Rules Strange Story: My Family Is Not Normal

Chapter 73 The time of the lame old man

The red stick hit the proprietress on the head.

The stick flickered several times before returning to its normal red color.

The proprietress shook her body.

Zhou Bai was beside him, wanting to reach out to help.

The bartender who tilted his head was the first to come to the side of the proprietress.

"It's alright, it'll be fine in a while."

Like an elder, he helped the proprietress to sit on the chair.

Then he bowed and apologized non-stop to the patrolman.

The patrolman walked out of the tavern with a red stick.

The bartender with his head tilted sighed and looked at the moon outside the window.

"Oh, I don't know how long this tavern can last?"

To clear the SSS level, you need to find the blue pistol and help the tavern to run.

It seems that the potential survival crisis of this tavern is also slowly being exposed.

Zhou Bai looked up and saw the waiter standing in the shadow by the wall, looking towards them.

Suddenly my heart sank.

There must be something wrong with the wine in this tavern.

But the proprietress also drank today, indicating that she may not know that there is a problem with alcohol.

Most likely, it was the wine in the tavern, which was not a problem at first, but later became a problem.

Only the proprietress can open the wine cellar.

The wine in the tavern, from the wine cellar to the hands of the customers, has passed through two people in total.

Head tilted bartender, waiter who can't speak.

Thinking of this, Zhou Bai looked at the bartender with his head tilted.

He poured a glass of boiled water and handed it to the proprietress with concern.

Zhou Bai thought for a while, then asked the bartender with his head tilted in a low voice, "This waiter must have been here not long ago, right?"

The bartender tilted his head when he heard Zhou Bai's question, he frowned and recalled carefully.

"Yes. I came here about half a month ago."

Half a month ago?

The proprietress said before that the frequent patrols of the tavern started half a month ago.

It seems that this waiter is quite suspicious.

Zhou Bai felt that it was necessary for him to remind him.

"Alcohol in the tavern is very important. It may not be good to let a new employee carry it by himself."

Tilting his head at the bar, he looked at Zhou Bai with a serious expression.

His eyes fell on the back of Zhou Bai's hand.

On the back of Zhou Bai's hand, the fluff that grew before is still there, although it is not obvious, but if you look closely, you can still see it.

Zhou Bai followed his gaze and looked at the back of his hand.

It turned out that this was the reason why he handed Zhou Bai the green wine.

"Are you from that organization?"

The bartender tilted his head and asked.

Zhou Bai looked at him suspiciously.

Seeing Zhou Bai's reaction, the bartender tilted his head and didn't continue the topic.

Instead, he nodded to Zhou Bai.

"I'll pay attention."

Then he bowed his head and continued to take care of the proprietress.

Zhou Bai was stunned for a moment, then suddenly remembered that the "White Beard Badge" that Lele gave him before was still in his pocket.

Is this what the tilting head bartender asked?
Zhou Bai didn't know what this badge meant, but he didn't intend to ask the bartender to confirm this question.

It was almost time, and it was time for him to leave the tavern.

Inside the pub.

Those customers began to regain consciousness.

They walked out of the tavern one after another.

The proprietress supported her head with her hands, she seemed to have regained consciousness a little.

After Zhou Bai said goodbye to them, he also walked out of the tavern.

At the entrance of the tavern, the beckoning cat, seeing the invitation letter in Zhou Bai's pocket, smiled so hard that his eyes narrowed.

It swings its arms up and down.

The voice of "Welcome next time" is full of cheerfulness.

Zhou Bai walked out of the tavern and returned to the rest area opposite.

After entering the room, he still followed the process of the previous few days, lying on the window and looking at the opposite tavern.

On the other side of the tavern, nothing unusual happened.

After five o'clock, all the employees in the tavern left work one after another through the back door.

Zhou Bai yawned and lifted his spirits.

Leaning to the window, focusing on the waiter's every move.

This time, Zhou Bai finally discovered a suspicious point.

The lame old man who wandered around the tavern every day would disappear in one direction around eight o'clock in the evening.

And the direction that the waiter went back was exactly the same as the direction in which the crippled old man disappeared.

Zhou Bai's heart beat "thumping".

He felt as if something dangerous was getting closer and closer to him.

With this uneasy feeling, he struggled to lie down on the bed and fall asleep.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Zhou Bai woke up to the sound of the alarm clock.

With two dark circles under his eyes, he hurried to the window.

Near the tavern, the crippled old man was still wandering outside like a few days ago.

He quickly went out to eat.

Then he picked up his phone, and the time displayed on it was four twenty in the afternoon.

Zhou Bai quickened his pace and came to the side of the crippled old man.

I saw the old man also kept mumbling to himself.

"It's eight o'clock in the afternoon. I should go take a shower. It's eight o'clock, it's eight o'clock..."

Another hour added!
Sure enough, his time has nothing to do with the time on Zhou Bai's phone.

Instead, every time Zhou Bai spends a day, he will add an hour.

Zhou Bai's heart skipped a beat.

He walked slowly back to the rest area, trying to calm himself down.

Then, organize your thoughts in your head.

Today is the fifth day that Zhou Bai entered this dungeon.

The time reported by the lame old man was eight o'clock.

So, the sixth day, nine o'clock.

Seventh day, ten o'clock.

ten o'clock?

Zhou Bai frowned.

What time is ten o'clock every night?
Zhou Bai recalled everything related to time in the rules.

Opening hours on the second floor, tavern business hours, gentleman's time, food delivery time at the back door...

And, staff working hours!
Thinking of this, Zhou Bai's eyes suddenly widened in fear.

Ten o'clock every night is the time for the tavern staff to start work!

However, what will happen when the seventh day is really reached?

Zhou Bai still doesn't know the answer.

However, it must not be a good thing!
Gotta find that blue pistol as soon as possible.

Zhou Bai returned to the rest area.

After dinner, I stayed in my room until nearly ten thirty in the evening, then took the invitation letter and walked to the door of the tavern.

He stood in front of the door, took out his phone and looked at the time on it.

When he arrived at ten thirty, he opened the door of the tavern on time.

As soon as the door of the tavern opened, the big smiling face of the beckoning cat appeared in front of Zhou Bai.

"Welcome, my most valued customer."

Lucky Cat smiled and stretched out his hand.

Zhou Bai put the invitation letter in its hand, and it laughed until it couldn't see its eyes.

"Let's go with meow. Valued customer."

The beckoning cat jumped off the counter and led Zhou Bai through the tavern.

At the top of the stairs, there were also bottles of wine.

The waiter looked at Zhou Bai with a gloomy face.

And the Tilting Head Tavern was standing next to him, watching his every movement of carrying the wine bottle.

(End of this chapter)