Not long after Shen Zhigui and the others left, it was time for Chu Jiangyue to get off work. She closed the hotel's door without hesitation and began to make dinner for herself.
Halfway through, she attracted two big-bellied men and Liu Yiyi from the room.
"Boss Chu, you didn't sell watermelon at noon today; could you sell us a bit of your dinner?"
Chu Jiangyue ignored him; it was the always meddlesome big-bellied man who spoke.
"Boss Chu, Uncle Jiang is talking to you; isn't it rude to ignore him?"
Liu Yiyi was happy someone was giving Chu Jiangyue trouble. When Jiang Jianzhong spoke, she chimed in from the side.
The other person, though silent, also did not intervene. To Chu Jiangyue, people like this were the most despicable—doing nothing but enjoying the benefits if things went well, claiming no involvement if not.
"Seems like I wasn't hard enough the last time I kicked you. It hasn't even been long, and you're already up and about again."
Chu Jiangyue finished cooking, lifted the pan, and finally looked at Liu Yiyi.
When her embarrassing moment of being kicked was mentioned, Liu Yiyi's expression stiffened for a moment.
"You even kick people? As a hotel owner, your service attitude is awful!"
Jiang Jianzhong had another complaint, starting to lecture like a father, and Chu Jiangyue didn't even want to bother with him.
"If you have a complaint with me, you can leave the hotel; otherwise... shut your mouth!
And you, if you don't want to be kicked again, you better behave yourself in the hotel, or... your Brother Wen An might be happy to take your place in the hotel, right?"
After saying this, Chu Jiangyue took the cooked meal to the dining table in the lobby on the first floor.
'Little Fox, next time we renovate, can you move the kitchen and dining room closer to my room? It's really inconvenient otherwise.'
If the kitchen and dining room were upstairs, even if the cooking aroma wafted down to the first floor, no one would disturb her peace.
"But host, I have been upgrading and renovating according to regulations. What the renovation looks like is beyond my job scope."
Little Fox was still a rookie with no permissions; it figured out a lot on its own.
Chu Jiangyue sighed. No wonder she was assigned to a realm where the male lead was a two-faced scumbag; it was truly a rookie start, knowing nothing.
But as Chu Jiangyue set the table, just as she was about to sit down, Jiang Jianzhong, for some inexplicable reason, suddenly acted out and snatched the tomato and egg dish Chu Jiangyue had just placed on the table, even taking the whole plate.
[Warning! Warning! Malicious behavior detected from the guest. To ensure a civilized and harmonious relationship between buyers and sellers within the hotel, an electric shock penalty will be imposed on guest Jiang Jianzhong, and he will be expelled, allowed to return only after 24 hours.]
And at this moment, Chu Jiangyue's Wood Element Ability also sprouted a vine, wrapping Jiang Jianzhong entirely.
The tomato and egg dish in his hands was also taken and placed back on the table by Chu Jiangyue using her Wood Element Ability.
"What... what is this thing!"
It was Liu Yiyi's first time seeing a superpower, and she didn't know Chu Jiangyue used a Wood Element Ability; she was just wondering if she had seen a ghost.
Chu Jiangyue had no intention of explaining to Liu Yiyi either, as she focused on Jiang Jianzhong, tightly bound by her Wood Element Ability.
"I wouldn't sell to you, so you resorted to snatching? You sure have guts!"
"Boss Chu, we haven't had a hot meal for days; he's simply too greedy. Please forgive him."
The big-bellied man, who had been watching the drama unfold, quickly spoke up in Jiang Jianzhong's defense when he saw him bound.
Chu Jiangyue just gave him a look without a word, watching as Jiang Jianzhong's figure disappeared from the hotel, leaving only the vines spawned by her Wood Element Ability.
Once the person was gone, Chu Jiangyue retracted all the scattered vines on the ground, and they finally vanished at her fingertips.
"Boss Chu, how can you be so cold-blooded? If he gets expelled to a place with zombies, that could be the end of Uncle Jiang!"
Liu Yiyi's words also caused Jiang Jianhai, who had just pleaded for Jiang Jianzhong, to halt his breath.
Considering the possibility, he glanced at Chu Jiangyue with resentment in his eyes.
"If you're so concerned, how about I let you take a side door and send you to him?"
Chu Jiangyue looked at Liu Yiyi with a faint smile, thinking she was trying to morally coerce her, but she had found the wrong person.
As long as she had no morals, no one could morally bind her.
Jiang Jianhai also glanced at Liu Yiyi, but Liu Yiyi, originally intending to make Chu Jiangyue uncomfortable, stayed silent when faced with real consequences.
"Mr. Jiang, what about you?"
Standing there, they made Chu Jiangyue lose her appetite. She just wanted to send them off quickly now.
Although Jiang Jianhai was angry at Chu Jiangyue for sending his brother away, he was unwilling to go out and find him.
He mumbled something and found an excuse to return to his room.
With no one else around, Liu Yiyi also feared being kicked by Chu Jiangyue again until she spat blood, so she quickly slipped back to her room.
Once everyone left, Chu Jiangyue could finally sit down and eat in peace.
None of them were easy to deal with.
Having delayed her a bit due to Liu Yiyi and the Jiang brothers, it was already seven o'clock by the time Chu Jiangyue finished dinner.
By this time, the sun had completely set, and it was starting to get dark.
However, based on her experience from the previous life, Chu Jiangyue knew that starting from the day of the zombie outbreak, the sunset time would progressively get later, until the phenomenon of the midnight sun occurred.
The occurrence of the midnight sun signaled when high temperatures completely turned into extreme heat.
That was when the global apocalypse officially began.
Chu Jiangyue glanced outside, put the dishes into the kitchen's automatic dishwasher, and went up to the second floor.
'Little Fox, do you think Shen Zhigui and the others will make it back tonight?'
"I don't know either, host."
In the plot received by Little Fox, Shen Zhigui's team and Xie Silin didn't even have names, so it couldn't know the fate of Shen Zhigui and the others.
Moreover, due to the existence of the Jianglin Hotel, the current plot development had already deviated, but Little Fox felt it wasn't a big issue and didn't make a fuss.
Okay, whether they come back or not is up to fate.
Chu Jiangyue wasn't one to let herself be troubled. Not getting an answer from Little Fox, she didn't dwell on it and picked up her pajamas to take a bath.
On the dressing table, there were many skincare and makeup products. After her bath, Chu Jiangyue applied a facial mask.
It had to be said, the life she was living now was much more comfortable than before the apocalypse.
After her skincare routine, Chu Jiangyue didn't stay up late and very contentedly climbed into bed to sleep.
"Wake me up at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning."
Yep, work starts at 10; waking up at 9 to freshen up makes perfect sense.
"Alright, host, good night~"
"Good night and sweet dreams."
Little Fox: But I don't actually need to sleep, do I?
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Midnight, 12 o'clock.
[Beep, beep! Beep, beep! Host, wake up!]