Chapter 9 I Love It
Always?
Ebony was stunned for a moment, and the other three also looked at Lloyd at the same time.
Lloyd had already looked away. There was nothing wrong with his facial expression as if what he had said was quite normal.
Rita asked, "Shall we tell Victor?"
Jacob stood up and said, "I'll go and tell him. I'll also fetch the rest of the money."
He came back soon followed by Victor.
Victor, who was too sick to get out of bed, could do it now.
Victor took out the remaining 25 euros and put them on the coffee table. He looked at Ebony, "I heard Miss steward has ideas to help us complete the task."
Ebony glanced at him and suddenly pursed up her lips, "I can not only help you to complete the task but also ensure that you have food to eat and a place to live in. Besides, I have money to buy medicine for you since you are ill. If you die, there is still money left to buy you a wreath. Are you looking forward to it? "
What? Wreath? Die?
Victor's face was distorted by rage.
However, it made him hold back the anger in his chest to think that Ebony was deliberately aimed at him to improve his popularity by self-deprecation. He then forced a smile, "You gotta be kidding."
But there was applause on the bullet screen.
-- [I love it!]
-- [It's strange. Victor seemed to do nothing, but why do I hate him so much? Is it because of his hypocrisy and affectation?]
-- [Does anyone know where Ebony Gibson is from? Does she come from Zaun?]
-- [This damn woman is so sweet. I didn't like her very much at first, but now I'll continue to follow the show!]
"So what's your idea?" Rita asked cautiously, "Were 25 euros enough to afford the expenses for two days? How can we go to the scenic spot today?"
Ebony stretched out her hand to pick up the brochure on the coffee table.
Someone noticed that Ebony was reading it last night when they were discussing the plan for today's trip.
She pointed to one of the pages of the brochure.
Others gathered around it.
It was in Freolorian, and they didn't understand it.
Only Lloyd said after glancing at it, "The hotel provides a free shuttle service."
Ebony directly put 25 euros into her pocket.
-- [What the fu*k! I could've died laughing. Haha!]
--[Awesome! The hotel provides a free shuttle service.]
-- [Only I noticed that Ebony can speak Freolorian?]
In the end, Ebony directly went downstairs followed by others.
She walked to the receptionist and talked fluently with the girl in Freolorian.
The girl kept smiling while speaking to her. After a while, she asked Ebony to sign and gave her a car key.
"She really does it?"
Victor's frown deepened and it could almost catch a fly. He suddenly said with an ironic tone, "If you want to drive in Freolor, you need a local driver's license. Do you have it?"
Ebony glanced at him, "I have an international driver's license. Anything else, the black sheep?"
Victor looked bad.
At this time, Teri suddenly said, "Miss steward, I'm hungry."
Rita also hurriedly said, "Miss steward, I'm hungry."
Jacob smiled, "Miss steward, you said you could make sure we have food to eat."
Ebony turned around and found everyone was looking at her including Lloyd. He also looked at her with his dark eyes.
Ebony said, "Breakfast is simple. I'll take you to have a big meal for lunch." After speaking that, she went back to her room and took out a big bag of cookies.
"You said there were no more cookies!" Rita rushed to her immediately and tore it to eat.
They set off together, and Ebony drove for them.
Looking at Lloyd sitting in the passenger seat next to her, Ebony said nothing and drove the car.
There was a navigation device in the car, but it was in Freolorian including automatic voice prompts. It was also in Freolorian.
However, Ebony understood it and they arrived at the first scenic spot without a hitch.
When arriving at the scenic spot, they firstly took photos and then walked inside.
When it was almost lunchtime, Victor asked deliberately, "You said we would have a big meal for lunch?"
Ebony glanced at him impatiently, "Aren't we going to the restaurant? Mr.Torres, do you need me to feed you on the road? Frankly speaking, I can do it. I feed homeless dogs in the same way."
Victor was dissed again and he was furious.
Rita sighed softly next to her. How lucky she didn't say anything otherwise she would be dissed.
It was a very big and famous local restaurant.
Victor sneered and immediately said, "I've been here before. It offers a buffet. The average expense for each person is more than 30 euros. Are you sure we are gonna have lunch here?"
"Eat or go," Ebony showed no mercy at all.
Victor snorted, "I'm afraid someone has not enough money to pay for the meal and all of us will be detained."
Ebony had already entered the restaurant.
Teri and the others looked at each other but finally followed her to go into it.
They were worried while eating except for Ebony and Lloyd. They were eating as normal.
Rita asked in a low voice, "Mr. Vasquez, are you really not afraid that we have no money to pay and will be detained?"
Lloyd said, "She said we wouldn't."
He naturally referred to Ebony.
When they finished, Rita asked cautiously, "Shall we pay it?"
Ebony said, "Pay what?"
Everyone was shocked.
Only Lloyd was drinking pure water calmly.
Victor sneered, "Sure enough, you have no money. Do you want the staff of the show to pay for it? You can try it and see whether they will do it."
Before they asked, a follow PD immediately said, "No!"
Rita felt that the sky was falling for an instant, "What should we do?"
Teri coughed and looked at Ebony, "Ebony?"
Ebony put down the handkerchief, raised her hand, and called the waiter.
They were talking in Freolorian. And then, Ebony took out two unknown items from her pocket and handed them to the waiter.
Lloyd understood what they were saying and couldn't help but smile again. He put down the glass that was on his lips and then shook his head helplessly.
He was thinking, "This girl is so..."
"What? What are they saying?" Rita asked anxiously.
At this time, the waiter came back. He said something to Ebony with a smile and then left.
Ebony stood up, "Let's go. We have another scenic spot to go in the afternoon."
"Can we go now?" Rita didn't believe it.
So everyone left the restaurant inexplicably.
Victor was surprised, "What did you do?"
Ebony frowned. She didn't want to talk to him. But when she saw others were also curious, she said, "The hotel we are living in is linked with this restaurant. We can enjoy a free buffet lunch here without expensive dishes if we cut the coupons from brochure of the hotel and provide them with the hotel room cards. We are living in two standard rooms for three people so they offer six people free lunch. Ok, hurry up. Go to the next tourist attraction. We'll have to check out after coming back. It is 50 euros for one night. How can we afford to live for the next?"
Everyone was muddle-headed and followed Ebony to the second scenic spot.
When they arrived there, they pretended to be the members of a tour group and joined them as they had done before.
When they went back in the afternoon, Rita asked worriedly in the car, "Where will we live after checking out?"
Victor said casually, "After checking out, we'll have no free lunch and car. In fact, the hotel I chose is quite ideal. There are so many free services."
Ebony sneered. Her long eyelashes drooped slightly, "Sorry, you attribute the free car and lunch to you? Are you sure?"
Victor was speechless.
Lloyd sat in the passenger seat. He pressed his elbow on the armrest of the car door, putting his hand to his lips, and couldn't help chuckling.
Victor was unhappy but he didn't show it. Rita looked from one to another and felt that the atmosphere in the car was getting more and more strange.
The car quickly returned to the hotel.
Ebony checked out for everyone. They carried their luggage cases and returned to be on the streets.
"We have no cars now. Where are we going? " Rita, standing in the cold wind, asked shiveringly.
"Follow me."
Ebony took them to the subway station and bought tickets for everyone.
It was rush hour and there were many people in the carriage.
Jacob said, "Boys take care of girls. Don't let them get hit."
There were no seats left, so they stood apart.
Jacob walked to Teri first, and Teri held Rita. Jacob kept the two girls off the people next to them, so they wouldn't be hit.
Ebony was standing in a corner across from them. She raised her head to look at the route map above the carriage. She then suddenly smelt something light and cold.
She turned around and found Lloyd was standing behind her. He held the armrest beside the door with one of his hands and his dark eyes lowered. The angle of his arms and body made it seem to hold her in his arms.
Ebony wanted to separate her from him subconsciously. But the place where she was standing was a dead end. She couldn't move.
She said deeply, "Move over there."
It was noisy in the carriage and Lloyd seemed not to hear it clearly. He lowered his eyes and looked at her.
Ebony frowned, "I said you moved..."
Before she finished, Lloyd leaned over. For an instant, the cold smell was more obvious.
"What?" he asked.