Even hybrid monsters have their day

Chapter 306 The Pen Thief

"Do you see this? This shelf looks a little older than the ones next to it," Geng Miaowan noticed.

Xu Ruwen and Huangfu Aohan came over to compare, and it was indeed the case. In the past, because their attention was focused on the pen, they had overlooked this point.

By then, dawn was breaking, and to avoid being discovered, they returned to their room. Although they hadn't yet figured out why the time on the shelf hadn't stopped, this discovery alone was enough to excite them for most of the day.

However, their excitement quickly faded as they made no breakthroughs. This feeling was incredibly frustrating, as if everything was laid out clearly in front of you, but when you reached out to grab it, you found it was just a mirror, and you couldn't actually grasp anything.

Manager Jin was very anxious today. This morning, the warehouse keeper discovered a large number of pens were missing during inventory. These days, people steal money, people steal, but why would someone steal pens? This puzzled him completely.

Even if he didn't understand, he still had to know where the pens had gone. Otherwise, if his superiors found out, they would think he had neglected his duties and seriously failed in his responsibilities.

As soon as he entered the hotel, he checked the security camera footage and found nothing unusual.

At that moment, he received a message from the housekeeping staff saying that someone had broken into the hotel. He immediately put down the video he was watching and rushed over.

Geng Miaowan noticed that Manager Jin seemed a little different today than usual. Although he tried his best to hide it, a hint of anxiety still showed. If this were their first meeting, she would never have noticed this subtle difference in his face. She had seen his unchanging face for more than two months, so how could she not notice such a slight change?

After finishing the matter, she gave Xu Ruwen a wink. Then she called out to Manager Jin, who was about to go back to watch the video and look for clues.

He turned his head in confusion. "Is there anything else, Miss Geng?"

"It's nothing, but I noticed you don't look too well today, Manager Jin. Is something wrong?"

Upon hearing her question, Manager Jin's expression changed drastically. A hint of suspicion crept into his eyes as he looked at Geng Miaowan. These two had also suddenly appeared at the hotel, hadn't they? Could their appearance be related to the disappearance of the pens? Could they have stolen them?

He thought about it and then felt it was somewhat impossible. The two people were well-dressed and had a noble air about them; they didn't look like ordinary people at all, and they certainly didn't seem like the type to do something as tasteless as stealing a pen.

He reached up and touched his face. Had he made it that obvious...?

After a moment of distraction, Manager Jin regained his composure and said, "Miss Geng, you're overthinking it. Nothing's wrong." After all, the theft of a pen from the hotel shouldn't be revealed to outsiders.

Geng Miaowan wasn't surprised at all by his words. She simply said with a hint of regret, "My friend has a special talent. I thought you might need my help with something."

Manager Jin glanced at Xu Ruwen, her face expressionless, but inwardly she wondered if these two were just con artists faking their abilities. "Thank you for your concern, Miss Geng, but I really have nothing to do. If there's nothing else, then I'll take my leave."

"Alright then." Geng Miaowan didn't press the matter; she hadn't expected him to believe her based on just one sentence. She gave Manager Jin a faint smile. "My friend asked me to remind you to watch your step when you go back later. Also, if you're going out later, it would be best to bypass Jiangqing Road and take the side road to Shenghua Road."

Manager Jin didn't linger. As he walked, he thought to himself, "This woman seems normal, so why is she talking so nonsensically? He's just at work. Why is she going to Shenghua Road for no reason?"

Around noon, Geng Miaowan and Xu Ruwen were meditating in their room when there was a sudden, urgent knocking on the door. Geng Miaowan smiled slightly, and sure enough, standing outside was Manager Jin, who looked terrified.

As soon as he saw Geng Miaowan, he grabbed her hand, then withdrew it after a moment's thought, peering through her eyes into the room.

"Manager Jin?" Geng Miaowan's voice brought his attention back to the present.

“Miss Geng…” Manager Jin’s eyes involuntarily swept into the room again. This time, he was relieved to see Xu Ruwen coming out of a room. “Um… could you please do me a favor?”

He spoke with some uncertainty, because he had been very firm in rejecting her that morning. He had initially thought they were just playing tricks to scam him out of money, but unexpectedly, the two sentences she had said to him before leaving had come true.

He hadn't taken her words seriously at first, but on his way back to the office, as he reached the office door, he noticed that a small section of the floorboards had broken and was sticking up. He almost tripped over it.

At that moment, he hadn't yet remembered what she had said.

A short while later, the boss, who had been on a business trip, suddenly returned and called to ask him to deliver a document to him on Shenghua Road. Because the document was important, he needed to deliver it personally. However, when he passed Jiangqing Road, a traffic accident occurred there, causing a half-hour traffic jam. By the time he delivered the document, the boss was furious.

He got a severe scolding from his boss.

On the way back, the more he thought about it, the more uneasy he felt. Could it be that the person staying at the hotel really had such superhuman abilities?

Thinking that the boss had already returned, if he found that so many pens were missing from the warehouse under his jurisdiction, then being questioned about his ability would be a minor matter; he might even be fired out of a fit of pique.

“Of course.” His reaction was exactly what Geng Miaowan had anticipated.

So Manager Jin led Geng Miaowan and Xu Ruwen toward the warehouse.

Neither of them had ever entered the warehouse during the day, which was one of the main reasons why Geng Miaowan had Manager Jin bring them in this time – she wanted to see if there was any difference between daytime and nighttime.

As they walked, Manager Jin told them about the strange things that had happened in the warehouse. Even though no one had picked up the pens or entered the warehouse, the number of pens was much less than the inventory on the 13th.

Seeing the bewildered look on his face, Geng Miaowan found it somewhat amusing. Of course, she knew why the number of pens had decreased; it was because those pens were affected by a force they still couldn't understand, preventing them from entering this eternal spatial setup, and they would be consumed normally during use.

[May 15th is almost here! I hope to continue my climb on the 515 Red Envelope Ranking, and on May 15th, I can give back to readers with a red envelope rain and promote my work. Every little bit counts, and I'll definitely update harder!] (To be continued.)