Trainer? I'm just an ordinary hot spring owner.

More like a civil servant than a civil servant.

After the little candlelight spirit confirmed that Gastly had no ill intentions, it tentatively followed him into the healing room. After eating a few fruits, it did not enter the healing pool. It was a small candle that could not withstand the heat, and it also had to protect its own flame. However, it loved Jiang's father's urn very much, and slept soundly on it.

Gastly felt aggrieved that his workstation was occupied, but was ruthlessly suppressed by Jiang Cheng.

The customer is God. Besides, that is my decoration. When did it become your workstation? That is my father!

Although we have never met.

The little Candlelight Spirit stayed for a long time, 4 hours. After the little guy left, Jiang Cheng received a reminder: [The reward obtained this time exceeds the service time, and the unused service time will be retained]

"Retain service time? Are you still keeping the account here?" Jiang Cheng didn't understand what it meant at first, until he saw the reward he got from the Candlelight Spirit: a pure gold candle lamp holder.

The system also gave a detailed explanation: [The lamp holder is made of pure gold, showing the strong financial resources of the owner of the house. It looks like it was taken from a banquet table.]

"Oh my god! Golden Legend!" Jiang Cheng was surprised at the value of this thing. It was gold! !

According to legend, the Crystal Lamp Spirit and the Candle Light Spirit family like to live in old Western-style buildings. The Western-style buildings where they exist are more impregnable than Mr. Huang’s watchtowers. Living people cannot enter at all. Even if they enter, it is difficult for them to come out alive. This lamp holder is most likely an item in the Western-style building.

For some reason, Jiang Cheng had a bad feeling when looking at the lamp holder.

This thing... its parents won’t come looking for it, right?

Chapter 30: The First Human Customer

After receiving Zhu Guangling, a descendant of the Eight Banners who sold his father's land without any regrets, Jiang Cheng no longer had any opinions on the current reception process. The procedure worked without any problems, except that he needed to clean up in the middle, but it was just a matter of moving his fingers slightly.

It is so much more convenient.

However, Gastly was quite dissatisfied with the fact that Candlelight had slept with him at his workstation, so he licked Jiang's father's urn again and again with his tongue.

Considering that the rich man Zhu Guangling would most likely come again, Jiang Cheng moved Gastly's workstation to the side of Jiang's mother's urn. Anyway, the atmosphere values ​​of the two were the same, so Gastly had no objection to this.

After settling all this, Jiang Cheng was ready to be his own hands-off manager - if being a manager wasn't for the purpose of being hands-off, then he would be nothing more than a beast of burden!

After a busy day, Jiang Cheng was so exhausted when he came back home at night that he fell into a deep sleep in almost no time.

At this moment, an unexpected guest came to the quiet city of Malie in the night.

Although Malie is a tourist city, just like its original Hawaiian name: mālie, this quiet town will quickly return to silence when night falls.

The residents of Alola are very relaxed. Their attitude towards work is to do it if they want to, and forget it if they don't want to. The economy of the small city relies on external tourism and fisheries. The stores here basically start to close at four o'clock in the afternoon and will only be open until eight o'clock in the evening at the latest.

Never working overtime is the creed of the people of Alola.

Here, if you work too long, it will be considered unreasonable.

At this moment, on the streets of the quiet city of Malie, a figure was wandering on the street.

It was a little boy, who looked about ten years old, wearing a trainer school uniform. However, the uniform, which should have been bright and beautiful, was now covered with dust, just like the boy's messy hair, which was full of stories.

"This one is closed too... Oh, what bad luck..."

The boy leaned against a courtyard wall in frustration, and his stomach made a corresponding sound: "Gurgle..."

“I’m so hungry…”

With a bitter complaint, the boy stood up again and continued walking through the quiet city of Malie, hoping to find one or two open restaurants or hotels.

His name is Joey, a first-year student at the Trainer School, and was born on Ula'ula Island.

Three days ago, he participated in the school's astronomy extracurricular activities and went to the observatory on the top of Mount Huikalani to observe phenomena in the universe.

However, anyone who has watched the anime knows what a 10-year-old trainer is like. As a genuine Alola boy and a new trainer, Joey is more or less a quitter, if not quiet and dignified.

As expected, he met with an accident. While chasing a meerkat on a mountain path, he accidentally slipped and fell from the path, rolling all the way into a cave. In the process of avoiding the vicious Pokémon, he also lost his bag. Fortunately, the belt with the Poké Ball was intact, otherwise he would not have been able to get out of the mountains.

After struggling to climb out, Joey headed towards the quiet city of Malie at the foot of the mountain, intending to contact the academy there, meet up with the teachers, or get some supplies.

However, it was already dark when he climbed out of the cave. By the time he ran down the mountain and arrived at the quiet city of Malie, it was already ten o'clock in the evening. At this time, no shop would be open.

"Little Duer"

Taking out the Poké Ball, Joey released an Pokémon that was completely black, with white feathers on its head, blue eyes, and a strip of red feathers on the front of its head. After it came out of the Poké Ball, it kept circling around Joey.

"Xiao Duer, please help me see if there is any light on or a store open nearby?" Although the hope was slim, Joey still wanted to try his best, otherwise he would have to sleep on the reception sofa in the Elf Center.

It’s not impossible to go to the Pokémon Center, but I’m really hungry!!

"Duer" (＾▽＾)

Xiao Duer nodded, and immediately flapped his wings and flew into the air. After looking around in the air, he tentatively pointed to a place.

"Xiao Du'er! Did you find an open store? Really? That's great, Xiao Du'er, I knew you could do it!" Joey, who originally had no hope and just wanted to give it his best try, unexpectedly got a positive answer from Xiao Du'er, which made him very excited, and he quickly took a step forward to catch up with Xiao Du'er.

"Duer" (-^O^-)

After receiving the praise, Xiao Duer instantly forgot his previous hesitation, somersaulted happily in the air, and flew in one direction, while Joey followed closely behind.

After walking through the city for dozens of minutes, Joey and Xiao Duer stood outside a building whose roof was completely different from the surrounding houses.

“…Is this the place, little Duer?”

Joey stood at the gate, a little hesitant. It's not that he was being pretentious or anything, it's just... this unique roof, there is absolutely no sign outside the gate - Jiang Cheng had taken down the old sign and replaced it with a new one these two days, and there was also this, red... strange light.

There are two red lanterns hanging on the gate at the entrance of the courtyard. They were bought by Jiang Cheng to celebrate the completion of the renovation of his hot spring center. Now in the darkness and silence, the two red lanterns are particularly eye-catching.

Joey didn't understand what Chinese horror was, but he always felt something was wrong when he looked at the building in front of him.

"Duer"

"Okay... okay, we don't have any other choice, do we..." Joey took a deep breath to cheer himself up, and mustered up the courage to step forward and prepare to knock on the door. However, he didn't expect that as soon as he stretched out his hand, the two thick wooden doors automatically opened from both sides, making a creaking sound and slowly opening. The strange building seemed to know of his arrival. The lights at the door lit up, and the door in the middle was wide open, as if welcoming Joey's arrival.

To be honest, I don't really want to go in.

The door opened automatically for no apparent reason, the lights in the room turned on automatically, and the owner of the building who had not shown up so far, all of these made Joey shit and stand up, holding on to the wall - his legs were numb.

When did such a strange place appear in Maliejing City?

I haven't heard of it. Do I still want to go in?

We are still in the city, so it shouldn't be a problem. If there was a problem, wouldn't it have been discovered long ago?

While struggling mentally, Joey took a step forward and slowly walked into the courtyard.

Behind him, the wooden door slowly closed.

Chapter 31: Joey: I'm not scared!

Strangely enough, the old door creaked when it was opened, but was so silent when it was closed that Joey didn't even notice that the door was closed.

Little Duer was very happy. He flew to the door of the hot spring center and looked inside curiously.

Joey was anxious about Xiao Duer's sudden action. What if there was danger ahead?

He wanted to warn loudly, but was afraid of waking something up, so he could only take two quick steps and whisper, "Xiao Duer, wait for me!!"

He took three or two steps to catch up, but suddenly there was a sound of water splashing in the courtyard.

Joey looked over warily, but saw nothing. There was only a pond in the yard, which had turned into broken moonlight. With the corner of his eye, he saw the door that had been open before, but he didn't know when it had been closed!

In an instant, his hair stood on end, and he almost crawled to Xiao Duer's side: "Xiao Duer, something very strange happened, the door! Why is the door closed!!"

Xiao Duer couldn't empathize with Joey's fear. Gate? What gate? When did I, Xiao Duer, walk through the gate? What does it have to do with me whether the gate is closed or not?

Now, a question arises: whether to find a way to leave or to enter the hot spring hall.

After hesitating for a long time, Joey decided to go into the building to take a look. The main reason that prompted him to make this decision was that the lighting at the entrance of the hot spring hall was very bright and soft, and it was not very clear from the outside. Now that he was closer, he could see the decoration inside, which was a very simple and warm style.

There was no one in sight.

"Hello...is anyone there?" Joey didn't know when the Tik Tok special effects were added to his voice, and he felt that it didn't sound like his own voice.

The house was still silent.

"Hello, I'm... I'm Joey. Excuse me, is your place open? If... if not, I'll leave right away!"

There was no response from inside the house.

"Xiao Duer... I think we should leave here. You see, the owner of this place is not here, and it would not be a good idea for us to go in, right..." Joey tried hard to find excuses for backing out, but he refused to admit that it was because he was scared.

"Duer"

"Xiao Duer, you think so too, right? I know you can understand me..."

Seeing that Xiao Duer had no objection, Joey smiled with relief and turned around to leave this strange place quickly. However, as soon as he turned around, he met a dark and hideous face.

The black fog rolled, and huge white ghost eyes stared at him, and then the scarlet mouth opened.

"ghost--"

“Ghost!!!!!!!”

.....

"So, you had an accident in the mountains, and wanted to come to the town to rest and contact the school, so you found me, and then when you walked in, you saw my Gastly suddenly appear, and you were so scared that you screamed, is that right?"

In the hot spring hotel, Jiang Cheng rubbed his temple and slowly asked the little boy in front of him.

My family, who would understand? I was at home, sleeping with the cheat code turned on, and suddenly there was a loud scream, which almost scared me to death.

Jiang Cheng was not the only one who was frightened. As a place with the word "peace" written in its city name, do you know how much psychological damage Joey's shout caused to the surrounding neighbors?

At this moment, there were already quite a few people sitting in the hot spring hall. They sat in a circle and watched the scene in front of them.

These neighbors were not here to blame Joey, because Joey's screams were so tragic. They just wanted to see if Jiang Cheng needed any help.

"I wasn't scared, it was just that it happened so suddenly that I got a little excited and screamed out in excitement."

Even so, Joey still insisted.

"ghost----"

Gastly looked aggrieved and ran to Jiang Cheng for comfort. Joey's shout just now really scared him. Gastly swore that he had never heard such a shrill voice.

"Okay, okay, it's okay, it's okay, it's okay now..." Jiang Cheng tried to comfort Gastly, and it was obvious that the child was very scared.

Gastly's pitiful appearance aroused the sympathy of an old lady: "Oh, poor little guy, are you scared? Come, I have some delicious desserts..."

Joey's expression was very awkward. No, wasn't it me who was scared? Why did you all go to comfort Gastly?

I am the victim! Please come and comfort me too! ! !

"Okay, Jiang, it seems everything is fine here, so we will go back. If there is anything, you can always contact us."

Seeing that everything was normal here, the neighbors around got up and prepared to go home. It was the middle of the night and everyone was still sleepy.

"Okay, okay. I'm really sorry, everyone. I've caused you all trouble." Jiang Cheng apologized while seeing everyone out.

"Hahaha, it's okay, Jiang. It's a very interesting experience. Don't feel sorry, because it's not your fault, right? Life is always full of surprises." The neighbor uncle was very open-minded. He didn't have any negative emotions at all. Instead, he comforted Jiang Cheng.

After everyone left, Jiang Cheng returned to the room and looked at this unlucky guy.

"None of the neighbors are in the accommodation business, so I can't help you. If you don't mind, you can stay in my hot spring for one night. I won't charge you any money to compensate you for being scared by Gastly."

Jiang Cheng explained to Joey as he walked into the hot spring hall.

In fact, the charge for one night in a hot spring center is not that high. No matter what, if something like this happened when I fell asleep, it happened in my own hot spring center, so I do have some responsibility. I open a business, and harmony brings wealth. If something goes wrong, it's good to give up some profits and earn a good reputation.

"Really? Thank you so much!!!" Joey was very surprised. He was originally thinking about how to explain to Jiang Cheng that his bag was lost and that he would have to wait until he contacted the school to pay for it. Now Jiang Cheng's generosity directly helped him solve this problem.

The boss is such a nice guy!!

Joey's heart was filled with gratitude.

Jiang Cheng took Joey to find a relatively new room. In fact, the hot spring center includes two parts: bathing and accommodation. Before, Jiang Cheng only paid attention to the hot spring part and didn't pay much attention to the accommodation part. Fortunately, it had been thoroughly cleaned before, and the facilities inside were relatively clean.

"Let's take this room. It's getting late. Take a shower and rest. If there's anything else, you can call me."

Jiang Cheng's friendliness made Joey feel a little ashamed for no reason.

The boss is really a good person, but I was suspicious and scared others...

At this moment, he saw a strange Pokémon out of the corner of his eye.

Chapter 32: The new machine can wash the pieces by itself!

Joey swore he had never seen a Pokémon like that before.