Shanhai Inn

The summer in Longdu this year is hotter than usual, the air seems to be scorched, and even the wind is very hot.

Costin Bookstore, No. 01, Dahuang Street, Jiuzhou Road, Shanhai District.

Song Qing tidied up the last row of books on the bookshelf, and walked slowly to the window. According to the usual practice, he should lie down on the recliner and hold an iced watermelon to enjoy his retirement life, but today is different.

His gaze passed through the window and fell far away on the corner on the opposite side of the street.

There was a man standing there.

With the blessing of Hai Dongqing's eyesight, Song Qing could easily see his appearance clearly.

About seventeen or eighteen years old, with fair skin, long eyelashes, and clear eyebrows, even though his face was sweating profusely from the scorching sun, he still felt very refreshing.

This is a good-looking young man.

But as a serious monster, Song Qing noticed him not because of this, but because he felt that something was wrong with this pretty young man.

——In the high temperature of nearly 40 degrees outside, he wore a fluffy woolen hat on his head, trousers on his body, and although his upper body had half sleeves, he wore a coat around his waist. It looked like autumn and winter plus fleece The thick one.

Compared with Song Qing who was wearing an old man's sweatshirt, it was almost two seasons.

And if I remember correctly, Song Qing remembered that this young man had walked up and down this street at least seven or eight times, holding a piece of paper in his hand, as if he was looking for something.

There are a million oddities.

Is the generation gap between me and young people now so deep?

Song Qing shook her head and continued to look out the window. After a while, when she saw the young man opposite was about to go in for the ninth time, she finally couldn't help it.

He got up and opened the window: "Are you looking for someone?"

On the other side of the street, Lu Zhuo was taken aback.

The piece of paper he held in his hand was unconsciously packed tightly, it was crumpled, and it could be vaguely seen that it was a courier slip, and the words on it had almost been worn away.

He looked at the bookstore opposite, and after hesitating for a while, he finally walked over and smiled at Song Qing cautiously: "Hello."

Getting closer, Song Qing saw a little curly hair under his hat, which looked soft and fluffy.

She also has a pretty smile, with two small dimples on her cheeks, one deep and one shallow, so cute.

Song Qing laughed: "Hello."

Then I heard Lu Zhuo's voice again: "Excuse me... do you know how to get to Shanhai Inn?"

hmmmm?

Song Qing woke up immediately: "Did you find Shanhai Inn for something?"

"..."

Lu Zhuo pulled off his hat uncomfortably, and covered the two fluffy ears hidden inside more tightly.

yes, ears.

If you take off the coat at the waist, you can still see an equally fluffy tail.

Lu Zhuo is a student of Longdu University. He grew up in the Kyushu Orphanage in the south of the city. In order to earn tuition and living expenses, he opened a snack shop on Taobao. The business is not particularly good, but the scholarship is almost enough.

Life was peaceful and regular until yesterday, when Lu Zhuo received a return package from Shanhai Inn.

This package is very strange, there are no snacks in it, only a card with the words [Shanhai Inn] printed on it, Lu Zhuo searched for the tracking number, but did not find the corresponding return application.

At that time, he thought that the buyer hadn't had time to fill it out, so he ignored it and temporarily put the package aside. As a result, when he woke up this morning, he found that he had grown ears and a tail.

Fluffy, soft, and occasionally trembling.

Lu Yan was very scared and panicked. He immediately thought of the strange package he received yesterday, and hurriedly turned it out. He took the card inside and searched for it according to the address on the courier slip.

No. 02, Dahuang Street, Jiuzhou Road, Shanhai District, Longdu City.

But next to No. 01 on Jiuzhou Road is No. 03, and there is no No. 02 at all. Lu Zhuo searched this street nine times, but he couldn't find Shanhai Inn.

Now I finally have some clues. The owner of the bookstore in front of me obviously knows Shanhai Inn, but Lu Zhuo was at a loss for his question and didn't know how to respond.

Song Qing didn't think there was anything strange about Lu Zhuo's reaction. He had seen many cubs like this. They were young and inexperienced in society, and it was normal for them to be shy and nervous.

Also quite cute.

In the heart of caring for the cubs, he took the initiative to speak out again: "Do you have a pass?"

Passport?

Lu Zhuo was taken aback, and took out the card with the words [Shan Hai Inn] in his pocket: "Is this it?"

Song Qing took a look and nodded: "That's it."

He pointed to a door between the bookstore and the No. 03 flower shop next to it: "You go in with it, and you can see the Shanhai Inn.

Finally found the place, Lu Zhuo's heart was finally relieved, and he whispered, "Thank you."

After speaking, I felt that my voice was too low and not sincere enough, so I thanked him again.

This time the voice was slightly raised.

Song Qing: Thank you, I am so cute.

He couldn't help laughing, said it was okay, then watched Lu Zhuo say goodbye to him in a low voice and left, and bought a magazine in the bookstore before leaving.

The teacher at the orphanage said that when expressing gratitude to others for their kindness, practical actions are much more important than mere words. Lu Zhuo always remembers this very clearly.

Song Qing naturally knew that Lu Zhuo was expressing his gratitude to him in his own way.

This is too good.

Song Qing was so cute that his heart softened, and then he became a little angry, and wanted to bring his cubs who were not good enough to educate him.

Look at others, then look at you.

They are also underage cubs, why is there such a big difference?

Here, Song Qing was eager to teach her cubs, while on the other side, Lu Zhuo held a passport in one hand and a magazine in the other, and entered the door between the bookstore and the flower shop.

After entering, I was surprised to find that there was a street behind the door.

It looks similar to Dahuang Street, but there is only one building on the whole street. It is an ancient inn, very similar to the ones he saw in TV dramas before. It has five floors and is made of wood. Lantern, on the front plaque there are four big characters written in dragons and phoenixes——

Mountain Sea Inn.

The font is exactly the same as that on the passport in Lu Zhuo's hands.

Lu Zhuo suddenly became nervous again, and stood outside for almost 10 minutes before mustering up the courage to go in.

It was very quiet inside, only one person was lying on the recliner in the corner, and he didn't open his eyes when he heard the sound, and said lazily: "Accommodation still needs customized services, do you have an appointment?"

Lu Zhuo noticed that he was holding a piece of talisman paper in his hand, and there were many such talisman papers on the walls of the inn.

... so weird.

Lu Zhuo regretted that he was the only one here, pinched the corner of his clothes nervously, and was about to speak when the person who was resting on the recliner with his eyes closed suddenly opened his eyes.

He got up and approached Lu Zhuo, and after looking around him for a few times, his eyes lit up, and he opened his mouth as if answering a secret signal: "Taobao snack shop, Lu Zhuo?"

Lu Zhuo was not used to being so close to others, he was a little at a loss when he heard this, he nodded stiffly, and then saw the person in front of him smiling.

"I'm Lin Xin, the shopkeeper of Shanhai Inn." Lin Xin stretched out his hand towards Lu Zhuo, "Since you're here, you agree to our invitation, right?"

Lu Zhuo was taken aback: "What invitation?"

"A job invitation from Shanhai Inn."

Lin Xin pointed to the side, and Lu Zhuo looked in the direction of his finger, and saw that there was a bulletin board with a recruitment notice posted on it, with twelve words written in ink on red paper——High Salary at Shanhai Inn We are looking for online shop customer service.

Looking back at Lin Xin, the latter stood there smiling, looking in a good mood.

In fact, Lin Xin was indeed in a good mood.

Because of Lu Zhuo's arrival, it can be said that his bankruptcy crisis was lifted.

There are many monsters living in the Shanhai Inn, among which the Candle Dragon is the most important.

The Lord of Zhongshan, who connects yin and yang, and holds a candle to illuminate the seclusion of the nine yin, can be said to be the beast of the mountain and sea inn.

Zhendian God Beastman has a good-looking voice, good voice and high strength. Although he doesn't like to talk, he looks a little fierce and a little cold, but his temperament is actually good.

Anywhere is fine.

The only bad thing is that sometimes he can't control the evil intentions on his body, and it will affect other beasts in the inn. It is a large-scale house demolition scene. Every time Lin Xin signs the inn's repair bill want to cry.

How to do?

Even Bai Ze, the leader of the auspicious beast, was so angry that he couldn't help it, what else could he do?

Lin Xin had already given up, until a week ago, when he was shopping on Taobao, he bought some snacks, and was surprised to find that the aura carried by these snacks was actually effective against Zhulong's evil intentions.

The surprise came so suddenly that Lin Xin sent the Shanhai Inn pass to him on the same day without even thinking about it.

It's just that I never expected that what came was a cub that looked like it was not yet an adult.

But what does it matter?

There is no such thing as child labor in the monster world.

The more Lin Xin looked at Lu Zhuo, the more satisfied he felt, and he took the entry registration form and pen from the bookshelf behind him, wishing he could drag him to do the entry registration in the next second.

And he thought so, and did so.

Lin Xin handed the form and pen to Lu Zhuo: "If there is no problem, let's do the entry registration first?"

The distance between the two of them narrowed again. Lu Yan was not used to such a distance, and he was not very good at rejecting others. He became stiff again, and took the pen and registration form in front of him like a marionette, and unconsciously began to fill in the registration form. .

[Name]: Lu Zhuo

[Age]: 17

[Birthday]: 2113.8.28

[species]: ...

It was the first time that Lu Zhuo saw the item of species in the registration form. After pausing for a few seconds, he hesitated to write.

[species]: human

But after writing it, I suddenly felt that something was wrong.

"No, I'm not here to apply for a job."

Lu Yan finally realized the problem, put down his pen and waved his hands in a panic: "I received a package from you yesterday, and then I grew... ears and a tail."

The last sentence was said very quietly.

After speaking, he raised his hand and took off the hat and the clothes around his waist.

Lin Xin saw the ears on his head and the tail behind him.

It looks like a cat is not a cat, and a raccoon is not a raccoon, but it is snow white and soft and fluffy, and it feels good when you look at it.

Lin Xin said that he missed Rua very much, and at the same time, he also noticed that the cub's reaction was not right, and it seemed familiar.

This familiar flustered look, the familiar way of covering up hats and clothes, the familiar 17-year-old underage, the familiar species...

Lin Xin: OK, the case has been solved.

Another baby monster who thought he was human.

Thinking about this clearly, Lin Xin also knew why Lu Zhuo actually came, and felt very sad.

It's over, the workers are gone.

His repair bill is about to come back.

Lin Xin was devastated, Lu Zhuo didn't know what he was thinking, and after waiting for a long time without hearing him speak, he opened his mouth softly.

"So...do you have a solution?"

His voice was very low, and his ears and tail trembled when he spoke.

At this moment, Lin Xin suddenly saw an opportunity.

Speaking of which, Lu Zhuo's sudden growth of ears and tail has nothing to do with Shanhai Inn.

A monster born in a human body is counted as a human being, and when he reaches maturity, even if he does not have a pass from the Shanhai Inn, his characteristics as a monster will still appear, but it may be that the aura on the pass has stimulated them to a certain extent, making them Just came out early.

These features can be freely controlled to appear and disappear after adulthood, but only if he can control them.

Obviously, a cub who didn't even know he was a monster would definitely not be able to.

But Lin Xin will.

Not only can you know it yourself, but you can also make way for it.

This is the opportunity!

Lin Xin resolutely seized the opportunity: "Your problem... is actually a special phenomenon of atavism. Of course I have a solution, but it will take some time, probably..."

He glanced at the birthday column of Lu Zhuo's entry registration form: "It will take about one and a half months."

It is a special atavism phenomenon, which is the same as the answer that Lu Zhuo searched on Baidu before coming to the inn.

Today is July 28th, and one and a half months later it will be August [-]th, just in time for the start of school.

Lu Zhuo looked at Lin Xin in surprise, and was about to speak when he heard Lin Xin's voice rang again: "Of course, as a commercial hotel, this also needs to be paid."

"..." Lu Zhuo lowered his head in embarrassment, "I don't have any money for now, can I owe it first? I will definitely pay it back."

"I'm afraid it won't work." Lin Xin pointed to the banner on the wall that says no credit, "but there is another way, do you want to know about it?"

"what?"

After the words fell, seeing Lin Xin smile, he handed Lu Zhuo the entry registration form that he hadn't completed just now, and then opened his mouth in a tone like a bad Taoist priest coaxing a cub.

"Then stay at Shanhai Inn and be a happy worker."