Master, are you busy today?

Long Shen looked at the text messages on his mobile phone, but didn't move for a while.

This is not the first time have sent him such boring text messages during the winter solstice. Before did apprenticeship, would send it every now and then, and even more after apprenticeship. Whether you eat or not, sleep or not, sometimes you see a flower that is different in color from other flowers on the road. After eating a delicious dish, the other party can also type a paragraph of text.

Winter Solstice obviously knew that the content of what he sent was irrelevant, and he did not expect Long Shen to suddenly change his personality. The meaning of text messages was to establish a connection. Even if one party did not reply, they could still see it. leave traces.

As time goes by, the still water flows deep.

Long Shen would reply two sentences when he was free, but of course he would ignore it more often. This text message was no different from the previous one. To his surprise, he hesitated for a few seconds for the first time in the details of whether to reply or not.

The meeting was still going on, he rarely walked away for a while, put down his phone, and continued to concentrate on the meeting.

Half an hour later, at the intermission of the meeting, he finally returned a text message.

There have been many meetings recently. If you have questions about your cultivation, you can call directly.

Busy is really busy, there are really many meetings, no matter what he thinks in his heart, Long Shen disdains lying and cheating.

Since the general direction of finding the stone tablet has been set, the sub-bureaus in various places have repeatedly reported feedback. This kind of action is like looking for a needle in a haystack. As the commander-in-chief, the general office must adjust the search direction at any time. In addition, there will be a high-profile event in the capital recently. , the leaders of various countries will come to participate in the international conference, and the Special Administration Bureau cannot be idle.

What the Winter Solstice didn't know was that not only Long Shen, but the entire General Administration was busy, even Zong Ling and Zhang Xiankun, who were already semi-retired, were invited to come out to help one or two, not to mention Long Shen. Kind of still serving as deputy director.

Click Send, Long Shen watched the message and quickly showed that the message was sent successfully.

He Yu's big head suddenly came over: "Boss, why have you been staring at your phone these past two days?"

With a gossip on his face, he tried to see clues from Long Shen's immobile face.

"Lovelorn? Oh, no, you've never been in a relationship. Where did the breakup come from? It's online dating? No, I said boss, you don't eat, drink, prostitute, and gamble, and you don't have any bad habits, but as the saying goes, it's appropriate. Relaxation helps with greater stress, doesn't it?"

Long Shen: "Why haven't I heard this saying?"

He Yu snorted: "What a Chinese scholar named He Yu said, the point is not this, the point is that as your dear subordinate and companion, we also hope you can relax, there have been so many things recently, in case you are too stressed , what's wrong with holding back, then aren't we headless?"

Long Shen: "What about your opinion?"

He Yu smiled and said: "In my opinion, it's best to come and play games, lend me your full-level account, and lend you my account. Let's exchange it, so that you can also experience leveling and playing equipment. fun, how's it going?"

Long Shen: "Okay."

He Yu thought that something was wrong with his ears, and said incredulously, "What? You agreed?"

Long Shen: "I'll lend you an hour for 10% of this month's bonus."

He Yu's mouth twitched: "Why don't you rob?"

Long Shen turned his head to look at him, and He Yu quickly covered his mouth and ran away, for fear that the bonus at the end of the month would be retaliated against for "contradicting the leader".

"Have you noticed, the boss is a little weird!"

During the break, Zhong Yu was lying on the conference table and taking the opportunity to doze off. He Yu suddenly turned around and woke him up.

"What?" He looked back with sleepy eyes.

He Yu gossip said: "In the past, he never looked at the phone for more than five seconds, but this time he watched it for ** seconds. With the boss's temperament, isn't this a very strange thing?"

Zhong Yu didn't understand what was strange, so he said slowly, "It took me five minutes to read a message before I finished it. The boss is much faster than me."

"...I can't tell you, go to sleep!"

He Yu showed the expression "I'm very intelligent, Nai Heer and other mortals don't understand". He didn't bother to talk to him, waved his hand, leaned on crutches, and limped outside to play games.

Before the meeting starts, hurry up and play for a while, an inch of time is worth an inch of gold, and an inch of gold can't buy him an upgrade!

...

An afternoon passed quickly, the winter solstice was very efficient, and the report was almost completed, just need to reconsider the words at the beginning and the end.

Although the house is old, the light is good. The leaves outside the window cast mottled shadows on the tabletop, swaying uncertainly, like the heart of a young man.

There is almost no autumn on the southern coast, and it is directly from summer to winter. At this time, there are still a lot of short sleeves on the streets, and the old indoor air conditioner is also whirring, making a noise that cannot be ignored.

He stopped typing, stretched, and planned to stay at the hotel for one more night today, and then look for a house tomorrow.

He wanted to call Long Shen, but he turned his finger in the address book, and he dialed Yan Nuo's number instead.

The call was quickly connected, but Yan Nuo was still the same impatient voice.

"Hey, what's the matter!"

Winter Solstice: "Brother Yan, do you need any help over there? I have nothing to do right now, so I can go over there!"

Yan Nuo: "If you have nothing to do, just rest. There are quite a lot of people here. I don't need you for the time being. If you have the heart, go play by yourself!"

Without waiting for him to respond, he hung up the phone.

What do you mean by yourself to play? The winter solstice was almost speechless, but the other party made it clear that he did not want to let him participate, and even refused to tell where he was.

Winter Solstice also knows that every place he goes, newcomers are the least welcome. Bringing a new person, if it is light, the other party can't understand, and the tone is heavy, and maybe it will make people hold grudges.

But when I became that newcomer who was hated and guarded everywhere, I didn't feel so happy.

Not in the mood to finish the report, he closed the document on the winter solstice and planned to do it again tomorrow, so he turned to the social networking site.

I haven't had time to update the comic series these days. The latest information on my account is from a few days ago. There are already thousands of comments below, most of which are not nutritious. One of them caught his attention.

The message said that the stories in the comics are very thrilling, and said that he is now running a hotel, which was left to her by relatives. The hotel also often encounters strange things, whether it is staff or tourists, but the business of the hotel has always been very good, so good that she thinks it is amazing.

There are a lot of comments on this message, everyone is laughing and laughing, some are joking, some think she is talking nonsense, and some say the hotel is haunted, suggesting that she put something to suppress evil.

I have seen a lot of comments like this before the Winter Solstice, but the more strange things that cannot be explained by science, the more interested many people are. The development of the Internet has made the interaction of these information faster. The comics of the Winter Solstice are serialized. It belongs to the type of urban fantasy and supernatural, so there are such readers naturally gathered underneath.

However, this reader said that she had nose and eyes, it didn't seem like she made up, and although she didn't explain where she was, from the description, she had an intuition that the other party should be talking about Lucheng.

He sent a private message and got a quick reply.

The other party didn't seem to expect that the cartoonist would send her a message in person, and she was so excited that she was incoherent. Judging from her tone, she sounded like a young girl. The winter solstice guess was also correct. It was indeed in Lucheng, and by coincidence, that hotel Not far from where he is.

Dongzhi said that he happened to be in Lucheng during this time, and asked her if it was convenient to meet him. He wanted to know more about the hotel.

The other party was originally his loyal fan. As soon as he heard that he could meet the idol, he naturally agreed, and the two parties made an appointment in a restaurant not far from the other party's hotel.

Considering that carrying a sword on the street is really eye-catching, thought of a way to go to the winter solstice. On the way to the appointment, stopped by the piano store and bought a guqin box. After putting the sword in, the spare space can still be used for storage Those with cinnabar talisman papers can kill two birds with one stone.

Sure enough, he walked outside with the piano case on his back, and suddenly lost a lot of strange eyes.

As soon as arrived at the restaurant, found a place to sit down at random. On the winter solstice, saw a long-haired girl in a T-shirt and shorts hurried in, looking around, as if looking for someone.

"He Jia?" He raised his head to signal, and called out tentatively.

The other party turned his head, showing a surprised and surprised look, and walked quickly.

"You, hello, are you a big dong dong qiang?" The girl didn't expect the painter himself to be such a delicate and elegant boy, and there was a surprise that reality far surpassed illusion.

Winter Solstice got up and said with a smile: "I'm Dong Dong Qiang, hello, I take the liberty to ask you to come out, I'm really sorry."

He Jia hurriedly said, "It doesn't matter if I'm idle, too!"

The winter solstice handed the menu to her, and asked the lady to order dishes in a very polite manner. After the waiter came to place the order, he went to the main topic: "I am looking for some newly serialized materials recently, and I would like to ask you to leave a message earlier, saying that something strange happened in your hotel. ,is that true?"

He Jia nodded: "It's true, the hotel was originally not mine, but a relative's. She went abroad to settle down and won't come back in the short term, but the hotel will be impossible to deal with for a while, so she just asked me I didn't replace the original staff. Everything was as it was, and I occasionally went over to take a look. But it's really strange, and strange things often happen in that place."

In fact, with the popularity of the winter solstice comics, he himself has become one of the Internet celebrities, but unlike those accounts that rely on showing his face to attract fans, he only attracts readers with his style and content. The readership is very stable, everyone He had also guessed his age and appearance in private. Some fans were old players of the game "The Great Wilderness", but no one had seen him, only he knew that he was probably a young man. He Jia did not expect that he would be the first to see him in person. Her fans were a little excited for a while, and wished she could take a photo and post it on the Internet to prove that she and Dong Dong Qiang had dinner together. She naturally knew everything about the winter solstice and said everything.

For her, not only did she see the male god with her own eyes, but the appearance and speech of the male god also matched the tailored image in her mind, which was a double surprise.

Winter Solstice listened very seriously: "Can you talk about it specifically?"

He Jia said: "Some waiters reported that they had seen dark shadows floating by when they were vigil at night, but when they got closer, they found that there was nothing, and the surveillance did not show anyone passing by. There were also guests. It is said that in the middle of the night, the faucet will turn on by itself inexplicably, and some people say that they hear someone singing and talking in their ears, and there are ghosts pressing the bed."

She lowered her voice with a mysterious look on her face: "Later I asked the original owner of the hotel, that is, my aunt. She asked me to make regular offerings on the 15th day of the first lunar year, and I don't need to worry about anything else."

Seeing that there was no response from the winter solstice, He Jia had to continue: "But the strange thing is that the business of my hotel is very good. In order to attract business, I have someone make an official website to put it on, but there are almost no advertisements, but the reservation is made through the Internet. The customers are full almost every day, and the supply is in short supply during the holidays.”

Winter Solstice: "What did your aunt want you to offer? Did you do as she said?"

He Jia: "I don't know either. She asked me to vacate a room and not allow guests to stay, and then offer fruits on the table inside all year round, and change it once a week. I did it all, but there are still many strange things. pass."

Winter Solstice pondered: "Have you ever been killed?"

"No... ah no, I went out once!"

The slender fingers held the white chin at will, and the other hand tapped unconsciously on the table. He Jia felt that the other party was not only beautiful, but also had an inexplicable taste. .

"I heard from my aunt that it used to be a hotel before the fire, and then a fire burned the owner to death. It took a few years to rebuild the current hotel. After that, a tenant cut his wrists in the room. Suicide, it was found too late, and I didn't rescue it. I heard that it was because of feelings. But it was just this one, and no one was killed since then."

Speaking of which, He Jia was a little distressed.

"Actually, it used to be normal, but recently, the employees are often sick, and many residents are forgetful. I don't want to stay in it myself. The strange thing is that the business there has always been very good. Last time I thought about it. I asked the master to have a look, but my aunt was firmly opposed to it, and finally had to give up."

"How long have you been taking over that hotel?"

"It's just the last six months. I asked my aunt, when she was in charge of the hotel, there was no such thing as frequent sickness among employees and guests."

The two chatted for a while, the dishes came one after another, and the topic changed direction, talking about the local customs.

He Jia heard that the winter solstice had just arrived, and he enthusiastically offered to take him around. Although the winter solstice was very exciting, he had to find a house to settle down during this time, so he had to decline.

"Boom boom..."

The winter solstice said with a smile: "Don't call me big, it's quite a mouthful, my surname is Dong, the winter in winter, just call me Dong brother."

"It turns out that this is the origin of your screen name Dong Dong Qiang!" He Jia realized it all at once, and then asked again, "Brother Dong, are you not playing games now?"

She is not only a comic fan of the Winter Solstice, but also a game player of "The Great Wilderness". It can be said that she came to the road of painting while watching the Winter Solstice.

"I don't do it." The Special Administrative Bureau's identity is very special, and it is not easy to reveal to ordinary people, so the winter solstice made an excuse at will, "Now I help a friend's company, and painting is a leisure hobby."

He Jia showed regret: "Isn't that a pity?"

Winter Solstice laughed: "What's a pity, what you like can be used as a hobby, not a tool for eating, isn't it better?"

He Jia thought about it too, and then laughed.

He Jia enjoyed this meal very happily.

The male painters in her impression are generally nerds, not good at words and sloppy. have seen some male painters taking pictures online or going to sign sales before, which has deepened this feeling. didn't expect the winter solstice to be an exception. What is even more rare is that the other party is very polite and gentlemanly, asking her to order food, and taking the initiative to pay when she goes to the bathroom, so as not to leave her unhappy. Even if it's not love at first sight, being invited to dinner by a handsome guy is a very face-to-face thing for girls.

After dinner, the Winter Solstice asked her, "Is your hotel full? If not, I would like to book a room for one night tonight."

He Jia was stunned for a moment, with a look of embarrassment on his face: "I asked when I came out. There are still two rooms vacant today. Otherwise, shall I take you there during the day?"

She was afraid of the misunderstanding of the winter solstice, and said: "Brother Dong, I am a little afraid of that place when it passes by at night."

The winter solstice said with a smile: "That's okay, you take me to the door, and I'll go in by myself."

Aiming at the handsome guy's charm, she gritted her teeth and said, "Forget it, I'll accompany you in for a night!"

The winter solstice chuckled: "Just take me in, you don't have to accompany me."

"It's okay!" Who made you look good? He Jia silently added in his heart, and immediately thought of something, and said embarrassedly, "Brother Dong, I don't mind if you use the hotel as a comic material, but can you hide the city and hotel information at that time?"

It was only at the winter solstice that He Jia thought that he wanted to go to the hotel purely out of curiosity and wanted to collect comic materials. He thought that this was a good excuse, and he could still act like this when it was inconvenient to reveal his identity in the future.

"Of course, even if it is put in the comics in the future, I will never reveal the relevant information."

He was indeed very interested in that hotel, especially the strange things He Jia said. If the strange things did not lead to any bad consequences, it would be fine, but since the staff and the guests are often sick, this means that it has affected the lives of ordinary people, and also It is the jurisdiction of the Special Administrative Region.

Unlike other departments, the Special Administrative Region may not always sit in the office and wait for things to come to you. Although he was new to the scene, Yan Nuo and the others wouldn't let him get involved in the work, but that didn't mean he couldn't take the initiative.

After the two finished their meal and rested for a while, He Jia brought the winter solstice to the door of the hotel.

The hotel is located in the old city. There are some well-preserved arcades of the Republic of China nearby. Plants are planted in front of the door and the flowers are swaying. It must be more beautiful during the day. The hotel has three floors and features a combination of Chinese and Western architecture, which should be imitated to integrate into the nearby old buildings, but this feature will indeed attract many tourists.

But when the winter solstice stood at the door and looked at the words "Langhai Hostel" on the wooden sign next to the hotel gate, the footsteps that I wanted to step in stopped abruptly, as if the brake button was suddenly pressed on my body, abrupt and unpredictable .

"Brother Dong?" He Jia wondered when he saw that he was motionless.

If you were in front of a house, what would make you feel bad?

Is the house so eerie that people don't want to go in?

No, as soon as you see the door, you have a strong desire to go in and live, and you can't wait and feel anxious.

This is the strangest feeling.

The winter solstice is now fighting against this instinct, compelled by reason to hold back the body's response.

In his eyes, the door is like a magnet, with the ability to attract people in.

"Do you feel strange every time you come to the door?" he asked He Jia.

"What strange feeling?" He Jia was puzzled.

"I just really want to go in, like, there is something in there that is attracting you." Winter Solstice can't describe this feeling very accurately, because it is just an invisible force, illusory and without substance.

He Jia shook his head: "No, in fact, I don't like coming here very much, but I've heard about the feeling you're talking about. , was somehow drawn in."

The winter solstice is a practitioner, so he will be conscious to observe, and he can better control his will, but most ordinary people can't do it, and they won't think deeply about the weirdness.

"Let's go." He didn't say anything, and walked in with He Jia.

The furnishings in the hotel deliberately create a sense of history. You can see the combination of Chinese and Western styles everywhere. The stairs are also imitated in the European style of the Republic of China. There are quite a few guests. , and then another group was waiting to check in. It can be seen that as He Jia said, business is very good.

The winter solstice carefully observed their expressions, and saw that among the two groups of people who were going to check out, there were old and young, their faces were not very good, and the children were still coughing, but they looked around and looked at the furnishings in the hotel, revealing Yiyi She's expression.

"Hello Auntie, do you want to check out?" He stepped forward.

The middle-aged aunt who was traveling with her family nodded and said, "We originally checked out and left the day before yesterday, but it was so comfortable to live here that we were reluctant to leave, so we stayed for two more days."

"Comfortable? Is the service attitude good?" Winter Solstice blinked and smiled, "I booked for one night. If it's really that good, I plan to renew it."

Auntie smiled and said: "Not really, I can't tell, anyway, I feel lazy after coming in, and I can have a good dream every night. Since I lived here, it really feels like a vacation, and we don't want to go anywhere. I just want to get enough sleep here."

The winter solstice felt a move, and smiled: "Then I will also book two nights, and feel the feeling of vacation."

When the guests were there, He Jia couldn't say anything. As soon as they left, she said, "Brother Dong, just stay for one night, and you don't need to register. I'll tell them."

The winter solstice shook his head: "How can you do it? You open the door to do business, there is no reason for you to work in vain."

When he saw what He Jia had to say, he said first: "Don't worry, I can reimburse."

He Jia didn't insist, thinking that it would be a big deal to give him a free bill when he checked out.

"Is it convenient for me to visit somewhere?" Winter Solstice asked.

"Of course, I'll take you there." He Jia told the front desk and asked the front desk to reserve a room for him tonight, so he took the winter solstice upstairs.

There are only three floors in the hotel. The two of them took the stairs. The corridors were brightly lit, with paintings and flowers on both sides. There are also sunflowers of various colors planted on the top of the column, which are light and bright, and the sea can be seen from a distance. Although it is located in the old city, it is not surprising that there will be an endless stream of guests for these careful arrangements.

The Winter Solstice asked his own question, He Jia said: "If this is the case, forget it. Lucheng has many tourists all year round, but there will be fewer in autumn and winter. Generally speaking, every hotel will be full and unsatisfactory. , but my place is full almost every day, and there are occasional vacant rooms, which will be booked soon. The problem is that I rarely advertise, nor have I cooperated with travel websites to promote it, but I booked a room online. The guests said that they originally wanted to book other hotels, but they searched here for some reason, and they thought it was good, so they booked it."

Speaking of this, she couldn't help saying: "The business is good, of course I'm very happy, but this is too strange!"

On the winter solstice, he looked around the room in the corridor and asked, "Your aunt told you not to live in the room, which is specially used for worship, can I go and see it?"

He Jia nodded and whispered, "I don't believe in evil, but it feels weird to enter that room. Let's take a look and come out later, don't stay too long."

The winter solstice naturally agreed.

The author has something to say:

The winter solstice never imagined that he would become a male god in the eyes of others.

The nutrient solution that the crabs and crab babies watered for the Dragon Bureau and the Little Winter Solstice, mua~~

Let's put a (a small paragraph unrelated to the text) as a benefit.

Back then, the Special Administration Bureau was still affiliated with Guoan, and every time they dealt with things, they had to go to Guoan. It was inconvenient to get in and out, and the application for funds was even more troublesome. The Special Administration Bureau has a special occupation, and monsters and monsters are highly vigilant. How can they accidentally hurt ordinary people? Once, the former director Zhang Xiankun saw Lanzhou Ramen and Shaxian snacks all over the street, and he suddenly got an inspiration. He thought about it and disguised his local offices as restaurants with braised chicken and rice. Worry about not having enough money.

Later... there is no later.

Because Kan Chaosheng joined the job.