Chapter 19: Jin Churan's Identity
「He is… the female lead's younger brother! And what's more, a complete sis-con!」
Before the female lead got together with the male lead, this Jin Churan created quite a few obstacles for them.
Of course, in the end, the puppy-like little brother was moved by the male lead's sincerity and ultimately became a devoted shipper of his sister and brother-in-law.
However, the little fox currently has nothing but distaste for Zheng Wen'an, this world's male lead, and isn't particularly satisfied with how the story unfolds.
How could its world's female lead be paired with a scumbag like Zheng Wen'an!
A player who keeps everyone warm doesn't deserve her!
Hearing the little fox's words, Chu Jiangyue raised an eyebrow.
Did she stumble into some protagonist nest? First came a vicious supporting female character, then this world's male lead, and now the female lead's younger brother.
Chu Jiangyue guessed that the person Jin Churan was looking for was most likely this world's female lead.
When they eventually found her and the female lead came to Jianglin Hotel with Jin Churan, meeting the male lead ahead of schedule - wouldn't that count as derailing the plot?
『The female lead's younger brother… Could the person he's looking for actually be the female lead? Little Fox, didn't you say the male lead would leave Splendor Capital with the supporting female character in half a month? If the female lead arrives at this time, doesn't this plot development seem a bit off?』
When the right people meet at the wrong time, there's no telling what might happen.
Little Fox: !!!
「Then what should we do?」
The female lead absolutely must not meet the male lead ahead of time!
Otherwise the plot will collapse, and this dimension would be pretty much finished.
It really doesn't want to fail its first mission and end up being sent back for retraining.
『Then we'll just help him locate where the person is, and let him go find her himself』
「Fine, then we'll only earn 1 gold coin for this. Host, you explain it to him」
At this point, the dimensional female lead should have already formed her own team in Province H. If not for meeting the male lead, Little Fox thinks the female lead and the devoted second male lead would actually make a good match.
Ah, how fate plays tricks on people!
『You need to tell me exactly where the female lead is, where he should go to look, and how to find her once he gets there, right?』
Anyway, Chu Jiangyue herself doesn't have this capability.
「Alright, the female lead is currently at the safety base in S City, H Province. She has awakened ice-based superpowers and formed a special ability team called the Peace Special Ability Team.」
The little fox browsed through the unlocked plot, and the more it read, the more it felt the dimensional female lead was better matched with the devoted second male lead.
Who on earth! Actually paired such a powerful dimensional female lead with the central-air-conditioning-like male lead! Who!!!
The little fox roared internally.
S City Safety Base?
This place seems to have a rather tragic fate later on?
However, it's been quite some time, and Chu Jiangyue wasn't sure if she remembered correctly. She just silently noted this in her mind without saying anything.
"Boss Chu, how about it? Can you help me find the person?"
Jin Churan grew somewhat anxious seeing Chu Jiangyue remain silent for so long.
"I did some searching and found some information for you, but… this information took me great effort to obtain. If you want it… one flat price, 2 gold coins."
「Host, you…」
It never imagined that the host would turn out to be such a middleman—this markup is absolutely ruthless!
It only asked for 1 gold coin, yet Chu Jiangyue doubled the price just by passing it along?
『1 gold coin is the price you sold it to me, 2 gold coins is what I sold it to Jin Churan for—you're not losing out, right?』
2 gold coins is what she deserved.
"No problem! But how should I pay?"
"It's simple—just add me as a friend and transfer the money directly."
Chu Jiangyue waved her hand, opened her virtual screen, tapped Jin Churan's avatar, and sent a friend request.
Jin Churan quickly opened his own virtual screen and accepted.
Then, under Chu Jiangyue's guidance, he transferred 2 gold coins to her.
Chu Jiangyue immediately confirmed the payment before speaking:
"H Province, S City Safety Base—awakened ice-based abilities, formed the Peace Ability Team."
1 gold coin for just this one sentence—Jin Churan didn't know how to describe his feelings.
Nevertheless, he was still happy to learn news about his sister.
Although Jianglin Hotel is nice, he would still go find his sister.
If given the chance, he would bring his sister to Jianglin Hotel.
"Thank you, Boss Chu. Once I find my sister, I'll definitely return to repay you!"
"No need. You've already paid."
Chu Jiangyue collected 2 gold coins and gave 1 to the little fox, meaning she earned a net profit of 1 gold coin today.
People like Jin Churan—naïve and loaded—are rare these days.
"Boss Chu, I'd like to stay the night. Could you recommend a good room?"
Having received news about his sister, Jin Churan's mood visibly improved, and feeling good made him want to spend money.
If Chu Jiangyue was asked to recommend, she would undoubtedly suggest the luxury suite.
"If price isn't an issue, the presidential suite on the 10th floor is the best—288 silver coins per day."
288 silver coins equal 28,800 copper coins, which means spending over twenty or even thirty thousand a day.
If it were before the apocalypse, Jin Churan wouldn't have hesitated to book a 30,000-per-night hotel.
But now it's the end times, his total savings aren't much, having just spent 2 gold coins, and if he spends another 20,000-plus, his savings will truly hit rock bottom.
"Well… Boss Chu, could you recommend something more economical?"
Any more than this would be beyond his means.
Chu Jiangyue cleared his throat lightly: "The most economical option is a single room at 200 copper coins per day."
"Let's go with that then. Though small, having water and electricity beats a villa without utilities."
"How many days will you be staying?"
"Five days."
Jin Churan still planned to go to S City to find his sister, so he wasn't intending to stay long.
Staying five days would give him some buffer time before departure, after which there'd be no turning back.
Chu Jiangyue operated with practiced ease as Jin Churan naturally produced his ID card to swipe for payment.
The daytime heat was too intense, leaving the streets nearly deserted. Chu Jiangyue even discussed with his little fox whether to shift business hours to nighttime.
The little fox naturally agreed immediately. God knows how torturous it felt every night seeing people pass by the hotel but being unable to make them stay.
Now that Chu Jiangyue proposed it herself, the little fox agreed without hesitation.
In the evening, Shen Zhigui and his four companions returned wearily from outside, bringing back another group of survivors with them.
Chu Jiangyue looked at them with admiration.
"You guys are amazing - going out once and saving several people."
How come she never noticed before that these people had the potential to be saints?
It's the apocalypse already - they can't even take care of themselves properly, yet they still have the heart to rescue others.
However, this did bring her new guests, which made Chu Jiangyue quite happy.
"Didn't Manager Chu say that if there were more guests, the hotel might have more rooms available?
We're just doing our small part."