Deep in the Living
Chapter 174 - 168: A Familiar Figure

Chapter 174: Chapter 168: A Familiar Figure

Noon, twelve o’clock.

Crystal Hotel, self-service restaurant.

Eye seemed to have never seen such a variety of drinks before, holding a large cup aiming to get a bit of each kind, attempting to create the ultimate mixed flavor for Eye to taste.

The other four were dining on the balcony.

Staying and eating in the suite all day would seem unnatural, occasionally eating in public areas like this would make the disguise as ordinary people a bit more convincing.

"Let’s celebrate our happy vacation!"

At Hua Yuan’s cue, everyone clinked their glasses, sipping the refreshing chilled fruit juice.

Luo Di, after raising his glass, turned his gaze to Hua Yuan and said, "Don’t joke about that anymore, I thought I was being influenced."

"Who told you to not even recognize your own partner? She was sticking to your back and still you couldn’t tell; that’s not my fault.

By the way, do you and Isabella often play role-playing games? You even dreamed about getting beheaded by her. Or is it that Isabella often acts out beheading in front of you? After all, there are plenty of puppets in her nursing home she can use to vent on."

Luo Di did not continue with the topic but went back to the main issue, "Is there a possibility I’ve been influenced by the calamity?"

Hua Yuan’s finger grazed her lips, "I checked when I was close to you, and Eye also examined your body. Though there is indeed some fear emotion generated in the brain, we found no influence of the calamity or any rooted traces.

Generally, those influenced by the calamity have quite obvious signs.

For example, something growing inside the body or some kind of Mark appearing on the skin, etc.

At the very least, we sisters couldn’t detect anything, it’s most likely just your personal Fear.

Fear is normal, the closer one gets to the area where the Monster Avatar is, the more fear will accumulate inside the body, the calamity just accelerates this process.

Anyway, we had a lot of fun yesterday, didn’t encounter any problems. Mr. Di, just take care of yourself~ If you feel anything wrong, tell us at any time.

I have to say, last night’s horror storytelling was really interesting. I didn’t expect these humans to really enjoy playing with horror. If we weren’t setting off for the nature reserve tomorrow, I’d like to go again tonight."

But Luo Di was well aware that they were not playing, "Not a single clue?"

"Everything here is very normal, but it feels a bit too normal, nothing on the surface. I still set my hopes on the activities to the Primitive Forest tomorrow, perhaps we might find something there."

"What about the rest of today?"

"Play! Try to experience all the places in the holiday center we haven’t yet, after all, tomorrow we’re going to the other side of the island... try not to miss any Corner."

Hua Yuan’s pupils twinkled red as she began to eat meat voraciously, replenishing her body’s nutrients as much as possible.

Luo Di also began eating, while glancing at the class president beside him; perhaps because Hua Yuan was present, she hadn’t spoken much.

...

[Saiwei Resort Harbor]

The passenger ship responsible for transporting visitors also serves the function of a cargo ship. Every time it transports a travel group to the island, the interior and the bottom of the ship also carry some goods, mainly ingredients needed by the hotel.

After all, the number of tourists on the island is basically always above 3,000, and the daily consumption of food is tremendously large.

When the passengers disembark and are taken away by sightseeing cars, the crew also push boxes of ingredients from inside, including even some huge freezers filled with solid goods.

Thanks to technological advancements, these items do not require manual transfer.

Just by installing something called "Automated Cargo Rollers" at the bottom of the boxes and freezers, they can follow the asphalt roads on the island and automatically go to the hotel’s rear warehouse.

Every day like this,

The hotel’s kitchen also has dedicated "intern workers" responsible for receiving ingredients, all relatively young, tasked with sorting the ingredients and sending them to different kitchen areas according to need.

But today there was a slight problem.

A young intern worker with golden short hair just couldn’t open the freezer she was responsible for; according to the label on it, it should contain some frozen lamb legs, lamb chops.

A colleague noticed the problem and asked, "Sophie, what’s wrong?"

"The freezer seems to be stuck, I should be able to open it, you go ahead~ The kitchen is already anxious."

"Okay."

As everyone took the sorted ingredients away from the area,

Click!

The freezer, for some unknown reason, suddenly opened.

As Sophie reached out to open the freezer, she was stunned by the scene in front of her,

A flawless, impeccable female body curled up inside, completely frozen, as smooth as jade or sculpture. But beneath the layer of ice was a very real body structure.

Beautiful yet terrifying.

Just as Sophie’s body responded and prepared to run to report the incident.

Thud!

A frozen hand grabbed her wrist,

A streak of ice-cold black hair pressed against her body, coming close to her ear.

"Take a nap... It might be a bit cold, but it won’t damage your body."

The next second.

Sophie already lay in the freezer, curled up, as drowsiness invaded her Consciousness. Strangely, although it should be very cold, it felt like her body was wrapped in a warm skin, helping her achieve a hibernation-like effect.

Before falling asleep, she vaguely saw the black-haired woman closing the freezer, her eyes seemingly turning the same sea-blue color as her own.

Click!

"Sophie, are you ready~ They are rushing you over there!"

"Coming, coming!"

"Right~ After delivering the ingredients, take a trip to the 101st floor and deliver a meal to a member."

"Okay."

...

After the buffet lunch.

Luo Di followed the four sisters around the shopping street in the holiday center all afternoon. Not only did Luo Di have several shopping bags hanging from his arms, but each sister was also carrying a bunch of big and small bags.

Watching the four sisters happily walking ahead and looking at the shopping bags in his hands, Luo Di once again felt the illusion that he was truly on vacation.

Of course,

The reason for buying so much was to check all the shops to make sure no one was missed.

As soon as she entered the room, Hua Yuan collapsed on the sofa, exhausted.

"Shopping is so exhausting, I don’t want to go downstairs for dinner~ I don’t want to go out tonight either~ Might as well go to bed early! After all, we are going to a very interesting place tomorrow."

The team leader also looked at Luo Di, "Everyone is indeed a bit tired, Luo Di, just call and order food like you did yesterday, just order the same dishes as last time, they were very delicious."

"Mhm."

Half an hour later, the doorbell rang.

The sisters were all too lazy to move, with Eye sleepily floating above the pool. Only Luo Di went to the door to pick up the food.

Upon opening the door, he saw the same waiter as yesterday, pushing the food cart.

The golden short hair and the waiter’s somewhat younger age left a deep impression on Luo Di, and even now, that impression deepened further. Although the waiter’s face was quite ordinary, sprinkled with quite a few freckles, those ocean-blue eyes were exceptionally pretty.

The other party also seemed to notice Luo Di’s gaze and pursed her lips.

"Esteemed member, your meals have been delivered. The insulated food cart will be placed in your room, and the housekeeping will automatically collect it when they clean the room tomorrow."

"Thank you."

"You’re welcome, it’s my honor to serve you."

As Luo Di was about to take the food cart back into the room, his peripheral vision suddenly caught a glimpse of the girl heading towards the elevator, her steps light and lively, seemingly in high spirits.

This silhouette felt vaguely familiar.

A deeply buried subconscious seemed to be tugging at Luo Di’s thoughts, desiring to call out to her, to ask for the waiter’s name.

Just then,

Another person came out of the room, put a hand on Luo Di’s shoulder, and also peeked out.

"Standing at the door this long without coming in? Did something happen?"

"Nothing."

The team leader’s gaze quickly fixed on the blonde waiter waiting for the elevator, "So you were looking at this? We four sisters can’t compare to a little hotel maid, can we?"

Luo Di glanced somewhat helplessly at the team leader, clearly aware that she was playing the role of Isabella, so such words were to be expected.

"Let’s go back and eat."

After another meal of feasting,

Filled with satisfaction from food and the ongoing effects of last night’s sleeplessness, everyone began to prepare for bed before nine o’clock, also to get a good rest for the special journey tomorrow.

The sleeping arrangements are as follows:

The team leader and Luo Di, as partners, would sleep on the second floor.

Shea and Hua Yuan would sleep on the first floor.

Eye would float on the surface of the pool.

It turned out that not long after Shea fell asleep, Hua Yuan, holding a pillow and wearing a sleep camisole and shorts, barefoot, went to the second floor.

Without disguise or silence,

She came directly to the side of the bed where Luo Di slept,

The eyes glinting with a crimson shimmer looked down, saying in a tone that sounded gentle but in fact carried a command:

"I’m joining in, you guys wouldn’t mind, right? Don’t be nervous, I’m really sleepy, I won’t waste strength on fruitless desires at this time.

So far, these past two days have yielded nothing, the only issue being Mr. Di’s nightmare last night.

Tonight I’ll sleep next to you, let’s see if you’ll have nightmares again?"

Luo Di could tell that Hua Yuan was serious, so he moved his body to give her enough room to sleep and also shared part of the blanket with her.

"Mmm~ So warm, thank you for warming up the blanket."

Hua Yuan quickly snuggled into the bed and, after shivering for a while, made no further movements, with her hands folded beside her face, facing Luo Di as she fell asleep.

Indeed, there were no further actions, and she fell into a deep sleep in less than ten seconds.

At the same time,

The team leader’s arm reached from behind and gently embraced Luo Di, lips touching his ear, "Let’s sleep together..."