Chapter 108
Chapter 108
Night.
Jiang Li wrapped herself in two thick quilts and slipped into the Control Room alone.
Following several beeps, the Central Air Conditioning for the fourth floor switched to “cooling” mode.
The temperature was set to the lowest possible setting: 16 degrees Celsius.
At the Clear Spring Hotel, guests usually adjusted the air conditioning themselves. However, if necessary, the main console could be used to operate the entire system uniformly.
As Jiang Li adjusted the temperature, she kept a constant watch for any movement outside. At this hour, everyone should be asleep. Generally, they wouldn’t notice a change in the air conditioning temperature immediately.
The adjusted air conditioning units began working tirelessly, pumping cold air into every guest room.
Jiang Li watched the Thermometer as the constant temperature in Room 404 began to drop. But this wasn’t enough. The cooling needed to be more aggressive.
Tucking her quilts tighter around her, Jiang Li walked to the hallway vent and pushed the window open.
The winter wind howled as it poured inside, making Jiang Li’s face feel icy cold. Within five minutes, the hallway environment had become bone-chilling.
Seeing that her work was mostly done, Jiang Li flipped the Circuit Breaker to cut the power, wrapped herself tightly in her quilts, and retreated into the Staff Lounge.
In a place like the Clear Spring Hotel where the room temperature was usually kept constant, the hotel only provided thin quilts. Furthermore, because the temperature was normally comfortable, no one wore thick clothing. Therefore, it wouldn’t be long before the people on the fourth floor were frozen awake.
Jiang Li waited in her Staff Lounge for about ten minutes. Then, in the quiet corridor, she heard the click of a door lock turning.
The door to the neighboring Staff Lounge was opened from the inside.
“What’s going on? Why is it so cold?”
The New Cook’s complaining voice echoed in the hallway.
Hearing the commotion, Jiang Li also pushed her door open and stepped out, pretending she had just woken up.
She rubbed her eyes. “It’s freezing. I woke up from the cold.”
Wrapped in her quilt, Jiang Li instinctively glanced toward the door of Room 404.
Why hadn’t the Room 404 Guest been frozen awake yet?
Winter temperatures here were only a few degrees above freezing. Their clothes and quilts weren’t very thick, so they shouldn’t be able to hold out for long. However, the Room 404 Guest had a thick layer of body fat. Fat provided insulation, making him much more resistant to the cold than a thin person.
If she wanted to force the Room 404 Guest out, she would likely have to wait a bit longer.
As Jiang Li was thinking, the New Cook beside her asked, “Sister, did the air conditioning stop in your room too?”
Jiang Li nodded. “Yeah, it looks like a power outage.”
The New Cook exhaled white mist, his entire body shivering. It was the middle of winter, and he had been blasted by cold air for nearly half an hour. By now, the Cook was icy from head to toe.
His teeth chattered as he spoke. “I can’t take it, I can’t take it. I’m freezing to death. I’m going to stay in the Hot Spring Pool for a while.”
The Hot Spring Pool at the Clear Spring Hotel used running water. Since the outdoor temperature hadn’t reached the freezing point yet, it hadn’t iced over.
After saying this, the New Cook hurried toward the Hot Spring Pool.
Jiang Li saw that the door to Room 404 was still tightly shut. The man from Room 404 had not come out yet.
“Hey, Brother Yang, why don’t you go check the Circuit Breaker? Maybe it tripped?” Jiang Li suggested to the Cook.
The Cook thought about it and realized she was right. If he could restore the power, the indoors would warm up quickly, saving him a trip to the Hot Spring Pool in the middle of the night.
“Alright, I’ll go take a look.”
The Cook pulled his clothes tight, grabbed a flashlight from his room, and headed toward the Control Room.
Jiang Li watched the Cook’s retreating back. She wasn’t worried about him restoring the power, because she had already prepared a backup plan.
She hadn’t just flipped the Circuit Breaker; she had also rigged a simple Short Circuit Device.
Even if the Cook turned the Circuit Breaker back on, it would be useless.
Sending the Cook to check the Circuit Breaker was merely a way to use his mouth to tell Guest 404 that there was only one feasible way to warm up-
The Hot Spring Pool!
After sending the Cook away, Jiang Li tossed a heart to Red Infant.
“Baby, find a way to smash the window of Room 404.”
Red Infant caught the heart and took a bite.
He said with a mouthful, “Mommy, that’s way too easy!”
Red Infant used his Aberration Power to whip up a gust of fierce wind.
The gale aimed straight for the window of the guest room in Room 404.
A sharp *shatter* echoed.
The window was blown open, and glass shards scattered across the floor.
In less than two minutes, the guest in Room 404 woke up.
He struggled to the door and pushed it open.
The man from Room 404 was freezing, his face contorted with rage:
“Waiter! I want to complain!! I’m giving you a negative review! This f-ing…”
Guest 404 was halfway through his sentence when Jiang Li slammed his door shut with a loud *bang*.
In the Live Streaming Room, the netizens who were staying up late with Jiang Li were all bewildered.
– “Look! Jiang Li couldn’t take the attitude and just locked the guest from Room 404 inside?”
– “Holy crap, what kind of move is this?!”
– “Isn’t she supposed to lead him to the Hot Spring Pool? What is she doing?? I don’t get it.”
Elder Fan of the Huaguo Intelligence Department was having trouble sleeping, tormented by the Strange Tales in his own home.
He simply got up to watch Jiang Li’s live stream.
As soon as he turned on his phone screen, he saw the scene where Jiang Li slammed the door on the guest.
Recalling what happened last time, Elder Fan felt a surge of resentment.
He had finally caught Jiang Li making a mistake.
He immediately took out his phone and sent a WeChat message to Xia Guofeng.
“Guofeng, something big has happened! Get up and take a look. This young girl Jiang Li is too impulsive! Just because someone said a few words to her, she lost her temper and locked them in their room!”
Elder Fan was a proud man. Having been frustrated by Jiang Li last time, he was determined to win this round.
On the live stream screen next to the elderly man, after Jiang Li closed the door to Room 404, she reached out in the dark and touched the doorplate.
The original “404” had indeed changed to “414.”
During the day, Jiang Li had seen a hint:
[The Man in 414 Is Irritable, The Man in 404 Is Gentle.]
The person who had just pushed the door open was clearly the “irritable” man.
Jiang Li guessed that perhaps the irritable personality of 414 was the man’s true nature, but he was forced to be “gentle” due to some kind of constraint.
After the doorplate was adjusted, the door to Room 404 opened once again.
The “polite and gentle” Fatty appeared.
He stared blankly at the pitch-black corridor and then looked at Jiang Li standing before him.
“Hello, has there been a power outage? It’s so cold inside. Also, my window is broken.”
The man from Room 404 looked distressed.
Watching the live stream, Elder Fan immediately realized the intent behind Jiang Li’s “door slamming” action.
He had just sent the drafted WeChat message to Xia Guofeng.
On his screen, it already showed that Xia Guofeng was “typing…”
Elder Fan’s heart skipped a beat.
He hurriedly long-pressed the text and clicked “Recall.”
Xia Guofeng replied with a question mark: “?”
Elder Fan looked at Jiang Li, then at himself, and couldn’t help but shake his head and sigh.
“Sigh… the youth are to be feared. This old bag of bones is the one who’s truly senile…”