Great, I'm surrounded by villains.

Chapter 41 Dark Cuisine Tasting Expert
Mr. Mingyuan is a man who really knows how to set up flags. His back is full of flags and there are several knives hanging above his head. Then he walked into the evil lair in a swagger.

But if you look at it from another perspective, as long as you stay with Mr. Mingyuan, you will have an inexplicable sense of security.

Jiu Yue, who was following behind him, felt mixed emotions.

She knew that Duan Mingyuan was not the kind of person who was arrogant and talked nonsense. The reason why he said that just now was probably to give the two newcomers confidence so that they would not have to feel too much pressure.

What a thoughtful person!
The interior of the hotel looked even more run-down, with a faint musty smell in the air. There was only one waitress, who had a gloomy face and dark circles under her eyes. She dozed off behind the counter and was indifferent even when customers came in.

The safety of the stairs was worrying. As soon as several people walked up, they heard a creaking noise.

Before reaching his room, Duan Mingyuan found that this place already had all the characteristics of a garbage hotel.

Unexpectedly, the corridor was not deserted. There was a group of excited young people in the corridor. When you approached, you could hear them talking about the strange stories of Congyun Hotel. The young man who was talking was talking about the red liquid flowing from the faucet.

This is probably the most common horror element. Wherever there is something related to the supernatural, there will be similar legends.

Duan Mingyuan suddenly felt his scalp tingling.

When he thought about how he just wanted to wash his hands but ended up with them covered in red, and that there was a high possibility that he wouldn't be able to clean them in a short time, his blood pressure suddenly soared.

Fortunately, the environment of the guest room is acceptable, at least the quilts and pillows are neatly arranged, but the facilities look a bit old. Duan Mingyuan thinks this may be one of the store's business strategies. When you have no expectations for the hotel's environment, a slightly acceptable guest room can greatly add points.

The evil spirit who runs this hotel must be someone who understands contrasts.

September was very adaptable. After putting her luggage away, she threw herself on the bed and stretched her limbs. The stretching posture lasted for more than ten seconds.

"By the way, Mr. Ming Yuan, I heard that the food in this hotel is very special."

"Didn't you just eat before you went out? Are you hungry again so soon?"

Duan Mingyuan frowned.

The food at Congyun Hotel is indeed very unique, or to be more precise, it is too unique.

Residents mentioned that they had found fingers and eyeballs in their meals, and some people were eating normally but later pulled out a razor blade when going to the toilet, causing heavy bleeding.

"Not hungry, just greedy."

September reported truthfully, "I always feel that since I'm here, it would be a pity not to try the hotel's special food, and Mr. Dajiang will reimburse me."

After all, this is very likely to be the last delicacy provided by the evil spirit operator to the guests. After Mr. Mingyuan drives it away, there will be no chance to taste the authentic evil spirit delicacy again.

"Then order it."

After saying that, Duan Mingyuan sat on the old-fashioned chair and looked through the information Dajiang sent him.

The reason why Dajiang did not investigate further after the members disappeared was not only because of the shortage of manpower in Yunlong City, but also because the missing members were taking private jobs.

The missing young couple did exist, and the person who was commissioned to investigate was the father of the missing boy.

The hotel actively cooperated with the police investigation at the time, claiming that the couple left after checking out and that there were detailed registration records in the lobby. The police subsequently conducted an investigation in the hotel and turned the hotel upside down but could not find any clues. In the end, they could only reasonably infer that the couple had eloped.

However, this incident attracted the attention of many people, and later a famous ghost story was born. In the story, the couple got up at night and found the stairs leading to the fifth floor, which should not have existed. Driven by curiosity, they walked up and disappeared forever on the fifth floor.

As for what is on the fifth floor, there are many different opinions. Some say that it is the source of all the strange stories in Congyun Hotel.

The father of the missing boy did not give up after the organization members disappeared. He stayed at Congyun Hotel many times but found nothing. A few years later, the boy's father was diagnosed with a terminal illness and died in the hospital. No one investigated the matter anymore.

Duan Mingyuan soon discovered that although these urban legends seemed independent of each other, they were connected by many details, and all the related parts were very unified, as if they were written by the same person. He created a new document in the memo and entered all the important parts into it:

The stairs leading to the fifth floor occasionally appear late at night.

The ghost with bloody eyes in the mirror will consciously drive the tenants to the stairs.

Most people who have witnessed ghosts experience strange things happening to them on the day they check into the hotel.

"Weird things" refer to finding foreign objects in the food provided by the hotel, or washing your hands and getting them stained with blood when taking a bath.

The portraits in the corridor are said to be the founders of the hotel. Don't look at them for too long, otherwise the people in the frames will come alive.

For a moment, Duan Mingyuan seemed to have returned to high school, when he was analyzing the location of the evil spirit bit by bit through the information on the Internet that was difficult to distinguish between true and false.

At that time, he naturally noticed the rumors about Congyun Hotel, but was ultimately deterred by the overly expensive accommodation fees.

High school students have no money.

At that time, he could only get some evil spirits with a higher "cost-effectiveness" for free.

The evil spirits that require payment to see always keep him out.

"Mr. Mingyuan, open your mouth."

After an unknown amount of time, September suddenly approached him slyly. When he raised his head, a hard object pressed against his lips.

A finger, still stained with "blood", still looks fresh.

"I found this among the French fries. There was only one, so I gave it to you."

While speaking, September also showed an expression that said "I gave you the best thing".

But in reality, her behavior was more like stuffing disliked vegetables into her deskmate's lunch box during junior high school.

The fingers were made of maple syrup, and the "blood" was ketchup. Duan Mingyuan had never experienced such a combination before. He held it in his mouth and tasted it carefully, and he found it quite delicious.

This time it was September's turn to lose her composure. She widened her eyes in surprise, "You really want to eat it?"

Although the severed finger was an edible prop, the taste was so strange that she only took a small bite and her eyebrows twisted together in pain.

“It tastes pretty good.”

Duan Mingyuan never wasted food. He held the severed finger in his mouth like a lollipop. After the ketchup at the end was gone, the taste of the severed finger became the purest maple syrup.

Jiu Yue pulled hard several times but failed to pull the severed finger out of Duan Mingyuan's mouth as he was concentrating on writing a memo.

She suddenly remembered something.

The items Mr. Mingyuan buys most in the bakery are curry fried noodles bread and chili ring tomato cheese.

She could understand the former, but the latter was really a challenge to ordinary people's cognition.

"Mr. Mingyuan, you..."

Her eyes widened. "You actually like dark cuisine, right?"

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