Chapter 656 My useless husband with only a junior high school diploma (25)

Pei Yan’s small brain was really not enough for Bai Yao. At least, they had been “scheming” so many times, but Pei Yan never won.

On the way, Pei Yan was much more restrained, and he would secretly glance at Bai Yao from time to time, fearing that Bai Yao would find out that he was full and would not take him to pick strawberries.

But Bai Yao seemed to have a bad memory and did not argue with him. After arriving at the strawberry farm, she got a basket from the boss and told him to pick as many as he wanted.

Pei Yan’s eyes sparkled, and he excitedly dragged Bai Yao into the greenhouse.

But Bai Yao was not as energetic as him. Finally, she sat on a small bench to rest, holding her face with her hands, watching him running east and west.

Pei Yan always seemed to have unlimited energy and vitality, and he never felt tired.

The owner of the strawberry garden was a grandfather in his sixties. His wife had passed away for many years, and his children had settled down in the city. Because he was not used to the life in the city, he had been living in his hometown doing farm work to pass the time, and he was still very strong. Usually,

there were not many people coming to the strawberry garden here, and the old man did not make money by selling strawberries. He was very generous and directly sent some washed strawberries for Bai Yao to eat.

Bai Yao thanked him politely: "Thank you."

The old man smiled and said: "It's rare to see people coming here, and young couples like you are even rarer."

Bai Yao asked curiously: "The Moonlight Hotel is not far from here, haven't the staff there come here to play?"

The old man shook his head, "I have never seen anyone from the Moonlight Hotel. I heard that it is now open for business. Are you from there?"

Bai Yao nodded, "Yes, I work in the hotel."

The old man's expression changed slightly, "That is not a good place."

"Why do you say that?" Bai Yao glanced at Pei Yan who was still picking strawberries in the distance, and then asked: "Do you know something?"

The old man hesitated for a while, perhaps because he really couldn't bear to see a child as young as Bai Yao get into trouble, he lowered his voice and said: "There was a big murder case in that hotel fifty years ago. The reason why it is called a big case is that a total of six people died."

Bai Yao only knew that people died in the hotel, but he didn't find such detailed information. "Six people died?"

The old man said: "These six people are men and women, all of whom are about the same age, and they graduated from the same elementary school."

Bai Yao asked: "Is there a school nearby?"

"There was a school here a few decades ago, but as everyone moved to the city, the school here was no longer in operation." The old man missed the past and his tone softened a lot. "I used to study in the school here, but I was not a good student. To my shame, I didn't continue my studies after elementary school."

The old man's eyes flickered. "At that time, this place was very prosperous. People came and went in front of the Moonlight Hotel, and cars never stopped. Even the children of the hotel owner studied in our school. At that time, we thought this place would always be prosperous."

But with the passage of time, nothing is eternal. The once prosperous land has now become a cold and desolate place.

The old man went on, "When I was in the second grade, a student in the senior grade went missing. The student's parents came to the school to make trouble many times, but they couldn't find the child."

"What happened later?" Bai Yao asked, "Didn't the police intervene? Was the child found?"

The old man shook his head, "The police did investigate, but the child was never found. I don't know what happened specifically. I only know that the parents didn't come to the school to make trouble again. At the same time, six children in the senior grade transferred schools, and the matter was left unresolved."

Bai Yao seized on a question, "Six students transferred schools?"

The old man said, "Yes, six students transferred schools. At that time, people inside and outside the school were discussing this matter, so I have a deep impression."

A child who has not been home for a long time, in fact, everyone can guess that he must have met with an accident.

It is said that not long after, the child's parents bought a house in the city and moved in. They did not pursue the matter any further, and outsiders naturally talked about it after dinner.

"That is, thirteen years after this incident, fifty years ago, there was a murder case in the Moonlight Hotel, six people died, and it caused quite a stir."

For the sake of their own business, the Pei family certainly tried their best to suppress this news.

I don't know how many connections the Pei family had to minimize the impact of this incident.

Unexpectedly, 25 years later, another murder case occurred in the hotel. This time, six people died. As before, the police did not find the murderer.

As a result, more and more terrible rumors about the Moonlight Hotel spread. The Pei family was forced into a desperate situation and faced bankruptcy. They tried to seek the blessing of ghosts and gods and find someone to perform exorcism, but it was useless.

The Moonlight Hotel, which lost its guests, still fell into decline.

The old man kindly reminded, "That hotel is very weird, little girl, it's better to believe it than not, you'd better leave as soon as possible."

Bai Yao raised the corners of her lips and smiled, "I know, thank you for telling me so much."

"By the way." Bai Yao picked up a fairy tale storybook, "This is the book we found on the ground when we were picking strawberries just now. Which guest dropped it?"

This storybook seemed to have been lost for some time and was covered with mud on the ground. It was difficult to find because it was blocked by the strawberry vines and leaves. It was also thanks to Bai Yao's sharp eyes that he discovered the book.

The old man smiled and said, "This should be the book that my granddaughter dropped. This child is careless. She came to pick strawberries a few days ago and said that her book was missing."

The old man added, "This child likes new things and hates old things. Her father bought her a new book, so she must not want it anymore. I put it here. If a guest wants to read it one day, it's okay. Miss, you are from another place, right? This story has been circulating here for a long time. Children like it very much. If you are bored, you can read it to kill time."

Not long after, the old man went back to taking care of the vegetable garden.

There was no surveillance in the shed, and he was not worried that guests would secretly destroy the strawberries in the shed. The old man planted strawberries to kill time. He was very happy when someone came to talk to him.

Bai Yao was indeed sitting there with nothing to do. She supported her chin with one hand and opened this storybook full of childish fun.

This is a storybook that teaches children to get along well with their families.

The protagonist is a freckled child. When the weather gets cold, his mother puts on thick clothes for him. He says, "Thank you, Mom."