The Rabbit Wants to Eat the Grass by Her Burrow

"Okay."

Though the receptionist thought it was a little strange for four people to rent two rooms, she didn't say anything.

Service came first. The rest wasn't her business.

Xiao Wu took the two keys and tossed one to Tang San. The other room, then, was for Du Hao, Zhu Zhuqing, and her.

The three of them had shared a room since they were little, so none of them thought there was anything wrong with it.

Of course, even if they had, none of them would have said so.

Tang San had expected this. He took the key, glanced over at them, and clicked his tongue a few times.

He thought the three of them were getting up to some pretty wild stuff.

"Xiao San, we'll head back to our room first. Once we've put our luggage away, we'll go for a look around." Du Hao took the key Xiao Wu handed him and turned to remind Tang San.

"I've got something to take care of, so I'll pass." Tang San waved his hand at once.

He'd better not go and be a third wheel.

Hadn't he seen Xiao Wu standing behind Du Hao, looking at him with a gaze so kindly it was downright eerie?

If he agreed, he'd be in for a rough time.

Seeing that Xiao San wasn't coming, Du Hao shrugged. "All right, then. We'll bring you back a gift."

Since his little brother wasn't interested, there was nothing to be done. They could just buy the item they were after and bring it back.

Besides, the Plate Crystal in Flender's little shop wasn't going anywhere. They could pick it up on the way back.

Just as the two groups were about to return to their rooms,

a loud argument suddenly broke out at the front desk. "What? My room's gone?!"

Du Hao stopped and curiously turned to look toward the reception desk.

At a glance, he spotted a well-dressed young man with mismatched eyes angrily questioning the receptionist.

"Are you new here? You don't know that's my private room? How dare you rent it out?" As he spoke, he slapped the counter in front of the receptionist.

"Go! Get your manager!"

"Yes, yes, I'll get them right away." The receptionist hurriedly bowed and apologized. She seemed to realize she'd made a serious mistake, and quickly ran toward the back.

This wasn't something a low-ranking employee like her could handle. She could only get the manager.

Watching this, Tang San frowned and quietly asked Du Hao, "Brother Hao, could one of our rooms be his?"

"What, you want to step in?"

Du Hao smiled as he held Zhu Zhuqing's hand.

He'd already expected this scene. When Dai Mubai hadn't shown up earlier, he'd thought he might have missed him.

He hadn't expected Dai Mubai to appear only now.

"It's not that. I just feel like that man's going to come looking for trouble with us in a bit." Tang San wasn't some bleeding-heart do-gooder; he just had a feeling trouble was on the way.

From the way that young man with the mismatched eyes acted, he didn't seem like the type to let things go.

What's more, he had two twin girls following him. Anyone could tell what he was up to.

He'd clearly come to the hotel to hook up...

"Zhuqing, do you think that guy over there will come looking for trouble with me?" Xiao Wu suddenly sidled up to Zhu Zhuqing and asked in a whisper.

"Not sure. But for some reason, I can't help feeling a little repelled by him." Zhu Zhuqing smiled strangely and patted Xiao Wu's head.

"Maybe it's just my imagination."

Zhu Zhuqing had no contact with the outside world, much less with the Zhu Clan's main household.

No one had paid much attention to what happened when she was little.

For all she knew, the Zhu Clan might have already forgotten she existed.

If anyone still remembered, it was probably Zhu Zhuyun, her older sister, who might recall having a younger half-sister when they were children.

"If you say so, Zhuqing, then that guy over there definitely isn't a good person." Xiao Wu said earnestly under the hand resting on her head.

"You, always saying things to cheer me up." Seeing Xiao Wu's innocent look, Zhu Zhuqing laughed and ruffled her rabbit head.

"Hehe, Zhuqing, you're the best~ So can I sleep in the middle tonight?" Xiao Wu showed her rabbit's tail, smiling bashfully.

Zhu Zhuqing always slept between the two of them, keeping both of them firmly in check. It left Xiao Wu, a rabbit who wanted to eat the grass by her own burrow, hopping mad with impatience.

Every time she tried to sneak over at night, Zhu Zhuqing would press her back with an invisible hand.

It had bothered Xiao Wu for years. She'd kept her eyes on Du Hao, that fragrant "piece of fat," but even when it was right at her lips, she couldn't take a bite.

"No." Zhu Zhuqing smiled as she turned her down.

Don't think she didn't know what this rabbit was after. If she wanted to steal her man, she could forget it.

At the very least, she'd have to wait until Zhu Zhuqing had had her fill.

"So stingy..." Xiao Wu muttered, pouting. She'd clearly been unhappy with Zhu Zhuqing's selfishness for a long time.

While the four of them were talking,

the hotel manager came hurrying out and began saying something to Dai Mubai in a fluster.

Then the receptionist pointed toward the four of them and said something under her breath.

The manager led Dai Mubai over, apparently having come to some sort of agreement with him.

Du Hao and the others, who had been waiting for a while, watched the two approach in silence.

"Xiao San, what do you think they're coming over for?" Du Hao asked Tang San with a smile.

The reason they hadn't gone straight back to their room was that they wanted to see how the hotel would handle the situation.

That way, they could avoid any trouble that might crop up.

"Brother Hao, since the manager came over too, I'd say there's a nine-in-ten chance they'll ask us to give up one of our rooms," Tang San replied reasonably.

"Would you be willing to give one up?"

"Of course not. We got here first." Tang San said it with utter conviction.

First come, first served. Who'd be willing to give up their room?

"Hey, you two. One of you booked my room. Would you mind giving it up? I'm willing to pay double," Dai Mubai said arrogantly, one twin tucked under each arm.

Dai Mubai paid no attention to the trembling hotel manager beside him.

The manager just kept wiping sweat from his forehead, smiling obsequiously as he said, "This was a mistake on our hotel's part. We're willing to compensate you all ten times your losses."

Hearing such a sincere and generous apology, Du Hao's group was left dumbfounded.

"Wait, isn't this backwards?"

Wasn't Dai Mubai supposed to arrogantly demand they give up the room?

And although the Dai Mubai in the original story wasn't exactly a bad person, he didn't seem like someone who'd be this easygoing, either.

Just as the atmosphere was growing tense, a figure appeared beside them as if out of nowhere, accompanied by a commanding voice.

"Friends, is there a problem?"

Those words made everyone present shudder, as though a mouse had just spotted a cat.

They all turned toward the source of the voice.

"Wait, how are you here too?" Tang San cried out in shock the moment he saw the person!