Chapter 57: Dream Amusement Park (39)
The butler put his right hand on his left shoulder and bowed to the guests. With a "ding" sound, the elevator door slowly closed and the butler disappeared behind the door.
Su Yue and Cang Zhi were the only ones left in the room.
They didn't think too much about what the butler said because it was not very clear. Su Yue walked through the corridor into the living room, and the first thing he did was to look for the "Guest Manual" that the butler mentioned.
The most eye-catching thing in the living room is a large round bed, which is also furnished with a coffee table and a long sofa. The soft long sofa is a light cream pink and looks very soft. It is obvious that the needs of meeting guests are not taken into consideration. It is designed entirely for the experience of couples getting along with each other.
On the coffee table were a fruit basket, a bouquet of flowers, a welcome card, and the "guest handbook" the butler had mentioned. It was a high-end, black-covered booklet with a gold-stamped cover depicting a man and a woman embracing, like a loving couple.
Opening the notebook, the welcome message at the top is written in a fancy handwritten style:
Dear guests, welcome to the Princess Castle Hotel. We wish you and your loved ones a wonderful night together!
The text below turned into very neat bold font.
[Check-in Rules:
1. The hotel provides you with extremely comfortable couple's pajamas, please enjoy them
2. You can do whatever you want in the suite
3. If necessary, please press "9" to call your exclusive love messenger
4.……]
Seeing this, Su Yue picked up the phone beside him and pressed "9".
As soon as the button was pressed, the elevator door dinged. The butler, wearing a half-mask, with a pale face and extremely long nails, smiled politely: "Hello, what can I do for you?"
Sure enough, the "housekeeper" is the so-called "messenger of love".
Su Yue pointed to the two nightgowns hanging in the sliding door closet and said, "I want to know, does wearing these make us a couple?"
"No," the butler said, still maintaining a dignified smile, "if we don't wear this, we're not considered a couple."
Su Yue: "..."
What a disgusting role-playing experience.
"Okay, thank you." After complaining in his heart, Su Yue politely sent the housekeeper away and continued to read the house rules.
[Accommodation Rules
4. Love messengers will patrol outside the guest rooms to ensure the safety of couples
5. Princess Castle Hotel is a hotel that serves couples. Only couples are allowed to move outside the guest rooms.
6.……]
"This means that if the housekeeper determines that we are not a couple, he will attack us." Su Yue read these two rules back and forth several times and came to a conclusion, "So if we go out, we must pretend to be a couple."
"How should I dress up specifically?" Cang Zhi asked.
"I don't understand either." Su Yue said, "I'll have to go out for a walk at night to find out."
If it was just an NPC in the thousand-point copy, Su Yue wouldn't care, but the opponent was a bug, and Su Yue was not sure that he could defeat the bug without destroying the game framework. In the previous game copy, he had completed the hidden task and was able to kill the bug with one sword, but now he didn't know what the hidden task was, so of course he couldn't act rashly.
So if it's really necessary, just pretend to be a couple.
Keep reading.
[Accommodation Rules
7. If you see any love messengers or guests other than your partner in the hotel, please keep your distance.
8. If you find that the other party is not a guest, please leave immediately!
Thank you again for staying at the Princess Castle Hotel, and we wish you and your loved ones a wonderful night!
At the back of the guest handbook are the normal contents that every hotel has, such as how to compensate for damages to the facilities in the room, what type of room service the hotel provides, what type of additional services the hotel provides, etc. However, there is now a small note next to the price of all paid services that says "free during the experience period."
"Goodness." Su Yue closed the guest handbook. "The last two rules of the house are simply a hotel anomaly."
"The manager also said that the hotel is haunted." Cang Zhi said.
"It seems that this hotel is really haunted." Su Yue said, turning and walking towards the corridor.
He was still wearing his ordinary, even ugly, work clothes, and because he had just escaped from the burning basement, his clothes were covered in black and white stains of smoke and fire. But even so, his demeanor was still very elegant.
Su Yue took down the two black nightgowns hanging on the hangers from the closet, turned around and smiled at Cang Zhi: "Since the rules of the game say that we have to wear these to pretend to be a couple, then let's just pretend for now."
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The sound of water splashing came from the bathroom. I have to admit that although it was a game, the hardware configuration of this hotel was really very good. Su Yue felt that his luck was pretty good this time.
Although the gods don't care much about these external things, Su Yue is obviously relatively more concerned about that faction. At least having a clean, tidy, and even comfortable environment in the game copy will greatly improve his mood.
He took a comfortable bath, applied some body lotion and blew his hair.
Afterwards, Su Yue changed into the black nightgown, which even came with brand new matching underwear and shoes and socks. Just as the guest manual said, the clothes were very comfortable to wear. It might also be that Su Yue felt so uncomfortable wearing the work clothes that were crisped by the fire just now, so he felt comfortable wearing anything now.
After finishing all this, Su Yue walked out of the bathroom happily and relaxedly. Cang Zhi was standing on the balcony looking into the distance. Su Yue walked over from behind him and patted him on the back.
He walked like a cat, very lightly and without making any noise, but he didn't try to hide it, so Cangzhi must have known he was approaching. When Su Yue patted his shoulder, he didn't react much, but when he turned around to look at Su Yue, he was obviously stunned.
"...What's wrong?" Cang Zhi was stunned for about half a second before asking Su Yue.
Su Yue was stunned, "Do you know I'm here?"
"I know." Cang Zhi said.
"Then why are you in a daze?" Su Yue smiled and lifted her hair.
It is night now and the lights in the amusement park are on. The night view of the amusement park is always beautiful, with colorful castles, Ferris wheels and roller coaster tracks. The reflections of those scenes are magnificently reflected on the glass door of the balcony behind Su Yue. Through the door, you can see the warm decorations in the room, the light pink sofa, the beige round bed and carpet, and the warm lights.
In this scene where cold and warmth, splendor and gentleness intertwine, Su Yue stood there.
He was very handsome, wearing a dark, somewhat heavy nightgown, his eyes were as dark as the night sky and as bright as the stars, he had fair skin, a slender neck and ankles, and looked very fragile. This kind of beauty behind him, a mixture of cold and warmth, was intertwined in him without contradiction.
Cang Zhi was silent for a moment and then said, "You look very beautiful now."
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Su Yue was stunned again. When Cangzhi said this, he felt a subtle sense of throbbing. He thought it was probably due to the environment. No matter what, he shouldn't be throbbing for a doll.
So he quickly digested this emotion and smiled beautifully: "Of course I look good. You look good too."
After saying that, he didn't give Cang Zhi a chance to say anything else. He patted Cang Zhi and said, "Hurry up and change your clothes. Let's go out and collect clues."
Cangzhi took his bathrobe into the bathroom and neatly folded his clothes at the bathroom door. Suyue simply ordered another laundry service.
Su Yue asked for this additional service casually and didn't worry about any traps or anything.
Because even in a game where people die, the death traps are logical. It is impossible for someone to die without any warning and thus not be able to complete the game.
Soon, the "messenger of love", or the housekeeper, came to the door with a soft laundry bag and took away the old clothes that Su Yue and Cang Zhi had changed out of.
"Your clothes will be washed when you check out tomorrow," the housekeeper said with a smile. "Please remember to pick them up then."
It was a very ordinary word, but considering that there were murder traps in this hotel, it was a terrifying thought. However, even though Su Yue realized this, he didn't feel scared at all. He asked the housekeeper: "Are the other 'love messengers' in this hotel like you?"
"No." The butler smiled and replied, "Some are only responsible for patrolling, and they can't speak."
After that, he added, whether as a threat or a kind reminder, "If you encounter a love messenger like that, don't let them mistakenly think you're not a couple, otherwise something terrible could happen."
When Su Yue asked again what the "very terrible thing" was, the butler did not answer. However, he could probably guess without an answer that it was death, what else could it be.
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Soon, Cang Zhi also came out after washing up. When he put on this pajamas, he also wore a thin long-sleeved shirt and trousers underneath. Except for his neck and a little bit of muscle under his collarbone, no skin was exposed.
It is true that the hotel also provided these things, a silk V-neck long-sleeved top, and trousers that were longer than the ankles, but because the room was very warm, Su Yue did not wear these things, just underwear, a nightgown and slippers.
Su Yue clicked his tongue.
"What's wrong?" Cang Zhi asked.
"The Lord God said before that you would inherit part of his personality." Su Yue said, "Now it seems to be true. If you let the Lord God appear here, he will definitely be like you, wrapped up tightly, like a dumpling."
Cang Zhi's expression was subtle: "You made me sound like his son."
Su Yue chuckled. "In a sense, it could be considered that. But it's not like him to talk like that. He's not that interesting."
"Of course he is not as interesting as me." Cang Zhi said.
The Lord God Cangzhi did not have this subtle competitive spirit, because he was the supreme Lord God who owned everything. At least he did not have it during the time when Su Yue and the Lord God were still very familiar with each other.
From this perspective, dolls that can "answer questions in an interesting way" are even cuter.
Su Yue patted Cang Zhi's shoulder and said, "Let's go, hurry up and get out. Others take a shower and change clothes to spend time together in the house, but we go out to look for clues. How pitiful."
Cang Zhi coughed and said, "That's right."
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Walking out of the guest room, the corridor was empty but bright. The same aroma of incense wafted through the corridor, blowing a warm breeze. There was no elevator in sight, so the only way to go up or down was by escalator, as the elevator was at the entrance.
There are very few guest rooms on each floor, and they should all be luxurious rooms.
There is a floor plan of the hotel on the wall. In addition to guest rooms, there is also a swimming pool, gym, physiotherapy room, and viewing terrace.
Su Yue knocked on the door of the nearest guest room, but it wouldn't open. He pushed it, but it wouldn't budge. It seemed like there was no way to investigate these empty guest rooms.
When they went to clean up the warehouse on the first night, they saw a flickering flame behind a window pane of the hotel, but now they were inside the hotel and had no way of determining where the abnormality had occurred, so they could only conduct a top-to-bottom search.
"Let's go up first, to the top floor, and then go down to the first floor." Su Yue suggested.
Cang Zhi said, "Okay."
After walking a few steps, Su Yue and Cang Zhi saw the first patrolling "love messenger".
Just as the butler had said before, the face of this "messenger of love" was completely covered by a mask, and he exuded a strong aura of danger. He was like a red-named monster wandering in the wild. The moment Su Yue and Cang Zhi entered his wandering range, he immediately turned his face and walked over quickly.
"That's not right." Su Yue whispered, "This guy is obviously very aggressive."
"I feel the same." Cang Zhi said.
"So wearing couple outfits isn't enough." Su Yue thought for a moment and took Cang Zhi's arm. The love messenger wavered as Su Yue made this move, as if he had lost his aim, but then he came over again.
Su Yue: "..."
He roughly understood that the way these love messengers judged whether a couple was a "couple" was based on whether they had intimate actions similar to those of a couple.
The opponent is a bug, so Su Yue still has to go along with them.
So seeing this messenger of love continuing to walk towards him, Su Yue reached out and grabbed Cang Zhi's hand, slipped his fingers between Cang Zhi's fingers, and interlocked theirs.
Seeing Cangzhi in a daze, Suyue shook him quickly and said, "Hurry up."
"Oh, okay." Cangzhi responded as if he had just woken up from a dream, and touched Zhuyue's fingertips.
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Walking hand in hand with fingers interlocked is an action that only couples do.
This action obviously worked. After swaying in place for a while, the love messenger turned around and walked in another direction, resuming his "patrol" work on his normal route.
"Good boy." Su Yue sighed softly, "Then let's just do this from now on."
These love messengers seemed not to care what they said. These love messengers wearing masks probably could not understand human speech at all and could only judge the identity of "couples" based on their actions.
"Yeah." Cangzhi agreed.
The two of them continued walking forward hand in hand.
They met other love messengers along the way, but this level of intimacy was obviously enough for these love messengers. They completely ignored Su Yue and Cang Zhi and let them stroll around the hotel.
This was also the first time that Su Yue had this level of contact with the puppet Cang Zhi. Before, he basically just hugged his arms, hugged his arms, and hugged his arms again, because holding hands was an action with very strong emotional connotations for Su Yue, which only lovers could do, and he and the puppet were not lovers.
I have held the Lord God's hand before, and the feeling is similar to now, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is exactly the same.
The Lord God would also hold his fingers like this. That was one of the few times Su Yue felt that the Lord God seemed to like him too.
Su Yue's heart was beating very fast at that time, but it is much calmer now in comparison.
But it feels pretty good now.
Just like music, drama and food, holding the hand of a handsome doll with a face he likes very much makes Su Yue feel a very simple beauty.
On the way up, they passed by the gym and the physiotherapy room and went in to take a look. When they looked, the two of them would investigate separately, but as soon as the messenger of love came, Su Yue would quickly run over and hold Cang Zhi's hand.
Just looking at this action, it looks like a young couple secretly dating in school.
At first, Cangzhi seemed unused to it; it takes time for a puppet to learn. At the gym, when Suyue rushed over from the elliptical machine in the corner for the third time, grabbed Cangzhi's hand, and let the love messenger he had just led leave without warning, Cangzhi asked him, "Do you mind this kind of contact?"
"How do we touch?" Su Yue smiled and raised their hands a little higher. "Is this how you say?"
"Yeah." Cang Zhi replied, "You don't seem to like close contact with others."
"It has nothing to do with what you said." Su Yue said happily.
"What if it's someone else?" Cang Zhi asked, "If someone else holds your hand, wouldn't you mind?"
"As for other people, it doesn't matter if they are familiar with each other. After all, it's just a temporary solution." Su Yue said, "I'm single now anyway."
"If..." Cang Zhi said the beginning and then stopped.
"If what?" Su Yue was a little amused. "You have so many questions today."
"It's nothing." Cang Zhi said, "I'm glad you don't mind."
So on the fourth time, when Su Yue walked towards Cang Zhi in order to divert the attention of the love messenger, Cang Zhi took the initiative to extend his hand.
Su Yue was stunned for a moment, then put his hand in Cang Zhi's hand. Cang Zhi held his fingers in his palm and squeezed them gently. Su Yue's heart seemed to tremble slightly with this movement. Cang Zhi had restrained herself from letting him go, and held his hand in the same casual posture as before.
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Whether in the gym, corridor or swimming pool, Su Yue and Cang Zhi did not find anything unusual. Apart from the patrolling love messenger, there were only the two of them, and there was not even anything to investigate.
The two searched all the way up and soon reached the floor where the viewing terrace was located.
As soon as they reached the floor with the viewing terrace, Su Yue realized that they had come to the right place. The apartment layout of the Castle Hotel was actually a bit U-shaped. Because the castle itself had a certain curvature, they could see the windows outside the side corridor from their side.
The window panes on this floor's corridor are different from those on other floors. They are exactly the same as the strange window panes in the hotel that Su Yue and Cang Zhi saw from outside on the first night.
The viewing terrace is actually located below the row of window panes, extending in a cross shape like the wings of an airplane. It is difficult to identify it as a terrace from the outside because the exterior wall of the terrace is decorated in exactly the same way as the exterior wall of the hotel.
There was no one on the terrace now.
"If you want to go down, you should go through that stairwell." Su Yue observed the nearby terrain and pointed to the road ahead.
The stairwell is a small room that turns down from here. The two were about to go down from here when Cang Zhi suddenly grabbed Su Yue's hand and motioned him to look to the side.
Through the window on this side, behind the window pane of the next corridor, Su Yue saw again the dancing flame he saw on the first night.
There seemed to be a figure flickering in the flames, but it was not clear, just like watching a stage play.
Looking at it from such a close distance seemed to be no different from looking at it from afar. The figure flashed twice and quickly disappeared.
Will he come through the corridor?
Was he the "ghost" that the manager and the guest handbook had mentioned?
Just as Su Yue and Cang Zhi were holding their breath and waiting, Su Yue suddenly caught a glimpse of the viewing terrace downstairs. His eyes suddenly widened, and he suddenly pulled Cang Zhi, and they both looked over there.
A bride in a snow-white wedding dress appeared on the viewing terrace.
Her face was covered by a veil, and she held a dry bouquet in her hands. Her arms and fingertips, exposed outside the white veil, were charred black from the fire.
The bride walked forward step by step along the viewing terrace, and the train of her snow-white wedding dress left a charred trail on the ground.
She didn't know where to go. The cold moonlight in the sky illuminated her figure. When she reached the center of the viewing terrace, she stopped.
It was obvious that Su Yue was in the warm corridor at this moment, and he couldn't even see the bride's face.
But just by looking at the bride, he felt a cold sadness surging like waves.
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