After Shi Jiu ordered the dishes, she thought for half a second and then ordered the same dish again. She should eat her fill before working for her. She was not some Zhou Paopi.

She walked to the treatment machine and looked at the person inside who was shrouded in a halo. His eyes were closed, his face was expressionless, and he exuded a sense of indifference. She felt inexplicably worried. Shi Jiu, who had never had much contact with boys before, felt a little flustered. Her mild social anxiety came out again.

In fact, she is not like this usually. She can communicate normally even with strangers. For example, she greeted previous customers very well.

However, when you meet someone you are not familiar with and have to spend a long time with them, you will resist contact and communication from the bottom of your heart.

Although Qin Lou is his employee now, they are in the same group and they are not familiar with each other yet, so he is still a stranger.

Shi Jiu patted his chest and encouraged himself in his heart, "This is your employee, don't panic."

When the time came, the halo on Qin Lou's body slowly faded. He slowly opened his eyes and looked at the machine in front of him, a little dazed. He looked down at his hands, which were clean and slender. The previous fracture seemed to be an illusion.

How could it be possible? Those days, the excruciating pain that pierced his heart tormented him. The intense pain kept him from calming down. He didn't know how long he'd been without closing his eyes. Finally, as the pain clouded his mind and he was on the verge of passing out, an electronic voice rang in his ears...

"Um... hello, are you okay?" Shi Jiu saw that he had woken up, and simulated various ways of greeting him in his mind. Finally, he chose the safest one and spoke.

Qin Lou heard the noise behind him and turned around abruptly. His cold eyes reflected through the gold-rimmed glasses, like a sharp sword piercing people's hearts.

Shi Jiu was startled by his gaze and took a step back unconsciously. "That..." Then he thought, No way! I'm his boss, how can I be so cowardly!

She gathered her thoughts and said, "Ahem! Qin Lou, right? I'm the owner of the Sifang Hotel. Did you sign a contract to be my employee?"

Help! Why is his look so scary?

The psychological preparation that Shi Jiu had built up collapsed instantly the moment she looked up and saw him. After trying hard to introduce herself and her current situation, who was the employee after all?

She used to think that men wearing gold-rimmed glasses were elite, but when she faced this type of man directly for the first time, she felt that her social anxiety became even more serious!

Qin Lou didn't react at first. In a relatively closed environment, his bad memories came flooding back to him like a tide, causing a sharp pain in his head.

But after hearing Shi Jiu's voice and her words, he remembered why he was here. It was the electronic voice that promised him.

He covered his head and finally saw Shi Jiu's face clearly. He was a little dazed for a moment, "You... are the boss?"

Shi Jiu looked at him with eyes that were not as sharp as before, and his whole demeanor softened. Thinking of the scars on his body before, he felt a little understanding.

"Yes, my name is Shi Jiu, you can just call me boss." Shi Jiu stepped forward to open the door of the treatment machine and rescued him from the enclosed space.

"Come out and rest for a while. Are you still hurting somewhere?" Shi Jiu looked at him with a splitting headache and then looked at the treatment machine. This shouldn't be the case. Didn't this thing cure him? She spent a lot of money on it!

"Wait, why don't you come over here first and let me check it again!" Shi Jiu was a little worried, so he carefully walked into the treatment machine along the door and pressed the scan button. The aperture enveloped both of them, and the warm light appeared again.

Qin Lou felt the warmth outside and listened to Shi Jiu talking. His head hurt less and he felt much better.

He looked at her porcelain-white face with an inexplicable expression, "Shi... Boss, I should be fine now."

Just as he finished speaking, the examination results of the treatment machine showed no abnormalities, "Really? Are you really okay?" He didn't look like he was okay just now.

"I just woke up and was still conscious for a while. I'm much better now." Qin Lou looked into her eyes and said slowly, without any sign of discomfort.

"Oh... well then, I thought this guy cheated me out of my money, so I have a reason to get my money back!" Shi Jiu looked at his normal expression and said with some disappointment.

Treatment machine: "..."

Qin Lou: “…”

Shi Jiu was just daydreaming, "I'm glad you're okay, then my money wasn't wasted!" Qin Lou still looked indifferent now, but much better than when he first arrived.

As for the other person's personality, Shi Jiu didn't have too many requirements. Anyway, she didn't really need a smiling face, just getting things done.

"My injury... did it cost a lot of money?" Qin Lou asked after hearing what she said.

Qin Lou is about 1.8 meters tall, with delicate features. His sharp eyebrows and gold-rimmed glasses make him look very noble, but his light lip color slightly weakens his sharp temperament.

Yes, it was sharp. As soon as Qin Lou opened his eyes, he gave Shi Jiu the feeling of a sword that could be unsheathed at any time. Even though he had just softened down, he still gave Shi Jiu a sense of coercion. If she was not absolutely safe in the hotel, she would have hidden away long ago.

"I'm truly sorry. Before the apocalypse, I went to discuss some business, but I happened to be confronted by a business enemy. When the apocalypse arrived, I suddenly fainted. As you know, some people awaken superpowers after the apocalypse, and I was caught while unconscious. To retaliate against me, they..."

As Qin Lou spoke, a painful expression appeared on his originally calm face. He covered his forehead with his hands. His originally sharp temperament faded and a depressed mood spread.

"If you have paid a lot of money for me, you tell me the conditions, and I will do my best to repay the favor." His eyes revealed sincerity, and his expression was a little embarrassed, as if he had never encountered a similar situation.

"Is that so... well... it goes without saying that this requires a lot of effort." Shi Jiu looked at the expensive suit he was wearing, and then looked at his overall appearance and mental state. He might be from a wealthy family. Considering what he said, he couldn't help but imagine what he had experienced.

My initial resistance to him had somewhat diminished, perhaps because he was so handsome! Shi Jiu secretly glanced at him again.

"How did you agree to be a hotel employee in the first place?"

"I was knocked unconscious from the beating," he said, still a little embarrassed when talking about his previous experience, and he roughly skipped the details. "An electronic voice rang in my ear, saying that if I was willing to be an employee, it could rescue me."

"What else? Nothing else?" Shi Jiu asked curiously. How could the system only have these two sentences? Why was she so unconvinced?

"Well, no." Qin Lou looked at her steadily, "So can you tell me what I should do to repay the debt?"

"The term 'paying back a debt' is a bit too much. Also, there's no need to use a honorific for me. Just call me boss." Shi Jiu got goosebumps when she heard him calling her "you" all the time. She sounded like an old man in his seventies or eighties.

"I provide food and lodging, and I'll let you take on some work. You don't need to repay the debt, just work hard. Since I wanted to rescue you in the first place, I can't just save you and then not treat you. Saving you halfway is not a big deal. I'm glad you're fine now."

Shi Jiu has now come to terms with it. Anyway, the final destination of the crystal core is the system. At most, she is just worried about not having enough money to buy things. Next time she encounters a similar situation, she must ask the system clearly before making a decision. This scumbag always acts first and asks for permission later, leaving her unprepared!

001: “…”

"Then... let's go and have dinner first. It's a good opportunity to try out the chef's cooking skills!" After asking about the general situation, Shi Jiu no longer had so many concerns and greeted Qin Lou.

She entered the restaurant first, and Qin Lou followed behind. "I'll tell you what you'll be responsible for after dinner."

"Okay, boss." Qin Lou, who was walking behind her, was more than a head taller than her. He looked at her back, with light and shadow floating in his eyes.

Shi Jiu went directly to the food pick-up area to get the food she had just ordered. As the boss, she didn't need to use a small card!

"Come on, there aren't many dishes, so just eat what you have. If you're not full, there's food available in the vending machine outside." Shi Jiu handed him a large plate of scrambled eggs with tomatoes and stir-fried seasonal vegetables. Although the dishes were not rich, the quantity looked quite sufficient. One plate was even bigger than her face.

"Okay, thank you, boss." Qin Lou took the dish.

Shi Jiu's stomach had been rumbling for a long time. She scooped up a spoonful of scrambled eggs with tomatoes. The rich aroma hit her face. She put it in her mouth. The slightly sour tomatoes mixed with the tender eggs whetted her appetite.

There were only two of them here, and Shi Jiu didn't feel comfortable avoiding him and going to another table to eat, but it would be awkward just to eat without chatting. She could only try to eat quickly so that she could go out after finishing her meal.

Qin Lou on the other side was chewing his food slowly. Compared to Shi Jiu's dry eating posture, he was much more elegant. Just when he took a bite of the food, he felt a faint energy flowing through his body, and the supernatural powers that had been exhausted before seemed to be slowly recharged.

He lowered his head, looked at the food in front of him, and took another bite. The feeling became more obvious. Bite after bite, he finished two plates of food in a short while, carefully feeling his supernatural powers slowly recovering.

Ever since he had used up his superpowers, the speed at which they recovered was extremely slow. Before coming to the hotel, he had not been able to sense his superpowers again. Now, he only needed to eat a meal here, and in a short while, he had recovered to the strength he had at the beginning. He also felt that the upper limit of his superpower storage was still increasing.

This was something that had never been heard of outside. Since the end of the world, people with superpowers had appeared, and countless people were looking for ways to enhance or even stimulate their superpowers. Even though he was locked up, he still analyzed the situation at the end of the world from their conversations.

Qin Lou felt the return of his superpowers and recalled the difficulties and pain he had endured during that time. His eyes unconsciously vacant as he fell into his own thoughts. If his superpowers could be upgraded here, then that group of people...

"You've finished eating, so fast!" Shi Jiu was halfway through her meal when she saw that Qin Lou had finished eating two large plates of food. Then she looked at the amount of food left in her own meal and found that she seemed to be full.

"Um...are you still hungry?" Qin Lou was suddenly brought back to reality. When he heard Shi Jiu ask him, he looked at the unfinished food in front of her. He was obviously not hungry anymore, but he still answered for some unknown reason.

"A little bit."

"So do you want to have another serving of this dish or instant noodles? I can place an order for you." Shi Jiu planned to put her portion directly into the virtual warehouse and keep it until she was hungry at night and take it out to eat.

"..." Qin Lou watched her move her fingers, and the two dishes in front of her disappeared, "Let's not use it."

"Okay, remember to take your plate to the side for recycling. I'll go out and introduce you to the work you'll be responsible for later." Shi Jiu nodded, looking at Qin Lou's handsome face, feeling a little confused.

"Qin Lou, have I seen you somewhere before?"

Qin Lou was about to take the plate to the recycling point. When he heard Shi Jiu's words, his body stiffened for a moment and then returned to normal.

"Probably not." The eyes with their backs to her seemed to be covered with a layer of black mist, dark and lifeless.

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