Tong Guan

Fang Shenyan said this with no change in his tone. After all, they were inside the hotel, and their status was higher than that of ghosts, so they weren't worried about an attack.

"Holy crap, you're so lucky."

Instead, Yu Guo, standing beside them, was so excited he looked like he was about to jump. He blurted out this nonsensical sentence.

The Second Personality sometimes shared the same temperament as Yu Guo, but the words he spoke were even more nonsensical.

"Tch, Peeping Ghosts are so ugly, I wouldn't want it even if it paid me to take it!"

Fang Shenyan pushed up the glasses on his nose and said softly, "The first day I discovered it, I took it back to the second floor and locked it up. It was very obedient.

But it still came the next day, and again on the third night.

Its persistence is making me a bit awkward."

Ji Li also frowned as he looked at Fang Shenyan. It wasn't unusual for a Peeping Ghost to have such a fetish.

However, for it to go out precisely on time every day, disregarding the hotel's rules, and to spy on Fang Shenyan, that was beyond Ji Li's expectations.

Normally, with Fang and Yu here, they were now taking turns patrolling the second floor.

Under normal circumstances, after a patrol, the ghosts wouldn't have any thoughts of going out again.

Ji Li suddenly thought of Fang Shenyan's left hand. On the back of that hand was a tattoo unique to the Peeping Ghost!

"Could it be because of this tattoo..."

But he didn't say it out loud, merely offering a casual reassurance:

"It's fine as long as we're inside the hotel."

He stretched, took out a cigarette pack from his pocket, offered one to Fang Shenyan, and then walked towards the first-floor lobby, a cigarette dangling from his lips.

In the lobby this time, six chairs had already been prepared, arranged in a circle. In the center of the chairs was a large office desk.

It seemed that as the number of people increased, the hotel's services were also upgrading.

Ji Li, without hesitation, casually chose the nearest seat and sat down. Fang and Yu also took seats on his left and right, respectively.

Three copies of the "Newcomer's Handbook" were placed on the table. The three of them waited in silence for two o'clock to arrive.

As the clock hands on the upper part of the lobby struck two o'clock precisely, a scorching white light appeared out of thin air.

Ji Li's eyebrows shot up. He quietly watched as the white light dissipated, revealing two figures.

It was a man and a woman, arriving simultaneously. The two were very close, appearing to be a married couple or lovers.

The man was about 1.8 meters tall. While his physique wasn't particularly robust, his posture was tall and slender.

His facial features weren't particularly striking, but they were sharp and well-defined. Especially the intangible heroic spirit in his brows, which made his not-so-imposing frame exude a sense of security.

Beside him was a woman with a slightly slender figure.

Her thick, long hair was tied into a neat ponytail. She was wearing a set of work clothes and looked quite young.

Her gentle face didn't possess much of an aggressive aura, but her attire and demeanor displayed a different kind of spiritedness.

Yu Guo's eyes lit up. This new couple was quite outstanding.

In his opinion, their appearance alone was much better than when they had come last time.

Fang Shenyan, however, frowned. He looked at the man's narrow, phoenix-like eyes, the glint within them undiminished even under the clearly supernatural power.

And the aura emanating from these two was very upright.

He hesitated for a moment before whispering into Ji Li's ear, "These two don't seem right."

Without him needing to say it, Ji Li had already noticed that the aura flowing from the new couple gave him a strange sense of familiarity.

Before he could speak, the man spoke first. He scanned the faces of the three, his gaze finally landing precisely on Ji Li.

"Are you the Acting Manager of Shop No. 7?" the man's voice was deep and magnetic.

As soon as he said this, Ji Li's breath hitched for a moment. Fang and Yu also simultaneously gasped.

"How is that possible?

How could he have this reaction?"

The Second Personality was completely bewildered.

"Could it be that he was also a hotel staff member before?"

The Third Personality couldn't help but ask.

Ji Li narrowed his eyes. He didn't get up from his chair, merely reaching out to take out a cigarette and offering it to the man.

However, the man smiled and shook his head, pulling the woman beside him to sit on a chair.

He didn't take Ji Li's cigarette. Instead, he took out his own cigarette case from his pocket.

"My name is Tong Guan, and this is my wife, Chang Nian.

We are from Tianhai Hotel, Branch No. 11. I was the Acting Manager of that branch!"

"Hiss..."

Ji Li had absolutely no idea that the newcomer arriving this time would possess such a background; this couldn't even be considered a newcomer.

This man named Tong Guan had a very unique identity and demeanor, clearly someone who had experienced multiple ghost missions.

Ji Li had just taken over Branch No. 7 and had no idea how many branches Tianhai Hotel actually had.

Hearing that Tong Guan was the acting manager of Branch No. 11 made him a little startled. Just how vast was Tianhai's influence!

Tong Guan looked at the few people present.

"I can tell that your situation at Shop No. 7 isn't much better than Branch No. 11's.

With a staff of only three, you must have taken over not too long ago.

No need to guess, Branch No. 11 has closed down."

Fang Shenyan pushed his glasses up his nose. He felt that Tong Guan's approach was somewhat different from theirs.

Everything about this man seemed too ordinary.

Tong Guan truly resembled an ordinary person who had climbed up from the bottom but managed to retain their original intentions.

And among the three remaining members of Shop No. 7, almost none of them were normal.

"Why did it close down?"

"I'm not sure. All I know is that my wife and I had just led our staff through a promotion to Two-Star.

But then Tianhai suddenly announced that Branch No. 11 was closed!

Including myself, the six staff members were paired up and distributed to other branches."

Tong Guan's gaze remained fixed on Ji Li as he answered Fang Shenyan's question.

Ji Li pursed his lips and took a deep drag from his cigarette.

This Tong Guan, and even his wife Chang Nian, were no ordinary individuals.

Tong Guan remained composed, neither humble nor arrogant, and the woman Chang Nian's demeanor was several times better than Ding Miaoxin's earlier.

She had remained silent the entire time, completely entrusting the speaking rights to Tong Guan, clearly confident that her husband could handle the current variables.

"A man who successfully led his team to a Two-Star promotion..."

Ji Li looked at the man before him, who appeared gentle but whose speech was honed to perfection, and inwardly sighed that he was troublesome.

He glanced at Fang Shenyan and saw that Fang Shenyan's expression was unreadable, only shaking his head slightly.

Ji Li understood that Fang Shenyan had a hint of worry about Tong Guan's arrival.

He let out a wry chuckle, exhaled a smoke ring, and slowly stood up.

"Regardless, welcome to you and your wife."

Tong Guan stood up and met Ji Li's gaze with an equal stance.

The two, one on the left and one on the right, one with a dark aura and the other with a righteous disposition, simultaneously clasped each other's hands.

At this moment, Yu Guo, who had been silent all along, stood up from his chair and quickly ran to the center of the hall, looking around.

"That's not right, weren't there three newcomers? Where's the other one?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a white light enveloped the ground he was standing on.

Ji Li turned his head to look. Yu Guo and the white light completely merged, and then a scream could be heard.

When the white light dissipated, Ji Li's expression was somewhat strange.

Yu Guo had been directly hit by the newly arrived newcomer and was now being pinned to the ground by a pair of feet, howling in pain.