"There is no problem with the above job content. I also like cats very much," Qi Jiu replied to the gatekeeper, "I want to get this job opportunity."

The pale middle-aged woman looked at him again: "You don't have any infectious diseases, right?"

Qi Jiu shook his head: "Please rest assured, I am very healthy."

"It's better to be like this. If there is no problem, you can join the job today?" The woman smiled meaningfully, "The salary here is very good. On a daily basis, 30 wages per day. You kids from the countryside are very satisfied.

It’s hard to find a job with such a high salary.”

Qi Jiu bowed slightly to her: "No problem."

"These are the things you need to pay attention to when working in Tangchi. You must read it carefully and remember it. Nothing else is special." She handed over a handwritten brochure, then stood up and said, "Let's go, we will arrange it for you."

You can tidy up the place where you stay, get familiar with the rules, and then you can start working in the evening."

"Our busiest time here is at night."

The wooden clogs under the middle-aged woman's feet made a "clunking, clucking" sound. She stepped on the moss-covered stone road and led Qi Qiu towards the employee accommodation area behind the soup pool.

There were not many guests in the soup pool in the evening, so Qi Gu followed the woman through the soup pool area.

There is not much difference from the timeline of the hot spring hotel where the player is located. The "Yu no Yu" hot spring pool at this point in time is also named after the twenty-four solar terms. The male bath is on the left and the female bath is on the right. There is a loose bamboo fence in the middle.

Block.

The so-called "Yuzhitang Employee Code" is also very simple:

"Welcome to join the "Yu no Yu" hot spring resort and become a staff here. Please observe the following precautions during future service:

1. In order to leave a good impression on the guests who come to bathe, the staff should wear the hotel's work uniform during the service process and wear the mask assigned by the person in charge throughout the process;

2. Please give priority to service staff to meet the needs of guests and prohibit prying into guests' privacy;

3. Any staff member is not allowed to enter the soup pool with a "to be cleaned" sign without permission;

4. The hot spring pool is divided into male hot spring and female hot spring. However, if you see a male guest entering the female hot spring pool, please choose to ignore it, and vice versa;

5. Please do not walk around the hot spring pools at will during non-duty hours, so as not to disturb the guests taking advantage of the hot spring baths;

Please respect the privacy of the guests during the service process, and remember not to disturb the guests’ rest and play.”

The Hidden Parts of Yuchi's Employee Rules have not been blacked out, indicating that the focus is not on exploring the rules, but on following these rules to find the truth behind them. This is probably also the truth about the recent "frequent disappearances of Yuchi's employees".

Soon, Qi Jiu followed the woman whose clogs were clattering to the staff accommodation.

The dormitory provided by Tangchi to its employees is a long house facing the street. The entrance is connected to the outside world. The interior space is separated by earthen walls. The space allocated to Qikui's house is only about ten square meters. Two tatami mats are squeezed into the narrow space. Because of the age,

Due to being in disrepair for a long time, the paper sliding door was damaged and leaking air.

Qi Qiu bowed and entered the room. The middle-aged woman pointed to the tatami that someone had obviously slept on not long ago and had not even had time to clean it up. "This is your bed. You can rest here tonight."

"...but it seems that someone is already using it here." Qi Jiu was a little embarrassed to say.

The woman waved her hand: "Just throw away his belongings."

Qi Jiu frowned: "Is this really appropriate?"

The woman then giggled and said, "There's nothing inappropriate. The person who originally lived here has been missing for a few days, so you can dispose of these debris as you please and don't worry about it."

The woman spoke with certainty, as if she knew for sure that the original guest would not be able to come back.

Qi Jiu followed the other person's words and asked, "Is the employee who used to live here the same handyman who disappeared three days ago on the notice board on the street?"

The woman looked at Qi Qiu with a strange look and shrugged: "Young people today just don't know what to do. They advance half a month's salary and then run away without saying a word. It's really irresponsible."

"If you don't have anything else to do, I just need to clean up and rest. I have to work in the evening." The woman handed the room key to Qi Jiu and left, as if she didn't want to stay here any longer.

Qi Qiu sighed softly at the tatami filled with debris: "Sorry for bothering you."

After saying that, he quickly packed up the items left by the other party. After all, there were probably important clues hidden in these items.

It would be nice if Qin Rang was here. The European Emperor's luck in finding clues is hundreds of times better than ordinary people.

While thinking, Qi Gu frowned as he packed up his predecessor's belongings.

Because he dug out bits and pieces of 200 coins from the locker. If the handyman named Uesugoshi planned to escape with the money, it would be impossible for him to leave this huge sum of money in the employee dormitory.

Moreover, there were almost no traces of the other party's daily necessities being packed away, and everything remained as it was for daily use. This Uesugi seemed to have disappeared in a hurry, and it was not like he had a chance to escape with the money.

It was as if this person suddenly disappeared without warning, with nothing prepared.

Qi Gu became more and more inclined to the rumors he heard on the streets: these missing handymen did not escape with their money, but died suddenly.

However, for some reason, Yuzhitang did not want the outside world to know about this matter, so it used the employee to run away with the money as an excuse to cover up the fact.

What surprised Qi Gu even more was that he discovered that the former resident was an extremely fanatical fan of Miss Ikuko.

Qi Qiu found countless portraits of Miss Zhang Yuzi in the storage cabinet under the wooden board, as well as a thick stack of folk stories about Miss Yuzi.

He even found something like a ledger under his pillow.

The account book is densely packed with records of the date when Ms. Ikuko visited "Iku no Yu". It even records in detail Ms. Ikuko's clothes and hair accessories that day, as well as the surnames and identities of the guests she served.

This handyman named Uesugoshi was really fanatical and morbid, Qi Gu concluded.

He quickly browsed through the dates of Miss Ikuko's visit to the soup pool, and soon his eyes were fixed on the last date.

Qi Ku checked the current date of the dungeon and found that it matched the time of the previous dungeon. It was now January 1st.

The last time Ms. Ikuko visited "Iku no Yu" was on the evening of December 29, which was three nights ago.

And this Uesugi disappeared three days ago... This cannot be a coincidence.

Qi Qiu quickly ran through the current clues: 1. There have been frequent disappearances of handymen at the "Yu no Yu" hot spring resort recently; 2. Before the handyman who was infatuated with Miss Ikuko disappeared, Miss Ikuko happened to come to the hot spring. What do you think?

It's not like a coincidence; 3. According to what I saw in the shrine illusion before, Miss Ikuko seems to have a hobby of biting people's necks and eating human blood...

This eccentric Miss Ikuko seems to be an important clue to the recent disappearances.

[Congratulations on your successful promotion of the "Truth of the Missing Employee" branch. The unlock level of this branch is currently 30%]

At this moment, the paper door was suddenly pushed open from the outside.

A young man was about to enter the house. When he saw Qi Qiu who was arranging the tatami, he was stunned. Then he chuckled and said, "They recruited new people so quickly? It's really a miracle."

Qi Jiu soon understood that the other party was a guest on another tatami.

"How much did they give you? Do you want your life?" the young man in the bed next to him asked with a hint of sarcasm.

Qi Jiu smelled a clue, but his face remained calm: "Is there something terrible happening here?"

The young man was slightly stunned and looked at him again: "I said, you are a country boy who doesn't understand anything, right?"

Qi Jiu pretended to be embarrassed and scratched his head, then smiled and said: "I just came from my hometown and wanted to find something to do."

The young man looked at Qi Qiu with a look of regret: "Tsk, I advise you to resign as soon as possible. According to me, there are more than two employees who have disappeared this month, and whether they are missing or have suffered accidents, who knows the truth?"

Qi Jiu was slightly startled. It turned out that there were more than two... It seemed that someone had deliberately hidden the information about the missing employees.

Then he asked irrelevantly: "Does Miss Ikuko come here often recently?"

The young man narrowed his eyes slightly and sneered: "Hey, it turns out you are still a fan of Yu Zi."

Qi Jiu smiled noncommittally, and the young man shrugged and continued: "The Yuzhiyu and the Yuzhiwu next door are both properties of the Takahashi family. The guests who come out from there include those who live in the Yuzhiwu."

Wandering girls often come here to bathe in the hot springs, especially the legendary courtesan Ikuko, who is rarely seen in person. She likes the hot springs here very much."

As he spoke, the young man began to pack his things: "This street has been uneasy recently. I'm afraid of getting into trouble and have already resigned. If you're not afraid of death, just stay."

The young man who had packed up his personal belongings patted Qi Qiu on the shoulder: "I wish you good luck."

Now Qi Qiu was the only one left in the whole room.

After sorting out the clues left by the missing employee, Qi Jiu packed up his belongings and moved them out of the room with two bags of garbage. He also took out new sheets and quilt covers from the storage box and put the ones that had been slept in

The entire set of tatami mats was replaced.

After he tidied everything up, the cramped house took on a new look and looked much more comfortable.

Soon night fell, and many male guests came to the hot springs.

Qi Jiu, who randomly ate two hot spring steamed buns for dinner, started to get busy.

What the middle-aged woman was given to him was a pair of "Wanmei" nengmian that represented a mature and gorgeous woman.

Qi Gu was a little surprised. The middle-aged woman explained that although the staff at the hot spring resort were all men, in order to highlight the characteristics of "Iku no Yu", the nōmen assigned to the staff were all female characters.

"In this parade, all male helpers must wear female masks so as not to look disobedient," the middle-aged woman giggled, "and this slightly weird contrast makes the guests feel even more fresh."

Qi Jiu put on the "Wanmei" mask calmly and said: "I understand."

His job is very simple, he only needs to deliver drinks and snacks to the guests in the hot spring, prepare yukata towels, and deliver other items designated by the guests. However, due to the real shortage of manpower, he is extremely busy even when there are many guests.

But thanks to his work, Qi Qiu was able to walk through the foggy soup pool.

He found that the "Jingzhe" pool in the women's bath was completely surrounded by a bamboo fence. There was a lock hanging at the entrance, and a sign on the lock said "To be cleaned, please keep away other people."

Every time Qi Qiu passed by the "Jingzhe" pool with the guests' belongings, he could always smell a vague fishy and putrid smell amidst the strong smell of sulfur.

It smells like rotten meat.

It was late at night and there were fewer guests at the hot springs. Qi Chu walked around the "Jingzhe" pool to find out.

Through the bamboo fence surrounding the soup pool, Qi Qiu could vaguely see the situation inside the soup pool, but due to the thick fog at night, Qi Qiu's sight was seriously obstructed.
To be continued...