“Bu Chen, do you know anything about the matters concerning the bidding?“

“I’ve already heard about it from Miss Shirley, the lobby manager next door.“

Yang Zicang was surrounded by Bai Yuan, Xue Qi, and others, while the rest stood a few steps away, watching him.

“Everyone has fully understood, right?“

“Only when all the owners of the ten rooms on this floor agree can we exercise the monthly room swap right,” the crowd said in unison.

Some information was so detailed that even Yang Zicang wasn’t entirely clear on it. After all, everything had been rushed; he simply didn’t have time to learn more.

“The Unified Management Association means it like this…“

“Bu Chen, we’ve left the choice to you. Are we good now?“

“You must get this done. “

Everyone explained and recounted in a chaotic jumble.

It turned out that syncing rooms was slightly different from what he had imagined—not that it could only be used once a month, but that you could only select one real room at a time for interleaving resonance. This way, within the month, simply by submitting the timeline, the room could be hidden or revealed. It was actually much more convenient.

“So, for the remaining four rooms, we have to win the bidding. If we lose even one of them, the consequence will be… staying here for three months. “

Three months. And the inn had clearly stated that they wouldn’t accept money—everything would be traded with Radiance. The guests staying there got one free breakfast per day, but what about everyone else?

By the time three months passed, they would have starved to death.

A man by the counter said, “Excuse me, manager, what are the bidding conditions for Room 207? “

Yang Zicang shot a piercing glare over at him.

The man smiled, putting on an innocent look. After all, everyone had crawled their way out of the Old Fate Trajectory; making these people willingly admit defeat was no easy feat.

The crowd’s eyes followed the man’s voice to the small light on the Room 207 sign, where text was displayed.

“Vanity was my favorite thing when I was a child. It got me into a lot of trouble at school. Looking back now, I was so naive back then—only caring about appearances, ignoring everything else. “

“This is… “

Yang Zicang furrowed his brow.

The lobby manager, Mus the wind-up clockwork, said, “The current resident of Room 207 is a gentleman. If you want to challenge for the right to live in this room for the next three months, hehe, we’ll have to see which one of you is more handsome. “

“Hah! “

A voice came from the side.

Yang Zicang turned his head to look. Bai Yuan solemnly adjusted the hat on his head, then looked up with a sharp and piercing gaze straight ahead.

“Let me take on the challenge for this room. If we’re talking about who’s the most handsome here, there’s no doubt that it’s me. “

The people around looked at him.

“Hey, speaking of being handsome, I don’t think I look too bad either. ” One person stepped forward.

“You? ” Without any hesitation, the crowd dragged back the man with a gold tooth, who had been shaking his tattered shirt with great solemnity.

“No ladies allowed? What about me? ” A well-featured lady in her twenties raised her hand and waved from the crowd.

“For fairness, only men can bid for this room. “

“Without a doubt, it has to be me! “

Bai Yuan tapped his own chest with both hands like a chicken scratching the ground and looked at Yang Zicang, “Me! The handsomest here… “

“Sorry, excuse me! “

A man with a high nose bridge and slightly curly brown hair stepped out of the crowd.

With his appearance, the noisy, ancient inn hall seemed to instantly be infused with its elegant vitality.

This mixed-race man exuded an elegant aura from the inside out. He stepped forward steadily, standing beside Bai Yuan, nodding and making eye contact like a manor lord in front of a suit-wearing man about to perform on stage.

Bai Yuan sighed, turned around, and faced his back to the crowd.

“Sorry, although I know this sounds rude, I still believe that I should be the one to try my hand at the bidding for room 207. “

“Wow, he’s so handsome. ” Xue Qi’s mouth couldn’t help but curl up into a smile.

The man gave Xue Qi a subtle, elegant, and confident smile, making it feel as though a spring breeze in March had swept over the woman’s heart.

This man looked at Yang Zicang and said, “My distinguished sir, may I become a part of your team? I mean, check into this inn on a long-term basis from now on. “

“You are? ” Yang Zicang had already felt very approving in his heart as he asked.

“I am He Yishu (sic: check from table), the heir of the Kant Times Weekly, though that identity is already in the past. My maternal ancestors have always run a vineyard, while my grandfather managed a magazine publishing house and real estate company in Sanjiangkou (Three Rivers Junction) and Honggang (Rainbow Port). If I can check into this room, I will not cause you any trouble. “

He Yishu’s hands rested on his belt as he smiled and swept a glance at everyone present. “I believe that only Mr. Buchen here can lead us out of this situation; therefore, from now on, Room 207 will also follow his arrangements. “

“Hey, you! Don’t go licking his boots just because he has some treasure. Didn’t we just invite you, and wasn’t your answer that you’d ‘think about it’? “

Suddenly, a voice cried out in anger and desperation.

“The god-level artifact ‘Divinity’ is right here—aren’t we going to give it a real shot? “

By the back of the crowd, two men spat out indignantly. They had already seen the content on the glow-sign of Room 207 earlier and had even tried to negotiate with He Yishu during that brief window.

As Yang Zicang’s gaze swept over, a small circle cleared around the speaker.

“I challenge Room 207! “

A bucktoothed man with a gold-capped tooth bellowed, “How many knockout beauties were throwing themselves at me in KTV, you get it? My charm is way beyond what some sissy who just dresses to impress can ever hope to understand! I say the winner here should be the guy who shows the most raw, primal masculine virility—and I am that guy! “

“Just ignore that brain-dead loudmouth. We don’t need to pay him any mind. “

“Hey, handsome He! If you don’t have the ‘purchase value’ Radiance, I can front the cost for this room. You just take the challenge! ” A clever voice called out from the crowd.

“Appreciate the suggestion, friend. But as it happens, I’ve got a marine-connected Incident ready to go that can net me the Radiance I need for the rent. “

The man walked forward, placed his hand upon the law-bound oath tablet to swear allegiance, then picked up the pen and wrote his own name in the Team Association’s registration ledger.

As He Yishu was recording the Radiance event just mentioned, the crowd pressed closer, straining their necks to peer at the green-lit rooms. The ones still left were 201, 204, and 206.

“The sign on Room 204 says: ‘First Home Visit Dinner.’ What does that mean?“

The lobby manager glanced at them.

“As the name implies, to stay in this room, the most fitting experience involves a teacher and a dinner gathering—preferably ‘the teacher visiting and sharing a meal with a student’s family.’“

The crowd exchanged glances. Then someone yelled, “Who’s willing to be my son? I can play the dad.“

“I can play the teacher.“

No one paid these two any mind. In the end, the team had no one from the teaching profession—except for a single gym teacher.

This room was tricky. YangZicang looked over at the remaining two room signs.

Room 206’s sign read:Face clawed raw, and jealousy’s power is terrifying. Maybe I should take off these new travel boots from Tekvila Store, or else my buddies will be coaxed by the Lymph Girl and refuse to hang out with me anymore.

“The current tenant of Room 206 is a woman.“

Noticing YangZicang’s gaze, the lobby manager broke into a deliberate smile.

“There’s no fixed travel memory for this room. After all, this is a contradiction—perhaps a fierce sense of jealousy earns you a stay, or perhaps only someone utterly free of jealousy can claim its key. But for the sake of fairness, bidders are limited to women.“

“Huh?!” Over eighty percent of those present were men; women in the crowd were few and far between.

Xue Qi looked over. “How about I take this room? “

Yang Zicang glanced back at the more than twenty people behind him. Among them were only three girls—apart from the one who earlier claimed she was beautiful, the other two seemed ordinary; one had an unremarkable demeanor, while the other lingered at the edge of the crowd, terrified that these men might crowd into her space.

“Hey, Yang Buchen, since you guys only want the rooms on the second floor, there’s no problem with us taking the third and fourth floors, right? “

“Of course not. ” The lobby manager interjected.

Yang Zicang silently shifted his gaze to Room 201.

Above it stood a single sentence:On this day, I was born; I was curious about everything around me, yet terrified of this unfamiliar world.

“What about Room 201? “

“Sir, given how clever you are, having submitted five Radiances in such a short time, I reckon you already know what they mean. “

Yang Zicang pondered the sentence with his brow furrowed.

｛I, the Great Quadrilateral, believe this embodies three directions.｝

“Birth, curiosity, and fear… Does this room segment by gender? “

“No. “

Xue Qi approached. “I’ve decided. I’ll take Room 206. “

Bai Yuan stepped over. “Are you sure? If you fail, you’ll have to wait three months for another attempt. “

“It’s fine. ” Yang Zicang turned and pointed toward the rooms upstairs.

“Even those occupied rooms up there, isn’t the maximum just a year? Those tenants must’ve checked in quite some time ago. Odds are, in just a few months, they’ll all have to renew. That’s when… I’m not afraid they won’t come. “

Bai Yuan was startled, looking at Yang Zicang, whose eyes glinted with killing intent.

“Oh wow! You kid, now you’re this crazy, huh. “

Yang Zicang looked up at Bai Yuan, “Don’t talk to me in a villain’s voice. “