"Aaaah-!"
A long, piercing scream echoed through the hotel lobby.
Ye Qifeng, Zhu Zhuqing, and the hotel manager all turned toward the sound.
Dai Mubai, who had been lying like a corpse by the wall moments earlier, had now been helped up by the flamboyantly dressed twin sisters and regained consciousness.
The scream had burst from Dai Mubai's mouth.
"Urgh-cough, cough..."
After screaming, Dai Mubai retched again, followed by a series of violent coughs. Clearly, his injuries had caused his stomach to spasm.
The twin sisters attending him scrambled helplessly, unsure what to do.
"Stop playing dead! Get up and serve the guests!"
The hotel manager kicked the attendant still hiding beneath the counter, called him out, and instructed him to attend to Ye Qifeng and Zhu Zhuqing.
Then the manager left Ye Qifeng and Zhu Zhuqing behind and hurried over to Dai Mubai to fuss over him.
Dai Mubai was an important customer of their Rose Hotel, entitled to VIP treatment and one of the hotel's major sources of revenue.
Now that Dai Mubai was seriously injured, as the Rose Hotel's manager, he ought to check on him and offer some assistance-sending him to a clinic and finding a healing-type spirit master to treat his injuries.
As for the cost...
Naturally, it would go on Dai Mubai's tab.
Ye Qifeng and Zhu Zhuqing only glanced at Dai Mubai a few times before looking away.
"Would the two of you like to book rooms?"
The attendant behind the counter finally recovered from his fright and remembered his duties, hastily greeting Ye Qifeng and Zhu Zhuqing.
Ye Qifeng nodded slightly and repeated what he had told the hotel manager earlier:
"Two rooms, please."
At those words, the attendant's gaze immediately turned peculiar.
He first looked at Ye Qifeng, then at Zhu