Chapter 64: Asking for death
"So beautiful!" Lin Luoran could not help exclaiming, her wide eyes reflecting the blue sky, white clouds, snowy mountains, and cluster of hotels before her. Amid this southern landscape of ice and snow, even the most formidable human endeavors seemed extraordinarily small.
The Scandinavia Hotel was something of a marvel on this snowy mountain. It looked like a picturesque European town, its villas built entirely of wood, their staggered triangular roofs nestled among snow-capped pines. At first glance, it was like stepping into Hogwarts School from Harry Potter. Of course, the Harry Potter films had yet to come out in those days.
A blanket of snow covered the roofs of every cluster of villas. It was hard to believe that Rongcheng, a hundred kilometers away, was still at the tail end of summer. It was equally hard to imagine that just two nights earlier, they had been sitting over late-night beers in Rongcheng, where the heat had yet to dissipate. Now the air around them was probably several degrees below freezing.
As soon as everyone got out of the cars, they all put on thick coats and headed to the hotel lobby. Since there were quite a few of them, Su Can had simply booked an entire villa. Only after arriving did they learn that, of the ten villas here, seven besides theirs were already fully occupied.
Although the villas varied in size, most contained five to eight suites, standard rooms, and single rooms, so each could accommodate only so many guests. Still, prices rivaling those of top hotels in first-tier cities deterred plenty of people, who settled for other hotels nearby. The hotel's hot springs were doing exceptionally good business today. Apparently, the son of a prominent entrepreneur was celebrating his birthday and had