The receptionist looked up, typed a few words on the keyboard, then frowned, looking somewhat troubled.

"I'm sorry, sir, a conference delegation checked in this afternoon, and all the rooms are full..."

The hall fell silent immediately.

Chen Zheng frowned and glanced back at An Ran.

An Ran stood there, gripping the straps of her backpack with both hands, looking completely lost.

Chen Zheng thought for a moment and looked at Li Yue beside him.

"Li Yue, your bed is big, let An Ran make do with you..."

Before she could finish speaking, Li Yue immediately jumped up.

She waved her hands wildly in front of her chest, shook her head repeatedly, and looked terrified.

"No, no! Absolutely not! Instructor! Someone could die!"

An Ran looked puzzled, tugged at Li Yue's sleeve, and whispered.

"I don't mind, I can sleep on the floor, it won't take up your space."

Li Yue grabbed An Ran's wrist instead, her expression quite pained.

"Captain! You don't understand! I... I snore like a madman when I sleep! Super loud!"

An Ran was stunned. Thinking back to her time in the dormitory, she felt somewhat lost.

"No, you sleep quite quietly in the dorm..."

Li Yue interrupted her directly.

"I can tolerate it in the dorm! I can't stand it as soon as I'm in another place!"

"Let me tell you, I also grind my teeth! They're always grinding! And I sleepwalk! Last time I sleepwalked I almost threw the computer keyboard out of the room!"

The keyboard immediately nodded, cooperating with a look of fear on its face.

"Yes, yes, yes! Li Yue is a very restless sleeper! Once, she insisted on performing the 'breaking a boulder on her chest' act in the middle of the night, and punched me in the stomach, almost killing me!"

Chen Zheng, holding his thermos, watched these two clowns put on an act, and his eye twitched involuntarily.

The keyboard then spoke quite sincerely.

"How about... Sister Anran lives with me?"

An Ran breathed a sigh of relief and was about to nod.

Suddenly, the keyboard changed its tone and slapped its forehead.

"Oh no! I forgot! I need to stay up all night testing the data!"

"My keyboard has blue switches, and it's incredibly loud. It'll definitely keep the captain awake!"

Li Yue immediately followed up, pointing to the keyboard and saying.

"Yes! Captain, you absolutely mustn't live with her! Keyboard Girl is a swearer when she plays games! She's incredibly fierce!"

"Last time she got dragged down in a team fight, she yelled at her teammates on mic for half an hour!"

"She's a big name in the Northern region of CrossFire; you can't out-argue her!"

The keyboard player's eyes widened; even though it was acting, this was still incredibly damaging to his image.

"I didn't swear! I was giving tactical instructions! It was a tactical necessity!"

"You swore at me! You even smashed the mouse! You tore the mouse cable off!"

The two of them kept talking, their words getting more and more outrageous, and their voices filled the entire hall.

Anran stood in the middle, looking left and right, unable to utter a single word.

No matter what, she's not stupid; how could she not see what those two were doing?

But she didn't know what to say, so she just blushed and twisted her fingers together.

Chen Zheng's temples throbbed as he watched the two guys getting more and more into their performance.

He raised his hand, pinched the space between his eyebrows, and let out a long sigh.

"Alright, shut up, stop acting."

The hall immediately fell silent.

Li Yue and the keyboard immediately shut up, their eyes fixed on Chen Zheng, full of anticipation.

Chen Zheng turned to look at An Ran.

An Ran lowered her head, not daring to look at Chen Zheng.

"Come to my room."

"Just make do for one night, I'll ask the front desk to change your room tomorrow."

An Ran shuddered and whispered.

"……Um."

Li Yue and Jianpan looked at each other behind Chen Zheng and both raised their eyebrows.

Become!

Chen Zheng didn't need to turn around to know what those two were doing.

He shook his head and said without turning his head.

"You two, when you get back you'll have extra physical training, a 30-kilometer cross-country run with weights."

The smiles on Li Yue's face froze instantly.

"Huh? Why, instructor!"

"What did we do? We were thinking about the captain's sleep quality!"

Chen Zheng turned around, gave a cold laugh, and looked at them.

"With so much energy, it would be a waste not to train with you. Go back to sleep."

The two immediately shut up, not daring to utter another word.

……

The corridor on the third floor of the guesthouse.

Keyboard and Li Yue slipped away and disappeared into their respective rooms.

Neither door was closed completely, leaving a crack, and four eyes were peering through the crack.

Chen Zheng walked to the door of room 314 and took out the key from his pocket.

An Ran followed behind him, holding onto the straps of his backpack.

She stood at the door, head down, her mind a jumbled mess.

Do I really have to share a room with him?

A lone man and a lone woman... in a room...

What if he snores at night?

What if he sleepwalks?

What if he gets up in the middle of the night to drink water and scares himself?

And most importantly, what if she...

No, no, the instructor is definitely not that kind of person!

But what if he is?

Chen Zheng had no idea what she was thinking. He opened the door and turned on the light.

The room suddenly lit up.

He walked into the room, put the thermos on the table, and turned to look at An Ran, who was still standing dumbfounded at the door.

"Come in, I'm not going to eat you." Chen Zheng's tone was somewhat helpless.

An Ran took a deep breath, as if she had made up her mind, then suddenly looked up, strode into the room, and closed the door behind her.

Click.

The moment the door closed, two heads immediately peeked out from around the corner of the corridor.

Li Yue stood on tiptoe with the keyboard, preparing to eavesdrop on 314.

Squeak.

The door to room 314 suddenly opened a crack.

Chen Zheng appeared at the door with his indifferent face and gave them a cold look.

"Let's see, we'll increase it to fifty kilometers tomorrow."

The two heads disappeared with a whoosh.

The corridor fell silent once again.

Not only was the corridor quiet, but the room was also quite peaceful at this moment.

An Ran stood at the door, staring at the enormous double bed, her mind blank.

The guesthouse room was very simple, with just a bed, a table, and a wardrobe, that was it.

Yes, just one bed.

An Ran froze, and even her walking became awkward.

I stiffly moved to the window and gently put down my backpack.

Chen Zheng seemed quite at ease.

He casually tossed his backpack onto the chair, then sat down at the table, unscrewed his stainless steel thermos, and took a sip.

But the more he acted this way, the more nervous An Ran became.

For a moment, she felt like she didn't know what to do with her hands and feet.

He was neither able to stand nor sit, just frozen in place, his eyes darting around the room, but he dared not look at the bed.

The air seemed to freeze, and every second felt incredibly long.

Finally, Chen Zheng put down his thermos.

The cup was placed on the table with a soft thud, which startled Anran.

"Sit down, why are you standing?"

An Ran stiffly pulled over another chair and sat down in the corner furthest from Chen Zheng, her back ramrod straight and her hands on her knees.

Chen Zheng glanced at her, shook his head, and said nothing.

He took another sip of water, stood up, and went straight into the bathroom.

"I'll sleep on the floor tonight."

After saying that, he closed the bathroom door.

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