Just as Anna had said, no one patronized the Four-Star Cottage.
Even when the Story Contest began, not a single person had come.
This left Chen Lin thoroughly frustrated. He felt that Anna handing the cottage over to him might not have been a good thing.
After Fairytale Town reopened and tourists began visiting, the rules for operating a Fairytale Cottage had changed. It was no longer free; a fee had to be paid every hundred years.
Although the fee was small, it was still an expense when money only went out and never came in.
So the cottage might not make money at all. It might even lose money.
The longer he kept it, the more he would lose.
More frustrating still was this.
Each person could only operate one cottage. With this one in his possession, he could not build another unless he canceled its registration.
Canceling a cottage required a Cancellation Document.
He did not have one.
The only benefit was having a safe place to stay in Fairytale Town. Inside your own Fairytale Cottage, no one could harm you.
Even so, after turning it over in his mind, Chen Lin decided against working with the White Jade Terrace.
The reason was the name Rainbow Castle.
The letter in the Drifting Bottle had been dated using the Rainbow Era, which forced him to suspect that this name was connected to Niuniu's past.
Whether it was or not, as long as there was even the slightest possibility, he had to hold on to it.
Once he had made his decision, Chen Lin stopped agonizing over it.
If all else failed, he could have Grass come here to mind the shop. She did not want to go to the Reality Realm anyway.
It would be even better if he