After The Fall Of The Earth, My Hotel Became Popular - Chapter 32

　　Wen Bei’s eyes widened slightly, unconsciously recalling the last comment he had heard from an ordinary employee.

　　【Only a polluter could do something like this.】

　　The moment those words echoed in his mind, he suddenly turned around and ran back.

　　The boy he was speaking to was left aside in a daze.

　　…

　　Without any hesitation, he quickly ran back to the fifth floor and started knocking on the door. However, he knocked not on his door, but on the door opposite to his own.

　　He knocked quickly and urgently, and soon, the door opened from the inside.

　　Wen Bei had been secretly holding a gun behind his back. It had been given to him by Ji Mingyuan for self-protection. He had also purchased some bullets in the mall, filling the gun’s entire magazine with live ammunition.

　　The reason why he dared to directly go to Cheng Jie was simple. He knew that although Cheng Jie was a polluter, his pollution level was not high.

　　Polluters with low pollution levels were not much different than ordinary humans when facing thermal weapons such as firearms.

　　Thus, a gun was more than enough.

　　The moment he saw that Cheng Jie was fine, Wen Bei smiled as if he was relieved: “That’s great, Brother Cheng, I was worried that something might have happened to you.”

　　Cheng Jie’s beak opened, and one couldn’t tell if he was smiling or not, but his voice had a pleasant tone: “How could anything happen to me?”

　　Wen Bei: “The serial killer hasn’t been caught yet.”

　　Cheng Jie: “You don’t have to worry about that. Do you want to come in and sit down?”

　　His attitude was so natural and calm that it made Wen Bei suspect for a moment if his intuition was actually right or wrong.

　　He shook his head and was about to refuse when a familiar smell suddenly hit his nose; it was a faint smell of meat.

　　But, the smell wasn’t coming from the person in front of him, rather it was coming from inside the room.

　　Cheng Jie: “I just brought back some canned meat from the factory. Do you want to eat some together?”

　　Wen Bei: “No, thanks.”

　　He pretended to glance in casually, and his eyes suddenly curled up.

　　He raised his head innocently: “I’m going to wait for my brother to eat.”

　　Cheng Jie: “I see, that’s a pity.”

　　Wen Bei watched him turn around and loosen his clenched palms. His eyes, which were full of innocence, instantly filled with vigilance and coldness.

　　He saw a few drops of blood on the floor that shouldn’t have been there.

Chapter 28

　　Wen Bei watched him turn around and was about to close the door for him, but suddenly stopped. His heart was lifted tightly, and his expression still showed slight confusion and unpreparedness.

　　Cheng Jie turned his back to him and asked in a muffled voice, “Do you want to come in and sit down?”

　　Wen Bei still refused: “No need.”

　　Cheng Jie suddenly turned around, looking as if he wouldn’t accept Wen Bei’s refusal: “I cooked something delicious, we can eat together.”

　　After saying that, he was about to grab Wen Bei but Wen Bei dodged. After being avoided, he looked at his hand blankly.

　　Wen Bei took a step back, with a forced smile on his face: “I’ve already bought dinner.”

　　Cheng Jie stared at him. The beak that grew out because of his deformation made him look a little strange at this moment. He suddenly said: “You saw it, didn’t you?”

　　Wen Bei blinked: “What do you mean?”

　　Cheng Jie beak opened wide for a moment, and then closed it quickly: “You saw it!”

　　The voice was sharp and unpleasant.

　　Like a bird being strangled by its neck.

　　Cheng Jie’s pollution level increased a little, and some black crow-like feathers began to appear on the back of his hands, which looked thin and disgusting.

　　He repeated continuously: “You saw it.”

　　Wen Bei didn’t want to anger him, so he could only stay calm: “What did I see?”

　　After saying that, before the other party could react, he immediately added: “Didn’t you invite me in just now? I changed my mind, I’ll come in.”

　　Cheng Jie paused in astonishment. He didn’t expect Wen Bei to agree. After hearing Wen Bei’s words, his aura which was about to go berserk returned to his original honest look: “Okay.”

　　There was indeed something wrong with this person infront of him, and Wen Bei planned to follow his ideas first and then find a better excuse to leave.

　　After walking into the room, the smell of meat became more obvious, and this time he could clearly smell the smell of blood underneath it, which was covered by the strong and pungent smell of meat.

　　The moment he raised his head and saw the whole room clearly, Wen Bei, even as calm as he was, was stunned.

　　On the small balcony, there was a large pot with broth simmering. There were some cans of meat produced by Snowflake Factory scattered around. The almost drained corpse next to it was definitely the main raw material of the disgusting broth.

　　Even though the corpse was facing away from him, Wen Bei still felt that it looked familiar. He looked at Cheng Jie with a normal expression from the corner of his eye, and felt a little chill in his heart.

　　The man was crazy.

　　His silence seemed to make Cheng Jie feel uneasy. He scratched his head and asked, “Don’t you like eating meat?”

　　Cheng Jie opened his beak again before Wen Bei could answer: “The canned meat in the factory is delicious.”

　　Wen Bei walked in a little, pretending to look at the contents of the pot, but actually, he was looking at the corpse on the ground: “I’m not hungry yet.”

　　He clearly recognised the body lying on the ground, Ruan Tiantian.

　　Wen Bei’s thoughts were very complicated. He never expected that the man who had spoken to him for half a day to convince him that Ruan Tiantian was not really that bad, would actually kill him and use his flesh to make soup.

　　He never thought of doubting Cheng Jie from the beginning, because no matter from which angle he looked, the man appeared to be a very honest person.

　　But he was a rare polluter working in the Snowflake Factory, and he even lied to himself.

　　The suspicion was immediately highlighted.

　　Wen Bei had visited Cheng Jie with the idea of taking a look to rethink his suspicions, but he hadn’t expected to end up witnessing a tragic scene.

　　Cheng Jie showed a pityful expression when he heard that he didn’t want to eat. He walked over and scooped a bowl out of the pot: “Then I’ll eat it myself.”

　　When the spoon stirred the soup, a piece of scalp with hair also floated out, followed by the red and white meat.

　　Wen Bei almost felt sick to his stomach, and his pretty little face turned a bit pale as he just watched the man holding the bowl of broth mixed with human flesh and devouring it intently.

　　It was as if he was tasting some divine delicacy.

　　Cheng Jie’s beak would make a slurping sound when drinking soup, and he would sigh from time to time.

　　It seemed like he had a real delicacy in his hands.

　　When he finished drinking almost all the soup, Wen Bei asked, “Did you do the same to the other people who were killed in the factory?”

　　He chose to be straightforward. He didn’t appear to be panicked at all, but in fact, his hand which was hidden in his clothes had already tightened around the gun.

　　Cheng Jie did not go berserk as expected, but nodded calmly: “I took away part of their bodies. Of course I couldn’t enjoy such delicious food alone. I secretly added all the meat to the meat in the factory. In the end, they should all be mixed with the canned meat.”

　　As he explained his sick actions, an abnormal blush appeared on his face, as if he had really achieved something great.

　　There was a coldness in Wen Bei’s eyes, and his hand gripping the gun tightened, and he counted down the time in his heart.

　　Cheng Jie was still talking about his journey on the road of murders.

　　He frankly admitted that the first person he killed was an accident because the man had seen him stealing canned meat.

　　Cheng Jie: “I went to work in that factory because I love eating meat! Especially after becoming a polluter, I could feel my stomach always clamouring for meat. Sometimes I couldn’t help but steal some and go home. I’ve been doing that for a long time without being discovered.”

　　”But not long ago, that person ruined everything for me. He threatened me that he would tell my supervisor about it. If I resigned, I wouldn’t be able to eat such cheap canned meat often. Of course, I had no choice but to kill him.”

　　When Cheng Jie admitted to his first murder, he paused strangely and showed a satisfied expression: “I didn’t expect his meat to be that delicious. I suddenly understood that the most delicious meat in the world was human meat.”

　　In every murder at the Snowflake Factory, there was a certain part of the body which was always missing. He originally thought it was the perpetrator’s unique habit, but he didn’t expect that it was actually taken away, only to be added to the canned meat.

　　When the canned meat was sent to the packaging department on the second floor, it would be beaten into a pulp by the machine. Naturally, it was impossible to tell whether any other kind of meat was mixed in it.

　　Cheng Jie turned to look at Wen Bei: “You can understand me, right? Doesn’t this man always bully you? So, I made him into soup.”

　　Although Ruan Tiantian often scolded him, did he actually kill Ruan Tiantian for just that reason…

　　Wen Bei took a step back, not wanting to accept such a disgusting ‘kindness’.

　　At the same time, his countdown had just ended on time. There were three polite knocks on the door.

　　Knock…Knock…Knock…

　　The person outside the door smiled elegantly and his eyes did not waver: “Excuse me, is my brother here?”

　　There had never been a moment in the past when Wen Bei felt that Qiu Tin’s voice was as pleasant as it was at the present moment.

　　Before going to Cheng Jie, he had calculated the time when Qiu Tin would return.

　　That person was like a big dog who couldn’t live without its owner. It would quickly trace the scent as soon as the time came.

　　It was also the reason why he wasn’t worried at first that Cheng Jie would hold him captive.

　　Sure enough, as soon as he heard Qiu Tin’s voice, Cheng Jie’s eyes became a little nervous.

　　The more powerful a person was, the more difficult it was for them to conceal their aura.

　　As both of them were people with abilities, Cheng Jie knew from the first moment he first saw Qiu Tin that the man was not simple.

　　He opened the door and returned to his taciturn and dull look: “Yes.”

　　Qiu Tin leaned against the door, holding an unlit cigarette in his hand. His sharply knuckled fingers made them more tangible. He lazily raised his eyes and looked straight past Cheng Jie to the person standing inside. “Have you had enough fun?”

　　Even if he deserved a good beating, he was much more pleasing to the eye.

　　Wen Bei took a step forward calmly: “Well, let’s go.”

　　Qiu Tin looked him up and down, and suddenly chuckled: “Why don’t you even call me brother?”

　　His eyes were playful, and it was obvious that Wen Bei’s sudden obedient attitude had made him understand something.

　　Wen Bei: “…”

　　His eyes were as cold as murder.

　　After pausing for a few seconds, under the man’s gaze, he almost bit out a word with his teeth: “Brother.”

　　Qiu Tin narrowed his eyes. Even though there was murderous intent inside, he was still in a very happy mood, and his whole body felt as comfortable as if a small electric current was passing through him: “Let’s go.”