At this moment, the hall suddenly became quiet again, with only the clock on the counter still ticking.
Holding the key that the fat man had given us, my heart sank again.
This thing is easy to carry but hard to put away.
If this fat guy dies out there, I really don't know what to do.
But without a doubt, our first choice would be to run away. Even if we don't get that precious sea marrow, we won't lose out.
At most, there's no way to restore the dew-covered branches on Yiyi's body.
In other words, we have lost the energy contained in this dew-covered branch.
Although it's a lot, and definitely enough to replenish the three of us, it's a matter of life and death.
Thinking of this, I quickly asked Yiyi to take the dew-covered branch out of her pocket.
Now it's finally time to take it out openly.
Otherwise, we'd have to keep worrying that this Fatty Zhou might try to steal the prize.
Yiyi also quickly took it out. I looked at the Dew-Gathering Branch, and it hadn't changed much from before; it still had a faint glow.
Best of all, the dew-covered branch is now in a state of abundant energy.
It did not gradually decrease over time.
This already makes me very satisfied.
Yiyi smiled at this moment.
"Brother, what do we do now?"
Yiyi asked in a low voice.
I took a deep breath and immediately inserted the key into the locker at the front desk.
"Let's see what supplies this fat man left behind, and then take turns guarding the hall."
"What about up there? We should at least take a look at Xiaoyuan's place, right?"
Yi Yi also showed a skeptical expression.
"Of course! We're not really going to look after his child, we just need to make sure he doesn't die..."
At the same time, the Thunder Strike Sword also uttered a sigh of admiration in my mind.
He seemed to agree with my idea.
With a click, the cabinet opened and indeed contained the supplies that Fatty Zhou had mentioned.
In addition, there was a small cloth bag.
I quickly opened it and saw that it contained half a pack of fruit candies that I hadn't finished eating.
I guess they were all saved for his son, Xiaoyuan. I picked one up and put it in my mouth to taste it; it was sweet.
However, this is completely unrelated to reality. If only our current situation were this sweet.
Just wait quietly... until that fat guy comes back, and everything will be fine.
At that moment, I just hoped that nothing would happen.
Just as we were about to take a break, the doorknob suddenly clicked.
Holy crap!
We can't just send someone right now!
At that moment, the atmosphere in the hotel lobby suddenly dropped to freezing point, and a very thick hand was on the doorknob!
I quickly called out to Lei Jijian, ready to fight at any moment, but the person who came in was none other than Fatty Zhou.
ah?
Why are you back again? I was completely puzzled.
The fat man pushed the door open, then slowly closed it and turned around, only to suddenly kneel down on the ground with a thud.
His obese body slammed onto the floor, making the bell ring once.
He didn't look at us, but instead looked up at the direction of the third floor, his eyes red-rimmed.
Now I understood exactly what he was thinking.
Without him saying it, I knew he was telling me something about his son again.
The fat man spoke defensively, his voice trembling slightly.
"I know, I know everything... That bastard Blue Armor used your lives as bargaining chips!"
When Fatty Zhou said that, I was completely stunned.
What does this mean?
He already knew?
When we first entered the hotel, this guy didn't seem too hostile towards us, nor did he bring up the matter of making a contract.
I thought Lan Jia hadn't shared the information with him and just wanted to get two lives from him.
But now that he said that, I immediately became alert.
"That bastard Blue Armor, as long as you all die here, I can live..."
"And our environment here, including the inn and such, can all be suppressed by the two living souls you left behind..."
Hearing this, I was completely stunned.
The water I was just holding suddenly fell to the ground.
He knew all along, but he didn't kill us?
On the contrary, they have been helping us all along, and even risked their lives to find the sea marrow by themselves?
I asked him what the fat guy was thinking.
"I'm not going to fight you with real weapons, not because I'm afraid, but because I can't."
At this moment, Fatty Zhou's shoulders were already trembling slightly.
"That Blue Armor kid has been setting me up for so many years, trying to trap me in this hotel, but did he succeed?"
He's just a self-important brat!
On one hand, they use my small eyes to manipulate me, and on the other hand, they lure people like you in one by one to their deaths...
I've really had enough! I can't stand watching myself do evil...
But I'm not capable enough. I can only rely on you guys. I can only rely on you guys to see if you can bring Blue Armor over!
If you survive, maybe you really can rescue me, and even let me take Xiaoyuan away from this hellhole to find my wife and my hometown...
Please, I'm really begging you!
After saying that, the fat man kowtowed heavily to us, his forehead hitting the floor with a thud.
"Please, please take good care of Xiaoyuan for me, and help me, please help me..."
The girl and I were completely stunned when we saw this.
"Master, it seems this fat guy does have some skills after all. Has he suddenly had a change of heart?"
Fatty Zhou looked at us, and we quickly helped him up; his size made him really difficult to lift.
At this moment, the girl's nose was already starting to sting.
"Please don't do this. I was just trying to help you. When you come back, we'll take Xiaoyuan away together! We'll go to the shallow center and never go back to the roundabout!"
Fatty Zhou glanced at us and saw that there was still a lot of despair in our eyes, but he nodded vigorously.
That's all.
Then he took two steps back and bowed deeply to us.
This time, however, he didn't look back. He pushed open the door and strode away.
I watched his figure in the morning mist outside, and I was truly filled with emotion.
Even after he left, I couldn't calm down for a long time.
This guy already knew, and he was trying to take a gamble with us...
In other words, he's betting his life and his chips on us.
I didn't say anything more to the girl, I just sat there blankly in the chair.
But the chair had none of that, unlike the creaking sound that Old Zhou made when he sat on it.
Yi Yi didn't say anything more; he seemed quite heavy-hearted as well.
And so, we took turns lying here, one person on duty, one person resting, until dawn slowly approached...
Knock knock knock!
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