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Chapter 276: Chapter 276: Desolate Mountain Inn

Listening to Qin Tian’s excited words in the car, Mu Yunxi’s lips twitched slightly, but in the end, she said nothing and drove the car to an open space on the side of the road ahead, and got out of the car with Qin Tian.

By the roadside in this forest, there stood two wooden buildings side by side, resembling a small palace.

However, the two-storey wooden buildings were crudely constructed, matching the desolate surroundings quite well.

”Ha, it’s actually an inn.”

After getting out of the car, Qin Tian and Mu Yunxi walked across the grassy square and headed straight for the wooden buildings.

The wooden buildings were right beside the grass square, with a large wooden door wide open. At the entrance hung a gray wooden sign with the words ”Desolate Mountain Inn” written on it.

Unexpectedly, there would be an inn in such a desolate place.

As Qin Tian and Mu Yunxi walked inside, they hadn’t yet reached the door when a middle-aged woman came out to greet them with a cheerful laugh.

”Are you two staying over?”

The middle-aged woman appeared to be in her thirties, wearing a fiery red dress and heavy makeup, exuding a kind of allure that suggested she was still in her prime.

When Qin Tian first saw the middle-aged woman, he was taken aback, thinking how could there be such a beautiful woman in an inn in the wilderness?

Although her beauty couldn’t compare to Murong Fei’s or Lu Qing’s, nor even to the women of Zhonghai City, for her age and this wild location, her attractiveness was indeed a surprise that made Qin Tian take notice.

”Are you the proprietress?” Qin Tian asked with a chuckle, his gaze meeting that of the middle-aged woman. Seeing her seductive eyes, he was momentarily stunned.

”Holy shit, is she flirting with me?”

Qin Tian was startled by the innkeeper’s behavior, thinking to himself, ”This woman must have been a prostitute or a madam in a brothel; her flirting skills are simply more powerful than a power plant.”

”Yes, I am the proprietress of Desolate Mountain Inn. Just call me Madam Qiu,” the proprietress swayed her dress, glancing at Qin Tian and then at Mu Yunxi.

”Are you a couple?” Madam Qiu asked, ”Where are you heading? It’s so late, are you staying overnight?”

”Not a couple, staying overnight.”

Mu Yunxi answered succinctly.

With that, she headed straight into the inn.

Inside the inn, there were a few wooden tables, and at the entrance, a counter that looked like a cash register was covered with several old newspapers, very simple.

After entering the inn, two middle-aged men came out of the kitchen and were momentarily stunned when they saw Mu Yunxi, as if they had never seen such a beautiful woman before.

The two middle-aged men were also in their thirties, with crew cuts, tall and burly figures. Qin Tian estimated their height to be at least one hundred and eighty centimeters with muscular build, resembling butchers.

”For staying over, it’s 388 per night, no bargaining, and the costs for dinner and breakfast are separate.”

Madam Qiu walked in cheerfully, and upon seeing those two middle-aged men staring blankly at Mu Yunxi, she quickly waved them back to the kitchen: ”What are you looking at? Haven’t you seen a beautiful woman before? Go and cook!”

The two middle-aged men uttered an ”Oh,” and then headed back to the kitchen at the rear of the inn.

While they were speaking, a group of five or six people descended the wooden staircase on the right side of the guesthouse’s main hall. They were young men and women dressed in sportswear, and they looked like backpackers.

”Hehe, please wait a moment, everyone. Dinner is still being prepared, it’s not ready yet. It will be ready in half an hour,” said the innkeeper, rushing to greet the backpacking guests as they came down.

The guests didn’t seem to mind and continued chatting among themselves before they walked out of the guesthouse to breathe in the fresh air outside.

”We’ll take two rooms, and we don’t need dinner or breakfast,” said Mu Yunxi, her gaze faintly resting on the innkeeper.

The innkeeper immediately showed a look of distress and, smiling at Mu Yunxi, said, ”Beauty, it’s not that I’m trying to make things difficult for you. Remember when I just asked if you were a couple? Today, a group of backpackers checked in, and all the rooms are full. There’s only one left, the one next to the storage room, just that one. See how you can make do with two rooms?”

The innkeeper said this with a cheerful laugh, pointing to the wooden room at the corner of the second floor.

Mu Yunxi frowned at once. One room, how to manage that?

”One room will be fine,” said Qin Tian, stepping forward to speak.

Mu Yunxi turned to look at him, about to say something, but then she saw Qin Tian speak with a smile, ”Having a room is better than not having one, right? Besides, it’s better for the two of us to stay in a room than in the car, don’t you think?”

Mu Yunxi couldn’t refute Qin Tian’s words. She hesitated a moment, then said to the innkeeper, ”Then, one room.”

The innkeeper stretched out her hands, ”Great, I’ll need your IDs. And you’re sure you don’t want dinner or breakfast?”

Mu Yunxi was about to decline when Qin Tian interjected, ”First, tell me what you’re serving for dinner and breakfast?”

”Dinner is beef, lamb, pork chops, fish, potatoes, tomatoes, cabbage—that’s about it. Breakfast includes porridge, pickles, eggs, and baguette. If you want to eat, I can show you the menu in a bit,” the innkeeper explained.

”That’s fine, we’ll take both dinner and breakfast,” Qin Tian said cheerfully. Those foods were definitely more appetizing than the bread and instant noodles Mu Yunxi had bought.

Having come out with Mu Yunxi, Qin Tian wasn’t keen to suffer, and besides, it was Mu Yunxi’s money that was being spent—why not take advantage of a free meal?

When the innkeeper gave Mu Yunxi a querying look, she hesitated for a moment.

Usually, when on assassination missions, she would eat her own provisions to prevent any food-related issues from affecting the job.

However, today, when she had checked her supplies, Mu Yunxi realized the dry food she brought might not be enough; she would need to economize. So she weighed whether or not to eat food from the guesthouse.

After a brief silence of two seconds, Mu Yunxi glanced at Qin Tian and said, ”Alright, one room for one night, for dinner, we’ll have the beef, tomatoes, and steak, and for breakfast, porridge and eggs. Tell me, how much will it cost?”

Qin Tian was left speechless, his heart sinking. Damn, I haven’t even ordered yet, and you’re already ordering for me? Don’t my opinions count?

But then, thinking that it was Mu Yunxi paying, he pursed his lips and decided to hold back.

The small wooden room on the second floor was about ten square meters. There was just a small wooden table, two wooden stools, and a wooden bed measuring two meters long and one and a half meters wide. That was it—utterly simple and plain.

Fortunately, Qin Tian and Mu Yunxi weren’t too fussy about such things and could barely accept it.

Once back in their room and after closing the door, Mu Yunxi looked out from the window. There was a forest behind them, and after dark, it became a dense mass of shadows.

”Do you feel like there’s something off about this guesthouse?”

Mu Yunxi turned and spoke to Qin Tian.