I open a restaurant in Mysterious Recovery

Chapter 633 Meng Xiaodong's Weakness
"Thank you for your advice. I will consider it carefully."

As the provider of scapegoat dolls, Meng Xiaodong actually doesn't care much about the sales in the store. If Lin Yuan hadn't asked someone to explain the situation to her every day, she wouldn't have taken the initiative to ask.

For her, money or not really doesn't matter.

At her level, she basically doesn't have to worry about encountering unsolvable supernatural events - except for the Peace Hotel, and she doesn't have to worry about the revival of her own evil spirits.

The most worrying thing is the limitation of life span.

This kind of limitation cannot be solved by paying for one's life, so she didn't pay too much attention to what Lin Yuan said about changing the business model to a different track.

The main word is:

Whatever happens!

But this attitude made Lin Yuan somewhat dissatisfied. Although he had already reached out to the Gengshen Year, he would not give up in reality.

Compared with the Gengshen Year, the real world is full of loopholes, and the number of new supernatural events and evil spirits every day is a huge number.

Even though he is quite powerful now, is it possible for him to travel around the world and collect all the ghosts by himself?
Of course, if he wanted to, he could also go to the vicinity of Otsu City and get Jingqiao.

At that time, he will be able to "respond to people as they please". As long as a supernatural event occurs and someone calls his name, he will be able to hear it, and through the silent supernatural moment, he will be able to travel through it and catch the ghost.

When that time really comes, the job of God Yang Jian will be completely taken away.

But that situation would be too tragic. Lin Yuan doesn't want to be a slave who works all year round or even all day long, so he must train his own slaves!
No, not cattle or horses, but ghost hunters who are autonomous, proactive, and relatively strong!
Ghost hunters hunt down evil ghosts and bring them to the Peace Hotel, exchanging them for money to buy their lives, life-saving props, supernatural puzzles, etc., getting the most resources at the lowest cost.

This is the official operating method of Peace Hotel!
Now that the ghost handler system has been established, Lin Yuan does not need to start from scratch. What he needs to do now is to improve the strength of these ghost handlers as much as possible within a reasonable range.

It's not about being a babysitter so that they can avoid casualties, but about following a normal business model to motivate these people to work hard and let them devote themselves to catching ghosts for the Peace Hotel!

But what is worrying is that these ghost riders are still too reckless even though he is cheating on them in the Peace Hotel.

He would always rush forward with scapegoats, money to buy his life, and Xianglan piano music.

When faced with ordinary supernatural events, there are basically no big problems. However, if it is a slightly more terrifying supernatural event, they may suffer a fatal blow before they can react.

Lin Yuan also paid special attention to it during this period.

Among the customers who frequently come to the store recently, a large proportion are newcomers, and many old faces have not appeared for a long time.

What this represents is self-evident.

The clothes made by Meng Xiaodong are of good quality and have good defensive effects. If they can be promoted, they can have a significant effect and save many lives.

However, it is impossible for Meng Xiaodong to run the factory as a sweatshop all the time.

Moreover, Lin Yuan was also very clear that if he wanted to solve supernatural incidents, he still had to rely more on the backbone, or even the top ghost handlers.

Therefore, Meng Xiaodong’s clothing can be priced above average, so that the middle-level ghost riders can afford it with some effort, and the top ghost riders can also easily get protection.

As for those new ghost handlers, they should be honest and deal with some ordinary supernatural events instead of taking their own lives lightly.

But all these are based on the consent of Meng Xiaodong.

If Meng Xiaodong disagreed, he would not be able to use this cheat for those ghost riders who worked hard, unless he completely wiped out Meng Xiaodong's consciousness and put her supernatural powers into the puzzle...

That won’t work either. Wouldn’t that mean Lin Yuan would have to be a tailor himself?

No, no, no!

He still wanted to be lazy, but after thinking about it carefully, he had some enlightenment in his heart: the reason why Meng Xiaodong was so...desireless was because in the Peace Hotel, apart from the "rejuvenation" cheat given to her, there was nothing else that made her desire.

Therefore, we need to create a product that can make Meng Xiaodong want to make money!

So, what is it that Meng Xiaodong wants but he doesn’t have?
Lin Yuan thought about it carefully and soon realized Meng Xiaodong's weakness, but he was not too happy. Instead, he felt depressed and helpless.

Meng Xiaodong should have only one weakness, and that is Zhang Dong.

But Zhang Dong was not someone he could manipulate at will. If they really fought, he might be able to cause considerable damage to Zhang Dong, but Zhang Dong would also cause him considerable damage.

There is nothing we can do about this.

His supernatural powers have not yet achieved complete balance. If it were for an ordinary ghost rider, even one of Meng Xiaodong's level, this would not be a problem.

Even if they found out, there was no way to target them.

But Zhang Dong is different. He has the power to affect the balance of the two spirits in Lin Yuan's body. Although he will not kill Lin Yuan, as long as he can erase the puzzle of the Peace Hotel and let the white fog ghost domain completely suppress the Peace Hotel, he will have to start all over again, or even fall into a deep sleep and let the "store manager" come out to take charge of the situation again.

Of course, if it really came to that, Zhang Dong would probably die instantly.

For ghost riders like Zhang Dong in the Republic of China, lifespan is a limit as huge as the abyss of heaven, which cannot be crossed.

This is not what he wants to see.

There was no deep hatred between him and Zhang Dong, and it could even be said that they didn't even have much grudges.

Even if Zhang Dong stopped his actions in the Gengshen year, he did not resent him too much, because they were in different places and he would make the same choice.

Do unto others, do not impose on others.

This sentence is used selectively by Lin Yuan.

Not hating Zhang Dong doesn't mean he will give up his own ideas, including Meng Xiaodong.

"Wait! Maybe I still have a card to play."

Lin Yuan was ready to leave, but suddenly stopped, which made Meng Xiaodong a little confused, "Boss Lin, is there anything else?"

It's not that she didn't understand Lin Yuan's meaning, but she really had no interest in many things. If Zhang Dong wasn't still alive, she might have lost all hope in life. She wouldn't be living in the Peace Hotel now, just to make herself look younger.

Zhang Dong will soon reach his limit.

She wanted to attend his funeral with a younger appearance, so that he could see himself more like his younger self after his death.

During this period, she actually had some guesses about the true situation of the "store manager", but she didn't say a word.

When facing the "store manager", you can pretend to be stupid about many things, but when you really lay everything out, some words will not be so easy to refuse.

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "Nothing, I just want to ask Granny Meng something. Do you...know Old Man Zhang from Zhangdong?"

"Ok?"

Meng Xiaodong's expression changed. He was no longer calm and composed as before. He said nervously, "I know you, but I haven't seen you for many years. What do you mean, Boss Lin?"

Threat?
No, Lin Yuan is not that shameless. He is better at inducement than threats.

"Don't get me wrong, Old Man Zhang and I only met recently, so we can be considered... well, friends regardless of age difference." Lin Yuan explained with a smile.

But, friendship regardless of age difference?

Meng Xiaodong had a complicated expression and thought: You and he are friends regardless of age difference, so you are from an older era than us?

Lin Yuan, the owner of Peace Hotel, was at least a person from the Republic of China period. Meng Xiaodong, who was born in the Gengshen year, has already given a positive answer to this point.

Logically speaking, Lin Yuan and Zhang Dong should be from the same era.

But when Lin Yuan said that they were friends regardless of age difference, was he saying that as the "store manager" or as "him"?

If it's the former, then there's no problem.

If it is the latter, does it mean that Lin Yuan existed earlier than the Republic of China period?
"Half a month ago, Old Man Zhang sent someone to announce his death, saying that he would die in a month and asked me to attend his funeral, and I agreed. But I also discussed it with him. Although he was a little reluctant, we knew each other after all, so I thought about bringing him back to bury him..."

"no!"

Meng Xiaodong interrupted Lin Yuan for the first time. Seeing Lin Yuan's puzzled expression, she quickly said, "The fallen leaves return to their roots. He chose to die at home, and naturally he had this in mind. If you forcibly take his body away, I'm afraid he won't be able to rest in peace even after death."

But actually?
It is true that fallen leaves return to their roots, but that old house in the forest is not Zhangdong’s roots.

The reason for choosing that place is that it is an entrance and exit between the reality and the supernatural world. If Zhang Dong had not been in charge for the past hundred years, perhaps countless evil spirits would have escaped from there long ago.

That's why.

Zhang Dong had made arrangements decades ago when he and Meng Xiaodong and others faded out of the supernatural circle. Even if he died, his body would remain in the old house to guard the area and prevent evil spirits from freely entering and leaving the reality from the old house in the forest.

What would be the consequences if Zhang Dong’s body was taken away after his death and there was no one guarding him?
Although supernatural events are becoming more and more frequent in reality, it is still much better than being completely out of control, and we cannot let the situation deteriorate completely.

"Grandma Meng, you are joking. Old man Zhang's roots are not there. I know what you are worried about. There are some problems with the old house, but you don't have to worry. I will keep an eye on it and will not let anyone demolish the old house." Lin Yuan said with a smile.

Forced demolition?

Meng Xiaodong frowned and said, "Boss Lin, what do you know?"

"Hey! No need to hide like that. This is the Peace Hotel. Even those people can't hear our conversation. Isn't it just that a demolition company wants to buy the land, but Old Man Zhang doesn't want to sell it, so the demolition company wants to demolish it by force? It's not a big deal. I have a good relationship with the headquarters, and I won't let Old Man Zhang suffer any loss in terms of legal procedures."

Is this a procedural thing?
Meng Xiaodong couldn't help laughing.

Having lived in the Peace Hotel for such a long time, although I don’t spend much time in the store during the day, I can still translate the “store manager’s” language very well.

In other words.

In the eyes of the "store manager", those ghosts on the other side of the passage, waiting to come into the real world after Zhang Dong was unable to suppress everything, were classified by the "store manager" as the demolition company's forced demolition team?
The confrontation between Zhang Dong and the ghosts is about fighting for land, or housing land?

For a moment, Meng Xiaodong didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and she was also a little confused. She didn't know what Lin Yuan meant by this, and then she heard Lin Yuan continue:

"Xiao Wang has very strong technology. He has a time-space device that can allow people to go to the Gengshen year and also bring people from the Gengshen year back. Granny Meng, you know this, right?"

Seeing Meng Xiaodong nod, Lin Yuan continued: "In fact, Xiao Wang has some new technologies, some of which are not easy to announce to the public, but Granny Meng, you are one of us, so there is no problem in talking about it."

After a pause, Lin Yuan seemed to be organizing his words, and then said: "Looking at the situation between you, Granny Meng, and Old Man Zhang, there should be some past, so you are obviously good friends but have not seen each other for many years. Granny Meng, you should still want to see him again, not just a corpse, but a real living him?"

Meng Xiaodong did not answer, but his attitude was self-evident.

It was hard to tell whether what happened back then was right or wrong, and she didn't want to dwell on all that mess, but she did still have a lot of concerns about Zhang Dong.

Otherwise, I wouldn’t be here to listen to Lin Yuan say so much.

And she roughly understood Lin Yuan's idea, which was simply to use Zhang Dong as a price to let her take over the job of making clothes.

Therefore, she also wanted to see what kind of bargaining chips Lin Yuan would come up with, but she had to remind him, "I had an agreement with him at the beginning that we would never see each other again in this life."

But she didn't know that her current state had already made Lin Yuan very satisfied. "Yes, we won't meet again in this life, so what about after death?"

Meng Xiaodong's pupils suddenly shrank, "Boss Lin, what do you mean by this?"

"I just want to help those who still care about each other to untie the knot. You have known each other for decades, is there anything you can't let go of? Don't worry, Granny Meng, I will help you solve this matter, and I will definitely make you satisfied when the time comes."

Lin Yuan didn't continue talking because he just realized something.

Although Meng Xiaodong was also abiding by the promise of "never seeing each other again in this life", it was probably Zhang Dong's choice, so Meng Xiaodong did not have a strong desire to resist.

So, all we have to do is convince Zhang Dong.

Anyway, he has nothing to do at night. With ghosts like Li Qingzhi in the store, he doesn't have to worry about anything happening in the store. After all... he lives in the Peace Hotel, and the Peace Hotel is in his body.

(End of this chapter)