I open a restaurant in Mysterious Recovery

Chapter 595: Wang Chaling's Heartache, Liu Qingqing's Intimidation

"Xiao Ye and Xiao Wu left so quickly. They were gone in just a short while?"

Standing on the dim country road outside Lao Lin, Lin Yuan looked left and right but couldn't find Ye Zhen and A Wu, and couldn't help but doubt that kid Lu Zhiwen.

Could it be that the guy has been driving the haunted bus around in circles?
Just as he was thinking about it, two beams of headlights shone from a distance, and then the ghost bus suddenly appeared not far away on the road, and drove over and slowly stopped in front of Lin Yuan.

The front door opened, revealing Lu Zhiwen's smiling face covered with wooden grain. "Brother Yuan, am I not too late?"

"Not really. By the way, did Xiaoye and Xiaowu leave in the car just now?" Lin Yuan asked as he got into the car and took a look inside the car.

There is not a single ghost, nor a ghost rider.

He also knew that Lu Zhiwen was deliberately clearing the area for himself to provide a quiet environment so that he wouldn't have to worry about being disturbed by people or ghost riders. Otherwise, if he suspected that this kid didn't want to deliver ingredients to his own restaurant, he would misunderstand his good intentions.

But that's right.

If he appears in the outside world now, ordinary people will be fine as they basically won’t be too enthusiastic about him. But if he is a ghost rider, they will really come to him to say hello and build a relationship with him.

It is also because of his "store manager" persona that gives these people the courage to come up and say hello.

A restaurant owner cannot just look sternly at customers who come to his restaurant to consume, or even speak badly to them or hurt them, right?

Although the success rate of building relationships is not high, if you succeed, it will be a huge gain!

If Lin Yuan stated that he was no longer the "store manager" but "he", then probably no one would dare to come forward - except people like Zhang Xianguang and Zhang Youhong.

But if he did that, he wouldn't be able to continue playing his hotel game, and it would also arouse suspicion, even resistance, and threats from the headquarters and other organizations, affecting his development, which would not be worth the loss.

That's fine now.

Having a smart person like Lu Zhiwen to clear some obstacles for him, he is worthy of being a special talent who is usually in charge of special security business and is really talented in this area.

"They just left and have returned to Dahai City."

Lu Zhiwen glanced at the rearview mirror and saw that Lin Yuan didn't have any special expression, so he continued, "I was on my way just now, so I sent them back first, and then came here again, and just happened to run into you, Boss Lin, coming out."

There is nothing wrong with this statement, it’s just that some techniques are used in some places.

For example, he sent Ye Zhen and A Wu back to Dahai City, and asked about what happened in the old house in the forest, and made a temporary supernatural file.

This is an unknown mysterious place.

He had been on the haunted bus during this period of time and passed by this place several times, but this place was too scary, so he never got off to explore.

Now that someone has been in there and came out alive, we naturally have to make a good file.

According to the information provided by Ye Zhen, there was only an old man named Zhang Dong in the old house in the forest, and he also planted a forest with special effects.

Of course, Ye Zhen’s words need to be viewed dialectically, and the chuunibyou remarks need to be translated into a language that normal people can understand.

This is somewhat similar to "store manager". We need to translate "ordinary people's cognition" into cognition that can be understood by the supernatural circle in order to know what it is talking about specifically.

According to the information provided by Ye Zhen, Lu Zhiwen wrote the following in the supernatural file:
"Codename: Old House in the Forest. There is at least one ghost under every tree in the forest. There are hundreds of trees in a forest, and the exact number is unknown. The situation of the old house is unknown."

"Zhang Dong, suspected to be a ghost rider who has lived from the Republic of China to the present day, and from the same period as Meng Xiaodong and Zhang Bohua. He is suspected to be the father of Zhang Xianguang, the original promoter of the Peach Blossom Spring Project. His strength is unknown, but he is far superior to Ye Zhen."

Just a few simple sentences, yet they reveal great terror.

There are more than a hundred trees in that forest. Looking from the outside, there are hundreds of them. According to Ye Zhen and A Wu, entering the forest is like entering a primeval forest. It is very likely an unknown ghost area. The truth in the ghost area and what you see outside the ghost area are basically quite different.

Therefore, the number of ghosts buried in this forest is terrifyingly large.

And how powerful would Zhang Dong, the ghost controller from the Republic of China period who was able to guard this place, be to be able to suppress so many ghosts single-handedly?

I'm afraid that even if there is a gap compared to the "store manager", it won't be much, right?
But he didn’t quite understand. This Zhang Dong should be Zhang Xianguang’s father. Then why did Zhang Xianguang suffer so many setbacks recently, but Zhang Dong never came out to support Zhang Xianguang?
Could it be that Zhang Dong is just a person with the same name?

In addition to this, there is one thing he didn't say. After sending Ye Zhen and A Wu away, he returned here and kept controlling the haunted bus to circle nearby.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to suddenly appear when Lin Yuan just stepped onto the road, and there was not even a ghost or a person in the car.

"Thank you for your hard work. Come to our store for a drink sometimes... Forget it, I won't drink and drive, so come and have a cup of tea then." Lin Yuan made an invitation.

Lu Zhiwen subconsciously wanted to refuse, but when he thought about the fact that he had stayed in the Peace Hotel for some time and was rescued by the "store manager", he

If he was going to be planted with the white mist seed, he would have been doomed long ago, so he didn't need a cup of tea, so he didn't refuse.

"Are you going back to the store next?"

While Lu Zhiwen was asking, he had already closed the door and started the supernatural bus, but he heard Lin Yuan say, "No, let's go to Dadong City to take a look."

Ok?
Lu Zhiwen was a little surprised. He thought that Lin Yuan would at most go to Dahai City to see Ye Zhen, but he didn't expect that Lin Yuan would go to Dadong City.

What trouble has Wang Chaling gotten into again?
Lu Zhiwen thought about it in his mind, but he didn't hesitate and stepped on the accelerator.

"Don't think too much. Just send Xiao Zhang back to the branch so that Xiao Liu can be exchanged back." Lin Yuan reminded.

Zhang Youhong is the lobby manager of the Dadong City branch and also the actual person in charge. Now that the items have been used up, it is natural for them to be returned, and not for any other reason.

If I have to say, Wang Lu and his wife can be considered as such, but not much.

……

Dadong City, the ancestral home of the Wang family.

"So, the manager moved our pendulum clock to the restaurant? No wonder, the pendulum clock in the store looks so familiar to me, it's obviously ours."

The second floor, where the pendulum clock was originally placed, is now empty.

The woman's eyes were filled with complexity, but Wang Lu, who was standing beside her, was very open-minded. "The spirit of the pendulum clock belongs to my father, but it also relies on the store manager to operate normally. It's okay if the store manager takes it away now. I can get it back from him when I have time."

“It’s that easy to say. If you want to take it, he has to be willing to give it to you,” the woman snorted.

Looking at his parents who were arguing there, Wang Chaling had a helpless look on his face, but there was a happy smile in his eyes.

The last time he saw his parents, he was actually already quite old. It was before he went abroad to study, so he had a deep impression of them.

But at that time, my parents were already middle-aged, and their words and actions were very stable.

But the parents in front of him, who were born in the year of Gengshen, are obviously not young anymore, but they are more lively, just like a passionate young couple.

They might stumble over each other from time to time, but it's hard to hide their tacit understanding, care and love for each other.

Wang Chaling liked this feeling very much. Of course, the premise was that these two people would not shift the topic of the dispute to himself and let him give his opinion.

Just like now, the woman asked him angrily: "Tell me, is this difficult?"

Wang Chaling: “…”

He glanced at Wang Lu, and Wang Lu just gave him a helpless look, then turned around and slowly walked away.

Wang Chaling: “…”

"Look what he is doing. Now you should answer my question." The woman slapped Wang Chaling unhappily, but obviously she didn't use much force. After all, he was her own son.

Although she hasn't given birth to a child yet.

The relationship between the three members of this family is quite warm, but the condition of Wang Lu and his wife is obviously a little abnormal.

They are all terrifying ghost riders. Needless to say, they are very powerful, but they are also deeply corrupted by the supernatural, and their normal human emotions are suppressed to the extreme.

But now, they are laughing and joking, interacting warmly like normal people. This is very abnormal.

However, when I thought about the fact that they were still carrying the maintenance device in the Peace Hotel, which was said to be researched by Wang Xiaoming, and the so-called energy in it was actually his power, it was normal that they could maintain such a state.

A glimmer of reminiscence flashed across Wang Chaling’s eyes.

The biggest reason why he was so resistant to becoming a ghost rider in the past was actually very simple.

In his impression, his parents always had cold faces without any emotions, and they were very decisive in what they said and did, and also... overbearing.

It was as if they had no human emotions at all, like robots, even more cold-blooded.

At least robots will follow the programmed instructions and won't make mistakes or give orders to people, but they...

The situation at that time had been explained to him by the Wang Lu couple.

That is because the supernatural power is so profound that it suppresses the normal emotions of ordinary people, so they can maintain the so-called calmness and rationality.

But in Wang Chaling's opinion, it was more like a cold and desperate attitude.

Only the Wang Lu couple who appeared before him now had a more human flavor. "If you were like this at that time, how could I be so resistant to becoming a ghost rider?"

Wang Chaling murmured softly.

But how could Wang Lu and his wife, who were both top ghost riders, not hear it? They looked at each other and smiled bitterly. There were some things they were powerless to do.

In fact, after learning about Wang Cha Ling's situation in later generations, they also discussed many possibilities in private, including the one Wang Cha Ling mentioned.

It's only now that they can be completely sure.

But what can they do?

"Under normal circumstances, the store manager should not have appeared again, otherwise we would not have been able to maintain normal emotions and caused irreparable damage to Cha Ling's young mind. However, we can clearly come to the afterlife now, which seems to be a bit contradictory." The woman was a little confused.

Wang Lu smiled carefreely and said, "It's possible that something unexpected happened later. It's possible that we are not from different eras, but parallel worlds. It's possible that time forked when we entered the Peace Hotel and came to the future. But it doesn't matter. We don't have the strength and qualifications to change everything now, so we should just do what we can now. At least I think the future is not bad now."

The woman nodded slowly, "You're right. I hope so."

The time to maintain the device is too precious and they don’t have much time, so after returning to the Wang family’s ancestral home and taking a look at Wang Chaling’s living environment, they went outside again.

One is to see the current development of Dadong City, and the other is to visit where Wang Chaling works.

As parents, isn't that what we need to look at?

Forty years is not a long time, but for the development of a city, it can be described as earth-shaking.

Although supernatural incidents have been occurring more and more frequently in recent times, with the protection of the Wang family, no major chaos has occurred in Dadong City.

In addition, during this period, with the development of the Peace Hotel, evil spirits became a resource that everyone was vying for.

Although it cannot be said to be scarce, it is still very tempting.

Many ghost hunters who cannot catch ghosts in their own places and have considerable strength start to wander around cities, actively hunting down evil ghosts.

In big cities like Dadong City, the incidence of supernatural events is high, so there are many ghost hunters from other places coming here.

With the support of both parties, although there will be more fights between ghost riders, for ordinary people, the efficiency of handling supernatural events will be higher.

This also leads to the fact that although supernatural events occur frequently, except for some ordinary people who have inside information, most people only listen to some seemingly plausible urban ghost legends and do not believe that there are really ghosts in the world.

It is precisely because of this that the city’s development has not been left behind, but is still moving forward at a high speed.

The entire Dadong City seemed to be filled with happiness, and this scene also made Wang Lu and his wife gradually fall into silence.

The Dadong City in the Gengshen year was actually very vibrant, but it was obviously much worse than the Dadong City of this era.

When they were almost at the bottom of the building, Wang Lu suddenly stopped and said, "Thank you for your hard work over the years."

Wang Chaling was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "No..."

He originally wanted to say that it was not hard, because he knew very well what he had done over the years, or rather, he knew very well that he had not actually done anything over the years.

Although Wang Lu and his wife died due to an unknown accident, in addition to leaving him with a blood curse, they also left him with an elite team of ghost riders and a huge family business.

Normally, it is this ghost-hunting team that is responsible for handling supernatural incidents that break out in Dadong City.

He would only take action when there were things he really couldn't handle, and such things were very rare, so most of the time, he was very relaxed.

As for urban development, there are professional talents and people within the system to handle it, so he doesn't need to worry about it.

The fact that Dadong City has developed to its current level has nothing to do with him, nor is it just his modesty. But just as he was about to speak, a thin layer of fog suddenly appeared in the originally clear sky.

Soon, the fog became extremely thick. Not only was it pitch dark, but it also affected many vehicles and pedestrians.

Wang Chaling's face straightened, "The store manager is here?"

"We still have some time. They probably aren't here to look for us." Wang Lu took out a small maintenance device from his arms. It showed the remaining time of the device, which was nearly half an hour.

As they were talking, the mysterious bus drove out from the fog and stopped at a bus stop ten meters away from the three people. Then Lin Yuan, He Yiner and Zhang Youhong got off the bus one after another.

"Xiao Wang, you guys are here too?"

Lin Yuan also saw the three of them and greeted them with a smile, "How is it, how do you feel about coming to Dadong City more than forty years later?"

"Not bad, but there are some things I can't say." Wang Lu replied with a smile, but there was some helplessness in his smile.

He Yin'er asked doubtfully, "Aren't you a family? Is there anything you can't say?"

Wang Lu sighed, "It's just some things that happened in the past. Just like this...beep beep...beep beep..."

Then his words turned into a series of silences. That scene made He Yiner and Zhang Youhong stunned, and then they couldn't help laughing out loud.

They could all see that Wang Lu's lip shape was definitely not "beep, beep, beep", but that was the sound he made.

They could even guess that what Wang Lu wanted to talk about were some things that happened in history, but these things would be affected after they were spoken out.

They also knew that this influence was imposed by the "store manager" and not Wang Lu himself making fun of them, but they just couldn't help but laugh.

"Okay, you already know you can't say it, but why are you still wasting your breath? It's really a joke." The woman stepped forward, with a little dissatisfaction.

It was not that he was dissatisfied with Wang Lu, but that he was dissatisfied with the ridicule of Zhang Youhong and He Yiner.

Abbreviation:
Protect your husband!

As women, He Yiner and Zhang Youhong understood the woman's thoughts instantly and held back. Fortunately, the hole was not a big deal.

Only Lin Yuan explained seriously: "This is to maintain the balance of time and space, to avoid uncertainty in time and space caused by information leakage. It is also a hurdle that you cannot bypass in order to come to this era."

This explanation is so confusing that no normal person would believe it.

Unfortunately, although the people here are all normal people, Lin Yuan has the final right of interpretation, and they can only force themselves to believe this ridiculous explanation.

But everyone, including He Yin'er, doubted one thing:

Are these restrictions really not made to facilitate the sale of memories?
If Wang Cha Ling wants to know the memories in Wang Lu's mind, he needs to pay three yuan, and he can only get one year's memory.

In the memories of this year, I am afraid that most of them are about daily life and are not of much use, and only a small part is useful.

If you can earn enough money, it will be a huge expense.

But no matter what they thought, no one would be stupid enough to expose Lin Yuan's reasons. No one is that stupid.

"You don't have much time left, so just take a good look around this era. Of course, if there is something you want to take back, you can do so as long as you pay enough."

Lin Yuan said goodbye to He Yiner, Zhang Youhong and a few others, and then went to the Dadong City branch.

After the three people left, the woman said, "I do have some things I want to take back, but unfortunately, the price must be very high."

"This is normal. The store manager is doing business. Since he is doing this to make money, there is nothing wrong with doing this." Wang Lu was very open-minded.

As for what you want to bring back?
The development of this era is too advanced. If we can bring some high-tech back, it will definitely enable the Dadong City in the Gengshen year, and even the land in the Gengshen year, to achieve substantial development and progress.

But according to Lin Yuan, this situation will affect the normal development of time and space, and the price to be paid must be terrible, so it is better to save money.

Although their Wang family controls Dadong City, their wealth is really limited.

In particular, the accumulation of three generations of their Wang family was all exchanged by Wang Chaling for money, and it had been almost used up. Even their own pendulum clock was taken away by the "store manager".

When Wang Lu thought of this, his smile disappeared, "This prodigal son!"

Wang Cha Ling's body trembled, clearly sensing the approaching danger. However, looking at the unfriendly looks of Wang Lu and his wife, he did not run away. Instead, he looked forward to it.

Such a sudden change made Wang Lu and his wife feel uncertain and even a little worried: "Does our son have any special hobbies?"

"No, we have to turn it around! So, get ready to receive your parents' love for the last half hour of the day!"

……

"It's been several hours, why haven't you come back yet? Has anything happened?"

At the Dadong City branch, Liu Qingqing sat behind the cash register, her whole body exuding an extremely low aura.

The "companions" around her who were brought from the past by Zhang Youhong to the present all hid far away, seeming to be very wary, even afraid.

"This woman is so scary. She's obviously not as powerful as Zhang Youhong, but she gives me the feeling that she might kill me at any time." The man in the suit said in a serious tone.

The woman with pigtails said, "This is normal. Zhang Youhong and I are companions. This guy who took away Zhang Youhong's supernatural powers has nothing to do with us. If we really offend her, ha!"

"Hey! I still hope Zhang Youhong will come back soon, otherwise we won't be like this now, with water in our brains that we can't even wash out."

The man in the short coat tilted his head and patted his upper ear. A ball of water gushed out of his lower ear, fell to the ground, and made a sound.

The people who were chatting suddenly froze and turned to look at the cashier counter, only to see Liu Qingqing looking over at them with an expressionless face and murderous intent.

Several people quickly forced out a bright smile and blocked the puddle of water on the ground and the idiot who was still patting his head behind them.

(End of this chapter)