"Welcome everyone! Come in quickly, the rain outside is going to keep falling for a while longer!"

Lu Xiaoyao and her group finally saw a small, two-story hotel at the end of the road. They knocked softly on the door and saw a very familiar and beautiful woman open the door to welcome them inside.

After realizing that the person in front of them was just an NPC who looked exactly like their "classmate," a knowing glint flashed in the group's eyes, and they followed Mingmei into the inn where their story was about to officially begin.

Ah, so General Mei Qiu has invested in this game company?

I was so stupid, I actually thought I could "sell my face"!

The few people present had just met at the ball a few days ago, and they had already overturned Mingmei's previous attempts to deceive them, and made their own guesses—that she had a relationship with the game company, so the game company specially designed an NPC with the exact same face as General Meiqiu's sister.

Mingmei would give them a thumbs up if she knew about this.

[Oh my god! A businesswoman!]

[Ah, this sentence also makes me feel like I can sit back and wait for my daughter to carry me to victory _(：3」∠)_ as long as she obediently buys me lunchboxes.]

[If this is a female merchant, does that mean there are other NPCs in the shop? Like...?]

Is this something I, as a shipper, can look forward to?

[A well-behaved image, waiting for the big boss to appear.]

·

The sudden appearance of the bright and beautiful woman caused Lu Xiaoyao's live broadcast room to boil over!

Some people are even speculating whether this villainous boss is a familiar face they recognize!

"Hello, are you the owner of the hotel?"

Hu Yue spoke first.

"Yes, that's right, my sweetheart and I have been running a hotel here for many years!"

Mingmei spoke gently, but her expression was not very rich. She turned her head and looked at Mu Chen, who had just come out of the small kitchen door behind the bar.

"Welcome, everyone! I was busy in the kitchen, sorry I'm late~ Are you looking for a room?"

Mu Chen's appearance caused little to no stir in the hearts of the players, who were almost half of the CP fans.

Wow! Just as I suspected! The game planner is a huge fan of both of them, right?

·

Julian looked at the two children from high-ranking families on Hualan Star whom he had met at an imperial banquet just a few days ago, and he suddenly remembered what Joan had said.

Besides the enduring spirit and character of their race, which makes people take Hualan Star seriously, there is another point that the Empire and the Federation should value: Hualan Star was one of the first to accept silicon-based life forms such as artificial intelligence.

Therefore, no one outside the world knows exactly how much technological assistance the mainframe provided to Hualan Star.

This game was developed by the mainframe and high-level executives from Hualan Star. It's not hard to understand why they would create a character's face and have them act as an NPC.

If Mingmei heard this, and knew that Julian had justified her and Mu Chen's arrival and actions entirely through his own imagination, she would definitely shout, "Brother, you're amazing!"

"Yes, there are seven of us here to stay. We'd like to know how many rooms your hotel has, and what kind of rooms they are? How do you..."

Madison stepped forward, asking questions while subtly surveying the room. It seemed the hotel was still going for a retro vibe.

Whether it's the style of the posters on the wall or the retro-style furniture, there's only a radio and a dial-up telephone on the bar.

Regardless of whether the call can actually be made, the style here is definitely at least forty or fifty years different from the real time in their game.

"Our hotel isn't very big. The first floor is mainly a restaurant where guests can eat and drink. To your left are the men's and women's showers and laundry rooms. Behind the bar, this door leads to the kitchen. To your right is my room and my partner's room. Upstairs, there are two double rooms, two standard rooms, and four single rooms."

After Mingmei finished speaking, the players were all deep in thought. After all, there were only seven of them, and the room seemed to be enough for all of them.

However, Julian spoke up again: "There are seven of us in total, four women and three men. Since we're guessing what will happen next..."

As he spoke, he glanced in the bright direction, paused for a moment, and then continued, "Since we got caught in the rain, it's best if everyone sleeps in pairs. If anyone gets sick, at least we can look after each other. Even if there's an extra person, three people sleeping together for one night shouldn't be a big problem."

"Um."

The players unanimously agreed on this point, and no one mentioned Julian's earlier pause again.

Soon after, Mingmei received their request for two standard rooms and one double room.

They also hoped that Mingmei could provide them with two extra blankets.

Mingmei didn't refuse this, and said she wouldn't charge for the extra blanket. She handed the player the corresponding doorplate and said she would have her partner bring the blanket up later.

Throughout the entire process, Mingmei made no suggestive remarks about selling boxed lunches.

This made Wang Wenfei, who had been watching Mingmei's reactions ever since she came in, suspicious.

The NPCs in this game are acting strangely.

Wang Wenfei thought that after everyone received the keys, she and Hu Yue would share a room, Lu Xiaoyao and Leng Youyou would share a room, and the other three male players would share a room.

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