Chapter 28: Checking into an Inn

  "Boss! We've arrived at Yingkou City, shall we find a place to stay first?"

  The street where people come and go doesn't seem that lively, Chen Gang asked standing behind Xu Fei who was dressed in a long satin shirt.

  Xu Fei looked at the first city he saw after crossing over. As a port city in the 1930s, the streets were still paved with concrete, but the houses on both sides of the street did not have high-rise buildings like those in later generations. Not a single car could be seen passing through the streets for half a day, and the slightly deserted roads only had rickshaws constantly coming and going, creaking as they passed through the middle of the road.

  "Make way! Let us through..."

  "Bang, bang......"

  Xu Fei motioned to Chen, who stood quietly at the side of the street. A group of devils happened to be patrolling down the street where they were standing, listening to their disgusting Japanese language. Xu Fei looked at them calmly, wearing big leather shoes on their feet.

  The rickshaw coolies chased away pedestrians on the road, and with a swaggering expression, they went off in another direction.

  "Boss..."

  "Let's not talk about it now, let's go find an inn and rest first."

  Xu Fei forbade Chen Gang from speaking, this was on the main street, heaven knows how many traitors willing to surrender and fawn over the devils exist.

  "Oh... then let's go to Tianyuan Inn? Which is the best inn in Yingkou, and the environment is not bad either." Chen said with some effort, carrying two large suitcases.

  "Tianyuan Inn, okay! Let's go there." Xu Fei said calmly as he looked at the crowd that was still scattered and panicked after being driven away.

  For the Chinese people who fell into the Japanese occupied area during this era, how much worry they had in their hearts while living under the terror of swords and guns, as a person from the future, he could not feel it personally. However, when the devils left, the anger and resentment revealed in their eyes made Xu Fei barely understand that the people here were not willing to be slaves of a lost country.

  Chen Gang was carrying two large suitcases and walking ahead, but he saw that not far away on the street corner there were two groups of people fighting, he stopped in his tracks and turned around to whisper to Xu Fei:

  "Boss! The population of Yingkou City is only over a million, but there are all kinds of people here, we must be careful when doing things."

  Xu Fei smiled calmly and said in a low voice, "Don't worry! Are these guys more ruthless than the devils? Hmph, if there are any who don't know what's good for them and want to come and seek death, we'll just kill them directly. Don't think our hands aren't stained with blood!"

  "Alright! With the boss's words, we can rest assured in Yingkou, right... Boss, the Tianyuan Hotel is just over there." Chen dodged the group of thugs who were fighting and walked out less than a hundred meters before lifting his chin to point at a five-story building across the street.

  "Oh..."

  Xu Fei nodded as he looked at the huge sign in front of the inn, the overall style of which was similar to European architecture. Two doormen dressed in black and red uniforms were constantly welcoming and sending off guests at the entrance.

  "Welcome!"

  Among the welcoming voices of the children, Xu Fei walked in front with a slightly arrogant attitude, while Chen Gang pretended to be an honest and humble person, following closely behind him.

  "Live here!"

  Xu Fei walked to the front desk and calmly asked the receptionist, before she could respond, he took out an antique pocket watch from his pocket that he had found in Liu Mao's secret room and checked the time, pretending to be a busy businessman.

  "How many are you, sir? What kind of room do you need?" The waiter asked with a smile.

  Xu Fei asked faintly: "My butler and I are two people. What's the best suite you have here?"

  "The best suite is on the fifth floor, each with a master bedroom and a guest room, as well as a living room and bathroom. It costs ten dollars per day, and one free breakfast is provided every day."

  Xu Fei nodded and said: "Okay! I'll take a suite."

  "Alright, sir, please register."

  Xu Fei casually used a name to register, anyway the devils hadn't started using their so-called good citizen certificates at this stage, he easily fabricated an identity and fooled them.

  "Sir, your room is 503! Here's the key. Do you need someone to help with your luggage?" The service staff handed over the key with a smile after Xu Fei paid for five days' accommodation with fifty silver coins.

  "No need!"

  Xu Fei turned around and walked towards the elevator, just as the elevator driver opened the elevator gate, a slightly hoarse Northeastern accent made Xu Fei curiously turn his head to take a look.

  "How much does it cost per day to stay here?"

  A tall Northeasterner wearing a brocade robe stood at the front desk and said loudly, Xu Fei and Chen? Gang both slightly furrowed their brows to look at this man. The man's tall stature, wearing this robe, seemed somewhat mismatched, but his slightly dark face appeared somewhat bookish. However, the hand holding the foreign currency that he put on the counter made Xu Fei look somewhat puzzled.

  When he saw Xu Fei, he looked at him and this Northeasterner nodded slightly and smiled faintly before continuing to look towards the front desk service staff.

  "Let's go! Boss."

  Chen Gang yelled respectfully after carrying his luggage into the elevator, and Xu Fei smiled and walked in with a steady pace.

  Rumble...

  The elevator rumbled like a winch, and the vibration inside made Xu Fei worry that it was about to fall. He muttered to himself, if he had known that elevators in the 30s were like this, he would rather take the stairs, at least it's safer.

  The third room on the fifth floor, where the elevator turns, Xufei opened the door with his key and took a look inside. This still surprised him, a 21st-century traveler who had traveled all over the world and stayed in countless large and small hotels.

  As soon as you enter, the floor is covered with thick sheepskin rugs. Walking into the living room, there are several large leather sofas, and a huge crystal chandelier that shines golden light when turned on. Opening the master bedroom, a massive sofa bed sits in the center of the room. Returning to the living room, except for the lack of a futuristic TV, the manual telephone looks even more luxurious than those found in later hotels.

  "Boss!"

  Chen Gang had just carried two suitcases into the master bedroom of Xu Fei's residence and came out, calling out in a low voice. Seeing Xu Fei look around the suite with satisfaction before turning back, he then said quietly:

  "Boss, we just saw that guy at the front desk and he's not ordinary! You didn't see him put down his foreign currency on the counter, did you? His right index finger is thick and wide, a clear sign of someone who has been shooting guns for a long time. Even many of the security guards don't have calluses like that."

  "Hmm!"

  Xu Fei nodded and thought for a moment before saying:

  I took a look at his fingers, and I also took a closer look at him. Although this person has a bookish air on his face, his eyebrows are slightly raised and his eyes are sharp. When he speaks, the corners of his mouth will slightly curl up, and there is a hint of vigilance in his expression;

  When I saw him, he immediately put on a gentle and smiling face, but from his eyes, I still saw a long-term killer's aura, so this person should be a professional soldier.

  "Judging from the calluses on his hands, he shouldn't be a fake soldier or a Japanese person. And since he's been shooting for so long, he wouldn't be a bandit with scarce ammunition either. So he can only be from the Northeast People's Revolutionary Army (let them appear one year in advance for the sake of subsequent plot development, although similar armed forces have already existed before) or the Righteous Brave Army!"

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