Chapter 34: No Alarm, No Problem

“You want to rent an electric scooter to go find your sister? Your sister’s in City C of Province H—that’s not exactly close to City B. Why not just find a car instead of riding a scooter?”

Although the hotel’s electric scooters had some zombie-shielding capability, it wasn’t foolproof.

“I don’t have gasoline. Even with a car, I couldn’t last long.”

Driving from City B to City C normally takes four or five days. Now, with zombies everywhere and many roads blocked—or needing to detour—it would take even longer.

Jin Churan just thought that if Jianglin Hotel could provide so much food, the electric scooters appearing there probably weren’t ordinary either.

Chu Jiangyue, hearing Jin Churan’s reasoning, found his concerns valid.

“Renting isn’t a problem. It’s 100 copper coins per day. Until you return the scooter, the hotel will automatically deduct the daily fee.

If your balance runs out, the hotel will mark you as a defaulter. Guests with a record of defaulting will have a much harder time renting in the future.”

Chu Jiangyue explained the rules clearly.

“Of course! I’ll bring my sister back before the money in my bank account runs out!”

Compared to other places, Jin Churan still preferred staying at Jianglin Hotel.

Even official bases couldn’t guarantee unlimited water and electricity like this.

Hearing this, Chu Jiangyue raised an eyebrow.
‘Little Fox, Jin Churan wants to bring his sister to the hotel. This won’t mess with the story, will it?’

According to the Little Fox’s original script, Zheng Wen’an and Liu Yiyi would leave with the base’s rescue team in two days.

But that was when they were staying in Shengshi Huadu. Now that both were living there, it was uncertain if they’d still leave with the rescue team.

Moreover, Zheng Wen’an had plans involving Chu Jiangyue. Until his plan succeeded, this “central air-conditioning” male lead probably wouldn’t leave Jianglin Hotel.

Liu Yiyi always wanted to rely on Zheng Wen’an. If he stayed, she likely would too.

Thinking like this, the storyline might shift…

“Mas…Master, my script… it seems there’s a real problem…”

‘…’

‘It won’t affect hotel operations, right?’

Chu Jiangyue didn’t care about the story itself. As long as it didn’t affect her profits, she wasn’t worried.

“It’s fine. If there’s a problem, I’ll get an alert. No alert means no problem.”

The Little Fox was indifferent toward Zheng Wen’an, so it had basically given up caring. Its main task was to run the hotel with the host and grow it strong.

The main system never said it had to preserve the storyline, so the Little Fox would just observe quietly.

Since even the Little Fox wasn’t worried, Chu Jiangyue ignored it and continued explaining the scooter rental to Jin Churan.

“Go pick a scooter. Swipe your ID card once to unlock it, and swipe again when you park—it locks automatically.

From the first swipe, 24 hours of fees are deducted once per day.

To return it, place it back in a parking spot and swipe your ID card again; the hotel will finalize the payment.

Do you understand?”

“I understand!”

Chu Jiangyue’s explanation was detailed, and Jin Churan had no trouble understanding.

“Pick whichever one you want. Don’t worry about battery life—as long as your account has sufficient balance, it’ll never run out of power.”

Although this sounded unrealistic, the scooters were indeed that powerful. No one asked how—it was just a fact.

Hearing this, Jin Churan’s eyes lit up. A scooter that never needed charging? Amazing.

Jin Churan trusted Chu Jiangyue enough not to lie about something this important.

Excited, he went to pick a scooter. As long as roads existed, he could ride it across the entire Dragon Kingdom.

Many people overheard their conversation, including Shen Zhigui and three others, who were about to head out.

Jiang He was still recovering in his room.

“Boss Chu, is everything you said true?”

Clearly, Shen Zhigui was interested in the never-dying electric scooter.

“I never lie.”

Chu Jiangyue didn’t see any reason to hide the truth. The scooters were there—someone would eventually ask. Renting them also brought the hotel some income. Even if it was only 500 copper coins per day, small amounts still added up.

“The remaining four scooters—we’ll rent them all.”

Once Shen Zhigui realized the scooters’ potential, he wouldn’t let it go.

“Mr. Shen, four people need only two scooters. Leave the other two for us!”

Saying that, he ran toward the scooters.

In the end, Shen Zhigui and his three companions got two scooters; the other two were taken by two high school boys who had come with them.

One had awakened speed ability, the other wind ability, giving them an edge.

Shen Zhigui rode with Lin Xuyuan, Su Zhucheng with Xie Silin, and the tall one left the hotel reluctantly.

The high school boys quickly formed teams and took their roommates along.

Though young, this age group had the most energy. Once adapted, they could become pillars of the team.

“Boss Chu, are there only five scooters? 100 copper coins per day is fine with me!”

“Yes! Nearby resources are almost gone, but with scooters, we can go further.”

For now, Chu Jiangyue couldn’t do much about the scooter demand.

“There are only five. If you want them next time, come early.”

Chu Jiangyue wasn’t sure if Shen Zhigui’s group would return the scooters if they came back at midnight, so she didn’t tell them to return them the next day.

Once this crowd left, Zheng Wen’an appeared, followed by Liu Yiyi.

Seeing them, Chu Jiangyue lost interest in speaking and busied herself with her virtual screen.

They couldn’t see what she was doing anyway.

“Good morning, Jiangyue.”

Zheng Wen’an knew Chu Jiangyue and Jiang Zhenzhen went to the same school, so he addressed her formally as “Jiangyue,” trying to stand out.

Chu Jiangyue didn’t want to respond: “At the hotel, it’s more appropriate to call me Boss Chu.”

No interest in “Jiangyue” or similar titles.

“Wen’an, she kicked me a few times before—don’t let her fool you.”

Hearing Zheng Wen’an call Chu Jiangyue “Jiangyue,” Liu Yiyi immediately felt uneasy.