Chapter 59 (Second Update)
It was already dark when I saw the hotel. The neon lights were just coming on, giving the whole town a lively atmosphere.
An Rou parked the car at the usual place. Just as she walked two steps away, she saw a middle-aged NPC approaching and touching it twice, making envious sounds.
It seems that I should mark a parking space in front of my store, An Rou thought.
She didn't go directly to the restaurant across the street, but instead took a detour to the corner of the intersection. This was also across from the restaurant, and through the window, she could see most of the restaurant.
An Rou patted a young man in a blue cloth jacket and said, "Ding Liang, right? I've seen you at the mayor's house."
The young man was startled and slowly turned his head. He obviously didn't expect An Rou to know him.
He was a servant in the mayor's house and served in the dining room. Logically, he and An Rou had only met once.
An Rou smiled and said, "Don't panic. It was your eldest daughter who told me your name. Why are you standing here? Can you be satisfied just by looking? Come in, I'll treat you to some pickled fish."
Ding Liang was more and more surprised. Not only did Boss An know him, but he even wanted to treat him to pickled fish with a starting price of 300 gold?
He swallowed, a greedy look flashing across his eyes.
But after a moment of silence, he refused, shook his head like a rattle, and ran away in a hurry without saying a word.
An Rou looked at his back, her smile unchanged, but the gentleness in her eyes gradually cooled down.
Needless to say, they were definitely sent by the mayor to investigate. The mayor's wife arrived at the restaurant that morning and started talking about expensive little firecrackers. An Rou immediately realized that spending money to renovate the restaurant had finally caused trouble.
I just don't know when trouble will break out. However, this is not the most important thing at the moment.
An Rou glanced around, her gazes instantly meeting those of many. They were all players from the Ouli and Yinlai Guilds. Judging by the time, Captain Li should have already searched the farm long ago, but he'd even sent someone to the restaurant to keep an eye on them. This suggests two things.
First, they found nothing on the farm. Second, this guy still refuses to give up.
Do we really have to find a way to get the ink remover?
An Rou couldn't help but think of the figure she saw through the blood-winged ghoul and shook her head.
Forget it. That player was the top-ranked super player on the Destiny Rankings. She wasn't confident she could maintain a perfect disguise in front of him. If he revealed any flaws, with Bao Fu's current level, he wouldn't even be able to fight back.
Let’s upgrade the level of Sudden Wealth to SSS first.
An Rou ignored the guild players who were secretly following her and walked straight across the street to the restaurant. She had seen clearly through the window just now that the restaurant was empty. Compared to the surrounding shops, it was very deserted and had very few customers.
There were two players standing outside the shop, their IDs devoid of guild emblems; they were wild characters. One was called [Hee Hee], the other [Ha Ha], matching names, even their levels were identical: Lv 24 (Bronze).
Could they be twins?
An Rou's eyes lit up and she stopped quietly.
They were looking up at the big-character posters on the wall inside the door.
Hehe: "Is this the weird restaurant the forums are talking about? A serving of pickled fish costs 300 gold, and that's just for one person. Is this owner crazy out of his mind?"
Haha: "NPCs, who doesn't care about money? Let's go in."
Hee hee: "Oh no, if you really want to eat here, people will take advantage of you and rob you of your money!"
Haha: "I love pickled fish the most. I'm usually too busy playing games to go out for food. I've found some in-game, but they taste completely wrong. Since this place claims to specialize in pickled fish, what if it's authentic?"
Hee hee: "Delicious is a bunch of data, unpalatable is also a bunch of data, is there any difference?"
Haha: "Of course. Brother Xi, let's go, let's go, this meal is on me."
Hehe: "You won't eat even if I treat you! A 20% discount for two people is 400 gold, which is 2,000 gold. You have so much money to burn? You might as well go to the karaoke bar and order two NPCs!"
Haha: "Hey, hee brother, hee brother..."
But Xixi didn't listen and turned to go out the door. Suddenly, she heard a melodious female voice.
"Excuse me, sir."
He was stunned for a moment, then subconsciously took a step sideways to let An Rou in.
Not far from the door, the shopkeeper Jin's eyelids jumped and he hurried over to greet him: "Hey, boss, it's been a long day, why are you back just now?"
An Rou looked at him with a little surprise: What a coincidence, this is the right opening line.
"I went out to get my hair done... Oh, don't even mention it. The shampooer at the salon nearly scared me to death. I went home and lay down for a long time before I recovered."
An Rou stopped in front of the counter and glanced at the door casually.
The two players indeed stopped, and the faint light emitted from the edges of their body outlines should be a clue popping up on the light screen.
Shopkeeper Jin was surprised and said, "How dare a mere shampooer scare the boss? Boss, tell me the name of the shop and I'll call the police to arrest him!"
The two people at the door turned around, their eyes focused on An Rou's back, waiting for her answer.
Mission clues often appear inadvertently.
An Rou didn't say anything more. She rubbed her brows and asked Shopkeeper Jin, "How's business today?"
Shopkeeper Jin grimaced. "Don't even mention it. Aside from the two gang members at noon, no one else has ever sat down. Most of them... are like the two guys at the door, scared away by the prices."
The second half of the sentence was said in a low voice.
"Boss, are the prices of the dishes in our store too high?" He raised the same question as An Younian.
Back then, the most expensive dish in the restaurant was only 180 gold. He thought An Rou would lower the price after taking over, but he didn't expect An Rou to double the price. Her heart was even darker than the mayor.
An Rou clearly disagreed with him and said slowly, "If we don't set the price higher, how can we show the nobility of the Chosen Ones? Thanks to the Chosen Ones, we can live a peaceful life in Lengbing City. We can't let them eat together with the dirty common people, can we?"
Shopkeeper Jin thought about it, and thought about it again.
It makes some sense, but it also doesn’t seem to make sense!
Are they being treated like pigs because the Chosen Ones are so noble? Let's put aside the boss's courage. No matter how powerful the Chosen Ones are, they still make money by risking their lives. They can't mess with their own wallets, right?
Are they stupid?
Just as Shopkeeper Jin was about to persuade him, a powerful voice suddenly rang out from the doorway: "Boss, one order of pickled fish for two! And two bowls of rice!"
It turned out to be the two destined ones who had been struggling at the door for a while.
Shopkeeper Jin opened his mouth and was speechless for a moment.
An Rou smiled at him and scolded him, "What are you still standing there for? Hurry up and send someone to the kitchen!"
Shopkeeper Jin went there quickly. An Rou walked behind the counter and smiled at the two of them, "Gentlemen, please take a seat. Ah Hu, come over and lead the way!"
Sometimes he spoke softly, sometimes with full energy, and it made people laugh and be stunned.
Ah Hu was two meters tall, with a broad back and strong arms. He was one of the "thugs" that Paopao had seen earlier, but in reality he was just an ordinary clerk. He didn't like to smile, and his square face was always stern, which made him quite intimidating.
Xixi anxiously asked for clues, and then something came to his mind. He walked forward and put 400 gold on the counter: "Boss, what's going on with this hair salon you mentioned?"
[Wing On Hotel owner's favorability increased by 5%, currently at 60%, friendly.]
An Rou casually glanced at the screen in front of him, then, without stopping, landed on the large round plate on the counter. The plate was made of red copper, about the size of a wok in the kitchen. Its bottom was deeply embedded in the counter, yet its capacity was much larger. It was specifically used to hold the gold coins used by customers to pay their bills.
Hehe, putting 500 gold in will just fill the bottom of the plate.
"It's nothing serious, thank you for your concern, sir." An Rou smiled warmly, "Ah Hu, show the two gentlemen to their seats!"
"Hey, boss..."
Hehehe, before he could ask more, a dark shadow pressed down on him. The players each made themselves 180cm+ tall, but they were still nearly a head shorter than Ah Hu.
He was not afraid of an NPC, but he was still shaken by Ah Hu's loud voice.
——"Sir, please!"
The two of them followed Ah Hu involuntarily and sat down by the window not far from the counter.
Hee hee turned on the light screen and stared at the newly arrived system notification.
[Quest Clue: Hair Salon Employee]
[Related Quest: The Ghoul Hidden in Zhongsu Town (Relevance 5%)]
"The correlation is too low." He looked up while thinking, only to see his partner shaking his head and looking around. It was obvious that he was not concentrating on the task.
Waiting for the pickled fish I've been craving to be served.
Hee Hee was furious: "The clues are right in front of you, and you're still only thinking about eating?! Didn't you buy a map of Zhongsu Town? Quickly search for how many hair salons there are in the town!"
Haha was in a great mood. He was ready to spend a fortune to treat the fish to his meal, but he didn't expect Hee Hee to rush to pay. Of course he was happy to eat such an expensive fish for free.
He slowly opened the light screen map and showed the search results to the other party.
"Look, there are hair salons everywhere, 23 in total. Oh, and I remember some bathhouses also offer haircuts... There are 12 bathhouses in total, so that's 35 in total. Do we have to go to each one? It's perfect, let's eat first."
"Eat, eat, eat, that's all I know how to do! There are over thirty of them in the east, west, south, and north. How long will it take to find them?!"
Haha shrugged: "Then we can only dig out more clues from the boss."
"What nonsense!" Xixi frowned. "If you want an NPC to answer every question, your favorability needs to be at least 70%, and her favorability with me is only 60%. This woman owns such a big restaurant, how much money does it cost to feed her? I can't afford it."
"In my opinion, it doesn't cost too much." Haha winked. "Brother Xi, have you forgotten how they criticized this store on the forum?"
They are crazy about money, only doing business with players and ripping them off to death...
"Someone wants to catch two ghouls and airdrop them here!" Haha said.
Hee hee pondered, "What do you mean?"
Haha nodded. "NPCs are all greedy, but they have different ways of doing it. This shop just opened, and its reputation has already fallen to such a low point. What do you think the boss cares about most?"
"Business!" Heehee suddenly realized, slammed the table and looked up at the counter and shouted, "Boss, another serving of pickled fish! A large portion!"
An Rou smiled and said, "Okay!"
[Wing On Hotel owner's favorability increased by 5%, currently at 65%, friendly.]
It really works!
Hee hee got a little drunk and started shouting, "One more!"
Shopkeeper Jin had just come out of the kitchen when he heard these two voices in succession and was stunned.
The pickled fish was a bit pricey, but the portion was generous, enough for two adults. But these two destined people ordered two more large portions in the blink of an eye?!
Can they finish it???
Shopkeeper Jin looked at his boss with a dull expression.
An Rou winked at him and said with a smile, "Why are you standing there? Go to the kitchen and tell them to help. Don't keep the guests waiting too long."
"Oh, okay." Shopkeeper Jin nodded repeatedly. After being shocked, he happily went back to the kitchen.
[Wing On Hotel owner's favorability increased by 5%, currently at 70%, friendly.]
Xixi was also overjoyed. He glanced at the notification on the screen and said, "Brother Ha, you're really good! Your analysis is spot on!"
Hee hee waved to An Rou: "Boss, I have something to ask you, would you mind coming over?"
With 1200 gold in hand, there was naturally no inconvenience. An Rou walked over with a smile.
"What do you want to ask, sir?"
Hee hee: "Which hair salon did the boss go to during the day?"
Seeing An Rou hesitantly looking at him, he added with a smile, "Oh, my brother and I also want to get a haircut. Seeing that your hair looks so good, boss, we also want to go to your shop."
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