The bus traveled along the highway the whole way, only reaching Lu'an City after two in the afternoon.
"All right, students, welcome to Lu'an City!" Teacher Zhou said to the seven of them with a smile. "Let's head to the hotel first and get everyone settled in."
"Okay!" ×7
Teacher Zhou led the students toward their reserved hotel, following the navigation. About twenty minutes later, a hotel with the words "Orange Hotel" on its rooftop appeared before them.
At that moment, plenty of people were coming and going from the Orange Hotel, making it quite lively.
The group crossed the lobby and reached the front desk, where quite a few people were waiting in line. When Teacher Zhou's turn came, the receptionist said apologetically, "I'm sorry, sir, but we no longer have enough four-person rooms. We only have one triple room, one double room, and two single rooms left."
Teacher Zhou frowned. "Surely you haven't run out of every single four-person room?"
"Sir, you must be here to compete in the Rookie Tournament, correct? This tournament has attracted a lot of attention. Aside from the competitors and their accompanying teachers, many people have come to watch after hearing about it," the receptionist explained.
Teacher Zhou could only nod helplessly. "Then book all of those rooms for us."
Once he had finished, Teacher Zhou walked toward the seven of them with a complicated expression. "Ahem, there's some bad news. There aren't enough rooms left. We only have two singles, one double, and one triple. How do you want to divide them up?"
As the teacher accompanying the team, it wasn't appropriate for Teacher Zhou to share a room with these children, so he would have to take one of the two singles.
"Oh, that's easy." Bai Yun hooked an arm around