out."
"check out!"
Xu Yingchen looked devastated, and was immediately surrounded by tenants who checked out. And the people who had gathered around the living room had almost dispersed, and there were almost only the three of us left.
"Then, should we check out?" Shi Yitong asked tentatively, poking his head.
"Why check out the room? After checking out, we still have a place to go." Su Xiaoyun said helplessly, "Besides, the uncle surnamed Xu is also very warm to us, so don't waste his good intentions."
I nodded in agreement, but at the same time, I felt helpless about Boss Xu's attitude, "But as a shop owner, his attitude is too casual."
"Boss Xu has always been like that."
A sudden male voice intervened in our conversation. When I looked back, it turned out to be a handsome young man standing behind us.
The boy looks to be twenty years old at most, wearing a very retro button-up jacket, and looks very handsome. His sudden appearance here makes us feel a sense of time and space confusion.
"Ah, I'm sorry, let me introduce myself." The young man smiled, "My name is Zhuxuan, and I am a regular resident of this hotel. Boss Xu has always been in that loose manner since a long time ago. If it bothers you I'm sorry."
"It's okay, why should I apologize?" Shi Yitong waved his hand and asked curiously, "Are you a tourist here too?"
"No, I'm not." Zhuxuan shook his head, thought for a while and smiled, "Well... I should be considered a local resident. There was a temple fair in Diecui Mountain recently, and many foreigners came to play."
"Yes, yes, we came here this time because we couldn't find a hotel to stay in." Su Xiaoyun smiled.
"Hey, little brother." Shi Yitong seemed to have thought of something suddenly, and asked in front of Zhuxuan, "You are a local!"
Zhu Xuan was taken aback by Shi Yitong's sudden movement, subconsciously took half a step back, and then... If I read correctly, he seemed to blush a bit
"Yes, it is… "
"Then do you know a lot of things here?" Shi Yitong said excitedly as if he had finally found a life-saving straw, "For example, scenic spots, ancient legends, etc.?"
"Uh, um..." Zhu Xuan's face showed obvious embarrassment, but he still nodded his head hard, "I probably know something."
"That's great, we finally have an investigation direction!" Shi Yitong cheered.
Su Xiaoyun poured cold water on it, "Shi Yitong, don't you want to be ashamed! How can someone drag someone over to help so casually? I don't know if he is happy or not!"
Unexpectedly, before Shi Yitong could answer, the boy named Zhuxuan agreed first.
"That, yes! I'd love to!"
Su Xiaoyun and I looked at each other, although we were surprised by his enthusiasm, but since he said he was willing to help, we naturally had no problem doing it.
"But...it sounds like you are not going to visit the scenic spot." Zhu Xuan showed a curious expression, "What are you going to do?"
"Uh, this..."
Just when Su Xiaoyun and Shi Yitong couldn't get on with each other, I had an idea and replied, "Ah, that's right, we are both students of Yan University. Recently, we have to hand in a thesis on the legend of ancient monsters. We heard that There was a legend about Bai Ze here, so I came here to investigate."
Su Xiaoyun and Shi Yitong quickly nodded in agreement, "Yes, that's it."
"Thesis? So that's the case." Zhu Xuan nodded clearly, "However, where did you hear about Bai Ze?"
The few of us looked at each other, and had no choice but to talk nonsense, "It's just... I heard what an old man over here said."
"However, you are really asking the right person when you ask me." Zhu Xuan suddenly smiled, "There is indeed a legend about Bai Ze in Diecui Mountain."
My eyes lit up immediately, and I immediately asked, "Is it true? Is Bai Ze really in Yancheng?"
"Uh... I don't know if Master Bai Ze is here, but there are indeed legends about Bai Ze." Zhuxuan thought for a while and said, "I heard that there was a big flood in the Diecui Mountain area before, and he died. A lot of people. Because the divine beast Bai Ze couldn't bear to see so many innocent people drowned in the flood, he came here from a long distance, used his own yang energy to suppress the natural disaster, and rescued Diecui Mountain from the hands of God. In other words, many tourists don't know, but the annual temple fair at this time is actually to worship Lord Bai Ze who saved Diecui Mountain."