175: Chapter 175 Star Island Holiday: The Gentleman's Male Lead 4

In the southern part of Country H, once known as the Marine Star, is the star island holiday resort.

This is a massive luxury network under the Su Group, centered around the Xinglu Hotel and radiating outward to integrate dining, lodging, entertainment, and business.

Various clubs, golf courses, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, private yacht charters, and water parks—almost everything is available.

One day in mid-April, the Xinglu Hotel welcomed a special guest.

He had crossed mountains and seas not for leisure, but to find true love.

The most expensive rooms at the Xinglu Hotel were not the so-called presidential suites, but rather standalone, two-story small buildings hidden behind the main hotel building with extremely high privacy.

With three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a study, a media room, two living rooms, and a terrace, it was less of a suite and more of a cozy little villa.

However, it included VIP privileges for all projects across the entire resort.

Naturally, matched with this was a daily accommodation fee as high as 18,000.

When the hotel attendant pushed the luggage cart and led Meng Zhu and Assistant Qin into Building 314, Assistant Qin very naturally took over all the suitcases and began tidying up methodically.

The attendant tactfully did not step forward; he understood that the personal items of such top-tier major clients were not something they were qualified to touch.

"Mr. Meng,"

The attendant bowed respectfully.

"The hotel has arranged an exclusive private butler for every distinguished guest. You can directly command them for anything you need."

Hearing this, Meng Zhu smiled and looked at the attendant.

"Excuse me, do you have a young lady named Xia Qingyuan here?"

The attendant was stunned for a moment, then nodded.

"Yes, sir. Miss Xia Qingyuan is our hotel's duty manager."

Meng Zhu's smile deepened.

"Then, I hope Miss Xia Qingyuan can become my private butler. Is that possible?"

According to hotel regulations, only ordinary staff and team leaders could become private butlers. The duty manager was at the same level as a team leader, so it was theoretically feasible.

But duty managers were generally very busy.

The attendant did not refute nor make a promise.

"Sir, we will help communicate for you."

The meaning was that whether it would work out depended on Xia Qingyuan.

Meng Zhu nodded and said nothing more.

After the attendant left, Meng Zhu instructed Assistant Qin to quickly purchase two new mobile phones and phone cards.

[What is he doing? Shouldn't he go find the female lead directly?]

[No, no, how can a reunion be so hasty? You bunch of straight men.]

[Tch, I only know the earlier you see her, the happier you are.]

[There's a question. Since Meng Zhu still came to pursue love, he liked her before, right? Why didn't he send many text messages?]

[I don't get it. Meng Zhu is usually very direct.]

[Never mind, just watch closely and learn.]

In the evening, inside the hotel staff lounge.

The receptionist beauty hugged a huge bouquet of flowers, poked her head in, and shouted loudly:

"Xia Qingyuan! Xia Qingyuan, are you there?"

"Yes, I'm here."

Xia Qingyuan had a piece of bread stuffed in her mouth, and she quickly stood up and raised one hand.

"Come take a look, someone sent you a gift!"

The receptionist young lady brought in the bouquet of red roses, instantly igniting the entire lounge.

"Good heavens, Qingyuan, who sent this? How many flowers must there be?"

"Qingyuan, when did you get a boyfriend?"

"It's so exaggerated, how much must this have cost!"

The teasing and exclamations of her colleagues rose one after another. Xia Qingyuan herself was also dazed, completely unaware of what had happened.

Until she saw the card attached to the bouquet.

Familiar handwriting in fountain pen.

[An unexpected surprise for you, Garden Restaurant, ten o'clock tonight. Looking forward to our third meeting.]

Seeing this line of text, Xia Qingyuan suddenly understood.

Meng Zhu had actually come to Country H!

"Qingyuan, what are you daydreaming for? Hurry up and tell us who it is!"

"J-Just a friend!"

"Oh~ A boyfriend?"

"No, there isn't one, oh you guys are really annoying."

The receptionist beauty hadn't left yet and bumped Xia Qingyuan's shoulder.

"There are 314 flowers, oh, and you still say he's not a boyfriend."

"Because 1314 is too much, so he bought 314?"

Surrounded and relentlessly teased by her colleagues, Xia Qingyuan's cheeks were red enough to bleed.

Right at this moment, an urgent call came over the walkie-talkie.

"Duty manager! Is the duty manager there? A client in Area A needs emergency service!"

"Yes, I am Xia Qingyuan, I'll be right there."

Feeling as if she had been granted a pardon, Xia Qingyuan hurriedly answered, shoved the bouquet into the arms of a colleague nearby, and took the opportunity to flee the "interrogation scene".

As the duty manager, she always had a special amount of odd jobs to handle.

After running around busy and finally resolving all emergencies, the time had quietly slipped past ten o'clock at night.

Dragging her exhausted body back to the lounge, she completely forgot about Meng Zhu's invitation.

Lying down on the desk, she originally just wanted to rest for a while, but she didn't expect her eyelids to grow heavier and heavier, and she actually fell asleep directly.

In the brilliantly lit garden restaurant, Meng Zhu was all alone, quietly waiting.

His phone wasn't set up yet, so he had no way to contact Xia Qingyuan, but he wasn't anxious either, just quietly waiting.

From ten o'clock all the way until midnight.

[How miserable. Poor Meng Zhu doesn't even know that Xia Qingyuan fell asleep.]

[Not to pick faults, but Xia Qingyuan didn't promise she would definitely come.]

[Exactly, Meng Zhu waiting is his own business.]

[They all say we love playing on our phones, but look, can you manage without a phone?]

[To the person above, would you accept being switched to a Little Genius watch?]

[Can it play Honor of Kings?]

[Get lost.]

Meng Zhu could see the bullet comments, so of course he knew Xia Qingyuan had fallen asleep.

This kind of waiting was not him moving himself.

He was testing whether Xia Qingyuan would feel guilty.

After midnight, Meng Zhu finally stood up and left.

After another moment, Xia Qingyuan abruptly started awake from the desk.

Just waking up, her brain was still a bit dazed, staring blankly at the quiet lounge.

It was at this very moment that she noticed the room full of roses again.

Her colleagues had inserted them into vases, filling up quite a few vases completely.

Xia Qingyuan blinked a few times, suddenly came to her senses, and looking at the time again, couldn't help but slap her forehead.

"Xia Qingyuan, you idiot, what on earth have you done?"

She quickly picked up the walkie-talkie and connected to the garden restaurant.

"Sorry, yes, I am Xia Qingyuan. Are there still guests in the restaurant right now?"

"Is there something you need? Over here at the restaurant, there are no more guests."

Hearing this reply, Xia Qingyuan felt extremely guilty inside.

She had previously said in a text message that she would treat him well, but as a result, she fell asleep and forgot about their very first meeting.

She took a deep breath and connected to the front desk again.

"Hello, sorry to bother you, I am Xia Qingyuan. Could you help me check the customer list to see if there is a gentleman named Meng Zhu?"

"Yes, Manager Xia. Mr. Meng Zhu is a distinguished guest in standalone small building No. 314, and has booked a room for three months."

"Okay, I understand. Thank you very much."

Xia Qingyuan hung up the walkie-talkie, tidied her uniform, and jogged all the way to the distinguished guest area.

However, when she stood panting at the entrance of small building No. 314, she discovered that it was pitch black inside, without a trace of light.

Only then did she realize that it was already very late.

Meng Zhu should have already gone to sleep.

She hesitated at the door for a long time, ultimately still unable to muster up the courage to knock.

Sighing, she was just about to turn and leave, but at the moment she turned, her footsteps suddenly came to a halt.