I open a restaurant in Mysterious Recovery

Chapter 316: Restless Oil Painting, Yang Jian & Yang Xiao
"It looks like our guest is trapped inside and can't get out."

Fang Shiming chuckled with an ambiguous meaning. Guo Fan looked at him suspiciously, "Boss Fang, do you want to go in and pick them up? If the boss fails to complete his mission..."

No one knows what the consequences will be for not meeting the requirements of the "store manager" because no one has yet achieved this.

However, everyone knew very well that they were definitely not willing to bear the consequences, so since they were here, they naturally had to take the people away.

Fang Shiming exhaled and nodded, "Go open the door."

"I?"

Guo Fan's face froze and he pointed at himself in disbelief.

Fang Shiming said: "Don't worry, the ghost post office will only absorb us as messengers, it is impossible for them to open the door and kill us, after all, it is not dark yet."

That's true, but why don't you go and open it yourself?

Guo Fan was filled with resentment, but this was not the Peace Hotel, and he really didn't dare to refuse Fang Shiming's request, because everyone could see that Fang Shiming's mental state was not right.

The ghost catcher’s coffin is not so easy to carry.

When he was at the Peace Hotel, Fang Shiming's behavior was relatively normal, but once he left the Peace Hotel, Fang Shiming's every move became more and more like a ghost.

Guo Fan pushed open the old door and nothing unexpected happened.

Under Fang Shiming's sinister look, he had no choice but to walk into the ghost post office. But as soon as he entered, he felt uncomfortable all over.

Just because, there are many people watching him.

These people were not from the normal world, but rather the portraits in huge oil paintings. They seemed to come alive, looking at him with unabashedly weird and vicious eyes.

Being stared at by so many unknown and strange things, Guo Fan didn't dare to go deeper or look more.

Fortunately, the painting where Yang Xiao was was very close to the door, with only a painting's distance between them. He quickly walked to the bottom of the painting and said, "Yang Xiao, the boss asked us to pick you up. Let's go quickly and don't let the boss wait anxiously."

As he finished speaking, a white mist suddenly surged out of Guo Fan's body, like an opened air bag, connecting his position with the position in the picture frame where Yang Xiao was.

Yang Xiao's eyes moved, and he walked out.

He walked out of the photo frame!

Such a weird scene made Guo Fan's eyelids twitch. Not only that, the people in the huge paintings around him were all boiling with excitement. They stopped pretending to be dumb and shouted frantically:
"Yang Xiao! Why can you leave and go to the real world?"

"Tell me Yang Xiao quickly, as long as you tell me how to leave, I'm willing to do anything for you!"

"It's not Yang Xiao, it's the kid who broke in. It's his White Mist Ghost Domain that has been the reason why we are alive today!"

"That kid, come here quickly and take me away from this damn place!"

"I have a lot of gold, I can give it all to you, come and take me away, take me away!"

The terrifying and shrill screams came one after another. Guo Fan had no idea what these things were and naturally did not dare to respond to them.

And he knew it very well.

The white mist ghost domain that emerged from his body was not his own at all, but the sudden outburst of the white mist ghost that the "store manager" left in his mind.

It was clearly just a small group of ghosts, but how could it form such a terrifying ghost domain?

Right!

If the supernatural power of the White Mist Ghost Domain was too weak, it would not be able to protect their consciousness from being harmed. Now it has become Yang Xiao's reliance on walking out of the oil painting.

It seems that Yang Xiao and the others also have many secrets!
Guo Fan murmured in his heart, but he did not waste time to inquire about these secrets. Instead, he made some guesses about the "store manager"'s action of asking him to pick up Yang Xiao.

"If you want to pick up those people, you can try, but the result will definitely not be what you want to see." Yang Xiao stood in the white fog ghost area, his heart full of emotion.

It was extremely incredible that he was able to go to the Peace Hotel before.

did not expect.

The "store manager" only needed to send an employee over, and he was able to open up a ghost space for him that allowed him to exist in reality.

It was also at this moment that he had enough trust in the "store manager" to help him terminate the "contract" with the Ghost Post Office.

"Haha! Old Yang, you're overthinking it. My boss asked me to come pick you up, and I won't do anything that has nothing to do with work." Guo Fan laughed.

He is not stupid.

The ghost creatures in those oil paintings all look crazy, just like a group of lunatics.

If he really wants to take them out, it is hard to say whether he can get their promise, but it will definitely be very dangerous, and the White Fog Ghost Domain is really not his!

Guo Fan walked quickly towards the door, and Yang Xiao followed him, or rather, they walked in the white fog ghost area with a radius of about two meters centered on Guo Fan.

"The manager's supernatural powers are becoming more and more... reasonable. I remember at the beginning, the White Mist Ghost Domain directly invaded the Ghost Post Office and took He Yin'er away from the room in the Ghost Post Office. Zhang Xianguang's actions had no effect. Now he wants to take me away and even sends someone over. Is it because his cognition is increasingly in line with the worldview of ordinary people?"

Yang Xiao was thinking in his heart, and suddenly he stopped.

In other words, Guo Fan stopped because there was another person in front of him, a man wearing a Zhongshan suit and with an elegant appearance.

"Zhang Xianguang? You want to go to the Peace Hotel too?" Guo Fan narrowed his eyes, but he felt relieved in his heart because the other party was not an enemy.

Zhang Xianguang smiled and said, "I just found out that someone wanted to sneak away while I was away, so I followed him."

"Running away? You must be hiding from me, right? Why, now you don't have to worry about being pulled into my dream, or do you have other confidence?" Yang Xiao's tone was indifferent, but he did not hide his hostility at all.

Zhang Xianguang was not angry, but a little helpless, "You should know that your dream cannot restrict me, it's just a little troublesome."

In order to counter Yang Xiao's dream, Zhang Xianguang spent a long time practicing boxing and suffered a lot for it, and only then did he develop impressive martial arts skills.

In reality, he could easily beat several martial arts champions without any problem.

This ability is not very useful when dealing with supernatural events, but as long as you go into a dream, into that dream where all beings are equal and everyone is an ordinary person, the effect can be extraordinary.

It was also because of this strength that he was able to face Yang Xiao’s ghost dream, but he only said words like "there are some troubles".

Listening to this explosive conversation, Guo Fan was stunned. "Aren't you good friends? Why do you feel like enemies now?"

"Good friends? Yes, we are good friends, Yang Xiao." Zhang Xianguang showed an ambiguous smile.

Yang Xiao touched his arms, where there was still a supernatural advertisement of the Peace Hotel. "Let's go, don't let the manager wait anxiously."

Guo Fan nodded and led the two out of the Ghost Post Office.

Fang Shiming had returned to the ghost taxi without knowing when. He was still sitting in the back seat. Seeing that Yang Xiao and Zhang Xianguang did not get in the taxi in the white fog ghost area, but just looked at him from the car window, he said indifferently: "Why don't you get in the car?"

Zhang Xianguang's voice became even more flat, even cold, "How arrogant! I'll have to report the situation to the boss when I get to the store."

"Ha! You're pretty good."

Fang Shiming sneered, opened the car door, got out, and sat in the front passenger seat.

Throughout the whole process, he behaved very calmly, even though the uncovered ghost coffin bent his back and even though he was forced down by Zhang Xianguang's threats, to people who were not in the know, his performance was very magnanimous.

Yeah, it has the flavor of a domineering president.

Zhang Xianguang and Yang Xiao then got into the ghost taxi. Guo Fan wiped the sweat from his forehead, quickly got in the car and started the car.

There’s nothing we can do, these are all big guys!

Amid the countless vicious curses in the lobby on the first floor of the Ghost Post Office, the Ghost Taxi did not return to reality, but rushed into the abnormal white fog ghost domain.

At the Peace Hotel, Lin Yuan was entertaining Li Jun and others.

These police officers are big customers of the store. It was not noticeable before, but after the store opened the games in the e-sports room, their consumption in the store increased significantly.

It was the same today. Cao Yang, Wei Jing and Zhang Lei all expressed a strong desire to stay in the hotel. That means there are nine animals in total!

That’s equivalent to one-third of the store’s current sales.

but.

"Old Li, don't you really like playing games?" Lin Yuan still wanted to recruit some people. After all, there were four e-sports rooms, and it would be a complete waste to leave one empty.

Li Jun shook his head. "I don't want to play anymore. I have to go back to work."

"You are too old-fashioned. Look at Lao Cao and the others. They work during the day and relax at night. This way they can devote more energy to work. Lao Cao, right?" Lin Yuan set an example.

Cao Yang chuckled and said, "Brother Yuan, please stop trying to persuade me. Old Li doesn't like playing games."

If the world is falling, there must always be someone sober to guard the last hope.

Compared to those who were willing to sink into darkness for the dawn, Li Jun, who chose to be the last watcher, was in even greater pain. Lin Yuan didn't know this, he only knew that Cao Yang didn't cooperate with him.

Not angry, but a little disappointed.

"By the way, don't you have a colleague named Su Fan? He seems to like playing games too. Why haven't I seen him recently?"

On the night the e-sports room opened, Su Fan was the first to experience it.

As a result, I only came once, but failed to complete the closed beta version of the game. As a result, I never came back again. Not to mention spending money in the e-sports room, I never even came to the store to eat.

The store's customer flow is pretty good now. If he didn't want to attract customers to the e-sports room, he really wouldn't have thought of coming here.

"He's on a mission recently."

Cao Yang secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the "store manager" was asking at this time. If it was a different time, he would have lied.

As the person in charge of Xiangjiang City, Su Fan's unique abilities are highly valued by the headquarters, otherwise he would not be put in charge of an economically developed region like Xiangjiang City.

However, his abilities are more auxiliary, and his ability to handle supernatural events alone is limited to a certain extent, which also leads to his slow speed in imprisoning evil spirits.

Ever since the news that Su Fan failed in his first challenge to the virtual game in the e-sports room and did not achieve any results reached the headquarters, he has applied several times, hoping to get resource support from the headquarters so that he would have another chance to conquer the e-sports room.

But each time it was rejected by the headquarters.

The reason is very simple. There was Su Fan's dismal performance in the early stages. In addition, there were several captains at the headquarters waiting in line to conquer the virtual games in the e-sports room. Moreover, these captains were responsible for their own profits and losses and could imprison the evil spirits themselves.

Regardless of strength or cost-effectiveness, the headquarters will not agree to Su Fan's application, as that will only waste the headquarters' support and reduce the success rate of Wei Jing and others in conquering the game.

Although, they have never succeeded once.

At the moment, due to the sudden supernatural incident in Dahai City, although Li Leping, Liu San and others have rushed over to deal with it, the headquarters still dispatched some responsible persons to assist.

Su Fan is one of them.

"Is that so? That's really a pity."

Lin Yuan sighed. At this time, Fang Shiming walked in from the door first, and his whole body turned back into the appearance of a gorilla.

Following them were Zhang Xianguang and Yang Xiao, who also turned into a gorilla and a robot after entering the door.

Of course, the chain around their necks is still there, representing the constraints and restrictions imposed on them by the Ghost Post Office.

"Lao Zhang, Lao Yang, you are here? Just right, Xiao Yang, Xiao Yang! Your father is here!" Lin Yuan greeted with a smile.

Yang Jian walked over from the corner with a dark face, glanced at Yang Xiao who had turned into a robot, with a strange look in his eyes.

Yang Xiao nodded at Yang Jian, then said to Lin Yuan: "Boss, can you lend us a room? I have something to tell him."

"Okay, since we are so familiar with each other, I won't charge you for the hourly room." Lin Yuan said generously.

Even though Yang Xiao had already turned into a robot, he still couldn't help but take a deep breath and said, "Thank you so much!"

"You're welcome. Xiaoxi, take Lao Yang and Xiao Yang upstairs to rest. Find an empty room."

Lin Yuan called out, and the little gorilla Xiaoxi waved to Yang Jian and Yang Xiao, then took the lead and walked upstairs.

Yang Jian and Yang Xiao also followed.

Lin Yuan turned his gaze towards Zhang Xianguang, "Old Zhang, your half-brother came here yesterday, but it was a pity that you didn't come yesterday and didn't meet him. Why don't you eat something and wait for him? Maybe he will come today too?"

"Well, I have a feeling that he will indeed come today. Let's have a plate of stir-fried pork, but let's serve it later. I want to wait for Lao Yang to come down before eating." Zhang Xianguang said with a smile.

Lin Yuan gave a thumbs up, "Very nice."

When he went up to the second floor and was out of the sight of the "store manager", Yang Xiao gradually returned to his original appearance. He was only a few years older than Yang Jian and looked almost the same.

They don't look like father and son, but more like a pair of brothers.

Xiaoxi took them to room 214. After opening the door, she turned around and went downstairs without saying a word.

Yang Xiao walked in first.

Apart from the e-sports room, the layout of the other rooms was almost identical. There was nothing to pay attention to. Yang Xiao sat on the sofa and looked at the body bag in Yang Jian's hand. "It seems that you have considered me."

Yang Jian closed the door, threw the body bag on the ground, and sat down in a place close to Yang Xiao. "Although you are just a product of the spirit world, it is also a period of time. It still makes me feel ashamed to eat for free every day. If he can live to be old, I can't bear to let him eat other people's food."

Yang Xiao smiled and said, "Thank you."

"You're welcome. To be honest, I should thank him, or thank you." Yang Jian suddenly said something inexplicable.

Yang Xiao blinked his eyes, "It seems that my idea is successful? Have you got the dog dream?"

"Dog dream? That's quite a vivid description. It seems that he had already started making arrangements when you were here. He was still at the peak of his career, but he had already started making arrangements for his funeral and put the pressure on his descendant, me. I am really grateful for that." Yang Jian's voice did not express any emotion.

Yang Xiao's smile also faded, and his tone was a little deep, "Sometimes, people like us have no choice. The ghost dream was very scary, so scary that I couldn't completely control it, otherwise I wouldn't have had the subsequent plans, and at that time... Fortunately, the result was still good."

Yang Xiao didn't finish his words, and it was obvious that he was hiding something from Yang Jian.

Yang Jian heard it, but he didn't mind. "Tell me why you called me here. If you want me to redeem you, then you think too highly of me. The store manager gave you two redemption prices, and each one is more expensive than the last. I can't afford any of them."

Yang Xiao looked slightly embarrassed.

At this time, he had not yet found Yang Jian's mother to marry and have children. In essence, he was just an ordinary young man.

"The reason I called you here this time is indeed related to this matter, but I'm not asking you to catch dozens of ghosts to redeem me. Instead, I hope you can find a new manager for the Ghost Post Office." Yang Xiao stated the real purpose.

Yang Jian was a little surprised, "Manager?"

Yang Xiao nodded, "You are now the messenger of the third floor, which is very efficient. With your current strength, plus the protection of the store manager's supernatural consciousness, and the dog dream, as long as you are careful, it will not be difficult to pass the ghost post office. When you complete the delivery task on the fifth floor, you will have three choices."

After a pause, Yang Xiao, as a person with experience, began to help Yang Jian solve his doubts.

Especially when he saw Yang Jian's eyes filled with anticipation and curiosity, Yang Xiao felt an inexplicable sense of satisfaction in his heart.

Even a feeling of being a father?

It’s really a magical feeling!
Yang Xiao grumbled in his heart, but he didn't waste time. Who knows if he stayed here too long, that stingy "store manager" would charge them for the hourly room.

"The first option is to leave a spiritual derivative of yourself in the oil painting world, then leave the Ghost Post Office and get rid of the curse of the Ghost Post Office."

"The second option is to revive one person and continue delivering the letter."

"The third option is to go to the sixth floor of the Ghost Post Office and become the manager of the Ghost Post Office."

Yang Jian asked, "Do you want me to revive you after I clear the Ghost Post Office? No, that's not right. You want me to help someone clear the Ghost Post Office. Do you want him to be the manager of the Ghost Post Office? Why not me?"

Yang Xiao said: "You are really smart. After delivering three letters on the fifth floor, you can indeed choose to resurrect a person, but is this resurrection really a resurrection, or is it a spiritual deception? Or is it like me now, a derivative of the spiritual? Therefore, this method is not advisable, and it may even be just a trap. As for becoming the manager of the Ghost Post Office, you do have the ability, but once you become the manager of the Ghost Post Office, you will no longer be able to leave the Ghost Post Office and will be trapped in the Ghost Post Office for life. Do you want such a result?"

Yang Jian shook his head, "I still hope to be freer. If that's the case, why do you want me to find someone to clear the Ghost Post Office?"

Yang Xiao did not answer the question immediately, but expressed his own guess.

"You also know that Zhang Xianguang and I have previously asked the store manager about the price of helping us escape from the ghost post office, and the store manager gave different answers both times. What do you think is the reason?"

Yang Jian thought deeply for so long before giving an uncertain answer: "Is it because in the eyes of the store manager, this is a business behavior?"

"My guess is the same." Yang Xiao gave him an encouraging look and continued, "Since it is a commercial activity, it will naturally change according to the actual situation. The prices of goods in convenience stores will also change occasionally, right?"

Yang Jian said, "I roughly understand what you mean. If you think of the Ghost Post Office as a company, you, Zhang Xianguang, and ordinary messengers like me can all be considered employees who have signed work contracts with this company. It's just that your contracts contain non-compete agreements, confidentiality agreements, etc., so if you want to leave the company, you need to pay a greater price, and the price you need to pay will fluctuate depending on the situation in the company?"

"That's right. So I need someone who is good at helping me to become the manager of the Ghost Post Office, and then have him negotiate with the store manager. By then, maybe I can get rid of the Ghost Post Office permanently without having to pay too much."

Yang Xiao looked at Yang Jian with increasing satisfaction and concern, "Choosing a person with potential to become the manager of the Ghost Post Office is the most cost-effective option. The one named Sun Rui is good. Although his ability is insufficient, it can be trained. His greatest advantage is that he has a strong character. If he is allowed to control the Ghost Post Office, the task of delivering letters will no longer be so disorganized, and it will not become a terrorist organization that provokes the resurrection of evil spirits."

A terrorist organization?

Yang Jian recalled the letters he had sent during this period. Almost every letter triggered a supernatural incident, although he dealt with them all.

Yang Xiao is right.

The ghost post office is too chaotic now. Every letter represents a resurrected supernatural event. It is too dangerous.

If someone could take control of the ghost post office, would it alleviate the situation?

Now, just one last question.

Yang Jian stared into Yang Xiao's eyes, "You said that the resurrection of the ghost post office is unreliable, then as a derivative of the supernatural, how much can I trust you?"

(End of this chapter)