Chapter 95
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“Should we tell Mr. Fu?” The middle-aged man brushed the red feathers on his mask coquettishly, every movement full of femininity, which clashed with his appearance, and finally, he chuckled to himself, “Forget it, let’s not. After all, being suppressed by that kid surnamed Fu, I’m not happy either…”
After saying this, the middle-aged man’s expression flickered, forgetting what he was just thinking, and somewhat dazedly turned back to continue maintaining order, “Stop fighting, you have to line up to enter…”
Li Sanxin and Lin You, who quietly withdrew from the chaos with the help of Ye Buyan, discreetly inserted themselves into the queue in front.
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Lou Yan lowered his head and, after entering the entrance, saw rows of exquisite rooms and a spacious buffet restaurant.
There were many rooms, and those with open doors represented new rooms that no one had moved into yet, with keys still inserted in the keyholes. Lou Yan found a secluded room in the corner and pulled the key out of the door, putting it in his pocket. This room now belonged to him.
After entering the room, Lou Yan looked around and found it simple, with only a bed and a table. Although it was simple, as long as there was a safe place to sleep, a bed was enough to satisfy them.
There was also a new set of prisoner’s clothes on the bed. Lou Yan approached and opened it to take a look. Although the size was not perfect, he could still wear it.
Seeing the bed, Lou Yan felt drowsy. The exhaustion that had been suppressed earlier suddenly surged up, making his eyelids feel as heavy as a hundred pounds. He desperately wanted to close them, thinking of lying down on the bed to sleep directly, but when he saw the dirtiness on his body and smelled the mixture of various odors emanating from him, especially the rumbling noise from his stomach—Lou Yan immediately woke up and prepared to take a bath first with the prisoner’s clothes.
Lou Yan had no intention of enduring any longer when he had the chance to take a bath.
As for Li Sanxin and the others, Lou Yan had already told them that after entering, they should first tidy themselves up before finding an opportunity to meet.
Lou Yan wasn’t worried about them being harassed by the hunters because this was the fifth level, and hunters couldn’t kill prisoners here. Moreover, Lou Yan had overheard Fu Xuezhou’s warning to other hunters not to harm the prisoners when he was in the hunter’s restaurant on the third level.
Based on Lou Yan’s previous observations, the other three hunters, because of Fu Xuezhou’s warning, didn’t treat the prisoners too well, but they didn’t cross the line either.
As for whether Fu Xuezhou, who set this rule, would act… Lou Yan let Wen Yian go to deceive Fu Xuezhou. Although it sounded dangerous, Lou Yan knew that Fu Xuezhou wouldn’t do anything to Wen Yian. Fu Xuezhou either didn’t act, or when he did, it was to kill. Based on the premise that he couldn’t kill prisoners, he wouldn’t do anything to torment Wen Yian.
Therefore, Lou Yan was quite relieved about the safety of Li Sanxin and the others.
There weren’t many prisoners inside the fifth level now. When Lou Yan entered the bathroom with the new prisoner’s clothes, he only heard the sound of water dripping two or three times.
The bathroom was divided into two parts, with a table outside holding two bamboo baskets. One bamboo basket contained packaged shampoo, while the other contained packaged body wash.
Lou Yan grabbed a handful from each and walked into the inner part.
This was a public bathroom, but individual shower stalls were separated by yellow cloth curtains, each about two meters high, just enough to cover the top of a person’s head.
There weren’t many people taking a bath, so there wasn’t much mist or hot air in the bathroom, and it looked quite clean. Lou Yan walked to the middle of the bathroom and casually chose a shower stall to enter.
He threw the new prisoner’s clothes over the curtain rod, let them hang, and then threw his dirty clothes onto the ground outside. Turning on the faucet, when the hot water poured down from the top of his head, Lou Yan finally felt alive.
The water running down his legs turned black, it was the first time in his life for Lou Yan.
He used up the large handfuls of packaged shampoo and body wash one by one. He washed his hair three times alone, until his fingertips wrinkled, and his body went from smelly to fragrant. Then, Lou Yan changed into new clothes and leisurely walked out of the shower stall.
There were already many people in the buffet restaurant.
Prisoners sat in groups of two or three, eating hungrily, some even too impatient to find chopsticks, just grabbing food with their hands and stuffing it into their mouths. The air was filled with the smell of food and the stench of the prisoners, most of whom still looked dirty all over. They hadn’t had time to find a room and take new clothes to bathe after coming in, so the first thing they did after coming in was to come to the restaurant to fill their stomachs!
Lou Yan was also starving, but he managed to keep a stable expression on his face. He looked around the tables with food in the restaurant, which had meat, vegetables, fried rice, fried noodles, noodles, sushi… everything imaginable.
Lou Yan was not particularly interested in the meat here, so he filled a plate with soy sauce fried noodles, picked up another plate with fried shredded potatoes and braised eggplant, and grabbed an unopened bottle of mineral water before carrying the tray to find a seat.
The buffet restaurant was very large, about the size of five basketball courts, so there were plenty of seats available. Despite the temptation of delicious food, Lou Yan walked around the seating area completely before finally spotting familiar faces behind a chair hidden behind a potted plant in the corner.
He couldn’t help but smile, carrying his food over, “Finally found you guys.”
Lin You and Ye Buyan, who were eating with their heads down, looked up and also smiled. Ye Buyan nodded reservedly, while Lin You pulled out a chair beside him, gesturing for Lou Yan to sit down, “You’re here too.”
Lou Yan sat down and said thanks, “Where are Sanxin and Wen Yian?”
“Comrade Li Sanxin went to take a bath, Comrade Wen Yian went with him,” Lin You said, “We decided to come eat first. By the way, we chose rooms close to each other because we were afraid of getting separated. Lou Yan, where is your room?”
After Lou Yan mentioned the room number, Lin You frowned and thought for a moment, “Your room is quite far from ours. Do you want to choose another room closer to ours?”
Lou Yan moistened his lips with the mineral water and asked, “Are your rooms well-hidden?”
Lin You nodded, “Very hidden, not easy to find.”
Lou Yan nodded decisively, “Then I’ll wait and go see your rooms later. If it’s suitable, I’ll just stay with you guys.”
Lin You also nodded. The three of them stopped talking and focused on eating.
Lou Yan gracefully but quickly finished the plate of fried noodles in front of him, finally soothing his burning stomach somewhat. But before he could feel full, Lou Yan brought over a bowl of vegetarian pulled noodles. When he came back, he found two more people at the table, Li Sanxin and Wen Yian, who had finished their baths and changed into new clothes.
After cleaning up, their appearance had improved significantly compared to their previous disheveled state, both looking handsome and beautiful, adding a touch of brilliance to this small corner. Li Sanxin smiled when he saw Lou Yan, “Yanzi.”
Beside them, Ye Buyan, looking at them all cleaned up, felt a bit restless and finally couldn’t resist standing up, “You guys continue eating, I’ll go take a bath.”
Li Sanxin waved to him, “Go ahead, just be careful not to get into any conflicts with others.”
Ye Buyan nodded and quickly left the restaurant.
After he left, Lou Yan spoke to Li Sanxin, “I knew you’d want to take a bath as soon as you came in. I thought I might see you in the bathroom, but I didn’t expect you to take so long. I’m almost halfway done with my meal and you just finished bathing.”
He glanced at Li Sanxin’s neck and arms, which were red from scrubbing, his lips twitching, “How many times did you wash?”
Li Sanxin’s expression instantly became painful, “Five times, but I still feel like I’m not clean enough.”
Lou Yan internally mocked: I knew it.
Li Sanxin had a stubborn and unchangeable habit of bathing. He believed that to get clean, he had to scrub vigorously with a washcloth. If he didn’t scrub, no matter how many times he washed, it wouldn’t be clean enough.
But now there were no washcloths for Li Sanxin to use, and Lou Yan wondered if this guy had almost rubbed off a layer of skin with his hands.
“Go get something to eat,” Lou Yan rolled his eyes, “The braised eggplant I just had was quite good, you should try it.”
Li Sanxin heard him but didn’t rush to get food. Instead, he looked serious, “Yanzi, the hunters outside are searching the rooms.”
Lou Yan looked up from his bowl of noodles, his heart skipping a beat, frowning, “What’s going on?”
Wen Yian sighed beside him, explaining, “Didn’t I deceive that person away? After I took him away and he didn’t see you, he realized that you had sneaked in. He didn’t do anything to me, but he took all the hunters with him. They’re no longer checking the prisoners one by one at the entrance. When Mr. Li and I came over after bathing, we saw those hunters searching room by room. They recorded who was living in each room and warned the prisoners not to change rooms again.”
“After they finish searching the rooms, they’re probably going to come to the restaurant,” Li Sanxin’s expression turned cold, “Surname Fu won’t rest until he finds you.”
After listening, Lou Yan didn’t say anything. He lowered his head and took a few bites of noodles. The inherent sense of not wanting to admit defeat was thoroughly provoked by Fu Xuezhou. He picked up the chopsticks, lifting the white and tender noodles, and steam rose in front of him. The originally charming peach blossom eyes were full of disdain and hostility. Lou Yan curled his lips, the corner of his mouth showing a faint hint of provocation, and he sneered, “Just him?”
Author’s note:
Brother Lou: Hehe
Male lead: Smiling
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