Chapter 1 - Enter the peach and see the peach demon
When He Xi arrived in Taoyao Town, it was already three o'clock in the morning. The suspension bus stopped at the gate of the ancient town, and the driver said that the ancient town did not allow cars to enter the town, which was stipulated by the government. He Xi turned on the navigation system on his glasses and followed the cursor that appeared in front of him. There are no night lights in the ancient town, only red lanterns with red wax hanging in front of the white-walled and blue-tiled houses on both sides of the street. He Xi cautiously stepped on the bluestone paved road, and followed the cursor through many alleys of different widths, and at the end of an extremely narrow alley was where the cursor stopped. He Xi knew he had arrived.
He Xi looked at the mahogany gate in front of him, and then looked at the huge plaque on the door, which read the four big characters of the Origin Inn, and exhaled: "It's finally here." ”
He Xi pushed the door in, walked to the front desk, looked at the dozing front desk girl, stretched out two fingers, and buckled the mahogany tabletop. The girl woke up suddenly, rubbed her eyes, looked at the man with a travel bag in front of her, and knew that it was a tourist who came to stay in the investment store, her face suddenly turned red, and she quickly got up and said sorry. He Xi felt a little funny, and looked at the young girl in front of him who seemed to be the same age as him. Wearing daily clothes with Hanfu elements, with a little powder on his face, a small knot on the back of his head hangs straight to his shoulders, a pair of peach blossom eyes are very good-looking, a tear mole in the corner of his eyes shows a bit of charm, a delicate nose and a red mouth. The combination of such facial features is a little stupid to see He Xi. The girl couldn't help but yawn, He Xi smiled again when she saw it, the girl saw his smile, her cheeks turned red, and she said in a weak mosquito voice, "Staying in the store?" ”
He Xi nodded. The girl rubbed her eyes, turned on the computer and asked, "Is there an appointment?" ”
"Yes, He Xi, He Xi of tonight."
The girl's eyes suddenly lit up, and she said with a hint of surprise: "Your name is He Xi?" He Xi was a little confused, and asked rhetorically, "Do you know me?" The girl didn't speak, just shook her head, and then took out a room card, supported the good-looking face with her hand, yawned a little and said: "Room 2016 of the Origin Building, turn left upstairs and go straight." He Xi smiled awkwardly, took the room card and walked upstairs. When the girl saw him disappear around the corner of the stairs, she muttered to herself, "I always feel like I've seen ...... somewhere."
He Xi entered the room and turned on the heating, but still felt a little cold. He poured a glass of water, stared at the rising heat in the cup in a daze, and then fell into a deep sleep......
He Xi started writing novels in his sophomore year, at first just to earn a little money to subsidize his living expenses, but he didn't expect to have feelings for this profession while writing. The literary major made him more handy in this regard, and it didn't take long for him to become famous in this circle, and the money he made was not much, but not too little, not to mention that in this era of high-tech agents everywhere, novelists are undoubtedly one of the few professions that cannot be replaced. Soon he developed the hobby into a career. Now that he has graduated from college for more than a year, why he has appeared here with nothing to do has to start from recently.
Recently, He Xi is very strange, and he always feels like he has forgotten something. This strange feeling not only made him unwilling to write, but also his inspiration gradually dried up. This feeling made He Xi crazy several times, so he had to hastily end the book that was about to end, leaving behind the readers' abuse and the fans' incomprehension to travel around and relax, in a vain attempt to find the lost inspiration. In the end, he came to this kind of town, in fact, there are several hotels in the town, but He Xi didn't know why he chose this backward hotel that didn't use high technology at all. Maybe...... I just think the name of this hotel is good......
"Drop~ It's 11 o'clock on September 3, 2134." It was already eleven o'clock in the morning when He Xi was woken up by his mobile phone, and he pouted twice as he heard his stomach scream. After a simple wash, he put on his coat and backpack and was about to go out, and as soon as he opened the door, he saw that beautiful face looking at him, which really scared He Xi.
He Xi breathed a sigh of relief and asked with a little anger, "What are you doing at my door?" ”
The beautiful girl was a little aggrieved and said: "Tell you to go downstairs to eat, and if you don't go downstairs for lunch, there are very few restaurants in the ancient town, and even if there are, they are expensive and scary, and they specialize in killing tourists like you." ”
He Xi was a little embarrassed, and hurriedly apologized: "I'm sorry, I was a little fierce just now, I misunderstood you." After speaking, he rolled his eyes and changed the awkward topic.
"Specifically to call me? Isn't your hotel busy? ”
The beautiful girl sighed and said: "In the off-season of tourism, business is sluggish, except for you and a couple and an elderly tour group of more than a dozen people, there is no one else." Seeing the beautiful girl's gloomy expression, He Xi couldn't bear to say, "It's okay, it will get better in a few months." The corners of the beautiful girl's mouth showed a hint of imperceptible arc, and there was still some surprise in her heart, or snickering, snickering, this inexplicably familiar stranger who would only laugh at others and doze off would also be clumsy and comforting.
The beautiful girl pointed to the entrance of the stairs and turned around, without looking back: "Go downstairs and turn left, and the second room is the dining room." When He Xi saw the departing girl, he suddenly became a little more curious about this young and beautiful girl.
After He Xi finished eating, he turned on the navigation on his glasses and walked aimlessly through the streets and alleys. There are not many pedestrians on the streets, but there are also a lot, and if the streets and alleys are in high season, they must be crowded with people. He Xi lay on the railing of the lotus pond and watched the red and white carp swimming in the water at the bottom of the pond. Suddenly, there was a dripping sound, and He Xi looked at the watch with a green glow on his wrist, "Drip~ There are large dark clouds ahead, and heavy rainfall that lasts for half an hour is expected to occur within three minutes, please take shelter in time." ”
He Xi sighed as he looked at the large dark clouds floating in front of him, walked to the pavilion in the middle of the pond and sat down. Sure enough, the rain began to fall, but it only lasted four or five minutes before the dark cloud disappeared. He Xi, who was lying on a wooden chair with headphones plugged in and his eyes closed, wondered for a while, since the technology of predicting the weather was upgraded, this weather forecast has not been wrong for more than 50 years, could it be that his watch is broken?
The air after the rain is very fresh, and He Xi walks and stops along the small river around the town. He Xi looked at his watch, it was three o'clock in the afternoon, and it was time to go back to the hotel. Thinking about it, he opened the navigation, but the cursor that appeared on the glasses directly made a semi-circular arc turn, pointing directly at the forest behind him. He Xi looked at the looming path on the ground that seemed to have been stepped on, and there was a difference in his heart. "Isn't it a shortcut?" He Xi was a little puzzled, but he still walked over with a ghost.
There was a faint smell of peach in the air......
The old man sat under a peach tree that was several times larger than an ordinary peach tree, touched the red cloth hanging on the branches, and said to himself, "Coming? It's good to be here......" said the old man, smiling back to the dilapidated hut.