The one driving was Xu Qinglang. It was not that Zhou Ze had to be with Xu Qinglang, but because neither he nor the old priest had a driver's license.
Just think about it, if he and the old priest met the traffic police on the way and were detained for driving without a license, it would be fun.
The old priest had already tried it once. This time, he had to be careful.
Bai Yingying and Spider-man stayed in the bookstore to look after the shop. Zhou Ze did not let them follow.
General Mountain was located in the suburbs of Tongcheng, bordering the nearby Yangzhou. It was quite far to drive there. From the bookstore, there were no delays along the way. After about an hour and a half, they arrived at their destination.
There were no mountains in the Yangtze River Delta Plain. Even if there were, they were only small mountains. Compared to the mountainous areas in Sichuan and the northeast, they were not worth mentioning at all.
This was just like how southerners were excited to see snow before they had never seen it before. If you let people from the plains drive on the mountain road for the first time, they would also be very excited.
General Mountain had only been developed in recent years. A few large and high-grade hot spring villas had been opened up, which could be considered to have attracted some customers. Some villagers nearby had also set up small guest houses, but it was not the time to form a scale.
Xu Qinglang drove the car directly into a shop called "Wen Ya Hot Spring Resort". He booked a room here. In fact, the family of three who were killed also stayed here at the time. However, they did not die inside, but on the mountain road down the mountain.
Even so, the impact of this incident on the hotel's business was extremely terrifying.
The most obvious thing was that Xu Qinglang had originally booked a small villa with a courtyard and an indoor hot spring pool for 1,500 yuan a day. The front desk had enthusiastically upgraded it to a small courtyard with a daily rent of 5,000 yuan.
Moreover, whether it was the front desk or the greeter, their service attitude was so good that it was as if they had seen their own parents. They could not be more enthusiastic.
Later, Zhou Ze found out that he was the only customer in the entire hotel.
After entering the room, Xu Qinglang asked the waiter to turn on the water for the hot spring pool. He planned to soak in it first. When Zhou Ze called him out, he had already agreed that he was only responsible for driving and did not care about anything else. After all, when Zhou Ze called him out, he was still doing beauty.
The old priest was very attentive. He kept searching for information about the case on the Internet. Zhou Ze sat on the rattan chair with his phone on the coffee table in front of him.
It was unrealistic to ask boss Zhou to look for clues and clues like the police. Moreover, the police were more proficient in these matters than him. After all, there were specializations in the industry. Boss Zhou only needed to be responsible for answering the phone.
As a matter of fact, Zhou Ze really did not want to get involved in these troubles, but the girl's scream from the phone was too unbearable.
In addition, since it was very likely to be a "ghost call" this time, and since there was a ghost involved, it would be perfectly justifiable for him to intervene.
However, after Zhou Ze arrived at General Mountain, there was no movement. It was extremely quiet.
Xu Qinglang had already entered the pool and started to take a bath. He had even added rose essential oil and other things to himself. Lying inside, he would splash the water from time to time and stretch out his thighs to gently stroke them. This posture was really like the beautiful scenes in the Hong Kong 3J movies of the early years.
Stinging to the eyes.
It was an eyesore.
If you didn't know that he was a man, you could still appreciate it.
But if you knew that he was a man, you would feel disgusted.
"Boss, why don't we go to the crime scene first?" The old priest took the initiative to say.
Zhou Ze really wanted to refuse, but continuing to stay in the hotel and watch Lady Xu in the courtyard seemed to be more painful. He nodded and followed Xu Qinglang out of the hotel with the old Daoist.
He was the only one left in the room. Xu Qinglang felt even more comfortable. Generally speaking, the water in the hot spring pool had no material. It depended on whether you soaked in the water for a while to see if there was any white skin on your hands and feet. If there was white skin, it meant that the water was no different from the bathhouse.
Old Xu was soaking happily. His arms were open and his posture was relaxed. Beside him was the cheap red wine that the hotel had given him. At least, Xu Qinglang had soaked in that artistic conception.
"Ding Dong... Ding Dong..."
The doorbell rang.
Xu Qinglang reluctantly walked out of the pool and put on his bathrobe. After opening the door, Xu Qinglang saw a waiter coming over with three glasses of milk and some snacks.
"Sir, this is from the hotel."
"Okay, thank you."
After taking the things, Xu Qinglang closed the door and casually placed the things on the coffee table. Then, he took off his bathrobe and walked back into the pool.
As he soaked, when he was about to fall asleep, Xu Qinglang suddenly heard a cracking sound, as if a mouse was biting something.
At first, Xu Qinglang thought that he was hallucinating. Perhaps he had been soaking in the hot spring for a long time, and his entire body was a little light. However, the sound continued.
He turned around and looked at the living room. Xu Qinglang did not see anyone or a mouse.
"Gulp... Gulp..."
The sound continued,
It was in the living room.
Pursing his lips, Xu Qinglang walked out of the pool again and put on his bathrobe again.
Although he was not an ordinary person and there was nothing to be afraid of living here, Zhou Ze was not around. If something really happened to him, it would still be a little troublesome.
If the head of the family was not around, there would be no backbone.
After checking the living room, what puzzled Xu Qinglang was that when he walked into the living room, the sound from before disappeared again.
Xu Qinglang sat down on the sofa in the living room and looked at the coffee table in front of him. On the coffee table, there were snacks and milk that the waiter had just brought over.
However, there was a big piece missing from the snacks.
Was it stolen by a mouse?
Xu Qinglang silently picked up his phone. He felt that something was a little strange. Although that family did not die in this hotel and this hotel was still operating normally, how could it prove that this hotel was definitely clean?
However, what if it was really a mouse or other small animals that had stolen food and he called Zhou Ze to ask him to come back? Xu Qinglang was a little hesitant.
Xu Qinglang was a little hesitant. He searched behind the sofa and under the coffee table. He hoped to see a mouse or squirrel hiding there. That way, he would be relieved.
However, no matter how he searched, he still could not find any trace of a small animal.
Xu Qinglang walked out to the courtyard again. He did not go into the pool. Instead, he stood by the pool and waited.
"Crunch, crunch..."
The sound of chewing could be heard again. Xu Qinglang's gaze wandered around the living room. Finally, he confirmed the source of the sound!
At that moment..,
Xu Qinglang rushed over and flipped open the tea table. He still found nothing, and the sound disappeared. However, there was a small refrigerator here.
In the refrigerator?
Xu Qinglang reached out and slowly grabbed the handle of the refrigerator. Then, he directly opened the refrigerator.
There was coke and beer in the refrigerator, but nothing else.
Letting out a long sigh, Xu Qinglang felt that he was really afraid of seeing something inside. That scene made his scalp tingle just thinking about it.
"Boundless Heaven and Earth, Mystic Heart Technique!"
Xu Qinglang formed a hand seal and took out a heart-protecting mirror. He placed it directly on the coffee table in the middle of the living room and sat silently on the sofa.
He did not go to the hot spring either,
He did not go anywhere else either,
He just sat there alone in a daze.
"Tick Tock... Tick Tock..."
The clock in the living room kept ringing, but the annoying chewing sounds from before seemed to have stopped because Xu Qinglang was sitting there.
After sitting for about half an hour, Xu Qinglang picked up his phone again. This time, he was prepared to call Zhou Ze and ask when they would be back. After all, it was already dinner time.
Xu Qinglang would not say that he was so scared by something that he did not even have a comfortable bath in the hot spring.
However, for some reason, his phone showed that there was no signal. He could not make a call no matter how hard he tried.
Xu Qinglang stood up from the sofa,
At this point, if he still could not sense the strange atmosphere, he would really be in vain.
"Ding Dong... Ding Dong... Ding Dong..."
The doorbell rang again.
Xu Qinglang looked around as he walked to the door and opened it.
It was a female attendant. She held an unopened bathrobe in her hand and handed it over.
"This is the new bathrobe you asked for."
"What?"
Xu Qinglang was stunned. When did he ask for a new bathrobe?
"It's this room. It said that you need an extra bathrobe."
The female attendant looked at the room number again, confirmed it, and said, "That's right. I'll be leaving first. I wish you a pleasant vacation."
The female attendant closed the door before leaving,
Xu Qinglang walked back with the unopened new bathrobe in his arms.
"Hualala..."
The hot water in the pool was running again. For no reason, it was running by itself.
Then, the refrigerator door that he had closed earlier was opened again.
The number of snacks on the coffee table decreased again.
He picked up his phone. Damn it, there was still no signal.
Slowly, Xu Qinglang felt that he was going crazy from the torture. This was not because he was paranoid. He was not that weak. This was indeed some strange and unbelievable things that were happening around him.
Xu Qinglang wanted to wash his face. He walked to the bathroom, put the bathrobe aside, and bent down to wash his face. When he was about to take the facial cleanser, he suddenly realized that the new bathrobe he had just placed beside the sink was gone.
Xu Qinglang raised his head and looked at the mirror,
But he found that in the mirror,
Beside him,
There were three people standing,
A man, a woman, and a child.
The three of them were all wearing bathrobes,
Their bodies were wet, and their faces were pale,
Just like that, Bibi stood straight beside Xu Qinglang.
Xu Qinglang subconsciously tilted his head, wanting to take a closer look,
The family of three in the mirror also tilted their heads along with Xu Qinglang's movements,
"Plop!"
"Plop!"
"Plop!"
Three muffled sounds,
A family of three,
Three heads,