362 ? This World (17)

362 This World (17)

◎What money can’t solve, the shop owner can. ◎

Yao Wenlan stood outside Qi Simin’s room and whispered, “Minmin, go to bed early. Your aunt Rong will be with us on the 9:30 flight tomorrow morning. It will be very rude to be late.”

After a while, a weak voice came from the door, “I don’t want to go out. You and aunt Rong should go.”

Yao Wenlan said earnestly, “Minmin, just listen to your mother for once, okay? Do you remember Zhixin from Aunt Rong’s family? Many years ago, his legs were paralyzed. At that time, he looked like the sky was falling. I just met him a few days ago. His legs are no longer any different. This time, I asked your aunt Rong to introduce me to you. He is the one who cured Zhixin’s legs.”

Qi Simin: “Ji Zhixin’s legs are paralyzed, It's not broken. Even if someone healed his legs, they can't heal my eyes. A broken mirror cannot be mended, just like the relationship between you and dad, my damaged eyeball can never be restored."

The cold and hard words were like needles, but Yao Wenlan didn't react. She coaxed patiently: "Sisi, you don't have to think too much about those things. Besides love, there are many other things a person can have in his life. Besides, mom hopes you will never lose the courage to challenge."

The room was silent for a long time again. Qi Simin: "Mom, I'm fine now, you really don't have to worry about me. I... just a little tired, I want to rest for a few more days."

Yao Wenlan was a little anxious: "Sisi, this is the last time. Just go to the lottery market with mom. If there is no hope, mom will never force you again."

Qi Simin didn't answer again.

In the middle of the night, a sharp quarrel came from downstairs, accompanied by the sound of a huge heavy object falling to the ground. Qi Simin woke up, got up, opened the door, and went downstairs quickly.

The living room on the first floor was in a mess, the antique shelf fell to the ground, and the broken porcelain and jade fragments were all over the floor. Yao Wenlan sat on the ground with disheveled hair, pointing at Qi Mingsheng and cursing.

Qi Mingsheng's suit, shirt and tie were a mess. He reeked of alcohol and his eyes were cold and angry. He glanced at Qi Simin who was coming down from the stairs in pajamas, and his face flashed with annoyance and disgust.

Qi Simin paused slightly, took a deep breath quietly, lowered her eyes, walked past Qi Mingsheng, and bent over to help Yao Wenlan.

Qi Mingsheng looked cold and called Qi Siyun upstairs in a cold voice.

Qi Simin helped Yao Wenlan up, and blocked the stairs with Qi Siyun.

Qi Siyun nodded to the mother and daughter, took the lead and stepped onto the stairs and walked to the front.

Qi Simin felt her mother holding her hand slightly harder, and she felt powerless in her heart.

After sending Yao Wenlan back to the room on the second floor and combing her hair, Qi Simin whispered: "I will go to the night market with you tomorrow, just this once."

Yao Wenlan raised her head, with a brilliant light flashing in her eyes, and leaned over to hug Qi Simin: "Okay, just this once."

Qi Simin was not in a good mood.

She had long known that her mother was making a fuss just to force her.

Her mother was strong-willed and strong-willed, and she cared most about her dignity. For her, she did not hesitate to lose face in front of her husband's illegitimate son. Even though she knew her intentions, Qi Simin could not lose her temper.

Qi Simin was sad and depressed by her father's cold and bored expression and Qi Siyun's attitude of not taking her mother seriously.

She knew the current situation clearly and her father had given up on her.

She could at most get a better artificial eye instead of one, but it would not change the fact that she was blind in one eye.

No matter how realistic the artificial eye she wore was, her father would not accept a blind heir, and now she was a shame in his eyes.

Only her mother had never given up on her.

But her mother could not accept her daughter who had lost an eye, otherwise why would she insist on taking her to the shopping mall?

The next morning, Yao Wenlan and Qi Simin prepared to go out.

Qi Mingsheng and Qi Siyun were in the dining room on the first floor. Qi Simin turned her head and saw Qi Mingsheng with his head down reading the newspaper, Qi Siyun sitting next to him drinking porridge, and the nanny busy in and out. From a distance, they looked like a harmonious father and son, with no room for the hostess and other family members to "meddle".

Yao Wenlan did not look at the dining room, but asked the housekeeper to send the two's luggage to the car, and urged Qi Simin to go out.

The mother and daughter met Ji Feirong at the airport. Ji Feirong was slightly surprised when she saw the two people carrying three large suitcases: "So many things."

Yao Wenlan: "I plan to go to the Shaguang City first. No matter what the result is, we will take a break for a while. Then I will take Minmin to walk around and relax. I will play for a few days before coming back."

Ji Feirong: "That's great. I also plan to play in the Shaguang City for a few days. I think you don't need to go anywhere else. Just play in the shopping street for a few days. I guarantee that all your troubles will be gone."

Qi Simin stood behind Yao Wenlan and only called "Aunt Rong" when they met.

She was actually a little afraid of Ji Feirong. She always felt that Aunt Rong's temperament was colder and harder than her mother. She was a little surprised to hear Ji Feirong was so humorous.

Ji Feirong came over and reached out to take the suitcases from Yao Wenlan and Qi Simin: "It's troublesome to check them in, I'll put them away for you first and take them out when we get to the destination."

Then Yao Wenlan and Qi Simin saw three huge suitcases disappear out of thin air in Ji Feirong's hands.

Yao Wenlan: "???"

Qi Simin: "!!!"

Ji Feirong looked at Yao Wenlan and said helplessly: "You haven't learned anything about that store in all these days? You haven't bought anything in the store?"

Qi Simin looked at Yao Wenlan and asked with a questioning look, "What store?"

Yao Wenlan was embarrassed: "I looked it up online on the day of the appointment, and it's just an online store, and the things they sell are boring."

Ji Feirong was rarely speechless: "...boring, you still dare to take Simin to see a doctor?"

Yao Wenlan looked at him calmly: "I believe you."

Ji Feirong was helpless and turned to the security check: "Forget it, let's go through security first."

Yao Wenlan asked: "Where did you hide our suitcases?"

After going through all the procedures, while waiting for the flight, Qi Simin learned about the existence of the grocery store from Ji Feirong, and also learned that her mother was going to take her to see the owner of this store.

Yao Wenlan, like Qi Simin, went to the grocery store and searched for relevant information on the Internet.

Yao Wenlan was relatively calm, but Qi Simin was completely crazy.

Qi Simin: "Aunt Rong, is this store really not a scam?"

Ji Feirong: "Even if you saw me using the space ring to check in my luggage, you still wouldn't believe it?"

Qi Simin shook her head: "No, it just doesn't feel real."

Ji Feirong: "We're just getting started. When you get to that street, you'll understand what a true miracle is."

Qi Simin's dead curiosity was revived.

If she hadn't been to Yaoguang City soon, she would have wanted to place an order for the grocery store right away to see if it was real.

After a while, Qi Simin asked again: "Aunt Rong, is the physical address of the grocery store also on that street?"

Ji Feirong: "It should be. I haven't been there for a while. I heard that the new store opened by the owner in this world is a grocery store."

Qi Simin was puzzled: "This world?"

Ji Feirong nodded: "It's too troublesome to explain. Be patient for another day. When you get there tomorrow, you'll know what I mean."

Fearing delays in their trip, the three of them arrived in Yaoguang City a day in advance and stayed in Ji's villa.

In the morning, I happened to go to the shopping street with Ji Feiming, Ji Zhixin, Ji Qingyan and others.

Lu Yao created a door for the shopping street, and its location could change at any time. Only the clerk knew where the door was.

If customers want to go to the shopping street, they must have a guide.

Ji Feiming is the guide.

When leaving the house in the morning, Ji Feiming said to Ji Feirong and the other two: "I am going to pick up other customers. You go with Zhixin and Qingyan."

Qi Simin was curious: "Are there other customers?"

Ji Zhixin explained: "The street is open once every ten days. Customers who want to come to the store must make an appointment. Those who make an appointment on the same day as you will be picked up by Uncle Ming."

Qi Simin had seen Ji Zhixin last night. His legs were indeed the same as the rumors, and there was nothing abnormal about them. She was amazed all night and became more and more curious about the street where he was willing to stay to work.

Since yesterday, she and her mother have come into contact with many people from the Ji family.

These people took it for granted that her eyes would be cured if she went to the shopping street.

But Qi Simin was not as depressed about her eyes as she was at home. She had been so shocked by what she had seen and heard in the past one or two days that she had no time to complain.

They chatted for a while in the garage, and then saw Uncle Ming driving out in a stretched luxury car, ready to pick up guests.

Qi Simin: "Is this car also from the shopping street?"

Ji Qingyan shook her head: "Uncle Ming bought the car himself. He said that a longer car can pick up more customers."

Qi Simin: "...your boss...the owner won't arrange a special car for us?"

Ji Qingyan: "The owner helped with the modification. The interior is completely different from ordinary cars. You can take a ride next time you have a chance."

After a pause, Ji Qingyan said: "What the owner owns cannot be simply defined by existing culture and concepts, nor is it a matter of money. You will know what I mean when you get there."

Qi Simin has heard the phrase "you will know when you get there" too many times in the past few days and has become numb to it.

When getting in the car, Ji Zhixin added: "Money is still very important to the store owner."

Ji Qingyan: "There are many things that I am afraid of spending money in vain. Money can't solve the problem, but the store owner can."

Qi Simin raised her hand and touched her eye sockets, and said nothing more.

Yao Wenlan and Ji Feirong sat in the back seat, the two leaned against each other, and kept talking in a low voice.

The journey didn't seem too far. Qi Simin felt distracted and the car drove into a strange lane.

After a few minutes, it entered a small road and finally stopped in a dilapidated parking lot. The street seen through the car window was also different from what Qi Simin imagined.

The street was very narrow and the store was very old.

The sign was huge and bright, but it made the houses and roads look even more dilapidated and narrow.

Qi Simin: "Is it here?"

Yao Wenlan looked at Ji Feirong with an inquiring look.

Ji Feirong: "Get off first."

Ji Qingyan asked: "Shall we go to the room to put our luggage first, or let Brother Zhixin take you to meet the owner?"

Yao Wenlan naturally wanted to see the owner immediately. Ji Zhixin said: "The grocery store has been flooded with orders recently. The owner did not rest last night. He was called away by the robot rental shop before dawn and has not returned yet. You have to wait a moment. Qingyan will take you to the room first."

Qi Simin: "There are robots here?"

Yao Wenlan frowned slightly: "We made a reservation ten days ago, but the store is not ready? Why do we have to wait?"

She was really anxious.

Ji Zhixin: "As far as I know, Simin's treatment plan has been prepared. But the store you want to go to is more dangerous, and it cannot be done without the store owner personally."

Ji Qingyan remembered that the store owner mentioned this yesterday, and quickly added: "The appointment time is ten o'clock in the morning, and there are still two hours. Please don't worry, the store owner is always punctual, and he will definitely be back before ten o'clock."

Yao Wenlan remembered that the appointment time was indeed ten o'clock in the morning.

Because she took advantage of Ji's ride, she was able to come so early, so she didn't say anything more.

As Ji Feirong said, when you come here, you must cooperate with the arrangements of the street and the store owner, but until now she still hasn't seen what's special about this street, and all she sees is dilapidated and desolate.

Arriving at the entrance of the hot spring hotel, Ji Feirong took out Yao Wenlan and Qi Simin's suitcases and handed them to Ji Qingyan: "I have booked another room, next door. Since this is your first time here, Qingyan will take you to the room."

Yao Wenlan was slightly stunned: "Why don't you stay with us?"

The environment of this place can be seen with the naked eye. Yao Wenlan no longer has high expectations for the hotel's hygiene, facilities and services.

Ji Feirong's decision not to stay with them seemed to confirm her guess.

Ji Feirong: "I saw a notice last night that new rooms are open to tourists in the shopping street, and I want to try it out. I have stayed in this hotel many times, don't worry, it is very clean and comfortable. It is quite suitable for first-time guests, so go ahead."

Yao Wenlan: "What notice? How come I don't know?"

Ji Feirong smiled: "You can think of it as an application developed by the owner of this street, for VIP guests. You have too many questions, it's troublesome to explain them one by one, you will know when you enter the store. I will go to put the luggage first, and you can come to me after you are done. I am in the fourth shop, the furry shop."

As if afraid that Yao Wenlan would continue to ask questions, Ji Feirong waved his hand and walked quickly towards the furry shop.

Ji Qingyan put the guest's suitcase into the space ring and led the two to the hot spring hotel.

Standing at the door, Ji Qingyan gave a routine reminder: "This hotel is different from ordinary hotels. This time is the busiest time in the hotel. Please control your emotions after you enter the store and go upstairs to put your luggage first. If necessary, you can also come downstairs to have breakfast with other guests."

They didn't have breakfast in Ji's house in the morning.

The three Ji family members are happy to take advantage of the owner every day. The food is different and good for the body.

During non-holidays, they basically eat in the shopping street.

Ji Feirong finally came here to relax and relax, and he didn't like to eat home-cooked meals. He was ordering a big meal at the Maorongrong store.

Yao Wenlan and Qi Simin didn't mention it.

The Ji family didn't prepare meals in the morning, and they didn't dare to ask.

Only then did Yao Wenlan understand that they were originally planning to come to the hotel for dinner.

But how jaw-dropping can such a small hotel be?

Yao Wenlan, who has stayed in high-end hotels around the world, couldn't imagine it.

Qi Simin was also confused. How surprising could there be in this dilapidated and abandoned street in the suburbs?

Until the hotel door opened and the lively sounds flowed out, Yao Wenlan and Qi Simin stood stiffly at the door, unable to believe the scene in front of them. The

small room was decorated like a toy park, with miniature buildings, paths, green plants and flowers, and... miniature humans freely moving around.

Noticing that the hotel door was open, a row of little people sitting on the edge of the glass platform, swinging their legs, pulled each other.

"Another door opened on the street!"

"Are these unfamiliar adults new guests?"

"The owner said that he would invite adults to stay at the hotel some time ago. Is it today?"

"Can we have a banquet?"

"Banquet? I like banquets!"

...

Qi Simin held her mother's hand and turned stiffly to look at Ji Qingyan: "Where is this...?" There

was a rustling sound from the kitchen. Xiao Zheng was preparing food.

At this time, some of the little human guests had breakfast, some checked out and left, some went out to do business, and some guests were enjoying the adventure in the hotel.

Xiao Zheng was preparing the second round of meals and breakfast for the adult guests who were about to check in.

Ji Qingyan was already used to the various reactions that guests might have when they first checked in, and smiled: "Welcome to the remote hot spring hotel, which is connected to the primitive continent of Nit'an. Simply put, this is a hotel for the Nit'an people, the primitive inhabitants of the Nit'an continent, and the hotel is only open to adults at certain times."

Qi Simin raised her finger: "Nit'an people... those little people?"

Yao Wenlan's body was stiff. If her daughter hadn't held her hand, she would have almost turned around and ran away.

For some reason, the little people who were so cute in the eyes of young people were very scary in her eyes.

Qi Simin let go of Yao Wenlan at this time, walked into the store, and the clerk's eyes were full of familiar exclamation: "Nitian mainland, Nitian little people. They... are so cute and healing."

Ji Qingyan invited Yao Wenlan into the store: "Your room is on the second floor, I will take you up first."

Because it was an open day, Yao Wenlan and Qi Simin were not the only ones who made appointments to come to the shopping street, and they were not the only ones who booked rooms.

The second floor of the hotel was just expanded two days ago. Now there are 20 rooms and can accommodate 60 guests at the same time.

Yao Wenlan and Qi Simin booked a standard room with two beds and a floor-to-ceiling window.

Outside the window is Nitian mainland with cold wind and white snow.

After closing the door, Yao Wenlan immediately called Ji Feirong.

There was the sound of waves crashing in the receiver, and Ji Feirong's voice seemed to come from far away: "Have you entered the store? Have you seen other customers?

"This street is like this. Are you not used to it or are you afraid?

" "The outside world has always speculated about the Ji family. Don't you also want to know our secrets?

"For hundreds of years, the Ji family has served this kind of existence.

"Can't you imagine that it is impossible to cure Simin's eyes with ordinary means?"

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