Either Director Niu had been scammed by an unscrupulous guesthouse owner online, or they had been scammed by Director Niu.
Xie Mi leaned toward the latter.
After all, compared with a stranger they had never met, Director Niu was clearly the less trustworthy one.
"This is the guesthouse you'll be staying in tonight. It may not look pretty on the outside, but it's still a mansion with four bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen, two bathrooms, and a big yard."
"Next, let's assign the rooms. Four rooms, eight people, two to a room."
"I have four numbers here, each corresponding to a room. You can decide your own pairs, then come make your choice."
Xie Mi had come prepared. She took out the bamboo skewers left over from the eight grilled sausages she had eaten at the supply stops along the way.
"No need to make it so complicated. Let's just draw lots. Four long skewers, four short ones. Men and women draw separately. Those who draw long ones share a room, and those who draw short ones share another."
No one objected, and the roommate selection went smoothly.
Xie Mi shared with Xu Shuangrong, Liu Woxing with Lai Bingxuan, Qiu Chengye with Shen Yeqing, and Xiao Jingxi with Yu Jinche.
As for the four rooms, each was bad in its own special way, from one through four. Whichever they picked seemed to make no difference, so they assigned them in order.
Xie Mi and Xu Shuangrong got room one and carried their luggage over.
The moment they pushed open the heavy wooden door, a thin cloud of dust hit them in the face. There was a wooden plank bed inside, but it had only a flimsy sheet spread over it, which was hardly any different from sleeping directly on