Retired for A Hundred Years: Re-Employment for the Apocalypse Bigshot!-Chapter 201: Bro, Please Stop Torturing Yourself

Chapter 201: Chapter 201: Bro, Please Stop Torturing Yourself

Ji Ning and Chang Ru boarded the same shuttle bus, with both groups sitting at opposite ends, separated by many passengers.

Chang Ru turned to look out the window, seemingly lost in thought.

Bai Xiaotang felt uncomfortable, after all, they had been sisters for more than ten years.

Seeing Bai Xiaotang in low spirits, Ji Ning commented nonchalantly, "Well done."

Hmm?

Bai Xiao turned to look at her, her gaze slightly teary, fragile as if a single touch would turn them into tears.

Only then did Fu Yuanxuan and Ye Tong notice something unusual about Bai Xiaotang.

Particularly Ye Tong, who was more sensitive, and asked softly, "Tangtang, what’s wrong with you?"

Bai Xiaotang bit her lip and shook her head, turning away from everyone to look out the window.

Ye Tong looked at Ji Ning again, just in time to hear her say, "Growing pains."

"..."

After getting off the shuttle bus, the group collected their luggage and exited through a different door from Chang Ru.

Bai Yusen did not come to pick them up because his flight arrived a day later than theirs.

Following the contact details Sun Yazhu had sent, Ji Ning got in touch with the pick-up personnel from Hai City International Hotel.

The car was already waiting in the parking lot; they just needed to take the elevator downstairs to see it.

Ji Ning’s party of seven was provided with two luxury business cars arranged by Sun Yazhu’s secretary.

They went straight from the airport to the hotel.

Chang Ru also had someone picking her up, but her assistant called a cab, which wasn’t as fast as theirs, so they didn’t run into her at the hotel.

With the black card Ji Ning held, she directly arranged for two top-floor suites, one for the men and one for the women.

Lin Yuanyang, watching the door close across the hall, really wanted to give a few good kicks to the two "stray customers" that temporarily joined in by his side.

The suite arranged by Sun Yazhu had three bedrooms, and without these two people, he would definitely have been able to snag one.

"Wow, boss! Rich people really know how to live. This room is built like a villa. There’s even a swimming pool outside... oh my gosh..." Mantis dropped his bag and ran to the floor-to-ceiling window, opening the door to check out the outdoor pool.

Their suite was located on the top floor, opposite Ji Ning’s suite, but the outdoor pools were connected.

A two-meter-high partition wall separated the two sides.

Besides swimming and bathing here, you could also barbecue and sing, which made Mantis exclaim with joy, "Glad I didn’t switch tasks..."

On the other side.

In the hotel lobby, a luggage attendant suddenly held his stomach and asked his supervisor for permission to use the restroom.

The supervisor frowned and waved for him to go.

The attendant hurriedly ran to the restroom, clutching his stomach. After making sure the door was locked, he took out his phone from under his clothes and sent a text message to a certain number.

[Target has checked in]

He received a reply soon after.

[Stay alert to the target’s movements and look for an opportunity to act.]

"Whoosh—"

The sound of a flush from the adjacent stall.

The attendant cautiously turned off his phone screen.

Just then, he heard a somewhat displeased voice outside.

"Bro, please don’t beat yourself up. You shouldn’t travel far at the start of the campaign; you’ve already dropped a tier."

"That [Daddy Ning] probably just got lucky and stumbled into another faction with two others."

"Bro, if you keep doing this, I’m really not playing with you anymore."

Relieved, the attendant opened his phone again to continue his messaging.

Outside the restroom, a gentle-looking man casually placed the hat he was holding onto a boy’s head, the boy who kept mumbling beside him.

His voice carried a hint of laughter as he said, "Okay."

Gu Sili was taken aback and filled with surprised joy, "Really?"

"Yeah. It’s indeed difficult. Next time we meet that person, I’ll ask him to teach me." Gu Shuangcheng laughed.

Gu Sili’s smiling face instantly fell.

He still hadn’t given up...

"By the way, how’s your preparation going?"

"Preparation for what?" Gu Sili tilted his head and looked at him.

"Zong Ming said that the Lin Family kid issued you a challenge."

Gu Sili’s face fell again, but then he pursed his lips, with a look of determination, "I’ll give it my all!"

Gu Shuangcheng chuckled, patting his head.

"Bro, I’m not a kid anymore."

"Okay..."

"How did you book the hotel?"

Suddenly, a low voice of accusation came from around the corner ahead.

Gu Shuangcheng halted his steps, simultaneously pulling his brother Gu Sili back.

Gu Sili looked up at him in confusion, and Gu Shuangcheng shook his head.

The two stood quietly in place, listening to the conversation around the corner.

"I’m sorry, Miss, the Sea City Food Festival this time is on a large scale, and it’s really hard to book a hotel. You specifically requested to book here..."

"So you booked me a standard room, not even a business suite?"

"But... I did offer extra money to the hotel to keep an eye out, but no one has checked out."

"Did you find out where Bai Xiaotang and the others are staying?"

"They’re staying here too."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, my people have been following them since they got off the plane and saw them check in in person."

"Can you find out which room they’re in?"

"I’m sorry, Miss..."

"Useless!"

"I’m sorry..."

"From now on, keep an eye on them in the lobby. I need to know Bai Xiaotang’s every move!"

"Yes... yes, Miss..."

As the sound of footsteps gradually faded away, Gu Shuangcheng then pulled his brother Gu Sili forward.

"Xiao Shi, doesn’t the name Bai Xiaotang sound familiar? Do you know her?" Gu Shuangcheng suddenly asked.

Gu Sili looked at him with a strange expression and said sullenly, "Miss Bai."

"Bai Yusen’s sister?"

"Yes. She and Lin Yuanyang were the ones who took people to beat up Zong Ming’s cousin."

Gu Shuangcheng raised an eyebrow slightly, recalling the information he got when he inquired about Lin Yuanyang before. After a moment of thought, he said, "Maybe we should meet this Miss Bai."

"Huh?"

***

"Wow... a whole roasted lamb! Are we really starting with such a heavy dish on the first day?" Mantis swallowed with a face full of happiness.

Fu Yuanxuan, feeling embarrassed, didn’t sit with him but instead sat beside Bai Xiaotang.

Originally, Ji Ning hadn’t ordered a whole roasted lamb, but the hotel said it was an extra gift for them.

Moreover, every meal would come with an extra featured dish from the Food Festival; it was simply too delightful.

The group ate with oil dripping from their mouths, preparing to attend the Food Festival’s opening ceremony in the afternoon.

The main venue for the Food Festival was on a pedestrian street near the hotel.

The sides of the entire pedestrian street were filled with stalls of local snacks from various parts of the Hua Continent.

This pedestrian street was well-connected, with a small circular plaza in the middle for the opening ceremony and the Chef Competition.

Different directions of the pedestrian street were divided into districts and cities, showcasing foods from almost all over the Hua Continent. The scale was so large that it was said most of the police force in Sea City would be deployed here to maintain order.

Ji Ning held a map of the Food Festival pedestrian street, walking with Bai Xiaotang, Ye Tong, and Mantis, as they studied their activity schedule for the next two days.

This time, the three students, along with their instructor, didn’t get permission from their school to take leave; they could only stay in Sea City for two days and had to return to Anhe by Sunday night, so they needed to taste as many delicacies as possible in the limited time.

Fu Yuanxuan watched his subordinate successfully infiltrate the other camp, his gaze growing darker and darker.

At this moment, a young voice suddenly called out from the front, "Bro, she’s Bai Xiaotang!"