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    After taking a look at them, the female boss continued, “The second floor is the accommodation area. There are 14 rooms in total. You will come just in time. There are only the last four rooms left. However, I still have to remind you that the last six rooms are occupied by my old customers. They have a bad temper. I hope you will not disturb them. If something happens, our store will not be responsible.”

    “You can’t go to the third floor before dinner time? Are you preparing to eat up there? And you still have old customers? You can’t mess with them yet? Why? I don’t see it. The store is not big, and there are a lot of rules and taboos.” Zhou Min smacked his lips, a little surprised.

    The female boss seemed to have been used to the curiosity of every customer, and her expression did not change. She patiently explained to Zhou Min, “I am doing it for your own good, because the customers who come to my place are not very good-looking and have bad tempers. They are either jealous or extremely protective of their food. Therefore, I can’t handle any private fights with customers over food or personal matters. After all, they are all customers, and I can’t offend them.”

    “What delicious food can there be in this shabby shop? I’m just choosy. But you are also a real person. I will remember your reminder and don’t be verbose.” After Qi Haotian finished speaking, he thought he was secretive and carefully glanced at Xiang Jieming’s position. He secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that he was gentle and gentle.

    Qi Haotian looked a little worried about Xiang Jieming. He thought he was doing it very secretly, but he didn’t know that he had been secretly watched by the female boss. The female boss also lowered his head and smiled, and didn’t seem to take it to heart. However, after that, his eyes were more or less paying attention to this man who had been very gentle and polite since entering the store.

    Xiang Jieming also noticed Qi Haotian’s expression, and soon realized that he was probably doing this intentionally to portray himself as a stand-in who was deliberately placed in front of him as a target, in order to cover up the real person in charge.

    Qi Haotian, who was so pretentious and powerful, could not tell that he had any ruthless appearance or intention to seize the store.

    Xiang Jieming smiled and automatically pretended to be an “unpredictable and scheming” master behind the scenes to attract Qi Haotian’s attention.

    “As long as you stay in your room, nothing will happen. In addition, I hope you remember that after you move in, don’t rush in or open the door to anyone, even your closest friends.” The short womanHer small eyes narrowed, and her expression changed slightly, “I didn’t mean to scare you. Sometimes friends may not always be friends, and there may be a knife stuck in your heart if you turn around! In Xiangcheng, human nature cannot stand the test.”

    Qi Haotian pretended not to understand the other party’s obvious instigation of discord and wanted to plant the seeds of doubt in their hearts. Xiang Jieming didn’t care about what his boss said. Seeing her looking at him, Xiang Jieming nodded politely with a smile.

    “Okay, that’s all I have to explain for now. I’ll call you when dinner is served. Now you go and check out the room. The first night is free. I wish you good luck.” Seeing Xiang Jieming treat her so perfunctorily, the female boss looked a little bad. She waved her hands and left again.

    Her steps were brisk, which was very inconsistent with her strong body. “A few more people have been added, and we have to handle more food.”

    Qi Haotian stared at the back of the female boss. He didn’t know the meaning of the boss’s last words. Was he going to prepare more food for them?Or do you think of them as food?

    “Let’s go to the room first. Relax and don’t be so stiff.” Qi Haotian looked at Zhou Min who was stiff and felt helpless. He took her to the second floor and said as he walked, “Tell me, what do you know about this hotel?”

    Although Qi Haotian did not name him, everyone present knew that the person he asked was the little boy who seemed to have the least strength in the game.

    The air was quiet for a moment. It was not until he passed the corridor that the boy slowly said, “If you want to go upstairs, you can choose the two staircases on the left and right. They can both lead to the upstairs and the hall. You choose to go upstairs from the right, so the first room is No. 14, then 13, 12, 11, 10, 09, 08, 07, 06, 05, 04, 03, 02, and all the way to 01 on the far left.”

    Qi Haotian frowned, thinking deeply about the difference in numbers in this room. He seemed to be thinking about some questions. He did not interrupt for the first time and allowed the boy to continue the introduction.

    “The most powerful and distinguished guests in Xiangcheng live in rooms 14 to 11, and old guests who never check out live in rooms 01 to 06.” The boy’s light words made Zhou Sensitive feel flustered for some reason.

    “As for the four rooms in the middle, they are naturally reserved for guests who come here through introduction.” The boy said with a smile.

    “You are also one of the guests here who will not check out.”

    Not a question but an affirmation, Qi Haotian walked along the corridor, his eyes occasionally scanning the rooms on the left and right of the corridor, seemingly deliberately and casually, until he stopped at the door of Room 10, looked at his own door, sneered at the corner of his mouth, and suddenly spoke.

    It seemed that he had finally decided something, and turned to look at the boy.

    “Why do you think so?” The boy’s cute face was slightly broken, and then he looked up at Qi Haotian’s calm gaze very innocently.

    Qi Haotian pointed at the diagonally opposite door. The number 04 was still very clear even though there was a distance, and then pointed at the boy’s abdomen. “I remember that you had a copper coin with 4 engraved on it. I wasn’t very clear about what this number meant before, but after listening to what you just said and seeing these room numbers, some scattered information finally connected together.”

    “Oh?” The boy became more and more curious about this man with the same kind of aura. He was so beautiful and powerful. It was really fascinating.

    “Rooms 01 to 06 are permanently reserved, but when the female boss gave us the keys, I accidentally saw the remaining keys in the cabinet, including the keys to the six rooms that will never be rented out. Since the guests from 01 to 06 will never check out, why does the boss have the keys to their rooms? How can these six guests prove that they are regular guests of this store?” Qi Haotian said, but the smile on the corner of the boy’s mouth became deeper and deeper.

    “Maybe the key is just a spare?” the boy tilted his head and asked with a smile.

    “Yes, the key can be spared, but people’s subconscious reactions and scars that are too late to fake cannot be faked.”

    “When the boss met us the first time, he asked us for our room number. The remaining four rooms require introductions before you can move in. But the only elderly person we have really come into contact with in Xiangcheng is you. The most important thing is that meeting you was an accident.”

    Qi Haotian’s lips curved into a faint smile, “And the wound on your abdomen has been torn and stitched repeatedly over the years. It is not easy to make the traces of stitching and disassembly from raw to skillful. And the threads required for suturing are specific to surgical operations. At the counter of a hotel, there are oftenPreparing anti-inflammatory drugs and surgical sutures, the boss’s habitual behavior and subsequent behavior of handing over the medicine are very natural.Presumably, your behavior of taking the room number is not unique to you, right?In addition, the ‘introducer’ you mentioned before… is probably you, a group of regular customers.”

    The boy didn’t say anything. He looked at Qi Haotian and just smiled. Qi Haotian didn’t mind. He looked at Room 04 not far away, “Obviously, you have a crazy desire to show off. The person who made the copper coins for the hotel and the person who engraved the room number should be the same person. This sharp blade cannot be made without decades of craftsmanship.”

    Qi Haotian lowered his head, “So, the copper coin in your hand is a status symbol for old hotel guests.”

    The boy smiled and was very happy. He didn’t seem to be afraid at all. He didn’t mind being slapped in the face by Qi Haotian for his quibble. He clapped his hands very excitedly and said, “Brother, you are so awesome. You are more fun than them.”

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