Urban Oddities: The Seven-Day Cycle

"Standard room 380, deluxe suite 880."

"It's so expensive?!" Yang Xiaoji pointed to the price list under the glass table, "It's different from what is written here! Standard room is [-], luxury suite is [-], right?"

The aunt at the service desk was playing Lianliankan, without raising her head, she said: "My place is considered cheap, you go out and ask yourself, which one doesn't increase the price now? If you can't, then go find another place."

There is only this guest house near the street, Yang Xiaoji had no choice but to say, "Come here for three standard rooms."

The aunt fiddled with the computer and said: "There are no more standard rooms, only luxury suites, do you want to live?"

Nima!Yang Xiaoji gritted his teeth: "Stop!"

The aunt fiddled with the computer again and said, "Oh, there are only single rooms left in the deluxe rooms."

"how much is it?"

"880 eight."

Yang Xiaoji: "What about the double room?"

Aunt: "880 eight."

Yang Xiaoji: "..."

Aunt: "Do you live? There are still many people waiting to grab it."

Just as he was talking, a group of donkey friends rushed in, and asked, "Miss Boss, is there any room left?"

The aunt still said the same thing: "There are no more standard rooms, only deluxe suites, single rooms, 880, do you want to live?"

The team leader said cheerfully, "Come to fourteen rooms."

"There are not enough fourteen rooms."

"Team leader, why don't we just live together, and we can have someone to take care of us," said the donkey friend.

The team leader nodded: "Okay, let's come to seven rooms."

The aunt quickly recorded and gave them seven key cards. The team leader paid the money and led a group of people upstairs in a mighty manner.

After the aunt finished processing, she continued to play Lianliankan. Yang Xiaoji knocked on the table and asked, "Is there any room left?"

"Yes, how many rooms do you want?"

"...three rooms."

Today, for some reason, a lot of people came to check in. After Yang Xiaoji paid the money, a few young people came to ask if there was any room. The aunt said that there was one room left, a deluxe single room, and the starting price was raised to 1000 yuan. As a result, those young people immediately made an order without saying a word, Yang Xiaoji casually stopped a person and asked what day it was and why so many people wanted housing.

The man smiled and said: "Oh, so you don't know, Daxian Liang will go to the ancestral hall to pray for blessings these few days, this is a good opportunity to meet Daxian Liang!"

"Who is Liang Daxian?" Yang Xiaoji blurted out and asked.

As soon as he said this, everyone present looked at him like he was insane, Yang Xiaoji immediately realized that he had asked the wrong question, and was embarrassed when Xu Hua walked over.

"Have you booked a room?" Xu Hua asked, noticing that the surrounding sight was not right, Xu Hua glanced around, the aunt lowered her head and continued to play Lianliankan, a few young people walked up the stairs with a haha, Xu Hua didn't know why, I had no choice but to look at Yang Xiaoji.

"You scared them." Yang Xiaoji said softly.

Xu Hua: "?"

The way Xu Hua turned his face was really oppressive. He was tall and strong in a suit and tie, and he looked like a mafia killer all over his body. It would be strange if anyone dared to provoke him.

After placing the luggage, Yang Xiaoji distributed the room card to Xu Hua, and told him: "The guest house will provide fast food from [-] to [-] pm, and hot water is only available from [-] pm to [-] pm, remember to come back to take a shower, I have to go out For a while, don't wait for me."

"Where are you going?" Xu Hua asked.

"This town is a bit strange, I'm going to visit the ancestral hall." Yang Xiaoji patted Tian Tian, ​​"Go, let's go with Xu Hua."

It wags its tail every day and refuses to leave. Like Yang Xiaoji, when it enters the town, it senses a very ominous atmosphere. As for Yan Shi, two dragons guarding it are enough.

Xu Hua nodded and said, "Okay, be careful and keep in touch."

The two walked out of the guest house, just in time to meet a funeral procession, a group of people dressed in sackcloth and filial piety, scattered paper money as they walked, the person in the front was holding a big photo frame, and four people behind were carrying a big coffin, Yang Xiaoji and Xu Hua After stepping aside, an old woman with disheveled hair turned her head to take a look when she passed by them.

Not long after the old woman passed away, the soul was still following the coffin. It seemed that she was buried for her. As long as she was buried properly, the ghost would naturally come to pick her up. Yang Xiaoji didn't take it to heart, and just regarded it as an ordinary After the procession, Yang Xiaoji bid farewell to Xu Hua and went to the ancestral hall after the procession passed by.

Ao Lie changed the cigarette from his left hand to his right hand, leaned against the counter, picked up his bangs, and stared at the little girl with his tender eyes like magnets.

After a while, the little girl choked out a sentence: "Please... May I help you?"

"Come to Bao Zhonghua."

"Hey! Hey!"

The little girl handed him the cigarette tremblingly. Ao Lie paid the money, but didn't hurry to leave. He ordered another bottle of iced black tea, unscrewed the lid and took a sip. He said politely, "Girl, you are so beautiful. The tea tastes really good... Ouch, I won the lottery! Another bottle, hahaha!"

The little girl shook and gave him another bottle of iced black tea.

Ao Lie took a puff of cigarette and said, "Girl, you are really my lucky star, what's your name?"

Little girl: "Please...please let QAQ go..."

Yan Shi, who was sitting next to him, had goosebumps all over his body. Look, Prince Long scares people, and the routine is not like this. He winked at Luo Yunsong, and Luo Yunsong got up and walked over, pretending to be shopping. After chatting with her, Ao Lie left the stage consciously, sat back in his seat and played the game.

The little girl is the boss's daughter, and she came to help watch the scene. Yan Shi and the others paid for two hours and rented a row of computers next to the front desk. After observing for a while, they found that there were not many people in the Internet cafe. Those few, that’s right, now that mobile phones can access the Internet, apart from playing games, who would deliberately come to an Internet cafe?

"Your game is quite comprehensive, and the configuration is not bad." Luo Yunsong said.

"Yeah, I've been driving it for several years, so I can play whatever I want."

"Is there any Super Mario?" Luo Yunsong stood on the table with his fingers and made a Mary jumping motion, which made the little girl laugh. The two chatted for a while, and Luo Yunsong asked, "Girl, do you Are you still studying? Are you in high school?"

"It's the second grade."

"Busy with study? I have to shop and go to school."

"It's okay." The little girl said, "Sometimes I come here to help and do my homework by the way. My father said that when I grow up, I will take care of this Internet cafe. I have to get familiar with it as soon as possible."

"Oh..." Luo Yunsong took a puff of cigarette and said, "Brother will test you to see if you remember the people here, do you dare to accept the challenge?"

"Is there any reward?" The little girl blinked.

Luo Yunsong pointed to the refrigerator: "If you can tell, I'll buy all the iced tea in it."

The little girl looked back, and there were at least a dozen bottles in the refrigerator, so she said, "Okay! You can ask! Don't be foolish!"

Xu Hua came in, went to sit next to Ao Lie, turned on the computer and watched a movie, Luo Yunsong raised his chin: "Hey, what's the name of the person who just came in?"

"Xu Hua."

"Ding dong! The answer is correct, the second question, what is my name?"

"Luo Yunsong."

The little girl has a good memory and is very accurate in identifying people. Luo Yunsong said: "The last question, pay attention to it. Do you still remember a person named Zhou Yongfei?"

"I remember." The little girl said, "He has been here a few times, so he is a regular customer."

Luo Yunsong suppressed his excitement, glanced into the Internet cafe, and asked, "Where is he?"

The little girl stretched her neck and looked: "It seems that I didn't come today."

"what……"

The little girl put her hands around her mouth, holding back her energy, and shouted: "Is Zhou—Yong—Fei—in—?"

The people in the Internet cafe raised their heads and continued to play the game without asking.

The little girl spread her hands: "He's not here."

"Oh……"

After Luo Yunsong and the little girl added QQ, they returned to their seats with a bunch of iced black tea in their hands. Of course, the matter was not over yet. Luo Yunsong logged on to QQ, chatted with the little girl, and opened a discussion group. They go in strictly and report the progress at any time.

In the forum, Ao Lie's post stood out among a group of Taiwan celebration discussion posts. Ao Lie logged in and typed a line: Bubbling means that the host is still there, and the post has no pitfalls. Don't worry, everyone!

He just sent it out, refreshed it, and immediately someone sent him flowers and gold coins. As expected, he really "loves eating big seafood". Ao Lie was very touched to have such a die-hard fan cheering him on all the way. He sent a The forum sent a private message to "Love to eat big seafood", and wanted to add him as a friend.

Love to Eat Big Seafood replied: Ok, wait a minute (づ￣3￣)づ A few minutes later, Love to Eat Big Seafood sent a QQ account, Ao Lie added, and the other party quickly passed.

Ao Lie took a look, the Q age of the other party was 0, and the avatar was still the penguin that came with the system, obviously a new account, Ao Lie didn't care, so he just chatted with him.

Luo Yunsong has already asked about it. Zhou Yongfei came to the town on a business trip. He often came to the Internet cafe to play games some time ago, but since last month, he has never appeared again.

Yan Shi thought for a while and typed: It seems that this kid is a game fan. If he leaves, he will definitely surf the Internet in another place, but his Weibo has not been updated yet. I guess he is still in town, maybe he will meet him. What's the matter, I can't surf the Internet.

Luo Yunsong: I can't access the Internet, and I can't use my mobile phone. His mobile phone is still turned off.

Ao Lie guessed: either the phone was stolen, or the phone was out of battery.

Xu Hua typed: Since he is an outsider, he must have a place to stay.

Yan Shi: Yes, it might be the guest house we stayed in!I have to ask later, yes, where did Xiaoji go?

Xu Hua: He went to the ancestral hall.

Yan Shi: Oh.

Xu Hua: (づ￣3￣)づ What!

Yan Shi: ⊙_⊙! ! ! !

Luo Yunsong: ⊙_⊙! ! ! !

Ao Lie: ⊙_⊙! ! ! !Damn, have you been hacked? !

Xu Hua: Wrong post, sorry.

Ao Lie immediately shared this interesting news with Love to Eat Seafood: Ahahaha!I don't know if you still remember the super asshole guy I mentioned last time?I didn't expect him to suddenly post a message, if he wasn't next to me, I would have thought his account had been hacked!

Love to eat big seafood: You seem to hate him?

Ao Lie thought for a while, then typed: Yes, very annoying.

Love to eat big seafood didn't respond for a long time, Ao Lie typed again: We grew up together, he took good care of me, but that expressionless look is really unlikable.

Love to eat big seafood: Oh...

Ao Lie: But he’s so interesting, it’s rare to see him using emoji, ah, I’m leaving, download it first.

Love to eat big seafood: Okay, goodbye~(^_^)/~~ Before Ao Lie went offline, he glanced at Xu Hua’s QQ, and Xu Hua’s signature column was changed to: _(:з”∠)_

Ao Lie's eyeballs were about to come out, he pointed at QQ with disbelief, turned his head and asked, "Well, are you still using this number?!"

Xu Hua turned his face and hummed.

The little girl chatted happily with Luo Yunsong, and seeing them leave, the little girl logged on to Weibo, first fanned Luo Yunsong, and then gathered around to watch page by page, today Luo Yunsong swiped again and forwarded many Few things, the little girl looked interesting, and forwarded it casually, turned to more than 30 pages all the way, and found a koi fairy, saying that good things will happen within seven days after reposting, the little girl hoped that she could pass the exam, so Thinking about it, her father came back before she pressed the retweet button.

"Good girl, come and help Dad get the food!"

"Come on!" The little girl put down her phone and ran over, forgetting about the forwarding.

When they returned to the guest house, the aunt at the front desk was not there, Yan Shi and Luo Yunsong were exhausted, and wanted to go up to take a hot bath as soon as possible.

Yan Shi said: "Everyone have a good rest tonight, and tomorrow..."

Looking back, there was only Luo Yunsong behind him, and Ao Lie and Xu Hua had gone somewhere.

"Huh? Where are they?" Yan Shi asked.

Luo Yunsong ran to the door and searched for a round, then shook his head: "Maybe they went shopping, anyway, they have a room card, maybe they will be back in a while."

Of course, the guest houses in small towns are not comparable to hotels. They are said to be luxurious single rooms, but they are actually similar to small single rooms in urban villages. The only luxurious thing is that the walls are painted to make them look newer.

After Yan Shi packed his clothes, he went to take a bath, turned on the water gate, and the cold water poured down his head. Yan Shi shivered, and quickly adjusted the water temperature. After adjusting for a long time, there was still no hot water. Yan Shi touched the water pipe, and the water pipes on both sides were all It's ice. Could it be that the hot water supply time has passed?

"Luo Yunsong! What time is it?"

"10:30."

"What time does the hot water run?"

"Nine to eleven at night."

"Strange, it's not up yet, why is there no hot water?"

Yan Shi grabbed a towel around his waist, ran out to look for a hot water bottle, thinking about taking a few bottles of hot water to take a bath, Luo Yunsong was holding the remote control to adjust the TV, the picture on the screen was distorted, Luo Yunsong After changing several channels, I finally turned off the TV, and said helplessly, "What's going on, none of them are normal."

"Isn't it enough to watch the news on your mobile phone? What TV are you watching... Hah! Where is the thermos bottle?" Yan Shi picked up his mobile phone and planned to make a complaint call to the service desk.

"Here." Luo Yunsong picked up the thermos bottle and walked towards Yan Shi.

"Wait!" Yan Shi suddenly called to stop him.

"What's wrong?" Luo Yunsong asked.

Yan Shi stared wide-eyed, looking in the direction of the TV.

On the black screen, where Luo Yunsong was standing, there was nothing!

not good! ! !

Realizing that something went wrong, Yan Shi opened the door and rushed out, the phone rang suddenly, Yan Shi saw that it was Yang Xiaoji's, and answered immediately: "Xiao Ji! Something happened to me here! Xiao Ji? Hello? Hello?"

Yang Xiaoji didn't know where he was, and the signal was intermittent: "Yan... Zizi... Run away... Zizi..."

"Little halberd? Hello? Little halberd?"

"Click beep beep—"

The phone lost signal.

"Fuck! What's going on here?!" The corridor was pitch black, and Yan Shi had to use his mobile phone to light it up. There were faint footsteps in the dark depths, and Luo Yunsong was walking here.

Yan Shi thought about it, instead of running around like a headless chicken, it's useless, it's better to just meet that thing for a while!

Yan Shi picked up the potted plant and hid at the corner. The footsteps sounded step by step. Yan Shi silently calculated in his heart, preparing to throw the potted plant out the moment the thing passed by, but the footsteps rang for a while and then disappeared suddenly. Okay, turn on the phone and rush out of the corner, the hallway is empty in the light of the phone, the thing has gone, but tell him directly, the thing has not left, it is still nearby, it must be nearby!

where? !where? !

Yan Shi looked around, turned around, and met Luo Yunsong lying on the wall.

"Ah——!!!!" Yan Shi raised his hand, and directly pressed the potted plant to his face. After Yan Shi hit him, he ran and rushed downstairs along the stairs. The glass door of the guest house was locked at some point. Yan Shi Kicked and smashed, but still couldn't get it off, a cold breath approached behind him, Yan Shi picked up a chair and smashed it, the thing slipped into the darkness, Yan Shi's phone was almost out of battery, and the light was getting brighter and brighter. It got darker, and Yan Shi reckoned that he could last for about 5 minutes. He groped towards the counter, thinking about finding something to make a weapon, and finally found a notebook, which was soft. Yan Shi continued to grope, and found a lighter. Wanting to continue searching, a cold hand suddenly grabbed him, Yan Shi didn't stand still, was pulled by that thing and lost his balance, the phone fell out of his hand, and the light went out. In this situation, there is no doubt that there is no light. He was in a hurry and didn't care about other things. He caught something and smashed it. He waved to that hand. After breaking free, he immediately went to touch the phone. There was no light outside, and there was no moon. He couldn't see his fingers. He touched the phone and pressed it immediately. , As a result, the phone didn't turn on. After touching it carefully, it turned out that the battery had fallen off!

The wind was whistling in his ear, and Yan Shi quickly hid to the side. He couldn't see if something was rushing towards him, but he just reacted instinctively. It would be great if there was light. !And a lighter!

He remembered that the lighter was dropped in front of the counter, he touched it, and found it, he pressed it on, and the small flame illuminated a circle, and there was something hidden in the darkness that could not be illuminated, and he scanned it vigilantly. In a circle, he made such a big commotion, but none of the residents showed up, which is really unusual. The only explanation is that this is not a real space at all, maybe it is in a dream. After Yan Shi figured it out, he felt more calm. The lighter burned his hand, so he let it go quickly, blew on his fingers a few times, then pressed it on again, picked up the notebook, lit it with the lighter, threw it on the ground, and the notebook became a small fire.

"What the hell are you?! Come out!" Yan Shi grabbed a thermos bottle, and the towel around his waist slipped off, and he didn't bother to pick it up. Since it wasn't the real space, he was afraid of shit!

The notebook was about to burn out soon, Yan Shi simply lit the towel, set the sofa and the cabinet on fire, the sofa burned up, and the light suddenly increased. When he wanted to continue burning, the surroundings suddenly twisted rapidly, gradually melting like ice cream, and the eyes lit up. After turning on the light, Yan Shi closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, he found that he was still standing in the hall, but there were many more people in this hall, Ao Lie, Xu Hua, and Luo Yunsong were all there. A waitress came over and when they saw Yan Shi, they were all frightened and froze in place.

"I've caught someone! She's just..." Yang Xiaoji twisted a woman into the door, seeing Yan Shi, his eyes widened in fright.

The guest house was still the same guest house, without fire, and Yan Shi was the same Yan Shi, naked, holding a thermos bottle in his hand.

The corner of Ao Lie's mouth twitched: "It was too fierce, he broke the formation by himself before we even entered..."