Why didn't you tell me earlier that my little sister is still waiting for me?

After Huang's father took the pills, everyone gathered in the living room and chatted again. From Lin Bufan's colorful afro to his cooking skills, and then from his cooking skills to his company, the topic went one after another, and time passed by unnoticed.

When the wall clock pointed to ten o'clock, Huang Yimei looked at the time, stood up and said to Lin Bufan, "Afan, it's getting late, and you must be tired from flying today. I've booked a hotel for you, let me take you there now."

Lin Bufan looked up in confusion: "Huh? When did you book the hotel? Why didn't you tell me?"

Huang Yimei explained, "You came all the way here to see my dad, so I must arrange accommodation for you. Otherwise, it would be rude."

"Hey, we're all family now, why are you being so polite?" Lin Bufan waved his hand, looking disapproving: "Why waste that money? I can just squeeze in at home!"

Huang Yimei was stunned. "Squeeze? How do you squeeze? Are you planning to sleep on the sofa?"

"That's so inconvenient!" Lin Bufan shook his head repeatedly: "Everyone has to go around me when they get up at night, how awkward! I can just squeeze into your room, Rose!"

As soon as the words fell, the air in the living room froze. Huang's father's glasses slipped to the tip of his nose, and Huang's mother almost dropped the teacup in her hand. Huang Zhenhua and Su Gengsheng looked at each other in bewilderment. As for Fang Taichu, she had already fallen asleep!

Then, before anyone could speak, Lin Bufan began to explain himself, "Don't get me wrong! I'm not trying to take advantage of Rose! I made this decision based on a comprehensive consideration of money, convenience, and so on!"

Although I'm not short of money, I've always been frugal. Besides, it's so convenient to live at home. I can continue checking on my uncle's recovery tomorrow morning...

"Check your head!" Huang Yimei interrupted Lin Bufan with a red face: "Stop talking nonsense here! Come with me to the hotel!"

Lin Bufan looked at Huang's father and mother with grievance: "Uncle and aunt, please judge, is my proposal reasonable? Besides, Meigui and I are already adults, what can go wrong?"

Father Huang pushed his glasses and coughed lightly: "Well...Xiao Lin, our house is indeed a little small. You have helped our family so much, how can we bear to wrong you again? Let's go to the hotel so that you can have a good rest!"

Huang's mother also quickly joined in: "Yes, yes, how can we let you, Xiaolin, suffer any injustice..."

Although Lin Bufan did not feel wronged, the Huang family was too enthusiastic, so Lin Bufan was "asked" to leave the house.

On the way to the hotel, Lin Bufan's mouth was always busy, constantly complaining about Huang Yime's wasteful spending.

After learning that Huang Yimei had booked a king-size room, Lin Bufan became even more dissatisfied. After all, he was alone, so what was the point of booking such a large room? Wasn't it just a waste of money?

Therefore, in order to avoid waste and get the best value for money, Lin Bufan invited Huang Yimei to stay with him and try to make a profit!

However, facing Lin Bufan's tempting invitation, Huang Yimei just gave Lin Bufan a resolute and beautiful back view, until she got into the taxi and disappeared!

Although Huang Yimei appeared unmoved and even rolled her eyes, Lin Bufan knew that she was just thin-skinned. In fact, she must be very restless in her heart, but she had to leave because her family was waiting for her!

Yes, it must be like this - Lin Bufan firmly believes this!

In the hotel room, Lin Bufan had just taken a shower, with water still dripping from his hair, when he heard the doorbell ringing "Ding Dong Ding Dong".

Who is it?

Apart from Rose, no one should know that you live here, right?

Could it be that the rose couldn't help but feel restless and came back?

When he thought of this possibility, Lin Bufan suddenly became excited. He didn't even bother to blow dry his hair. He just put on a bathrobe and rushed to open the door.

As soon as the door opened, his eyes lit up—it was indeed "Huang Yimei" standing outside! But... why was she dressed so strangely?

Lin Bufan looked at "Huang Yimei" in her hotel uniform and wondered: Is this the legendary uniform temptation? But...others who play this trick are flight attendants, nurses, teachers and so on!

How come Rose has become a hotel staff member?

Oh~

correct!

Rose must have had a sudden idea and had no time to prepare, so she used local materials and stole the work clothes from someone else's hotel?

Thinking of this, Lin Bufan didn't wait for "Huang Yimei" to speak, but directly pulled her into the room and slammed the door shut.

Huang Yimei was startled by the sudden action, fearing she had run into some pervert. However, her professionalism as a hotel front office manager allowed her to quickly calm down: "Sir, what are you doing?"

Although the reappearing woman looked exactly like Huang Yime, the name tag on her chest clearly read "Front Office Manager Xu Hongdou". However, Lin Bufan was too excited at the moment and did not pay attention to these details at all.

Lin Bufan had an expression that said "I understand you" and lowered his voice, "You stole someone's clothes from the hotel, maybe someone is looking for them now! If someone had seen you outside the door just now, it would have been a disaster to get the clothes back. Ugh... I mean, if it was discovered that you stole the clothes, wouldn't you be embarrassed? I did this to save you!"

Xu Hongdou was confused: I am a front office manager of a hotel, why would I steal the hotel’s work clothes?

"Sir, have you misunderstood something?" Xu Hongdou tried her best to maintain a professional smile: "I am the front office manager here. How could I steal clothes from the hotel? I came here to bring you some fruit!" As she spoke, she pointed to the cart that Lin Bufan had just pulled into the room.

Lin Bufan was stunned for a moment, then he realized that "Huang Yimei" had really gotten into character.

As a contestant who thinks he has superb acting skills, Lin Bufan naturally does not allow himself to lose to "Huang Yimei" in acting, so he immediately got into the role!

Lin Bufan leaned back on the sofa, legs crossed, not caring that the hem of his bathrobe had unraveled slightly. He drawled, his tone frivolous, "Since you're the front office manager here, what specific services do you provide? Are there any hidden services that are... um... particularly exciting, that make people extremely happy, that make their blood boil and leave them with an endless aftertaste?"

The professional smile on Xu Hongdou's face froze instantly, her brows furrowed, and anger welled up in her eyes: "Sir! Please show some respect!"

Lin Bufan spread his hands, an innocent expression that said, "Stop pretending!" "Isn't this the role-playing game you want to play? Why are you so angry? Can't you afford to play?"

"Who's kidding you!" Xu Hongdou's cheeks flushed with anger, and her voice rose a few notches, filled with offended embarrassment. "I'm the front office manager of the hotel, and I'm here during normal working hours to bring you welcome fruit! If you continue to harass me like this, I have the right to notify security, or even call the police!"

Lin Bufan didn't respond, but suddenly restrained all his playful smiles, leaned forward slightly, narrowed his eyes, and looked at Xu Hongdou up and down carefully with an extremely focused and even oppressive gaze, from her hair to her toes, as if he wanted to stare a hole in her.

The room instantly fell silent, with only the faint hum of the air conditioner. This silent scrutiny lasted for a full minute or two, making her feel even more uncomfortable than direct words. Xu Hongdou felt uncomfortable being stared at, even getting goose bumps on her arms. She was about to speak to break the suffocating silence—

Lin Bufan suddenly spoke up, his tone firm and full of the smugness of "I've seen through you": "Rose, stop pretending, okay? You've already revealed your flaws, you know that?"

Rose?!

Who is Rose?

And what's going on with the flaws being exposed?!

Xu Hongdou's anger was interrupted by these inexplicable names and accusations!

Lin Bufan chuckled, and as if by magic, he took out a pair of frameless glasses from somewhere and put them on. Then, imitating the classic posture of a certain elementary school student who was a death god, he pushed the frames with his fingers. The only pity was that no light flashed on the glasses.

"You said you're the front office manager, right? But look at the time now? It's past ten o'clock at night! A hotel's front office manager, at this time, personally pushing a fruit cart to deliver welcome fruit to guests? Does that make sense? This is completely inconsistent with the hotel's management procedures and job responsibilities! This kind of trivial matter is usually done by housekeeping or on-duty staff!"

The more Lin Bufan spoke, the more he felt his reasoning was flawless. He raised his chin slightly, "So, the only explanation is that you, Huang Yimei, don't really understand the details of the hotel industry. You pretended to be a manager and made such a common sense mistake! You didn't play the whole role, sister!"

Xu Hongdou listened to Lin Bufan's "brilliant" reasoning, her expression gradually shifting from anger to astonishment, and finally to a kind of speechless pity, as if she were looking at a fool. She was certain that this guest might not be a simple pervert, but rather someone with a mind that was... well... unusual.

Xu Hongdou took a deep breath, trying to keep her tone calm, and spoke clearly, "Sir, I think you've made a mistake. My name is not Rose, it's Xu Hongdou. I'm indeed the front office manager of this hotel. If you don't believe me, you can go to the hotel front desk to confirm."

Hearing this, Lin Bufan was stunned and subconsciously asked, "What did you say your name was, Hongdou?"

Xu Hongdou repeated again: "Xu Hongdou."

"What beans?"

"Xu Hongdou!"

"Xu Hong what?"

"Xu! Hong! Dou!" Xu Hongdou's patience had obviously run out, and her voice was filled with suppressed anger. She felt that Lin Bufan in front of her was deliberately playing a trick on her: "Sir! If you have nothing else to do, the fruit has been delivered, and I won't disturb your rest!" As she said that, she was about to pull the cart and prepare to leave.

Lin Bufan naturally knew about Xu Hongdou. He had also watched the drama There Is Wind back then, but because of his preconceived notions, he didn't react at first. Now that he thought about it carefully, Lin Bufan also discovered that there were subtle differences between the two of them -

Um--

At least the clothes are different!

Seeing Xu Hongdou turn around and leave, Lin Buxu quickly waved his hands, his expression exaggerated yet sincere: "It's a misunderstanding, a huge misunderstanding, Manager Xu, please listen to my explanation! I really didn't mean to tease you! It's really...it's really that you look so much like a friend of mine! Absolutely identical! I just didn't react for a moment and recognized the wrong person! Really!"

If it were normal, Xu Hongdou would definitely smile and say that it was okay, as long as the misunderstanding was resolved, and then leave quickly. But today was different. Today she actually came to find Lin Bufan for something!

Although Lin Bufan recognized the wrong person, he was right about one thing, that is, unless there were special circumstances, Xu Hongdou, as a front office manager, would not personally deliver fruits to guests, and especially so late at night!

The reason why he came to deliver fruits in person so late at night was to confirm whether he had seen it wrong in the glimpse just now, and whether the person who just checked in was Lin Bufan, who said on the variety show "Longing" that he had done research on cancer!

Yes, that's right!

Xu Hongdou's best friend was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, the king of cancers. Now she only has a few months left to live. She came to Lin Bufan with the mentality of trying everything possible.

The goal had not been achieved yet, so facing Lin Bufan's explanation, Xu Hongdou did not leave immediately. Instead, she stopped, crossed her arms, and her face was full of distrust, "Do you think I'm a fool?" "Sir, isn't your reason a little too old-fashioned?"

Lin Bufan quickly pulled out his phone and swiped the screen while explaining, "That's not an excuse! I really have a friend who looks a lot like you! If you don't believe me, I'll show you a picture!"

He quickly opened WeChat, found Huang Yimei's chat box, clicked on the Moments and scrolled down: "Look, look! This is the selfie she posted a few days ago..."

Xu Hongdou took a skeptical look. The woman in the photo didn't look exactly like her, but she could be said to be exactly the same. However, the more she saw this, the more she doubted it. After all, even if they were twins, they couldn't look so alike!

"A photo can't prove anything. After all, AI and Photoshop technology are so advanced nowadays. Who knows if your photoshopped image is real?"

"Hey! Why are you so stubborn?" Lin Bufan was so angry that he scratched his head, and a few drops of water fell from his wet colorful hair. "I'll call her right now! So you can see it with your own eyes!"

As he spoke, Lin Bufan directly dialed Huang Yimei's video call. After a few rings, the video was connected, and a face exactly like Xu Hongdou appeared on the screen - it was Huang Yimei, who had just separated not long ago.

As soon as the call was connected, Huang Yimei said angrily: "Don't tell me you're afraid of sleeping alone and need me to coax you to sleep, right?"

Scared?

Lin Bufan was stunned for a moment, then he realized that he was afraid of sleeping alone when he said it just now in order to keep Huang Yimei. Now that Huang Yimei said it, and most importantly, Xu Hongdou heard it, he felt a little embarrassed. Of course, it was only a "little" bit!

Lin Bufan didn't rush to talk about Xu Hongdou, but instead said jokingly: "Of course I'm afraid of sleeping alone, but I'm not alone now!"

Upon hearing this, Huang Yimei, who had been mostly teasing, suddenly turned dangerous with her eyes: "Are you saying there's someone around you?"