Great, I'm surrounded by villains.

Yang Ping said, "That means the eyeless ghost in the mirror is Qian Congyun's lover."

Tang Qianqian nodded, "Qian Congyun felt guilty towards his lover during his lifetime, and he was unable to find the murderer until his death. He was too ashamed to face her after his death... This is just one example. All the restraints in the ghost story are related to the complicated interpersonal relationships of this family. If it were you, who do you think is most likely to have killed your lover?"

"Qian Congyun's wife?"

Yang Ping thought without hesitation.

It is not uncommon in stories like this for people to hire someone to kill someone out of hatred.

"Look, this is the strangest part. The strange stories of the Congyun Hotel are almost the history of this family's rise and fall. However, among all the strange stories in the hotel, there has never been any related to Qian Congyun's wife. She didn't leave her name or any identity information. She was only mentioned when there was no other way to skip it, and she was just referred to as 'Madam' or 'Mrs.'"

"Mingyuan Senior said that most of the ghost stories are fictional or exaggerated, and many of them only appeared after the Congyun Hotel became famous."

Yang Ping felt that this was understandable. After all, Qian Congyun was not from the same era as them, and all the urban legends only spread after Tianwaimin's death.

Most of the people who fabricate and spread strange stories are paranormal enthusiasts, and it is impossible to get to the bottom of all the information.

Tang Qianqian did not comment. "Remember what I said just now? Almost all the strange stories in Congyun Hotel are to create a monster or add mechanisms in the hotel, but there is only one exception, "The Disappearing Young Couple". Only this strange story was glossed over in the end, and there was no mention of the subsequent organization members coming to investigate..."

"That's because they met Madame."

The sudden voices coming from the door startled the two of them. The waitress who had a gloomy face in the lobby suddenly rushed in. She was holding a plate in her hand, on which was the "Cong Yun Horror Set Meal" that Tang Qianqian ordered for Yang Ping.

The waiter said, "You and the gentleman from before are of the same kind, right? Madam doesn't like couples, and she doesn't like you either. Please leave before nightfall. This is for your own good."

Thanks to Zhishouduzhanbaqiandi for the reward of 100 Qidian coins!

Thanks to Xiaozhubuqingkanshu for the 100 Qidian coins as a reward!

I will try to play the resurrection match this week, and the update time should be adjusted to three times a day. The update time will remain unchanged at 8 and 10 am every day, and another chapter will be updated at 9 pm.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 47 Enjoy your meal

"You are completely mistaken. We are just paranormal enthusiasts who are interested in the strange stories about the Congyun Hotel."

Tang Qianqian explained.

"It's useless to pretend in front of the lady. From the moment you walked into the hotel, she knew everything you did."

The gloomy waiter locked the door, walked towards the two, and placed the plates on the table. "I mean the secrets in your phones, so leave as soon as you finish lunch."

"Are you serious? Madam really knows everything?"

The waiter's firm attitude made Tang Qianqian a little shaken. From the title of "Madam", she could infer that the real owner of the hotel was the wife of Mr. Qian Congyun, who had never appeared in the ghost story. If she was still alive, she would be nearly 200 years old.

The waiter sighed, "Madam is different from what you usually deal with. She knows everything that happens in the hotel. The only reason you are still alive is because Madam doesn't take you seriously at all."

"You misunderstood. What I meant was that since the lady knew we were coming, why didn't she run away quickly?"

There's an ogre in your house! This could be considered a horror movie. If it were Tang Qianqian, she would have run away long ago.

The first thing to do after escaping is to call the police, and everything will be settled after the police arrive.

Hearing this, the waiter was stunned at first, and then he couldn't help laughing out loud, "Escape? As long as you are still in Congyun Hotel, Madam is invincible. Your only chance is to leave here before nightfall."

Another invincible enemy.

Although Tang Qianqian missed the expansion pack of "The Bizarre Adventure of the Watchmaker", she learned from Yang Ping how dangerous the battle was. His chest was pierced several times. If it weren't for the small sachet sent by September, he would probably have been chopped into a "wooden ten" by now.

In the first battle, he encountered terrifying time-related abilities and faced an almost unsolvable first kill.

But such an invincible attacker was killed instantly by the senior.

In the words of classmate Yang Ping, no sound was heard after the watchmaker retreated into the woods, which means that the confrontation between the two could not even be considered a fight.

So now the situation is very clear.

The waitresses thought that the Madam was invincible, and they thought that Senior Ming Yuan was not much behind. Usually when they encountered such a situation, either both sides would be sarcastic and then escalate to personal attacks, or they would sit down and draw up a table to compare their battle records and damage statistics.

But considering the current situation, Tang Qianqian really couldn't do such a thing, because it would make her a pioneer of abstract art.

Once this person becomes abstract, it will be difficult to return to normal.

She skipped the topic of intensity and asked, "Since the Madam knows everything, wouldn't you be endangering yourself if you came here to tip off?"

"I've already said that if Madam had ever thought of killing you, you would have died long ago."

The waiter paused and said, "But if you continue to stay here and ruin the lady's mood, you will be dead."

"Madam's interest? You mean the haunted house adventure after ten o'clock?"

In Congyun Hotel, ten o'clock in the evening is the dividing line between yin and yang. The daytime belongs to humans, and the nighttime belongs to evil spirits. According to the "rules" in the ghost stories, just lie down on the bed and don't go anywhere. Cover your head with a quilt and sleep. Even if you hear strange noises in the room, or feel someone standing in front of your bed, don't pay any attention. If you can do all of the above, you can survive this dangerous night.

But paranormal enthusiasts obviously won't follow such rules. Just like the timeless plots in horror movies, most horror stories start with a few stupid... little fools who don't believe in superstition and want to take risks.

Tang Qianqian had just walked a few laps in the corridor when she heard several groups of people agreeing to conserve their energy during the day and then go out with flashlights to commit suicide after ten o'clock.

There are also people who do live broadcasts, as if they wish all the strange stories about Congyun Hotel are real.

Seeing that the waiter remained silent, Tang Qianqian asked, "Besides the young couple and our colleagues, how many other people are there?"

"I have advised them, especially your colleagues."

The waiter bit his lip, his eyes darkened, "They are the ones who are looking for death."

The answer was irrelevant and subtly aggressive.

Tang Qianqian understood what was going on. It seemed that in addition to the young couple, there were many other people who disappeared quietly and silently in the depths of Congyun Hotel.

The situation here might be worse than they imagined. From the waiter's few words, it was not difficult to judge that the lady seemed to attach great importance to the haunted house adventure after ten o'clock and would not allow anyone to ruin her fun.

Perhaps this expedition hides some unknown secrets.

"Hurry up and go down the path. Don't look back until you see the hotel sign. Once you get there, you will be safe."

The waitress emphasized her tone, looked out the window, and emphasized, "Remember, don't look back until you reach the sign."

After leaving these words, she returned to her original listless appearance, and her voice became low, "I wish you a pleasant meal."

……

"Holding the burger, we're walking and talking."

After the waiter left for a while, Tang Qianqian and Yang Ping exchanged glances and guessed what each other was thinking.

This is a hint.

She sighed, "It seems that with our abilities, we are still no match for Madam."

Yang Ping also echoed, "We can only retreat first."

The two of them walked in silence until they were away from the dilapidated garden in front of the hotel, walked along the ramp towards the entrance, and stopped under the sign mentioned by the waiter. The waiter hinted that they were beyond the range of the lady's "eyeline" and their conversation would no longer be monitored.

"Student Yang Ping."

Tang Qianqian couldn't hold it in any longer. She patted Yang Ping on the shoulder and decided to encourage him. "Everyone has their weaknesses. You have tried very hard."

Yang Ping was very smart. He immediately understood her intention of "retreat" and took the initiative to cooperate with her.

The only flaw is his expression management.

The child said "We have no choice but to retreat" with an expression that said "I will definitely drive you away tonight". She had never seen anyone retreat so bravely in her life.

It seems that I can no longer push the difficult problem of improvisation to Yang Ping.

She bent down and fumbled in the loose soil for a while, and sure enough, she found an exquisite little box.

There was only a crumpled piece of paper in the box. The moment she opened the box, she saw the beautiful handwriting on it.

——『When the sacrificial ceremony is over, the lady is at her weakest.』

——『That’s your only chance.』

Thanks to Xiaozhubuqingkanshu for the 100 Qidian coins as a reward!

Thanks to _蕉下客 for the reward of 100 Qidian coins!

Thanks to Zhishoudubanbaqiandi for the reward of 100 Qidian coins!

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 48 Please close your eyes when it gets dark

"A haunted house adventure is a ritual of sacrifice."

"The souls of the sacrificed will be trapped in the Murakumo Hotel forever, becoming part of the hotel and the ghost story. This is also the source of the lady's power."

"The sacrificed will be forgotten forever. When dawn comes, the living will have a chance to leave."

Tang Qianqian carefully read the small words on the back of the note, which explained in detail that the so-called haunted house adventure was actually a sacrificial ceremony. All traces of the sacrificed person would be completely erased, and would not appear in missing person notices in various places.

The young couple was an exception.

They were the final winners of the sacrificial ceremony and had already obtained the right to leave Congyun Hotel at dawn, but they did not stop there.

Somehow they found the stairs leading to the fifth floor, where the lady was.

Perhaps it was to avenge their sacrificed companions, or to end the evil sacrificial ritual, but as two ordinary people, they challenged the invincible enemy.

The end of a mortal's challenge to the devil is usually death.

However, their death was not meaningless. They successfully approached the lady and stabbed her in the back. Although they failed to actually touch the owner of the Congyun Hotel, they gave the waiter a glimmer of hope.

When the lady was preparing the sacrificial soul, she would briefly lose control of the Congyun Hotel, giving the young couple an opportunity to approach her body without anyone noticing, which gave the waiter an idea.

If the people who were able to get close to the Madam's true form were not two ordinary people, but a stronger existence, perhaps they could have really dealt a heavy blow to the Madam.

In order to appreciate the extraordinary courage of the young couple, after reaping their souls, the lady did not completely erase their existence, but made them a new ghost story, remembered by more people.

"So, the waitress is actually a good person?"

Yang Ping blurted out.

There was no doubt that the note was left by the waitress. Due to some curse, she could not leave the Congyun Hotel, which was the farthest place she could reach.

Bury the note under the sign, hoping that one day someone will put an end to the crazy sacrifice rituals in the hotel.

"Maybe."

Tang Qianqian glanced at Yang Ping and seemed to be hesitant to speak.

This note completed the part that was omitted by the ghost story - the condition for opening the stairs to the fifth floor is that the sacrifice ceremony is over, and the soul of the sacrificed person is taken over by the lady. When she begins to modulate the soul, she will briefly lose her almost absolute control over the Congyun Hotel.

The waitress hopes that they will be the ones to complete the backstab, break the curse for her, and end the nightmare that has lasted for generations at the Congyun Hotel.

The above is the information Tang Qianqian obtained from the note.

Therefore, before dawn arrives and the sacrificial ceremony ends, they all have to lie in ambush outside the lady's surveillance range, waiting for the guests in the hotel to spend a thrilling night, and eventually only a few people will be qualified to leave Congyun Hotel.

What should you do if you encounter a situation that you cannot control?

Of course, report to your seniors!

Tang Qianqian took a photo of the note and kept it as important information.

All actions centered on predecessors are based on the principle of always trusting that predecessors can make the most reasonable and wisest judgments.

After waiting at the hotel entrance for a while, the person who came was not the senior, but September.

"Mr. Ming Yuan has fallen asleep. He has been working overtime these days to formulate the Regulations on Industry Regularization. Let him have a good sleep."

After understanding the situation, Jiu Yue immediately made a judgment, "Let Mr. Ming Yuan handle the Madam's affairs. Your mission is to protect the guests' safety as much as possible... By the way, do you have the small sachets I made for you?"

"Bring it with me."

"That's good, especially after ten o'clock, you should carry it with you at all times."

September warned the two.

She learned how to make the small sachet from the "Ruihu Cultivation Notes". This was a spell left by her ancestors, and the materials needed were extremely rare and precious, the most precious of which was the fluff on her tail.

For the safety of these newbies, Jiu Yue feels that she has really paid a lot.

The fox demon's tail is a priceless treasure. She spends a lot of time every day taking care of her tail, only in this way can it be kept soft and fluffy at all times.

"Leave it to us. We have already studied the rules of ghost stories thoroughly..."

“Don’t raise a flag.”

Jiu Yue glared at Tang Qianqian and sternly interrupted her, "Less flags and more work."

She really didn't understand why humans liked to set flags more and more. Were they afraid that they wouldn't die fast enough?