I open a restaurant in Mysterious Recovery

Chapter 438: White Lies? Power Struggle

The commemorative coin exchange office is only a few steps away from the entrance.

If it weren't for the effect of the white fog ghostland, this building in the style of a Republic of China money house could be seen at the bus stop, and it would look very solemn.

Tong Qian led Old Qin in and smelled a fragrance.

"These tea leaves taste good, would you like to try them?"

Liu Qingqing was sitting at a square wooden table, making tea with a very elegant posture. The teacup was filled with the fragrance of tea, and it was obvious that it was not an ordinary tea.

Tong Qian frowned slightly.

She recalled Liu Qingqing's information. Liu Qingqing in the information was very ordinary. Her daily life was also very transparent and she had no experience in tea art at all.

But the Liu Qingqing in front of him was very skilled in making tea, and her every move was full of the temperament of a lady from a noble family.

This woman is not Liu Qingqing!

"Little boy, this is not the first time we have met. Have a cup of tea. This is the tea from the store. It tastes good and will also help the two cats on your shoulders."

Liu Qingqing... No, it should be Zhang Youhong who said this.

Tong Qian did not answer, but stepped forward and left the two notebooks, "I still have to return the remaining two diaries, so I won't stay any longer."

After saying this, she picked up a cup of tea and drank it all in one gulp.

The boiling hot tea went down her throat, but it did not cause any harm to her throat. Instead, it made her feel unusually cold and turned into a strange breath that instantly filled Tong Qian's body, making her feel very comfortable.

Even the crying cat and smiling cat on her shoulders squinted their eyes comfortably.

It is indeed a drink in the store.

"Thank you."

After thanking her, Tong Qian left immediately, leaving only Old Qin standing there, staring at Zhang Youhong solemnly, "What should I call you?"

"Zhang Youhong, just call me by my name. Please sit down. This may be the only time we meet, so we should cherish it." Zhang Youhong poured another cup of tea.

She is really good at making tea, and it's a pleasure to watch even if you just watch her.

But her attitude towards Mr. Qin was like that of an elder looking at a younger person.

Old Qin nodded, and his huge gorilla body sat on the chair, which seemed a bit crowded, but his eyes were only on Zhang Youhong.

"I have met six of the seven. I originally thought that I would never have the chance to meet you, but I didn't expect that not only would I meet you, but also in this kind of scene." Old Qin sighed, not knowing what he was thinking about, his eyes full of reminiscence.

Zhang Youhong smiled and said, "Although you haven't seen me, I have seen you."

Old Qin nodded. He did not doubt Zhang Youhong's words, nor did he think that Zhang Youhong was deliberately trying to establish a relationship with him. He was very clear about his own life experience and the meaning of his existence.

After all, he has lived for over a hundred years and has experienced a lot. He is also an outlier himself.

Ordinary people's emotions have long been gone under the erosion of the supernatural. "I'm here. What do you want to tell me? Is it something related to Him?"

Zhang Youhong said: "Can't I just look at you? After all, when I left, you were just..."

"The past is the area that that person is proficient in, and my eyes have always been on the future." Old Qin interrupted Zhang Youhong, his tone was so strong that no one could question it.

Zhang Youhong smiled helplessly, like an elder looking at a rebellious younger generation who was throwing a tantrum, "You are too vigilant. Besides, isn't it a bit too much for you to let Tong Qian cheat me of my body in this life?"

"As long as the goal can be achieved, deception is not a means worthy of criticism. If you come here to call me to task for this, then I will be very suspicious of your identity and whether your remaining consciousness has been affected," said Old Qin.

The so-called deception naturally refers to the reason why Tong Qian persuaded Liu Qingqing to lend her the notebook.

Old Qin's strength is indeed that he can communicate with the future. This is an extremely buggy ability that allows Old Qin to plan decades in advance, and even Zhang Xianguang's Peach Blossom Spring plan is not worth looking up to.

But after he was targeted by Him, he could no longer use this supernatural power.

Otherwise, he would only become His spiritual carrier, allowing Him to use this spiritual power to peek into future developments and possibilities.

Just like Shen Lin now.

The ability to invade memory and the alien existing in memory are also extremely terrifying existences, but what is his current situation?
Although his life is safe, he has become His tool to invade memories and steal the past.

Death was rejected, not because Shen Lin was so strong, but simply because He didn't let him die, that's all.

Fortunately.

He did not treat Old Qin the same way he treated Shen Lin, nor did he force Old Qin to become his tool. Of course, there may be other factors involved.

Mr. Qin couldn't see clearly for a moment, and for the sake of stability, he could only assume that the "store manager's" rules were taking effect.

There is no way to communicate directly with the future to understand His situation, or to bypass Him to understand the future of others.

Because what He marked was not His own future, but Master Qin himself.

Therefore, the promise he asked Tong Qian to make to Liu Qingqing, He Yiner and He Yuelian was, at least in Zhang Youhong's view, a deception, a way of getting something for nothing.

Just looking at her expression, she didn't seem angry about it. Instead, she was very... appreciative.

“It’s great to have this kind of awareness.”

Old Qin shook his head and did not delve into the issue any further. "A month ago, I went to the old house and told him that you wanted to go back. I didn't expect that after such a long time, you still didn't move, not to mention that you have forgotten the way back."

A month ago, Lin Yuan gave him a simple drawing and asked him to find a place.

With just one glance, he recognized that it was the old house where Zhang Dong lived. In order not to affect Zhang Youhong's plan, he did not tell the address to the "store manager", but told Zhang Dong instead.

But he didn't expect that after such a long time, Zhang Youhong still hadn't made any movement.

"Of course I remember the way back, but now is not the right time." Zhang Youhong's eyes flickered, "I will naturally go back when the time is right, but not now. However, there is one thing I want to remind you."

Her eyes fell on the two old notebooks on the table. "His existence is a taboo, but you want to reveal that taboo. This is not a good thing."

Qin Laodao: "In your memory, do you have the Peace Hotel and His existence?"

Zhang Youhong was stunned for a moment, and immediately asked: "Don't tell me that it's not even in his memory."

Although she didn't mention which "he" it was, Old Qin understood what Zhang Youhong meant instantly. She was referring to her brother, the once invincible god on earth - Zhang Dong!
Old Qin nodded silently, confirming her guess.

Zhang Youhong seemed to be shocked by this result as well. "Even if everyone has forgotten the past, how could his memory be affected? Sure enough, even the so-called invincible God of the World is not a real God. That's right, if he is a real God, how could he allow evil spirits to wreak havoc on the world, but can only sit quietly in the old house, powerless to save the world. God of the World? What an ironic title, it sounds funny."

Old Qin said in a deep voice: "In any case, he did suppress an era and fought for decades of peace in the world. He should be respected as he deserves."

Zhang Youhong sneered and said, "You are right. In terms of the great love in the world, he is indeed worthy of respect."

So, what about the little love in the world?
Zhang Youhong didn't mention it, but it was obvious that there were more entanglements and even conflicts between her and Zhang Dong besides the brother-sister relationship.

Otherwise, this is definitely not the right attitude when talking about your own brother.

Mr. Qin had no intention of exploring the past of Zhang Youhong and Zhang Dong. This was out of respect for Zhang Dong. He asked a very important question, "Do you think the contents of the diary are true?"

"Whether it's true or false, what does it matter? Don't tell me you didn't notice what He did." Zhang Youhong said.

Old Qin fell silent.

Yes, what’s the meaning of truth and falsehood?
Even if it is really false, as long as He is there, these false pasts will become real history and become a past that cannot be erased.

And these old people from the old times were just poor creatures who were influenced by the spirits and had forgotten all memories about Him.

Mr. Qin is gone.

With regret and confusion, Zhang Youhong ended today's "fresh air" trip and let Liu Qingqing's consciousness take over this body again.

The body that had been calm and composed just now was now filled with anger.

Looking at the teacups in front of her, Liu Qingqing shouted in a low voice: "Zhang Youhong, you are going too far!"

"I'm sorry, I finally met a familiar stranger, and I couldn't help but want to see him." Zhang Youhong's insincere voice sounded in my mind. Liu Qingqing said with a dark face: "I agreed to your request yesterday, but you also promised me that you would not take control of my body by force, but communicate through me. Is this your answer to me?"

Let nature take its course!

This is the thought that every ordinary person has, and Liu Qingqing is naturally the same.

Since Zhang Youhong's existence is unavoidable, she also tries to get along well with Zhang Youhong's consciousness, as long as it does not affect her daily life and her purpose.

And Zhang Youhong did teach her a lot.

She has knowledge and history of the psychic world, as well as a way of living it, which has greatly enhanced her temperament.

But today Zhang Youhong once again forcibly occupied her body, which Liu Qingqing could not accept no matter what. "You are an unstable factor, but it is my body that is affected. Today, let's make a good break."

"What do you want to do?" Zhang Youhong felt a little uneasy.

But Liu Qingqing no longer paid any attention to her. Instead, she stood up and walked out of the money exchange shop and headed towards the Peace Hotel. She stopped when she passed the Ghost Lake Fish Pond.

"Wang Chaling?"

Wang Chaling, the captain of Dadong City, arrived at some point, and Tong Qian, who had just left, was with him, talking to He Yiner inside the gate of the fish pond.

Zhang Youhong's voice sounded in my mind, "There are several ways to explore the history of the past. You can use the records of the predecessors, such as the diary in your hand. You can also directly ask people who have experienced that era. He Yiner is a fourth-generation necromancer. As long as there is a medium, there is a chance that she can call out people from the past. If you just ask for information, it can last for a long time."

Although she didn't know what Liu Qingqing wanted to do, Zhang Youhong instinctively felt uneasy, so she was now proving the value of her existence.

Liu Qingqing's eyes lit up, and she understood Wang Chaling's idea, but she didn't step forward immediately, "This method should be useless, right?"

"You are very smart. If He really came from history, people from that era should not be unaware of Him. Ordinary people are fine, but people like Xiao Qin cannot be unaware of Him and the Peace Hotel. Since even people of his generation don't know, it can only mean one thing, that is, at a certain special moment, all memories about Him were erased. According to what is said in the diary, I tend to believe that the moment he completely became Him, an unknown spirit erased everyone's memory of Him. This is a consciousness-type spirit, but the information recorded on certain special spirit objects has not been erased." Zhang Youhong said.

Liu Qingqing, "I understand."

She continued to head towards the Peace Hotel, which made Zhang Youhong completely panic, "What on earth do you want to do?"

Got no answer.

Zhang Youhong continued to tell Liu Qingqing about her usefulness, but it was of no use at all, because Liu Qingqing seemed to be unable to hear her and came directly to the store.

This is breakfast time, but maybe because it’s closed for the day, there aren’t many customers coming at this time.

Xiao An and Xiao Xi were cleaning the hall out of boredom.

Xianglan was wiping the piano.

Tong Qian and Fang Shiming were tidying up the kitchen and preparing today's ingredients to avoid being in a rush later.

He Yuelian was at the cashier counter, and Lin Yuan, who liked to play games when he was bored, was not playing games on the computer at the moment, but was talking to He Yuelian.

Seeing Liu Qingqing coming over, Lin Yuan waved and said, "Just in time, you've arrived just in time. Come here, come here, I have something to discuss with you."

Liu Qingqing hurried over and put aside the matter about Zhang Youhong for the time being. "Brother Yuan, is there anything I can help you with? Don't worry, just leave the matter to me. I will definitely get it done without any mistakes!"

She was trying to make fun of He Yuelian.

But what surprised her was that He Yuelian did not refute. Could there be something fishy going on?
"I knew you were all my right-hand men."

Lin Yuan first praised her, then continued, "It's like this, the store is planning to open a branch. Xiao He is the first choice for this store, and she will open the first store. The current location is in Dahai City, but the store needs some manpower, so I was thinking, should I use your robots? They will get rusty when they are idle, right?"

It turned out to be about opening a branch store.

Liu Qingqing glanced at He Yuelian and said, "No problem, I support your decision as long as it's Brother Yuan. But the location of the branch store is problematic, Xiao He, have you forgotten that Dahai City has just experienced chaos and is still in the stage of economic recovery? If you open a store there, you may not make much money."

He Yuelian smiled and said, "Of course I know that, but this store has a more important mission besides making money."

Lin Yuan nodded and said, "Xiao He is right. Xiao Liu, there is a saying that the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility. Although I am just an ordinary restaurant owner, if I have the ability, I would also like to help ordinary people who are struggling to survive. In my plan, as long as this branch does not make a loss, the most important thing is to provide a place for those who hunt monsters and wild beasts to stay, some good food and drink, so that they can have no worries. For this purpose, I am also planning to establish a system of adventurers, but I am still thinking about it for the time being. The most important thing now is to prepare manpower."

He didn't explain it in detail, but Liu Qingqing could sense great prospects from it.

Those people who are said to hunt monsters and wild beasts are ghost riders.

Does this mean that the nature of the Peace Hotel will be changed, or at least the branch will be positioned as an adventurer's tavern, providing food and resources for the ghost riders while establishing its own rating system?

Think again about the Peace Hotel commemorative coin.

The "store manager" has established a monetary system belonging to the Peace Hotel, and these banknotes have terrifying supernatural powers that can reflect the value of the currency.

As the production of the old version of ghost money is getting lower and lower, and many people have never even heard of it, this set of currency will definitely become the most commonly used resource among ghost riders.

First it’s the monetary system, then the rating system, and it can also guarantee logistics. What is this for?
Why does it sound like they are trying to steal talent from the headquarters?
Judging from the current resources of the Peace Hotel, not to mention the scapegoat dolls, the powerful effect of the commemorative coins alone is enough to attract most ghost riders.

In fact, it is the same now.

Many ghost hunters, either by accident or on their own initiative, come to the Peace Hotel and exchange the evil spirits for money at the commemorative coin exchange counter. They never go back to the store to make purchases, but instead use the commemorative coins as supernatural props.

Of course, the Peace Hotel will not suffer any loss.

The cost of this commemorative coin is pitifully low. Even if the commemorative coin is used outside, it will allow a ghost to enter the Ghost Lake and Fish Pond of the Peace Hotel from the Ghost Lake Waterfall in Zhongzhou City.

In this case, the store can make more money than just paying directly into the store.

Liu Qingqing's heart was filled with shock, but she was not too worried. Instead, she was extremely excited, because the stronger the Peace Hotel became, the greater the influence of the "store manager" would be, and her status as a staff member of the Peace Hotel would rise higher.

If you can really snatch the position of the boss lady, it will be more valuable.

At this point, He Yuelian and she had the same idea, "Xiao Liu, how are you doing over there? Can you summon enough robots?"

"Don't worry, since this is Brother Yuan's request, I will do it even if it means risking my life." Liu Qingqing was extremely solemn and firm as if she was taking an oath.

Lin Yuan smiled and waved his hands, saying, "Don't be so serious, it's just a normal store opening. In fact, I had thought about going to the robot store in the old street of Taiping Ancient Town, but after thinking about it carefully, I gave up. The robots in that store are mass-produced and can only do some simple tasks, and the efficiency is not particularly high."

Lin Yuan has been paying attention to the situation at Caesar Farm.

During this period, the paper-making shop sent some paper figures over one after another, and together with Anan and others, they were responsible for ensuring the normal operation of the evil spirit breeding system in Caesar's farm.

These paper figures were able to meet basic standards when it came to "raising" evil spirits, but in Lin Yuan's opinion they were very rigid and did not have much room for growth.

But the robot summoned by Liu Qingqing was different.

"I remember that your robots can be programmed, right? Can you let them operate according to more complex programs?" Lin Yuan asked the most important point.

Before Liu Qingqing could answer, Zhang Youhong's chuckle rang in her mind. "It seems that you won't think of driving me away. At least, not now. Of course, this is not a threat. After all, we are one. Don't worry, I will help you."

Liu Qingqing pursed her lips tightly, feeling very unhappy, but when she saw Lin Yuan's expectant eyes, she could only force out a smile and said, "Don't worry, Brother Yuan, my programming skills are still pretty good. I can make some specialized and complex ones, which can maintain the operation of the store to a certain extent."

The ghost that is regarded as a robot is the puppet.

The so-called programming is to adjust the puppet's face and change its appearance, so as to master the six levels of supernatural powers of the person whose appearance is changed.

"He continued to get along with Zhang Youhong, but he was able to control the branch in this way and sideline He Yuelian!"

Liu Qingqing quickly thought of a way, and her mood couldn't help but improve, especially when she thought about how He Yuelian had put in so much effort but only ended up making things easier for her, the corners of her mouth curled up unconsciously.

As a competitor, He Yuelian has always been keeping an eye on Liu Qingqing.

Seeing Liu Qingqing so proud, the illegitimate daughter of the He family, who grew up in a family that was almost like a daily version of a palace drama, although she could not guess all of Liu Qingqing's thoughts, she also made the most correct response at this moment, "Brother Yuan, after those robots are set up, can you transfer the control to me? This way, it will be more convenient for me, so that I don't have to ask Xiao Liu for some permissions, which is very troublesome."

Liu Qingqing's eyebrows suddenly raised and she glared at He Yuelian angrily, but unfortunately He Yuelian didn't look at her.

Lin Yuan agreed without thinking too much. "There aren't many customers right now, Xiao Liu, you go and get busy first. Xiao He, you go with Xiao Liu, and tell Xiao Liu how many robots you need and what types of robots you need. By the way, we don't need robots as chefs, as dishes made by robots have no soul. We'll see how to deal with that later."

Watching He Yuelian and Liu Qingqing walk out of the store "intimately", Lin Yuan nodded with satisfaction, "The atmosphere in the store is becoming more and more harmonious, very good."

"Brother Yuan, are you really unable to see or are you pretending? They are trying so hard to get your favor that they are almost going to extremes." Fang Shiming came out from the kitchen at some point and started to pretend to be teasing... adding fuel to the fire.

(End of this chapter)