Jiang He, Su Zhucheng, Lin Xuyuan, and Xie Silin each exchanged their items one after another, gaining between 2 to 4 Gold Coins. Chu Jiangyue watched, clearly envious.
Moreover, Chu Jiangyue was certain that they must have carefully selected stuff they didn’t need in order to trade.
After all, keeping some gold and silver jewelry or a Jade Bracelet might someday help in wooing a girlfriend.
Although right now, it seems they’re only focused on making money and enjoying their time at the Jianglin Hotel with good food, drink, and sleep.
But sometimes love comes unexpectedly, and it’s better to be prepared.
"Host, host, the male lead is off to find the female lead, I..."
Little Fox, for reasons unknown, felt that the male lead of this realm wasn’t worthy of the female lead.
Because the female lead arrived in City B ahead of schedule and met the male lead earlier, the plot visible to it had completely collapsed, and it wasn’t sure how things would develop next.
It didn’t know whether the script still held any meaning.
Hearing Little Fox’s words, Chu Jiangyue could somewhat guess its thoughts.
"I have a bit of business, I’m leaving now."
Chu Jiangyue nodded to Shen Zhigui and the others before leaving the office hall and heading towards the restaurant.
Just as she reached the restaurant entrance, she saw Zheng Wen’an carrying his tray and sitting down next to Jin Chuyu and the others.
Chu Jiangyue was sure that if Jin Chuyu’s table wasn’t already full, Zheng Wen’an would have made his way in.
Jin Chuyu saw Zheng Wen’an, but just glanced at him and didn’t pay further attention.
In Jin Chuyu’s view, Zheng Wen’an was paired with the girl who was hanging onto his arm in the office hall earlier.
Besides, she wasn’t attracted to the gentle type of man.
Chu Jiangyue’s arrival sparked greetings from several people.
Chu Jiangyue acknowledged each nodding, then casually ordered a meat dish, a vegetable dish, some soup, and a bowl of rice, finding an empty seat to sit down.
『At present, the female lead doesn’t seem interested in the male lead. Can your plot still be useful?』
If it’s unusable, does Liu Yiyi still need to trigger the plot?
If there’s no spark between the male and female lead, are they still the lead characters?
Chu Jiangyue needed to clarify all this; otherwise, if she accidentally faced off against the protagonists, she might be hindered by their plot armor.
"The plot’s broken, my script has turned into gibberish, and is waiting to be reloaded.
The alarm hasn’t gone off, it should... probably be fine?"
Little Fox was also managing such a situation for the first time, and nothing similar had happened before, so it could only go with the flow.
As for Liu Yiyi needing to trigger the plot with the female lead, that was likely unnecessary.
Little Fox lay listlessly on Chu Jiangyue’s shoulder.
『No worries, no alarm means no problem, so you don’t need to worry too much.』
Chu Jiangyue, having faced death once, felt more relaxed about such things.
In the worst-case scenario, it’s just death—she’s been through it before.
And sitting at the table beside Jin Chuyu was Zheng Wen’an, who also saw Chu Jiangyue arrive.
Noticing that he arrived at the restaurant just a moment before her, Zheng Wen’an resolutely believed Chu Jiangyue had come for him.
Otherwise, why was she constantly glancing his way?
Seemed like the timing with Shen Zhigui and others was off, causing Chu Jiangyue to become shy and not respond to his confession.
Next time, he’d find a quiet spot to confess again; success was certain!
Chu Jiangyue was entirely unaware that her visit to the restaurant, intended to reassure Little Fox, had been misconstrued by Zheng Wen’an as interest in him.
If she knew Zheng Wen’an interpreted her actions so incorrectly, she would not have come to the restaurant today and would have let Little Fox observe on its own.
Soon after Chu Jiangyue had settled down, Shen Zhigui and the others entered the restaurant and were surprised to see her there, seated before a tray.
Buying their meals, Shen Zhigui approached the table where Chu Jiangyue sat: "Boss Chu, mind if we join you?"
"Make yourselves comfortable."
Chu Jiangyue wasn’t one to dominate an 8-person table preventing others from joining.
Seeing the five of Shen Zhigui sit by Chu Jiangyue, Zheng Wen’an’s expression flickered for a moment.
But now, in the public eye, he couldn’t do anything.
Irritating Chu Jiangyue could lead to being kicked out of the hotel, which wasn’t worth it.
"Why did Boss Chu decide to dine in the restaurant today?"
Chu Jiangyue usually eats at her own residence and rarely comes to the restaurant for ready meals.
"On a whim."
The true reasons couldn’t be disclosed so Chu Jiangyue casually chose an explanation everyone recognized as a diversion.
Though Shen Zhigui wisely refrained from pursuing further inquiries.
"How are things with those people? Has the base mentioned how they plan to handle it?"
The main concern was ensuring those people paid the price.
Upon touching on this topic, Shen Zhigui’s expression turned serious: "Captain Song escorted the teachers and students back to the base, so he’s not at the hotel right now.
Currently, the base patrol deputy captain Ren Jie is managing the people stationed at the hotel, and we handed the people over to him.
The base is likely to provide some compensation to the mother and child, but the exact amount is unknown."
Shen Zhigui’s role was to hand them over to the base, not to get involved in the handling process.
"That’s good; it’s better to receive some compensation than none. They’re heading to the base anyway, so the compensation delivery won’t be as far away."
With the compensation, the mother and child’s life should improve somewhat, but their long-term future depended on themselves.
Chu Jiangyue could help them for a moment but not forever.
"I thought... Boss Chu might keep them at the hotel."
During the return journey, Chu Jiangyue’s car carried the young girl and the mother and child, leading Shen Zhigui to assume Chu Jiangyue might extend some special care.
After all, Chu Jiangyue didn’t seem to be someone with unreasonably good intentions.
"The hotel doesn’t have any rooms available for now, even if I wanted to keep them."
They couldn’t follow her back to the cabin; Chu Jiangyue had no intention of bringing strangers into her domain.
"I heard from Captain Song that B City Safety Base sent people to other bases to promote Jianglin Hotel."
Was this essentially free advertisement for Chu Jiangyue?
Indeed, upon hearing this, Chu Jiangyue’s eyes lit up.
"Really? Is the base really that considerate?"
Knowing that everyone acts out of personal gain, would B City Safety Base voluntarily expended resources without benefits?
"Boss Chu rarely goes out, so you might not know that mutated plants and mutated animals have started appearing outside.
Human living conditions are increasingly diminishing."
Shen Zhigui even felt it was a complete transformation between humans and nature.
Humans had placed too much strain on Blue Star, and now that it couldn’t bear anymore, it wanted to change the ruler.
Currently, humans were at a disadvantage and risked extinction with slight missteps.
Chu Jiangyue had only ventured out once today and hadn’t encountered any mutated animals or plants.