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Chen Yiyang listened with great interest for quite some time.

He found that West Capital is truly deserving of its reputation as an ancient city; the people here have a very high basic knowledge of antique evaluation.

They can generally determine that this item is indeed a genuine antique.

They aren't entirely sure of the exact century, but they can at least tell it's from before the Ming Dynasty.

However, when it comes to antique bowls, the prices for ones made from porcelain or other materials are different.

Bowls with patterns and those without also have different prices.

The bowl in front of them has a pattern, but it's not porcelain. So domestically, it wouldn't be worth much.

Additionally, the pattern on it doesn't quite resemble the style of ancient domestic paintings, making people even more hesitant to offer a high price.

The people discussing this were speculating whether this bowl was initially plain, and the seller added some made-up pattern to increase the price when he couldn't sell it.

Quickly, someone made an offer to the stall owner.

But their offers were all around three to four thousand.

The stall owner wasn't very satisfied and lowered the price to fifty thousand, refusing to go any lower.

Chen Yiyang thought it would be difficult to persuade the stall owner if he spoke up now.

So he stood up and decided to go elsewhere with the female driver to browse around.

The street was similar to the stall street in Jin City.

Apart from antique sellers, Ghost Market also had a bunch of snack stall owners selling things like grilled sausages and stinky tofu.

"Want to eat grilled sausages? I'll treat you," the girl turned and said to Chen Yiyang.

"No, I'm good." Chen Yiyang quickly waved his hand.

Chen Yiyang had initially wanted to eat; he had drank alcohol a short while ago and now craved something to eat.

But as soon as the girl offered to buy him something, Chen Yiyang thought to himself, he wasn't that handsome.

This girl had features that were really attractive on the neutral beauty spectrum, definitely a type that's popular in the dating market with both genders.

Why was she being so enthusiastic towards him?

This made Chen Yiyang feel overly confident.

He had every reason to suspect there was some collaboration between this female driver and the snack stall owners, only waiting to drug him after he ate the grilled sausage and then kidnap him.

"Then I'll eat it myself." The female driver didn't mind as she saw Chen Yiyang didn't want to eat. She bought two grilled sausages and ate them as she walked.

Making Chen Yiyang quite tempted on the side.

He felt there was some misunderstanding between him and the female driver.

But he couldn't figure out where the misunderstanding was.

Ending digits of the phone number, correct.

Destination, correct.

It's just the ride-hailing service suddenly turned into a motorcycle ride, which was a bit odd.

But she did deliver him to his destination late at night.

And it came with a shopping companionship service.

Halfway through eating her sausages, Chen Yiyang felt he couldn't resist any longer and took out money to buy two for himself to eat.

"Uh." The female driver watched Chen Yiyang suddenly change his mind and start eating grilled sausages.

After a moment of silence, she then said, "You're quite shy."

What's going on, is this girl really trying to flirt with him?

Chen Yiyang didn't say anything.

This situation was too peculiar.

He should quickly go back, buy the antique bowl, and leave.

So Chen Yiyang went back the way he came to the same stall.

By then, there were few people around the stall.

Just a man who looked to be in his fifties was still squatting there bargaining with the owner.

"Five thousand, at most." The elderly man made an offer.

"Twenty thousand." The stall owner's asking price had already been bargained down to twenty thousand.

But at the price of twenty thousand, there weren't many people genuinely interested in the bowl.

"Five thousand five." The elderly man countered.

"Eighteen thousand." The stall owner responded again.

"I'm willing to pay fifteen thousand." Chen Yiyang, anxious to leave, walked over and named a price.

"Alright, I'll sell it to you." By this point, the stall owner was tired of the haggling.

Chen Yiyang offered fifteen thousand, and he immediately agreed.

However, after he accepted, he turned his head to the elderly man who had been negotiating with him.

The significance was clear, seeing if the elderly man would also increase his offer significantly.

If the elderly man, after Chen Yiyang offered fifteen thousand, bid higher than fifteen thousand, it would prove the bowl's actual value was quite high and the elderly man was merely acting.

But upon hearing Chen Yiyang's offer, the elderly man decisively gave up outbidding and stood up.

Disappointed, the stall owner said to Chen Yiyang, "Sold it to you for fifteen thousand, but I need cash."

Chen Yiyang took out his small bag and counted one hundred fifty hundred-yuan bills and handed them over.

At a place like this, he couldn't just transfer money.

What if this guy got caught one day, that would be evidence.

After confirming the money was all set, the stall owner handed the item to Chen Yiyang.

"Paying fifteen thousand for this, you're quite wealthy, huh." The female driver looked surprised at Chen Yiyang.

Chen Yiyang noticed her gaze upon him.

It seemed like her surprise wasn't about him spending fifteen thousand on a bowl.

But more like watching a familiar poor friend suddenly becoming generous.

This situation was becoming increasingly bizarre.

Chen Yiyang took the Middle Eastern antique bowl and left the Ghost Market.

"Where are you staying tonight, I can give you a ride." The female motorbike driver patted her motorbike.

"No need, it's late, you should head home early too." Chen Yiyang didn't dare let this driver give him another ride.

Just then, a taxi drove by on the roadside.

He waved to the girl and got into the taxi.

It was only when the taxi had driven far enough, and he couldn't see the girl anymore, that Chen Yiyang felt relieved.

"Where to, young man?" The driver asked about his destination.

"Take me to this hotel." Chen Yiyang found a decent hotel online and asked the driver to take him there.

Then, holding his phone, Chen Yiyang suddenly thought: Even if the model of the ride-sharing car changed, the order record should still be there.

He didn't pay attention to the driver when he took the taxi. Now he can check if even the driver's identity is fabricated.

So, Chen Yiyang opened the ride-sharing app.

'Sorry, your ride booked at 12:15 has been canceled due to personal reasons of the driver. We have prepared a discount coupon to express our apologies.'

For a moment, Chen Yiyang truly felt scared.

His order was canceled. So who was the person who picked him up?

More precisely, was it even a person?

The last four digits of the phone number matched.

The destination was correct too.

But the person wasn't dispatched from the platform?

West Capital truly deserves its reputation as an ancient city.

Chen Yiyang felt like he might climb back to Jin City overnight.

The next day, when meeting with Xu Xiaosheng, Chen Yiyang mentioned this incident.

"Hahaha, a female ghost, you're intentionally teasing me!" Xu Xiaosheng expressed disbelief over Chen Yiyang's story.

"I'm not lying, really." Chen Yiyang answered absentmindedly, while eating his food.

Their meal was essentially a late lunch.

Chen Yiyang hadn't slept well the previous night. So he got up early, first found a place to rent a safe deposit box to store the Middle Eastern parrot antique bowl safely.

Only then did he meet Xu Xiaosheng for grilled fish.

"Could it be a coincidence?" Xu Xiaosheng, who has seen ancient corpses at archaeological sites, doesn't believe in ghosts at all.

She continued, "I once read a news article about two people booking rides simultaneously, with the same last four digits of their phone numbers and the same destination. They both got into the wrong car."

"So, don't worry." Xu Xiaosheng stroked Chen Yiyang's head to comfort him, "Ninety-nine percent of haunting incidents are caused by various coincidences.

Look at so many funny videos online. Without surveillance cameras capturing them, wouldn't it be easy to mistake them for ghost incidents?"

Listening to Xu Xiaosheng's comfort, Chen Yiyang instantly felt much better.

This might just be a coincidence.

But there must be a truly outrageous story behind this coincidence.

He's just temporarily unaware of it.

After finishing their meal and spending some time together.

Xu Xiaosheng went to work, and Chen Yiyang had to meet Liu Yiyi to continue discussing the hotel purchase.

The two met in the reception room and negotiated all the way to the price of four hundred and sixty thousand.

"This price might be agreeable, but most of the hotel's staff quit after the haunting news was out. There's only one waitress, like a sister to me, who stayed. If you buy the hotel for remodeling, could you let her stay as well?"

Is a waitress that loyal?

Chen Yiyang didn't think the waitress had poor morals.

But considering such entry-level jobs, with weak risk resistance and frequent exploitation by bosses,

the hotel is on the brink of closure, even the bravest should find a backup plan quickly.

Otherwise, with the hotel closed, wouldn't they worry about unpaid wages and hardship in finding another job, leading to no money for food?

But since Liu Yiyi requested this.

Chen Yiyang had to nod and say, "I can only promise. If I continue to operate the hotel, as long as her ability is comparable to the new hires, I won't dismiss her."

"Then I can rest assured. Mr. Chen, prepare the contract over there; we can sign within these few days."

"Alright." Chen Yiyang stood up and shook hands with Liu Yiyi.

However, he didn't tell Liu Yiyi about Zhao Cheng previously advising him against purchasing the hotel and introducing other hotels.

For a simple reason.

What Zhao Cheng did was behind Liu Yiyi's back, and Chen Yiyang didn't have evidence.

If he mentioned it to Liu Yiyi, she might think Chen Yiyang was trying to lower the price by sowing discord between her and her friend.

After settling the hotel affairs, Chen Yiyang called the little accountant in Jin City, asking her to hurry over and help.

Once the hotel reopens, he needs someone to assist in management.

Because he himself lacks experience in managing and operating a hotel.

Of course, the little accountant doesn't have such experience either.

But Chen Yiyang can hire a manager from outside, with the accountant focused on monitoring accounts and finances.

In a hotel situated in a prime location, financial records must be handled by trusted personnel.

Otherwise, issues like housekeeping consuming cleaning supplies in large quantities, discrepancies in inventory records, kitchen staff skimping on materials and stealing food,

would be more than enough to ruin any hotel.