Chu Changzui is a very smart person.

Although he always looks unremarkable, Li Qi knows that in terms of intelligence, this guy should be the best in this inn.

Therefore, Li Qi likes to ask him about some things that seem a bit strange and elusive.

However, this time, Chu Changzui turned his back to him, as if he didn't hear what he said at all, and even gave up the pot of wine.

This behavior is very different from his usual style, and it also made Li Qi more certain of something.

He stood up and walked to Chu Changzui's side, then looked at Chu Changzui and said, "Recently, Huacilou has been collecting those stories from a long time ago. You should know about this, right?"

Chu Changzui still didn't speak. Li Qi said to himself behind him, "But why did they do this? It's because I asked Anhuo Shaxi to do it."

"I told her that I wanted to read some stories from that time."

"And why am I suddenly interested in these books?" Li Qi slowly walked in front of Chu Changzui and forced him to raise his head, "Because of you."

"You seemed to be very curious about these things some time ago."

There was silence on the roof for a long time, and finally a low sigh came out.

Chu Changzui finally turned his head.

He closed the book in his hand that he was not reading, looked at Li Qi, and whispered: "Sometimes I really want to ask the shopkeeper what he taught you that could improve your five senses so quickly."

"So, what are you hiding from us?" Li Qi asked.

Chu Changzui in front of him was silent for a long, long time.

Just when the silence was so long that Li Qi thought he might not speak again, Li Qi suddenly saw him pick up a pen and write a line on the paper in his hand.

"The shopkeeper may just remember something in the past."

"Something in the past? What?" Li Qi frowned.

"Something very similar to the situation in front of me, loyalty, or betrayal." Chu Changzui wrote again.

Li Qi looked at the words in silence for a long time, and suddenly said softly, "Has anyone betrayed the shopkeeper like this before?"

After saying this, Chu Changzui felt the hairs on his back stand up, and he looked at Li Qi in front of him with a horrified face.

The wind around him was still for a long time, and there was silence without any sound.

After a while, Chu Changzui was relieved when he heard no sound coming from the surroundings.

He immediately stood up, turned around and ran without saying a word, saying as he ran, "You said it, not me."

At this time, the long tail seemed to have no hindrance at all, and was dragged by Chu Changzui to trot all the way, and disappeared completely on the roof within a few seconds.

Li Qi looked at Chu Changzui's back as he left, with a thoughtful look in his eyes.

So, is that why?

…

Feng Qing heard that her elementary school classmate got married.

The marriage of an elementary school classmate is certainly something worth celebrating, but the sad part is that Feng Qing's elementary school life was rather miserable. She basically lived as a marginal person, and had basically no contact with her elementary school classmates from childhood to adulthood.

Therefore, she actually felt it was quite miraculous that the news of her elementary school classmate's marriage could reach her ears this time.

"Children nowadays are actually quite lucky. When they were in kindergarten, there were class WeChat groups. We didn't have this thing when we were in high school. Everyone went back to their own homes after graduation, and we may not be able to get together for decades in the future." Feng Qing sighed.

"Yes." Her friend also sighed.

"Come to think of it, I never spoke in class back then, and they thought I was a quiet girl who liked to read alone. I didn't expect that after so many years, I have become like this. If they saw me, they would probably be shocked." Feng Qing looked at her phone with a soft smile on her face, as if she was lost in memories.

"Come to think of it, we haven't seen each other for so many years, and we are like strangers when we meet again, right? I wonder if I can still find some memories of elementary school."

"If you have a social phobia, you don't have to go." Her friend knew Feng Qing's personality very well, and said with a little concern.

Feng Qing's social phobia has really reached a certain level. If there are strangers around her, she will feel uncomfortable and feel pain from the inside out.

As a friend, she certainly didn't want to see Feng Qing in such pain.

"What are you talking about? You have to go to this wedding." Feng Qing said as a matter of course.

"Huh?" Her matter-of-fact attitude confused her friend.

"Not only do you have to go, but you have to dress formally and wear all my most expensive clothes." Feng Qing gritted her teeth and made up her mind to buy herself more expensive clothes.

"No, no, what's wrong with you?" Her friend said she couldn't understand.

"She always looked down on me when she was a child! She always bullied me! She used my pen and didn't return it, and she brought a few little brats to squeeze me!" Feng Qing shouted like a madman.

"Ah, this..."

Feng Qing was going to her cupboard in the middle of the night to look for things like battle robes. She was going to take a short vacation soon, so she should be able to attend the wedding in time.

When she opened the door, she suddenly saw Chu Xiaobai, dressed in a dinosaur costume, hurriedly walking through the corridor. She wondered, "What is this kid doing in the middle of the night? Why is he walking back and forth in the corridor instead of sleeping?"

Feng Qing didn't actually have many valuable things at home, but the winter temperature in the Northeast and the south of the Yangtze River was different.

In the Northeast, if you want to compete in financial strength, you must first make one thing clear.

Northeastern people have always been simple and unpretentious in terms of financial strength, and in winter, the basic basis for everyone's competition is that.

Mink.

Of course, Feng Qing couldn't afford such a thing in modern times. After all, any one of them could cost more than five figures. Feng Qing might have to save money for a quarter to buy one.

But in ancient times, the situation was different.

- Because a guest had left one in the inn for no apparent reason.

Feng Qing didn't know which rich man had left such a fine mink in their inn, but judging from the snow-white fur and the wonderful feel, the mink must have been expensive. Feng

Qing looked after it for a month, hoping that one day a big brother would take it back. She even reported it lost and found at the government office, but no one wanted it.

This thing is really strange. Why doesn't anyone want such a good piece of clothing?

Feng Qing sneaked into the closet, took out the mink from it, and then put it on herself to try it out - yes, it's this feeling of turning into a fifty-year-old lady in an instant, which can best make people experience the happiness of a rich woman.

Although this rich woman is a fake.

"Let's dry them tomorrow, then pack them up and take them away." Feng Qing said with a satisfied look on his face.

Li Qi, who had just come downstairs, heard someone talking to himself at the end of the corridor.

"It's a pity that many things can't be shown to them, and they can't see what this inn looks like now, otherwise I would have surprised them."

The voice smiled, "Even the employees of my inn, I'm afraid they won't be able to meet them."

...Who?

Li Qi slowly moved closer to listen.

"Seeing you look a little abnormal now, I should have thought that you had a rough childhood. As the saying goes, people with antisocial personality have a miserable childhood." Feng Qing's friend complained in the headset.

Feng Qing actually really wanted to invite some modern friends or family to the inn to play, but let's not talk about whether this group of people will spread rumors after returning. From the perspective of the boss, he is unlikely to agree.

"Those are not tragic things at all." Feng Qing said calmly: "It's just a few kids fooling around. Now I think about what they did at that time. It was indeed childish, and many of them were unnecessary."

"It's just that I don't want to see those things that happened in the past a second time, so I have to take some measures."

Li Qi stood at the door and stopped.

He was not sure if the shopkeeper in the room was speaking to him. Although she seemed to be talking to herself as usual, she did seem to be talking to him from a distance.

Don't you want to... see the same things happen again?

So you want to help Anhuo Shaxi see everything clearly, instead of letting her wander around like a headless fly?

After Feng Qing put on the mink, she looked at herself in the mirror for a long time. No matter how she looked at it, she felt as if she was missing some soul.

Then she turned around and suddenly realized that the missing soul was probably due to the lack of some necessary jewelry.

"Jewelry, where can I find jewelry?" As expected, Feng Qing started to fumble around. She had basically never had anything to do with this stuff since she was a child. She was asked to find a few pieces of jewelry that she liked, but she really couldn't find anything. The hands in the entire inn were either plastic props or B-grade jadeite. If she

took these things out, she would definitely be laughed at by others.

Feng Qing was a little decadent for a while, and suddenly thought of something. She opened a small box and took out a pair of slightly gray gems from it.

It was unknown what material these gems were made of, but they felt heavy to the touch. The most important thing was that these things were given to her by the little fool Sai Xinghong in their inn.

It was said that this was a pair of earrings he bought casually from a stall outside.

In ancient times, there would definitely be no such thing as plastic. As long as it is not plastic, it is all gemstones. The only difference is the degree of preciousness. At least that is how Feng Qing understands it.

Feng Qing looked at the pair of unknown gemstones in the box, frowned slightly, and thought for a while.

...If it really doesn't work, it's okay to wear this thing outside, right?

Even if it is not worth much, it should be better than plastic.