pertwk Chapter 36 Deception, and more deception.
Chapter 36 Deception, and more deception.
"It's connected."
Lu Ziqiao put the phone back and put it on speakerphone.
"Hello, this is Aisen Hotel Apartments. How can I help you?"
Chen Meijia quickly got into character.
"Hello, I booked your hotel apartment. I'd like to ask for the address," Guan Gu Shenqi quickly asked, grabbing his notebook and pen.
"Excuse me, are you sure you have a reservation? Um... please tell me your name."
Guan Gu was completely bewildered by this question and asked blankly, "What do you mean by 'give me your name'?"
Lu Ziqiao explained, "It means telling her your name."
"My Chinese isn't very good, so please don't use idioms. My name is Guan Gu, Guan Gu Shenqi, and I'm from Yokohama."
Guan Gu smiled.
Chen Meijia said, "I don't have any guests from Yokohama booked here, only HRB. Please check your personal information."
"I just want to ask for the address."
"Oh, is that so? How can I tell you the address if you don't verify the information with me? What if you're a bad guy?"
Guan Gu looked at Lu Ziqiao and Martin with a puzzled expression, asking, "Is it necessary to ask for the address like this?"
"Yes, we have a strong counter-terrorism awareness here. Just do as she says," Lu Ziqiao explained calmly.
Martin rowed: "How novel!"
Guan Gu asked, bewildered, "Is this also an idiom?"
Martin chimed in, "That's right, the Chinese value that."
"Oh, you're never too old to learn," Guan Gu Shenqi nodded with a smile.
Lu Ziqiao: "????"
"What is your gender?"
"male."
"height?"
"181 cm tall."
"weight?"
75 kilograms.
"Wow, that's perfect!" Chen Meijia excitedly pounded the big fluffy rabbit in her arms.
"cough!"
Lu Ziqiao coughed forcefully.
Chen Meijia only came to her senses after hearing the cough.
"Educational background?"
Waseda University Department of Art
"Income situation?"
Guan Gu asked, puzzled, "Do I need to verify this when asking for an address?"
"Of course, how would we know if you could afford to rent it if we didn't ask?"
What Lu Ziqiao meant was: How can I rip you off according to the standard if I don't ask about your income?
Guan Gu Shenqi understood, but didn't truly understand.
"Oh~. A monthly salary of 50 yen."
"Ah!" Chen Meijia screamed, stunned by the amount of money.
Lu Ziqiao and Guan Guqi, who were gathered around the phone, were startled.
Fortunately, Martin was prepared.
"What's wrong?" Guan Gu asked anxiously upon hearing the shout.
Lu Ziqiao said, "She probably got hit on the head by the phone."
Martin promptly chimed in, "Yeah, you can argue with that."
Guan Gu gave Martin a strange look, feeling that he was "using idioms."
"Miss, are you alright?"
Chen Meijia struggled to her feet and said, "Please convert it to RMB."
Guan Gu Shenqi thought for a moment and said, "About... forty thousand yuan a month!"
Wow!
Chen Meijia could no longer contain herself and excitedly asked, "Are you currently married, in a relationship, or single?!"
Guan Gu looked completely bewildered.
Even Lu Ziqiao couldn't stand it anymore and reminded her, "Miss, could you please ask the important questions?"
"So what's the key point?"
As a newly appointed straight man, Martin is fulfilling his duties to the best of his ability.
Lu Ziqiao was speechless.
No, bro, is this some kind of praise?
Chen Meijia rolled her eyes and retorted angrily, "What's it to you? I didn't ask you!"
"This is outrageous."
Martin became addicted to praising it.
Lu Ziqiao covered his face.
"This young lady is so rude."
Guan Gu Shenqi muttered a complaint under his breath, then said, "Miss, could I ask for the address? I need to come over now."
While thinking for a moment, Chen Meijia lied, "Ah~ the address... well, we recently moved, so you can't find it, sorry!"
Undeterred, Guan Gu asked, "What about the new address?"
"New address, new address, our road is still under construction, the road name... hasn't been decided yet!"
Chen Meijia made up stories haphazardly, and the more she told them, the more outrageous they became.
"What does this mean?"
Guan Gu Shenqi was completely devastated.
Chen Meijia said, "Anyway, you just can't find it!"
"What should we do? I've already paid for the room." Guan Gu Shenqi looked anxious.
Chen Meijia thought for a moment, "Oh, I see. Well... tell me your room requirements, and I'll arrange it for you and then let you know when you check in."
Guan Gu Shenqi said wearily, "I don't have any special requirements, a regular apartment-style hotel room will do."
"Would you mind living with small animals?"
"Small animals?"
Chen Meijia rattled off all the animals she was afraid of: "Like mice, cockroaches, termites, and stuff like that. Our apartment has lots of these cute pets for you!"
"It's best not to," Guan Gu said, looking constipated.
"This is the standard configuration of our apartment, and you have no choice in it. In addition, the security measures of our apartment are also very thorough. We have arranged eighteen all-around high-definition color pinhole cameras to monitor your safety in real time."
Chen Meijia became more and more excited as she spoke, as if it were the real thing...
Guan Gu Shenqi tightened his clothes and asked fearfully, "How could this happen?"
Lu Ziqiao said, "How considerate and thoughtful."
Martin, suppressing a laugh, immediately flattered, "Exactly! It's practically a dream bedroom!"
"The one in the toilet is the best. If you slip in the bathtub, I'll come out and rescue you immediately!"
When the word "rescue" was mentioned, Chen Meijia excitedly pounded the large fluffy rabbit in her arms.
"No, no, no, I won't fall!" Guan Gu Shenqi was so frightened that he stammered and quickly covered his clothes tightly.
Chen Meijia asked, "How long did you book? I'd like to calculate the cost for you."
"Five months."
"One times seven equals seven, two times seven equals forty-eight, March 8th is Women's Day, May 1st is Labor Day..." Chen Meijia struggled to count on her fingers.
Guan Gu asked in a strange way, "What is she doing?"
Lu Ziqiao shrugged.
Martin, not wanting to drop the bombshell, explained, "It's an old, unorthodox algorithm that's not widely used."
"Whoosh, inside the temple~" Guan Gu nodded in surprise.
On his very first day in China, he learned so many amazing things.
Chen Meijia casually remarked, "The total is 216,500 yuan!"
"Miss..."
Lu Ziqiao immediately blurted out, "Wow! Miss, are you running a shady business?"
Chen Meijia retorted matter-of-factly, "I'm sorry, sir, but we've been experiencing severe inflation here lately. You Japanese are allowed to raise prices on cell phones and cameras, but we're not allowed to raise prices on rooms!"
"You're overcharging!" Lu Ziqiao shouted again, interrupting Guan Gu Shenqi.
Chen Meijia deliberately said in a disdainful tone, "Sorry, this wasn't booked by me. If you want a reasonably priced, comfortable apartment, you'll have to book Love Apartment. If you're so capable, then don't stay at our Aisen Apartment Hotel!"
Seeing that Guan Gu was about to say something, Lü Ziqiao quickly said loudly, "Can't you be a little nicer?"
"I'm stating the facts! Aside from Love Apartment, we at Aisen Apartment have never been afraid of anyone!"
"Ugh, even the ball is a dud..."
Lu Ziqiao picked up the phone.
"Wow, we're really not staying here anymore, bye-bye!" Lu Ziqiao quickly and slammed down the phone.
Guan Gu Shenqi's eyes are wide open like saucers, shooting out lightning-like bewilderment; his ears are perked up like antennas, but he can't receive a single signal or sound.
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