Dimensional Store: Welcome to the Apocalypse Apartment - chapter 72

Gu Huaiwei’s words struck directly at the most secret thoughts in Lu Ziyi’s heart.

She had indeed underestimated her opponent.

At this moment, Lu Ziyi felt trapped in this strange hotel. Gu Huaiwei had not only emptied her wallet, but also disrupted her plans and taken away someone important to her.

Lu Ziyi’s fox-like eyes glared at Gu Huaiwei. “What exactly do you want?”

“Don’t look at me so fiercely. You were the one who provoked me first.”

Lu Ziyi pressed her lips together and said nothing.

“As for me… I don’t really want anything. It’s just that you bullied your way onto my turf, and it wouldn’t be right if I didn’t return the favor.”

Facing Lu Ziyi’s open hatred, Gu Huaiwei propped her face up with one hand. “How about this? I’ll give you some time. As long as you can convince me, I’ll tell you how your brother is doing.”

“Convince?” A trace of doubt flashed in Lu Ziyi’s eyes.

“Just tell me what benefits you can offer me.”

Gu Huaiwei paused for a moment, gesturing with her hands to explain.

“I’m a businesswoman. Business is about profit, not grudges. As long as the benefits you offer are enough, I won’t go against my own interests.”

Gu Huaiwei showed that friendly smile again.

If you ignored the meaning behind her words, she really did look like a well-behaved, easygoing student.

In the end, Lu Ziyi publicly promoted Oasis Hotel on the forum, took out a loan of one hundred thousand Gold Coins, renewed her membership card, and handed over her Apocalyptic Armored Vehicle to Gu Huaiwei. Only then did Gu Huaiwei release Lu Hao.

Lu Ziyi had originally suggested not taking out a loan and giving Gu Huaiwei the rented vehicle instead.

Gu Huaiwei refused-not out of kindness, but because she was concerned about ownership and collateral issues and didn’t want extra trouble.

During this time, Lu Hao had been in the presidential suite’s Treatment Pod, resting.

Gu Huaiwei had set the Treatment Pod’s repair effect to the lowest level.

If Lu Ziyi hadn’t come to her, she would have let Lu Hao sleep in the Treatment Pod for three years, and then charged him for the usage when he woke up.

Lu Ziyi supported the unconscious Lu Hao.

“When will he wake up?”

Gu Huaiwei answered truthfully, “I don’t know. He has a bit of a concussion and hasn’t recovered yet. You’d better get a doctor to check him when you get back.”

“Aren’t you afraid that after I return to the Fifth District, I’ll come back to take revenge on you?”

“I welcome you back.” Gu Huaiwei smiled at Lu Ziyi. “After all, you’re my esteemed VIP Annual Member.”

“Hmph.” Thinking of all the things Gu Huaiwei had extorted from her, Lu Ziyi’s expression darkened. “This won’t end so easily. The Fifth District won’t let you off.”

Gu Huaiwei sat in front of the computer, recording the newly received Gold Coins, not even looking up. “Let’s talk after you’ve cleaned up the mess in the Fifth District.”

The Fifth District Chief was dead.

With no will left behind, there would inevitably be a struggle for power.

Lu Ziyi had been away from the Fifth District for several months searching for Lu Hao.

Now that she was returning, the Fifth District was sure to have changed.

Lu Ziyi was about to leave Oasis Hotel.

Gu Huaiwei couldn’t suppress her curiosity and asked the question that had been circling in her mind.

“Why do you have to find Lu Hao?” Gu Huaiwei’s voice was light.

Logically, after failing to find him, Lu Ziyi should have left decisively and returned to the Fifth District to bring reinforcements.

Gu Huaiwei had even prepared for that moment.

To face the reinforcements from the Middle District.

Those wealthy guests with pockets full of Gold Coins.
But things did not go as she expected.

Lu Ziyi did not leave. Instead, she was determined to find her younger brother.

Lu Ziyi let out a cold snort, weary of it all: “I am a person, not a beast.”

“I killed my father because he never loved us siblings. He was the one who was heartless first, so I showed no mercy.”

Lu Ziyi’s voice was icy and resolute, but the emotions laced within her words made Gu Huaiwei pause in surprise.

Originally, Gu Huaiwei had only regarded Lu Ziyi as a reckless madwoman.

She thought that someone like Lu Ziyi, who could kill her own father, must already be cold-blooded and heartless, and that family ties meant little to her.

But that was not the case.

“Lu Hao is different.” Lu Ziyi’s expression softened slightly, as if recalling a warm past. “He is my real younger brother. We grew up together.

He always followed behind me, discussing everything with me.

No matter if it was good or bad, we faced it together.

He is my most important family.”

In that instant, Gu Huaiwei saw the gentle and pure land hidden beneath Lu Ziyi’s cruel and frenzied exterior.

Ruthless as she was, she was still human.

A person capable of both love and hate.

With the passage of time, Oasis Hotel smoothly upgraded from a Three-star hotel to a Four-star hotel.

[Oasis Hotel: Four-star]

[Hotel Prosperity Level: 500]

[Congratulations on completing the third stage of hotel construction and sales tasks.]

[Unlocked next stage sales task: Achieve a turnover of ten million and a hotel Prosperity Level of 1000 within two years.]

[After this upgrade, you may pay to unlock the following areas: Buffet Restaurant, Fitness Center, Spa, Children’s Playground, Golf Course, High-speed Rail Station.]

Among them, the Buffet Restaurant, Fitness Center, and Spa are indoor projects.

The Children’s Playground, Golf Course, and High-speed Rail Station are outdoor projects.

[Special unlock project triggered: Advanced Staff Dormitory (can be brought to the next plane)]

[Unlock condition: Registered staff reaches two or more.]

[Warning: The pop-up will only appear once in This Plane. If you refuse to unlock, the Shareholder will no longer arrange for new staff to apply. Please choose carefully.]

[Warning: 30-second countdown begins, 30, 29, 28…]

Here it comes again.

Seeing the prompt in parentheses, Gu Huaiwei was a little tempted.

Lin She had repeatedly warned her not to hire new staff.

In this case, it didn’t count as Gu Huaiwei personally recruiting, but rather as company recruitment, with Oasis Hotel paying the salaries.

For the sake of business development, Gu Huaiwei decisively pressed the confirm button.

Lin She had already been asleep for seven days without getting up.

While he was sleeping, she might as well see what kind of new staff the Shareholders had arranged this time.

The new staff had not arrived yet.

On the night before Oasis Hotel’s upgrade, Gu Huaiwei received a letter from the Black Spiral Research Institute.

Li Niang helped Gu Huaiwei pick up the package.

After opening the letter, inside was a black cassette tape and a letter.

The letter was written by Xiao Youqi: A gift for you, hope you like it.

Very brief.

As Gu Huaiwei wondered to herself why that guy wasn’t dead yet, she inserted the black cassette into the computer.

After the screen flickered, a few figures appeared in the poor-quality footage.

When Gu Huaiwei saw the faces of the figures, a wave of emotion surged in her heart.

It was her sister!