Chapter 188: The Cleanliness-Obsessed

The procedures for transferring the hotel were completed quickly.

After all, this wasn't the modern era; the level of sloppiness had to be on par with 19th-century Earth.

William Krich, the manager of the Port District Bank, personally brought a few employees along to complete the count of that pile of gold coins, then had them packed into boxes and moved onto the carriage parked downstairs, finally witnessing the two men sign their respective contracts.

Having been a bank manager for ten years, this was the first time he had ever seen such a wealthy client—actually carrying fifty thousand gold coins in cash on his person!

And what astonished him even more was that the gold purity of this batch of coins was actually slightly higher than the latest batch issued by the Imperial Central Bank!

If it weren't for that gleaming luster which didn't look at all like it had been weathered by time, he might even have suspected these were gold coins issued two hundred years ago during the era of the Regent Prince Kaster.

However, after seeing the storage ring on Mr. Kelin's hand, he quickly understood that the person before him likely came from a family with a history spanning hundreds of years.

"Respected sir, it is a pleasure to be of service to you. I am William Krich, manager of the Port District Bank. Our bank has a history of over two hundred years; although our history cannot compare to the long-standing history of your family, our reputation throughout Thunder City is second to none... If you have any needs, just have a servant send me a message, and I will be at your beck and call."

At the very end, William bowed deeply and handed over his business card with both hands.

Luo Yan gave Sarah a look; the latter understood immediately, stepped forward to take the card, and then returned to his side.

Looking at the deferential bank manager, Luo Yan said casually.

"If I have need, I will."

"Then, I shall not disturb your rest. I wish you a pleasant life." William bowed respectfully in the style of the Imperial court, then shook hands with Mr. Andor beside him, and turned to leave.

Touching the gold-edged bank card in his hand, Andor's face was as red as a burning furnace, his oily nose tip shining as if it had been waxed.

Luo Yan glanced at him, and seeing him rubbing his hands with the look of someone who had something to say, he said casually.

"Is there anything else?"

Andor said hurriedly.

"No! Sir, I won't disturb your rest. I wish you a pleasant evening... Additionally, I solemnly recommend my daughter, Lucy Baker, to you. She has worked under me for two and a half years and is even more proficient in the hotel's operations than I am. I believe that with her help, you will certainly be able to familiarize yourself with the hotel's business in the shortest possible time. Of course, if you trust her, I believe that with her ability, she will certainly be able to become your right-hand assistant!"

Just as Andor was saying this, the young lady standing beside him was looking at Luo Yan with a shy, friendly smile, saying with a twinkle in her eye.

"My name is Lucy Baker, it is a pleasure to meet you..."

She was wearing a water-blue evening gown, her golden-brown curly hair hanging naturally over her shoulders, and her corset was cinched so tightly that it almost pushed all the flesh from her abdomen up into a deep cleavage.

However, it was a pity that the aloof Mr. Kelin was not interested in her or the hotel's business at all, and had absolutely no desire to explore deeper into it.

"No need, I will tear down and redo your operations."

"Of course, that is your freedom..." Andor looked at him in surprise, but his face still carried a fawning smile.

After speaking, he bowed deeply, gave his daughter a "you handle it yourself" look, and then left with the bank card.

Not expecting to be rejected so thoroughly, Lucy's face showed a look of disappointment, and she wanted to say something more, but upon seeing the guard beside that gentleman, her throat felt as if it had frozen, and she couldn't utter a single word.

That bone-deep chill gave her the feeling of being stared at by a wild animal, as if staying here for one more second would put her life in danger.

Her face turned slightly pale, and under Andor's surprised gaze, she stumbled to catch up with his pace and left the place with him.

Watching the humans fleeing in a panic, a subtle smile curled the corner of Sarah's mouth, and the disdain in her eyes became even more obvious.

Such weak human trinkets are worthy of becoming the Demon King's right-hand assistant?

How arrogant!

Luo Yan glanced at Sarah.

Sarah, who hadn't even been puffed up for two seconds, quickly reined in her aura and looked to the side as if nothing had happened.

However, she was still worried that she had caused trouble.

Seeing that there was no sound for a long time, she couldn't help but quietly shift her gaze back, secretly observing the expression on the Demon King's face.

That guilty look was exactly like a silver-shaded cat that had pushed a water glass onto the floor and was then secretly observing its owner's reaction.

Luo Yan was almost amused, but he maintained the majesty of the Demon King and said with a straight face.

"Do not do anything unnecessary."

Sarah lowered her head with a look of knowing she was wrong and said in a low voice.

"Yes..."

After sitting uneasily in the clothing store for over an hour, Watching Watching Pangke finally escaped from the hands of the tailor and the high-end seamstress.

However, the painful yet happy torture didn't end there; soon he was taken by the attendants of the Dawn's Embrace to the hotel's workroom and changed into a spare waiter's uniform.

The tight lines made him feel uncomfortable everywhere, and his two legs felt as if they had been stuffed into wooden splints, bound tightly.

However, although the comfort was worrying, it was surprisingly warm to wear, and even in the middle of winter, it made sweat break out on his back.

Led by the attendant, he arrived at the luxury suite on the sixth floor of the hotel and finally saw the gentleman who had brought him into this wonderful world again.

At this very moment, this gentleman was sitting at a triangular wooden table, quietly reading a book. The mysterious guard in the cloak was still standing beside him, never leaving his side, just like his shadow.

Watching Watching Pangke quietly sized up the surroundings and was surprised to find that the furniture here had all been moved out.

Except for the fireplace and floor that couldn't be removed, there was only a walnut table and chairs left here, which was so desolate that it didn't look like a place where people could live.

Time passed second by second, and the master never spoke, as if he were training his ability to keep his mouth shut.

Just when Watching Watching Pangke was about to be unable to hold back, this noble Mr. Kelin finally spoke.

"Do you have a wife and children?"

Watching Watching Pangke was slightly stunned and answered subconsciously.

"No, my lord, I am—"

"You only need to answer the questions I ask you," Luo Yan interrupted him and continued in a commanding tone, "Since you don't, then from today on, you will live here."

"My lord, I, I can't afford such an expensive hotel..." Watching Watching Pangke had a look of panic on his face.

What he actually wanted to say was that instead of letting him sleep here, it would be better to give him the room fee in cash; he could even sleep on the floor in the snow outside!

"It's my hotel," Luo Yan, holding the book, flipped a page and continued lightly. "I have already bought this place. Also, when I haven't asked for your opinion, you only need to answer yes or no."

Watching Watching Pangke widened his eyes in surprise and couldn't speak for a long time, until the attendant beside him pulled his arm, which finally made him wake up.

"Yes..."

Luo Yan nodded approvingly.

"Very good."

Watching Watching Pangke breathed a sigh of relief, and couldn't help but feel a trace of secret joy in his heart; it turned out that serving big shots was so simple.

By comparison, his former boss was harder to serve, and not only was he hard to serve, but he also often deducted his wages.

A luxurious thought even arose in his heart: if only he could serve this noble master forever.

Of course, he also knew that this would depend on his performance.

"The noble Mr. Kelin is going to rest, I will take you to your room." Not missing any opportunity to curry favor with that gentleman, the attendant standing at the door said with a pinched voice.

"Okay." Watching Watching Pangke nodded hurriedly and followed him downstairs obediently.

Although the noble Mr. Kelin told him to live wherever he wanted, he certainly didn't dare to be ignorant and pick those expensive rooms, so he hurriedly asked the attendant beside him to find him a place for servants to live.

However, the attendant didn't pay attention to him, nor did he really take him to the room where servants lived, but just took him to a guest room on the side of the first floor.

Living here wouldn't affect other guests, nor would it seem like a loss of status.

Although Mr. Kelin didn't give specific instructions on where to take this guy, he was a person with a brain after all, and would take the initiative to guess the boss's meaning, ensuring that things could be done beautifully.

In addition to arranging a place to live, Mr. Kelin also instructed him earlier to teach this carriage-driving guy the etiquette of high society as soon as possible.

Although he didn't know what that gentleman was planning, since it was that gentleman's order, he would complete it without any discount.

He believed that under his training, even a stupid donkey could learn the correct handshake posture, as well as how to hold back from burping while eating.

In order to make that gentleman look at him with admiration, he was willing to do anything!

Feeling the aura emanating from the attendant beside him, Watching Watching Pangke shrank his neck timidly, always feeling that he had been dragged into something incredible.

But this didn't seem to be a loss for him?

At this time, he noticed that the hotel staff were carrying large mattresses and quilts outside and throwing them all into the snow.

Watching this scene in surprise, Watching Watching Pangke asked subconsciously.

"What are they doing?!"

The attendant glanced at this guy who had no eye for the situation.

"Mr. Kelin doesn't like to use things that others have used. He requires that everything in his room be the newest."

Watching Watching Pangke swallowed his saliva and asked in a low voice.

"That mattress... isn't cheap, right?"

Mattress?

More than just a mattress!

The attendant laughed and said.

"Every mattress in the luxury suites of Dawn's Embrace is made of swan velvet. Whatever they are like in the Campbell Palace, ours are the same."

Hearing this, Watching Watching Pangke's eyes turned red, and he wished he could rush out and pick that thing up onto his carriage and take it back to his nest.

What a waste!

However, the attendant standing beside him obviously didn't intend to let him go and forcibly dragged him from the window of the corridor to the side.

This useless guy!

Clearly leaning on a gold mine, yet still staring at a mattress!

Really, he can't even grasp an opportunity when it's there; he deserves to be a poor ghost!

Although he was also a poor ghost, he believed that with his own intelligence, he would certainly be able to seize the opportunity before him to gain Mr. Kelin's favor and soar into the sky from now on!

Not only was he thinking this, but everyone in the entire hotel was the same, and even the odd-jobbers in the back kitchen wished they could seize the opportunity to perform.

Under Mr. Kelin's gaze, they almost quarreled over who would go to "throw out the trash," and even the other guests in the hotel noticed the commotion.

As the furniture was moved out wave after wave, it didn't take long for the entrance of the hotel to be surrounded by people watching the fun.

They looked at this formation curiously, whispered and discussed, and even busybodies went up to ask what had happened.

It was also at this time that they learned the name of Luo Ke Sai Ke Lin.

That master with mysophobia was a great noble from the Aus Empire and never used things that others had used, so he had the servants throw all these furniture out.

Seeing that these were all good things, some people couldn't help but go up to pick them up, and seeing that the hotel waiters didn't react, they all swarmed to move them home.

Some decent citizens were embarrassed to reach out because of their face, and by the time they came to their senses, there wasn't even a teacup left to pick up.

However, they soon waited for a new opportunity.

Because those furniture were moved out wave after wave, not thrown out all at once, but thrown out several times.

At first, several tables were moved out together, and later, a teacup or a walnut tray was thrown out at a time.

However, even if it was a teacup, it was top-quality precious porcelain; ordinary people hadn't even seen it, let alone touched it! Just like that, a group of people stood in the cold wind waiting for "feeding," so much so that this farce lasted for a whole night, and all the busybodies on Queen Street knew that a big shot had come to the Dawn's Embrace Hotel...

The next morning.

The last batch of things eliminated by Mr. Luo Ke Sai were thrown out of the hotel.

According to the hotel staff, this was the last batch.

The porters working at the nearby wharf and the vendors selling vegetables at the nearby vegetable market happily carried large bags of things home.

Sheng Saint Xisi is above!

That was a swan velvet pillow!

In Thunder City, being able to sleep on a mattress filled with pea shells, duck feathers, or straw was already considered a "decent person."

If it weren't for this rich master going crazy and throwing these things out, they wouldn't have known that the beds these rich people usually slept on were so comfortable!

Those who grabbed things were full of joy, while those who didn't pick them up or were embarrassed to go pick them up were beating their chests and stamping their feet in regret for knowing the news too late.

There were also some well-dressed citizens standing on the side of the road, watching those ignorant guys whispering and discussing.

"Blankets woven from pure-blooded Tero wool, quilts made of swan velvet... Sheng Saint Xisi is above, which wasteful guy actually threw all these good things away?!"

A man wearing a light gray wool coat said in surprise, and his words had just fallen when his colleague covered his mouth.

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"Shh! Don't talk nonsense! If someone hears you, it will affect the reputation of Thunder Savings!" His colleague looked around nervously, and only let go of his hand when he found that no one noticed them.

The two were employees of a nearby bank, and they happened to see this scene while coming out for a cup of hot tea during their lunch break.

Although he also felt that the person who did this was too wasteful, he didn't want to offend some rich and powerful guy for no reason because of a word.

Such things had happened before!

The man whose mouth was covered rolled his eyes and muttered "crazy."

Although "trouble comes from the mouth" had indeed happened before, the person who caused the trouble had a total deposit of less than 100 gold coins.

Based on his understanding of such truly rich tycoons, that kind of gentleman wouldn't take what he said to heart at all.

The citizens of Thunder City had completely different shapes of imagination about the rich and powerful in their hearts.

Listening to the conversation between the two, another man wearing a dark brown wool coat and a low-crowned top hat touched his chin and said.

"I've heard of that gentleman; it is said that he is a noble from the Empire, and his name seems to be... Luo Ke Sai Ke Lin?"

His voice had just fallen when a man holding a teacup and with neatly combed hair beside him immediately interjected impatiently.

"That's right! That's the name! My useless younger brother works in the back kitchen of that Dawn's Embrace Hotel. I also heard him say that it was the first time he had seen such a handsome gentleman, and his boss Andor standing beside that gentleman looked like a goblin chieftain!"

"Andor that guy must be having the time of his life; the rich people in this city will trample the threshold of his hotel." A citizen wearing a dark blue woolen coat beside him said with envy.

He was the manager of a hotel nearby, but the hotel he managed wasn't the kind for living, but the kind for selling red wine, and the storefront was only fifty square meters.

Although he wasn't a rich man, because he often dealt with tycoons, he understood the nature of those rich people too well.

Red wine of the same vintage produced by Imperial wineries is more expensive than that of the Lain Kingdom, even if in the eyes of his professional, the plain in the south of Silver Pine Forest is the most suitable place for wine grapes to grow.

The wine brewed from the grapes grown there will have a unique aroma of chestnuts and blackberries, especially when fermented in local pine wine barrels from Silver Pine Forest, the taste is even better!

It is said that even the little demons in the labyrinth love it to death.

However, there is no way, consumers don't buy it, and the tycoons in Thunder City would rather drink "chili water" brewed from Imperial potatoes.

In the vanity fair of Thunder City, the nobles of the Empire and the royal family of the Campbell Principality belong to the same ecological niche, and depending on their financial strength, sometimes the former is slightly stronger than the latter.

"He is indeed having the time of his life; I heard that the noble Mr. Kelin bought his hotel directly," the man holding the teacup said enviously.

"Bought it?!" The wine merchant widened his eyes, looking unable to believe it.

Who buys a hotel when staying in a hotel?!

No—

It's not impossible.

After all, that is "The Cleanliness-Obsessed" Mr. Kelin.

At this time, the bank employee beside him nodded, confirming this rumor.

"I've heard of this too; it is said to be fifty thousand gold coins! At that time, the manager of the Port District Bank personally went to the hotel to handle the business for them... This money is now deposited in the Port District Bank."

"Fifty thousand gold coins..." Everyone gasped in the cold air, leaving only admiration in their eyes, and even more admiration in their hearts.

Sure enough, they couldn't imagine the extravagance of high society at all; just revealing the tip of the iceberg made them marvel.

Listening to the big shots talking for a long time, the clock shop apprentice who hadn't spoken finally waited for an opportunity to interject and sighed.

"Why buy a hotel with so much money? Depositing it in the bank to eat interest is enough to be carefree for a lifetime..."

No one paid attention to him.

Because this sentence was too stupid.

Just kidding.

Is that master the kind of person who deposits money in the bank to eat interest?

Everyone was speculating about his intentions; some said he had taken a fancy to the trade volume of Thunder City's port, some said he had taken a fancy to some industry of the Andes family, and some guessed it was because the political turmoil in the Empire had caused some big families to start expanding their influence outward.

But in any case, this was a good thing for them.

The nobles of the Empire finally noticed this pearl located on the northeast coast!

Perhaps the housing prices in Thunder City will rise again...

Early morning.

Dawn's Embrace Grand Hotel, by the window of the luxury suite, Sarah, standing by the curtain, took another look at the street outside.

She stood guard for a whole night yesterday, only closing her eyes to rest for a little while in the middle, but that energetic look didn't look like she had stayed up late at all.

This is the benefit of the Hell bloodline.

The vast majority of demons and demon-blooded people do not need to sleep physiologically, although they can sleep for a long time if they want to.

As for Luo Yan, he generally uses meditation instead of sleep.

For example, last night was like that.

Because all the furniture in the room had been moved out, he sat on the chair for a whole night.

But fortunately, when he meditated, he could browse posts on the forum, and watching a group of silly players doing all kinds of things and courting death on his territory was not boring.

"... I can understand your mood, but your suspicious look will make us look like spies." Looking at Sarah, who couldn't help but look out the window, Luo Yan, who opened his eyes and ended his meditation state, said in a chatty tone.

Withdrawing her gaze from the window, Sarah turned around.

"I'm just worried..."

"Ailin Campbell will come here, but she won't bring a sword," Luo Yan said casually, "Let me guess, she will wear a water-blue long dress, and there should be ribbons tied in her hair."

"How do you know?" Sarah looked at him in surprise and said.

"I'm just talking nonsense." Luo Yan didn't know why he had such an intuition, and after thinking about it for a moment, he realized that he might have thought of Vivian.

The two should be about the same age, and their ecological niches are very similar; both are daughters of the Grand Duke of the Principality, and they both seem to be very strong.

Of course.

His old man Luo Ke Sai Ke Lin hasn't passed away yet.

Moreover, the Kelin Principality is much larger than the Campbell Principality, and its importance to Hell far exceeds that of the Campbell Principality to the Empire... The former is at least in the same ecological niche as the Lain Kingdom.

At this time, there was a knock on the door outside.

Sarah immediately left the window and stepped forward to open the door.

An attendant stood at the door and said respectfully.

"Sir, Mr. Jode, the owner of Rebecca Bedding Boutique, wants to see you. He has been our partner all along... He expressed his willingness to provide you with a set of new bedding for free as a gift to congratulate you on your arrival at this port."

Sarah looked at Luo Yan, who was sitting in front of the triangular round table.

Luo Yan yawned and said casually.

"Don't see him."

Quite fast, the first guest has already come.

It's a pity that it's just a small fish, and he threw it back into the river without even thinking about it.

The hotel has changed bosses, and cutting off suppliers is inevitable.

A partner all along?

Sorry, I don't know you.

He only brings his own goods.

The attendant standing at the door was stunned and said hesitantly.

"But... he has already sent the things over."

Luo Yan said without any politeness.

"Tell him to drag it back."

"Yes..." Although the attendant felt strange, he didn't say anything in the end, nodded respectfully, and turned to do it.

Actually, compared to Mr. Kelin's persistence or stubbornness about quality, he was more curious about how this gentleman dealt with last night.

There wasn't a bed here, did he sit there for a whole night?

He couldn't have slept on the floor...

Just as he exited the door and was about to close it, that noble Mr. Kelin suddenly spoke and called him.

"Wait a minute."

The attendant stopped immediately and said eagerly.

"Do you have any other instructions, sir."

Luo Yan glanced out the window, thought for a moment, and continued.

"A guy named Jack will come here in a while. He won't necessarily come in through the front door. After you see him, don't ask anything, just bring him to me."

The attendant was slightly stunned, didn't dare to ask more, and nodded respectfully.

"As you command."

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