A beautiful day began with being awakened by the guests chatting and eating downstairs.
Ming Sui sat up. In the past few days, more and more guests had been gathering information in the inn's lobby, and they stayed later and later. Brother Dong had no choice but to make new rules: aside from lodging guests, anyone who stayed in the lobby for more than two shichen without ordering anything had to leave.
After that rule came out, there were fewer guests in the lobby, but more people gathered outside its entrance. One quick-witted town resident spotted the business opportunity and set up tables along the street outside the inn. Those who thought the lobby was too expensive would sit outside and listen for news from inside.
The girls were fortunate; their rooms did not face the street. The other rooms were not so lucky. No matter how good the soundproofing was, voices could still be heard, and everyone's sleep quality had taken a severe hit.
Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong painfully pulled their blankets over their heads. Ming Sui sighed and lay back down. Even Zhu Zhuqing, the most disciplined among them, had a lost look in her eyes, and her seated figure was no longer quite so upright.
"Sleep a little longer, Zhuqing." Ning Rongrong pulled Zhu Zhuqing down beside her. "It's killing me. Even in my dreams, all I hear are those big brothers and sisters going hahaha."
"There's no movement across the hall either. Let's sleep some more." Xiao Wu twitched her ears. "Poor Nian Nian has been exhausted lately too. We can't even wake her when we talk." Her voice was vague, as though she might slip back into sleep the next second.
Nian Nian was still sleeping soundly between her and Ming Sui.
Ming Sui