Midnight Bookstore

Panda Novel

Two taxis stopped at the front desk of the Longshan Hotel in Xuzhou. This hotel was a bit like a resort. It was considered one of the more luxurious ones in Xuzhou.

After getting out of the car, Yingying wanted to go in under the guidance of the waiter. However, she found her boss still standing in the same place with his back to the door while looking at the scenery in the distance.

It was as if the scenery here was so charming that people couldn’t move their feet. Yingying naturally stood next to the boss. He didn’t move and she didn’t move.

The Old Daoist squatted down and began to tie his shoelaces as if he couldn’t tie them properly.

Lawyer An was the last to get out of the car. Seeing this scene, he silently gave these people the middle finger. Then, signaled the waiter to take him to the front desk.

After Lawyer An entered, Zhou Ze suddenly felt that the scenery was not so good anymore. The old man’s shoelaces were also tied. Everyone followed him in.

Lawyer An had booked a suite with a small courtyard and an open-air bath. The price was definitely not cheap.

Sometimes, it was really strange. Lawyer An’s standard of living was very high but how could he be obsessed with expired instant coffee to such an extent?

Perhaps it was because rich people always had some special fetishes?

After entering the room, Yingying was about to help Zhou Ze take off his clothes, but Zhou Ze rejected her. In the pocket of her clothes was a card that Lawyer An had given her to hide her scent.

According to the information given by Old Zhang, the car of the female ghost from Xuzhou had finally driven into this hotel.

It was only in the morning, so it was a little far from noon. However, Zhou Ze did not dare to wait until night time to take action. If that old man was scared by Old Zhang’s wave, then this would be fun.

“Old Daoist, go out with the monkey to investigate.” Lawyer An assigned tasks.

The Old Daoist was originally an ordinary person. He was the only seedling left in the study room. Strictly speaking, Xu Qinglang was considered a mystic cultivator. There was an energy fluctuation in his body. Hence, if he went out to investigate the situation, it would not arouse suspicion.

As for the little monkey, it was born as a spiritual monkey. Hiding its aura and investigating was its forte. In the journey to the west, Sun Da Sheng had been taught by the gods what he was best at when he was fighting the rhinoceros monster with the diamond ring. He was good at stealing.

The troops sent out a monkey, an experienced one. Then, they waited for news.

This hotel was too big after all. It was like a miniature version of Suzhou Gardens. It would be much simpler if it was a small and fast hotel.

Zhou Ze sat down on the sofa. Bai Yingying was about to boil some water to make tea.

“Yingying, there’s no need to make any more. I ordered a bottle of red wine from the front desk. It should be here soon.” Zhou Ze said.

“…” Lawyer An.

Although he felt a little uncomfortable, Lawyer An did not say anything. After all, he had drunk the coffee of someone else. That coffee should be very, very expensive.

The red wine was delivered. Yingying took out two red wine glasses.

In order to prevent the dog abuse tragedy from happening again, Lawyer An got up to wash another glass and brought over three. If he were to perform a fiery red lip later, Lawyer An would probably be unable to restrain himself and want to hit someone.

The three of them picked up the red wine. Zhou Ze’s conditions in his previous life were not good. Even if an awesome surgeon often performed freelance surgeries to earn extra money, he would not earn much money. He worked hard until he was in his early thirties before he bought his first apartment in Tongcheng with full money. Moreover, it was a small apartment.

As for the extravagant behavior of tasting red wine, it was definitely not fated with Boss Zhou in his previous life.

Fortunately, chewing peonies was also a type of B grade. Zhou Ze was drinking it like orange juice anyway. He did not care how many zeros there were behind the bill.

Bai Yingying did not drink it. She just placed the cup in front of her nose and sniffed it gently.

Lawyer An drank a lot classier. However, tasting red wine with the two boorish people gave him a feeling that he was not of the same class as the others.

“Boss, the one inside you, can it be used?” Lawyer An put down the glass and asked.

“What’s wrong?”

“I want to keep a record.”

Zhou Ze nodded in tacit agreement. He had asked before at the station that Yinggou would not lie to him. If he went to seek revenge and was killed instead, Yinggou’s nature would be inevitable.

“That’s good.” Lawyer An smiled,

“Actually, this can be considered a tactic. Do you still remember the owner of the memorial archway in the mountain area?”

“I do.”

“Behind this, it’s not as simple as just one or two people. I’m guessing that some big shot from Hell is making a new plan. That Feng Si guy is just doing some errands for him to clean up the scene.”

The image of the villagers who were abducted and sold, lined up to enter the memorial archway appeared in Zhou Ze’s mind. Those villagers didn’t go to Hell. The place where the memorial archway was connected to was definitely not Hell.

Hell was more like a waste collection center. The things that weren’t sucked into that place were finally sucked into Hell, and Feng Si came out to clean up all traces.

Then, where did the souls from before go? Why did they have to absorb so many souls?

“The big shots plan the big shots, so let’s do what we should do. This time, either we don’t do it, or we do it more straightforwardly and lift the lid. In short, when the time comes, just don’t hold back.”

“How will Yin Si’s side react?” Zhou Ze asked.

One had to know that since Feng Si was involved, then the person who planned this matter was most likely one of Yin Si’s big bosses.

Don’t look at how great it was when the protagonist in the anti-corruption drama finally overthrew the powerful big boss. Before the protagonist, there must have been a few sad cameos who were killed by the big boss in order to gather information. They worked hard to make a wedding dress for the protagonist, but in the end, there might not even be a few complete scenes.

Boss Zhou was not willing to make a wedding dress for others.

“So we have to do it openly. We have to do it in a big way. The more we expose this matter, the safer we will be.”

Lawyer An could be considered as an old veteran who had been immersed in the Hell system for a long time. He could see many things more clearly.

Lawyer An had no other choice. According to his personality, it was most suitable for him to build a high wall and accumulate grain. He could claim the throne step by step. However, he discovered that with his boss’s personality, he might be able to bask in the sun until the end of time if he followed the rules and took things slowly.

He might as well get on the horse and push him forward. When that time came, he would have to run.

Zhou Ze frowned.

Lawyer An’s heart skipped a beat. His intentions had been discovered?

“We’ll see.” Zhou Ze did not refuse or agree.

He asked Bai Yingying to pour him another glass of wine and drank it in one gulp.

Tsk. If it wasn’t for the fact that there were so many zeros on the bill, the red wine was not as delicious as orange juice.

…

Although Lawyer An had promised him that he would not be in any danger as an ordinary living person, the Old Daoist still felt a little uneasy.

He pinched his crotch along the way. When he met two waitresses, they all ran away shyly. However, one of the waitresses showed an attitude of refusing the Old Daoist. It scared the Old Daoist so much that he walked first.

“This place is so big.”

In the waterside pavilions, there was a big pond. It looked like an ancient manor.

The Old Daoist searched one small villa after another. The fence was not high. One would usually be able to see the situation inside after getting close or jumping.

According to the information provided by the boss, there were at least four people or more. It should not be difficult to find them.

Monkey and the Old Priest split up. After searching for a long time, the Old Priest still could not find any clues.

He had to determine the location of the target first so that the boss and the others could have a target. However, his legs were numb from walking. He only found one-third of the place.

The sun was up. The sky was getting hot. The Old Daoist took out an orange that he had just picked from the flower bed and sat on the fence to eat it. He rested.

The orange was not in season, so it was a little sour. However, as he was old, he did not like things that were too sweet. The Old Daoist seemed to be enjoying it.

The two oranges were eaten. He remembered the boss’s exhortation. The Old Priest felt that the boss and the others should be anxiously waiting in the room. He had better hurry up and find them.

If the Old Priest knew that the three of them were in the room drinking expensive red wine and leisurely blowing on the cold air, he would probably be so depressed that he would vomit blood.

Walking past the fence, there were two pavilions in front, which could be considered as the pavilion in the center of the lake, which was a public area. On this side, the Old Priest had already finished searching and planned to go to the opposite side to take a look.

When he walked into the first pavilion, he didn’t feel anything. When he walked into the second pavilion, the Old Daoist suddenly shivered. It was as if the surrounding temperature had suddenly dropped a lot.

However, there was nothing in the pavilion. There was only a stone table and a few stone stools.

Perhaps it was because he often chatted with those ghosts in the study room for psychological counseling. Even if the Old Daoist didn’t have much cultivation, he had become a little more sensitive to some things.

At that moment, the Old Priest turned around without batting an eyelid, took out the ox tears that had been under the talisman water from his pocket, and skillfully wiped them on his eyes.

He blinked twice. After a moment, the pavilion was very lively!

It wasn’t just the stone chairs that were filled with people. There were also quite a few people sitting on the railing at the edge of the pavilion.

Everyone was wearing ancient clothes like a troupe. Their faces were painted with makeup. They were mumbling as if they were in a meeting. The Old Priest couldn’t understand what they were saying.

Hiss… Why are there so many ghosts here!

The Old Priest took a deep breath and pretended not to see them leaving the pavilion.

At this time, a man dressed in a dark green robe who looked like a playboy walked in from outside the pavilion.

The Old Priest turned his body slightly.

Big brother, you go first.

The other party walked over. Just as the Old Priest was about to step out, he discovered that the pavilion behind him, which had been making incessant noises, instantly became quiet.

A cold hand suddenly placed on the Old Priest’s shoulder. A face with an extremely strong smell of cosmetics came over, “You can see me?”

At this moment, it was unknown whether the Old Daoist had become immune after experiencing such a damnable thing so many times or it was because he was suddenly frightened and went straight to the wrong place. A slogan echoed in his mind, “Can you see that I’m wearing makeup?”

This brain of his was a joke. It made the Old Daoist’s cheeks flush. He laughed out loud, “Pfft…”