"Honey, let me hear our son's voice again."
"I know he still can't speak, but I miss him."
"He can't speak anymore? How long has it been? "
"Honey, don't cry! I'm not being mean, it'll be fine, I'll bring another son home in a few days. "
"Hug hug, how can I have the heart to leave you alone in such a dark place? You need company."
"Don't cry! Don't worry, this son is definitely your biological son, I already know you've hidden him inside this hotel. "
At the darkened front desk, a man in a raincoat squatted next to the phone. His lips kept mumbling something, he appeared to be on the phone with someone.
His tone was gentle and the person on the other end appeared to be his wife.
The raincoat's brim covered most of his face. The man's voice was filled with love. Occasionally, he would whine at his wife on the phone. They appeared to be a loving couple.
The clock on the wall pointed at 1 am. The man did not hang up. He kept comforting his crying wife. Suddenly, footsteps came from the hotel entrance.
A handsome young man with a good figure and a slightly decadent appearance entered the hotel. He was carrying a spirit urn in his arms.
Wiping away the blood stains on his palms, the man in the raincoat hung up the phone unwillingly. He turned to the young man who rushed to check in at midnight. "Do you need a room?"
"You're the boss?"
"Yes." The man took out a key from under the counter. "Tell me your name, we need to register if you want to stay here."
"Meng Changan."
"Changan? That's a good name. " The man handed the key to the young man. "Room 202, come and check out at this time tomorrow night."
"That's it? I haven't paid yet? "
"Someone has already paid for you. Rest early and have a sweet dream."
"Thank you, you've worked hard." The young man was polite but he did not leave immediately. Instead, he turned to look at the hotel wall. There was a billboard hanging there. It was filled with various advertisements and notices.
There were lost and found notices and missing person notices.
The young man studied it for a long time. He even found one that was looking for a home tutor to tutor a child.
"Boss, can I ask who left this message? Are they students from Yi Ming High School? "
"He's a student at that school, but he dropped out for some reason. His mother is worried and has been trying to get him to go back to school. In order to not let the child fall behind, she left a message to find a home tutor. "The owner's voice was very gentle, as if he was a very good person.
"Do the mother and son also live here?"
"They live in Room 301. If you want to apply for a tutor, I can give them a call."
"Then I'll have to trouble you." The young man walked towards the stairs, through the musty passage, and looked back as he came to the side of the staircase.
The man in the raincoat stood behind the counter, still staring at him.
"Good night."
Stepping on the creaking wooden stairs, the young man came to the second floor. At this time, he heard the man's voice coming from the first floor again. He seemed to be calling his wife again.
"Are they really husband and wife? This hotel is a little different from what I expected. "
The young man holding the urn was Han Fei. His original plan was to kill as many as he could after he entered the shop.
But when he saw the real boss, he realized something was wrong.
The boss appeared to be possessed, he was in the same state as the single-eyed worker who was controlled by the paper doll.
Seeing this, Han Fei knew he shouldn't alert the enemy. He did not expose Weep and Lee Zai who were hiding inside the urn. Instead, he played the role of a guest.
Using the key, he opened Room 202.
Han Fei shook his head at the urn in his arms and then looked around.
The furniture inside the room was old. There was a teapot next to the small television. Lifting the lid, there were several damp paper notes stuffed inside.
'You never know what's cooking inside the teapot at the hotel.'
Han Fei inspected the window and the bed carefully. He did not find anything wrong with them, but he did spot some paper notes in the corner of the room and inside the armoire.
'It feels like this room is prepared for the dead. But then again, this cryptic world is not that different from hell.'
Han Fei sat on the bed and arranged the information. 'The hotel is split into 3 floors, each floor has 4 rooms. The first floor, Room 101, has the word' Manager 'on it.'
Looking at the key in his hand, Han Fei leaned forward to listen. The hotel's soundproofing was poor. He could hear the sound of grinding teeth coming from the neighboring Room 201.
'The hotel is not that big, Firefly should be hiding in one of the rooms.' Closing his eyes, Han Fei tried to recall, 'The person who threw the flower pot at me stayed on the 3rd floor. Based on the layout of the rooms on the 2nd floor, she should be staying in Room 302, right above me.'
Standing up, Han Fei could hear the sound of snoring coming from above him, 'She's sleeping quite soundly.'
"Ring ring ring! Ring ring ring! … "
The phone at the bedside suddenly rang. Han Fei frowned slightly, he thought the phone was just a decoration.
'If I don't answer it, will it keep ringing?'
Han Fei stared at the phone and he noticed something interesting. When the phone rang, the sound of grinding teeth and snoring disappeared.
Han Fei picked up the phone but did not speak.
In the dead silence, a woman's voice came from the phone, "Please don't torture me anymore. Just kill me, just kill me …"
The woman's voice was choked with tears. She appeared to be very weak.
"Tell me your location." Han Fei's voice was soft but his words were clear.
"Stop torturing me, just kill me, just kill me …" The woman was still repeating this sentence, but at this moment, the sound of chains falling came from the other side of the phone, followed by the sound of the door being pushed open, and then the voice of the shop owner came from the phone, "Baby, who are you talking to?"
The call was instantly hung up. Han Fei's eyes darted around as he placed the phone back. Then he silently opened the door to Room 202.
He had no idea where the boss had hidden the woman but he knew the boss was definitely not at the counter.
Leaving the room as fast as he could, Han Fei rushed to the first floor.
The first floor was empty, there was no one there.
Without hesitation, Han Fei grabbed all the remaining keys from the counter. Then he started to rummage through the counter. He even pocketed the registration form that the boss had left on the table.
After making sure he did not miss anything, Han Fei hurried back to the hotel.
His footsteps were light and when he passed by the rooms, he would eavesdrop on the movement inside the rooms.
After he returned to Room 202, Han Fei found 6 keys with the room number on them.
He jotted down the numbers on the keys and then opened the registration form.
Meng Changan's name was at the back. Han Fei flipped to the next page and found Drake's name.
'Drake has moved into Room 304?' Han Fei compared the keys that he borrowed. There was no key to Room 304. 'Drake hasn't checked out yet, is he still inside Room 304?'
As Han Fei flipped through the registration form, footsteps came from the corridor outside. At the same time, the robotic voice rang in Han Fei's mind.
"Notification for Player 0000! You've triggered Grade G Normal Mission — Find the Missing Employee!
"Find the Missing Employee: Your only employee has gone missing! Find him and your friendliness level with him will greatly increase!
"Notification for Player 0000! You've triggered Grade G Hidden Mission — Midnight Hostel!
"Midnight Hostel: The owner of this hostel once used blood to write on the sign — No Entry! But following the disappearance of the owner, more and more strange things started to happen at the hostel.
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