"That’s right, I’m the boss."
Chu Jiangyue could obviously see what this mother and son duo were plotting, but since they hadn’t taken action yet, she couldn’t suddenly lash out.
"Boss Chu, they probably don’t mean anything else."
He clearly told them more than once on the way over that, in Jianglin Hotel, you can do anything, but you cannot break the hotel’s rules, and you certainly cannot offend the boss.
Are this mother and son duo deaf or did they forget? How long has it been, and they’re already causing a ruckus.
"Captain Song, there’s no need to hurry. I’m not an unreasonable person."
If someone is courting death, why stop them? Living is a waste of resources anyway.
"How can a woman be out in public doing business all the time? In our era, this would have been something people gossiped about."
People around her heard this and looked at each other in disbelief. The end times are here, and there’s actually still someone concerned about such things?
What kind of cunning plan is this? It’s transparent like the intentions of Sima Zhao—everyone sees through it.
"Oh? So what do you think I should do then?"
Chu Jiangyue glanced at the old lady, although she was smiling, there was no smile in her eyes.
"Business should be run by men. Women just need to stay home and support their husbands and educate the children.
My son was a manager before the apocalypse. You could marry my son and let him manage the hotel; it would surely take your hotel to the next level."
"What does she mean by that? Am I some cheap system? Not even considering what her son’s character is like, even if the host agreed, I wouldn’t. Host, you can’t agree to her!"
Little Fox was stunned by the old lady’s words. There’s actually still someone promoting the notion of supporting husband’s career and educating children, and trying to impose it on its host!
"Don’t worry, I’m not foolish."
Chu Jiangyue reassured Little Fox before looking at the old lady.
"Hmm, does it sound alright?"
Upon hearing Chu Jiangyue’s words, the old lady and her son brightened up. They just wanted to try it, but unexpectedly, Boss Chu seemed foolish.
If it were them, with a hotel like this in hand, they wouldn’t be dumb enough to offer such cheap room rates, as if they were doing charity.
"Then hurry up and give the hotel to my son!"
Greed in the old lady’s eyes wasn’t even disguised.
"Boss Chu..."
Song Chengjun wanted to intervene and stop Chu Jiangyue.
"Old lady, do you think I am a fool?"
The old lady was silenced by Chu Jiangyue, because she indeed intended to fool Chu Jiangyue.
"I... I’m just considering that you might have it tough managing everything on your own, so I wanted my son to help out a bit!
As the saying goes, couples working together makes it easy, life’s tough, a woman should rely on a man."
"Even without a man, I still live better than any one of you. Moreover, even if I were to find someone, your son wouldn’t catch my eye.
Are you staying or not? If not, please make way, there are others waiting."
Chu Jiangyue completely changed her attitude towards this mother and son. If they hadn’t already processed their identity cards, she would have wanted to throw them out.
Such people staying in the hotel might cause trouble at any time, and Chu Jiangyue had no desire to serve them.
"Of course, we want to stay! If Boss Chu hasn’t made up her mind, it’s okay; my son is single now, you can change your mind anytime."
The old lady wouldn’t give up on Chu Jiangyue, the fat opportunity, she gave her son a look, and they booked a 30-day regular double suite.
Each person deducted 30 silver coins; when their coins were deducted, their expressions were as if they were losing their lives.
Chu Jiangyue ignored them and continued processing the accommodation for the people behind.
Fortunately, she didn’t encounter any more oddballs afterward; however, the rooms in Building 1 weren’t enough, so they moved to Building 2 later.
Once everyone’s accommodation was settled, Chu Jiangyue went to the restaurant.
People who had seen the notice yesterday, and were interested, came by at this time.
Many were simply here to watch the fun, after all, during the day, they couldn’t go out, why would they miss the excitement?
Chu Jiangyue didn’t know where she found a speaker, but she placed it at the restaurant entrance, repeatedly playing the rules of the Big Eater event.
Even Song Chengjun was here, especially when he saw the Fire Fruit, his eyes lit up.
He had missed the maturity of the Fire Fruit when he was at the base and could not buy it now.
Unexpectedly, the prize for the Big Eater event included Fire Fruit.
Shen Zhigui and his group also noticed the Fire Fruit prize, but each member in their team had already bought at least 20 Fire Fruits, so they no longer had such a strong desire to compete.
It was Lin Xuyuan, a Fire Ability User, who brightened up when he saw the Fire Fruit in the advancement challenge.
"You want to participate?"
Seeing Lin Xuyuan’s expression, Shen Zhigui knew what he was contemplating.
"Yeah, even if I can’t complete it, it’s okay. I still get a free serving of meat buns."
"No... you probably didn’t look closely, at the bottom of the notice, there’s a line in small print: guests who fail to succeed (first) in the challenge will automatically have the copper coins deducted for the meat buns they eat during the contest."
Free? How naive!
With Boss Chu’s personality, there’s no way she’d be that generous.
After spending some time understanding Chu Jiangyue, Shen Zhigui was quite sure of her money-loving nature.
However, Shen Zhigui didn’t think loving money was wrong. Instead, he found Chu Jiangyue’s little expressions whenever she earned copper coins quite amusing.
"Oh, seriously..."
Lin Xuyuan was a bit surprised; the food eaten during the contest wasn’t free?
Su Zhucheng also laughed out loud, "Indeed, that’s Boss Chu’s style, but gambling a bit of bun money for the chance to win at least three free meals a day, many would want that."
After all, for the meals they buy themselves, they might be cautious due to the price.
But when it’s free, they’d surely choose the expensive items.
The most expensive dish in the restaurant is braised pork, sold at 500 copper coins per serving, even they wouldn’t indulge every meal.
By participating in the advancement challenge, there’s a chance to win a week of free meals and a Fire Fruit.
If you aren’t a Fire Ability User, you can sell it at a high price to those who are.
In this group coming from the B City Base, there are many Fire Ability Users, so there’s no worry about selling it.
"Then I’ll have a go, what if I succeed in the challenge."
Lin Xuyuan still wanted to try, he could afford a few meat buns.
Seeing this lively scene, Chu Jiangyue’s eyes squinted with a smile.
Come, come, the more the merrier, plenty of meat buns!
"Little Fox, help me shoot a video of this event and edit it. We can use the video for publicity later."
In these apocalyptic times, there aren’t many places that can use meat buns for events.
"Got it!"
Little Fox quickly found the best spot, its eyes flashing, began recording the video.