A Sinister Bear Appears!
Today, the hotel's thirty-third floor was as eerily quiet as ever.
Perhaps it was because hardly anyone ever came up here. And since almost none of the hotel's regular guests stayed in such luxurious suites, even in broad daylight, the whole floor was steeped in a gloomy, unsettling atmosphere.
For example...
The wall sconces in the hallway always cast a sickly, pale light. Every so often, they would malfunction and flicker, while the dark-red patterns on the carpet twisted and curled. At first glance, they looked like streaks of dried blood—or something crawling along the floor.
At that moment, Xia Juan and Xia Ling, the floor attendants assigned to the thirty-third floor's VIP service, were walking along the soft red carpet. Their high heels made almost no sound as they patrolled the floor.
As usual, all they had to do was check the rooms without guests. They weren't supposed to disturb rooms occupied by confirmed guests—or by anything that wasn't a regular guest.
Of course, they wouldn't dare disturb them!
"Um..."
"Xia Ling?"
"I remember Luna was staying next door to 3303. That would be 3304, right?"
As they walked, they neared the service desk where the two were stationed. Xia Juan lowered her voice and unconsciously raised her wrist to check her watch.
"Huh?"
"I don't think so."
Muttering, Xia Ling glanced down at the file in her hand and quickly flipped to a page in the register.
A moment later, she shook her head and said with certainty,
"You've got it wrong!"
"3303 is next to 3305 and 3301. 3304 is across the hall."
"Either way, they're all next door!"
"But 3305 and 3304 both have guests, so we don't need to check them!"
With that, she snapped the register shut and put a