Apocalypse: The Hotel She Runs Is the Only Paradise - Chapter 40: Reunion of a Family of Three

Chapter 40

An overwhelming wave of joy hit Dong Chengyi, making him doubt if he had seen correctly. He rubbed his eyes, wanting to confirm again quickly.

At that moment, his wife had already called out excitedly: “Xiaoyue!”

Dong Yue, who had been chatting with Zhuang Xiaoxia, hadn’t been paying attention to the other guests in the cafeteria. Hearing someone call her name, she instinctively turned her head.

Then, she saw that the person who had just called her was her mother, from whom she had been separated for a year!

And her father was there too!

Dong Yue froze on the spot, stunned. She even wondered if she was dreaming!

It wasn’t until Ruan Ruman called out to her again, crying, that Dong Yue snapped back to reality.

Tears burst forth as she ran uncontrollably, throwing herself into Ruan Ruman’s arms!

“Mom!” Dong Yue cried out emotionally, “Is it really you? Dad… I’m not dreaming, am I?”

“No, you’re not dreaming! Xiaoyue, Mom has finally found you!” Ruan Ruman hugged her daughter tightly, equally moved.

Dong Chengyi embraced both his wife and daughter, and the family of three cried together.

Zhuang Xiaoxia, who initially didn’t understand what was happening, realized the situation when she heard Dong Yue call them Mom and Dad.

The scene of the family reuniting brought tears to her eyes as well.

In this post-apocalyptic world, reuniting with one’s family was such a rare and precious thing!

Dong Yue was incredibly lucky, and Zhuang Xiaoxia felt happy for her.

When Gu Wanyin returned in the evening, she also learned about the newly arrived couple being Dong Yue’s parents.

She congratulated Dong Yue and, being ever diligent in her job, recommended the recently unlocked fifth-floor family rooms to the reunited family.

The fifth-floor family rooms were like apartments, but with some differences.

The already unlocked rooms 501-505 had two bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen, and a bathroom, costing 40 points per day.

The yet-to-be-unlocked rooms 506-510 had three bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen, and two bathrooms, costing 60 points per day.

Of course, if Dong Yue and her parents wanted to move in, they’d have to finish the days they’d already paid for in their current rooms, as points were non-refundable.

Dong Yue and her parents discussed it briefly and decided against it for now.

After all, her parents didn’t have many points, and she, being an ordinary person, had limited access to points as well.

Staying in a family room would cost ten points more per day than their current individual rooms.

They needed to be frugal with their points.

Although they couldn’t enter each other’s rooms, they could still chat in the lobby or various shops!

In any case, the family’s reunion was a joyous occasion.

Unable to make the sale, Gu Wanyin was disappointed but respected their decision.

She had promoted the hotel at another base today, so new guests were expected in the next couple of days.

Now she was just waiting for the system to issue her a new task.

Thinking of the newly unlocked fried chicken and burger shop, Gu Wanyin took Cola and Hamburger to have dinner there.

The shop offered various burger flavors, such as spicy chicken leg burger, cheeseburger, cod fish burger, crispy shrimp burger, and so on.

There were also different types of fried chicken, including chicken cutlets, popcorn chicken, chicken nuggets, chicken wings, and more.

Both a burger and a portion of fried chicken cost five points each. The burgers were quite large, and the chicken portions were generous.

Most importantly, they were crispy on the outside, tender on the inside, and aromitic. Gu Wanyin felt she had never eaten such delicious fried chicken and burgers before her transmigration!

However, watching Hamburger munching on a burger and Cola sipping on a cola, she fell into deep thought.

Cola and Hamburger would grow up eventually, and once a school was unlocked, they would need to attend.

It seemed it was time to give them proper names.

But Gu Wanyin was terrible at naming.

She thought all night but couldn’t come up with any good names.

It was truly frustrating.

When she woke up in the morning, she heard the system’s voice.

“Ding! New task unlocked: Host a Mid-Autumn Festival party in the hotel, with no limit on the number of participants. Task rewards: Unlock rooms 506-510; upgrade rooms 406-410 once; unlock the buffet restaurant and all its unlimited dishes; unlock five new items in the supermarket; unlock one fruit shop. Note: After unlocking the fruit shop, fruits in the cupboard will be transferred to the shop, with other fruits waiting to be unlocked.”

Gu Wanyin was surprised: “Is the Mid-Autumn Festival approaching?”

She picked up her tablet and checked the calendar.

Indeed, the Mid-Autumn Festival was just five days away.

However, after more than a year in the post-apocalyptic world, people’s sense of time had become blurred. They probably hadn’t even realized the festival was coming up.

Gu Wanyin thought for a moment and asked, “System, do we have a buffet restaurant in our hotel? If we unlock it, won’t the guests stop going to other restaurants? What should we do then?”

“The buffet restaurant doesn’t have everything,” the system replied. “Besides, the prices won’t be very cheap. Even if they all eat at the buffet, I can still earn quite a few points.”

“That’s fine then.”

Come to think of it, there were many buffet restaurants before the apocalypse, but people still frequented other restaurants.

Now, she needed to think about how to organize this Mid-Autumn Festival party.

Since it was to be held in the hotel, why not let the guests brainstorm ideas?

The guests were quite excited when they heard about the party.

After all, since the apocalypse began, no one had the energy to organize a proper gathering.

With zombies and natural disasters outside, conditions didn’t allow for it.

Some guests were particularly concerned about one issue: “Manager Gu, will there be discounts on items sold in the hotel during the Mid-Autumn Festival?”

“No discounts,” Gu Wanyin replied.

The guests were a bit disappointed, but they understood. The prices in the hotel were already quite reasonable, and if there were further discounts, how could the hotel make any profit…

So they didn’t dwell on it and happily discussed how to organize the Mid-Autumn Festival party.

Finally, they decided to hold it in the lobby.

The lobby was spacious enough for everyone to sit down with plenty of room left over.

If anyone wanted to perform, they could do so at the front.

The system had told Gu Wanyin that since hosting the party was a system-issued task, any props needed for guest performances would be provided by the system.

Of course, these were only for use during the party.

With the venue decided, the next step was for guests who wanted to perform to sign up.

Gu Wanyin assigned Xu Shi to handle the registration.

Surprisingly, quite a few guests signed up.

Perhaps everyone had been feeling cooped up in the post-apocalyptic world.

Even Cola and Hamburger signed up to sing a nursery rhyme together.

Bai Shuwen unexpectedly signed up too, saying she had loved acting before the apocalypse, but where could she film in this post-apocalyptic world? So this time, she wanted to put on a play.

Gu Wanyin didn’t know how she managed it, but not only did Bai Shuwen rope Dong Yue and Zhuang Xiaoxia into performing in her play, she even managed to get Fu Siheng to join their performance group.