As soon as I opened my mouth, a voice rang in my mind.
"Master! The risk is too great. Why don't we wait for Fatty Zhou behind us? I really have a feeling that this guy isn't very friendly!"
At this point, Lei Jijian started to back down a little.
To be honest, there's one thing I don't understand: Lei Jijian is usually quite brave, but today he suddenly wasn't so impulsive.
But I ignored him; this was probably my and Yiyi's last chance.
They took the sea marrow and left without hesitation.
"Boss He."
I'd like to ask, is the sea marrow you mentioned earlier still available? We urgently need sea marrow for treatment.
The air fell silent the moment those words were spoken.
Everyone fell silent.
Mr. He seemed to have been struck by lightning.
The atmosphere was as cold as ice.
But the first to make a move was Zhou Pang.
He simply looked up at me.
Clearly, he didn't know much about sea marrow.
Therefore, I can understand such a performance.
His eyes were full of surprise, and then he looked at Boss He.
"Brother He? You still kept this?"
At this moment, Mr. He also looked very uncomfortable.
Yiyi crawled into my hand; her nails were a little white, and her head was down.
Indeed, it would be quite awkward to directly ask him for this.
Mr. He stopped coughing and slowly lowered his hand, which had been covering his mouth, with a little sticky residue on his fingers.
I can tell that this person is already suffering from some illnesses.
He stared at me for a while, and the wariness in his eyes was gone, replaced by numbness and helplessness.
I know he's a boss, and over the years, many people must have asked him for this sea cucumber. We're not the first, but we're probably the last.
Mr. He felt weak all over and sighed, "Sea marrow... there's more, it's in the interlayer. If you want it, I can give it to you."
There was no concealment, nor any obstruction.
They didn't show the same caution towards this thing as Fatty Zhou had before.
Without even the slightest hesitation, he readily agreed.
At that moment, Yiyi and I were both stunned.
You just agreed like that?
Boss He's gaze swept over the dilapidated signboard of the inn, and finally landed on Zhou Pang.
The pressure in his eyes was almost entirely suppressed.
"This thing is actually quite useful."
That was a way of indirectly answering his question. Then, he seemed to be explaining something, or perhaps talking to himself.
"I've guarded this inn for so many years, trying to grow sea cucumbers, potatoes, and eggplants, but in the end it still collapsed like this."
Those people have long lost their dignity because of the rent, and keeping this thing is pointless.
Mr. He's voice was choked with emotion at this moment, and he turned around and wiped his face hard with his hand.
"Take it if you want it."
Zhou Pang stood to the side, opened his mouth, but then closed it again, not uttering a single word.
He didn't understand, but from his expression, he could probably tell that the sea marrow was a heavy burden for Boss He.
At that moment, Boss He patted Zhou Pang on the shoulder again, this time much harder than before, as if entrusting him with something.
"This is yours from now on, so don't end up like me..."
Before he could finish speaking, he turned and walked into the inn, casually telling us to follow.
His steps were still a little slow. I had only seen his work clothes from behind three or four times, but they felt so familiar, so weathered, so heavy.
The girl and I exchanged a glance. At that moment, I felt a little empathy for him, but mostly I felt a sense of relief.
This guy seems quite honest. Is he really the old man we just met?
That old man looked sharp-tongued and mean, completely different from this person.
We went inside. The shop was darker inside than outside, while both times the hotel was in the afternoon, around one or two o'clock, when the sun was at its strongest.
But once inside, there was a profound sense of desolation.
A faint dust still lingered in the air, along with a musty smell.
The register was still covered in dust, just as it had been when we first met Fatty Zhou, and by this time, the oil lamp he was still using had long since gone out.
We followed behind, not relaxing for even a moment. The sun was shining outside, which meant we were still in a time warp.
I secretly had the girl take out the pocket watch that Old Liu had left behind. I glanced at it, and the clock was already spinning very fast!
It was at least twice as fast as normal, and then the boss called out from the front, "Hurry up!"
This time, before we went upstairs, I took another careful look at the surrounding environment.
At this time, although the owner's shop was being sublet, it had absolutely no impact on the tenants.
They still live there, ready to come out and do evil at any time.
My concern is that the same strange situation might happen again.
Fortunately, this time there were no problems at all; the staircase was surprisingly normal.
"Master, this is truly surprising!"
The lightning bolt silently appeared, accompanied by a constant stream of sighs.
I nodded to myself. The moment I stepped onto the second floor, an even stronger musty smell than on the first floor, mixed with a musty smell of rotten wood, hit me. The two smells were so strong that I couldn't help but frown.
Although the lights in the corridor were smart, they were very dim. Along with the incandescent bulbs, there were also oil lamps hanging on the wall, which looked quite strange.
The oil lamp was long gone, and the wick inside was stuck to the inside of the bowl, making it look very dilapidated.
What's going on? The second floor we saw at Zhou Pangzi's place wasn't like this before.
I didn't have time to ask any more questions; I just kept trying to keep up with them. The two of them seemed to be walking very fast.
As I walked to the middle, the most classic counter, which surprised me, reappeared.
It was simply lying there, quite old due to being left for so long, with some chips on the edges.
I remember now, it was waiter Xiao Zhang who registered here before!
He even grabbed this thing and threw it over my body!
At that moment, it seemed like Mr. He knew something. He turned around and spoke to us like an old friend.
"Before, this Xiao Zhang even said that this was some kind of wood used to ward off evil spirits...hehe."
I made a couple of jokes, and indeed, no one is complaining here anymore.
However, my gaze did not leave the two corners on the second floor, where the two doors that had been opened earlier were still there!
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