Chapter: Chapter 198
As the season slowly marched into the height of summer, with the weather gradually becoming hotter, most people consciously retreated into their rooms to enjoy the conveniences brought by technology.
In this day and age, it was hard to imagine how one would live without air conditioning.
Some people, however, opted for a more expensive way to beat the heat: a vacation by the sea.
“The beaches here are arguably the most beautiful in the human world. Unlike the yellow sand beaches elsewhere, our beaches are all clean and pure white,” a tour guide with a yellow baseball cap introduced her city to her guests for the day.
This guest had contacted her a few months prior, stating her intention to vacation in their city during the summer, with a budget that was incredibly generous.
Such a guest, undoubtedly, needed to be catered to well.
However, the guide couldn’t help but wonder why, despite the guest mentioning two or three people when booking, only one person showed up now?
“Ah, this question. She and I don’t live together. I came to take a look at the place first, and she’s still on her way,” the white-haired guest explained when asked by the tour guide.
“Eh, aren’t you from the same city?”
“Yes, her place is even farther from here,” the white-haired guest nodded. “Alright, let’s not talk about her. Take me to the place you’ve prepared.”
“Certainly, Miss Bai, please follow me. I’ve arranged a super luxurious place for you this time!” The tour guide didn’t pry further. After all, her payment wasn’t calculated per person, and judging by the guest’s generosity, serving her well would surely lead to a substantial reward later.
They were currently at the city’s airport, which was quite a distance from the accommodation the tour guide had booked.
“I had originally wanted to rent you that resort island near the coast, but when I inquired, the receptionist informed me that those islands were already rented out.” While leading her guest to the parking lot, the tour guide introduced the accommodation she had arranged. “Unfortunately, I had to settle for that hotel that claims to be a ten-star establishment.”
“Oh, I’ve heard of that hotel when I was in Central City. It seems to be quite a good hotel, doesn’t it?” the white-haired guest asked softly, rubbing her chin, her voice akin to a clear mountain stream, exuding a crispness.
Although the guest was wearing a large mask and sunglasses, obscuring almost her entire face, the tour guide could tell from her physique and voice that she was a rare beauty.
A beautiful guest from Central City who was also so generous – she didn’t seem to be lacking money at all. Could she be a super-rich young lady from Central City?
While confident in her city’s scenery, the tour guide still harbored some admiration for Central City. She had heard it was the place with the most advanced technology in the human world, and the headquarters of almost all major organizations in the human world were located there.
It wasn’t an exaggeration to say that Central City was the capital of the human world.
There were even rumors that the Sword Saint, who had retired almost a year ago, also resided somewhere in Central City.
Beep beep, a small red car not far away sensed its owner’s approach and automatically unlocked its doors.
“Miss Bai, this is the car,” the tour guide said, opening the car door for her guest.
The guest took a look at the small car and seemed somewhat displeased.
Under the tour guide’s anxious gaze, the guest sighed and got into the car. “I think you could rent a better car.”
Hahaha, this lady is indeed a young lady!
The tour guide got into the driver’s seat and started the car skillfully. “I just didn’t think it was necessary to spend money unnecessarily. I think this car is quite nice.”
“Besides, my driver’s license only allows me to drive this type of small car. I can’t drive those better cars.”
Hearing this explanation, the guest was taken aback for a moment, then let out a helpless wry smile. “I don’t even have a driver’s license yet.”
She took off her glasses, revealing her captivating red eyes.
The tour guide’s attention was immediately drawn to her guest’s beautiful eyes. When she saw her white hair, she had guessed that her eyes might be red, but she hadn’t imagined that her red eyes would be so beautiful.
After removing her sunglasses, the guest then took off her large mask.
Oh my goodness, is this really human? Is this not a celestial fairy descended from heaven?
The tour guide completely understood why her guest had been so heavily disguised when coming out. If she hadn’t done so, she would undoubtedly have become the center of attention for everyone present.
With such beauty, she would surely become incredibly popular if she became a star!
Compared to the recently popular Xi Mengyao, she couldn’t even reach Xi Mengyao’s heels.
“Cough, cough.” The guest coughed twice. “Snap out of it, snap out of it.”
“Oh, oh, I apologize, Miss Bai. You are too beautiful, so I was momentarily stunned,” the tour guide said sheepishly.
“Am I that beautiful?” Miss Bai tucked a strand of white hair behind her ear and asked a question that, to the tour guide, seemed quite meaningless.
Am I that beautiful? Of course, she is!
If for no other reason, the tour guide had been in this profession for many years and had seen quite a few beautiful girls, but all of them combined probably couldn’t compare to a single strand of Miss Bai’s hair.
Even compared to those big stars, her guest’s looks were undoubtedly superior.
If the lady beside her truly wanted to become a star, she would undoubtedly become an unprecedented super-new star. She wouldn’t need any special talents; just standing there, her fan base would grow at an insane rate.
This was the overwhelming advantage brought by her crushing beauty.
“Miss Bai, you jest. You are the most beautiful person I have ever seen,” the tour guide said as she slowly drove the car out of the parking space. “You’re not in a hurry, are you? I’ll drive slowly.”
“Mm, I’m not in a hurry. I don’t have any arrangements until she arrives anyway,” Miss Bai nodded. “By the way, you booked a double room for us, right?”
“Of course! I wouldn’t forget anything you specially asked me to do,” the tour guide said, giving a thumbs-up. “An Emperor suite, a double bed, guaranteed to satisfy you.”
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The small car smoothly parked in an empty spot. The tour guide jumped out of the car first and then hurried to the other side to open the door for Bai Ling.
Several male staff members dressed in exquisite uniforms also arrived. One of them, who seemed to be the leader, stepped forward and asked, “Do you two have a reservation?”
Although judging by the style of this car, the two young ladies inside might not be their target customers, they, as service staff, were very aware of the principle that one should not judge a book by its cover.
What if these two ladies were the type who liked to play victim and be underestimated, waiting for others to mock them before revealing their powerful presence and proving them wrong?
“Yes, yes. Come to think of it, haven’t we met several times? It’s ridiculous that you don’t even recognize my car,” the tour guide said, nodding repeatedly, while also expressing a hint of dissatisfaction to the man who spoke.
The server took off his glasses, carefully examined the tour guide and her car, and revealed an expression of sudden realization. “So it’s you!”
“I’ve brought a major client for you this time,” the tour guide said, feeling very satisfied that she was recognized. She pressed a remote control, opening the trunk of the small car. “Alright, come and help me move the luggage. There aren’t too many items, though.”
Miss Bai, who had put on her mask and sunglasses again, stood aside, watching the interaction between the tour guide and the server like an uninvolved bystander.
Only when the tour guide beckoned her did she start walking to follow the two of them.
On the way to the hotel lobby, the tour guide and the server exchanged pleasantries, introducing the hotel’s features and highlights to her.
“Although we are not as famous as that resort island, there is no doubt that our place is the most cost-effective accommodation,” the server said, seemingly quite proud.
However, the tour guide was not so polite, unceremoniously exposing the server’s boast: “If those islands hadn’t all been booked by others, I wouldn’t have bothered with this place.”
Besides, what does cost-effectiveness have to do with such a high-end place?
Anyone staying here wouldn’t care about the cost, would they?
Those who cared wouldn’t have booked a room here in the first place.
“Look at what you’re saying. Those islands aren’t something just anyone can afford to rent, are they? Compared to that place, aren’t we not cost-effective enough?”
“Hey, when did you become so talkative? It’s truly remarkable to see how much you’ve changed after just three days.” The tour guide seemed to have a good relationship with this server.
Miss Bai followed behind them at a moderate distance, occasionally turning her head to look at the scenery around.
Soon, the three of them arrived in the lobby. The tour guide instructed Miss Bai to go to the front desk to register her information, while the server stood aside waiting for the tour guide to finish.
At the front desk, a blonde girl was currently struggling to communicate with the front desk staff in a somewhat broken common language.
“I booked, booked a room, can you, help me check?” the girl’s sentence structure was very strange, and her mastery of the common language was clearly insufficient.
However, instead of showing a mocking expression, the front desk staff member smiled and began to converse with the blonde girl in a very fluent language.
“It seems to be the language of the western cities,” the tour guide whispered to Miss Bai.
There was more than one popular language in the human world. Although the language in Central City was called the common language due to its special status, for places far from Central City, learning the common language was too difficult, and it was better to use their own local languages.
This resulted in many people not having a high level of proficiency in the common language, as was the case with the blonde girl.
Although Bai Ling did not master the language used by the blonde girl, she could still understand its meaning.
As for the tour guide, because she encountered guests from all over the world, her command of this language was quite proficient.
The conversation between the blonde girl and the front desk staff was also quite simple; she was just stating that she had booked a room and was now checking in.
Soon, the blonde girl happily left with her room key card.
Next, it was the turn of the tour guide and Miss Bai.
“Oh, is this the reservation for Miss Bai Ling?” The front desk staff member was very efficient and quickly found the room the tour guide had booked. “Then, please provide your identification documents. I need to verify your identity.”
“Here.” Bai Ling took a small card from her pocket and handed it to the front desk staff member. While the latter was fiddling with the computer, she took off her mask and sunglasses.
“Okay, please look at the camera.” After entering the customer’s information into the computer, the front desk staff member looked up, intending to adjust the position of the camera.
Then, she saw a face that could topple cities.
Even though she had seen many beautiful women and even celebrities, she was momentarily stunned. When she came to her senses, she couldn’t help but sigh, thinking how truly beautiful this customer was.
Could she be from some influential family?
However, there didn’t seem to be any prominent families with the surname Bai in the world.
Never mind, she was a customer, and she just needed to do her job.
“You booked a double room, are you staying with this lady?” the front desk staff member asked, looking at the tour guide.
“No, no, I’m just a tour guide. Miss Bai’s friend is still on her way,” the tour guide quickly explained.
“Then, when the other lady arrives… is it a lady?”
“Yes, she’s a lady,” Bai Ling nodded.
“Mm, then when the other lady arrives, she should also come here to register. It’s our peak tourist season, so the information verification will be quite strict.”
“Okay.” This was not a problem, as Leticia also had forged identification documents. Oh, wait, it shouldn’t be called forged.
Her documents were genuine, it was just that the process of obtaining them was quite special.
“Here is your room key. Please keep it safe. The room is on the twenty-first floor, and the elevator over there goes directly there,” the front desk staff member said, handing a golden room key card to Bai Ling and pointing to an elevator behind her.
Bai Ling took the room key card and responded with a faint acknowledgment, giving off a rather cold aura.
When Leticia and Xiaoya were not around, her demeanor was this cold. It was extraordinarily difficult to melt an iceberg.
