Dimensional Store: Welcome to the Apocalypse Apartment - Chapter 236

Chapter 236

Fang Zhao had been injured during their final trip to the cemetery. His thigh had been torn open by the thorn bushes outside the graveyard, and he lost too much blood. Bai Yuzhen had barely managed to drag him out of the Instance.

As soon as they returned, they went straight to the care room. Fortunately, Xia Wenxin had upgraded the facilities, so Fang Zhao could have some simple stitches done in the Intermediate Care Room.

Three days later, the Sanatorium’s basic upgrade was complete.

Perhaps it was because He Xueyi enjoyed tending flowers and plants in this Dimension, but a Sunlight Greenhouse had appeared in the courtyard outside.

A sign posted at the entrance read: “Humans Only.” The roof was made of massive transparent glass panels. Inside, vines hung down in trailing curtains, flowers bloomed in profusion, and a small fountain stood in the center, its water murmuring softly.

The town was shrouded in heavy fog all year round, yet the greenhouse was filled with abundant sunlight. Just like the sunlight outside the Recovery Room windows, no one knew where the light came from.

The human customers recuperating at the Sanatorium had long since had enough of the oppressive fog. They craved the warmth of the sun.

The view outside a Recovery Room changed depending on the guest staying inside.

If a human checked in, it became a sunny king-bed room, with bright sunshine, birdsong, and fragrant flowers outside the window. Though it could not be touched, it felt utterly real.

If an Anomaly checked in, it became a dark, deathly silent room, with a hell on earth outside the window and corpses strewn everywhere. It, too, could not be touched, but simply looking at it was enough to put them in a good mood.

Before, human customers liked staying in their rooms to bask in the sun.

After the Sunlight Greenhouse appeared, the guests around them would push their wheelchairs into the greenhouse and enjoy a brief moment of peace.

Gradually, it became overcrowded.

If someone went there for leisure, there often wouldn’t be any seats left.

Anomaly guests could not enter the Sunlight Greenhouse, so He Xueyi stayed inside and preached some of his personal doctrines to the customers, then handed out Green Fruit.

As a result, one customer committed suicide with a smile on his face. Green branches grew out of his body, and he became part of the Sunlight Greenhouse.

Because of this, Gu Huaiwei called He Xueyi out for a private talk.

Counting on her fingers, she went over his contributions to the Sanatorium one by one.

“All you’ve brought back so far is one troublesome customer. Please stop ruining the other ordinary people.”

He Xueyi liked fragile, sensitive souls.

He liked watching them struggle on the boundary between life and death.

And he liked it even more when, at their moment of despair, he granted them a false Redemption.

His glassy golden eyes shimmered faintly. “Since Shop Manager Miss has spoken, I shall naturally do as Shop Manager Miss wishes.”

His smile was forever that gentle and warm.

But he was an extremely individualistic person, and Gu Huaiwei always felt he would obey in public while doing the opposite in private.

The Sanatorium’s rooms had transformed from the original thirty-three rooms into a separate recovery building.

The building had six floors in total. The bottom two floors were for Standard Recovery Room accommodations, equipped with single beds, private bathrooms, and some simple furniture.

The Basic Care Room was also on these two floors. Care services were included in the room fee. In addition to helping customers with daily nursing needs, they also provided basic health checkup services, such as taking blood pressure and temperature, free of charge.

These two floors also had a free buffet. However, the food was cooked in large batches. It could guarantee that guests ate their fill, but the taste and freshness of the dishes were both average.

Floors three and four were for Intermediate Recovery Room accommodations, equipped with soft king beds, private balconies and bathrooms, as well as televisions and air conditioners.

The Intermediate Care Room was on floors three and four. Care services here cost extra. Guests could buy additional painkillers, cold medicine, anti-inflammatory drugs, antibiotics, and so on. There was also equipment for simple wound treatment.

The dining areas on these two floors offered low-sugar, low-salt meal services, with food ingredients clearly labeled to prevent customers from having allergic reactions to specific foods.

Floors five and six contained the Advanced Recovery Room accommodations Gu Huaiwei had newly unlocked. The rooms came with electric hospital beds and smart furniture that could be operated by voice, making them convenient and efficient.

Advanced Recovery Room services on these two floors were not yet open, including twenty-four-hour personal care, individualized condition management, and psychological counseling.

There was a small red button beside each customer’s electric hospital bed. With one press, dedicated care staff would arrive immediately.

If guests paid additional Lifespan, they could also enjoy the Customized Dietary Therapy Meal Service. The Sanatorium would have dedicated nutritionists create personalized nutritious meals based on each customer’s physical condition.

As for the Safe House, Xia Wenxin had made several trips on Gu Huaiwei’s behalf. Now, there was no longer any need for special promotion.

As long as a Trial-taker came to this Instance cluster in Gray Mist Town and had even a little Lifespan in their pocket, they would go to the Sanatorium for a few days to treat their wounds or rest for a while.

Zhao Lianxin’s husband, Xiao Wu, was about to run out of paid room time.

“Has my wife come back?”

This was already the seventh time that day he had come to the front desk to ask that question.

“No.” Gu Huaiwei did not even lift her head as she answered in a strictly businesslike tone.

Recently, the Sanatorium had hired a group of caregivers. Gu Huaiwei had recruited them based on physique and professional ability, but Xiao Wu was always cursing and complaining that there were no gorgeous women in nurse uniforms taking care of him.

But as his room fee gradually approached its expiration date, his anxiety became visible to the naked eye.

He slapped the front desk, his voice especially loud and clear. “My wife left from your Sanatorium. What right do you have to ignore whether she lives or dies?”

The desktop shook, making it impossible for Gu Huaiwei to fill out her forms. She raised her head. “Sir, this is a Sanatorium. A place for vacation and recovery. We are not responsible for protecting customers after they leave the premises.”

“I don’t care! She came in here alive and well, and now she’s vanished without a trace. Your shop has to give me an explanation!”

When a person refused to be reasonable, nothing anyone said would be of any use.

All Gu Huaiwei needed to do was throw him out when his contract expired.

There was no need to argue.

Seeing Gu Huaiwei fall silent, Xiao Wu assumed his aggressive attitude had intimidated her.

He said smugly, “If you don’t give me an explanation, I’ll expose you! I’ll tell everyone this place is a Black Shop! A deadly Instance! That you lure people in and kill them!

“By then, every customer in your shop will run away.

“If you want me to say good things about you, that’s fine too. You have to refund me three times all the room fees my wife paid, and compensate me with three thousand Day of Yang Lifespan for emotional damages.

“My wife and I had a wonderful relationship. We were childhood sweethearts, a deeply loving married couple. I’m only asking you for this little bit of Lifespan as compensation. Honestly, you’re getting off easy! You should be laughing in your sleep tonight!”