One day later.
Zhou Hong and Liu Hua arrived at a small town closest to Kunlun Mountain.
"Liu Hua, let's find a hotel to stay tonight and head up the mountain first thing tomorrow morning," Zhou Hong said to Liu Hua. It was already past ten in the evening, and they had been driving for nearly fifteen hours.
"Okay, there's a hotel ahead, let's stay one night first."
Zhou Hong and Liu Hua went to the small hotel in front of them.
This was a relatively remote and backward small town at the foot of Kunlun Mountain, but fortunately, there was a hotel. Otherwise, they would have to sleep on the streets.
"Hello, please get me a double room," Zhou Hong said to the hotel owner, an old man.
"I'm sorry, we have no rooms left." The owner said apologetically.
"Impossible. In such a remote town, it shouldn't be full of guests," Liu Hua said disbelievingly.
"Many people have been going to Kunlun Mountain for adventures these past few days, so all the hotel rooms are already booked," the owner said.
"Then why don't we see any other guests?" Zhou Hong asked doubtfully.
"Some people arrived days ago and have already gone to Kunlun Mountain. Although they haven't returned for days, they haven't checked out, and their luggage is still in the rooms."
"Are there any other hotels in this town?" Liu Hua asked.
"No, I'm the only hotel here. Usually, very few outsiders come. It's only in the last half month that many outsiders have suddenly arrived, all heading to Kunlun Mountain."
"Why have so many people suddenly started going to Kunlun Mountain in the last half month?" Zhou Hong asked, confused.
"I'm not sure either. I saw that the people going on adventures were not ordinary people, but there's nothing strange about it. To be able to explore Kunlun Mountain, they must be people with good physical fitness. Oh, I just remembered, I think I overheard two tenants say something about bringing enough power banks, in case their phones ran out of power, they would miss some Venerable killing some Flying俠."
"Some Venerable killing some Flying俠?"
"That's roughly what they meant. There must be something big happening in Kunlun Mountain, so some people came to join the excitement. Well, you'll have to find another way. There are no more vacant rooms."
Zhou Hong said urgently, "Boss, there are no other inns here. What other way can you suggest? Since those people went and haven't returned for days, can you give us a room to sleep in? It's already past ten at night, and those who haven't returned won't be back in the middle of the night. We're only staying for one night." Zhou Hong pleaded.
The hotel owner looked at Zhou Hong, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Alright then. The tenant in room three-oh-two entered Kunlun Mountain ten days ago and doesn't look like they'll be back anytime soon. You can stay in room three-oh-two tonight. I'll change the bedding for her tomorrow, but please don't touch her luggage."
"Thank you, boss."
Zhou Hong and Liu Hua went to room three-oh-two. As expected, there was luggage in the room. Looking at the luggage, it seemed to belong to a female tenant.
"Liu Hua, you go take a shower first and get some sleep early," Zhou Hong said to Liu Hua.
"Okay."
Liu Hua went into the bathroom to take a shower first.
Zhou Hong saw a book on the bedside table and casually opened it.
Suddenly, a photograph fell out of the book.
In the photo was a very beautiful woman.
"Hmm?" Zhou Hong frowned slightly and thought to himself, "Could this woman in the photo be the female tenant who entered Kunlun Mountain ten days ago and hasn't returned?"
Zhou Hong turned the photo over and suddenly found a line of neat handwriting on the back.
"To the innkeeper, if I do not return within half a month, then I am dead. Please do not call the police, do not make a fuss, and quietly dispose of my luggage, otherwise, it will bring you unnecessary trouble. Remember."
"Eh, what does this mean?" Zhou Hong was a little confused when he saw the line of text.
Judging by this, this beautiful woman in the photo had gone to Kunlun Mountain for some reason. She herself had a premonition of death. What had happened that she had written her will in advance?
"Could it be that what the boss just said about some Venerable killing some Flying俠... could this female tenant be that Flying俠?" Zhou Hong thought to himself.
"Heh, what a coincidence." Zhou Hong gave a wry smile. He hadn't expected the tenant of this room to be a Flying俠 being hunted by some Venerable in Kunlun Mountain.
"Zhou Hong, I'm done. You go take a shower," Liu Hua said, emerging from the bathroom at this moment.
"Eh, where did you get that photo?" Liu Hua, upon exiting the bathroom, immediately saw Zhou Hong holding a picture of a beautiful woman.
"It must belong to the previous tenant. She left a message for the innkeeper on the back of the photo, saying that if she didn't return within half a month, her luggage could be thrown away, and that she had died in Kunlun Mountain. If I'm not mistaken, this female tenant is currently being hunted in Kunlun Mountain," Zhou Hong said, handing the photo to Liu Hua before going into the bathroom to shower.
Soon, Zhou Hong also finished his shower.
"Zhou Hong, what are you going to do now? Should we give this photo to the boss?" Liu Hua quickly asked after Zhou Hong came out of the bathroom.
"We'll see about it tomorrow."
At this moment, Zhou Hong noticed that the pink suitcase in the room had been opened.
"Liu Hua, did you open that suitcase? The innkeeper said not to touch the previous tenant's belongings. How could you open her suitcase?" Zhou Hong asked urgently.
"I just opened it to take a quick look. I don't care about her anymore. Maybe this female tenant is already dead."
"That's immoral. But since it's already open, I guess I'll take a look too." Zhou Hong was also quite curious about this female tenant.
Zhou Hong walked over and saw that in the suitcase were some changes of clothes, underwear, and so on, and they had lace trim. It seemed that this female tenant was quite romantic. Below the clothes, there was a mobile phone.
Zhou Hong picked up the phone doubtfully, but unfortunately, it was out of power.
Zhou Hong plugged in the charger on the table, and the phone quickly turned on.
To Zhou Hong's surprise, the phone had no password set.
"Zhou Hong, didn't you say we shouldn't touch other people's things? I just opened the suitcase for a quick look, and you're actually playing with someone else's phone," Liu Hua said speechlessly.
"Heh, since you opened her luggage first, what's the difference if I take a look or not? I'm quite curious about this female tenant's identity, let's see if I can find anything."
"I think you're just attracted to her because she's pretty," Liu Hua smiled slightly.
"Nonsense, I've seen plenty of beautiful women."
Zhou Hong couldn't be bothered to argue with Liu Hua. After turning on the phone, he immediately saw the wallpaper, which was a photo. The woman in the photo was the same person.
It seemed that this female tenant was indeed the beauty in the photo.