Novel Bin
Chapter 4 - Anomaly! The Screaming Teapot!
Chapter 4: Anomaly! The Screaming Teapot!
Lin Yu stopped the other person from saying their name for his own reasons!
The bearded thug and the accountant ghost didn’t introduce themselves earlier, and combined with some “strange tales” Lin Yu had seen before, he came to a conclusion that introducing one’s name in horror games is a foolish thing to do!
It’s possible that some ghost rules involve names!
Therefore, not revealing one’s true name should be a “universal rule” followed by all horror games!
The girl in glasses with the surname Li realized Lin Yu’s reasoning upon hearing this, her face pale as she nodded, then quietly said,
“Thank you.” After this small episode, she seemed to trust Lin Yu much more.
Soon, the two quickly passed through the corridor and arrived at the back door of the inn, which was wide open, revealing the entire first floor lobby of the inn.
The green bricks on the floor, like those in the backyard, were splattered with dark red, pungent bloodstains.
The front desk and several simple wooden tables and chairs looked ordinary, and three huge wine jars nearby appeared unremarkable, but the wooden menu hanging above the front desk was somewhat horrifying.
Written in bright red paint on the black wood were things like “Roasted Human Heart” and “Boiled Lamb Legs”…
Even names like “Couple’s Lung Slices” and “Wife’s Cake,” which should have been normal dishes, seemed quite eerie!
The front door of the lobby was wide open, with a wooden sign reading “Grand Opening” hanging from it, outside was a pitch-black chaos.
The entire lobby was empty, with only Lin Yu and Xiao Li present. There were no other people or ghosts.
“What should we do next?” Xiao Li instinctively asked Lin Yu.
Before Lin Yu could answer, a chilling female voice echoed in the empty lobby, “Wait for the guests.”
This voice startled Xiao Li, causing her to shrink her shoulders and look around, but it was still empty everywhere.
“Is that the landlady speaking?” Lin Yu pondered, but did not respond.
At that moment, a gust of cold wind swept in from the door, bringing with it a foul stench that assaulted their senses.
Lin Yu looked up and saw a swollen, grotesquely scarred man resembling a small mountain,
covered only by a few tattered rags, his belly bulging, skin a sickly blue, his face contorted, with lips pulled back, sharp fangs, and a frightful grimace.
As soon as he stepped into the inn, he turned his gaze towards Lin Yu and Xiao Li.
Gugugugu…
Strange noises came from his throat, shocking Xiao Li into a pale expression.
“Human?” This grotesque, fat ghost made a deep, terrifying sound from his belly, questioning,
and at the same time, drool flowed from his gaping mouth, as if he had spotted something incredibly delicious.
Lin Yu looked at this “guest” and recalled the words of the landlady and the accountant, then quickly stepped forward, forcing a smile,
“Welcome, sir! Please come in!” As he said this, the fat ghost indeed showed a look of disappointment.
“Oh, it’s just a waiter…”
He walked over to a table and slowly sat down.
The small stool groaned under the pressure of this meat mountain, making Lin Yu sweat nervously.
If this stool broke, who knows if the ghost would take the opportunity to retaliate, or how he would calculate the damages for broken items…
“First, get me a pot of hot water and a set of dishes!” The fat ghost tossed two copper coins onto the table, speaking coldly,
“Alright.” Lin Yu walked to a corner of the lobby, where three coal stoves and many utensils were placed,
Xiao Li hurriedly followed him.
After all, whether it was “slacking off” or “neglecting the guests,” it could cost them their lives.
The kettle on the coal stove was boiling with hot water, and the black teapot and utensils were piled on different shelves.
Strangely, the patterns on both the kettle and the utensils looked like countless human faces,
when Lin Yu picked up the empty teapot, he suddenly heard a painful voice,
“Ah—ah—
“I’m in so much pain! Kill me! Kill me!”
He was taken aback, his hand trembling, and the teapot fell to the ground.
Smash!
It looked like the ceramic teapot shattered,
Xiao Li instantly jumped in shock.
“Brother Lin… you broke… you broke the teapot!” She said this, somewhat flustered.
“Should we hide it? After all, no one saw!”
Lin Yu looked at Xiao Li, feeling a bit fonder of the girl.
Although timid, she cared for him despite having no part in this incident…
However, Lin Yu knew that hiding it wouldn’t work!
And just as he expected…
The next moment, the accountant ghost’s cough echoed, “Cough cough, young man, clumsy hands… you broke the teapot right after starting work…
“That teapot is worth fifty copper coins!”
Xiao Li and Lin Yu turned around to see the accountant ghost, who had somehow hunched over and appeared behind them, but his expression wasn’t angry. Instead, he looked somewhat delighted.
His gaze towards Lin Yu was filled with greed!
“You just started working. I doubt you can pay for it… so let’s take your right hand that broke the teapot as compensation!” He said this, extending a dry, claw-like hand towards Lin Yu’s right hand!
“Ah!” Xiao Li couldn’t help but scream, as if she could see Lin Yu’s right hand being ripped off at any moment.
At that moment, however, Lin Yu shouted, “Stop! You old bastard!
“Who said I couldn’t pay?”
At the same time, Lin Yu shouted frantically in his heart,
“System, exchange for fifty thousand ghost coins!!! Issue them in copper coin form!!!”