Lu Keyuan's eyes swept across the tall and strong bodyguards, circled around, and finally fixed on Jing Cheng, who was the center of attention. His eyes flashed, but his face showed an expression of disbelief, and he asked hesitantly: "Are you from the "Incredible Journey" program team?"
His straightforward gaze was unpleasant. Jing Cheng felt a little uncomfortable and nodded his chin, motioning him to look at everyone's equipment. What do you think?
Boss Lu smiled awkwardly, as if he wanted to say something to Jing Cheng, but suddenly he felt a thorn in his back. He turned his head and saw Qin Yan staring at him with a pair of eyes that seemed to be spitting fire.
Lu Keyuan: ...
No one else noticed the quarrel between the three people. Sang Tai came up to him and whispered something in a low voice beside him. He spoke in the local dialect, and no one in the program crew could understand him, so they could only stand there stupidly and wait.
After a while, Boss Lu said to everyone with an apologetic look on his face: "Everyone must be very tired after the long journey. I will find a room for you to rest. If you need something to eat, let me know. The kitchen has already started making breakfast."
Everyone quickly waved their hands and said they didn't need it, they just wanted to sleep.
Boss Lu had no choice but to take everyone to find a room to rest.
The stilt house looks bright and shiny from the outside, but once you go inside you can see that it is actually an old building. The bamboo stairs have become black and deformed due to years of trampling, the large pillars supporting the small building have signs of decay, the handrails are dirty, and you can faintly smell a faint musty smell in the air.
Unexpectedly, the housing conditions were so poor. Fu Le felt a little reluctant and muttered quietly: "Damn, this is actually a popular inn, and these people can live here."
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Qin Yan rubbed his fingers and said expressionlessly: "I'll go out and look for other inns nearby."
Fu Le raised his head and looked around, and said with a click of the tongue: "It's not necessary to change the inn. There are so many people coming and going here. Why don't you hire a few more waiters to clean up."
The two real young masters were disgusted, but Jing Cheng, the "fake rich young master", didn't care: "This inn has been around for more than ten years. It's expected that the small building is old. The environment here is quiet and clean."
Fu Le glanced at him and said, "Sometimes I really can't believe it, your dad is a real estate boss."
"..." Jing Cheng's throat choked, and the expression on his face was as if he had swallowed a fly.
Jing Zhensong is not, thank you.
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On the way upstairs, some tourists who lived here had already got up and went downstairs to find a restaurant for breakfast. Seeing the program crew rushing upstairs, a disheveled female tourist showed a surprised expression on her face. When she saw the cameraman behind her holding advanced filming equipment, she was immediately frightened, quickly covered her face, and rushed back to the room like a gust of wind.
Everyone in the program crew: “…” Are they monsters?
The girl in charge of logistics looked at the anxious figure of the girl, touched her face unconsciously, and sighed softly: "Oh my God, I actually forgot to touch up my makeup."
The cameraman knew that girls nowadays love beauty and would not go out without makeup, so he comforted her: "It's okay, you are not in my camera."
Logistics girl: "..."
Director Zhao walked upstairs with Boss Lu and made small talk: "I didn't expect Boss Lu to be so young. When I saw your WeChat profile picture and Moments, I thought you were a middle-aged man. After all, there are not many young people like you who like to study Buddhism nowadays."
After the program crew decided on the shooting location, they contacted Lv Keyuan in advance. Director Zhao had added him on WeChat early on and discovered that Boss Lv’s WeChat profile picture was a photo of an ancient book cover of the Diamond Sutra, and his Moments were filled with Buddhist teachings and images of Guanyin. Director Zhao subconsciously thought that the other party was an old man. After all, these days, the richer and more powerful a businessman is, the more he believes in ghosts and gods.
Lu Keyuan still had a sad look on his face. He smiled bitterly and waved his hands: "Alas, it's all due to the pressure of life."
This statement is really confusing. How can a small private hobby be considered "forced by life"?
But seeing that he looked depressed as if he had some unavoidable difficulties, Director Zhao didn't dare to ask more questions and had to change the subject: "But Boss Lu is really young and promising. He actually managed such a large inn by himself, and the business is so good. Boss Lu must have made a lot of money in a year."
Hearing this, Lu Keyuan fell silent.
Director Zhao: “?” Is there anything wrong with what he said?
Boss Lu said awkwardly: "You are joking. Actually... this inn is my wife's dowry. I am just the innkeeper."
No matter how much money he earns, it doesn't all go into his pocket. He has been running the inn all these years, and he has to support Yilan's whole family. Thinking of this, a gloomy mood appeared on Boss Lu's face.
Director Zhao opened and closed his mouth.
Judging from the situation, the relationship between the couple is probably not harmonious, no wonder they live separately.
Director Zhao thought for a long time and didn't know how to change the subject, so he had no choice but to shut up.
The inn's business was indeed very good. The rooms with good lighting and good locations had already been occupied, so the twenty or so people there had to live separately, and most of them were in the dimly lit corners on the top floor and attic. Fortunately, there were still many single rooms left, with complete water and electricity, so no one could complain.
Boss Lu distributed room keys to everyone, said a few polite words, hesitated for a moment before leaving, and turned to everyone and said, "If there are couples among you, it is recommended that you do not stay in the same room."
Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. Couples can't stay in the same room? What kind of weird rule is this?
After a moment of silence, someone couldn't help but ask: "Uh... why is this?"
Boss Lu seemed to be thinking about something. He looked around furtively and said vaguely, "Anyway...it's best not to live together. The farther apart, the better."
After saying that, he hurried downstairs under everyone's puzzled gazes. When he passed by Jing Cheng and the other two, he probably remembered Jing Cheng's evaluation of the inn just now, and couldn't help but look back and take a deep look at Jing Cheng.
Fu Le always felt that this old building that didn't fit in with the scenery downstairs was hiding an unknown darkness. He swallowed his saliva and said, "What did Boss Lu mean by that just now? Could it be that there are ghosts hiding in this building? The kind that prey on couples?"
A staff member of the program team was surprised and said: "That's impossible... I saw several couples when I went upstairs just now."
"Let me guess, maybe the ghosts here refuse to eat dog food?"
"What are you afraid of? Most of us are single. Who can bring a girlfriend with him on a business trip?"
Qin Yan's focus is always different from others. He stared at Jing Cheng with an ugly expression on his face: "Why did he look at you like that before he left just now?"
That kind of staring seemed to hide some unspeakable desire... Qin Yan had often met such people before because of his sexual orientation, and he always ignored them. However, when it happened to Jing Cheng... The more Qin Yan thought about it, the angrier he became, and he wished he could poke out his disgusting eyes.
Qin Yan never expected that the owner of a small shabby inn living in the mountains would dare to be so unscrupulous. No wonder Jing Cheng had a weak face and didn't notice it... It's best that he didn't notice it at all.
Jing Cheng also felt uncomfortable under Boss Lu's gaze, but he failed to understand the implication of Qin Yan's words, and answered hesitantly: "How should I know this? You are not guilty, are you?"
Qin Yan: “…” Damn, Lu Keyuan, you are dead.
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That afternoon, almost everyone in the production crew had woken up. Director Zhao didn't dare to waste time, so he simply ate a few bites of food and took the camera crew to investigate the local oddities as backup material. Professor Fu was still resting in the room, and only Jing Cheng and the other three, as well as a few logistics girls, were left in the inn.
In the courtyard, Jing Cheng put his hands behind his back, acting like a master, and walked around the inn again and again with a serious expression as if he was thinking about something. Boss Lu followed behind him with a smile on his face, introducing the layout of the inn and talking non-stop.
Lv Keyuan originally complained about the raid by Director Zhao and his team. Due to the confidentiality of the program team, he didn't know how his small plot of land attracted the program team. Firstly, as the owner of an online celebrity inn, he had no shortage of customers and didn't need to appear on the show to advertise. In addition, because of the recent hot search of a fire that killed a same-sex couple, the Internet had mixed reviews about this place. He, the nominal owner, was repeatedly dragged out to be "whipped", which really affected his mood.
In his opinion, the couple deserved it. He had risked his life to warn them, but they dared to sleep together. Isn't this courting death? Why did netizens scold him? He didn't start the fire.
Another reason is that he was indeed guilty and felt that the program crew had found out something in advance and that they had come with bad intentions.
Although the program has not been officially broadcast yet, as soon as the program crew left Bijia Village, a large number of police were dispatched, and the whole network witnessed the sweep of Bijia Village.
Moreover, this young man named Jing Cheng seemed to have some evil nature.
When they first met in the morning, Lu Keyuan noticed him first, because Jing Cheng's appearance really suited his taste. He thought that the other party was just a handsome young master from a wealthy family who knew a little about Feng Shui. But after getting to know him better, he found that the people in the program crew were actually led by Jing Cheng. He even heard Director Zhao call him "Taoist priest"!
This is really weird.
So this supernatural show is really for the purpose of "subduing demons and defending justice"?
Why would they invite such a baby Taoist priest?
Lu Keyuan was puzzled. Apart from anything else, there was indeed a problem with their inn. Because of the inexplicable fire, he had invited some so-called masters to take a look. He spent a lot of money, redesigned the yard, changed the feng shui, and even dug a pond, but to no avail.
Fortunately, the local area vigorously developed the tourism industry later, and their inn became an Internet celebrity inn by accident because of the "wrath of the God". The fire became the characteristic of the inn. Some people even came from thousands of miles away just to experience the feeling of being "wrathed by the God". He simply didn't change it. Anyway, these tourists would go crazy and risk their lives, and it wouldn't be his fault even if they died.
After repeated fire incidents, he gradually figured out a pattern: whenever a same-sex couple lived together and something happened in the room, the god would become "wrathful."
If ordinary couples want to come and experience the "special features", he has to personally come and give them an "artificial anger reduction".
He didn't care which "great immortal" was causing trouble in their inn. Now that he had found the pattern, his own safety was guaranteed, so he was even less worried.
What he is worried about now is that this young Taoist priest named Jing Cheng is really capable and will dig out his "secrets".
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The author has something to say:
Lu Keyuan is a homosexual.
Small theater:
Lu Keyuan said solemnly: I have a secret.
Qin Yan: I saw it a long time ago. This man who cheated on me for marriage is so wicked. Let’s get him as soon as possible!
Taoist Priest Jing: Don’t be impatient, just scare him first.
Lu Keyuan: ...
Wang Ningning: Am I unworthy? I have a name, but no one noticed that I was “missing”?
Master Jing: It’s your turn soon. Please, the author, please make the arrangements.
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