Chapter 58 Got Caught

"Boss, what should we do? Boss Xia has been guarding the front desk and refuses to leave!"

Wang Qiang secretly stuck his head out from behind the wall of the corridor, quickly glanced at Xia Yan, and then retracted his body.

Beside him, Xi Zhi was also clinging to the wall, glancing at the stairs with a guilty look on his face, afraid that Xia Yan would suddenly appear.

"What should I do? I'm hungry!"

Xizhi leaned close to his ear, lowering his voice as much as possible, with a hint of urgency in his tone.

Since moving in, the two have been staying upstairs, not daring to come down at all, for fear of running into Boss Xia. What if he kicks them out in anger?

After seeing how luxurious the hotel room was, how could Xizhi be satisfied with his original shabby little house!

"Wait a little longer. Boss Xia will definitely go to the restaurant to eat soon. While she's eating, let's go buy some lunch boxes from the machine!"

Wang Qiang almost pulled his hair out, and he thought this was the best method!

"No, I want to eat in the restaurant. The customers here eat inside. We are also customers and have the right to go in."

Xizhi disagreed. He was not inferior to others. Why couldn't he go where others could go? Go, you must go!

As soon as Wang Qiang heard this, he knew that his eldest master's illness had relapsed, and he rolled his eyes where he couldn't see.

Please, hey, how did you get here? Don’t you have any idea how to count the letters of the alphabet?

Why not hide it for a few days and then deal with it later, instead of rushing into trouble at this moment?!

Are you worried that Boss Xia won't remember what you did yesterday?

For a moment, the two of them fought a silent battle, staring at each other.

"Um, please move aside."

A not-so-loud voice sounded behind him.

Like a thunderclap, the two of them were instantly frightened.

Xizhi quickly raised a finger and placed it between his lips, gesturing to the mother and son, "Shh!"

Wang Qiang quickly stuck his head out to look at the cashier counter and felt relieved.

"Fortunately, fortunately, Boss Xia wasn't here, so she didn't hear it."

"What didn't you hear..."

Xia Yan slowly stood up, flicked off the non-existent dust, and looked at the two of them with a half-smile.

"Ah! Boss Xia!"

The two of them hugged each other tightly, as if they had seen the most terrifying monster, their eyes widened so wide that Xia Yan was worried that if he used any more force his eyeballs would fall out.

Ye Qi was walking past them with his mother, and he didn't like the new neighbor's surprise.

"Tell me, what are you afraid I'll hear? Are you going to buy a lunch box from the machine while I'm eating? Or are you planning on eating directly in the restaurant?"

Both of them: How come she heard everything!

Xizhi: How did you spy on someone? You can't even handle such a small matter!

Wang Qiang: Boss Xia was definitely at the cashier just now! How did he suddenly appear behind the corner? I really don't know!

Runaway Xizhi: Idiot! Idiot!

"Okay, stop making faces. I knew it when you were hiding here. Why are you still hiding?" Xia Yan sneered and waved his hand to let the two of them come out.

Xizhi and Wang Qiang had the frightened expressions of elementary school students who were caught skipping class by their teacher. They half-lowered their heads, folded their hands in front of them, and hooked their fingers together.

Xia Yan sat back on the sofa, crossed his arms, and raised his chin slightly. "Tell me, when did you sneak in?"

Xizhi glared at him: You say!

Wang Qiang: ...Then I will tell the truth!

"Boss Xia, we've actually been watching you the whole time. This morning, when we saw you riding your bike out, we felt like we had a chance, so we quickly ran to the store and told the bear we wanted to stay. After we topped up our card, it gave us a third-floor room card and told us our check-in was complete. We then went upstairs and haven't dared to come down. Now we're starving, so we wanted to buy some food. Boss Xia, please, just let us stay here. We're absolutely good citizens! We'll absolutely abide by the store rules!"

Wang Qiang told the whole story in one breath, and finally knelt on the ground with tears on his face, begging with his hands clasped together.

Xizhi, who was standing next to him, was so frightened that she looked at him and then at Xia Yan, hesitating whether she should learn to kneel down.

In fact, Wang Qiang was also testing the waters. He thought that there were surveillance cameras in the store, and Boss Xia would be able to understand everything if she checked the surveillance cameras. It would be better to tell her the truth directly. What if she really agreed to let them move in?

He had guessed it right. Xia Yan was watching the replay at the moment, and everything he said was true.

"Please read the hotel rules carefully. If you are sure you can abide by them, you are welcome to stay. If you can't..."

"No, no, no, we can!" Xizhi interrupted her, raised four fingers and swore to the sky that he would never make the same mistake again. If he did, he would turn from a man into a woman and bleed to death!

Xia Yan was secretly shocked by the harshness of the oath. At this point, she could only nod and acknowledge their identity as a customer.

"Then let's go eat?" Wang Qiang stood up and pointed at the restaurant.

"Well, of course."

"Great! Boss, we can finally eat!"

Xizhi also laughed heartily, but looked at Xia Yan with a strange look. The emotions in his eyes were too complicated, a bit puzzled, a bit relieved, a bit calm, and a bit of hope to embrace a new life.

Xia Yan didn't intend to delve into it. Everyone had a story in the apocalypse, and it wasn't easy to survive. As long as it didn't affect her ability to run a shop and enjoy her vacation life, she didn't mind how many people stayed in the hotel.

Looking at the time, it was already 6 o'clock in the evening. Xia Yan turned on the lights in the hall and walked into the restaurant to prepare for dinner.

Although the temperature would drop a lot in the morning and evening, that was relative to the hottest time of the day at noon. At this moment, several windows in the restaurant were open, but it was still stuffy and uncomfortably hot.

Xia Yan closed all the windows and asked Xiong Xiong to bring two standing air conditioners, one in the front and one in the back.

After the pleasant startup music, the restaurant gradually cooled down.

Everyone was naturally very grateful, and their sense of belonging to the hotel increased a little more.

"Everyone, please don't go upstairs after dinner. Wait for me in the lobby. I have something to tell you."

Xia Yan nodded to everyone, including the newcomers Xi Zhi and Xi Zhi.

The two began to get scared, wondering if Boss Xia was planning to publicly execute them.

Didn't you say you'd let them go? Don't go back on your word!

"Eat first, eat your fill! Even if we are kicked out, it's worth it as long as we are full!" Xizhi bit the noodles fiercely, slurped down a bowl quickly, and continued to drink the next bowl.

Wang Qiang thought he was right, so he followed his example and swallowed the food whole, trying to make up for his loss.

Xia Yan, who was sitting diagonally opposite, was holding a bowl of beef noodles with his eyes wide open.

Is there a way to eat noodles like this? No chewing, just swallowing?

How long have you been hungry? You finished three big bowls of noodles and then had a fourth one? Aren't you afraid of getting bloated?

You know, the bowls in the restaurant are large bowls with a diameter of 22 cm!

Don’t eat too much... Xia Yan looked at their round bellies and was very worried.

"Dear customers, the restaurant will be open tomorrow." No need to eat so much!