Hei Wuchang looked at Bai Wuchang, dumbstruck. It was inconceivable that Bai Wuchang actually had the same line of thought as himself.
“The boss can’t really…”
“Ahem—”
Hei Wuchang had just started to speak when he was interrupted. Bai Wuchang coughed quite deeply, giving him a meaningful glance.
Hei Wuchang felt chills on his back. Promptly looking back around, he made contact with Baili Wuchang’s still-as-water gaze.
“B…Boss…ha ha…”
Hei Wuchang was quite gossipy. He didn’t expect to get caught in the act. Forcing out a laugh, he scratched the back of his head and said, “We were talking about…ha, the hotel’s business keeps getting better and better…there’s so many guests and all…”
“Knock knock—”
Baili Wuchang rapped the sofa with his knuckles. “If you’ve talked enough, get to work.”
“Work?” Hei Wuchang was puzzled. What work were they supposed to do?
Bai Wuchang: “Boss, please give us your command.”
Baili Wuchang’s pupils had a misty layer of scarlet swirling in them. He said with a thoughtful expression, “I need you two to do something for me.”
……
“Wen Nuan, you can clock out.”
Fan Liangda had to go to a meeting, so he had their coworker An Xiangbei take care of Wen Nuan.
Right now, it was five in the morning. The night shift had ended, and the day shift employees were starting to switch in. An Xiangbei walked over and said, “Wen Nuan, have you eaten breakfast yet? How about we go together?”
Wen Nuan didn’t know where the employee cafeteria was, so he quickly nodded. “Okay. Thanks, Senior An.”
“You don’t have to call me ‘senior’.” An Xiangbei was good at conversing. Though he wasn’t an old friend like Fan Liangda was, he looked harmless without any sort of fighting power.
An Xiangbei said, “Actually, I’m fairly new as well. Let’s go; I’ll take you there.”
The two took the elevator to the twentieth floor. The twentieth floor was where the staff dorms and the employee cafeteria were. Supposedly, there was also a leisure facility with a swimming pool and gym, all available for staff members to use at their convenience for free.
Along the way, An Xiangbei explained some things to Wen Nuan. “The cafeteria’s right in front of us. There aren’t many other coworkers who eat breakfast. Most people who work the night shift head to the dorms to rest for a bit, and by the time they wake up, it’s lunch. Lunch has more variety than breakfast. Wen Nuan, if you’re not in a rush to go home, I highly suggest you stay to try the lunch menu.”
Wen Nuan had been on his feet all night. His brain felt like mush, and his stomach rumbled incessantly. He was the type of person who couldn’t sleep if they were hungry, so he absolutely had to eat breakfast.
At the break of dawn, the cafeteria was practically empty. It was all self-service. The staff meals were portioned out so that those who entered could smoothly grab one. Aside from the breakfast set, there were also fruits, beverages, and small snacks.
Wen Nuan grabbed his meal and sighed, moved by emotion. It truly was the proper choice for him to come work here. This fare was way better than the stuff they served at school.
“Wen Nuan.”
An Xiangbei slapped Wen Nuan’s shoulder. “Grabbed enough? I still have some things to take care of, so are you okay eating breakfast alone? I might have to leave early.”
“No problem, no problem; if you’re busy, go ahead,” said Wen Nuan, seeing how the other looked rather pressed. “Thanks for bringing me here.”
“Then I’ll see you on our next shift.” They high-fived before An Xiangbei hurriedly left the cafeteria.
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
“This hotel’s guests might be fantastic oddities of every description, but at least my coworkers are nice…”
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He’d been so busy the whole night, and Wen Nuan didn’t even have a break once it was past midnight. He didn’t even have time to drink water. As soon as he seated himself, he cracked open a bottle of water, tilted his head back, and glug glug glugged three giant mouthfuls.
“Cough cough cough—”
“Qtja atf tfmx…”
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Wen Nuan’s eyes widened. He held his water bottle up, staring at it trying to confirm something.
“What in the world…it’s just a bottle of mineral water, but the inside was alcohol…”
And not just any alcohol; it was even baijiu…
Wen Nuan hadn’t choked because he drank too fast. He hadn’t thought about it before he drank three big mouthfuls of “mineral water”, and only then did he realize the liquid inside the bottle had a weird flavor. It burned his throat and made his stomach feel like it was on fire.
It wasn’t his imagination…
It really was alcohol…
The burning sensation in Wen Nuan’s throat wouldn’t stop. His sight started to blur, and his head was all dizzy.
“That’s so weird…”
Wen Nuan’s words started to slur as he talked to himself. “How can there be baijiu in the employee cafeteria…I can’t drink alcohol…”
Wen Nuan didn’t drink alcohol regularly, and his limit was just one cup. Forget baijiu, even fruit wine was enough to get him drunk.
Since his mind was a mess, his reactions slowed down considerably. He reached out to grab a spoon, but even after grabbing twice, he couldn’t pick anything up, only grasping at air.
At this moment, a light set of footsteps approached him. A shadow fell over his head.
Wen Nuan dazedly looked up.
“Ah…”
“Nice waist…”
His happy little dimple made an appearance. Wen Nuan was pleasantly surprised, and he stared at the other with glittering eyes.
“It’s you…”
It was the VVIP guest from Room 404, Baili Wuchang.
Baili Wuchang stood in front of him. Standing tall, he lowered his eyes to look at the other. When he heard the words “nice waist”, a nerve in his face couldn’t help but twitch a few times.
Wen Nuan felt drunk. Not only could he not control his mouth, he also couldn’t control his hands.
Seeing that the guest from Room 404 was near, he let out a “hehe” before his misbehaving paws dove towards Baili Wuchang’s torso.
“Smack—”
Baili Wuchang grabbed hold of his hands. He said emotionlessly, “Come with me for a moment.”
“Okay!”
Wen Nuan responded loud and clearly without hesitation, wobbling as he stood.
“Are you not going to ask where I’m taking you?” asked Baili Wuchang with a frown.
Wen Nuan let out another “hehe”. He spoke slowly, “Don’t…don’t need to ask!”
“Why?” Baili Wuchang didn’t understand why he had subconsciously started up a conversation.
Wen Nuan spoke with force and conviction, laughing, “You…you’re so good-looking, so you probably—probably won’t go as far as sexually harassing me, right?”
Baili Wuchang’s eyelids narrowed. Deep down in his heart, he had a bad feeling about this; he probably shouldn’t have started up a conversation at all.
Wen Nuan continued to giggle, “Robbery…robbery is even less likely…you’re rich, so you’re not going to take me to sell my organs, right?”
Baili Wuchang: “…”
“And…and also…” Wen Nuan hadn’t finished talking. “You—you seem like you have awesome reflexes! You destroyed the elevator with one kick…I—if you use force—I—I don’t think I can fight you off. So I might as well…might as well openly follow you…”
Baili Wuchang: “…” Indeed, perhaps he shouldn’t have blabbed.
Baili Wuchang pursed his lips. This time, he said nothing. He held onto Wen Nuan’s frail and slender wrists, leading the man out of the employee cafeteria.
There wasn’t a single inhabitant of the hotel who didn’t know that Baili Wuchang was searching for a person, a “person” who couldn’t be named. This wasn’t a secret. But even after countless days and months, the whereabouts of this person were yet to be found.
It was a person with a particular birthmark…
If it hadn’t been for Fan Liangda’s meddling last time, Baili Wuchang would’ve been able to check for a birthmark while Wen Nuan had been changing clothes in the staff lounge.
It was a pity such an opportunity had slid away. Baili Wuchang had no choice but to create another window of opportunity for himself…
“Ding—”
“Arrived on the fourth floor.”
The elevator doors opened, and a robotic female voice spoke.
Wen Nuan swayed thrice for every single step he took.
Outside the elevator doors, there were two people, one on the left and one on the right. It was undoubtedly Heibai Wuchang.
Heibai Wuchang saw the intoxicated Wen Nuan, and neither was surprised. They merely exchanged glances.
Earlier, when Baili Wuchang told them to get to work, Hei Wuchang felt that something was off at the time. He didn’t know what kind of new mission they had.
Who would’ve thought…
Hei Wuchang moved closer to Bai Wuchang, whispering in his ear, “Don’t you think the boss’s methods are getting more despicable and shameless? I think the boss has a craving for that little cutie’s body! We actually had to sneakily switch his water out for alcohol. And to think we’re even carrying out such a thing on par with an affair.”
“Ahem.” Bai Wuchang coughed, reminding him to keep his voice down.
Hei Wuchang had no choice but to keep his mouth shut.
“This way.” Baili Wuchang was still holding onto Wen Nuan’s wrist, afraid that if he let go for a moment, the swaying Wen Nuan would fall to the ground.
Wen Nuan was brought to the door of Room 404.
Baili Wuchang reached his hand out to open Room 404’s door.
“Bam—”
A sharp and clear sound rang out.
Wen Nuan’s eyes and hands were quick. Completely unlike a drunk person, he ferociously slammed down on Baili Wuchang’s outstretched hand.
Baili Wuchang was dumbfounded. It wasn’t that it hurt, but it was just that Wen Nuan was the first person to ever dare try and land a blow on him.
Wen Nuan waved his hands at him. He didn’t tell Baili Wuchang to open the door. Stretching closer mysteriously, almost sticking to Baili Wuchang, he said, “You have to knock…”
“Knock?” Baili Wuchang frowned. He was going back to his own room, and he still had to knock?
Wen Nuan was quite an insightful drunk. He said, “I…I’m telling you, if you go into someone’s room without knocking, you tend to see…see ‘hangings’ and ‘bathing’, these kinds of strange things. So…so knocking first is…is still best.”
“Knock, knock…bam!”
After Wen Nuan finished speaking, he presentably raised his hand and knocked twice on the door. He hadn’t yet hit the door the third time when his head lolled, hitting the door with a bang.
“Oh…my head…it hurts…” Wen Nuan sighed, aggrieved.
Baili Wuchang: “…”
He didn’t know why, but Baili Wuchang also felt like his head hurt.
Taking advantage of the fact that Wen Nuan wasn’t paying attention, he quickly opened the door and hauled the man in.
Wen Nuan stumbled and staggered. The alcohol continued to go to his head, making it hard to stand properly. He simply decided to stop, losing strength in his knees and collapsing on the king-sized bed.
Assuming a starfish position, Wen Nuan sighed in content. The feeling of the heavens and earth spinning finally stopped a bit.
Baili Wuchang stood at the side, staring down at him. His gaze flickered in the dusky room atmosphere. He was like a wild beast on the verge of pouncing onto its prey.
One step, two steps, three steps…
Baili Wuchang was at the bedside. His long hair slid over his shoulders as he bent at the waist, his pale fingers touching the buttons on Wen Nuan’s chest…
The author has something to say: [Mini Theater]
[Ding~ Congratulations on obtaining one (1) intoxicated Wen-little-Nuan. Next, will you__?]
A. Have X under the influence~
B. Be an upstanding Liuxia Hui.
C. Do nothing.
Baili·Mountaintop Flower·Wuchang: My friend says he wants to see A.
Wen-little-Nuan: …You seem to have a lot of friends.
RIP for Wen Nuan’s breakfast 💔
Whoa, that’s a hecka cliffhanger…
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Nuuuu he didn’t even get to eat his meal 😭 baili wuchang you horrible man, can’t you wait until another time to check for that tattoo or whatever!!