When Yan Jin heard the system’s mission notification, she quietly let out a sigh of relief.
[How is one night calculated?]
[Check in after 3 p.m., check out at 12 p.m. the next day. That counts as one cycle.]
“You can have food, but…” Yan Jin paused before continuing.
The man’s heart instantly rose to his throat. “But what?”
“You need to stay overnight. Only then can we provide food.”
The man’s eyes drifted toward the interior of the hall as he thought to himself that there must be something suspicious about this. Why would lodging be required?
Seeing that he did not speak, Yan Jin explained, “This place is an inn that provides lodging services. It can also keep you safe from zombie disturbances.”
The man looked skeptical. Was this not a joke? The entire world had already fallen. Was there really a place that could avoid zombie attacks?
However, seeing the girl speak with such confidence, he could only half believe and half doubt her as he followed her inside.
The three of them briefly introduced themselves. The man’s name was Yu Chen.
“May I take a look first?” Yu Chen asked cautiously.
“Of course. Please feel free.”
Yan Jin actually felt a little uneasy. In her opinion, the courtyard was terribly shabby. Using it as an inn was rather forced.
Yu Chen walked around the entire courtyard. Before the apocalypse, he would never have stepped into such a crude guesthouse. But things were different now.
Moreover, he had not closed his eyes for several days and desperately needed a quiet place to rest.
“How much does it cost?”
Yan Jin secretly felt delighted. Did that mean he intended to check in?
She immediately put on a professional smile and began introducing the inn to Yu Chen.
“Although our shop is simple, the price is very affordable, only one crystal core per night. Check in after 3 p.m., check out at 12 p.m. the next day.”
He painfully took out one crystal core. The apocalypse had only just begun, and even Level 1 crystal cores were not common. He had accumulated them for quite some time and only had ten in total.
“Sir, since you are the first guest to check in, our inn will give you a roasted sweet potato as a complimentary gift.”
Smelling the fragrant sweet potato in front of him, Yu Chen subconsciously swallowed and widened his eyes in disbelief.
“This… is this really… for me?”
After all, in the apocalypse, food was extremely precious. Yet this shop was casually giving it away.
“Yes. This is your room card. Please return it to me when you check out. If you have any questions, you can come find me over there.”
Yan Jin pointed to the room where she was staying and carefully gave him the instructions.
[Ding. Newbie mission completed: Recruit a guest to stay at least one night.]
[Mission reward: 200 gold coins]
Yan Jin hurried back to her room, eager to see what items could be purchased in the system shop.
Bai Ruozhu walked over and asked Yan Jin with disbelief, “Sister, you just let him stay like that?”
Only then did Yan Jin realize that she had not explained the situation to Bai Ruozhu yet. She also could not explain the mission issued by the system.
“Well… that man wanted to stay here for one night. I saw that he did not have any ill intentions, so I agreed.”
Yan Jin paused, then continued.
“Xiao Zhu, I think we can take this opportunity to turn our courtyard into an inn, receive guests, and earn money…”
“Sure!”
Before Yan Jin could finish the rest of her explanation, Bai Ruozhu agreed without hesitation.
“You… you trust me that much?” Yan Jin said in disbelief, her breathing quickening.
“Of course I trust you!”
Bai Ruozhu looked at Yan Jin with a pure and resolute expression.
Yan Jin secretly made up her mind that in the future, if she had meat to eat, Bai Ruozhu would definitely have soup to drink.
After settling the two of them, she pretended to go to sleep and secretly opened the system panel.
She discovered that the gold coin count in the attributes column had reached three hundred. It felt as if she was holding a great fortune in her hands, and she felt extremely satisfied.
“Boss…” Yu Chen’s voice came from outside the door.
Yan Jin, who had been preparing to sleep, heard the movement outside and felt somewhat puzzled. Why was this man still awake so late?
“What is it?”
“Boss, the faucet water is gone!” Yu Chen sounded almost on the verge of tears. He had been filling water to wash his face, but after letting it run for a moment, the water suddenly stopped.
Only then did Yan Jin remember the description of the washstand’s attributes, and she had forgotten to explain it to the guest. It seemed that she was still inexperienced in doing business for the first time.
“Sir, I am sorry. I forgot to tell you. Right now, water resources are scarce in the apocalypse. That faucet can only provide 800 milliliters of water per day, just enough to meet a person’s daily needs.”
Yu Chen was stunned.
He almost wanted to slap himself. Water resources were so precious, yet he had been thinking about washing his face.
He felt extremely fortunate that he had not opened the drain, otherwise the clear and clean water would have been wasted.
Yu Chen was just about to return to his room to sleep when the furious roar of zombies suddenly came from outside. Yan Jin immediately sat up from the bed. Could it be that her courtyard was being surrounded by zombies?
Boom!
What followed was a series of explosions.
“Sister, I saw a convoy of vehicles heading toward our courtyard. What should we do?” Bai Ruozhu hurried down from upstairs and told Yan Jin.
Yu Chen felt bitter inside. It seemed that tonight he was destined to lose sleep.
“Do not panic. Let’s observe the situation first,” Yan Jin comforted her. Moreover, she still had a guest staying here. If things went wrong now, how would she continue doing business in the future?
Bang, bang, bang!
“This is strange. The door will not open.”
The sound of the gate being struck echoed through the courtyard. However, the door had already been reinforced by the system, so how could it be broken open so easily?
“The zombies are about to catch up. What should we do?” A clear female voice sounded.
“Feiyao, step aside. I do not believe I cannot break open this door.”
[Ding ding ding… Someone is maliciously damaging the inn. Host, please intervene. Otherwise, the system will activate Level 1 defense mode.]