Chapter 3: Ding Dong's Account
Ding Dong's ledger finally wrote down the amount equal to the due, she went to the dressing room, put the notebook in the cabinet, and let out a long breath.
Let's go and pay the fee tomorrow, and delay for one more day is a kind consumption of Dean Liu. She has taken care of herself and her mother for so many years, and she can't drag Dean Liu back in this matter.
made up his mind, and Ding Dong's heart also settled down.
Everything was as Ding Dong thought, and the next day, she rushed to the rehabilitation hospital and paid her mother's hospitalization expenses.
Dean Liu was no longer there, and the new Dean was a middle-aged man with a serious face, and his words were as few as the smiles he gave to his surroundings.
Standing under the gazebo and looking up at the path surrounded by the beautiful French plane trees, Ding Dong knew that even if it was the same road, he would not be able to go back to the past.
It will eventually lead to another place, a place called "tomorrow".
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"Ding Dong, let's go to the movies together. β
"6 p.m., how's it going?"
Kevin's message was distributed in the afternoon, and as a senior staff member of the hotel, Kevin knew Ding Dong's routine well. He knew what time to send a message wouldn't disturb her sleep, and he knew what time was the best time to ask for a date.
A movie lasts 90 minutes, and if you watch it at 6 p.m., you can finish watching the movie at around 8 p.m. This is a must-have dinner time, and since you can discuss the plot of the movie and how you feel after watching it, there is an 80% chance that the atmosphere of dinner will be refreshed, and the time is about 10 o'clock. If a boy proposes to have a dessert after a meal, or to sit somewhere at this time, he can spend another hour of his time. In this way, it is almost time for Ding Dong to go to work, and in the process of sending her to the hotel, it is very likely that there will be further intimate actions such as holding hands or holding shoulders by blocking foreign vehicles.
Ding Dong calculated the amount of money needed to spend on this date, and if all of it was paid by Kevin, the cost should be about 500 yuan. But the relationship between Ding Dong and Kevin is not yet to the point where he can accept his contribution with peace of mind, even if Kevin volunteers to invite the movie, and Ding Dong dodges the meal money with a shy face, then he will at least bear the cost of dessert or coffee.
Well...... That's at least $100 or more!
Ding Dong gasped.
Just the cost of Ding Dong is already heart ischemia, and consuming a night's time is even more than worth the loss. Moreover...... Thinking that he might be pulled by his hand, grabbed his shoulder, and even had to think about how to refuse such a thankless thing as the other party, Ding Dong immediately felt dizzy.
She now finally understands the pain of Mars's heart attacker.
Refuse, she must refuse.
Ding Dong made up his mind and sent a message to Kevin: "I don't have time today. β
Thinking that if the complaint was resolved, he would have to pull this "back", Ding Dong reissued another sentence of "sorry".
The other party quickly came back: "What about tomorrow?"
"There's no time. β
"I'm afraid. "It's something that goes up again.
"And the day after tomorrow?"
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Ding Dong was a little big, he didn't expect Kevin to be such a persistent person, thinking that he was the deputy manager of the lobby who specializes in solving guest complaints, and his patience and endurance must be beyond ordinary people, he felt even more headaches.
She thought about it for a long time, and finally came up with a way to get the best of both worlds, and she sent Kevin this jack-of-all-trades message: "Why don't you wait until I get things done before making an appointment?"
This time, it took Kevin about a minute to get a "yes" back.
This message was followed by a sentence "We can meet soon anyway".
If it's work hours, it's quick. However, starting tomorrow, Ding Dong can take two days off in a row, and Kevin can't find himself, of course, there is no point in "meeting soon".
Ha, I'm so smart!
Ding Dong was very satisfied with his wisdom.
Missing a part-time job is a very unaccustomed thing for Ding Dong. The part-time job that began in high school has made Ding Dong regard work as a part of life, and she has adapted to the busyness and chaos, as if she accepted her own position. And now, the crowded life has suddenly become cold, and Ding Dong seems to have lost his soul and is at a loss.
"There wasn't enough time before, but now it's too much, what should I ......do?" Ding Dong fell on the bed, feeling that he had turned into a salted fish, lifeless.
Finally staying up to working hours, Ding Dong went straight to the Hephais Hotel as if he had grasped a life-saving straw.
"You're in good spirits today, Ding Dong. Sister Sun couldn't help but be surprised when she saw Ding Dong as if he had been beaten with chicken blood.
"Haha, working with Sister Sun, can you have no energy. Ding Dong smiled.
"I think you're in a good mood. Xiao Jiang pouted.
"Who asked me out?" Ding Dong teased Xiao Jiang with a smile, "You haven't invited me for the movie you promised me yet." β
Xiao Jiang sighed: "You still need me to invite, and someone has inquired about your rest day." β
My day off?
Ding Dong was stunned, and then realized that Xiao Jiang seemed to have said a long time ago, and Kevin asked about his rest day.
But...... Even if he knew, what could he do?
Thinking like this, Ding Dong never took this matter to heart anymore.
"The remote control in room 1401 didn't work. β
Ding Dong calculated the time, and the message from the switchboard was usually sent about 10 minutes after she went to work, and this time was no exception.
The time of the watch was 24:12, and Ding Dong put two batteries in his pocket and walked out of the office.
The biggest possibility of the remote control failure is the battery problem, although the day shift attendant has the duty to check and replace the battery for the remote control, but due to the chaos of the work, they may not be able to take care of everything. Therefore, as long as they receive a call from a guest about the remote control failure, the first thing the waiters have to do is to replace the battery.
But this time, common sense doesn't seem to work. The remote control in room 1401 has a red light shining when pressed, but there is no movement on the TV screen. After changing the battery, nothing has changed.
"I'm sorry, please wait, I'll change another remote control for you. Ding Dong said to the guest.
The TV model is the same in every room, so the remote control is also universal. Fortunately, it is not the peak season and there are a lot of spare rooms. Ding Dong asked the front desk to change a spare room into a breakdown room, and then took out the remote control and came back to room 1401.
Oddly enough, this remote control doesn't work well either.
"What's going on with your hotel, it's the first time I've encountered a situation where you can't watch TV in a five-star hotel. The guest was a woman in her mid-forties, and although she was wearing pajamas, she was a professional woman of good taste judging by the laptop and delicate handbag on the table. But I don't know if it's because of the pressure, her eyes are swollen and her eye circles are slightly dark, but her expression is not half sleepy.
Do you have to watch TV to save time because of insomnia?
Ding Dong said apologetically: "Look, can I call the staff of the engineering department to check it for you?" or help you contact the front desk?"
"No," the guest waved his hand a little disappointmently, "it's too late, let's do it today and talk about it tomorrow." β
As a woman, Ding Dong can understand that she doesn't like the embarrassment of a strange man entering the room, and she doesn't like the trouble of changing rooms.
"Then you get an early rest, good night. Ding Dong quickly and politely exited the room, and the door closed with the tired face of the female guest.
Ding Dong stood at the door, hoping from the bottom of his heart that this guest could have a good night's sleep, after all, sleep is more important than watching TV, isn't it?
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It was at this time that the quarrel rang out, on the other side of the corridor.
It was a man and a woman who were arguing as they came out of room 14019 and kept arguing as they went.
Judging by the way they speak, the two should be husband and wife. Because it seems that only in marriage, the man will ignore the woman who is chasing after him, and walk fast and ruthlessly with his long legs, and only in marriage will the woman be clearly wronged, and still have the patience to catch up and say it clearly.
But how can some words be easily said clearly? Moreover, the man seems to have drunk wine, and not only is his face flushed, but his words also seem to be quite excited.
"Say goodbye to me. The man frowned disapprovingly.
"You're drunk like this and still drinking, can I not follow you?" the woman was obviously very worried, and she walked over briskly and reached for the man's arm.
"Go away!" the man waved his arms sharply, shaking the woman away.
At this time, they had already walked to the elevator, and the man suddenly pushed the woman to stagger back, and hit the vertical garbage can in front of the elevator, and fell to the ground with the garbage can.
Actually hit a woman!
A wave of anger surged from the bottom of his heart, and Ding Dong stepped forward quickly and helped the woman up.
"Thank you. The woman was helped up by Ding Dong and said a little embarrassed.
"You're welcome," Ding Dong saw that the woman's arm was scratched by the metal edge of the garbage can, which made her more and more angry, and she couldn't help but turn around and look at the man angrily, and said, "This gentleman, if you have something to say, how can you do it?"
"Who are you, what does it matter to you?" The man even breathed out the smell of stinking wine, and the expression on his face was even more stinky.
Ding Dong was about to open his mouth, when the elevator suddenly "ding" and opened the door. The man walked directly into the elevator, and then turned around and "fed" the woman: "Do you want to go with me?"
The woman hesitated, as if she wanted to lift the garbage can up, but the man stepped forward, pushed Ding Dong who was blocking in front of him, grabbed the woman's wrist and pulled her into the elevator: "What do you care about that kind of thing?
"But the garbage can...... "The man's wrist, which was obviously injured, was clutched so hard, but the woman endured the pain and didn't say anything. Probably expecting that the man didn't have the patience to wait for her to help the trash can, the woman said to Ding Dong apologetically: "I'm sorry, I'm going to work hard for you." β
"What are you sorry for? That's what she did?"
The man scolded impatiently and reached out to press the close button.
The door separated the man's impatience from the woman's intolerance in front of Ding Dong, and also left Ding Dong himself in the messy corridor.
Women, why do they always fail to see the face of a scumbag in love, but blindly accommodating it?
Ding Dong was puzzled. However, it has always been her code of conduct not to dwell on things that she does not understand, and it is better to worry about herself than to worry about others.
Ding Dong looked at the garbage can, the metal vertical garbage can was poured on the ground, and the white stones placed on it were scattered all over the ground, and even the garbage fell out.
That's right, that's what I did.
Ding Dong laughed self-deprecatingly, and bent down to start tidying up.
Her gaze was suddenly attracted by something.