Chapter Eighty-Four Room 405
The meeting place for Liu Haoyu and Bai Anting was a hotel located in the old city area of Jiangliu City.
Although he didn’t know why they had to meet at a hotel, Liu Haoyu still chose to go and observe the situation.
Compared to the prosperous new city, the old city had the beauty of an urban village.
Weeds grew along the sides of the cracked cement road.
Through the crowded alleys, ancient buildings that did not belong to this era could be seen in the distance.
It was hard to imagine that the old city, only 5 kilometers away from the prosperous new city, would be in such a dilapidated state.
Liu Haoyu took out his mobile phone, compared it with the map navigation, and said.
“This is the right way, isn’t it?”
It was difficult to determine the direction in the crowded alleys of the old city.
The “immoral map” showed that it was indeed this alley.
But the problem was… who could tell me why there was a wall in front of me?
Liu Haoyu compared the map and reality repeatedly, and couldn’t help but show an expression similar to an old man on his subway.
“Qin Liu, see if there’s a road behind the wall for me.”
“Hmph… fine.”
As a ghost, Qin Liu already had the ability to pass through walls.
Because of what happened before, this little ghost was reluctant to deal with a certain “shrimp-headed” man, but in order to go home quickly.
She still passed through the wall and said.
“There is indeed a road ahead.”
“…”
Liu Haoyu looked at the “immoral map” in his hand, and then at the high wall in front of him.
He could only think “mmp” in his heart.
Not long after, Liu Haoyu climbed onto the wall. Just as he was about to jump down, he found a mother and daughter behind the wall, staring at the strong man on the high wall in astonishment, a little at a loss.
“Mom! Mom, look, there’s someone there!”
The innocent and romantic daughter pointed at Liu Haoyu in surprise.
In response, her mother covered her daughter’s eyes and denied it, saying.
“Daughter, you saw it wrong, daughter.”
“But…”
As the daughter was about to say something, her mother pulled her away and said.
“That’s clearly a monkey!”
Watching the mother and daughter leave, and hearing Qin Liu’s suppressed laughter by his ear.
Finally, Liu Haoyu couldn’t help but say.
“If you want to laugh, just laugh, don’t hold back.”
“Hahahaha!!”
Qin Liu laughed happily for the first time. This was the first time Liu Haoyu had heard Qin Liu’s unrestrained yet clear and pleasant laughter.
It was nice to hear… but the problem was, he couldn’t be happy at all.
No one liked being treated like a monkey, and Liu Haoyu was no exception.
He expressionlessly climbed down the wall and then walked towards the hotel like a cold-blooded killer.
The hotel where he was meeting Bai Anting was called Jiayi Hotel.
He didn’t know why a man and a woman would meet at the entrance of a hotel, but Liu Haoyu was not afraid or suspicious.
After all, he brought a backpack with him this time. If it was a trap, it would depend on what was in his backpack.
It was just that the location of this hotel was rather secluded. Along the way, Liu Haoyu even saw many lost women soliciting on the street.
When they saw Liu Haoyu, they couldn’t help but wink, trying to arouse his interest.
But unfortunately, the man passed by these gaudy women with a cold expression.
After seeing Qin Liu’s appearance, it was as if he had seen too many anime characters.
These third-dimensional women, coupled with Liu Haoyu’s already low sexual interest, made him even more distant from worldly desires.
With that kind of time and money, it would be better to buy Qin Liu a pair of white stockings.
However, Qin Liu was curiously observing the surroundings. Before she could get a good look, a scantily clad woman stood in front of Liu Haoyu.
She skillfully put on a charming smile and said.
“Handsome, do you want to have a quick meal? I’ll treat you.”
“No, sis doesn’t hook up, thank you.”
Seeing that Liu Haoyu was about to leave, the woman quickly stepped forward to stop him.
But at this moment, she suddenly felt a terrible palpitation, a terrifying coldness that pierced her heart, making her unable to move for a moment.
Vaguely, she seemed to see a strange red shadow appearing behind the man.
Under this horrifying psychological effect, she reluctantly took a step back, not daring to block Liu Haoyu’s path any further.
Seeing that the woman had wisely moved aside, Liu Haoyu was about to continue forward.
But then he suddenly thought of something and stopped to ask.
“Is there a hotel called Jiayi Hotel nearby?”
Upon hearing the name of the hotel, the soliciting woman’s face became even paler.
“You… why are you asking this?”
“Someone wants to meet me there.”
The soliciting woman took two more steps back. She already felt that the man wearing a mask in front of her was very strange, but she didn’t dare to say it directly.
“Someone died there… I don’t know, I don’t know anything!”
After saying this, the woman fled in a hurry, not as stylish as she was when she arrived.
Seeing this situation, Liu Haoyu said nothing. He sighed, then tightened the mask on his face, and said to Qin Liu.
“Come inside Hong Yu.”
“Okay.”
Qin Liu returned to Hong Yu, while Liu Haoyu continued to walk forward for a distance.
Soon, he found the location of Jiayi Hotel.
This hotel was an old building, the walls were not well-renovated, just decorated with putty powder, but after so many years, the putty powder had long since yellowed and cracked.
There were also many decorations and neon lights from the 1970s and 1980s around, but now these decorations were either broken or rotten.
As for the main entrance of the hotel, it was still clean, but perhaps because someone had died there, even though it was already 6 PM, the hotel still had no business.
Liu Haoyu walked to the front of the hotel. The original walls had been replaced by all sorts of advertisement papers, and among these papers, a “Notice of Suspension of Business” was particularly eye-catching.
It stated… that Jiayi Hotel had stopped operating half a month ago.
But the problem was, the hotel door was still open.
After confirming repeatedly, Liu Haoyu walked into the hotel.
Because there were no customers, the lobby was very deserted. The front desk was a cabinet with a retro style.
An old man sat there, smoking a pipe from the 1970s and 1980s.
“Boss, where is room 405?”
“Room 405?” The old man took a puff of smoke, waved impatiently, and said, “I don’t know. haven’t been upstairs for too long, find it yourself!”
After saying that, the old man no longer paid attention to Liu Haoyu.
Seeing this, the man was too lazy to question him and instead walked upstairs along the dusty stairs.
Arriving at the fourth floor, he saw that the room number plates were all covered in bronze rust.
There were not many rooms, and the corridor could be seen at a glance to the bottom.
All the room numbers on the fourth floor were even numbers.
“400, 402, 404, 406…”
But for some reason, there was an extra “405” plate in the middle.
