Chapter 18
The couple finally dazedly recalled the promise the owner had made to them before he left.
——"It is absolutely safe within the hotel."
Jiang Qing and Fu Yiming couldn't help feeling a little ashamed.
It was all their fault for not taking this sentence to heart at the time, which caused them to be so flustered and make a fool of themselves now.
"Help Haohao put on his clothes first. I'll go ask the owner if he needs help to drive away these monsters." Jiang Qing touched his nose awkwardly.
The crisis was resolved, and the two relaxed, only to find that Fu Yiming was not even wearing any clothes.
Fu Yiming: "..."
He sat back in the water with a plop, the shield covering him tightly, and nodded solemnly, "Indeed, the shield can't repel enemies just by passively blocking. Once the health bar is gone, our situation will still be very dangerous..."
As if to confirm his words, the group of jackdaws outside the window, after discovering that the ice rays were useless, turned around and attacked the "protective shield" with their sharp beaks and claws.
Haohao exclaimed “Wow” again.
"Dad, those birds turned into small squares and disappeared!"
Sure enough, all the jackdaws that rushed into the protective shield were killed instantly without any resistance.
At most, dozens of them rushed in at the same time, and all were turned into dust. Pixels fell from the sky like a sandstorm.
Fu Yiming, who was slapped in the face at the speed of light: "..."
What the hell, this protective shield actually has automatic attack function?
And the attack power is surprisingly not low.
You know, even if it is a C-level monster, it is not possible for a general-level magician to kill dozens of them at once.
After repeating this several times, the flock of jackdaws finally learned their lesson and continued to circle outside the protective shield, refusing to leave.
Fu Yiming observed for a while for the sake of caution and found that the protective shield could not launch an outward attack, so he breathed a sigh of relief.
——If that’s the case, this protective shield is simply too incredible.
He spoke again, "The Jackdaw is a C-level monster. Its low intelligence makes it even more difficult to deal with. I'm afraid it won't leave for a long time. It will be very troublesome to deal with it without a large-scale spell. You go and ask..." the owner if he needs help.
Before he finished speaking, a deafening dragon roar suddenly sounded downstairs. The next second, the jackdaws flapped their wings in panic, twisted their bodies, and fled without looking back.
Black feathers fluttered down, and the flock of jackdaws fled even faster than when they came, disappearing into the horizon in the blink of an eye.
Jiang Qing: “…”
She looked at Fu Yiming with difficulty in explaining.
Fu Yiming wanted to cry but had no tears: "Forget it, I'd better shut up."
*
I was busy for a while, getting the children dressed and drying their hair. By the time the three of us finished packing and went downstairs, it was almost noon.
It's time to eat.
Walking down the stairs, they heard Shu Mo communicating with someone.
The other party seemed to be very familiar with her and his tone was very friendly. If she listened carefully, she could hear several different voices, which obviously meant there were quite a few people.
Jiang Qing and his friends turned the corner of the stairs and saw a strange team standing in the hall.
It was Chen Hui and the others.
A team of ten people, not one less, all came to stay in the hotel in an orderly manner.
Judging from the time, this group of people set out yesterday and camped in the wild halfway, which is why they were able to arrive so early.
Chen Hui and his friends didn't expect that there were guests who arrived earlier than them. They looked at the couple in surprise and quickly recognized the identities of Jiang Qing and Fu Yiming.
Chen Hui flatly rejected Fu Yiming's request yesterday, but he didn't expect to meet him the next day. He greeted him awkwardly, "Hello."
Fu Yiming still remembered the conversation yesterday. He knew that he brought it to his daughter, so he didn't care. Instead, he pulled his son aside and had a gentle conversation with Chen Hui.
Zhao Yu exclaimed and grabbed Song Wei's sleeve, "Wow! It's Jiang Qing! I admire her so much."
Her voice was a little loud, earning a faint smile from Jiang Qing, who immediately hid behind Song Wei with red cheeks.
Jiang Qing turned to look at Shu Mo behind the counter, "Shopkeeper, what happened to the flock of jackdaws just now? How did you...?"
As she spoke, she glanced calmly at the group of people, trying to see if there was any strong person she knew among them.
Zhao Yu: "What jackdaw flock?"
Jiang Qing originally thought that it was the newcomers who helped Shu Mo drive away the flock of jackdaws, but looking at the confused expressions of Chen Hui and the others, it seemed that they had just arrived and were unaware of the previous monster attack, so Jiang Qing once again turned his questioning gaze to Shu Mo.
Shu Mo calmly replied: "Oh, that's my summoned beast."
As soon as these words came out, Jiang Qing and Fu Yiming's faces changed immediately.
Chen Hui and his group were confused, and Zhao Yu said in surprise, "Shopkeeper, so your profession is summoning! I didn't know that before."
Shu Mo said "hmm", "After all, I'm not a combat player."
However, Song Wei felt that her boss was being modest.
She had witnessed with her own eyes the boss taking on two A-level monsters on his own.
As for Jiang Qing and Fu Yiming, they recalled what had just happened.
The two could not tell what kind of high-level monster's roar it was, but at the moment the roar sounded, they felt that they actually saw anthropomorphic expressions of fear on the faces of those birds.
If the roar came from the boss's summoned beast, then just a roar could scare away a large group of monsters. What level of monster would this summoned beast be?
They didn't dare to think about it too much, and the way they looked at Shu Mo was completely different.
With the top-level summoned beast and the powerful protective shield that could attack automatically, the two of them were 90% convinced that the inn was "absolutely safe" as Shu Mo said it was.
If what the shop owner said is true, this might really become a rare, or even the only safe zone in the game.
The couple had complicated looks in their eyes.
This 500 yuan room fee is really worth it...
Shu Mo looked calm and composed, as if he didn't take his displayed strength seriously. They didn't ask too many questions and sat on a bench with their son.
I wanted to wait for the boss to help the guest check in before telling her about having oden for lunch, but I didn’t expect the young man named Mo Bai to come over.
He asked, "Do you have oden for lunch?"
The three of them nodded, and Mo Bai walked out the door, bought the goods from the oden stall in an unskillful manner, and put them in the pot.
The pot quickly heated up and the aroma gradually wafted out.
Mo Bai walked back to the hall and explained concisely, "You have to wait for fifteen minutes."
"Okay, thank you."
After Fu Yiming watched Mo Bai walk back to the counter, he always felt that the young man had an aura that was hard to ignore.
"Could he be some kind of hidden master?" Fu Yiming and Jiang Qing whispered to each other.
Jiang Qing couldn't believe it. "He looks like he's just an adult, right? Are kids these days so slow in leveling up?"
The boss looks very young too. Who would have thought that she actually has an S-level summoned beast?
“I hope that kids in the future won’t be forced to start leveling up as soon as they can walk…” Fu Yiming clicked his tongue.
The couple paused for a moment, and both cast complicated looks at their son who was squatting on the floor, picking at the seams of the wooden floor and grinning foolishly.
Then he sighed deeply, deeply.
*
Mo Bai had just learned the skill of cooking oden from Shu Mo, and he didn't expect that he would have the opportunity to use it immediately.
With the powerful aura that Fu Yiming mentioned, he walked through the crowd expressionlessly and returned to the counter, even scaring Zhao Yu halfway.
Although she helped Shu Mo maintain order for two days, she and Mo Bai are still strangers.
The boy was only slightly older than her, and logically people of the same age should be easier to get close to, but Zhao Yu just felt very pressured to get along with Mo Bai.
He was too cold and taciturn. When Zhao Yu occasionally went to report the team's situation to him, he would just respond with a "hmm".
Having just heard that Mo Bai was hired as a formal employee of the hotel, Zhao Yu suddenly became curious about how he and Shu Mo get along.
She watched Mo Bai walk to the busy Shu Mo and pricked up her ears quietly.
Zhao Yu heard Mo Bai call Shu Mo's name, "I've cooked the oden."
"Oh? Well done."
"It's very well cooked. Would you like to eat some later?"
Shu Mo took some time out from his busy schedule and said, "Then leave ten skewers for each of us."
Then Mo Bai left.
It sounded like a very ordinary conversation, if his cold back didn't reveal a sense of inexplicable pride when he left.
Zhao Yu showed the expression of an old man on the subway looking at his phone.
She extracted and translated the key points of Mo Baihua based on her own understanding——
I entertained the guests.
Cooked oden.
Very well cooked.
I also made lunch for you.
Zhao Yu: “…”
This is not a work report at all, it's clearly a request for praise!
Zhao Yu sadly discovered that Mo Bai's dull and quiet personality was probably only directed at people other than Shu Mo... like her.
Is there any special connection between these two people?
She didn't think about it any more, because Chen Hui had already started discussing accommodation issues with Shu Mo.
"There are only four double rooms left, so the ten of you may not be able to fit in." Shu Mo said embarrassedly.
Chen Hui hissed with a toothache, "Excuse me, can't you think of a solution? Like adding an extra bed?"
Xiao He: "There are four girls and six boys in the team. The girls will stay in two rooms, and we can stay in the other two. It will be fine if three of us squeeze into one room."
Accustomed to living in the small houses in Guangming Town and tents in the wild, they would not feel wronged even if three grown men were asked to share a double bed.
——This is a hot spring hotel!
A hotel with hot water, lights and heating!
"Yes! Boss, we can add more money."
"Please be flexible."
Are there really too few rooms?
Shu Mo counted the rooms he had and sighed, "Okay, we can add an extra bed, but if one more person stays in a room, you need to pay an extra 80 points, and you can only add one bed at most. People who stay in the room can also enjoy the treatment of soaking in the hot springs as they please."
As for how they distribute the rent internally, that is Chen Hui and the others' business and has nothing to do with Shu Mo.
With the maintenance fee remaining the same, if you add a bed, the price of a small double room will become 280 points per night, and the price of a double room with hot spring will become 480 points per night, which is almost the same as a family suite.
But it was good enough that people could stay here. Chen Hui and his group were overjoyed when they heard Shu Mo's words.
They decisively booked the remaining four rooms.
The only room with a hot spring was allocated to Song Wei and another female player of a higher level. They paid more for the room, but generously said that Zhao Yu and the remaining young girl could also come over.
As for the men, they could only go downstairs and squeeze into the public bath.
【Received: 1160 points】
Shu Mo turned around and went to the business mall to buy two single beds, spending a total of 100 points.
These two beds can be put into a backpack at ordinary times and taken out when needed. They can be used flexibly and there is no waste.
Having a backpack is convenient and saves a lot of trouble.
After Shu Mo expressed his feelings, he went upstairs to put the bed in place and took a group of people to see the house. Sure enough, he received another round of exclamations.
The guests were all very satisfied, but Shu Mo was already worried about the future.
As the number of guests staying in the hotel increases, the existing facilities become pitifully inadequate.
First of all, the food.
Currently, the only staple foods in the store are fresh meat buns and oden. The guests might be able to maintain their sense of freshness temporarily, but Shu Mo himself has been eating the same thing over and over again these days and has long been tired of it.
Besides, according to common sense, if we want to provide accommodation, how can we do without supporting catering?
At least there should be a proper place to eat.
Furthermore, the hotel's entertainment activities are too scarce.
There are no tourist attractions nearby, nor are there any towns to visit. As all activities have to take place inside the hotel, there are too few things for customers to while away their time in the hotel.
Finally, it is time to enrich the types of hot springs as soon as possible.
As a hot spring hotel, there is only a small indoor bath for soaking. Shu Mo himself felt embarrassed to tell others about it.
After listing them all, Shu Mo discovered that the hotel lacked more than one or two facilities. He estimated the amount needed for renovation and suddenly felt a headache.
“This private hot spring is so high-end!”
They were visiting the double room with a private bath where Song Wei lived. Zhao Yu was the first to rush in, shouting loudly.
Shu Mo's thoughts were brought back by the shouting, and he saw the four girls in the team were crowded in the small room containing the hot spring pool.
Zhao Yu stood on tiptoe and looked out the window, and said with a little frustration, "It's a pity that there's not much scenery outside the window. I read in a book at home that before the game comes, bamboo forests will be planted around the hot springs."
After returning home, she had studied a lot about hot springs, and now was the time to learn more.
"Your expectations are too high." Song Wei was very close to Zhao Yu. She patted Zhao Yu lightly when she heard him say that. "It's good enough to have a hot spring bath."
"I know that too. If you want to blame someone, blame the in-game system for generating too few plants. Whether there is a view outside the window is not something the store owner can decide." Zhao Yu shook his head and stopped thinking about it.
The speaker was unintentional, but the listener was intentional, and Shu Mo's expression froze for a moment.
To be honest, this is indeed something that the store owner can decide...
Shu Mo, who was worried about insufficient points, turned his head away as if nothing had happened.
Decided to pretend I didn't hear it.
At this moment, my heart made a "ding" sound.
[Triggered: Side quest "The view outside the window"! 】
【Task Description: After a lot of hard work and accumulation, your hotel is finally open. Customers who visited the store expressed their satisfaction with the store's interior decoration, but at the same time, more than one customer pointed out that the view outside the window was too monotonous. Please find a way to solve the guests' troubles and improve the hotel's ratings! 】
[Task requirements: Arrange at least 500 units of ornamental plants around the hotel (0/500)]
[Task Reward: Card Draw Chance*1]
Shu Mo's eyes widened slightly at the sudden pop-up window that appeared.
...This game actually has a mission system?
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