PFRG: Chapter 152

At the end of the corridor.

The purchase order confirmation procedure should’ve been carried out for the second time, but the Dawn people gathered there fell into a brief contemplation.

“A 20% quantity reduction effect.” The moment Hua Qianmei spoke, one could hear her strong dissatisfaction with this arrangement from her tone. “We only got one bad review today. According to this ratio, can’t a team give up purchasing and go to sleep if they get five bad reviews on the same day?”

Lu Nanling ended her questioning with the word, “Otherwise?”

Hua Qianmei: “……”

She changed the subject at the right time. “But this is a simple little trouble. You should be able to solve it easily, right, Brother Lu?”

Lu Nanling was noncommittal. “There are two pieces of news, one good and one bad. Which one do you want to hear first?”

Ji Xingque said, “Uh, good news?”

“The good news is that I have roughly estimated tomorrow’s food demand based on today’s situation.”

Ji Xingque wondered, “What is the bad news?”

“If nothing unexpected happens, the green variety of incense will be the most in demand tomorrow,” Lu Nanling answered, looking meaningfully at someone next to him. “After the first day of purchases, the amount of green incense we have in stock is still zero.”

Lou Yueren understood the look in his eyes instantly. He lowered his voice in a low-key manner, still speaking in a steady tone. “As for the exact amount missing, you can estimate the quantity and set it up in my room tonight. Don’t worry. Remember, tonight… I will definitely stay in my room obediently and won’t take even a step towards your captain’s room.”

Lu Nanling emphasized, “I just said that the quantity will be huge.”

Lou Yueren said, “Yes, I know. Let’s set it this way.”

Lu Nanling didn’t take any action but looked at Chi Ting inquiringly. Chi Ting was silent for a moment before asking, “Can we have both rooms purchase incense of the same color?”

“No.”

It was the expected answer, but Chi Ting couldn’t help sighing in his heart.

Sure enough, according to the setting of the instance, there were exactly six different colors of incense in the six rooms. This meant that if they wanted to replenish the number of incense of a certain color, one player must complete the collection. In fact, it was relatively easy to say about other colors. Apart from the purple incense that had been used up today, the other incense had some reserves from last night. According to the previous situation, they just needed to purchase according to the original quantity and it would be relatively safe. However, the demand for the number of green incense tomorrow would be extremely high. Without any inventory, the number purchased would have to be more than double that of last night.

Collecting such a large amount at one time… would it go as smoothly as last night?

“Set it up.” Chi Ting finally decided. “Oh, and arrange a color of incense with the lowest demand on the purchase list for my room.”

Lu Nanling nodded. “Okay, Captain.”

This was his second contact, and he seemed very skillful. After assigning purchasing tasks to each room according to the results of the calculation, he returned to the room with the others.

Chi Ting and Lou Yueren’s rooms were the two innermost rooms.

After passing Room 5, Lou Yueren was about to continue walking inside when he suddenly felt a force on his hand. He turned around and met Chi Ting’s gaze.

He blinked slowly and asked with a smile, “What’s wrong? Can’t bear to leave me?”

Chi Ting didn’t go around in circles. “You can sleep in my room tonight. I’ll sleep in Room 6.”

Lou Yueren was slightly stunned, and the teasing words stopped.

Number 6.

This was the room that was responsible for purchasing green incense tonight.

In short, if anything was going to change tonight, it would undoubtedly happen in this room.

Seeing that Lou Yueren didn’t answer, Chi Ting was about to speak again when he heard the person in front of him chuckle disapprovingly. “No, I just want to sleep in Room 6.”

It was a nonchalant tone full of frivolity. Just listening to the sentence, it was like snatching a toy that interested him very much.

But it was obvious that what was placed in front of them wasn’t a ‘toy’ that would make people feel happy.

Chi Ting frowned as he looked at Lou Yueren. Finally, he cast a serious, scrutinizing gaze at this person. He obviously didn’t understand such persistence. “Why? Don’t tell me that you really feel guilty for holding us back last night? In my impression, you have never been someone who is willing to sacrifice yourself for the team.”

“Why don’t you just throw the words ‘a bad guy’ in my face?” Lou Yueren laughed but his gaze became more blatant. “That is true. I really don’t have any awareness of sacrificing for the team, but this isn’t just a team issue. After all, if I don’t stand up and do this, you will turn around and take all these things on your shoulders, right?”

Chi Ting: “……”

“Look, I was right. So Captain Chi, in order to not have to watch you put yourself in danger, I can only stand up and help you reluctantly.” Lou Yueren smiled slightly and inadvertently moved a bit closer. In this position, it was almost natural to press Chi Ting against the wall, lowered eyes full of greed and tenderness. “How is it? Are you very touched? If you are, why not… after the instance is over, consider whether to give me some rewards or something?”

He didn’t want to understand it, but Chi Ting knew the ‘reward’ this person wanted even without asking.

His back was already against the wall. He smiled back at the explicit gaze. “We will talk about going out after we get out, but tonight…”

“I will sleep in Room 6.” Before Chi Ting could finish, Lou Yueren repeated it again. Even though it sounded the same, he was even more determined. “You can sleep in Room 5. If you really feel uneasy, the wall between us has been broken. You can observe the situation on my side at any time. If there is any danger, I will have to wait for you to come and save me as soon as possible. Is that okay, Chi Ting?”

“……”

Chi Ting could only accept the fact that he really had no talent in persuading Lou Yueren. “Okay, that’s it.”

They finally reached an agreement, and the two of them went back to their own rooms.

A few seconds later, they pushed open the door, and their eyes met on both sides of the broken wall.

Lou Yueren finally laughed out loud. “That’s great. It seems that the buildings in this instance don’t have the ability to automatically repair themselves.”

Chi Ting pressed against his temple in a speechless manner. Then he turned around and went to the bathroom to wash up.

Considering the quantity of green incense purchased, Chi Ting had already made preparations to pay as much attention as possible to the situation in Lou Yueren’s room tonight.

Lying on the bed, his attention was always on the other side of the wall, ready to rush over at the first sign of any movement.

In the silent night, only the faint sound of wind hitting the glass outside the window could be heard.

Chi Ting didn’t even notice when he fell asleep.

In a daze, he felt like he was floating in an endless sea.

He floated like this unknowingly for a long time. If there was someone in the room at this time, they would see that the man on the bed had tense skin and thin layers of sweat oozing out. It was as if he was fighting fiercely with something.

His breathing became increasingly heavy. Finally, with a dull groan, he suddenly threw off the quilt and sat up.

The violent rise and fall of his chest made Chi Ting feel the sweat on his body getting colder.

After a brief trance, he slowly lowered his head and pressed on his forehead, which still felt a bit painful. He quickly adapted to the strong feeling of fatigue coming from his body.

After a long time, Chi Ting slowly let out a breath.

At this time, he had obviously clearly recalled the environment he was in.

He fell asleep again.

This was the second time in the instance. It was undoubtedly very abnormal given the clear mission objectives tonight.

Chi Ting tried hard to recall it. He vaguely remembered that he seemed to have a very deep dream while falling asleep. He just couldn’t remember the specific content of the dream at all.

He only vaguely sensed that he had just experienced a feeling of being on the verge of drowning. This feeling mainly came from his subconscious obsession with the idea of ‘not being able to fall asleep.’ It was also because he knew very well that he needed to stay awake to observe the situation in Room 6 that he was able to forcibly break free from this state of collapse.

If it wasn’t for his obsession with Lou Yueren, he would’ve continued to sleep unknowingly and wouldn’t have been able to wake up at all.

This realization made Chi Ting feel that the chill on his body had become more distinct.

The final ranking was based on the total sales in seven days. He was afraid that the most terrifying problem of this instance wasn’t during the business period, but at night when they were resting.

In the silence, someone turned over restlessly, and the corner of the quilt fell to the ground.

Chi Ting’s heart skipped a beat at the sound that was so slight that it was barely noticeable. He jumped out of the bed and ran towards the wall. He saw the appearance of the person on the bed at a glance.

Lou Yueren’s brow was tightly furrowed. The sweat oozing from his forehead had soaked the hair beside him. His collar was messily open. Due to these restless movements from time to time, the quilt covering his body had been kicked to the ground.

After Chi Ting rushed to the bed, his first reaction was to wake the person up. However, no matter how he called, Lou Yueren on the bed didn’t seem to hear his voice at all and didn’t respond.

This made Chi Ting frown fiercely.

Considering his own state when he just emerged from sleep, it wasn’t difficult to guess that Lou Yueren was also obviously trapped in the nightmare.

Chi Ting silently turned his head and glanced in the direction of the door. His gaze seemed to pass through the door panel to the mailbox hanging outside.

What was even more tricky was that the purchasing quantity set for this room tonight was several times that of his room.

If there was a correlation between these quantities… He didn’t know if the quality of sleep would directly affect the final purchase result.