Returning from cultivating immortality, the top scorer in the college entrance examination goes bers

Chapter 112 The Richest Man Cries Out About the Strange Things Happening at the Hotel!

Seeing the genuine pain on Lin Zhengxiong's face, Lu Jingchen didn't immediately agree. He simply said, "Chairman Lin, please speak frankly. I will do my best to help in any way I can."

Hearing this, Lin Zhengxiong felt as if he had grasped at a last straw, his body trembling slightly with excitement. He took a deep breath, tried to calm himself, and slowly began to speak.

"Master Lu, this story begins three months ago. You've probably heard of my Cloud Top Hotel, right? It's an asset I've built up over ten years, and it's always been the best hotel in Jiangzhou. But three months ago, everything changed."

Lin Zhengxiong's eyes widened with fear, and his voice lowered considerably: "The first incident occurred on the 18th floor of the hotel. That night, a guest checked into room 1808. But the next morning, when the staff went to clean, they found the room empty. The guest's luggage, phone, and wallet were still there, but the person was gone."

"We checked all the surveillance footage, and it clearly shows that the guest entered room 1808 around 10 p.m. and never came out again. The surveillance cameras in the corridor, the elevator, and the stairwell didn't show him leaving. It's like he vanished into thin air."

Su Muyue tensed up upon hearing this and instinctively moved closer to Lu Jingchen. Lu Jingchen took her hand, gave her a reassuring look, and then looked at Lin Zhengxiong, saying, "Didn't the police find anything?"

Lin Zhengxiong shook his head, a bitter look on his face: "We investigated. The police came several times, turned room 1808 upside down, even broke through the walls, but they found nothing. In the end, they could only classify it as a missing person case, and there are still no leads."

"I initially thought it was just an accident, but little did I know, this was just the beginning."

Lin Zhengxiong's voice began to tremble, "Since then, things have been happening on the 18th floor. Some security guards said that when they were patrolling at night, they saw a woman in white float by in the corridor and disappear in the blink of an eye. Others said that they heard a woman crying and a baby laughing in the stairwell, but when they ran over to check, there was nothing there."

"More and more customers are complaining that they feel someone standing by their bed and staring at them while they sleep at night. Some people are experiencing sleep paralysis and can't wake up, and when they do, their bodies are covered in scratches. One female customer was so frightened that she went insane and is still in a mental hospital."

"The hotel's business plummeted, with occupancy rates dropping from over 90% to less than 10%. Many employees resigned, saying they were too afraid to work at the hotel anymore. I had no choice but to seal off the entire 18th floor. But it didn't work; the strange occurrences quickly spread to other floors, the 17th, the 16th... and even the lobby on the first floor started having problems."

At this point, Lin Zhengxiong's eyes reddened. He took out his phone from his pocket, opened the photo album, and handed it to Lu Jingchen: "Master Lu, look at these photos. They were all secretly taken by the hotel's security guards and staff."

Lu Jingchen took the phone and started looking through it. Most of the photos were taken at night, in very dim light. In some photos, there was a blurry white shadow at the end of the corridor, which looked like a woman dressed in white. In other photos, a pale face was pressed against the window, with dark, empty eyes staring at the camera. There was also a photo taken in an elevator, in which a small, dark figure was crouching in the corner, which looked like a baby.

Su Muyue leaned over for a peek, gasped in shock, and quickly covered her eyes.

Lu Jingchen's brows slowly furrowed. He could sense that these photos were imbued with a dense, eerie aura, and an intense resentment. These were definitely not ordinary ghosts, but vengeful spirits, and very resentful ones at that.

"At the time, I thought it was just a regular ghost story."

Lin Zhengxiong continued, "So I invited many famous masters to perform rituals at the hotel. There were monks, Taoist priests, and even feng shui masters. But it was useless, completely useless. Two masters fainted as soon as they entered the 18th floor, and after waking up, they became mentally unstable and talked nonsense all day long. Another master died in a car accident on the very night of the ritual, and his death was very tragic."

"Since then, no master has dared to take my case. Everyone says that the things in the Genting Hotel are too fierce for them to handle. I was really desperate and lived in fear every day."

Lin Zhengxiong's voice choked with emotion. He wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes and continued, "If it were just the hotel that had an accident, I could simply close it down and pay some compensation. But... but my daughter, something happened to her too."

Mentioning his daughter, Lin Zhengxiong completely broke down, tears streaming down his face: "My daughter's name is Mengyao, she just turned eighteen this year and is in her final year of high school. She and the hotel waitress who jumped to her death were best friends. Three months ago, that waitress committed suicide by jumping from the stairwell on the 18th floor. Mengyao was heartbroken. That night, she secretly went to the 18th floor of the hotel to burn some paper money for her best friend."

"After that night, Mengyao changed. She became absent-minded, not saying a word all day, just sitting in her room in a daze. Sometimes she would suddenly laugh, and sometimes she would suddenly cry. She said that an aunt in white would come to her every night, wanting to take her away."

"I took her to many hospitals and saw many doctors, but they couldn't find anything wrong. The doctors said she was under too much stress and had depression. But I know that's not it! She was being possessed by that thing!"

Lin Zhengxiong knelt down before Lu Jingchen with a thud, weeping bitterly, and said, "Master Lu! I beg you! Please, you must save my daughter! She's my only daughter! If anything happens to her, I can't go on living!"

Su Muyue was startled and quickly tried to help him up. Lu Jingchen stood up first, reached out and took Lin Zhengxiong's arm, pulling him up.

"Chairman Lin, please don't do this. Let's talk this out. I promise you, I will help you."

Upon hearing Lu Jingchen's agreement, Lin Zhengxiong trembled with excitement, gripping Lu Jingchen's hand tightly, tears streaming down his face. "Thank you! Master Lu! Thank you! You are truly my savior! As long as you can cure my daughter and resolve the issues at the hotel, I'll give you whatever money you want! I'll give you half of the shares in the Cloud Top Hotel! No, I'll give you all of them!"

Lu Jingchen waved his hand and said, "Chairman Lin, money is not a problem. I'm helping you not for the money. It's just that these things are very harmful, and I can't ignore them. But before I go, I need to ask you a few questions, and you must answer me truthfully without hiding anything."

Lin Zhengxiong nodded hurriedly, like a chick pecking at rice: "Master Lu, please ask! I will answer to the best of my knowledge!"

"My first question is, where is the Genting Hotel located? What was the area like before the hotel was built?"

Lin Zhengxiong thought for a moment and said, "It's built on the west side of the old city. It used to be a mass grave that was abandoned decades ago. Later, during urban redevelopment, it was leveled and the Genting Hotel was built. I even invited a feng shui master to come and take a look. The feng shui master said there was no problem and that it was a feng shui treasure land that could attract wealth."

Lu Jingchen nodded and then asked, "Second question, what was the name of the waitress who jumped to her death three months ago? Why did she commit suicide? Was it really because of relationship problems?"

When this was mentioned, Lin Zhengxiong's eyes flickered, as if he hesitated.

Lu Jingchen looked at him and said seriously, "Chairman Lin, this matter is extremely important. If you conceal anything, it will not only fail to solve the problem, but will also make things more complicated. In that case, not only will your daughter be beyond saving, but you yourself will also be in danger."

Lin Zhengxiong shuddered and quickly said, "I'll tell you, I'll tell you! That waitress's name was Li Xue, and she was only twenty years old. She didn't commit suicide because of relationship problems; she was murdered!"

Upon hearing this, both Lu Jingchen and Su Muyue were stunned.

"He was murdered?" Lu Jingchen frowned. "What happened?"

Lin Zhengxiong sighed, a hint of guilt on his face: "I've been keeping this from the police. Li Xue is very beautiful, and one of our hotel's vice presidents has been trying to take advantage of her. Li Xue refused, so the vice president spread rumors everywhere, saying that Li Xue had a promiscuous private life, and even posted her nude photos online. Li Xue couldn't take the blow, so she jumped from the stairwell on the 18th floor."

"That vice president was a distant relative of mine. I was confused at the time, and for the sake of the hotel's reputation, I suppressed the matter and told everyone that he committed suicide due to relationship problems. I even gave that vice president some money so he could go abroad to hide for a while."

Lin Zhengxiong's face was filled with remorse. "I'm so sorry to Li Xue! I'm the one who ruined her life! If I had handled things impartially back then and handed that vice president over to the police, she wouldn't have died! And none of this would have happened!"

Lu Jingchen's eyes turned cold: "So that's how it is. She died with too much resentment, and she died in a mass grave, where yin energy gathered. In addition, you protected the murderer who killed her, so she became a vengeful ghost and came back to seek revenge."

"Yes, yes!" Lin Zhengxiong nodded hurriedly. "Master Lu, you're absolutely right! Ever since Li Xue died, that vice president also had an accident abroad, breaking both his legs in a car accident. I know this is all Li Xue's revenge. But I never expected she would even target Meng Yao. Meng Yao is innocent!"

"She and Li Xue are best friends, and she carries Li Xue's scent, which is why Li Xue is clinging to her. Moreover, she wants to use Mengyao to get you to seek justice for her."

Lu Jingchen said, "My third question is, where is your daughter now? How is she?"

"At home, I hired two nannies to watch over her 24 hours a day."

Lin Zhengxiong's face was full of heartache. "Her condition is getting worse and worse. She's not eating or drinking anymore, and she lies in bed all day, staring blankly at the ceiling. Sometimes she'll suddenly shout that Li Xue has come to pick her up. The doctor said that if she continues like this, she won't last much longer."

Lu Jingchen nodded and said, "I roughly know what happened. How about this, I'll go to your house tonight to see your daughter. Tomorrow morning, we'll go to the Cloud Top Hotel."

"Great! That's wonderful!"