CHAPTER 14: The disappearing finger

On the reception desk, there was a red piece of paper, the black handwriting was written in a straight line, not crooked or tilted, the overall handwriting was very beautiful. Going to Xie Cheng, he glanced up and saw that the paper was written: "Find the secret of Qing Fei Hotel".

Xie Cheng tilted his head: "The secret of the hotel? Does Qing Fei Hotel have any secret?".

"AA!". Suddenly, Xiao Xin shouted in fear, pointing to the top of the stairs in the middle of the lobby.

Everyone turned around, looking in the direction of her hand. Xie Cheng frowned.

"There's nothing." Liang Zun said.

Xiao Han was scared, her trembling fingers retracted and she ran behind Xie Ying, shouting in panic: "No no!! No! Don't come over here!".

Everyone seemed to see nothing, but Xie Ying seemed to sense it and swung the baseball bat, the black smoke suddenly hissed in the air and disappeared.

Everyone was shocked, Li Xiao Juan who was standing closest saw in the hazy smoke a terrifying human face looking at her and smiling. Not daring to scream, she could only stand there, speechless with fear.

Just now, Xie Cheng clearly saw a dark shadow, not sure if it was a man or a woman, standing at the top of the stairs, flashing back and forth, sometimes hidden, sometimes visible, then appearing in front of Xiao Xin.

He secretly swallowed his saliva, his Adam's apple slid up and down in fear.

Liang Zun stood there, timid, holding onto Bai Hu's sleeve, he glared at him then tossed his sleeve away.

"Woof woof woof!!!". Wang barked into the air a few times then bit Xie Cheng's shirt and pulled him to the top of the stairs, Xie Ying saw this and followed behind.

The ghost was here just now, now standing here, he felt a bit scared, observing the top of the stairs, he saw that the steps were made of shiny marble, covered with red carpet, the pillars and handrails were made of pure gold. He silently commented on the phrase 'extravagant waste': "What's here?".

Xie Ying glanced around and suddenly saw something shining under the foot of the stairs, he picked it up.

It was a key.

"Used to open the basement." Liu Yu's voice rang out, he glanced over and saw him standing behind Xie Cheng.

He wondered why this old man kept following his Xie Cheng Cheng all the time?! It was so annoying!

Xie Cheng wondered how he knew this key was to open the basement?

The others also came over, Liang Zun said: "What did you find?".

Xie Cheng replied: "Ying found the key, probably went upstairs to open it."

The group looked upstairs, above was divided into two corridors covered with red carpet. The railing was made of sparkling gold, attracting the people below.

"Sorry for keeping you waiting". The voice came from the hotel door, everyone turned around to look and saw a middle-aged man wearing a suit, one could tell he was the owner of this place. Looking at his flashy suit and this place, there was no way to confirm.

Xie Cheng asked Liu Yu in a low voice: "Is this also the person who was cursed and had to do the same mission as us?".

Liu Yu observed him and said: "Not sure, there is a possibility that he is the main character in this mission".

Nodding, he seemed to understand a little.

He walked in front of everyone, his face was kind, his voice was gentle: "I am Qin Er, the manager of this place. Let me take everyone upstairs to choose a room, everyone must be tired from the long journey here".

Not the owner but just the manager? But no matter how you looked at it, Qin Er did not look like a manager.

Everyone looked at each other without saying anything and followed him together.

Leading through the right corridor, below the lobby or upstairs, wherever gold-plated was plated, the bright lights shone, making the gold-plated areas even more dazzling. Standing in the middle of the corridor, Qin Er said: "Now you can choose the room you like".

He took out a bunch of keys and said: "I left the keys on the table, after you choose, you can take the keys".

Observing each door of each room, Xie Cheng asked: "So how many beds are there in each room?".

Qin Er smiled and replied: "Each room has two beds".

After giving an overview of the rooms in this corridor, Qin Er went downstairs. The people upstairs were free to choose rooms, if they didn't like this room, they could choose another.

"It's so great to stay in a five-star hotel like this, why do I need to escape the curse?" Liang Sun no longer had a worried and fearful expression on his face, he comfortably opened each room door.

"What a sick man". Li Xiao Juan was so bored that she didn't even look at him so she went to find a room with Xiao Xin.

Which room is not a room, Bai Hu immediately went into a room and closed the door inside.

Looking at each room, he saw that each room was beautiful, luxurious, and especially comfortable. Xie Cheng immediately chose a room and then was about to pull Xie Ying, who was looking for a room, into it when he bumped into Liu Yu. He was standing next to him, seemingly also choosing this room. Liu Yu looked at him: "You also want this room? If so, let's share it."

"What the hell?!". Xie Ying, who was on the other side, suddenly rushed over and quickly pulled Xie Cheng away, then glanced at him. He forced a smile at him and also entered the other room with Xie Ying.

Liu Yu stood there watching his back and then also entered the room. Everyone had also entered the room to rest suddenly.

"AAA!". Liang Zun suddenly shouted, everyone immediately went out to see what was going on.

He stood at the end of the hallway and fell to the ground. Xie Cheng went to help him up, asking: "What's wrong?".

Liang Zun fearfully pointed at the pot of snake plant in the corner: "Over there".

The others also came over, looking at where he was pointing.

Bai Hu immediately used his stick to hit him on the head, scolding: "You brat! There's a spider and you're screaming, making me drag this tired old body out".

Liang Zun held his head and jumped behind Xie Cheng, his face panicked: "No... That finger disappeared!".

Xie Cheng frowned: "Finger?".

Because he was so scared, he didn't tell what he saw and ran into the room and slammed the door.

The others stood there, not understanding what was going on. Liu Yu caught the spider. The spider was as big as a big toe, black, hairy, and its long moving legs were disgusting to look at. Li Xiao Juan and Xiao Xin were girls, so they were very afraid of insects, so they didn't stay here anymore and sneaked back to their rooms.

At the end of the corridor, there were now five people left. Although Xie Cheng looked weak, he wasn't really afraid of these insects. He looked at the spider in Liu Yu's hand and thought, "Just now, Liang Zun said he saw a finger before this spider appeared. Does that mean our first mission is to find the owner of the finger?".

Liu Yu crushed the spider in his hand. It hissed and then fell silent. Blood dripped down. He said, "Maybe that finger is a clue in the mission."

Xie Ying leaned against the wall and raised his eyebrows, asking, "There were no instructions or hints, just the main mission?".

Liu Yu knelt down on one knee next to the tiger tongue basin as if he was looking for something. "The main mission will only be available at night. It's almost morning now."

He didn't say that it was almost morning, so Xie Cheng didn't pay attention. He was about to reach into his pocket to get his phone, but found that it was gone.

"Even the phone disappeared? Then how do you know it's almost morning?" Xie Cheng asked, even if it was almost morning, he wouldn't know it from looking outside because the dark clouds were getting darker and darker, making the sky gloomy.

"Experience".

Xie Cheng: "?".

Liu Yu took out a diamond ring from the tiger tongue pot, stood up and said: "This is the first clue".

Xie Ying raised his eyebrows, Xie Cheng commented: "The owner of this place is really generous, huh? He even put a diamond ring in the pot".

Bai Hu leaned on his cane and walked over: "Let me borrow it".

The ring was sparkling, the attractive amethyst diamond bead had a mysterious and melancholy look. Bai Hu frowned and was about to say something when Xie Ying interrupted: "Isn't that Xiao Xin's ring?".

"?!". Everyone was stunned, Bai Hu beside him glared at him but didn't say anything, gave the ring back to Liu Yu and turned around to leave. He had said that what he wanted to say was over so he went back to his room to rest. When he passed Xie Cheng, he wanted to say something to him but saw Xie Ying's eyes following him so he didn't say anything and walked away.

"How did you know?". Xie Cheng asked curiously.

While speaking, he suddenly remembered that Liang Zun had mentioned the finger and now there was Xiao Xin's ring here. The two were connected, and suddenly a terrifying thought suddenly appeared in his mind.

"Because when I gave the ring to her earlier, I noticed that on her right hand, on the ring finger, I saw an amethyst diamond ring similar to that." Xie Ying said.

"For Xiao Xin." Liu Yu looked at the ring inside.

He continued: "The owner of this ring is indeed Xiao Xin's."

Xie Cheng frowned: "Why is her ring here? Could it be...".

"Ah Ah Ah!!!". Li Xiaojuan screamed and ran out the door with a look of extreme terror.

"Save me!". Xie Ying swung the baseball bat, and she immediately ran behind him.

In front of him was a black shadow flying towards him. The baseball bat flashed a light light as he hit it straight in the face. The black shadow screamed miserably and disappeared.

Li Xia Juan sat down on the ground, trembling in fear, holding her head. Xie Cheng was also a little scared, but it passed quickly. He immediately helped her up and asked, "What happened?".

She was panting, trying to calm down, her voice trembling: "Just now, when I entered the room, I suddenly turned around and didn't see Xin. I thought she went to the bathroom, but when I looked into the bathroom, I didn't see anyone and suddenly there was a shadow crawling on the ceiling!".

Then who was standing here and then walking back to the room with Li XiaoJuan? That thing?

Xie Cheng: "Then where is Xiao Xin?".

Li Xia Juan shook her head in fear: "I don't know anymore!".

Xie Ying ran his finger on the stick and said: "Then our mission now is to find Xiao Xin, so why did uncle say we won't have a mission until tonight?".

He glanced up at Liu Yu, who remained silent and did not answer him, but stared at the baseball bat, saying, "I think I saw this bat of yours flashing with fire just now."

He stopped moving and glared at him, "What? Changing the subject?"

He looked straight into his eyes, feeling as if a cold ray of ice was pointed at him, he clicked his tongue and turned away.

He said, "Tonight, everyone gather in the lobby to receive the mission and discuss it there, and now we'll rest and visit this place."

Li Xiao Juan calmed down, "I'll go find Xin."

If he acted alone, he might encounter something like that just now, Li Xiaojuan also had no self-defense item, so he absolutely could not leave her alone. Xie Cheng said, "If there's anything, let's go find it together. Having more people will reduce the danger."

Li Xiao Juan thought for a moment and nodded, then the group dispersed and each went back to their own rooms.