The two of them left the restaurant and arrived at the front desk on the first floor. The front desk staff from last night had woken up and was still on shift. Seeing me, she immediately asked, "Hey, hey, comrade, when are you checking out? We agreed last night, you can only stay for one night!"
"What's wrong?" Lin Xi asked me.
"...亚楠 and I came together, and neither of us brought our IDs, so we could only get one room."
Lin Xi chuckled, "No need to explain, these girls, aren't they all going to be yours sooner or later!"
I didn't intend to explain anything, just stating a fact.
Lin Xi walked over, showed her ID to the front desk, said I was her friend, and asked the young lady to use Lin Xi's ID to get me a room.
The front desk lady immediately registered me respectfully, and even changed it to a more luxurious top-floor room, room 707.
After completing the procedures, Lin Xi handed me two room cards.
"Thanks, Captain Lin."
"How about I get you a Shabiya Guild card? It's universally accepted at hotels nationwide. Even without an ID, you can just report your employee number, and no hotel will refuse. Plus, it's free – haha, that's not entirely accurate, the local Shabiya logistics department handles the payment afterward."
"There's such a good thing? Can I also use it for meals?" I asked with a smile, worthy of the number one special department in Yanxia, with both money and power.
Lin Xi smiled slightly, "It doesn't cover restaurants quite fully, but generally, hotels that offer accommodation also provide dining! Do you want one?"
"Then I won't be polite."
Lin Xi took out another phone from her pocket, opened an app, and without even asking for my ID number or phone number, directly entered the name "Wu Chengfeng" to complete the registration. After filling in the information, she called a colleague at headquarters and asked them to approve it. The other party didn't ask any questions and approved it immediately.
Thus, I obtained a Shabiya Headquarters guild member number: 9527.
I don't know if Lin Xi deliberately assigned me a lucky number, or if it was purely a coincidence.
Note: I advise everyone in front of the phone screen not to try to check in for free at hotels using my number. After entering this number into the hotel's check-in system, my photo will appear. If it doesn't match your own, they can make a call, and the local Shabiya will come and arrest you.
After receiving Shabiya's benefits, Lin Xi and I arrived at the hotel entrance. Lin Xi, perhaps afraid of exposing herself, led me across the road into a Chinese-style coffee shop opposite. We ordered two large milk teas and, through the floor-to-ceiling windows, observed the hotel entrance.
I felt it was a bit redundant. This was a small alley, with only a one-way street between the hotel and the coffee shop. Our location was no more than five meters from the stone lions at the hotel entrance. Could great demons like the Whale Demon really not detect the two of us "eyes" here?
As the guest, I'll go with the host's preference. It's just watching the show anyway.
It was then that I noticed the hotel's name: "Meihekou City Meicheng Hotel."
"This place is called Meihekou City?" I asked.
"...You don't know?"
"I arrived late last night, groggy, and didn't look at the address," I said with a wry smile. I had heard of Meihekou. My uncle served here when he was young and participated in the 98 Northeast flood control and disaster relief, being one of the witnesses to the famous "True Dragon Manifestation" incident.
Lin Xi glanced at her watch, "Oh? She's stopped. Maybe she's having breakfast outside."
"Do demons also eat breakfast?" I asked, referring to human breakfast. My demons all eat flesh and blood.
"She's a North Sea Whale Demon, a very ancient demon. When our human King Wu waged war against Zhou, she was already in human form. After so many years, she has long since evolved to be no different from humans." https:/
"That ancient? Then she must have witnessed a lot of history?" I asked.
"Yes, a living fossil. If there are any unclear or obviously altered historical records, you can consult her for the correct answers," Lin Xi joked.
I took a sip of my coffee. With her "social status," was I someone who could strike up a conversation with her?