Chapter 382: A Long Wait for Rescue

tist was no longer arrogant as before, with Lu Qinian present, he could only awkwardly leave.Ye Wei looked at the two people in front of her, sneering, "Miss Qiao's birth date is really good. She's bo...Time passed very slowly, the hands of the clock on the wall ticking by one by one.

Everyone waited from 7 a.m. until 1 p.m., those few short hours were hard to endure, and the wind and snow outside intensified, with the temperature noticeably dropping as well.

At the front of the hotel, the large circular platform in front of the main entrance has four ice sculpture swans. However, last night's wind blew down a signpost, smashing it to pieces and scattering it across the area. Hotel staff are currently moving and cleaning up the debris.

Jo Bao'er looked out the glass door at the thermometer on the stone pillar, it read -12 degrees.

She kept her eyes fixed on the workers cleaning outside. One of them, a burly man, was holding an iron hammer in his right hand. As he turned, he accidentally smashed the thermometer on the stone pillar.

As if it were just an accident, they continued with the cleaning work.

"Although there's heating in the hotel, am I imagining things, or is it getting colder What's the temperature outside now"

Zhu Xiaowei shivered from the cold, pulling her thick scarf closer to her. She walked towards them.

"It's 12 degrees below zero outside."

Qiao Baoer took the scarf and casually wrapped it around her neck, telling her in a calm tone.

Zhu Xiaowei, upon hearing this temperature, was stunned for a moment. "No way," she muttered, instinctively glancing out the glass wall towards the thermometer next to the stone pillar beside the ice sculpture display.

The thermometer is broken.

Qiao Baoer's eyes were bright, her voice calm. "The people in the hotel probably didn't want to cause a panic. I saw they did it on purpose."

All the doors and windows of the hotel were locked, and there was someone guarding the exit in the lobby to prevent passengers from entering or leaving at will.

Everyone seemed ready to leave, with their luggage packed and moving back and forth in the elevator. The lobby was getting increasingly crowded with people gathering there, almost like a waiting room at an airport.

There were about 200 people in the shop, travelers and staff alike. They spoke languages from all over the world, a jumble of voices, perhaps because there was no signal and they couldn't make phone calls. Everyone seemed very anxious.

"Let's go to the restaurant for lunch."

Qiao Baoer struggled through the crowd, walking towards the hotel restaurant. Zhu Xiaowei hurried to follow her. "Qiao Baoer, do you think those 8 people from before have already reached the mountain Well, it's better to leave early. Being squeezed here, the atmosphere is so tense, I don't feel like celebrating at all."

We were so excited to be traveling, but now it feels like we're refugees trying to get home as quickly as possible. I can't even stomach food anymore.

"If you don't eat enough, you won't have the energy to run later."

Zhu Xiaowei, hearing this, became very nervous. "What do you mean Didn't the hotel manager tell us that we would have a car pick us up at 2 pm"

"You can't lose by eating your fill."

Qiao Baoer patted her shoulder, "You still have to take care of Pei Yi. You're such a coward, he'll make fun of you later."

Zhu Xiaowei also knew she was a coward, “I don’t even know how to act like a stepmother. Pei Yi has never been afraid of me, maybe I’m really useless.” But an ordinary person staying in such an atmosphere would find it really hard to stay calm.

They were teasing each other, then suddenly fell silent, noticing Xia Chuixue on the right pulling her suitcase and arguing with a hotel staff member, looking very annoyed.

"What do you mean You said 2:00 PM before, now you're telling me I have to wait until the evening for a car" Xia Chuixue's expression was very angry.

Because Xia Chuixue was furious, she spoke in Chinese, and Qiao Baor and Zhu Xiaowei reacted immediately.

The reinforcements won't arrive until tonight.

The hotel staff member kept bowing their head and apologizing to Xia Chuixue, "Ms. Xia, I'm so sorry."

"Do you have any idea how much time you've wasted I have a lot of work to do. With your hotel's terrible service, how can I possibly cooperate with you" Xia Chuixue said angrily.

The person in charge of the hotel, whose name is Anta, came over. Since Xia Chuixue had a business trip this time and she knew Anta somewhat, she was able to get some more information earlier than others.

Anta beckoned her mysteriously, "Miss Xia, please come to my office. I have something to tell you..."

They stood in the hallway between the lobby and the dining room, speaking Chinese. The foreign guests passing back and forth quickly did not understand and didn't pay attention.

Zhu Xiaowei felt that something was wrong. She grabbed Qiao Baier's sleeve and said, "Could it be that they want to abandon each other in times of crisis and try to get special privileges"

Qiao Baoer last gave Xia Chui Xue a glance, ignored the matter, and pulled Xiao Zhu quickly toward the restaurant to join Lu Qin Nan and the others.

As they ate lunch, they talked about running into Xia Chui Xue earlier.

"If anything were to go wrong, Anta would definitely notify Xia Chui Xue in advance. After all, she is their biggest cooperative partner at present. Recently, there has been very intense competition for a project on the European side, and Anta wants to achieve good performance and dare not offend Xia Chui Xue, a high-level executive of her company."

Pei Haoran said, with a self-deprecating chuckle, "I went to his office this morning, and the man directly kicked me out. It seems he only gives face to &am; ."

Lu Qinan and Zhu Xiaowei, after hearing this, immediately subconsciously looked at Qiao Bao'er, their eyes burning brightly, "Should we go and make friends with her..."

Qiao Bao'er ignored their eyes.

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