Chapter 598: Broken Hotel

"Captain, I thought you were dead in there."

The two teammates who stayed there and prayed to God countless times, counting the sand grains but still couldn't decide whether to go in to save people, finally saw three familiar people at the door of the store.

After the two sides met, the two cried and beat the captain's chest.

The captain was not aware of it for a moment, and burped~

"What's that smell?"

"Sniff, why is it the smell of steamed buns."

The teammate stopped crying, "Did you eat in there?"

The captain: "Nonsense! It's so weird in there, the three of us almost couldn't get out, how could we eat!"

"Then you two open your mouths and let me smell it."

"——No."

"It's the smell of meat buns! The last time I ate buns was in a dream..."

The captain: "That's right! This is the trick those two used! We thought we had eaten a belly full of buns, but it was actually northwest wind!"

"No way? Wind also smells like buns?"

The teammate looked puzzled and touched the captain's bulging belly with his hand, "It's really bulging, really full of air?"

As he said, he knocked it hard, and the captain screamed and almost vomited.

"Don't touch me, it hurts so much, stay away from here, I have something good for you two to eat."

After walking a kilometer with coaxing and deceiving, the captain felt that his stomach felt better, so he waved his hand.

The space psychic who went to the store with him nodded and took out a big watermelon.

"Captain! How is this possible?!"

"Where did you get it from?"

The captain hurriedly asked them to keep quiet, "Keep a low profile, I took this out secretly, there are still a lot, you guys eat quickly, the three of us have stomachaches, we will eat after we get better."

As soon as this sentence was finished, the two who had originally questioned the taste of the buns suddenly had tears in their eyes and called out to the captain sadly~

The captain treated them so well, and they actually suspected the captain!

Guilty!

With a snap, the watermelon broke into two halves, and the two took half each.

The refreshing and sweet melon flesh was about to enter their mouths, and their eyes widened.

"Good, good!"

The captain and the other two forced themselves to look away, otherwise their stomachs would explode.

"If it tastes good, eat more. We have to get down to business after we finish eating."

Obviously, this action misunderstood the two. They nodded while eating, "Captain is right. We can't keep this store any longer!"

"No, I mean, put it aside for the near future and deal with the survivors first."

...

"Boss, do you think they will come back?"

Xiong Xiong looked at the back of the customer leaving, recalling the scene just now.

This kind of scene hasn't appeared for a long time, and I really miss it.

Xia Yan stretched lazily, "It shouldn't be."

"Why?"

Because there is not enough time, and they won't remember this place, Xia Yan said in her heart.

She raised her head, and in the afterglow of the sunset, the plaque on the roof showed light rust marks expanding in circles.

There is not enough time.

...

But time is more urgent than she thought.

One night later, the third floor was gone.

The restaurant was in the corner of the second floor, and it was restored to its original name of breakfast room.

The number of guest rooms has dropped sharply, and there are only two double rooms left.

Fortunately, no customers came, and fortunately, the private rooms were not taken back.

Xiongxiong started busy early in the morning, cleaning one room after another with a rag and broom.

Xia Yan leaned against the door of the room with her arms crossed, watching Xiongxiong work silently.

Cleaning is actually futile, and it might be even worse tomorrow.

But she couldn't say it directly, Xiongxiong's nature likes to clean, and in its eyes, dirty rooms should not exist.

"Boss."

"Yeah."

"The second floor is cleaned, I'm going to the first floor now."

Xiongxiong wore a triangular cone hat made of paper on his head, and his two ears stood up outside as a fixator.

He habitually wanted to move his ears, but the clicking sound of the paper stopped him.

Xia Yan looked at the motionless little ears and sighed regretfully.

She followed Xiongxiong and saw him get into the exclusive elevator, so she had to go down the stairs.

It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality.

After getting used to the huge lobby, she found it difficult to turn around when she looked at the front hall now.

Just as Xiongxiong was about to sweep the floor, Xia Yan stood outside the door.

On her right, the brunch machine was placed in a prominent place again, and even the price did not change.

She looked at the empty street behind her and knew that it was impossible to sell any more food.

"Xiongxiong, stop working and accompany me to bask in the sun."

Xia Yan couldn't help it after all.

Why is this broken hygiene getting worse and worse? She has to wait until the year of the monkey and the horse?

Xiongxiong was washing the rag in the basin. Hearing this, he smiled and said, "It will be done soon. Boss, please wait a little longer. Only when the store is clean will customers come to the door~"

It won't happen again, never again.

Xia Yan lowered her eyes, feeling lost.

She squatted down, leaning her head against the door frame, looking at Xiongxiong without the protection of clothes, looking at Xiongxiong who was full of hope that the store's business would get better and better, and her heart gradually became sad.

Her mission is about to end...

Xiongxiong, do you know that she is leaving soon... I may never see her again...

Xia Yan has been on guard so much and has never let herself really fall into the joys and sorrows of this world, but she never thought that she would be reluctant to leave this cute Xiongxiong who has been with her from beginning to end...

Xia Yan hung her arms, her fingers circling the ground.

The sad thing was that she found herself the same as Zhi Kang.

Emotions were just emotions. She would not, and could not, leave an obvious handle around her without guaranteeing her own absolute safety.

She herself did not know which mission she would die in.

"Xiong Xiong..."

"Hmm? What happened to the boss--"

Xiong Xiong's voice stopped abruptly, holding a rag in his claws, his eyes blurred and out of focus.

Xia Yan saw that the hotel behind him had changed again.

It kept shrinking inward.

The second floor disappeared, the rooms were rearranged, and the hall was reduced to 15 square meters.

The glass door that Xia Yan leaned against also became covered with dirty oil.

The floor tiles, the front desk, the room door... everything that Xiong Xiong had just cleaned became dirty.

When the changes stopped, Xia Yan stood up with the help of the door frame.

After squatting for a long time, the blood suddenly flowed, and his legs were numb, as if he had lost control.

She walked towards Xiongxiong step by step, touched Xiongxiong's head with her palm, and rubbed it gently.

The furry little hair behind Xiongxiong's ears was soft and fluffy, and the tip of the ear swept back and forth in the palm of her hand, itching and warm.

"Wake up, Xiongxiong," she said softly, "Xiongxiong, it's dawn, and your butt is sunburned."

Plop——

The rag on Xiongxiong's paw fell into the bucket, splashing water.

It stood up, grabbed Xia Yan's hand, and covered it with the other paw.

Xiongxiong's eyes were still black and bright, just like when they first met.

"Boss..."

"Yeah."

"I should go."

"..."

"Boss."

"Yeah."

"I have to go too."

Xiongxiong put her hand on his cheek, and stared at Xia Yan with his black eyes.

It made her unable to move at all.

"...Where are you going."

Her voice was like frosted paper, dry and hard.

Xiongxiong rubbed his furry cheek against her palm without speaking.

But Xia Yan knew where it was going.

"Boss."

"Yeah."

"Hug, I've always wanted a hug."

"...Okay."

Xia Yan opened her arms and the bear rushed in.

Soft, warm...

Gradually disappeared.

Xia Yan's arms finally hugged herself.

She slowly opened her eyes.

There was no bear in the front hall, and only she stood on the dirty floor.

The wind swirled in, as if blowing away the fragile bubbles, and the front hall began to shake again.

At this time, Xia Yan sensed a systematic call from outside.

In the soft morning light in the east, she saw the door to leave this world quietly rotating.

She stepped out.

At the moment when she was about to step into the door, Xia Yan looked back.

It turned out to be a run-down hotel.

——End.