Chapter 158: Here’s the Room Key. Wash Up and Wait for Me!
The car kept moving along the road.
After getting off the highway and switching to a national road, it stopped in front of a countryside villa about ten kilometers away from the town.
This kind of three-story villa could be bought for around 700,000 to 800,000 yuan.
Lin Yibai really liked houses like this.
Once they got out of the car, the head of the wedding planning team, Brother Jin, clapped his hands to gather everyone and said,
"We don’t have much time left. We need to finish setting up the whole venue before noon. Can everyone do it?"
“Yes~~!” Everyone replied as usual.
Lin Yibai joined the others and got to work. After all, this was a part-time job!
They were hired to work and help. Not just to stand there looking pretty like a decoration. If you want others to respect you, you have to show them what you can do first, right?
Today’s tasks were especially heavy.
The cars coming to pick up the bride were already on their way. According to local tradition, the bride’s family had already decorated the inside of the house. Lin Yibai and her team were mainly in charge of setting up the outside.
Balloons, flower baskets, a rose arch…
There were also stages to build, sound equipment, fireworks, curtain decorations...
While carrying a box, Lin Yibai accidentally got bumped. A small bruise appeared on her arm right away, but she didn’t think it was a big deal or worth complaining about. Instead, she quietly listened to Brother Jin talking with the homeowners at the front door.
Some extra jobs, like side gigs, are things you need to look out for and grab yourself!
Once the homeowner left, Lin Yibai finally walked up and asked, “Hey, Brother Jin, I heard the bride’s side said one of the bridesmaids isn’t coming because she gets carsick?”
Brother Jin raised his eyebrows and said right away, “Even if we’re short a bridesmaid, there’s no way we’re picking you for the job this time.”
Lin Yibai pouted and asked, confused, “Why not?”
Brother Jin took a deep breath and sighed, “You seriously have to ask? Maybe go look at yourself in the mirror first. If you become a bridesmaid, then what’s left for the bride to do? At the last wedding, the bride even came to complain to me that you were too pretty and stole the spotlight... I had to dock money for that!”
Rejected just for being too pretty, what kind of world is this?
But still, there’s nothing she could do. If you’re too beautiful and you outshine the bride on her big day, it’s understandable the bride won’t be happy.
Lin Yibai just waved her hand, clearly not too excited anymore.
Brother Jin glanced at the bruise on her arm and shook his head.
“I still don’t get it. A girl as pretty and talented as you, why take such a tough and tiring part-time job?”
Lin Yibai gave a small smile and asked in return, “Then Brother Jin, what kind of job do you think a girl like me should do?”
Brother Jin quickly replied, “A girl like you should... umm, hmm...”
He was stuck. What kind of job would suit such a beautiful girl?
Or maybe, in most people’s minds, girls this pretty shouldn’t even be doing part-time work at all?
They should be pampered, with lots of people happy to pay for everything.
Lin Yibai smiled again, shrugged, and said, “So even you think some jobs aren’t really ‘suitable’ for girls? But I remember your job post clearly said, ‘Girls preferred’, that’s why I came!”
Brother Jin: “Huh?”
Lin Yibai added, “So just because I’m pretty, that means I can’t do hard work like other girls? That’s not fair, is it?”
Brother Jin quickly explained. “That’s not what I meant.”
Lin Yibai smiled and said, “I know what you meant. But still, if possible, maybe next time remove the ‘girls preferred’ part from the job ad, and give the boys more chances instead!”
Brother Jin replied, “But isn’t it because I said ‘girls preferred’ that I was able to hire you?”
Lin Yibai shot back. “Wrong. If I remember right, your job ad has been up for quite a while, hasn’t it? But once the girls heard it involved traveling to another town, most of them got scared and didn’t come. Girls like me might look nice, but we’re not necessarily better than the boys.”
Brother Jin mumbled, "You're really a strange girl."
"Maybe I am!"
This wedding part-time job paid 200 to 300 yuan a day. For working in another city, there were even extra bonuses. Earning over 10,000 yuan a month was actually quite easy. Even so, a lot of girls wouldn’t even consider it just because it meant working out of town!
This perfectly explained the saying, “What you can’t get always seems tempting, and those who are spoiled act without fear.”
The part-time job that many girls weren't interested in... they had no idea how many guys would dream of getting a job like this.
If only boys were given more chances!
Let’s stop with the whole “ladies first” thing. Boys can do this kind of work just as well!
There was a wedding in the afternoon, and another one in the evening.
Xia Changyu showed up much earlier than expected. He arrived at Chongshan Ancient Town around 3 or 4 p.m.
The hotels in the old city weren’t fancy, but they felt warm and friendly. When Xia Changyu saw Lin Yibai busy working, he couldn’t help but want to join in.
But sadly, he was stopped.
Lin Yibai warned him seriously, “You can watch, you can go play, you can even go take a nap. But you absolutely cannot get in the way of my work, understand?”
Xia Changyu said, “I want to help you.”
Lin Yibai shook her head, “This is my job. If you try to ‘help,’ it will just make things awkward, like a comedy show. I know you want to impress me, but that’s exactly why you should think carefully. That kind of ‘help’ will just get in my way.”
It wasn’t that she didn’t appreciate him being sweet. She just wanted to say, ‘Please think about the situation first!’
In TV dramas, this kind of guy would seem sweet and caring. But right now, in front of the boss, it might look like he wasn’t taking the job seriously, like he thought it was some kind of date or flirting opportunity.
Lin Yibai also understood that her annoying rival was probably bored out of his mind. So she took out a hotel room card and gave it to him.
She whispered, “I was afraid there wouldn’t be any rooms left tonight, so I booked a double room. You go check the hotel now and see if there are any more rooms available.”
Xia Changyu took the room card and replied, “Okay! But... what if there are no other rooms left?”
In his mind, if there really weren’t any rooms, then maybe he’d have to go stay farther away.
As for why she booked a double room... he was still too much of a gentleman to think about that possibility.
So maybe he needed someone wise to give him a little hint?
That “wise person” could be anyone... or maybe the girl who gave him the room card?
Lin Yibai had been rushing through two weddings back-to-back and was so busy she was a little dizzy. She said directly, “No rooms? Chongshan Ancient Town is a super popular tourist spot. It’s totally normal for hotels to be full!”
Xia Changyu said thoughtfully, “So then...?”
Brother Jin was already calling for her again. So Lin Yibai waved her hand and said, “So what? Just go to the hotel and check first. If there really are no rooms left, didn’t I already book a double room?”
Xia Changyu seemed to understand something and asked, “So you mean...?”
Lin Yibai, rushing off, shouted without thinking, “So just go wash up and wait for me, okay?”
Xia Changyu: Whaaat?!
He suddenly felt like... Was she teasing him?!
But he was a gentleman! His conscience screamed at him.
Was he really going to share a room with a girl?
That didn’t sound very gentlemanly. It didn’t seem like a good idea, right?
So he decided to go check and see if the hotel really was full.
In fact, the hotel’s front desk had a big sign on the first floor that said, “30% Off! Big Room Sale!”
But somehow, that annoying love rival didn’t notice it at all. Maybe he was pretending not to see it?
He just stood there, staring straight ahead like he didn’t care...
What 30% discount?
Where?
How did he not see it?