69novels Chapter 118: Deceased Wife (6)
Chapter 118: Deceased Wife (6)
"Time has run out, look at this." Sheh took an old magazine from the magazine rack next to the door.
The words "Peace Hotel" are printed on it.
Shi Jinzhe took the magazine and flipped through it briefly, "Let's eat first."
It's a closed dungeon, and the hotel definitely doesn't have so much food prepared for seven days. There may not be food available in the next few days, so eat while you can.
After grabbing some food and a few magazines, Meng Chengxi found a corner and sat down.
When time was up, I folded the magazine and saw that the pages had turned yellow. It turned out to be an old magazine from 27 years ago.
He spread the pages of the book on the table and gave half to Sheikh.
《Visiting the First Hotel in Heping Town——Heping Hotel》
The photo was taken from a bird's-eye view. Compared with the surrounding low buildings which are only two or three stories high, the seven-story Peace Hotel is very eye-catching.
With its white tiled exterior and blue glass alternating between them, the Peace Hotel is the most eye-catching landmark building in this gray town.
A seven-story hotel is nothing today, but in the small town 27 years ago, such conditions were considered luxurious. If you could stay here for a night, you could show off to others for a few days.
Shekh slowly read a page before turning the pages. On the second page, a very festive photo appeared.
It was a photo of a wedding banquet. The bride and groom were holding wine glasses and smiling at the camera, their faces filled with the joy of their marriage.
There is a line of small words under the picture, [Wedding commemorative photo of Mr. Zhang Anguo, the founder of Peace Hotel, and his wife Ms. Lu Xiaohui]
The two of them were standing with the best man and bridesmaid, the four of them standing side by side. The bridesmaid was wearing bright red lipstick, which was even brighter than the bride's.
I turned another page and found that the introduction only consisted of these two pages, and the rest was filled with other content.
At this time, Meng Chengxi called him and handed him the magazine in his hand, "Look at this."
The two exchanged magazines.
[Natural hot springs discovered in Heping Town have the effect of nourishing the mind and body]
Ten years ago, Heping Town discovered a natural hot spring 25 kilometers away from the town.
As the only place with natural hot springs within a radius of hundreds of kilometers, Heping Town is rapidly ushering in new tourism business opportunities.
Among them, several hot spring hotels with newer facilities and closer distances quickly squeezed out the living space of the Peace Hotel.
The Peace Hotel is gradually declining due to its poor location, old-fashioned style and the highest price.
The deceased wife in the Peace Hotel...
I have to find a way to find out some information about the proprietress of the Peace Hotel. I wonder what the situation is like for Lu Xiaohui.
Since they couldn't get any more information from the magazine, they decided to eat first.
Sheh pretended to pick up a pair of chopsticks, and only his mouth moved the whole time.
Strange looks were cast at her, some obvious and some hidden. In her eyes, everyone in the restaurant seemed transparent and she ate without changing her expression.
The little square head was lowered almost into the plate. Meng Chengxi was implicated by two people who were not eating properly and also received a lot of attention.
He scratched his eyebrows, and even though he wasn't looking at himself, he still felt a little embarrassed.
Staring at the chopsticks in Sheh's hand that were not stained with oil, he hesitated for a long time before asking, "Why do you still need a pair of chopsticks if you don't even need them? Don't your hands get tired?"
Sheh also vaguely felt that something was wrong.
She knows that she should use chopsticks when eating, but she doesn't do it herself, so why should she learn to use chopsticks?
Use your free hand to twirl the chopsticks twice.
Forget it, now that I've picked it up, I might as well let this thing do its job.
She picked up a nearby shrimp, without even holding the chopsticks together, and let the white and tender shrimp eat on its own, hanging on the tip of the chopsticks with its bent body.
When the shrimp was lifted to the side of his mouth, Sheh just said one word, "Eat."
When the time was up, he stopped and spilled some soup with the spoon in his hand.
He lowered his eyes to look at the shrimp in his mouth, then opened his mouth and ate it.
"Thank you."
"You're welcome." Sheh put down his chopsticks and inexplicably felt a sense of accomplishment.
Unable to go out, hotel residents can only go downstairs and eat in the hotel restaurant.
The waiter in black uniform came over once to add more dishes. It was the first time so many people came to the restaurant to eat, and the amount of dishes prepared by the kitchen was not enough.
Meng Chengxi drank a sip of hot soup: "Luckily Xiao Fang came to call for help. We came early, otherwise we would have no food."
Shi Jinzhe gave his evaluation: "This hotel, except for the front desk, is quite amateurish."
When entering the elevator, the other two of the three players who entered with Cheng Youan also entered. After the two came in, they kept their heads down and were obviously wary of Sheh.
It was not until they were out of the fourth floor that the two men looked up and walked to 409 to replace Liu Run who was guarding the room.
Shi Jinzhe: “You’re watching very closely.”
Sheh: “It’s nice to have money.”
She must get all of Cheng Youan's money as soon as possible.
Before entering the room, Shi Jinzhe told Meng Chengxi about the discovery of the soapberry and asked him to pay more attention to this aspect when looking for clues.
I closed the door and the clock on the wall showed that it was not yet eight o'clock.
When the time came to fold the new bedspread, Shekh sat on the circle made of the tail.
"The Peace Hotel started to run poorly ten years ago. As the proprietress, Lu Xiaohui will definitely be affected. It will be difficult for her to go from extravagant to frugal, and the couple's relationship will easily have disputes over finances. We can temporarily choose her as the first candidate who has a relationship with the deceased wife."
Sheh looked up and said, "What if she is not dead and is alive and well?"
Shi Jinzhe put the stuffed pillow away and asked, "What did you find?"
"The residents upstairs are talking." Sheh pointed to the sky, "They are the people wearing ghost masks. The woman with the black cat said that she can always hear ticking noises when she sleeps at night and thinks there is something wrong with this hotel.
Another one said that maybe the ghost-playing method they chose for team building offended ghosts and gods, and they really provoked some unclean creatures.
Later, the third person said that she met the hotel proprietress today. The front desk pushed her around the corridor on the seventh floor. After hearing about the situation, she gave them a 30% discount on the room rate and said that the hotel was built too early and the facilities were outdated, so they should not think too much about it.
"Push? Is there something wrong with the boss lady's health?"
Sheh nodded, his head turning back and forth following Shi Jinzhe's movements, "Wheelchair, the boss lady is sitting in a wheelchair."
As if she knew what Shi Jinzhe was going to ask, she continued, "There is no news about the boss. I only heard that they said that the boss's wife has difficulty walking and lives on the seventh floor."
"That's because two people had accidents. In the photo, she and Zhang Anguo were both in their twenties. In the past 27 years, they would have been in their fifties. Natural aging at this age shouldn't cause them to have difficulty walking, so it was either an illness or an accident."
Sheh's hands were empty, and he played with the tip of his tail: "Then let's go to the seventh floor tomorrow and see what happens tonight. If it's not too dangerous, we'll do it at night. If there's anything strange tonight, we'll wait and see."
Shi Jinzhe: "I'll listen to you."
If Shekh doesn't feel it's dangerous, we can take him with us and move at night.
The conditions here are not good. Shi Jinzhe wants to find clues quickly and get out the sooner the better.
After the bed sheets were folded and made, Sheh went to wash up first.
After coming out of the bathroom, she lay directly on the bed against the wall, pulled up the pillow and lay down, leaving half of the bed for Shi Jinzhe.