I open a restaurant in Mysterious Recovery

Chapter 370 Lost Face, Li Jun and Ah Hong go to a small hotel
"Big He, please accept my condolences. This is a gift from everyone, Little He, Little Liu, Little Tong, as well as Old Fang, Little An, Little Xi, Old Fan, and Little Guo. Old Li is still working at the farm and hasn't come back yet, I'll talk to him about this later. Of course, there are also gifts for me, don't be too sad."

Lin Yuan took out a bunch of colorful banknotes from his bag. Most of them were worth three yuan, but there was one that was worth seven yuan, which was a gift from Lin Yuan himself.

The people present didn't know that Fang Shiming originally had no money on him and wanted to go back to get some, but Lin Yuan didn't have time to wait for him.

Even though he scolded Fang Shiming and even took a small revenge (Fang Shiming: Are you sure it’s just a small revenge? Go away, you bastard!!!), Lin Yuan still paid for the gift out of his own pocket.

And there is Guo Fan.

This kid applied for an advance salary and borrowed money, and he also wanted to give this gift to He Yiner along with it.

It's a bit poor, but having this is good enough.

Moreover, in the previous trips, Guo Fan was also a guy who dared to fight and fight. Lin Yuan was very satisfied with such a person, but he just couldn't say too much.

Naturally, he would not tell these things to He Yiner, otherwise, those who didn't know would think he was taking credit for it.

What a big joke!
As the manager of Peace Hotel, does he need to take credit from his staff?
Lin Yuan recently exchanged a book with "Golden Finger" called "How to Be a Good Leader", which taught him some things.

For example, you can be close to your employees, but you need to maintain a certain sense of boundaries.

Otherwise, if you get too involved with others, it will easily blur the boundaries between bosses and employees, leading to inappropriate things happening in daily work.

At least Lin Yuan didn't want to see the day when Fang Shiming moved the tables and computers in the store to his own circle of friends, and even said something like "We are all family. Since we are a family, what's wrong with me moving my own things?"

There is also Liu Qingqing.

Instead of working diligently, she just keeps seducing her boss and thinking about becoming the boss' wife all day long. Is this a good shortcut?
Although Lin Yuan was daydreaming, his face was serious. Others could not tell that his thoughts had flown to the sky. They only knew that Lin Yuan came to mourn He Liansheng in a serious manner.

According to common customs, there is nothing wrong with doing this, except that it is a bit too generous.

Ah Hong, who was standing by, carefully pulled Li Jun's sleeve, like a frightened young wife, "Captain Li, should we also give some gifts?"

Li Jun looked back at her and asked, "You brought money, how much, three or two or three?"

Ah Hong's delicate and somewhat unreal face froze, and she smiled bitterly, "Captain Li, please stop teasing me. I don't have that much money, but I can put on makeup. Captain Yinzi has a faceless man who is always looking for a face. I can draw one for him. Is that a gift?"

"I think we can give it a try, but don't worry. If the other party feels offended and starts to attack, I will definitely snatch you away," said Li Jun.

Ah Hong was quite happy when she heard the first half, but after hearing the second half, her happiness disappeared, leaving only resentment and depression, "Then Captain Li, you must take me away."

"Don't worry, I won't forget you." Li Jun said confidently.

Ah Hong didn't say anything else, but just looked at Li Jun with a smile in her eyes.

She really likes the feeling when the "store manager" is around, because only when the "store manager" is around, she and Li Jun can regain all the emotions that belong to normal people, instead of being eroded by the supernatural for a long time, leaving only a face that can't even show a normal smile.

"Lao Li, Xiao Hong, have you given your gifts? If you have, we can go in directly." Lin Yuan handed the pile of colorful banknotes in his hand to Boss Liu, then turned around and asked.

Since it is a mourning hall, and it is also to take care of the ordinary people's experience of the "store manager", everything here must be done as much as possible according to the rules even if there are few people.

If there is anything that is not in line with the "store manager's" understanding, just use the local rules to get away with it. After all, the "store manager" is not from Taiping Town and should be able to understand that customs vary from place to place.

So Boss Liu is now the guest writer of the gift book. He even brought an old and yellowed notebook from the store. It really is a gift book.

This was left over from when Taiping Ancient Town was still very prosperous. It belonged to his father... Thinking of his father, Boss Liu's expression became depressed, and then he looked at Lin Yuan again.

He recalled everything he had experienced in the virtual game, then lowered his head and recorded the gift-giving situation.

Although Lin Yuan only said it once, Boss Liu did not miss a single name.

Li Jun and Ah Hong looked at each other and had no choice but to go to Boss Liu. Although they didn't have any ghost money, they still had some supernatural items.

Now that the "store manager" is watching them, they cannot break the rules. At worst, they can go to the headquarters for reimbursement later. There are still many ghosts and supernatural items in the collection of the headquarters anyway. Wang Xiaoming has recently developed a lot of new supernatural items with the resources of the Peace Hotel and the "store manager", so it's just right to use the new ones.

A person in mourning clothes suddenly stood in front of the two people. It was He Yiner. "Brother Yuan, Captain Li and Ah Hong have already sent them off. They came a little earlier."

"So that's how it is. Then let's go in and see Old He." Lin Yuan believed He Yiner, and after a gesture, he walked towards the mourning hall.

Li Jun said softly: "Thank you."

He Yiner followed Lin Yuan's steps and said, "You're welcome. Although I am the fish pond manager of the Peace Hotel now, I am also the captain of the headquarters."

Just one sentence made Li Jun laugh happily. Ah Hong beside him also showed an excited smile, "It seems that Captain Yinzi's heart is still with the headquarters."

"There are some, but I don't know the exact number. If she is really needed to take action in the future, she will definitely not stand idly by, and that is enough. And even if the situation is too urgent and she is no match for the opponent, she can still call on the store manager to come and help. This is very good news. Report this information after you go back, and please remember it for me." Li Jun said.

The two of them talked in low voices and followed Lin Yuan and He Yiner into the mourning hall.

Only Boss Liu and the Faceless Man were left in the outer courtyard. Boss Liu lowered his head and wrote down the last note. Suddenly he sighed, "I've been looking for so long, but I still can't find your face."

The faceless man suddenly looked up. Although his face was completely white and he had no eyes or other facial features, it gave people the feeling that he was staring at Boss Liu.

People like them naturally won't say irrelevant things.

Since his face was mentioned, there must be some ideas or even news in this regard. How could the Faceless Man not be excited?
Unfortunately, he had no mouth and could not speak. He could only gesture with his hands, looking a little anxious.

"Remember what I told you before about the virtual game? Our memories may have been tampered with, and the one who tampered with our memories was the store manager. However, it was not Lin Yuan who has lost his memory now, or only has part of the store manager's memory, but the real store manager."

"Your face has been missing for decades, and you have always confirmed that it is on the street. Even the Ghost Lake couldn't wash it away. We were always confused before, wondering what went wrong, but now that we think about it carefully, is it possible that your face was taken away by "Him" and placed somewhere?"

Boss Liu's guess calmed the faceless man down. He gestured in the air with his hands and said, "I want to go to the virtual game too!"

"I have no say on this. Although we have the resources to enter the game, didn't you hear Yin'er say that the content of each virtual game is different, fanciful and has no continuity, so even if you go, you may not be able to go back to the past." Boss Liu said.

Wu Lian gestured: "We have to give it a try. Will you help me?"

"We've been friends for decades. After Ah Sheng passed away, there are only a few of us left of this generation. The wife of the tailor shop is still alive, but it's a pity that she's a generation late to us, and even the craft of the tailor shop has been lost. We can't make new clothes anymore, which is really shameful. Ah Heng, I'm actually very glad that the accident back then didn't turn you into a handful of earth. It's just that I don't know if the memories from before are really true, or are they just the images that the manager at that time wanted us to see and remember in our minds?" Boss Liu showed a painful expression on his face.

Anyone who finds out that his or her memories of decades may be false would feel extremely painful, but after all, he or she has lived for decades and it is not so easy for him or her to collapse.

The faceless man also stepped forward and patted him on the head to comfort him.

Boss Liu forced a smile. "Don't worry, Ah Heng. I will definitely help you get your face back if I have the chance. Besides, I also want to know the truth about the past and whether my life was planned by someone. It's a pity that the store managers of this era are even more terrifying. Their methods are so terrifying that it is hard to understand. If I didn't know that there is no god in the world, maybe I would treat him as a god."

Inside the mourning hall, Lin Yuan had already seen the situation there and indeed found some things that were different from what he had imagined.

But he wouldn't find it strange without anyone else explaining it.

Every place has its own customs, just like every country has its own national anthem. Respecting each other is the meaning of a harmonious society.

It's just a bit too simple.

Thinking that He Yiner's hometown had been flooded and her only close relative had passed away, Lin Yuan looked at He Yiner with a hint of pity in his eyes.

This expression was too straightforward. He Yiner understood it and then lowered her head.

She didn't know how to respond to this look.

"The dead are the greatest, let's burn some incense for them." Lin Yuan retracted his gaze and said to Li Jun and Ah Hong.

Li Jun and Ah Hong naturally had no objection. Fortunately, although the place was simple, there was still enough incense to burn for the deceased.

In the past, these incense sticks were used for other spirit tablets on the altar, but now they are convenient for Lin Yuan and his group.

According to the rules that Lin Yuan remembered, after offering three sticks of incense, Lin Yuan suddenly looked up at the offering table, where there were several rows of dozens of spirit tablets.

Each spirit tablet represents a deceased elderly person.

"The inheritance of Taiping Town is very far-reaching. Maybe Big He still has a thick and ancient family tree in his hand." Lin Yuan's mind wandered again, and he turned his head to He Yin'er who was kneeling on the ground to thank him and said, "You should have a good rest these days. If seven days of leave are not enough, I will approve a few more days of leave for you. Come back to work after you have rested well."

"Thank you, Brother Yuan. I understand." He Yin'er nodded obediently, and it was unclear whether she agreed or not.

Lin Yuan is not an unscrupulous capitalist. He is usually stingy, but at times like this he appears unusually generous.

"Lao Li, Xiaohong, I'm going to go for a walk on the street, what about you?" Lin Yuan asked.

Li Jun and Ah Hong had already lit the incense. When they heard Lin Yuan say this, they naturally followed him, as a way of collecting information about the "store manager".

"Let's go with you, Boss Lin. We are usually too busy with work and don't have time to go shopping. Although the streets are a little quiet, we like this quiet atmosphere."

Lin Yuan laughed and said, "It seems that the headquarters is very oppressive to you. Okay, let's go shopping together. If you need me, tell me and I will disappear on my own initiative. But why don't you hold hands? There are no leaders from the headquarters here. Why don't you regard me as a friend?"

Is this too much of a simplification?
Although everyone knew that Lin Yuan was most likely joking, few people dared to ignore the "store manager's" jokes.

What if he wasn't joking and was serious? Li Jun and Ah Hong looked at each other, both feeling helpless, but Ah Hong felt a little excited.

Li Jun has taken the initiative to hold Ah Hong's hand, which has some of the warmth of a living person, but more of the coldness of a spiritual aura.

The smile on Ah Hong's face became even brighter.

"That's right. Since we are not working, we can just relax. By the way, do you need a small hotel? Boss Liu, do you have any room left in your store?" Lin Yuan was so enthusiastic that if he changed his clothes, he could even go and play the role of the matchmaker.

Li Jun and Ah Hong were shocked when they heard this.

They were pretending to be a couple for work, how could they end up staying in a small hotel together?

Even if Ah Hong has feelings for Li Jun, it is far from this point.

and……

Is it really suitable given their current physical condition?

Boss Liu heard the voice outside and replied with a smile: "Of course! As long as Boss Lin asks, my small hotel always has vacant rooms."

Lin Yuan smiled and joked, "Are there still eight empty rooms? If they are full, will you offer your room to others?"

Boss Liu raised his head suddenly and stared at Lin Yuan, "Boss Lin... you know it very clearly."

"Haha! Not bad."

Lin Yuan smiled and didn't explain any further, because he had no way of explaining how such a memory could appear in his mind.

It was as if he had stayed in Boss Liu's small hotel before.

What the hell!

"Am I also a scumbag who tricked the little girl into sneaking over to Boss Liu's place? If so, who is the woman I cheated on? Da He? No, no, her age doesn't match..."

Lin Yuan's thoughts began to become confused, which made the real Lin Yuan, who had been paying attention to him, very helpless.

"It's easy for ordinary people to have wild thoughts. My actions in the virtual game... memory world will also appear in his mind in the form of dreams, which is why this situation has occurred... No, I have to add a mental stamp. Don't let yourself be conquered. He Yin'er, who was only scheduled to become a puzzle piece of the Peace Hotel after death, suddenly became the proprietress. Who can I go to for justice then?"

Under the suppression of the real Lin Yuan's "ideological stamp", everything that happens in the virtual world will no longer easily affect Lin Yuan.

He came to his senses and no longer doubted his own behavior. He pointed at Li Jun and Ah Hong and said, "If they want to stay at the hotel, remember to give them a discount. At least..."

"20% off. Since Boss Lin has asked for it, let's give him 20% off." Although Boss Liu was a little disappointed, he cooperated with Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan was surprised and asked, "20% off, so much?"

Putting himself in other people's shoes, he originally thought that Boss Liu would give a maximum discount of 5%, but he didn't expect that his face was so valuable, so he directly gave an 20% discount.

It’s such an honor!
Hahahaha!

"Boss Lin, Boss Liu, really no need, really no need. We just came here to visit an old friend. We really don't have time to stay here for a night." Li Jun said quickly.

Lin Yuan blinked, "Who said you can stay for one night?"

Li Jun: "..."

A Hong: "..."

More than half of Ghost Street was flooded by Ghost Lake. Now the water of Ghost Lake has receded a lot, but a small half is still flooded, and many traces have been left behind.

This can be seen from the bluestone slabs on the road and the walls of nearby houses.

Wherever Ghost Lake was flooded, a water level line was left, and the colors above and below this water level line were also different.

"You really don't want to take a rest?" Lin Yuan said while walking on the road, suddenly turning back.

Li Jun and Ah Hong were both at a loss for words and felt a little embarrassed.

They were colleagues, but because of a misunderstanding by the "store manager", they were forced by the headquarters to become a couple.

When the ghost grave incident happened in Dahai City, Li Jun was almost misunderstood by the "store manager" as being two-timing because of Tong Qian, and he reminded himself about it.

But the "store manager" was quite normal back then. Why does he seem like a different person now? He's too enthusiastic and proactive...

and many more!

Could it be that the “store manager” wanted to use this method to remind himself to keep a distance from Tong Qian?

The more Li Jun thought about it, the more he felt that this was possible. He felt more and more awkward and helpless. Then, in front of Ah Hong's shocked eyes, he agreed to Lin Yuan's proposal, "Okay, actually I feel a little tired too. It's not bad to relax in a village like this occasionally."

"Haha! That's right, I'm rooting for you." Lin Yuan patted Li Jun's shoulder happily and felt relieved.

Secretly said:

"Little boy, little boy, Lao Li looks honest, but he actually has someone in his heart. You should stay away from him in the future. If this guy really dares to continue to provoke you, given that he has a girlfriend, he is undoubtedly a scumbag. Just wait and see how I deal with him, humph!"

Li Jun turned around and saw Ah Hong looking at him in surprise, with an abnormal blush on her face. He quickly whispered, "Don't get me wrong. I'll explain this to you later."

"it is good."

Ah Hong didn't dare to ask in detail. Now that she was next to the "store manager", her emotions as an ordinary person had completely returned to her, and her affection for Li Jun was like a tide.

Now she only knew that Li Jun was willing to take her to stay in a small hotel. The reserve and shyness of a young woman made her even afraid to look Li Jun in the eye.

Li Jun is now so close to the "store manager" that he has also regained all the emotions of a living person. He can clearly see what Ah Hong is thinking.

But now the "store manager" is right in front of him. If he really explains, it will cause misunderstanding by the "store manager", who will think he is a scumbag who wants to have two girlfriends at the same time... He has a feeling that if this really happens, he will definitely die a miserable death.

So, just bear with it for now.

Not long after, Lin Yuan stopped. Li Jun looked around and realized that they had arrived at the door of the paper-making shop.

Oh no.

It should be a robot sales store.

"Boss, are you here to buy a robot?" Li Jun asked curiously.

"I have a partnership with this store. They regularly deliver the robots we need to Caesar Farm. I just stopped by to take a look today."

Originally, Lin Yuan had an inexplicable urge in his heart, always feeling that this store had the source material that could make the printer from the Republic of China work, that is, that kind of special paper.

But when he got here, he realized how outrageous his thoughts were.

This shop makes robots, and the materials used are all metal or related materials. How could there be paper?

If a robot is really made of paper, then it can be reported. Isn't this deceiving consumers?

It seems that I still need to look for other dealers who have this channel.

Knew it.

All commercial activities require supporting upstream and downstream enterprises, and one person or one store cannot handle it.

Just like the Peace Hotel, if most of the guests did not pay their bills with animals, the Peace Hotel would have run out of raw materials to make food long ago.

Without the intention to investigate any further, Lin Yuan prepared to leave, but before that, he specially sent Li Jun and Ah Hong to the small hotel owned by Boss Liu.

Along the way, Lin Yuan was asking about the love story of Li Jun and Ah Hong.

But there was no love story between the two of them. Li Jun was just speechless. There was nothing he could do. He used to be a major general in special operations. He could not make up a lie, especially a lie about a love story. He could not say anything even if he tried to hold it in.

On the contrary, Ah Hong, after a brief panic, began to give a nearly perfect reason: "Brother Li was also in the army. I especially admired the soldiers. Once, Li Jun saved my life when he was on a mission. At that time, I thought that I must find him and marry him in the future! Now my wish has been half fulfilled. I am really happy and blessed."

Looking at the genuine happy smile on Ah Hong's face, Li Jun couldn't help but give her a thumbs up.

As for the fact that he fell in love with himself because of saving people, he was an ordinary person before, and during the more than ten or twenty years he served in the army, he did save a lot of people.

but……

Looking at Ah Hong's exquisite face, Li Jun could confirm: "I, indeed, did not save her. This is a... story..."

(End of this chapter)