“Honey, where are we going to eat?”

“I have no idea, I’m not familiar with this area either!”

“But didn’t you say there must be lots of good food near the university?” The girl pouted. “I want to have hotpot first, then roll around the snack street, pack some food on the way back, and order takeout again at midnight.”

“Alright, alright.” The boy sighed, his tone full of affection. “Let’s ask the boss!”

“Okay!” The girl instantly perked up and looked at William Clark. “Boss, is there anything good to eat around here? Not too far, um… preferably cheap and delicious.”

William Clark forced a smile. “Go out, turn left, walk straight to the end, about fifteen minutes away. The cafeterias at Yizhou University perfectly meet your requirements: star hotel quality and prices generally under ten yuan. If you’re not thick-skinned enough to take advantage of socialist benefits, that’s fine too—the commercial street next to the university can keep you eating for half a month without getting bored.”

“Boss, you’re so funny.” The girl’s eyes sparkled with little stars as she stared at William Clark’s rather handsome face.

“……” William Clark watched them leave, all lovey-dovey.

He once had a very beautiful girlfriend too, campus belle level, perfect in every way, really. Later, his hard drive broke… ah no, they broke up for some reason.

A faint sound of footsteps came from behind. William Clark turned to look and saw Old King coming down the stairs.

“Looks like you’re busy,” Old King said regretfully.

“Yeah, it’s just me right now, I can’t leave.” William Clark pursed his lips. “Why don’t you go in and study by yourself first? When my sister arrives, I’ll have her cover for a bit, then I’ll come find you.”

“I can’t open that door,” Old King shook his head. “No need. I’ve seen plenty of isolated spacetime nodes, and it’s hard to get much out of them anyway. It’s just a waste of time. Only with your cooperation can I quickly get the results I want.”

“Besides me, no one else can open it from the outside?” William Clark muttered to himself, then looked up at Old King. “Then you go rest for now. I’ll come to your room when I’m free.”

“Alright, thank you very much. This knowledge is a great treasure to me.”

“You’re too polite.”

William Clark lowered his head and continued using his phone to boost Anju Hotel’s orders, while Old King turned and went upstairs.

Not long after, a food delivery guy wandered around outside the hotel, looked up at the sign, and walked in with a bag. “Hello, food delivery.”

“Huh?” William Clark was a bit confused. “I didn’t order any food.”

“Really? This is Anju Hotel, right?” The delivery guy was stunned for a moment, then checked the slip on the food package. “You’re Emily Clark… Mr., right? Phone number is 177********, correct?”

“……” William Clark felt a bit awkward. “I’m William Clark. Maybe my sister ordered it.”

“I’ll just leave it here then!”

“Thank you.”

“Please leave a good review when you have time!”

“Sure.”

The delivery guy turned and left the shop. William Clark picked up the food and glanced at it—it was heavy, and he could smell the unique aroma of double peppers.

Soon, Emily Clark wobbled over on a Mobike, locked it at the door, and walked in to ask William Clark, “Did you get the food delivery?”

“Yeah.”

“I ordered spicy rabbit.”

“I could smell it.”

“And a vegetable dish.”

“Mm.”

“Two bowls of rice.”

“You really went to a lot of trouble.”

“It’s fine. Ninety-eight in total.”

“Sorry to make you spend so much.”

“WeChat or Alipay transfer!” Emily Clark frowned at him. “Don’t try to play dumb. You’re my guardian and you still want to scam my money! How can you be so shameless?”

“……”

Great! Now she remembers I’m her guardian!

William Clark looked tired and was already quite hungry. The two of them quickly sat on the sofa, opened the packaging, and put the food on the glass coffee table to eat.

“After we finish eating, you boost two orders online, and I’ll transfer the money to you.” William Clark took out a master room card and put it on the table. “Then go upstairs, take a few photos, write a good review—don’t exaggerate too much, and don’t reuse the photos. By the way, rooms 202 and 208 are already occupied.”

“So sleazy.” Emily Clark took the room card.

“Everyone does it.” William Clark curled his lip. “Summer vacation is so long. How do you plan to spend it?”

“None of your business?” Emily Clark reflexively frowned. “I haven’t nagged you for half a day and you’re acting like a parent again!”

“I just meant, if you want a part-time job during the summer, you can come work here. It’s pretty easy, just sit at the front desk and watch the place.” William Clark couldn’t help but sigh.

“Not interested.” Emily Clark refused bluntly.

“Why not?”

“Why should I get a part-time job?” Emily Clark shot back.

“Don’t students usually want to find a part-time job during the holidays, earn some pocket money, and get some experience?”

“I don’t need to.”

“Why not?”

Emily Clark turned to look at him coldly, swallowed her food, and after a while finally said, “Because I have two apartments and over a million in inheritance.”

William Clark was stunned, at a loss for words.