Chapter 288: Three Children

Yoshiyuki's idea was to go to the shops around the hotel and those who would gather to chat, especially the elderly, to find out if the shop owners and their families had offended or possibly killed anyone.

In addition, you should also ask the shopkeeper and his family if anyone they know has disappeared suddenly, died suddenly, or committed suicide. Even if the death is questionable.

Also, was there anyone who died in the hotel in the past few years?

In that case, the deceased might have resented the inn itself.

Neighbors know better than the police. The police won't tell you some uncertain rumors casually, but they may tell them.

Since there were so many people asking, they basically visited the whole street, which took a long time - especially the owner of the restaurant on the corner. Chat while playing shogi.

This old man is a typical bad chess player who plays very poorly, but Yi Xing has to deliberately lose to him in order to make him feel good. He deeply understands the hardships of a different kind.

This is not even the most frustrating thing.

What left Yixing speechless the most was that the old man kept praising Yixing, saying that although he was a bit too tall, he was too cute, had a very mature and steady temperament, and was good at swordsmanship. She was a great girl.

As he said this, he also wanted to introduce his son to him.

Not only did Yoshiyuki know how good his son was when he met him, he would definitely fall in love with him, he even said that his son likes tall women who can beat him, so you must be a perfect match.

In response, Yoshiyuki just persisted awkwardly and politely, asking for information.

After asking all the questions, he made an excuse and left.

Since Yoshiyuki was the last to finish dealing with the area he was responsible for and return to the hotel, everyone was curious as to why he took so long.

Erina: "Ah! Master, did you go fishing on the way? Did you eat beef rice without telling us!"

Asakura: "Damn it! So cunning!"

Yoshiyuki: "The only beef bowl around here is Yoshinoya! You can find it everywhere, why should I eat it secretly?"

Asakura: "Hey~ Then what are you going to do?"

Yoshiyuki: "There was an old man who insisted that I play chess and chat with him. It took me a long time to talk about serious business! So it was delayed for a long time!"

Erina: "What, they're all excuses! If you don't want to talk, just leave!"

Yoshihiro: "How can I give it up!"

Erina: "Ah! I'm really addicted to chatting! Would you rather chat with an old man than with cute girls like us? The servant is really hopeless!"

Asakura: "We think so too! Oh, by the way, does that old man have white hair?"

Yoshiyuki: "Ah? Really..."

Asakura: "Sure enough! Maekawa is such a pervert! His love for Shirogane has reached a point where even an old man can do it!"

Erina: "Wow...that's so disgusting! Get out and find the old man! Stay away from us cute white-haired girls!"

Yoshiyuki: "Where do you want to go?! I said I was reluctant to leave because the old man seemed to know a lot! In fact, I also asked for quite valuable information!"

After hearing this, everyone finally became quiet.

Immediately afterwards, he urged Yi Xing to quickly explain what he was asking.

As a result, everyone began to exchange information.

They collected a total of more than a dozen pieces of useful information.

Among them, several were exclusively provided by the old man who played chess in La Yixing. Those chess moves are really valuable.

He felt that this old man was really good at it. He had long seen that Yoshiyuki would find an excuse to leave once he learned all the information, so he revealed a piece of information every while chatting, prolonging the conversation.

In a way, it is like the source of the legend of One Thousand and One Nights.

In ancient times, there was a place called Sassan Kingdom. King Shanruyar was cruel by nature. He killed the queen because of her misbehavior. After that, he married a girl every day and killed her the next morning. So every woman sheds tears when she gets married.

Until one day, Scheherazade, the daughter of the king's prime minister, took the initiative to marry the king and told the king stories every night, but stopped telling the most exciting part and will tell it tomorrow night.

The king was attracted by the story, so he postponed killing her night after night. After one thousand and one nights, Scheherazade finished telling the last story and told the king that he could kill her. However, the king had already developed true love and was reluctant to let her go. Did it. He also changed his cruel temperament.

In this way, later generations compiled those one thousand and one stories into a collection of stories, which have been passed down to this day.

All in all, the old man's biggest problem was his eyesight.

I didn't see that he was a man at all. No doubt at all.

Of course, this is not surprising.

Thinking about it now, Yi Xing still feels a little apologetic.

After all, in order to prevent the other party from continuing to tell him the information, he never clarified the old man's misunderstanding.

In fact, after asking for all the information, Yoshiyuki thought about telling the old man the truth when he left.

However, that seemed too cruel, so he didn't do it.

According to the information asked, the boss’s family did not offend anyone.

Among the people their family knew, a total of ten people died or disappeared in the ten years since the hotel was opened.

Most of the deceased died in accidents, and there seemed to be nothing particularly suspicious about them. One person was indeed murdered, but the murderer was also caught.

As for the hotel, guests did die. It was also several years ago. He hanged himself in the room.

Asakura was initially asked about this clue and regarded it as an important clue, but Erina and Yoshiyuki rejected it as soon as they heard it, thinking that it was unlikely to be the resentful spirit of this guest.

Because people who die by hanging usually do not turn into vampire spirits. Moreover, people who commit suicide in hotels generally do so when they are tired of living.

Such people will basically not harm others after death.

If the place where the guest died is in the same room as the place where this case occurred, then we can consider whether there is a connection.

Judging from the current clues alone, it can be ruled out directly.

It seems that the three missing persons are probably the more problematic ones.

What's more noteworthy is that all three of these people are children.

The time of disappearance was also on the same day six years ago.

These three people are elementary school classmates of the boss’s son who is in junior high school.

According to the testimony of neighbors, they used to come to the hotel from time to time.

After the disappearance of these three people, people in Yangmu City were panicked for a while. Parents generally began to pick up and drop off their children, fearing that they would encounter murderers.

However, the murderer was not found in the end, and it became another unsolved case.

The innkeeper's son lost his good friend and was sad for a while.

Yoshihiro didn't want to speculate on all this with malice.

But this is suspiciously too much.

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