Chapter 52: Welcome
When people inadvertently become the focus, there will always be a different feeling, the sky is getting late, and there is no longer a warm red sun on the earth. I thought that Kennel Town would be as daunting as described by the media, and there have been similar live pictures on the Internet, with gray and gloomy tones, showing the atmosphere of weirdness and death, and even in the dark windows, there are blood-red eyes lurking.
"These people are weird, do we seem disgusting to them?" Xiyuan's eyes moved away from a woman standing next to a black car, wearing a coat and hat, holding a fruit basket in her right hand, and the red persimmons in it were rotten. There were also a few flies circling outside the thick slurry, buzzing. "Hey, look at the woman, she has a scar on her left ankle." Xiyuan leaned close to Tan Lin's ear and whispered, his eyes flustered and messy.
The horrific scar is chilling, it must have been a major car accident that almost lost his entire foot. "Shhhh Talking about other people's practices in public is inappropriate, even if there is a problem, you should discuss it behind your back, Tan Lin grabbed Xiyuan's hand and left quickly. She noticed that the black ruby van beside the woman, which had been popular more than a decade ago, was now covered in dust, and all four wheels were rusty and sunken in. Oh my God, this town looks so quaint, no wonder people outside mistake it for a dead city. I've been isolated for more than 10 years, and the government has left it alone, so why haven't I heard my father talk about it here.
"Ah, look, the inn." Xiyuan pointed to the left front, which is located on the corner of this street, and there is a fast-food restaurant next to it. "The Black House Inn, that's a strange name." Although wary of it, the two walked in.
There are no lights in the lobby, the sky is getting dark, and the visibility is not high. "Whoa......" A sudden roar, accompanied by the sound of chains colliding, frightened the two women into screaming. Shut up, you damn brute! Don't force me to cut off your head. "The middle-aged man's angry rebuke is more frightening than the fierce dog barking." Oh, I'm so sorry, welcome two ladies from afar, the lights in the lobby are broken, and we're repairing them, so the brute took the opportunity to walk out. The middle-aged man wearing a peaked cap standing at the front desk bent down and whispered. He seemed to have been standing there all the time, not moving, no wonder he didn't see it when he went through the door first. Strangely, the dog disappeared with its tail between its legs, leaving only a dark shadow.
"No, it's fine." Tan Lin took a deep breath, her heartbeat had not subsided, she walked to the front desk, but she still couldn't see the person's appearance clearly. "Hello, we, we want two rooms."
"No problem, I'll check it out for you first, damn brute, it always likes to bark, but don't worry, you won't encounter it again." He rummaged through the cabinet to find the notebook in a dilapidated state. Tan Lin glanced at it and said secretly in her heart, are there still so many people staying in this ghost place? Will there be no room left? He must want to slaughter us severely, hum, no treachery.
"Oh, I'm so lucky, there are just two rooms left." The man raised his head, but the cap was too low to see his appearance clearly, and he didn't look like an honest person when he heard this timbre.
Sure enough, it's really this set! Tan Lin sneered, the corners of her mouth raised slightly sarcastically. "It seems that we have no choice, but we are in a hurry, and we don't know the ......money," she pulled out her hand in her pocket, and the few tickets were soaked in water and became lumps.
"It doesn't matter, according to the characteristics of our hotel, it is free for first-time guests." The voice is slightly smiling, but it always gives people a cold feeling.
"Free?" Xiyuan exclaimed: "There is really a free lunch in the world. She smiled from ear to ear, and the thought of taking a warm bath and then ordering a burger at the convenience store next door was just beautiful. Thank you so much. Tan Lin on the side put the money back in her bag suspiciously, although she encountered a good thing, she was full of troubles, and there was always an alternative feeling that rushed to her brain.
"We hope you enjoy your stay."
There were two more keys on the edge of the counter, and his movements were so fast, Tan Lin came back to his senses, but he hadn't seen the hand he handed out, and he didn't even feel the movement. The keyplate is engraved with 408 and the other is engraved with 508. "Aren't these two rooms next to each other?" Tan Lin frowned and asked.
"Oh, it's not a coincidence, these are the only two rooms, but luckily, you're next to each other, just over a dozen centimeters thick floor."
"Okay, okay." It seems that she can only compromise, it is good to be able to find a place, and you can't ask for too much, but a sixth-floor hotel like this, not to mention nearly a hundred guest rooms, tonight's occupancy is really high, she exclaimed, turned around and left with Xiyuan, planning to go to the convenience store next door to eat something first, and her stomach was already hungry. By the way, Mu Yu, he must have arrived a long time ago, and maybe he will live here. As soon as Tan Lin pushed open the door, she turned around and asked, "Sir, hello, I want to ask ......" Her dull eyes lingered at the front desk, and the vague black shadow before disappeared. "Huh, what about others?" Sighing, Tan Lin glanced at the lobby again, with the only light source, the indicator light at the elevator entrance, glowing green, there was nothing in the empty area, and on the sofa near the corner, only the sunken cushion recorded the traces of someone sitting before.
"What's wrong?" Xiyuan tugged at Tan Lin's sleeve.
"The others are gone."
"Maybe you're going to get busy, hurry up and fix the lights in the lobby?" Xiyuan glanced at the sign outside the door. "The Black House Hotel, worthy of its name, is really pitch black."
Tan Lin looked directly at the sofa in the corner, under the green light and shadow. "Was anyone sitting there before?"
"I don't know, I didn't pay attention."
"It's weird." Tan Lin shook her head. "When I took the money just now, I seemed to see a woman sitting there, wearing a white dress, a long dress like an evening dress, and I thought there was some banquet here tonight."
"Look dazzled, aren't you too hungry?" Xiyuan smelled the smell of puff pastry of roasted tender meat, wafting from the shop next door. "When people are hungry, they are always dazzled and look at everything like a delicious meal." Tan Lin sighed, turned around and left the door of the hotel with Xiyuan.
From the window, I could see that there was a candle lit inside, and when I opened the door, a stuffy smell greeted me, but it could not hide the rich greasy smell. It was a big face, Tan Lin was startled, and leaned against the front of the door, and next to the front desk stood a sign with a portrait of a woman. She is very familiar with the woman with a sweet smile, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to forget in this life. There is also a line underneath, written in a red printing pen with a few drops of paint, which inadvertently reminds one of blood. "Welcome to the arrival of the great writer Tan Su." Tan Lin didn't expect her sister to be so warmly welcomed in such a remote place, and she felt more or less proud, which made her smile proudly.
"Oh, welcome to Candlelight, you two want something to eat." A sexy woman dressed in revealing clothes, even the red lace band of her underwear was exposed, dangling under her armpits, she walked the catwalk and slowly arrived. "Oh my God, my God, yes, it's Miss Tan? I didn't expect to see you again. "Undoubtedly, the other party regards Tan Lin as her sister Tan Su again, her eyes are messy, fluctuating back and forth between the billboard and Tan Lin." I clean every day, and I must have moved the heavens, that's why I met you, you are the only idol I worship. The salesman kept wiping Tan Su's portrait with his hands, and his mouth was devoid of the previous excitement.
"Thank you so much." Tan Lin rejected this enthusiasm, after all, she was not a sister, not to mention that the people around her didn't even look at it, they only cared about the food chewing in their mouths, and they were still soaked in oil on their cheeks, and she whispered to the enthusiastic salesman: "Can you bring us some food?" To be honest, I haven't eaten for a day. ”
"Of course, of course." The salesperson cleaned up the table next to him. "Please sit down, come here for a special product, I will be treated to you today, I am so happy to meet you."
"Oh, that's embarrassing." Tan Lin said on her lips, but her heart blossomed, she used to stay in the hotel for free, and now she even has dinner, she is so lucky, is it true that there will be a blessing if you don't die? The two of them sat in a row near the window, and the atmosphere given by this candlelight dinner was really special and frizzy.
"Eh, don't you think it's too quiet here?" Xiyuan, who sat down relatively closely, touched Tan Lin's thigh with his foot. "It's a weird atmosphere, and they haven't said a word since we entered the store."
"Shh Tan Lin motioned for her to be quieter. "Maybe it's a local custom, no, there's some sound." She gestured to the melody of an old record player lingering in the convenience store house.
In the left corner, there is a jukebox, Tan Lin saw it when she was a child, and the operation process requires a coin to be put in before you can order songs to play. Next to the machine sat two old men, who should be seventy or eighty years old from the back, and one of them had lost all his hair. They were staring intently at the jukebox, this quiet and ethereal melody, like a lullaby, clearly a man humming, but the voice was as delicate as a girl. Boom! Boom! A strange sound also came from that direction, and the two old men sitting in front of the jukebox suddenly quarreled, which was not a long distance, but the sound of the quarrel was like two chirping chipmunks.
"What are they doing?" Xiyuan also noticed this scene.
"Maybe it's for the song." Tan Lin recalled that when she was a child, she had a quarrel with Tan Su over ordering a certain song. She noticed a figure flashing out the window, dressed in white, as if it was the same woman she had met earlier at the hotel. It seems that this is not an illusion, Tan Lin thought silently in her heart, and unconsciously walked to the aisle, wanting to take a look through the gap in the glass door, but the ethereal figure never appeared again.
"It's weird." Tan Lin shook her head and turned around. "Ahh She screamed in horror, and the person standing in front of her was so frightened that she was the saleswoman, staring at her with a gloomy face, holding two plates of steak (large steak) in her hands. "Oh my God, you scared me!" Tan Lin wiped the cold sweat from her forehead, walked back to her seat, and gave Xiyuan a strange look, extremely dissatisfied with the salesman's attitude.
The saleswoman walked over, dropped the two plates of meat, and walked away, her attitude changed drastically. Looking at the sexy figure that gradually disappeared into the darkness, the aisle was still echoing, and it was ...... Throat...... Throat...... The sound of high heels. What's going on? Could it be that she found me and knew that I wasn't Tan Su? Hey, you can't blame me for this. Tan Lin was helpless, but the appearance of Xiyuan in front of her made her forget her previous sense of horror.
She gripped the meatloaf with both hands, gobbling it up, desperately stuffing it into her mouth, and the oil stains splashed on her neck, skirt, and cheeks like cracked brains. The smell of stuffy oil and the harsh sound of chewing suddenly made her lose her appetite, and even though she was hungry, she wanted to vomit at the sight of the large meatloaf on the plate, and the tomato sauce and cheese grains sprinkled on it were like wriggling maggots crawling all over the scarlet flesh.
"Gross!" Tan Lin covered her mouth, couldn't hold back, and rushed out in a hurry.