frightfiction Chapter 458 17nd Floor
Chapter 458 17nd Floor
Lu Youyou's heart skipped a beat, but she remained calm on the surface.
"Sister Hong, are you coming upstairs too?"
Wang Hong said with exasperation, "Abandoning your post will get you fired. How could you sneak upstairs during work hours?"
Oh, so that's what happened. She thought she'd been discovered for giving fake ghost coins to the grave ghost.
She tossed a pair of shoes to Wang Hong.
"Hey, Sister Hong, I see you take good care of me, and since your shoes were peeling a bit, I bought you a new pair."
Wang Hong stared wide-eyed at the shoes in Lu Youyou's hand.
"It's these pairs?!"
Lu Youyou asked, puzzled, "What's wrong with these shoes?"
Wang Hong carefully touched the shoe surface, tried it on, and then took it off. Lu Youyou even doubted that the soles of her feet had touched the shoe.
"Sister Hong, why aren't you wearing anything?"
Wang Hong, holding the shoes in one hand and pulling Lu Youyou with the other, entered the hot pot restaurant's storage room through a small door.
She placed the shoes in the wooden box on the top shelf, and her gaze towards Lu Youyou softened.
"These shoes are incredibly valuable. Someone once offered eight hundred ghost coins but still couldn't buy them. They were even kicked out of the window by the sales assistant just for trying to touch them."
"what?"
Lu Youyou thought of the octopus sales assistant who had been busy taking care of her, and remained silent.
"Perhaps the sales assistant had monster genes when she was human, so she is particularly sensitive to small details and can smell things that others can't."
"oh oh…"
Lu Youyou didn't know what to say, but seeing Wang Hong's overflowing desire to share, she was happy to listen. It was better than going outside to pour water for guests every now and then.
"That octopus monster, her most frequent saying is: 'Your ghost coins don't taste right! I won't accept them!'"
As she spoke, Wang Hong slapped her thigh and laughed, "Isn't it strange? The ghost coins have absolutely no smell, so how did she smell them?"
"We all say in private that the octopus monster is selective about who it treats. If it doesn't like you, it will reject you with such outrageous words."
A thought flashed through Lu Youyou's mind, but before she could think about it, it vanished without a trace.
"You have such a pleasing face that even the octopus monster likes you, which is why it sold you the shoes."
Lu Youyou didn't say anything, but simply accepted the compliment and chuckled.
Suddenly, she had an idea. Since the ghost coins she copied were so realistic, she wouldn't need to work anymore!
By using counterfeit money to go upstairs and keeping the real money on the 17th floor to find a solution, they can get ahead of Wei Tianning.
Thinking of this, Lu Youyou asked, "Sister Hong, what's the procedure if I want to resign?"
Wang Hong's smile faltered: "You want to resign?"
"Yes, I want to go to a higher floor to take a look."
"There's no need for any procedures. Just go to the front desk to register and collect your salary. You can come back to work anytime you want. No onboarding is required."
"Thank you, Sister Hong."
Lu Youyou went out, told her friends, and they went to the front desk to register and collect their wages.
Wang Hong watched as Lu Youyou and her group went up the stairs and disappeared from her sight before saying to the receptionist, "Bring out their registration forms."
There were four sheets in total, which Wang Hong stacked together and then tore to shreds.
The receptionist was shocked: "Sister Hong, you!"
"Go do your job. If anyone asks later, just say they're still employed, but they've been reassigned to deliver goods to other floors."
"…it is good."
On the other side, Lu Youyou climbed the stairs using the copied ghost coins, reaching the 17th floor.
The 17th floor, starting from the lobby, is a hotel with 10 rows of rooms, each with 100 rooms.
Dozens of robots shuttled back and forth in the aisle, carrying trays containing the items customers needed.
The central loudspeaker repeated a sentence.
"This is the 17th floor, a place where all pretense fails, and frankness and sincerity are the principles of communication."
The sound was neither too loud nor too soft, not too loud, yet it reached everyone's ears without missing a single word.
Zhang Wei glanced at Lu Youyou and reminded her, "Boss, your mask is gone."
"Ok."
Since the mask had failed, she simply took it off, thus fulfilling the broadcast's requirement for honesty.
"Cui Qi, do you recognize this place? Do you know how to get to the top floor?"
Cui Qi didn't reply. Lu Youyou looked over curiously and saw him staring thoughtfully at a door.
"What's wrong? Is there something wrong with that door?"
Cui Qi snapped out of his daze: "I feel like that door is familiar, and don't you think the door number is strange? It's 000."
"It's very strange; this is the first time I've ever seen house numbers marked like this."
"Ugh, my head hurts so much. Could you give me some Ghost Coins so I can book a room?"
If Cui Qi hadn't been right under her nose, Lu Youyou would have suspected that Cui Qi had been switched at birth.
When did Cui Qi become sickly and frail?
However, for Cui Qi to cry out in pain, it must be a serious problem.
"How much do you want?"
"Ten will do. These house numbers are green because no one lives here. I can stay for 24 hours by paying 10 ghost coins."
Lu Youyou looked at number 000; it was red, and people lived inside.
However, it didn't matter to her who lived there; she gave Cui Qi 10 real ghost coins.
He inserted 10 coins into the coin slot on the door.
Click.
The hidden lock opened, and the door opened automatically.
Cui Qi went in, greeted everyone, and then closed the door.
Lu Youyou looked at Zhang Heng, who was yawning repeatedly but pretending to be awake, and gave her and Zhang Wei 10 real ghost coins each.
"I'm tired from standing in the hot pot restaurant for so long. I'll take a nap first and recharge before looking for something else."
"it is good."
Lu Youyou found room number 006 and entered by inserting a coin.
No wonder it's a room on the 17th floor; it's much better than the rooms she stayed in on lower floors.
It not only has a bed, but also a wardrobe, washing machine, television and other furniture and appliances.
It didn't feel like temporary accommodation; it felt like moving into a fully functional home.
Lu Youyou turned on the TV, expecting it to be static, but to her surprise, it played normally.
However, you can only watch one channel: Monster World News.
The host is a mermaid, with a human head and a fish body, and her voice has a natural charm.
But as for what was said...
It's either about some monster pooping in their pants or some monster's husband cheating on them; there's absolutely no substance to it.
A little bit of noise in the room is nice; it's perfect for sleeping.
Lu Youyou had just pulled the covers up when her phone on the bedside table started buzzing.
Using the black wax eye to unlock the device, Lu Youyou saw the message left by the ghost on the grave for Wei Tianning.
[Grave Guardian Ghost 1: Boss! Lu Youyou has taken people upstairs! I'm at the clothing store now, and I don't have enough ghost coins to keep up.]
[Grave Guardian Ghost 1: Boss? You usually reply instantly, why are you so slow this time? Did something happen?]
It took about five minutes for Wei Tianning to reply.
[Wei Tianning: If you had just looked up, you would have known I was serving hotpot to the bastards in the area next door! Damn it!]
[Grave Guardian Ghost 1: Huh? Boss, will you still give me ghost coins so I can keep chasing?]
[Wei Tianning: Damn it, I need to conserve my power, I can't accumulate any more Ghost Coins. Stop eating, hurry up and apply for a waiter job, earn some Ghost Coins for me!]
[Grave Guardian Ghost 1: Oh, okay!]