𝐇𝐎𝐓𝐄𝐋 𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐒𝐇𝐔 ๑ xiao [✓]

第三十章

You stood up in front of Xiao with a smile. Your blue Mytheresa checkered dress with white snapped buttons and blue snap-buttoned pockets reflects along the shining skies of Hotel Wangshu.

Xiao smiled at you. He's wearing his Versace's boulcé tweed blue suit on top of a Gucci Bow-detailed GG silk jacquard blouse, with matching Versace blue pants. On his hand was a glass jar where a lonely firefly sits.

"You'll come back, right?"

Xiao smiled at you while nodded, "Of course, I'll come back."

You smiled sadly at him as you watched him turn his back to ride the car from the gates of the afterlife. The afterlife bridge runs differently as it takes a total of 60 days in human times for a soul to reach its end. 30 days to reach its half and 15 days to reach its ¼.

As Xiao was to open the door of Madame Ping's car. You ran to him and held his hand. He looked at your eyes in concern.

"You're coming back, right?"

"Wait for me. I will." He assured you as he held your hand. He let go as you lowered yours. He entered the car which took its route to the afterlife without looking back.

You watched as the car to afterlife slowly grew smaller and smaller until you could no longer see it with your sight.

A month after, everything on the hotel felt gloomy. You tried your best to stay positive as you continued to serve the remaining guests.

Every adepti who was currently still alive stayed at the hotel as guests to ready for their resting days.

You, Verr Goldet, and the other staffs tried everything to satisfy each. Slowly and slowly, more and more souls have departed to go to the afterlife as the hotel closed down.

Huai'an and Verr Goldet watches as you and Ganyu, who decided that she'll let her adeptus soul go, do her last works as a general secretary for the Qixing.

"A month before, the Yaksha left..." Huai'an started. "Why didn't the hotel vanish yet?"

"Is it because Xiao will not be the owner of this hotel anymore?" Verr Goldet said.

Their conversation were cut off when Yanxiao, the chef, suddenly came running to you who was just finishing with Ganyu.

"(Y/N), I think you should come see the garden."

Running as fast as you can, you looked at the almost empty rocks by the middle of the garden. It almost looks the same as it first was. The flowers by the sides were dried up and the Qingxings on the stones were dead and no petal was ever seen.

"It became lifeless since I saw it yesterday. It must mean that..." Yanxiao looked down with tears almost spilling out his eyes.

"Xiao won't come back for good now."

You were beyond devastated aa you heard that. But, still had hope. After sending out Yanfei's spirit to the gates of afterlife, you stayed still waiting for Xiao's return.

The night is dark and the winds were cold. The coldness cannot compete with the stiffness of your heart as you continue to stare at the dark pathway of the tunnel gate.

A month of waiting and standing by the tunnel and no signs of the Yaksha. It felt as if curse after curse you've been pulled over.

"Xiao, hurry up. I'm getting... anxious now."

Madame Ping stared at the three workers who stayed with Xiao the whole time. Xianyun chuckled as the three interrogates Madame Ping.

"My, my, my..." Xianyun started before going near the crowd. "It's up to the Yaksha if he'll come back."