Chapter 207: Chapter 207: Mr. Jing Comes Knocking Voluntarily

After a round of golf, Shi Su was thoroughly satisfied.

It turns out that once you truly learn how to play, it becomes much more enjoyable.

Half-baked techniques are real self-torture.

She handed the club back to the staff and went to wash her hands. As she turned around, she saw Jing Jihan surrounded by several leaders in the resting area, discussing something she couldn’t hear, so she quickly shifted her gaze and returned to the producer’s side.

Because of Jing Jihan earlier, no one dared approach her for conversation during her lengthy golf session. It was as if an invisible barrier had formed around her, preventing interruptions. Once she had played enough, she naturally left the course.

"How was it? I see you really enjoyed playing later on," the producer teased mercilessly as she walked back.

"It was alright, not really a waste of time, at least I truly learned it."

The producer looked at her as if nothing special had happened and leaned in to whisper in her ear, "Do you know Mr. Jing?"

Shi Su remained unfazed, replying without expression, "What do you think?"

"Doesn’t seem like it."

Just as Shi Su was about to nod, the producer looked her over again and said, "But I can’t quite pinpoint what’s different."

Shi Su avoided the question with a straightforward look: "They’re all coaching on tee shots, isn’t Mr. Hei also teaching someone over there?"

"Those two over there are already publicly holding and touching each other, clearly uninterested in the golf, and haven’t learned a thing after so long," the producer said knowingly, looking at Shi Su. "You and Mr. Jing, it’s different."

Shi Su: "?"

Different how?

Jing Jihan even pinched her waist! That’s even more inappropriate!

How is it different?

The producer whispered, "The others are flirting, making eye contact. Mr. Jing doesn’t need to flirt, it’s like she’s automatically offering herself."

Shi Su: "..."

The producer continued examining Shi Su’s seemingly calm expression with a meaningful glance, saying, "But the issue lies in the fact that it’s Mr. Jing. Mr. Jing proactively offering himself, isn’t that peculiar?"

Shi Su: "......"

Although the producer wasn’t the chief producer of the drama, those in their line of work are connected with investors from various aspects. Even with some inaccessible capital sources, they have information channels.

Who wouldn’t know about Jing Jihan’s cold, Ancient Tomb Sect-like personality, with his distant demeanor?

Not only did the producer notice something, but several leaders present must have picked up on it too.

"Mr. Jing, how about having a drink tonight? Invite that ’female student’ you just instructed along?" Mr. Hao suggested while sitting down for tea.

Jing Jihan initially said nothing, picked up the cup Zhou He had just refilled with tea, and took a few light sips.

Shi Su still had a nasal tone when she spoke to him earlier, clearly her cold hadn’t improved.

He set down the teacup and calmly responded, "No need. Later, let the drama crew disperse and have those who need rest head back. A resort like this should be enjoyed peacefully."

The leaders from Jiang City said to have them rest, but the director and producer were still high-spirited, and the actors weren’t really able to leave alone.

Plenty of the drama crew decided to spend the two days of impromptu vacation at the resort, planning to have a good time.

Finally, as night fell, Shi Su could leave and directly returned to Junkai Hotel.

After playing golf for so long and being called by the director to eat barbecue in the evening, even though she didn’t eat much, she smelled herself and felt a mix of heavy barbecue smoke and a hint of sweat odor on her.

Shi Su never considered herself to live particularly exquisitely and wasn’t particularly germaphobic, but she couldn’t stand the smell of sweat on herself, even if no one else could detect it, she was very picky about it.

Upon returning to the hotel, she went straight to the bathroom for a shower, without even touching the bed or sofa, as usual.

Five minutes later.

Shi Su came out of the bathroom holding her wet hair, looking aggrieved, and called the hotel front desk.

"Hello, this is room 8805, my water heater broke down again! Yes, again! How long since it was fixed? I was washing my hair and it suddenly turned cold, stayed cold no matter how long I waited! How is one supposed to shower?"

"We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience. We’ll immediately send a room manager to fix it for you."

And the usual official line followed.

Shi Su, grasping her cold and wet hair, angrily said, "Again with the room manager, is your room manager a professional repairman? Last time they just randomly pressed a few buttons by the heater, said there was an issue with the inner tank causing occasional temperature instability, but mostly usable. I trusted the room manager’s so-called expertise, tolerated yesterday’s unstable water temperature at least managed a shower, yet today it has completely turned cold!"

While speaking, Shi Su got angrier and more frustrated: "What’s the outdoor temperature tonight? Z City’s winter, below zero outside, no indoor heating, can’t even get a decent hot shower, suddenly drenched in cold water! My cold hasn’t improved, if it worsens tomorrow who am I supposed to complain to?"

Shi Su truly got agitated by the cold water!

She still felt a chill at the back of her neck, that cold water really poured down unexpectedly, couldn’t dodge it.

"Miss Shi, we’re truly sorry, not all rooms in our hotel have this issue. Room 8805 never had this problem before, other rooms have functioning hot water and we genuinely don’t have any spare rooms available. Would it be possible..."

"Otherwise should I lodge a complaint?" Shi Su’s tone turned icy.

The desk clerk quickly said, "Our room manager is already on the way to fix it once more, hopefully today’s issue resolves. Should there be any further incidents tomorrow, we will offer a full room refund unconditionally."

The hotel and room were booked by the drama crew, refunding doesn’t concern Shi Su.

But given the front desk’s attitude and sincere apology, Shi Su didn’t have the energy to make things difficult for them, unhappily said, "So you can’t temporarily allocate a room for me to take a proper shower?"

"We really don’t have any extra rooms, except for our staff resting area on the first floor which however is quite chaotic, not individually occupied, with frequent traffic, not too safe for you to use the bathroom there."

Perhaps she was chilled to the bone from the water, Shi Su felt her mind throbbing from the cold.

She hung up the phone, pondered a moment, and picked up her mobile to call Chujjiu, considering heading to Chujjiu’s business hotel for a shower.

But it was several hundred meters away, fairly close, driving seemed unnecessary, though walking with wet hair, half-finished shower, sub-zero outside, impossible to go out under such conditions.

No familiarity with people in the drama crew, nor knowledge of who returned to the hotel or stayed out.

Tong Yuanyuan and Wei Sinan’s rooms were on the eighth floor, she couldn’t borrow their bathroom.

While contemplating, suddenly her room doorbell rang, she quickly turned to open the door.