Chi Shen hung up the phone. He had just called the red-dressed female ghost. He originally wanted to ask Bai Wan if she was free and if she could come over to light a fire. However, he accidentally heard that something bad had happened on the other side. But Bai Wan quickly informed him that the matter had been resolved and there was no need to rush. She told them to continue playing outside.
After hearing what Bai Wan said, Chi Shen felt that she was quite reliable, so after hanging up the phone, he counted his things, put away his boning knife, put all the prepared ingredients on the barbecue grill, and then pushed the barbecue grill out.
There are wheels underneath the barbecue grill, which are obviously installed for easy movement, but this is very convenient for them.
He got a Dongshan Hot Spring Hotel brochure from somewhere and said as he read it, "It says that the room we booked also includes free barbecue. Since no one is grilling for us, we can grill it ourselves. It shouldn't cost extra."
Ji Xingchen said beside him: "Under normal circumstances, this is called using other people's belongings without their consent."
He paused, pushed up his glasses, and continued, "But at the same time, they didn't provide us with the services we purchased. If we complain to the Consumers Association, they are in the wrong, so there will be no problem if we do this."
Chi Shen smiled and said, "That's no problem."
As they were talking, Chi Shen had already pushed the barbecue grill...or rather the barbecue cart a long way, and finally arrived next to the hot spring.
The restaurant of Dongshan Hot Spring Hotel is not connected to the hotel building. Probably to emphasize the good environment of the hotel, the restaurant is located outside and built into a beautiful and design-conscious white house with smooth gray and black lines on it. It looks like flowing water and is designed to be very modern.
There are various plants planted around the restaurant, with different heights, and there is also a large lawn. It is also a great place to go in a hot spring hotel that focuses on relaxation, leisure and getting close to nature.
From the restaurant to the hotel building, you have to pass through the hot spring area, which is also the largest area of Dongshan Hot Spring Hotel, occupying three quarters of the entire hotel area. There are various hot spring pools, water entertainment facilities, swimming pools, sauna rooms, massage rooms, etc.
When Chi Shen walked outside the hot spring area, he stopped walking. He tilted his head slightly and looked over there: "I'm a little curious, is there really a red hot spring pool here?"
"Go ahead," Ji Xingchen took over his barbecue cart, "I'll help you watch it."
Chi Shen turned to look at Ji Xingchen and smiled. The street lights in the hot spring area were not very bright, which made Chi Shen's smile look hazy, but it looked even better. Ji Xingchen just looked at him, his eyes flashed slightly, and he didn't say anything, just watched Chi Shen walk away.
Chi Shen waved to him as he walked, and a lazy voice came slowly: "Be careful."
The weather in late winter is a bit cold. The north wind brings the mist rising from the hot spring pool, and the excessive humidity makes it even colder.
Ji Xingchen stood there like a statue. In front of him was a barbecue cart piled with ingredients. He did not move a step, nor did he leave the barbecue cart to avoid the cold wind carrying moisture.
But after a while, he exhaled lightly, watching the water vapor he exhaled turn into white mist, and his usually calm eyes suddenly dimmed.
The red hot spring that Chi Shen was looking for was not difficult to find. He walked around and soon found the hot spring pool with the darkest color.
The hot spring area was filled with mist, and there was a warm feeling as soon as you walked in. Chi Shen looked around and found the sign that explained the hot spring pool: Herbal Pool.
He glanced at the pool beside him.
There was a faint bitter smell in the pool, which smelled like real herbs, but Chi Shen had a keen sense of smell, and he detected a very faint fishy smell in the bitter smell.
It's like a stench that lingers long after death.
"Dongshan Hot Spring is located in a remote area with good greenery. There may be mosquitoes, poisonous snakes and wild animals at night. Please do not leave the hotel building after the sun sets..." Chi Shen muttered the words written on the white paper in a low voice, "It's night now. I have walked around outside and didn't see any wild animals or poisonous snakes. Why didn't I encounter any? Is it because it's winter and they need to hibernate, or am I lucky... or are they afraid of me?"
Chi Shen has a good memory, or he has specially trained his memory. Before entering the death game, it was to study and work better and to get rid of his original family. After entering the death game, it was to remember every detail. Remembering more details can ensure a greater chance of survival.
This is why Chi Shen would directly give Mr. Zhong’s notebook to Zhong Yi, because he had memorized it, although he knew at a glance that the contents of the notebook did not provide much information, and Mr. Zhong probably escaped and fell into a coma without even realizing what he had encountered.
But let Zhong Yi remember it. For Zhong Yi, it may save his life at the critical moment.
As for himself, he came here to verify based on the clues above.
Mr. Zhong’s second note was obviously written when he was not conscious. He said he did not make any mistakes, but then he said he made a mistake, which was probably related to the hot springs.
It is known that Mr. Zhong did not take a hot spring bath on the first day, so perhaps he entered the hot spring during the later investigation. It is very likely that he encountered the so-called poisonous snakes and beasts outside, and then... Mr. Zhong had two choices, to enter the sauna or the red hot spring pool.
This is the red hot spring pool.
"If you don't 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 don't like the smell of Chinese medicine in the red hot spring pool and won't approach. Similarly, wild animals and poisonous snakes don't like the smell of incense in the sauna and won't approach the sauna."
Why is it a red hot spring pool?
The answer will definitely be found here.
Chi Shen looked at the water and smiled politely.
The color of the water was very dark, almost dark red, like a pool of red wine... or a pool of water that had been washed with old blood.
This color would give people bad associations at first glance, but Chi Shen stretched out a hand and greeted politely: "Hello."
As Chi Shen made his sound, his hands also moved, as if he was really saying hello to the red hot spring water. The water rippled with his movements and made subtle sounds.
The next second, the ripples of the pool water suddenly spread, and the whole pool of water began to tremble as if it was boiling. The red water suddenly began to surge, and soon the bright red color in the water faded, and all the red color rushed to the water exchange port. In just a few seconds, the spring water returned to its light brown color, and the bitter taste of the herbs became more obvious.
"Run away?"
Chi Shen paused for a moment, and with some disappointment he took his hands out of the pool water, then took out a tissue and slowly wiped the water stains on his hands.
"You run so fast. It's so boring." Chi Shen threw the tissue he used to wipe his hands into the trash can beside him. He slowly walked to the sauna room, looked around the sauna room, and then left even more deadly.
It only took him about ten minutes to go back and forth, and he soon returned to the place where Ji Xingchen was waiting for him, which was the door leading to the outdoor hot spring pool.
The further they walked, the heavier the vapor became and the colder it became. Chi Shen's brows drooped slightly and he quickened his pace.
It would be great if Ji Xingchen could be brought back to life, Chi Shen thought again.
This time Ji Xingchen did not hide in his shadow. They were just separated for a short while, but he actually started to worry about Ji Xingchen.
If Ji Xingchen is taken away, then as long as he is still alive, Ji Xingchen will be fine.
The mist dissipated in front of Chi Shen's eyes. Under the dim light, Chi Shen saw Ji Xingchen still standing there intact, holding the barbecue cart in his hands, with his head down, as if thinking about something.
Hearing Chi Shen's footsteps, Ji Xingchen raised his head and said calmly, "Are you back?"
"Well," Chi Shen looked at Ji Xingchen's side, where there were two lines of wet footprints, and asked, "Is there anything unusual?"
Ji Xingchen replied: "No."
Chi Shen looked at Ji Xingchen, and Ji Xingchen looked away: "Go back."
Chi Shen didn't ask any more questions. The two of them brought the barbecue cart into the hotel building together. The hotel receptionist looked up at them, as if to confirm what they were doing, and was not surprised to see them bringing the barbecue cart back.
Although the receptionist didn't say anything, Chi Shen still greeted her and politely asked her if he could take the barbecue cart back. The receptionist didn't answer him, so he took it as a consent and happily pushed the barbecue cart to the entrance of their room and placed it outside.
Seeing Chi Shen coming back, Bai Wan also came over with the female ghost in red. Bai Wan waved her hand, and a row of red candles were placed under the barbecue grill. The barbecue skewers on it were grilled, and soon the aroma filled the air.
The female ghost in red was the first to grab a chicken leg. She complained to Chi Shen that someone who looked like a human was trying to kill her, while she was chewing the chicken leg in big mouthfuls, her face covered in grease.
Ji Xingchen ate much more elegantly. Chi Shen even felt that if the environment was relaxed, and the piece of roast lamb in front of Ji Xingchen was placed on a high-end plate, with a knife, fork and red wine next to it, and it would be best if it was accompanied by candlelight from the floor-to-ceiling windows of the tallest building in Hong Kong City, his eating manner would not feel out of place.
As for Bai Wan's eating manner... it was blocked by the red veil and they couldn't see it either.
Chi Shen wanted to ask Zhong Yi and Zhong Jingzhu if they wanted to come over for an outdoor barbecue, but the answer he got was that they had already gone out. Chi Shen muttered with some regret: "It seems that I should have talked to them in advance and asked them to have a good vacation and not investigate random things. This would make me feel guilty. After all, they paid for the vacation, and I can't ask them to provide labor again... I don't know when they will be back."
The red-clothed female ghost chewed a chicken leg and nodded vigorously beside her: "I hope they can come back intact - vacation is good, who doesn't like vacation? Who still likes to work! You are crazy!"
Chi Shen laughed: "I just think it's not good for you to stay bored all day during the holidays. You should go out and have some fun. The place I chose is not bad, right?"
"Not bad!" The red-clothed female ghost immediately waved her chicken leg and nodded, "Very good! It would be even better if that human-like thing didn't come to kill me!"
Bai Wan pressed down the hand of the red-clothed female ghost that was waving the chicken leg, and helped her wipe the oil off her hands to prevent her from rubbing it everywhere.
Ji Xingchen poured Chi Shen a cup of osmanthus wine. The osmanthus wine was fragrant and sweet and tasted very good. He also took a sip of the wine and said, "Not bad."
Chi Shen turned to look at Ji Xingchen: "Did you say that just now?"
Ji Xingchen put down his glass and looked at him: "I said that."
"I thought you weren't the kind of person who would say something like that." Chi Shen said.
Ji Xingchen said: "This is the truth."
As he spoke, Chi Shen glanced outside the wall, then he turned around and handed Ji Xingchen a skewer of roasted rabbit meat.
"Do you feel it's too quiet today?" Bai Wan wiped the hands of the red-clothed female ghost and suddenly said.
Chi Shen looked at the noisy appearance of the red-clothed ghost woman, and quietly moved away from the red-clothed ghost woman, so that she would not grab the chicken legs and rub the oil on him again. Then he said, "Is there?"
"Yes!" The red-dressed female ghost raised her hand. "No one is competing with me for the chicken leg today. We have one less ghost here!"
Ji Xingchen said calmly: "The ghost face is gone."
Chi Shen realized it and said in shock: "I really didn't see him. We really forgot about him. He usually talks a lot. How come his presence is so low?"
Ji Xingchen pushed his glasses up: "Maybe it's because I talk too much nonsense."
Chi Shen smiled and said, "Because what you said is all nonsense, it is dispensable? This seems a bit hurtful... No, hurtful, but why do I feel that you have become a little happier when he is not here?"
Ji Xing looked over calmly: "It's your illusion, he left a note on the table."
So everyone picked up the note and looked at it. It wasn't really a note. It was just a message left by the ghost face on the white paper that originally had the warning on it: I'm FREE! ——^_^.
Chi Shen looked at it for a long time and said, "You can recognize that this was left by the ghost face?"
Ji Xingchen said: "The expression behind is not an expression, it is a picture of himself."
Chi Shen: "...Oh, that's fine."
As a water lover, Guilian came to this place like a fish in water, so it was normal for him to go out happily. Everyone stopped caring about the problem and continued to barbecue happily.
After they had eaten and drunk their fill, it was already past twelve o'clock. Bai Wan and the female ghost in red cleaned up the barbecue stall together. Chi Shen used the hot spring pool's water exchange system to change the hot spring water, and he soaked in it comfortably again.
Taking a bath before going to bed can help you sleep.
He closed his eyes and soaked for a while, then heard the sound of water again. Ji Xingchen also came in to soak. Chi Shen heard the sound of entering the water, opened his eyes and looked over, and saw Ji Xingchen wearing the little shark swimming trunks he bought.
However, Ji Xingchen moved quickly and sank directly into the water, as if he wanted to soak in when he wasn't paying attention, so that the pool would be so deep that they wouldn't notice what kind of swimming trunks he was wearing!
But Chi Shen would not miss such a good thing. He immediately laughed wildly, wiping his tears while laughing: "You are very suitable! So cute!"
Ji Xingchen didn't say anything. He just took off his glasses and put them aside. Then he reached out and lifted up his hair on his forehead. He looked at Chi Shen calmly and laughed wildly.
Seeing Ji Xingchen's calm eyes and his entire face exposed, Chi Shen choked himself. He choked for a while and waved his hand to indicate that he didn't want to play anymore. He asked him again: "Aren't you afraid of what's in the hot spring?"
"Don't be afraid," Ji Xingchen said calmly, "I'm here with you."
This answer satisfied Chi Shen very much. He smiled so hard that his eyes narrowed. “Can you feel the temperature of the hot spring?”
"able."
Chi Shen chatted in a relaxed manner: "Do you like it here?"
"dislike."
Chi Shen's relaxed look disappeared a little, and he looked at Ji Xingchen: "Why?"
"It'll make me think I'm still alive."
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