"Are you referring to the ghost stories? I've heard about them!"
Luo Tianhe, who was standing to the side, suddenly spoke up.
“That’s right. I thought it was just a rumor before, until my nephew applied for a job there and became a kitchen worker.”
The driver said with a somewhat frightened expression.
Hearing this, I was a little surprised. How could such a big hotel have such a rumor? Would any customers actually go there?
Seeing my expression, Luo Tianhe shrugged:
"Most people don't believe in these things, and this hotel really does have some merit. The food is indeed delicious, and the decor is very high-end, so it's no wonder it has no shortage of customers."
"Have you been there?"
I asked instinctively.
"Yes, I've been there a few times before when I was doing business."
Luo Tianhe grinned, and I pursed my lips; it was clearly not a legitimate business.
The driver's expression turned serious; he could tell at a glance that Luo Tianhe was no ordinary person.
But I never expected that he would go to such a place to do business. Putting aside everything else, he certainly doesn't lack money.
"By the way, Master, I haven't asked you your name yet?"
I suddenly realized that after chatting for so long, I still didn't know what this master's name was, so I asked him.
"Oh, my name is Wang Lin."
"Okay, Uncle Wang, please continue."
Hearing me say that, he stopped being polite and continued his story:
“I have a very good relationship with my nephew. He is willing to tell me everything. When he was looking for a job, it was my idea to go there. After all, I heard that the salary there was very high and the work was not too tiring.”
If a job pays well and isn't too strenuous, it must have other drawbacks. There's no such thing as a perfect job in the world.
I pursed my lips and silently sighed to myself.
Just then, Li Huai suddenly interjected.
"Oh right, I remember now, I've also heard of this Yushui Hotel. It's said that the location was very strange when it was chosen, that it was a mass grave, and that a huge pit of dead bodies was dug up when the foundation was being excavated."
Upon hearing this, my expression immediately became somewhat strange.
Our city wasn't a big city in ancient times, and there were very few incidents of sieges and massacres. How could we have dug up a mass grave?
Moreover, according to Li Huai, that mass grave was quite large.
"Yes, that's right! The hotel owner hired a feng shui master to take a look and reportedly changed the feng shui, and even built a large fish pond to ward off evil spirits."
Seeing that Li Huai had spoken, Wang Lin added.
I nudged Li Huai.
"I didn't expect you to know about what happened at this five-star hotel."
But Li Huai gave me a stiff look.
“I used to be responsible for moving corpses at Qingshan Mental Hospital. I was also occasionally sent out on assignments, and I went to the Yushui Hotel a few times.”
My smile froze instantly.
In the past two years, people have been dying frequently at this hotel, and yet it hasn't gone out of business?
Li Huai ignored me and said in a muffled voice.
"This Yushui Hotel is no ordinary place. The two times I went to move corpses, those people died quite tragically, otherwise they wouldn't have come to us to move them."
This was something Li Huai had personally experienced, something even Wang Lin, who thought he had done extensive research on the hotel, had never heard of. He couldn't help but ask:
"He died a horrible death. How horrible?"
Li Huai took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it, took a deep drag, and then spoke:
"The first person I moved was a kitchen worker who fell into the oil and was fried alive!"
"As you all know, the oil fryers used in these big hotels are very large. The corpse smelled really good when it was fried. You could smell it from far away. But I didn't know it was a corpse. I thought the kitchen had made something delicious."
Li Huai exhaled a puff of smoke, his face showing an expression as if he had swallowed a dead fly.
The corpse was blown to a crisp and smelled delicious.
Just thinking about such a stark contrast makes my stomach churn.
Immediately, Master Wang's face turned deathly pale, and he stammered, "..."
"Fried, is it cooked? My nephew works in the kitchen..."
Li Huai glanced at him, noticing his apparent doubt, and said:
"Would I lie to you about something like this? Just go to Qingshan Mental Hospital and ask a few corpse handlers, they'll know."
Immediately, Master Wang swallowed nervously.
"You said there were several instances where the deaths were all so bizarre?"
Luo Tianhe, who was standing to the side, frowned and asked as well.
Li Huai took another deep drag on his cigarette, his expression turning somewhat gloomy amidst the swirling smoke.
"The second body we moved was a waitress, but this time she had drowned."
"Drowned, in the hotel pool?"
Upon hearing this, I couldn't help but ask.
"Hehe, if she had drowned in the swimming pool, it wouldn't be considered strange. She drowned in that fish pond used to ward off evil spirits."
"A fishpond? Can someone drown in one of those?"
Luo Tianhe looked astonished. He had been to that hotel and had seen the fish pond used to ward off evil spirits; it was less than a meter deep at most.
Let alone an adult, even a child would have a hard time drowning.
Li Huai's voice lowered, carrying a hint of barely perceptible coldness.
"That's right, although it was less than a meter deep, she fell in headfirst and drowned."
"How is that possible?" I blurted out. "The water is so shallow, unless someone forcibly held his head down, or..."
“Or perhaps she simply doesn’t remember,” Li Huai continued, picking up where I left off.
"There were no signs of struggle at the scene; it was very clean. If it were a homicide, there would at least be water splashes outside. Someone analyzed it with professional instruments, and there were no traces of organic water splashes outside."
"Organic water, what is that?"
Master Wang could understand everything else, but when it came to this, he was completely confused.
"Organic water is water rich in various minerals. After all, the fish raised in the pond are all valuable fish, and their fish food is rich in various trace elements."
"So if the water splashes outside, even if it dries, traces can still be found."
"But we still couldn't find anything."
Luo Tianhe picked up the conversation.
Li Huai nodded.
"When I arrived at the scene and found her, the expression on her face was very, very strange, even smiling!"
At this point, Li Huai's voice involuntarily became tinged with fear.
"Her eyes were wide open as she stared into the water, as if there was something in the water that particularly attracted her."
What could be so alluring that someone would risk their life for it? It sent chills down my spine.
"Hehe, the weirdest thing is yet to come."
Li Huai glanced at us, then stubbed out his cigarette in the ashtray and took out another one.
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