Xiang Ning gave up and took Fang Rou to the hotel. The receptionist glared at him as a warning and he knew what it meant. “We’d like two—”

“A double bed!” Fang Rou interrupted. She looked at him drunkenly and sneered, “Aren’t you afraid that someone will come into my room at night?”

Xiang Ning was close to tears.

The receptionist saw that Fang Rou was determined to get a double bed and was relieved to know that it wasn’t a case of Xiang Ning taking advantage of a drunk girl. He thought about what was going to happen in their room, then quickly dispelled the thought, assuring them that the safety of the hotel was guaranteed.

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