“Knock, knock, knock.”
Just as they were all looking towards the dark door, the knock sound came again, this time it was so clear that even Zhong Yi could hear it.
Then, a voice came from outside the door: "Hello, I am a hotel staff, I am here to bring you Dongshan's local specialties, is anyone there?"
Then there was another knock on the door, and the voice repeated the words again, very politely.
Zhong Yi and Zhong Jingzhu's tense nerves finally relaxed a little. This time, the door that was knocked was also the door facing the corridor, not the door leading to the hot spring pool as written in the notes.
Zhong Yi walked over and turned on the light in the entrance hall, then opened the door. Standing outside the door was a middle-aged man in a hotel uniform pushing a cart. He smiled and handed a box on the cart to Zhong Yi: "These are our Dongshan specialties. Dongshan's oranges and osmanthus wine are praised by many tourists. You can try them."
The middle-aged man looked very gentle, with smile lines at the corners of his eyes. Zhong Yi looked him over and didn't see anything wrong with him, so he took the box and thanked him.
After taking the box, the man pushed the cart to the next room, knocked on the door, and repeated his previous words. Zhong Yi soon heard the sound of the door opening next door.
It seems that this is really an ordinary staff member who came to deliver local specialties.
Zhong Yi and Zhong Jingzhu didn't care about this local specialty. They searched the entire room together, but still found nothing. However, they were too tired and just lay down on the bed to rest.
Zhong Jingzhu opened the box containing local specialties. The packaging on the outside of the box was quite nice, printed with landscapes and the words "Dongshan Hot Spring Welcomes You". After opening it, he found a few oranges and a small bottle of osmanthus wine inside, all with very beautiful packaging. There were also some card brochures in the box.
Zhong Jingzhu picked up the orange and looked at it, then opened the osmanthus wine and smelled it, but didn't find anything unusual. Zhong Yi reached out and took out a stack of papers inside and looked at them one by one.
They also knew that if it was a clue left by someone before, it should have been left in the room instead of being sent in by someone. They really couldn't find any clues here. These cookie-cutter business promotions... why not take a look at them, just in case?
Zhong Yi stared at the stack of flyers with lifeless eyes. He found that there were really a lot of flyers. The first one was a promotion of Dongshan's local specialties. He read it carefully. It explained how Dongshan's oranges were selected and maintained, how they were screened, preserved and put on the market, and why the environment in Dongshan was suitable for growing oranges. Finally, there was a way to buy the oranges, using a QR code.
The picture below is a promotion for osmanthus wine. Zhong Yi picked up his mobile phone and wanted to scan the QR code, but found that there was no signal at all, so he chose to give up.
The next picture is an introduction to Dongshan Town and Dongshan Hot Springs...
This thick stack of brochures fully demonstrates Dongshan Town's efforts to become prosperous. Zhong Yi read them carefully one by one.
While Zhong Yi was studying the brochure, Zhong Jingzhu looked at the oranges for a while. The oranges looked very plump, and the skin was shiny, which looked very tempting. He took two bites, but did not eat them. He just smelled them and put them back. Then he climbed out of bed, opened the suitcase he brought with him, and took out water and biscuits.
——Just in case, they brought three days of food and water with them when they came to Dongshan Hot Spring this time. Judging from the results of Mr. Zhong's surgery, the black unknown parasite that was broken in half seemed to be the main cause. They all knew that this parasite was unusual, but there was no way to prevent it, so they could only try to prevent it. Parasites are most easily transmitted through food and water, so they chose to bring their own food to avoid being infected.
In this matter, Chi Shen was not unconventional. He went to the supermarket and bought a large bag of things, and brought them with him when he came to Dongshan Hot Spring. This saved Zhong Jingzhu and Zhong Yi a lot of trouble.
Next to them, Chi Shen had already climbed out of the hot spring pool. Wearing the bathrobe provided by the hotel, he lazily leaned on the edge of the bed and started to unpack the Dongshan specialties given by the hotel.
Ji Xingchen had already returned. He was taking things out of the bag that Chi Shen had brought one by one and putting them on the small table by the window.
There were a lot of things in Chi Shen’s handbag. Without exception, they were all food, and they were all snacks.
Since they were going on vacation, they had to prepare snacks. Dongshan Hot Spring was a remote place, so the variety of snacks was definitely not complete. So Chi Shen had to bring his own. Although he didn't like snacks very much, there was still a sense of ritual in traveling. And although he didn't like them very much, he was sure that his friends would like them.
"Please call Bai Wan and the others for me. They should have rested well," Chi Shen looked at the oranges and osmanthus wine and said happily, "I originally thought it would be too much trouble to burn something for you in the hotel, but I didn't expect this hotel to be so considerate and bring you back to life directly."
Gui Lian had stretched his head to look inside the box. When Chi Shen said this, he immediately smiled and said happily, "Okay! I'll go call them!"
Soon Bai Wan and the red-dressed female ghost came over. The red-dressed female ghost seemed very happy. She rushed to the small table full of snacks, but was stopped by the ghost face, who shouted, "You are not allowed to eat alone! Wait for Chi Shen to come and share it equally!"
Chi Shen smiled and said, "It's okay, eat as much as you want. It's just that there won't be any left after you finish eating today, so it's okay."
The red-dressed ghost turned her head and looked at the smiling Chi Shen. She paused as she stretched out her hand towards the snack table. She seemed to think carefully for a few seconds. Suddenly, she straightened her demeanor, crawled to the snack table and sat down like a lady. She tried to put on a smile with her scary face: "Let's eat together!"
Bai Wan sat down with the Dongshan specialties that were delivered to her room, opened the box and distributed oranges to everyone. As for the osmanthus wine, Bai Wan gave it all to Chi Shen.
The red-clothed female ghost looked at the wine with resentment for several times, and Bai Wan said softly: "You can't drink."
Seeing Bai Wan said this, the red-clothed female ghost had no choice but to lower her head and look at the snacks on the table with grievance. It seemed from her expression that she felt that the snacks on the table were not delicious anymore.
Bai Wan looked at the red-clothed ghost's expression and laughed. She turned her pale wrist and a ball of green flame appeared in her hand. She handed it to the red-clothed ghost: "Try this."
Looking at the ball of green flame, the female ghost in red seemed a little scared. With Bai Wan's encouragement, she took it carefully, closed her eyes, and swallowed the ball of flame suddenly. After eating, she wiped her mouth, as if she was still unsatisfied.
"Is this what it means when a fool has good fortune?" The ghost face was lying on a pile of snacks, looking at the female ghost in red with eyes full of unspeakable things.
"Do you want one too?" Bai Wan turned her face, covered with the veil, towards the ghost face.
Ghost Face immediately tightened his snack pockets: "It's very filling, but I'm not stupid!"
Everyone was eating together. Gui Lian found that the oranges were delicious, so he ate a few more bites. Suddenly, he felt that it was a bit unfair for them to eat like this without Zhong Yi and Zhong Jingzhu, so he mentioned it: "Did we forget to invite two people?"
"No need to call them." Ji Xingchen said beside him.
Gui Lian looked at Chi Shen again, only to see Chi Shen smiled and said, "Calling them over will harm them."
Ji Xingchen poured himself a cup of osmanthus wine, took a sip, and said calmly: "They will doubt everything here, including their own food. Calling them over will only increase their psychological burden and make them doubt themselves. It is important to stay calm here."
The ghost face bent its face twice as if it understood something, which was taken as a nod.
Bai Wan listened to them talking without expressing her own opinion. At this time, she also took out an orange from the box. This was the last one in the box. Her hand suddenly paused, and she stretched out her other hand to touch the piece of paper at the bottom of the box.
"Strange..." Bai Wan muttered softly and took out the paper at the bottom.
It was a thick piece of pure white cardboard. Everything in the box was clean, but the paper looked like it had some gray and black marks on it.
Bai Wan turned the paper over. She suddenly paused, looked up and said, "Brother, come and take a look at this."
Next room.
Zhong Yi had finished reading a stack of brochures. He felt a little tired, mentally tired. He yawned, put the brochure in his hand back into the box, and drank a sip of water. He was too tired and didn't hold the water firmly, so some of it spilled into the box. He quickly grabbed a tissue to wipe it, but halfway through, he found that the paper at the bottom had traces of smudged ink.
"Uncle, this is not right." Zhong Yi raised his hand and took out the pad paper, then looked up at Zhong Jingzhu.
Zhong Jingzhu also looked over.
There were a few lines of words clearly written on the back of the white cardboard in Zhong Yi's hand.
The writing on the paper would be blurred by water and even have the scent of ink, which proved that the writing was handwritten and was written not long ago.
Zhong Yi turned the paper over, and on it were a few lines of beautiful words written in pen:
“Welcome to Dongshan Hot Springs.
Please rest assured that all hot springs are natural and unpolluted and can be used with confidence. However, please note that the best time to soak in a hot spring is half an hour each time. Exceeding this time will not only not be beneficial to the body, but may even harm your health. Please control the time for soaking in a hot spring well.
If you accidentally soak for too long, that’s ok, you can drink more water to replenish your body’s water.
All the hotel's bath towels and bed sheets have also been strictly disinfected and there are no problems. Please trust our work.
Dongshan Hot Spring is located in a remote area with good greenery. There may be mosquitoes or poisonous snakes and wild animals at night. Please do not leave the hotel building after the sun sets.
If you do not return to the hotel building before sunset and encounter wild animals or poisonous snakes, you can go to the sauna or enter the red hot spring pool. Wild animals and poisonous snakes do not like the smell of traditional Chinese medicine in the red hot spring pool and will not approach it. Similarly, wild animals and poisonous snakes do not like the smell of incense in the sauna and will not approach it.
Although we are committed to providing guests with the best service, the service staff will become tired after dark. If they respond slowly or ignore you, please do not disturb them. They also need to rest. You can leave your needs on the room phone and we will deal with it as soon as possible.
If the service staff behaves in an aggressive manner towards you, please file a complaint against him immediately and we will handle it as soon as possible.
If you are dissatisfied with our facilities, you can also complain to us. You are our most valued visitor, so don't be afraid to communicate with us.
Finally, I wish you a happy holiday and sincerely hope that you can enjoy your time in Dongshan Hot Spring. "
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