The strange story of Huai'an Inn

He was obviously feeding blood to the locust tree, but he fell asleep without knowing it.

Chong Liuxing turned around, and the moment he opened his eyes, his world was spinning.He hummed a few times and put his hands on his forehead. After the dizziness passed, he realized that the vines in his arms were gone.

Those larger vines still surrounded the surroundings like a bird's nest, and the heat of life pulsated through the muscles and mucous membranes sandwiched in the wood, conveying warmth to Chong Liu's body that lacked a lot of blood.

He turned his head, but saw Zhu Helan lying next to him, with his head turned to his direction, his eyes still closed, breathing slowly and long, obviously not awake yet.

Chong Liu seemed to have never seen Zhu Helan fall asleep so defenselessly.

He blinked slowly a few times, and gently turned his body to face Zhu Helan.He carefully looked at the shopkeeper's peaceful sleeping face, because he had never had such an opportunity before.

Long black hair like crow feathers, straight eyebrows like ink paintings, delicate folds on the eyelids and long raised eyelashes, a little blush on the nose in the dim light... The shopkeeper is not one of the people Chong Liu has ever seen. The most beautiful one is not even the second most beautiful, but after getting along for a period of time, the more he looks at it, the more beautiful he feels, and he even marvels at the end.

What kind of world has the eyes under the eyelids seen.What kind of sincerity is beating under the slightly undulating chest?Why can't he guess it?

Unexpectedly, Chongliu stretched out his hand, gently touched the end of the shopkeeper's long hair hanging on the tree vine, and gently curled a strand of hair around his finger.At this moment, the shopkeeper's eyelids moved, and a soft moan came out of his nose.

Chong Liu withdrew his hand that was playing with the shopkeeper's hair at lightning speed, turned around and closed his eyes on his back.

Zhu Helan woke up, but did not open her eyes immediately, but sensed the condition of her body.Although he lost a lot of blood, due to his special constitution, his recovery speed was several times faster than that of ordinary people, so at this time, he just felt weak and dizzy, and there was no more serious damage or decay to his internal organs.

He slowly opened his eyes, and the warm feeling covering his whole body made him sigh lazily and comfortably.He raised his arm and saw that the wound was almost invisible, leaving only a faint red mark.

While moving his arms, he realized that this warm feeling was not only from the locust tree, but also from another person who was sleeping beside him.

Zhu Helan turned his head and saw Chong Liu lying beside him, as if he hadn't woken up yet.

He was in a trance for a while, probably because he was not used to the feeling of someone beside him when he woke up.

The strange feeling made him a little surprised.

Secular people sleep in pairs at night and wake up at daytime, but is this the feeling?

When he saw the unhealed wound on Chong Liu's arm, the strange feeling became a little heavier.Recently, Chong Liu often triggers such indescribably soft, sour and complex emotions with a slight pain and a trace of fear in his heart.

Since his companions passed away one by one, he has always been a little distance away from everything in this world.Chong Liu was like a calf that crashed into the wall, recklessly rampaging in the courtyard, completely unaware of the situation he was getting himself into...

He moved his puffy body, stretched out his hand and gently shook the heavy six.

"Six? Six?"

Chong Liu slowly opened his eyes, as if he had just woken up and was a little dazed.He glanced at Zhu Helan and muttered, "Master, how are you?"

"I should be the one asking you this question."

"I'm fine." Chong Liu said, rubbing his eyes, stunned for a moment, then staggered up from the ground.He looked up at the locust tree and asked, "Is it all right?"

Zhu Helan nodded, "It should be safe for the time being."

"I saw a worm growing under the bark of the locust tree...you said its blood was stolen...how could this happen?"

"The worms were brought in from the outside. They look like the nematodes that sometimes grow on sea fish. Now that the locust tree is in good spirits, I should be able to purify them." Zhu Helan leaned on the vine and sat up slightly, " Something came in. Something extraordinary. But apart from the worms, they left no trace."

Chong Liu was silent for a moment, and said, "Could it be related to that Xiao Yi?"

Zhu Helan didn't answer directly, but asked, "Why do you think so?"

"It was the room he asked me to go to that day. And... I often saw him near the locust tree, staring, as if he was looking for something... I always suspected that they brought something from the sea. The more Chong Liu thought about it, the more determined he became, "Boss, we can't keep them here."

"I'm not sure if they did it or not. But what you said is also reasonable. Xiao Yi didn't tell me all the truth. I'm afraid the list this time is a bit strange. I'll think of a way."

Zhu Helan wanted to get up, but she got up a little too fast, her eyes darkened, and she staggered.Chong Liu had already quietly supported him, and only after he slowed down, helped him walk towards the exit of the secret room little by little.

The rooster hadn't crowed when they came out.All the way, Chong Liu helped Zhu Helan back to the small courtyard, opened the bedding and let him rest on the bed, while he quickly raised the brazier in the room, lit the tea stove, and cooked a pot of red dates and ginger tea.

Zhu Helan watched Chong Liu keep busy for a moment, but suddenly realized that Chong Liu didn't take the initiative to say a word during the whole journey from the secret room to the return.

He would also answer questions, but they all answered in a very...official tone.

It's like his usual waiter's attitude towards customers...

Zhu Helan frowned slightly, feeling that something was wrong with Chong Liu.

"Liu'er, don't be too busy."

Chongliu poured the jujube and ginger tea from the teapot into the tea bowl, fearing it would be too hot, he held it with a towel and handed it to the shopkeeper.

Zhu Helan took it, took a sip, and said with a smile, "Very good."

Chong Liu nodded, then found the medicine box in the host's house with ease, found hemostatic powder and bandages from it, sat on a chair beside him and began to clean the wound on his arm.

Zhu Helan blinked a few times, staring at Chong Liu's series of actions...

not right...

"Liu'er, is there something wrong with you?" Zhu Helan asked worriedly.

Chong Liu took a sip of the tea from the gourd, shook his head and said, "No, don't worry."

After finishing speaking, he tied the bandage tightly and stood up, "It's almost dawn, if you have nothing else to do, I'll go back to the house first."

Zhu Helan was stunned.For some reason, he didn't expect Chong Liu to leave soon.

"Ah...it's all right."

Chong Liu didn't say anything more, closed the door lightly for him, and actually walked away.

Guan Chongliu is... mad at him?

Zhu Helan leaned against the head of the bed, recalling the ins and outs of the night...

Could it be because of... that he retreated halfway...

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In Chongliu's life, there is no chance to make trouble with others.

He didn't dare to quarrel with the master, and when he came out, he was a waiter, and he didn't dare to quarrel with the guests.In fact, he is not without temper, but in this line of work, it is a basic skill to greet people with a smile, and gradually he has lost his temper.

Even if you are angry, you can only vent it secretly, and you must never let people see it in person.

But this time, he couldn't help it.

Suddenly near and far, now hot and cold, playing with people, is this?

In fact, he was more angry with himself, came out to experience life, just watched from a distance, but he still wanted to taste human emotions.It's fine if you want to taste it, but you chose a thousand-year-old monster like the shopkeeper... ah no... a thousand-year-old human being.

He is a small running hall, even Bai Xiaomen has no status and can only rely on his master's name to get acquainted with a small character, but he really dares to think...

Chongliu spurned his lack of willpower, and opened the shop with flamboyant steps, with two panda eyes on his head, and yawning.From time to time, he would look into the atrium, to prevent anyone...especially those from Ming Yuandao approaching the locust tree.

When the kitchen started to fire, Chongliu filled a breakfast and asked Xiaoshun to serve it to the shopkeeper in the backyard.

Xiao Shun panicked, "Ah?! Why did you let me go!"

"Tsk, you little bastard, I can't control you anymore?" Chong Liu pretended to be aggressive.

"No... I've never entered the courtyard of my master's house!" Xiao Shun struggled to his deathbed.The few young helpers in the inn seemed to respect and fear the shopkeeper. Usually, when the shopkeeper showed up, he didn't even dare to show his air.

"There is only a second time after the first time, go quickly, the boss will be hungry in a while."

Master Liao watched the whole process of Xiao Shun being chased off the shelves. After he left, Master Liao asked Chongliu, "What's the matter today? Don't you usually go to the shopkeeper's courtyard?"

"When did I rush to go!" Chong Liu blushed in embarrassment.

Master Liao smiled without saying a word, just shook his head, with an exclamation expression of "you are so nice", and conveniently stuffed Chong Liu with a huge meat bun, "Eat more, your complexion looks bad, and the wind will blow you fall down."

Just as he was talking, he saw Xiao Yi came out of the courtyard with A Liang and a group of people, and went out without having breakfast.

Seeing this, Chongliu waited for them to walk a certain distance before going out with them.

There are regularly six beggars on their street, and Chong Liu has talked to all of them.He stuffed a few copper coins into Er Bao, the beggar who was closest to him, and whispered a few words in his ear, and the beggar smiled, and went to find the direction where Xiao Yi and others left.

Chong Liu went back to the inn, settled the bills for several guests, and Xiao Shun came back when he was counting the money.

"Brother Six, the boss asked you to come over when you are free." Xiao Shun obediently reported.

Chong Liu hurriedly asked, "What's the matter? Is he not feeling well?"

"No, the boss looks okay."

So you're in good health?

Then it's no rush...

Zhongliu decided to really wait until he was "free" before going there.

However, how can there be "emptiness" in an inn with only one waiter.Chongliu was in charge of running the hall, tidying up the guest rooms, and taking the changed bedding to the backyard to be piled up by the helpers to clean up... After work, it was lunch time, and he never was idle for a moment.

Just after serving a table of dishes, I turned around and found a customer standing in front of the counter.

The person who came was wearing a purple Taoist robe, which seemed to be the attire of the Daluo sect.

Why does it look familiar?

Chong Liu habitually raised his smiling face, "Hello, guest officer! Do you want to stay at the hotel or... ah! It's you!!!"

The moment the alchemist turned around, his eyes widened, and he looked at him with a little embarrassment.

Isn't this the stunned green alchemist Yuanchu who jumped out to make trouble when he was fetching the fan that day? !