After The Fall Of The Earth, My Hotel Became Popular - Chapter 50

　　Chapter 50 : Qiu Tin Returns

In the end times, there have been many examples where the weather was warm enough to wear short-sleeved t-shirts for one second, and then it was freezing cold the next.

　　There were instances where many polluters who went out on missions outside the base never returned because they did not have time to find something to keep them warm.

　　Even inside the base, some poor ordinary people had also died accidentally from the sudden cold wave.

　　The Rabbit Butler came bouncing over and said, “Some passengers bought all the hot drinks in the vending machine.”

　　There were two vending machines in total.

　　There were more than a hundred bottles of drinks in one machine.

　　Wen Bei glanced at the time and spoke helplessly, “It’s only seven in the morning, and someone has already bought all the hot drinks in the vending machine?”

　　The Rabbit Butler nodded and said, “The people who came later couldn’t buy hot drinks, so they could only buy cold drinks and find ways to heat them up themselves.”

　　Wen Bei: “What about other food in the retail area?”

　　Rabbit Butler: “Basically everything is sold out.”

　　There were dozens of guests in the Hotel at this moment, and new guests were constantly rushing in from the base or nearby safe areas.

　　Some of them couldn’t get any room, so they had to set up tents not far from the hotel.

　　Since Ji Mingyuan had just cleaned up a wave of filth nearby not long ago, the area around the Hotel was relatively safe.

　　Wen Bei thought for a moment: “It seems that we need to set up a purchase restriction order.”

　　The Rabbit Butler didn’t understand: “Purchase restriction order?”

　　It didn’t understand the twists and turns of the human world.

　　Rabbit Butler: “They will be sold out anyway. Is there any difference between letting one person buy everything and letting a group of people buy?”

　　”In the short term, it will make no difference to the Hotel.” Wen Bei explained patiently, “In the long term, scalpers will appear. They will buy our food at a low price and then sell it at a high price to those who didn’t get it. It’s not fair to anyone.”

　　Once scalpers appear, they would sell pirated products under the banner of the Hotel.

　　Rabbit Butler: “You humans are so complicated.”

　　But since the boss had spoken, of course the employees had to follow his orders.

　　Soon the Hotel introduced its new rules— 【Purchase Limits】.

　　Except for the base’s official cooperative branch, others who eat in the restaurant were not allowed to take food out of the Hotel, but they were allowed to pack it up and take it back to their room.

　　In the retail area, an individual is limited to purchasing items worth twenty-five crystals per day.

　　Twenty-five crystals may not sound like a lot, but a drink only costs two crystals, a pudding costs five crystals, and a large bag of fresh grape toast costs only eight crystals. Twenty crystals were more than enough to buy a whole meal.

　　When the purchase restriction order came out, some guests were unhappy, but many expressed their support.

　　Everyone came to the Hotel at a risk, and no one wanted to return empty-handed.

　　As the weather became cooler, more people began buying the steaming hot foods in the restaurant.

　　Wen Bei upgraded the restaurant and the space inside became larger, but some people still had to queue outside. Even if they wore thick clothes, the sudden drop in temperature still caught many people off guard.

　　However, the physical condition of the polluters was good, so the owner of the Hotel looked the most pitiful person in the entire Hotel.

　　Wen Bei had a hand warmer filled with hot water in his hand, but his little face was still a little pale, and his originally fair skin was even closer to snow-white. His always bright red lips became a little lighter, revealing some pinkness, and when he pursed his lips occasionally, he looked very pitiful.

　　This kind of fragility made it easy to overlook his true identity as an innkeeper.

　　A few guests even scratched their heads and approached him shyly, asking him about his well-being, and one even took out ginger slices to make him a bowl of soup.

　　Wen Bei was surrounded by a group of muscular men, and his curled eyelashes trembled in confusion.

　　He replied politely but distantly: “No, thank you.”

　　How could the owner eat the food of guests?

　　The man who first suggested drinking ginger soup had dark skin. He didn’t seem to mind being rejected at all. After seeing the young owner respond to him, his dark skin colour actually turned noticeably red.

　　Wen Bei felt that he had behaved very politely even when he refused, and was a good boss who knew his limits.

　　But in the eyes of others, it was like a kitten meowing in the cold, but it still raised its head proudly and used its little paws to push away the ungrateful two-legged beast.

　　Such a contrast made people want to get closer.

　　More people came to greet him. Wen Bei used a furry hand warmer to cover the lower half of his face and said in a muffled voice, “Thank you for your concern, but I’m fine.”

　　The Rabbit Butler passed by and saw how lively the place was and stopped to watch.

　　After discovering that its boss was the centre of the encirclement, he became dissatisfied: “These despicable humans are all trying to get close to the boss!”

　　It stamped its feet in displeasure, feeling that its duties as a steward had been taken away by the travellers.

　　The hand warmer was prepared for its owner. These people wouldn’t think that they could get it for free just by saying a few words of concern.
　　
Huang Qian had just finished eating the Hotel’s new tonkotsu ramen, and her stomach was warm. Seeing this, her expression was a little complicated: “No… I don’t think it’s that simple.”
　
　The boss looked like a soft, white, sweet and sticky dumpling. Who wouldn’t want to take a lick of it?
　
　Unfortunately, he was a dumpling with black sesame filling.

　　Huang Qian looked at the group of useless men trying to court Wen Bei and suddenly thought of a certain someone. She shuddered unconsciously and couldn’t help sighing in her heart.

　　Fortunately, he was not there, otherwise he would have seen this scene…

　　Wen Bei’s face was a little pale. He was wearing a white sweater, which made his face look smaller and more delicate. When his mouth opened and closed, white vapour came out, which made people feel pity for him for no reason.

　　When he was surrounded by a group of polluters who were much taller than him, he looked like a sheep that accidentally fell into a pack of wolves.

　　Xuan Yi walked over, his hair was radiating heat like a flame, and one could feel the warmth as soon as he got close.

　　Wen Bei was like a cat approaching a fireplace. His beautiful cat eyes narrowed for a moment and he greeted Xuan Yi in a good mood.

　　Xuan Yi: “Hello, boss. Construction will begin today. We will set up a temporary camp outside the Hotel.”

　　Wen Bei didn’t mind the base officials setting up a temporary camp outside the hotel. Anyway, the Hotel couldn’t accommodate so many officials at the same time.

　　He just felt a little regretful. In his eyes, Xuan Yi was just a moving heater at the moment, and now the heater was about to leave.

　　He watched Xuan Yi leave, and suddenly a familiar voice came from behind him.

　　”Are you so reluctant to let him leave?”

　　Wen Bei turned around and saw the man who had been missing all day yesterday.

　　There was still a smell of blood and gunpowder on his body, and he didn’t know whether it was his own or someone else’s, or perhaps it was from the filth.

　　But Wen Bei didn’t care. He looked straight into those somewhat gloomy red eyes.

　　All the people who were originally surrounding him dispersed. The moment Qiu Tin appeared, it seemed as if the temperature in the room dropped by a few degrees.

　　There was still some snow on his broad shoulders, and his breath was dangerous and heavy.

　　Most of the people present had never seen Qiu Tin, but seeing his subtle aura at the moment, they wisely chose not to intervene.

　　They were secretly frightened, wondering from where the gloomy man came from and how he could make people feel so scared for no reason.

　　There was a gloom in Qiu Tin’s eyes. He didn’t know why he was in a bad mood. It was probably because Wen Bei’s smile just now was not for him. It was a little different from his usual politeness and distance. He seemed to have some special feelings for the man named Xuan Yi.

　　It was obviously his prey, his nimble and beautiful little bird, so why was it smiling at others?

　　Even if Wen Bei didn’t care, he could sense that something was wrong. He looked at the man who got angry as soon as he returned for no apparent reason and asked, “Didn’t you go to find the ingredients to unlock those two recipes?”

　　Qiu Tin said nothing, but the hall grew a little colder.

　　Wen Bei couldn’t help sneezing, and his eyes instantly became wet. He didn’t even notice it himself. His red nose made him look like he was bullied.

　　Wen Bei didn’t want to care about him anymore. He wanted to go back to his room to buy some hot packs to put on his body.

　　As soon as he raised his foot, the man followed him upstairs without saying a word.

　　It wasn’t until both of them got into the elevator that the tense atmosphere in the lobby suddenly relaxed.

　　Huang Qian, who had watched everything, breathed a sigh of relief silently. She clearly felt a hint of murderous intent just now, but Qiu Tin did nothing. He didn’t even give those extra people a glance.

　　It was hard to understand.

　　•=•=•

　　Wen Bei entered the room, and before he closed the door, the person who followed him pushed him against the door.

　　With his back against the door, the distance between the two of them was suddenly shortened, and those gloomy red eyes seemed to suck the whole person in.

　　Wen Bei frowned uncomfortably: “What?”

　　He is not so afraid of Qiu Tin now, especially since they were still in a hotel.

　　As the level of the Hotel rises, his connection with it becomes stronger and stronger.

　　He was also getting better at controlling it.

　　Invisibly, he could feel that he also had a subtle connection with the restraints on Qiu Tin.

　　He was not afraid of Qiu Tin when he was outside the hotel, and he was even less afraid when he was inside the hotel.

　　He raised his hand and wanted to slap him, but in the end the slap only landed on his collar. Wen Bei suddenly grabbed his clothes and pulled him closer, and his cold lips suddenly fell on the side of his neck.

　　Wen Bei raised his head, like a proud swan: “Drink it, and then get out.”

　　Those beautiful cat eyes that were always gentle would only reveal their true side without any scruples in front of Qiu Tin, arrogant and domineering, with a bit of contempt. It was obviously him who provided the blood, but he showed his almsgiving side as if he was feeding a stray dog.

　　He did not forget what he had promised Qiu Tin.

　　Qiu Tin chuckled.

　　The imagined pain did not occur, instead I felt something wet touching me.

　　Wen Bei’s eyes widened, his arrogant appearance was suddenly broken. He said in a furious voice: “You licked me?”

　　He was frightened and felt extremely wronged, and couldn’t bear it any longer and kicked him.

　　Qiu Tin dodged easily for a moment, and his originally bad mood suddenly became better. His eyes fell on the small piece of Wen Bei’s skin where he licked and bit it and left a red mark, and he actually felt regretful.

　　He should have used a little more force, maybe he needed to bite down harder to leave an obvious tooth mark on it.

　　Wen Bei didn’t know what dark thoughts were surging in his heart at the moment, but he could feel that the atmosphere was wrong. He twisted his body and didn’t want to be trapped here against the wall anymore.

　　But how could the man allow the meat in his mouth to escape? There was an obsessive and morbid tone in his voice: “Be good, be quiet.”