I walked out of the bar and stood in front of Yang Sisi. I said to her, "Do you know I waited for you in the bar all night? Why didn't you come back last night?"
Yang Sisi said to me nonchalantly, "I didn't make you wait for me."
"Yes, the point isn't that I was waiting for you. I'm just asking you, why didn't you come back last night?"
"That's none of your business."
As she spoke, she pushed me away and said, "Move aside, I'm going back to sleep."
"I won't stop you from going to sleep, but I'll ask you one last question: what exactly is the purpose of your trip back to Dali this time?"
"play."
I was angry, but I had nothing to say. I finally stepped aside, and she glanced at me indifferently before going into the inn.
I think she's gone bad!
...
I had no desire to sleep. After washing up in the public restroom, I started cooking porridge in the kitchen. A few moments later, a peak in checkouts arrived. I checked out for Peach and then welcomed several new guests.
At ten o'clock, I finally had some free time. While eating breakfast, I finally had time to reply to Ye Zhi's notification-like message. I said to her, "To be honest, I was really annoyed when I found out that your group had invested in this project in Longkan. But one's perspective shouldn't be limited to complaining and lamenting. The inn's demise should become our motivation to do better and bigger things... So, I sincerely congratulate you on your project passing all the reviews, and I hope your project can become a new landmark in Longkan."
"Thank you for thinking that way."
I put my phone aside and subconsciously glanced at the breathtakingly beautiful Erhai Lake. At that moment, I wished that this guesthouse could remain on the shore of Erhai Lake forever and become a haven for us outsiders for life. But things didn't go as planned. We lost it, and we also lost our foundation in Dali. I don't even dare to think about what I can do on this land in the future.
I am indeed quite confused!
...
A moment later, Bai Lu arrived at the inn. Before she could even take a sip of water, she said to me, "Michael, the government has already issued an official document. In this area where our inn is located, all buildings, whether commercial or residential, will be demolished... Next week, the demolition office will come down with a compensation plan to mobilize people for the demolition."
"That's so fast!"
"Perhaps the higher-ups realized that the demolition mobilization work wouldn't go too smoothly, so they tried to give the demolition as much time as possible... But this also compressed our operating time, which is not good news!"
"How much longer can we keep this going?"
"In theory, we should have been forced to shut down as soon as the demolition mobilization work began."
I lit a cigarette, feeling a bit annoyed. Just then, a lot of villagers gathered outside the inn, discussing the matter heatedly. They probably already knew about the impending demolition and redevelopment of the area.
This was a storm that came extremely suddenly; at the same time, it changed the fate of many people.
...
The people in the inn gradually got up, and the bar became our temporary meeting room. However, no matter how good the meeting was, it couldn't change the outcome of the capital manipulation. We, the small people, were very angry and powerless, so we only discussed some things about the aftermath of the inn and did a quick accounting to see how much money we would lose in the end.
We are definitely going to lose money, because the situation is much worse than we anticipated. We only have a little over a week left to operate, and this time constraint means we are destined not to reach our planned revenue.
I asked Bai Lu, "Have you discussed the situation on our side with Zhao Jing?"
"Hmm, what did she say?"
“She was quite understanding. After all, the demolition of the inn was an act of God. She didn’t make any excessive demands or put any pressure on us.”
“Zhao Jing has been so understanding and righteous towards us, so we should be even more considerate of her… She’s probably the one among us who needs the money most right now. I suggest we take 200,000 yuan from our revenue to help her out, and those of us who don’t need the money can wait for the renovation compensation later… What do you think?”
After discussing it, everyone gave me a very consistent answer. We all felt that after something like this happened, we should be like a family sharing weal and woe, so the money should go to the people who need it most first. If we had conflicts over the unequal distribution of money, we would truly be letting down the fate that brought us all together.
Yes, we are just too emotional, so I've been thinking, if we had a character like Ye Zhi in our team, would we seem more mature and thus maintain enough assertiveness?
I think it's time for me to do some serious self-reflection!
...
After having lunch with us, Bai Lu left the inn. Coach Ma, who was the most aware of the situation among us, had recently taken on a lot of performance gigs. So, shortly after Bai Lu left, he also left the inn with his guitar.
As for Yang Sisi, I don't think she's really part of the inn anymore, because she's still lying in bed, not fully awake, since we got back this morning. But it doesn't matter, she can't share the sense of crisis we're facing anyway.
In the bar, only Peach, Iron Man, and I remained.
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