The Spirit of Gourmet

Chapter 408 The Abnormal Room

"Mr. Pang Heng, please stop!"

Before Pang Heng's fist could land on the middle-aged boss's face, Qin Lang rushed forward and grabbed his hand.

"This matter hasn't been clarified yet; it might be a misunderstanding."

"What misunderstanding could it be?" Pang Heng said angrily. "You have no idea what a terrible nightmare I had last night. You can't possibly understand my anger right now!"

“But the boss himself also had nightmares.” Qin Lang shook his head helplessly. “What if he’s innocent and this has nothing to do with him?”

"Yes, I don't know anything!" The middle-aged boss, who had been startled, quickly came to his senses and said, "If I had known, would I have been able to stay here last night? Look at my dark circles!"

As he spoke, he pointed to the dark circles under his eyes, "I'm a victim too! If I find out who's behind this, I'll definitely catch them and teach them a lesson!"

After saying something harsh, the middle-aged boss looked sheepishly at Pang Heng's large hand gripping his collar, "Could you... put me down?"

"Don't worry, I'll refund your room fee."

"And compensation for emotional distress!" Pang Heng said with a hostile expression.

"Give it all to me!"

With the other party grabbing his collar, the middle-aged boss readily agreed.

This made Pang Heng's expression improve a bit. He gave a slight push, and the middle-aged boss staggered back a few steps before regaining his balance.

"Since you're offering compensation, I'll be magnanimous and not hold it against you," Pang Heng snorted. "However, your hotel might be tainted by something dirty, so you should ask the Imperial Chef to clean it up."

“That’s easy, the three of us are the Spirit Chefs.” Cao Dongdong chuckled and looked at the middle-aged boss. “Boss, could the three of us take a look around your hotel?”

"Don't worry, we absolutely won't destroy anything."

As he spoke, he casually summoned Tuantuan to prove his identity as a spirit chef, and Zhao Qian also summoned Bubu and Agate in cooperation.

As for Qin Lang, the fact that Danbao and Lala have always been by his side is enough to prove his identity as a spirit chef.

“Of course!” The middle-aged boss’s eyes lit up, and he gestured to the side, “Please come with me.”

"I'll show you every corner of the hotel!"

As he spoke, he strode towards the stairs leading upstairs, with Qin Lang and the other two following closely behind. After climbing a few steps, all four of them turned around at the same time.

Behind them, Pang Heng followed with a curious expression. When he saw the four of them looking at him, he awkwardly touched his nose.

"Well, I'm just a little curious."

“I get it, I get it~” Cao Dongdong was the first to react, and patted Pang Heng on the shoulder with a smile, “Let’s go, let’s go take a look together.”

Soon, the five people arrived at the second floor of the hotel, and the middle-aged owner slowly said, "Our 'Dream Hotel' is a stand-alone hotel."

"This entire building belongs to us; it has seven floors."

"The entire first floor is the hotel lobby area, while the second, third, fifth, and sixth floors are guest rooms, although the room types are different."

"The rooms on the fifth and sixth floors are more luxurious and more expensive."

"What about the fourth and seventh floors?" Zhao Qian asked curiously.

"The fourth floor is the hotel's restaurant," the middle-aged owner replied with a smile. "By building the restaurant in the middle of the guest room floors, guests staying on every floor can easily dine there."

"As for the seventh floor, it contains a gym and some recreational areas." The middle-aged owner paused, "These areas are only open to the fifth and sixth floors."

"It is indeed a very reasonable plan." Qin Lang nodded after listening and looked at the rooms with open doors on both sides of the corridor.

"The room doors are open, but no one is checking in?" "Yes." The middle-aged owner nodded, then sighed, "My hotel was almost full a couple of days ago."

"Who knew so many guests would check out overnight?"

"Looking around, there are hardly any guests left."

"It's alright, the problem will be solved," Qin Lang comforted them. "As long as the root cause of the problem is addressed, the guests will come back."

"Let's hope so," the middle-aged shop owner sighed. "Shall we look at each room one by one?"

“Okay.” Qin Lang nodded and walked to the nearest empty guest room first.

The guest room is small, with only a separate bathroom, a bed and a desk, and is only about ten square meters in size.

After check-out, the room was cleaned again, and all disposable items were replaced with new ones, so it was ready for immediate check-in.

Qin Lang walked around inside, then reached into his robes and quietly touched the Azure Silver Pearl.

He could clearly feel that the temperature of the Azure Silver Pearl rose again, before returning to normal after a moment.

Once the pearl's temperature returned to normal, Qin Lang immediately went into the second room to check on it.

Five rooms... ten rooms...

Time passed slowly, and Qin Lang had already visited all the empty guest rooms on the second floor. Without exception, every room here caused the Azure Silver Pearl to develop a fever, which clearly indicated an anomaly.

Finally, he arrived at the door of the only room on the second floor, which was tightly closed.

"How long have the guests in this room been here?"

"Let me see." The middle-aged owner glanced at the guest room check-in record he had brought with him. "They came a couple of days ago."

"Judging from the room key's travel history, the other person should still be in the room." The middle-aged shop owner paused, then added, "Should we knock on the door and ask?"

"Ask them." Qin Lang nodded.

Without hesitation, the middle-aged boss stepped forward and knocked on the door.

Soon, a resentful voice came from inside the room.

"Who?"

"Sir, I am the owner of this hotel. There are some unusual circumstances at the hotel, so we need to make some inquiries about the guests," the middle-aged owner said in a deep voice. "Please understand."

There was a moment of silence inside, then the door opened a crack. A young woman opened the door a crack, and after seeing so many people standing outside, especially the fierce-looking Pang Heng, she slammed the door shut, her tone becoming more tense.

"What are you doing?!"

"Madam, please don't be nervous. We really just have some questions to ask." Qin Lang glanced at Pang Heng with a wry smile. "How about this, you don't need to open the door. We'll leave after we've asked our questions."

"Then... go ahead and ask." The girl's muffled voice came from behind the door. "After you've asked, leave quickly and don't bother me again. I've been busy all night, and I finally managed to get some sleep, but you guys woke me up."

"You didn't sleep last night?" Qin Lang asked, somewhat surprised by the other person's words.

"I usually work the night shift, so my schedule is different from most people's," the girl said sullenly.

"This guest returned to the hotel at seven o'clock this morning," the middle-aged owner confirmed after glancing at the travel records.

Qin Lang: "...Excuse me."

(End of this chapter)