Midnight Bookstore Chapter 173 – Hot Spring Shock!

The driver was Xu Qinglang. It was not because Zhou Ze had to be with Xu Qinglang, but because he and old priest did not have a driver's license.

Just Imagine, if he and old priest met the traffic police on the way out and were detained for driving without a license, it would be a big problem.

Old priest had already tried to break the law once last time. 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 them.

General Mountain was located in the suburbs of Tongcheng and bordered the neighboring Yangzhou. It was quite far by car. There was no delay on the way from the bookstore. They only arrived at their destination after about an hour and a half.

There were no mountains in the Yangtze River Delta Plain. Even if there were, they were only small mountains. They were not worth mentioning in Sichuan or the mountainous areas in the northeast.

It was just like how Southerners were excited to see snow when they had never seen it before. People in the plains would also be very excited when they drove into the mountains for the first time.

General Mountain had only been developed in recent years. The higher-ups had opened a few relatively large and high-class hot spring resorts, which could be considered to have attracted some tourists. Some villagers nearby had also set up small lodgings, but it was not yet time for them to take shape.

Xu Qinglang directly drove the car into a shop called “Wen Ya hot spring resort villa”. He booked a room here. Actually, the family of three who had been killed also lived here at that time, but they did not die in it, they died on the mountain road down the mountain.

But even so, the impact of this incident on the hotel business was extremely terrifying.

The most obvious was that Xu Qinglang had originally booked a small villa with a courtyard and indoor hot spring pool for 1,500 yuan a day, but the front desk had directly and enthusiastically upgraded it to a room with a small courtyard and a daily rent of 5,000 yuan.

Moreover, regardless of whether it was the front desk or the reception, the service attitude was simply as good as seeing one's own parents. The hospitality could not be more enthusiastic.

Later on, Zhou Ze found out that there seemed to be only one batch of guests in the entire hotel now.

After entering the room, Xu Qinglang asked the waiter to put water in the hot spring pool. He planned to soak in it first. Previously, when Zhou Ze called him out, he had already agreed that he would only be responsible for driving and not care about other things, after all, when Zhou Ze called him out, he was still doing his beauty treatment.

The old man was very attentive. He kept searching for information about the case on the internet. Zhou Ze was sitting on a 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 he was. After all, there were specialties in the field. Boss Zhou only needed to answer the phone.

In fact, Zhou Ze really didn't want to cause trouble, and he didn't want to get involved in this trouble. However, the girl's scream that came from the phone was really too unbearable.

Moreover, since it was very likely to be a “Ghost call”this time, since it was a matter involving ghosts, it could be justified if he took care of it himself.

However, after Zhou Ze arrived at the General Mountain, there was no movement at all. It was extremely quiet.

Xu Qinglang had already entered the pool and started to take a bath. He even added rose essential oil and other things to himself. As he lay in the pool, he would stir up the water from time to time. He even stretched out his thigh and gently caressed it. This posture.., it really resembled the aesthetically pleasing scenes in the Hong Kong triple-j movies of the past.

It was blinding..,

it was really too blinding..,

if you didn't know that he was a man, it would be fine if you could still appreciate it..,

but if you knew that he was a man, you would feel very disgusted.

“Boss, why don't we go to the crime scene to take a look first?”The Old Priest took the initiative to ask.

Zhou Ze really wanted to refuse, but it seemed to be more painful to continue staying in the hotel and watching Madam Xu in the courtyard play tricks on him. He immediately nodded and said something to Xu Qinglang before leaving the hotel with the old priest.

Xu Qinglang felt more comfortable when he was alone in the room. Generally speaking, whether the water in the hot spring pool was good or not depended on whether you soaked in the water for a while to see if there were white skin on your hands and feet, if there were white skin, it meant that the water was no different from the big bathhouse.

Old Xu was enjoying the bath alone. His arms were spread open and his posture was relaxed. There was cheap red wine from the hotel beside him. At least, the mood of Xu Qinglang was out.

“Ding Dong… Ding Dong…”

The doorbell rang.

Xu Qinglang walked out of the pool reluctantly and put on his bathrobe. After opening the door, Xu Qinglang saw a waiter coming over with three cups of milk and some snacks.

“Sir, this is from the hotel.”

“Okay, thank you.”

After taking the things, Xu Qinglang closed the door and placed the things on the coffee table. Then, he took off his bathrobe and walked back into the pool.

As he soaked in the water, he was about to fall asleep when he suddenly heard a “Kacha Kacha”sound. It sounded like a mouse was biting something.

At first, Xu Qinglang thought that he was hearing things. Perhaps he had been in the hot spring for too long and his whole body was floating, but the sound continued.

He turned around and looked at the living room. Xu Qinglang did not see a person or a mouse.

“Gulp… gulp…”

The sound continued,

in the living room.

Xu Qinglang pursed his lips and walked out of the pool again. He 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 he really encountered something, it would be a little troublesome.

Without the head of the household, there would be no backbone.

After checking the living room, Xu Qinglang was a little puzzled. When he walked into the living room, the voice that had sounded before disappeared again.

Xu Qinglang sat down on the sofa in the living room. Then, he looked at the coffee table in front of him. On the coffee table, there were snacks and milk that the waiter had just delivered.

However, there was a big piece missing from the snacks.

Was it stolen by a Rat?

Xu Qinglang silently picked up his phone. He felt that something was a little strange. Although the family did not die in this hotel and the hotel was still open for business, how could it prove that this hotel was definitely clean?

However, if it was really a rat or some other small animal that had stolen the food, would he be laughed at if he called Zhou Ze to ask him to come back?

Xu Qinglang was a little hesitant. He searched behind the sofa and under the coffee table. He hoped to see a mouse or a squirrel hiding here. That way, he would be at ease.

However, no matter how hard he searched, he still couldn't find any trace of the small animal.

Xu Qinglang walked to the courtyard outside. He didn't go into the pool. Instead, he stood beside the pool and waited.

“Kcha… Kcha…”

The sound of chewing could be heard again. Xu Qinglang's gaze wandered around the living room. Finally, he had confirmed the source of the sound!

At that moment..,

xu Qinglang rushed over and opened the teahouse. However, he still found nothing. The sound also disappeared. However, there was a small refrigerator here.

In the refrigerator?

Xu Qinglang reached out and slowly grabbed the handle of the refrigerator, then opened it.

There was coke and beer in the refrigerator, but nothing else.

Xu Qinglang let out a long sigh. He felt that he was really afraid of seeing something in there. That scene made his scalp go numb just thinking about it.

“Infinite Universe, Mystic Heart Technique!”

Xu Qinglang made a hand seal and then took out a heart-protection mirror. He placed it directly on the coffee table in the middle of the living room and then sat quietly on the sofa.

He did not go to the hot spring anymore,

he did not go to other places either,

he just sat there in a daze.

“Tick… tick… tick…”

The clock in the living room kept ringing, but the chewing sound that kept disturbing people earlier did not appear again because Xu Qinglang was sitting there.

After sitting there for about half an hour, Xu Qinglang picked up his phone again. This time, he was going to call Zhou Ze and ask when they would be back. After all, it was time for dinner.

Xu Qinglang would not say that he was so scared by something that he did not even feel comfortable in the hot spring.

But for some reason, there was no signal on his phone. No matter how hard he tried, he could not make a call.

Xu Qinglang stood up from the sofa,

at this point, if he had not noticed the strange atmosphere, he would have wasted his time.

“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 was holding an unopened bathrobe and handed it over.

“This is the new bathrobe you wanted.”

“What?”

Xu Qinglang was stunned. Since when did he want a new bathrobe?

“It's this room. They said that you need an extra bathrobe.”The attendant looked at the door number and confirmed it. “That's right. I'll be leaving first. I wish you a happy holiday.”

The attendant closed the door before she left,

xu Qinglang walked back with the new bathrobe that had not been opened.

“Splash…”

The hot water in the pool was placed again. It was placed on its own for no reason.

Then, the refrigerator door that he had closed earlier was opened again.

The snacks on the coffee table were a little less.

He picked up his phone. Damn it, there was still no signal on his phone.

Slowly, Xu Qinglang felt like he was going crazy from the torture. He wasn't being paranoid. He wasn't weak to that extent. There were indeed some strange and unimaginable things happening around him.

Xu Qinglang wanted to wash his face. He walked to the bathroom and put the bathrobe aside. Then he bent down to wash his face. When he was about to get the facial cleanser, he suddenly realized that the new bathrobe that he had put beside the sink was gone.

Xu Qinglang raised his head and looked in the mirror,

but he found in the mirror,

beside him,

there were three people standing,

a man, a woman, and a child.

All three of them were wearing bathrobes,

their bodies were wet from head to toe, and their faces were pale,

just like that, they stood straight beside Xu Qinglang.

Xu Qinglang subconsciously tilted his head, wanting to see more closely,

the family of three in the mirror also followed Xu Qinglang's movements and tilted their heads,

“Plop”

“Plop”

“Plop”

Three muffled sounds,

the family of three,

three heads,

rolled down together.

Chapter end