《I Became a Hotel Tester in a Supernatural Hotel》 CH 1 Holding her umbrella, Xiang Ya gazed at the orange-and-yellow building in front of her. The rain in early spring still carried the bone-seeping chill of late winter. The drizzling rain outside of the umbrella flew in, desperately clinging to the living being it found. Xiang Ya dressed thinly, couldn¡¯t bear the cold and let out a few coughs; she coughed until her face was flushed red. She took out an orange leaflet from her arms and gazed at it for a while. She couldn¡¯t figure out why she came here on a whim, perhaps she went crazy due to being poor and believed what was on the leaflet. A month ago, her parents mysteriously disappeared, leaving her with her father¡¯s huge debt. She repaid whatever she could, the house had been mortgaged out, and she was left with a year¡¯s rent of a bun shop to live in. She is a senior preparing for an internship and basically had no high-paying job for her to pay off the remaining $300,000 in such a short time. But this evening, she found the leaflet in the crack of the bun shop. Xiang Ya looked down again, and the recruitment requirements were written in the middle: [Hotel Tester wanted: Are you constantly running around trying to make a living; bored from your dreary and tasteless job? The website link is here. We sincerely invite people aged 18-45 year-olds to participate in the interview. If you are out-going, courageous, and have some reasoning ability, feel free to submit your resume. ] [Job Content: The hotel tester will be required to arrive at the designated hotel for a sleep evaluation. The tester will be required to submit the assessment of the room and reasonable suggestions for improvement when leaving the hotel. Travel expenses, food, and accommodation can be applied for reimbursement, a monthly salary of $100,000 (salary can be pay in advance after the first check-in), there is additional performance bonus if the evaluation attracts more guests. ] [What are you waiting for? Sign up! ] It would only take three months to pay off the debt and it¡¯s not that Xiang Ya had never doubted about this job. After all, the methods to make easy money were basically written in the criminal law, and what remained were those with high-risk. Xiang Ya gritted her teeth and sent her resume over to try, thinking that if she encountered any danger, she would immediately call the police to escape. It didn¡¯t take long for Xiang Ya to receive a call from a person claiming to be the site¡¯s recruiting manager, who immediately invited her to participate in a recruitment interview at 10 pm. The website even provided a subsidy, regardless if the interviewee had been interviewed or not, there will be 1,000 yuan credited into the bank card. ¡­ Xiang Ya took out her mobile phone and made sure that the money had been deposited into the bank account over and over again. She folded the leaflet, took a deep breath and walked towards the hotel. The designated hotel was called Xi Er Wang, and it was two blocks away from the bun shop. During her high school years, she often passed by here on her way to school. The hotel was very tall, about twenty stories tall. The orange-yellow building began to show signs of decay. Colorful lights hung on every floor outside the building, flickering in the middle of the night. The entire hotel loftily stood in the night rain, its lines were blurred by the drizzling rain, giving people a sense of eerie gaudiness. She struggled to shake the bizarre imagery out of her head. A minute later, Xiang Ya walked into the lobby and on the right side of the front desk were two young girls who were both looking down at their phones. She wondered what they were looking at. ¡°Hello, I¡¯m here to stay for a night.¡± The female receptionist near the door glanced at her and lowered her head and continued to play with her phone, ¡°218 yuan per night for a single room.¡± Xiang Ya paused, ¡°Uh, I was recommended by Ancheng website for a sleep evaluation. My name is Xiang Ya.¡± Ancheng was the website where she submitted her resume. The receptionist didn¡¯t seem to hear what she said. When she wanted to say it again, the receptionist that was sitting inside suddenly stood up and smiled at her. Xiang Ya was a little frightened, she stared at the girl who smiled at her, her feet were nailed to place. She was delicate and pretty but her complexion was as white as paper. Her pupils were very dark and sinister, and her smile was indescribably strange. ¡°Xiang Ya, right? We received a message from Manager Yan. The room arranged for you is room 2301 on the 23rd floor. I will take you up.¡± Xiang Ya hesitated for a moment, took out her ID card to register. While she was waiting, she caught a glimpse of the receptionist with a bad attitude just now. She was still ignoring her, as if she didn¡¯t exist, and that she had completely left her to her colleague to deal with. Xiang Ya even glanced at the receptionist a few times, but she didn¡¯t even glance back at her. ¡°Okay, I¡¯ll take you up.¡± The beautiful girl¡¯s words called her attention back. Xiang Ya took her ID card back and followed the girl in front and turned past the decorative wall. There were three elevators in front of her. She was a little surprised. Generally, hotels only have two elevators, and it is rare that there are three. The receptionist pressed the elevator in the middle, and the display next to it showed that the elevator was coming down from the 23rd floor, and the speed was unexpectedly fast. In the blink of an eye, the elevator came to the first floor. ¡°Ding dong, arrived on the first floor.¡± The prompt sounded. Xiang Ya originally thought that since it was so late, there should be few guests coming in and out. She took a step and was about to walk over, but as soon as the elevator door opened, a large crowd of people walked out: men, women and children. They spoke loudly and it was bustling with excitement and liveliness. She was surprised and thought: ¡®This hotel is so shabby, unexpectedly there are so many people staying here. ¡® Perhaps it was the sense of security that came with the crowd, her uneasiness dropped a little. Xiang Ya evaded the people with the top half of her body. When everyone was gone, she was just halfway into the elevator when she accidentally bumped into someone¡¯s elbow. Xiang Ya frowned at the pain and looked sideways, a short-haired woman pushing a stroller full of apologies, while busily pushing the little boy who stood up in the stroller and excitedly waving his fist at her. ¡°I¡¯m sorry, my little darling is too excited to see a stranger.¡± Xiang Ya loosened her brows, shook her head and said, ¡°It¡¯s okay.¡± Entering the elevator were several unfamiliar men and women, and soon the trip up was full. Xiang Ya was standing in the corner, a fist away from her was the little boy who hit her just now. He looked at her motionlessly and pointed to the bag on her back. Xiang Ya thought that this child was too smart, how did he know that she had candy in her bag. She¡¯s a little hypoglycemic and always carries candies and chocolates with her. She took out a candy and handed it over, ¡°Here.¡± The little boy took the candy and looked up at her and smiled. The little boy¡¯s teeth were small but sharp, at first glance it looked like the teeth were serrated. His face was pale, too. Facing Xiang Ya, he tore the wrapper, rolled up the chocolate candy with his scarlet tongue, chewing non-stop, his eyes fixed on her. Everyone else in the elevator was immersed in their own world, and only the sound of little boys chewing was left in the cramped space. Xiang Ya continued to be stared at by the little boy. She quickly raised her head and burrowed further into the corner, but she couldn¡¯t help but focus on the mother and son beside her. The boy looked about three years old. By definition, he passed the age of sitting in the stroller, when he sat in it, he stuffed the stroller full. ¡®When did the two of them and the people in front arrive at the elevator?Did they have no sound when they walked? ¡® Before she had time to think about it, the elevator reached the 23rd floor. Only then did Xiang Ya realize that the people in the elevator were all residents of this floor. Her restless heart beat frantically again. She took out the phone and stared vigilantly at the surrounding strangers, but these people didn¡¯t care about her, and walked out of the elevator on their own. The receptionist who led the way also walked out. Seeing that she was still in the elevator, she couldn¡¯t help urging her. ¡°Miss Xiang, come out quickly, or you won¡¯t be able to get out later.¡± Xiang Ya was nervous and didn¡¯t notice the weirdness of this sentence. She waited for everyone to walk out and as the elevator was about to close, she stepped out. After a little delay, Xiang Ya didn¡¯t speak and this time, she honestly followed the receptionist. After a turn around the corner, she discovered that the people who took the elevator together just now were nowhere to be seen. She looked back at the elevator and there were about ten more people standing in front of it, waiting. She felt cold air blowing through her spine. To get to the elevator from the rooms, it seemed like the only way to get there was the one she was standing on now. But she only took a few steps, and she didn¡¯t see these people pass by. The author has something to say: The start of a new book, everything is going swimmingly. The children who came out to find a job should not learn from Xiang Ya. The setting is fictional, but in reality, easy money jobs are illegal and criminal. The truth is, ¡°Free things are the most expensive.¡± CH 2 Xiang Ya tried to ignore this unscientific place, and comforted herself: ¡°Maybe there is another way to the elevator.¡± ¡°Miss Xiang, your room is here.¡± The receptionist quickly stopped at the room at the end of the hallway and looked at her from a distance. Gathering her emotions, Xiang Ya hurriedly rushed over to pick up the room card. ¡°2301, shouldn¡¯t it be the first room in the hallway?¡± Xiang Ya was puzzled. ¡°The 23rd floor is a bit special. Don¡¯t worry, Miss Xiang. The layout of 2301 is very good. You will definitely like it.¡± After saying that, the receptionist turned around and left. Xiang Ya frowned and watched the other person¡¯s figure gradually disappear at the other end of the hallway. She lowered her head and stared at the pitch-black card in her palm. She tried her best to suppress her anxiety and took out the knife in her pocket. She held her breath and placed the card in the sensor area, with a beep, the door opened. Slowly, Xiang Ya walked into the pitch-black room, it was as if she was entering a giant dark mouth. Trying to shake off the involuntary tremor, Xiang Ya inserted the room card into the card slot, and the room suddenly brightened. The rumbling of the exhaust fan was rattling, it seemed it was from the bathroom on her right. Xiang Ya thought it was because the previous tenant forgot to turn it off, she no longer paid any attention to it, and focused on checking the surroundings to see if anyone was hiding in the room. However, the room is large, with no extra furniture beside the large draped bed and a European-style fabric sofa placed in front of the bed. The room felt even more quieter under the sound of the exhaust fan. Xiang Ya listened to her distinct breathing and walked to the bed. Bending down, the flashlight lit up, there was nothing underneath the bed. No one was hiding here. After confirming this information, Xiang Ya breathed a sigh of relief, her tense body relaxed and soon slipped into deep exhaustion. She stood up, tilted her head back onto the soft bed, and stared at the yellow light above her head in a daze. After a long time, Xiang Ya turned around and buried her head in the pure white pillow. ¡°It¡¯s not a lie, it¡¯s true¡­¡± An irrepressible muffled laugh came from the pillow. ¡°I want to work hard and pay back the money!¡± Xiang Ya loosened her face and made up her mind secretly. ¡­¡­ It was 12 pm before she knew it. After washing, she hung the drinking glass on the door handle. When she was about to turn back, she heard the sound of the loud clacking heels along the hallway. In addition, there was a sound of something being chewed. Xiang Ya nervously looked out of the peephole, and at a glance, half of her body went numb. The mother and son she saw in the elevator were now walking back and forth outside her room, and the candy given to the little boy was still in his mouth two hours later, biting loudly. The woman¡¯s eyes were gentle, but her arms were monotonously and repeatedly patting the roof of the stroller, as if she was comforting her son. The little boy kept waving his fleshy arm excitedly, hitting his mother¡¯s palm several times. The woman¡¯s gentle and amiable appearance in the elevator changed, she felt the strength of her son, and followed it by patting down the roof with greater strength. The roof became deformed. Her expression was calm, as if she didn¡¯t know what vicious thing she did. Xiang Ya was about to open the door to stop her when she suddenly caught a glimpse of the little boy¡¯s exposed arm, the hand turning the handle paused. She saw the obvious bruises above, she couldn¡¯t help but breathe heavily. The boy seemed to hear her breathing, his head turned 90 degrees, and he looked straight at room 2301. Xiang Ya took a few steps back, covered her beating heart, and ran to the side of the bed. She breathed lightly and listened carefully. The tapping and clicking that had been ringing earlier disappeared in an instant, and the outside of the room once again fell into a silence. Xiang Ya inexplicably thought of a horror movie where the protagonist thought that there was no one outside the door, so he carefully looked out of the peephole, as the result, the peephole was crammed with the eyeball of the killer¡­ She shivered uncontrollably, not daring to go to the door again. ¡°Haha, maybe they went out for a late-night walk.¡± She glanced at the successful money transfer text again and bitterly deceived herself. Xiang Ya quickly climbed onto the big bed, covered herself with the quilt from head to toe, and carefully listened whether the drinking glass had fallen to the floor. At the time, a mysterious cool fragrance drifted from the bedding, Xiang Ya¡¯s fearful thoughts slowly calmed down, and her consciousness gradually dazed until she passed out. With a click, all the lights in the room went out. Room 2301 returned to darkness. If there was a second person standing in the room, they would find that there was no sound at all. Even the breathing from the big living person who was sleeping on the bed was barely audible. The woman outside the door slowly removed her eyes from the peephole. She was still patting the stroller and said dully to her son, ¡°Shh, we can¡¯t wake her up.¡± The nightmare slowly and silently creeped in. Xiang Ya rarely dreams, but tonight she seemed to be dreaming all the dreams that she hasn¡¯t dreamt in the first half of her life. It was strange and bizarre, she didn¡¯t know how much she saw and how far she ran, but she only knew that when she was very tired and exhausted, suddenly light appeared in front of her eyes. In the dream, Xiang Ya dragged her heavy feet subconsciously and walked towards the light. In the blink of an eye, her foot stepped into the light, and the huge force pulled her in frantically, like a beast that had smelled meat. Xiang Ya opened her eyes with a thud, and found herself standing in front of the door. She opened the door and looked inside. The furniture arrangement was exactly the same as Room 2301. She was somewhat dazed and couldn¡¯t tell whether it was a dream or reality. Xiang Ya couldn¡¯t help but walk forward, only to realize that there was blood all over the floor under the lights, from the bathroom all the way to the bed. The smell of blood in the room crowded her nostrils, suffocating her so much that she wanted to vomit. Xiang Ya covered her mouth in panic, almost wanting to scream . She heard the muffled sound of the knife cutting into the tendons and bones. A man¡¯s maniacal curses filling the space . ¡°You are mine, you are mine¡­¡± ¡°Damn bitch, who told you to run away!¡± ¡­¡­ She supported herself using the wall, tremblingly looking inside. She found that the curtains around the bed fell down, obscuring the murderer¡¯s figure. She saw the kitchen knife swinging up and down, every time it was swung, a thick splash of blood always followed. A few drops splashed on her face, the blood was still warm. A man who was neither fat nor thin had his back turned against her. He sat on the victim, brandishing his knife. Xiang Ya felt sick to the point of vomiting, her body involuntarily backed against the wall, she wanted to escape. Abrubtly, the victim¡¯s head turned to the side by the murderer¡¯s brute force, her fair and beautiful face happened to look in the direction of Xiang Ya. Suddenly face to face with the corpse, Xiang Ya couldn¡¯t help releasing the stifle scream. The murderer heard this and hurriedly leaned over to look at the source of the sound. Xiang Ya knew that it was best for her to escape now, but she still resisted the urge to run away. She was about to see the murderer¡¯s face, and she even saw the other¡¯s hand lifting the curtain¡­ ¡®The murderer cannot be allowed to escape. ¡® Xiang Ya didn¡¯t know how her usually timid self suddenly came up with this idea. ¡°Ding-a-ling, ding-a-ling¡­¡± The alarm clock rang in her ears, and Xiang Ya¡¯s heart jumped in fright. Her eyes widened, raised her head and gasped for air, her heart was beating at a terrifying rate as she sat up clutching her heart. The face of the dead woman was clearly imprinted in her mind. Impossible to forget. Xiang Ya had a kind of indescribable nausea, she retched a few times before turning off the noisy alarm clock. She looked at it, unknowingly, it was 8:00 o¡¯clock the next morning. She wondered if she was affected by the nightmare as she always felt that there was a faint smell of blood in the air, seemingly hidden by the cool fragrance, giving people a dizzy sensation. Xiang Ya went to the bathroom to wash her face with cold water, trying to wake herself up. She looked pale in the mirror, there was no blood on her cheeks. The drinking glass was still hanging properly on the door handle. Xiang Ya glanced at it and thought to herself: ¡®No one came in yesterday. ¡® Like this she thought, but the woman in her dream was still clear, and the figure of the murderer brutally wielding a butcher¡¯s knife was constantly circulating in her mind. Leaning against the wall, Xiang Ya walked out of the bathroom. The place she saw was exactly the same as in her dream. She pinched her arm hard and gasped in pain. Only then did she finally have a sense of reality. Unable to stand it any longer, Xiang Ya hurriedly packed up and left the room. The door locked for a second, her hand still resting on the cold handle. Xiang Ya looked up at the number ¡°2301¡±, she felt her heart was being pressed by a huge stone. ¡°It¡¯s all a dream, it¡¯s not real.¡± She comforted herself. The hallway was very quiet after 8 o¡¯clock, with only the sound of Xiang Ya¡¯s footsteps echoing. The strangeness of last night made her speed up to the elevator. The three elevators were still there. Thinking back to the weirdness of last night¡¯s ride, she chose to press the elevator button on the left, but the display kept showing that someone was going down, as did the one on the right. In the end, Xiang Ya had to accept her fate and press the middle button. This time, the elevator came up very quickly, and it was empty inside. She breathed a sigh of relief and walked in. The elevator went all the way down to the lobby without any obstruction. When the door opened, Xiang Ya lowered her head and looked intently at her phone. She was about to call the recruiting manager Yan from last night, and accidentally bumped into the man next to her. Xiang Ya repeatedly apologized, the man glanced at her, then turned to look at the elevator behind her that was displaying the 12th floor and at the one that had been closed in front of him. He rubbed his eyes, his face was full of weirdness. Seeing that the man didn¡¯t pursue her, Xiang Ya took the room card and walked to the front desk. The girl on duty last night was still sitting inside. She saw Xiang Ya walking towards her with her body intact. She was satisfied with an exaggerated smile on her face. ¡°Miss Xiang! Did you sleep well last night? How was your trial sleeping?¡± The girl¡¯s voice was a little loud because of her excitement. Xiang Ya glanced awkwardly at the front desk outside, seeing that she was still ignoring the two of them, she raised her eyebrows helplessly. ¡°Fortunately, I like the layout of the room, that is¡­¡± She hesitated whether to tell the other party about the mother and son who walked around in the middle of the night and the nightmare, as this was her first time being a hotel tester, she didn¡¯t know whether she should tell the hotel the truth. But thinking about it, this was between her and other guests, and there was nothing wrong with the hotel itself. ¡°What is it?¡± the girl asked. Xiang Ya shook her head, ¡°It¡¯s alright. I¡¯ll check out.¡± The receptionist took the room card and said something to her: ¡°Miss Xiang, you don¡¯t have to rush to hand in your sleep experience. Manager Yan said that this is an interview, and the deadline is not that strict. She will notify you whether you are hired or not.¡± ¡°However, I think you are quite suitable for this.¡± The receptionist raised her head from the computer and winked at her. Xiang Ya was at a loss, if she didn¡¯t submit the report, how would Manager Yan know about her abilities and determine if she¡¯s hireable or not? Xiang Ya left the hotel with questions. She called Manager Yan after returning home and it kept prompting the other party was busy. On the next day, the phone directly said that the number was a phantom number and could not be dialed. Xiang Ya uneasily went back to Xi Er Wang hotel again. But the receptionist who led the way was not there, and the staff in the hotel said that they did not work with the so-called Ancheng website at all, nor did they have a very pale-complexioned receptionist. Xiang Ya became more and more flustered. She went to the Internet cafe to log into the official website again but she couldn¡¯t get on. ¡°The page didn¡¯t exist¡­¡± she muttered to herself. ¡°Is this a fraud? Or was I possessed?¡± Xiang Ya looked at the 1,000 yuan in her bag and said, ¡°but the money is real¡­¡± The author says: Ghost: Didn¡¯t expect it that I¡¯m really a ghost. CH 3.1 It seems that this job was not illegal, but it was also exceptionally bizarre. Xiang Ya felt distressed but still brought the money to the police station to report the case. Arriving at the police station, Xiang Ya lowered her head while putting it into her bag, and inadvertently collided with a man who hurriedly turned a corner. With a bang, all the paper documents in the man¡¯s hands fell to the floor, Xiang Ya hurriedly picked them up for him. Out of the corner of her eyes, she saw the uniform and apologized: ¡°I¡¯m sorry, uncle policeman, I¡¯m in a hurry and didn¡¯t look clearly.¡± The man who had picked up the paper on her back paused for a while, then slowly turned around and asked, ¡°Uncle?¡± ¡°Ah?¡± Xiang Ya raised her eyes and happened to meet his eyes. What she saw was an extremely handsome man who did not look old at all. Xiang Ya¡¯s face flushed red, knowing that she had said the wrong thing, ¡°I¡¯m sorry, I¡¯m sorry, I¡¯m blind.¡± ¡°You don¡¯t have to curse yourself like that.¡± The corner of his mouth twitched, took the documents from her hand, stood up and left. Xiang Ya had a lot of things on her mind so she didn¡¯t focus on what happened just now. She quickly took her bag and went into the hall to report a case. After telling her story, she saw a civilian police went out to investigate. A curtain from the nightmare flashed in her mind, she asked the female police officer who¡¯s recording her statement in a low voice: ¡°Sister police officer, I¡¯d like to ask if there has been any homicide in the Shi Er Wang hotel?¡± When a homicide is involved, the policewoman stared at her warily and asked: ¡°Why would you say that?¡± Xiang Ya scratched her head: ¡°I had a nightmare in that hotel, and I felt very worried, so I wanted to ask.¡± The nightmare was completely nonsense, but the policewoman seemed to see Xiang Ya¡¯s panic, and out of comfort, she went to the intranet to check the case. Half an hour later, the policewoman walked out of the archives, ¡°Beauty, there is no homicide. There has been no homicide in that street for ten years.¡± Hearing this news, Xiang Ya breathed a sigh of relief, she smiled and thanked her and left the police station. The policewoman watched her leave, and shook her head regretfully. She heard it when she recorded her statement just now. She thought that the young lady was under too much pressure right now, she even believed in such nonsense like meeting a ghost. The third day arrived unwittingly. The police investigate that the money was clean and it was from a person named Yan Li. However, she¡¯s in a foreign country and couldn¡¯t be contacted. Moreover, her relatives and friends could not be found in the country for the time being. So the money was still returned to Xiang Ya. Xiang Ya walked out of the police station with a complicated feeling. The money went round and round and still went back to her hands. She¡¯s been thinking back about the past days, from when she¡¯s picking up that flier to checking out of the hotel room. There were actually a lot of things that didn¡¯t make sense that night, even the person that invited her to participate in the interview was abroad. The police couldn¡¯t figure it out, which further shows that the Ancheng website was strange. Xiang Ya continued to brood as she strolled down the sidewalk. Soon, a piercing siren sounds from behind her, wailing to an unknown place. She glanced at the police car curiously, and only retracted her gaze when the car was far away. While she¡¯s walking toward the junction in front of the bun store, the boss of the small Internet cafe was squatting and holding a bowl of luosifen and gossiping with others. ¡°I heard there was a murder in the hotel. The cleaning lady came in and got so sick from the smell that she vomited.¡± The woman said with the vegetable basket in her arm. Xiang Ya¡¯s heart skipped a beat when she heard the word ¡°murder¡± and slowed down to listen. ¡°Was it a man or a woman that died? The ruckus was so terrible, did they caught the murderer yet?¡± The boss listened in disgust, and the bowl of noodles was put down. ¡°A woman, they didn¡¯t catch them. I heard that when the cleaning lady went in, there¡¯s only the deceased on the bed. There¡¯s no one else in the room.¡± ¡°Auntie, do you know anything else¡­¡± The boss was not satisfied. It is rare that a murder occurred here, which always arouse the curiosity of the people. ¡°No, that¡¯s all I¡¯ve heard.¡± ¡­ Xiang Ya¡¯s complexion was solemn, she turned her back from the path to her house and headed straight to Xi Er Wang hotel, hoping that it wouldn¡¯t turn out the way she had dreamed. But the reality was always the opposite. When Xiang Ya arrived at the hotel, there were several police cars parked outside, and police officers in uniforms were going in and out of the entrance. And the surrounding was filled with onlookers. The auxiliary police came over to disperse the crowd. Xiang Ya was pushed back by others. She turned and looked back, only to see the people carrying the stretcher out. The white cloth that covered the body, seemingly spotted Xiang Ya. A wind blew, blowing away a corner, and she saw the side face, the exact match of the woman in her dream. ¡°Ahhh¡± Xiang Ya screamed and was knocked down by a passerby. The crowd surged and immediately created a ruckus. Zhang Fanyu set up a cordon. He frowned and stared at the noisy crowd on the opposite side. Without a word, he followed Teacher into the hotel. Xiang Ya declined the aunt who wanted to help her up. She was scared out of her wit while walking back home. ¡°The dream came true, how could it be?! Are those people ghosts?¡± She kept asking herself. Returning home, Xiang Ya sat dumbly on the wooden bench until there¡¯s a vibration from her trouser pocket. She took out her phone and saw a string of unfamiliar numbers. This scene almost overlapped with the rainy night three days ago. A nameless fear ran through her spine, as if a ghostly hand gently caressed it. Her scalp goes numb. She watched her phone vibrate relentlessly. She didn¡¯t answer, and the next second, the phone vibrated again. Her slender fingers hesitantly touched the machine and cautiously answered the call. ¡°Hello?¡± ¡°Miss Xiang, do you still remember me? I¡¯m Manager Yan who informed you of the interview a few days ago.¡± The female voice in the microphone chuckled. Xiang Ya was shivering all over, but she resisted the urge to throw the phone. She tried to stabilize her voice: ¡°What do you want from me?¡± ¡°Miss Xiang was so brave. You didn¡¯t scream and throw away your phone ¡­.¡± Xiang Ya paused, and sneered in a small voice: ¡°If it breaks, I don¡¯t have the money to repair it.¡± ¡°Hahahaha¡­¡± The laughter was light and quick, making people chill for no reason. ¡°Xiang Ya, you are really more interesting than I thought. I¡¯m looking forward to working with you.¡± Xiang Ya was about to open her mouth, but the other side continued, ¡°Congratulations, you have been hired by our company, and you will be transferred to a regular position without a probation period. I will transfer the 100,000 yuan tonight since you need it, treat it as advance paid.¡± Yan Li thought that since Xiang Ya was currently short on money, she would be very happy to hear these words. After all, she had seen many people who became filthier than the evil spirits just for the sake of money. CH 3.2 But unfortunately, the other party behaved differently than what she¡¯d expected, only hearing an earnest question: ¡°Why me? What is Ancheng? Why did I have that dream? What¡¯s with that dead today? Are you guys ghosts or human?¡± Yan Li was slightly stunned with this series of questions. ¡°Why could I not save that woman when I obviously had that dream three days ago, clearly¡­I could have stopped it.¡± Yan Li was startled. She gently said: ¡°You couldn¡¯t stop it.¡± ¡°Xiang Ya, you will come to learn about the company¡¯s affairs. I have sent you an email about the next hotel along with the departure time and the location. Keep in mind that the only thing you¡¯ve to do when you get to those hotels is sleep. Remember everything in your dream and you must not get injured. When you wake up, you will naturally know what to do.¡± Yan Li finished in an ambiguous manner and she¡¯s very unyielding, not giving Xiang Ya a chance to refute. At the end, she amiably said: ¡°Welcome to Ancheng family, do you have anything you want to say?¡± Since things have reached this point, how could Xiang Ya not understand that the job offer was not illegal, but very dangerous. Her lips trembled, ¡°Can I-I quit?¡± ¡°Not possible, little cutie.¡± Yan Li¡¯s warm voice was threatening, ¡°I will give you a special phone to contact me with. Also, don¡¯t casually investigate me anymore, I could see everything you did.¡± Yan Li was used to the carrot and stick method, finally speaking in a normal manner: ¡°Don¡¯t be afraid, you will like this job and you don¡¯t have to worry about the stress of life.¡± Xiang Ya was silent. In fact, her mind was now a mess and she didn¡¯t know how to deal with the situation in front of her. The busy tone in the phone stop, and the next moment, there was a knock on the door, scaring the restless Xiang Ya. Her eyelids twitched violently and said in a loud voice: ¡°Who is it?¡± There was no answer, so Xiang Ya apprehensively opened the door, only to see a package file on the ground. There was no suspicious person on the street. Xiang Ya opened the package. Inside was an old-style, black phone and a thin document. Looking through the document, it was obviously a recruitment contract, but there was a familiar signature at the end. It was her father who signed on her behalf. A slight chill rose on her back. She felt like she was enveloped in a thick fog, impossible to see what lay behind it. Her parents¡¯ disappearance, the bizarre hotel¡­what¡¯s behind all this¡­ She tightly squeezed the phone, her breathing was completely disrupted. A week later, a torrential rain in Jiang¡¯an. Xiang Ya stood in front of a four-star hotel in Jiang¡¯an. The rain splashed on her black umbrella, spattering puddles of water. She ignored the wet clothes clinging to her body. Her uncanny gaze fell on the resplendent high-rise. She never could imagine that a terrifying ghost was hidden here. She heard from a local driver that this place was very popular. Many people would fly here to travel and they all chose this hotel. On a rainy day, this hotel has many check-ins. Xiang Ya put away her umbrella and walked into the lobby. The floor was polished and bright enough to illuminate shadows. A huge clock regularly struck, and it was exactly 10 pm. Carrying a large umbrella, Xiang Ya slowly walked towards the front desk and said, ¡°Hello, I¡¯m here to check in.¡± ¡°How many?¡± ¡°Manager Yan requested me to do a sleep examination here.¡± She pursed her lips. The receptionist was slightly confused, she didn¡¯t know who manager Yan was, but the next second, she didn¡¯t seem to see Xiang Ya, she sat down and resumed her work. Last time, she thought that the service attitude of that hotel was bad, but this time Xiang Ya witnessed this outrageous scene with her own eyes, and her throat felt dry. Until an ice-cold hand patted her shoulder. ¡°Turned out you are Manager Yan¡¯s recommendation. Welcome, I am the manager of this hotel, how can I help you?¡± Xiang Ya turned around, only to see a fat man with a greenish-gray face in a dark gray suit, looking at her with a smile. The author has something to say: Xiang Ya: The first day on the job, I wanted to resign.