After The Fall Of The Earth, My Hotel Became Popular - Chapter 34

　　Wen Bei: “Where are your parents?”

　　The child was stunned for a moment: “Dad went to do a mission outside the base.”

　　A vendor nearby interrupted: “It’s been ten days since their father left and there’s still no news. They don’t have anything to eat at home, so they have to come here to set up a stall. All these wooden handicrafts are made by the children themselves.”

　　Such an instance had become a common occurrence in the post apocalypse world.

　　If a mercenary didn’t return to the base, their child would be considered an orphan.

　　Wen Bei’s heart sank. He took out three crystal stones and put them in the child’s hands: “The carvings are very beautiful. I’ll buy them.”

　　The child’s eyes widened. Just when he was about to say that he had paid them too much, Wen Bei had already left the stall.

　　He held the three crystals tightly and carefully put them into his pocket, with a satisfied expression on his dirty little face.

　　…

　　At the marketplace, some people put up stalls selling completely useless things, while others sold warm clothes and food.

　　The stalls of the latter kind were almost always packed with customers.

　　After walking around for a while and watching the stalls, Wen Bei felt a little bored and quickened his pace to leave the area.

　　He followed Qiu Tin until he stopped in front of a large guild.

　　The guild’s emblem was a poisonous scorpion with its tail held high, and three big words – Dark Fire Guild – were clearly displayed underneath.

　　Wen Bei thought the name sounded familiar, and he realised it only after thinking about it carefully.

　　It turned out to actually be the same guild that Ruan Tiantian had offended in the past.

　　It is said that the overall strength of this guild ranks among the top five in the base. Their president’s strength had always been unfathomable, not because of how powerful he was, but because his abilities were very sinister.

　　Just as Wen Bei was about to ask Qiu Tin why he had brought him there, he saw a familiar figure running towards him.

　　Li Shi, whom he hadn’t seen for a few days, ran over and at the same time nodded and bowed, speaking in a very flattering tone: “Hello, President, welcome back.”

　　There was a fat man next to Li Shi, who had a bruised nose and swollen face, and he asked the same question as Li Shi.

　　His voice was full of energy as if he was afraid of speaking late.

　　Wen Bei: ?

　　The confused reaction on his face was so obvious that the fat man noticed him immediately.

　　 “President, is this the person you brought?”

　　Qiu Tan glanced at Wen Bei with a smile: “Tell him about our relationship?”

　　Wen Bei: “…”

　　‘When can he let me go?’

　　Wen Bei had an idea in his mind and coughed: “I am his brother.”

　　Both the men were left stunned.

　　The fat man hesitated for a moment: “But it seems…”

　　Wen Bei was the first to answer: “My face looks younger, but I’m actually almost thirty.”

　　The way he talked nonsense was quite sincere, making one instantly believe it.

　　The fat man suddenly realised: “I see, please come in quickly.”

　　Li Shi obviously didn’t believe it. He glanced at the fat man and cursed him a fool in his heart.

　　He also smiled blindly and invited them in.

　　Wen Bei looked back at Qiu Tin triumphantly, with a hint of provocation in his eyes: “Let’s go, brother.”

　　He deliberately emphasised the word ‘brother’.

　　Unexpectedly, not only was the man not angry, but he stepped forward and grabbed his hand. The shadow enveloped his whole body. He bent down and whispered in his ear: “Okay, brother.”

　　The voice was low and pathos, full of joy, Qiu Tan’s eyes narrowed slightly, full of interest.

Chapter 30

　　The fat man smiled flatteringly when he saw how close they were. His bruised nose and face looked even more ridiculous. He rubbed his hands and said, “You brothers have such a good relationship.”

　　Wen Bei turned his head and stopped talking to that nasty man, his cat eyes becoming a little wet with anger.

　　He turned to look at the Dark Fire Guild. It wasn’t obvious on the surface, but he was very surprised in his heart.

　　The exterior of the building was very luxurious, and the interior was also well decorated.

　　It resembled a grand hotel from before the apocalypse. The chandeliers on the top were made of hundreds of crystals and surrounded by fake green plants. The overall idea of the decoration was just to highlight the concepts of ‘glory and magnificious’, but due to some errors, it showed a… Distinct earthy flavour.

　　While Wen Bei was looking around, someone was also watching him secretly.

　　Following the line of sight, he noticed it was a person at the front desk.

　　The strange thing was that the receptionist’s face was just as bruised and swollen as the fat man’s.

　　It was also the third guild member they had met. He stomped over to the front desk, with a bit of fear on his purple-black face: “Hello, President.”

　　Wen Bei was sure this time. It was not that he heard it wrongly at the door just now, but that they really did call Qiu Tin the president.

　　The overall strength of the Dark Fire Guild is not as good as the two guilds Huang Qian and Ji Mingyuan belong to, but because of its special nature, it has always been a guild that is avoided in the base.

　　The special nature was none other than the abilities of their members. From the guild president down to a small member, the superpowers are all related to manipulation and divination. They may be affected by pollution or the environment. The personalities of almost all the members are very dark.

　　It is said that the president had a hobby of turning people into puppets, and the vice-president had a horrifying habit of turning good-looking boys and girls into human pigs. However, the base lawful army had cancelled the allegations because they were unable to find any actual evidence to back the claims.

　　A powerful guild was not easily shaken in the base. It is like cancer growing in a person’s body. One knows it is there, but no one can do nothing about it.

　　But how did their president switch to Qiu Tin? ?

　　Wen Bei looked confused: “What on earth did you do?”

　　An expression of admiration appeared on the receptionist’s face when he observed the way Wen Bei dared to speak to the demon.

　　He trembled, thinking that Qiu Tin would be angry, but he didn’t expect that the man didn’t seem to have any intention of getting angry.

　　Qiu Tin’s tone was lazy, as if he was explaining a trivial matter: “As you can see, I found myself a job in the base.”

　　By directly becoming the guild president?!

　　Wen Bei didn’t expect that the so-called ‘little thing’ that Qiu Tin was busy with in the last two days was seizing other people’s guilds as his own.

　　If one carefully thought about Qiu Tin’s actions, then they would realise that seizing control over someone else’s guild was indeed in line with Qiu Tin’s behaviour.

　　As Wen Bei thought about it, someone quickly brought over some fruits and said politely: “Here, please eat.”

　　Everyone could tell that the young man in front of them had a close relationship with their new president.

　　The new president’s eyes were usually cold as if he was looking at trash but only when his gaze fell on the young man, a trace of warmth was visible.

　　The person who had brought the fruits was a man whose face was covered with strange pockmarks due to pollution. He had covered his face with a hood, and the fruits he brought over were also strangely shaped.

　　It did not exude the fragrance that it normally should have.

　　Wen Bei took a bite and put it down upon realising that it didn’t taste good.

　　He suddenly remembered about the fruit trees that were up for sale in the Hotel’s mall.

　　He made a quick yet firm decision that after unlocking the back garden, he would definitely plant fruit trees on the back hill of the garden.

　　Peaches, apples and pears were the best choices, and he could also plant vines of some sweet grapes on the rockery in the front garden.

　　By the end of their little trip to the base, the Hotel would probably earn enough money to unlock the back garden.

　　Recently, the rumours in the base about the Hotel had become more and more intense, pushing more mercenaries to boldly go looking for it because of its reputation. When the mercenaries returned with good news regarding the Hotel’s existence, then the Hotel would definitely run out of manpower, and he would have to rush back to keep things in order…

　　Considering all the factors, Wen Bei realised that it would be a good idea to hire some temporary workers for the Hotel.

　　As Wen Bei was thinking about his situation, the pockmarked man who served the fruit couldn’t help but swallow hard when he saw that Wen Bei had no intention of eating it.

　　The man stood there thinking to himself that thes fruits offered to Wen Bei were produced in the fruit tree area of the base. The degree of pollution was not high, and the scientists of the base had done their best to restore the polluted fruits to normal to the greatest extent. Although they looked ugly and had an astringent taste, the fruits were still a luxury, an unaffordable commodity for the ordinary people.

　　Over that, they were the treasures of their former president.

　　The fat man watched as Wen Bei put down the black dragon fruit in his hand after just one bite, the scene made the heartbroken expression on his face even more ferocious.

　　Wen Bei couldn’t help but glance sideways: “Where is your old president?”

　　The fat man was stunned for a moment. There was actually an embarrassed look on his funny pig-headed face.

　　Li Shi coughed and pointed at the fat man: “Uh…he is the old president.”

　　Wen Bei was surprised. He looked back at the fat man, completely unable to connect him with the dark and terrifying polluter mentioned by Cheng Jie before.

　　The fat man was so frightened that he almost fainted, and his voice was full of anger: “I voluntarily gave up my position!”

　　He looked like his whole body was shaking, and he was muttering the word ‘voluntary’ in his mouth, as if he would be beaten violently in the next second.

　　His performance was very much like the sequelae of some threat.

　　Wen Bei looked at the injuries on his body and suddenly understood how Qiu Tin became the guild president ‘uprightly’.

　　It was clearly a voluntary transfer obtained by the threat of violence.

　　Li Shi was equally scared, but he still looked down on the people around him.

　　He was the only one in the guild who had not been beaten. It was not a matter of strength, but flexibility. He was quick enough to adapt to the changes which saved him from the assault everyone had to undergo.

　　Things happened very suddenly that day. After he sent the two of them to the guest house, he had been trying to find an opportunity to introduce Qiu Tin into their guild.

　　So when Qiu Tin had come to find him that day, he felt that the man was nothing more than restless.

　　But he didn’t expect that it would be the beginning of a nightmare.

　　Li Shi never dreamed that someone would single out the entire guild, defeat their president and beat him to death until he agreed to transfer the ownership.

　　Even the most powerful polluter in the base would not have left unscathed if he entered their guild which was full of secretive abilities. Facts have proved that in the face of absolute strength, all mental attacks and physical attacks could be suppressed.

　　Until the recent incident, Li Shi respected the president very much, but recently he had been following the fat president and seen too much of his pug-like tail-wagging attitude towards Qiu Tin. The previous awe in his heart had long evaporated.

　　It turned out that without the layer of a superior identity, that person could be just as shameless as he was.

　　Since such a person could become the president, why couldn’t Li Shi?

　　Li Shi was making crazy calculations in his heart, but he didn’t know that all the changes in his expressions fell in Wen Bei’s eyes.