Chapter 382


    Time passed slowly.


    And the hands of the clock on the wall moved second by second.


    Everyone waited from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.


    It was hard to spend this period of time.


    And the snowstorm outside became heavier.


    The temperature was obviously decreasing.


    There were four ice swans on therge disk in front of the hotel gate, but they were smashed by the


    billboard which was blown awayst night.


    The hotel logistics staff were moving and cleaning up.


    Through the ss door, Christina looked at the thermometer on the stone pir.


    It was 12 degrees below zero.


    She kept staring at the cleaners outside.


    One of the strong male employees was holding a hammer in his right hand.


    As he turned around, he happened to hit the thermometer on the stone pir.


    As if it was just an ident, they continued to clean up.


    "Although there''s a heater in the hotel, I feel colder and colder.Is it my illusion? What''s the temperature


    outside now?"


    Crystal curled up with cold and walked towards her with a thick scarf.


    "It''s 12 degrees below zero outside" Christina replied calmly.


    She took the scarf and wrapped it around her neck casually.


    When Crystal heard that, she was stunned for a moment.


    "Impossible."


    Looking out of the ss door subconsciously, she remembered that there was a thermometer on the


    stone pir next to the ice sculpture.


    It was broken.


    Christina''s eyes were clear and she said with a t voice, "The staff in the hotel probably didn''t want to


    cause panic.I saw that they broke it on purpose."


    All the doors and windows of the hotel were locked, and the entrance of the lobby was guarded.


    Tourists were not allowed to enter or leave at will.


    Everyone seemed to be ready to leave.


    Their luggage was packed and they walked up and down the elevator.


    More and more people gathered in the lobby.It was as crowded as an airport waiting room.


    There were about 200 people including passengers and staff.


    They spoke variousnguages with thin voices.


    Perhaps because there was no signal, they couldn''t make phone calls.


    Everyone was very anxious.


    "Go to the restaurant for lunch"


    Christina struggled through the crowd and walked towards the hotel restaurant.


    Crystal followed behind Christina hurriedly.


    "Christina, do you think that the eight people have already arrived at the bottom of the mountain? Hey,


    it''s better to leave early.The hotel is crammed with people.The atmosphere is so tense that I feel


    terrible."


    Originally, she was very happy because of going on a trip.But now it was as if a refugee was rushing


    home.She had no appetite to eat anything.


    "If you don''t fill yourself up, you won''t be able to run anymore."


    Crystal was nervous when she heard that, "What do you mean? Didn''t the hotel manager tell us to wait


    until 2 p.m.? There will be a car to pick us up."


    "Anyway, it''s better to fill yourself up."


    She patted Crystal on the shoulder, "You still have to take care of Geoffrey.He''llugh at youter for


    being such a coward."


    Crystal also knew that she was timid, "I don''t know how to show my stepmother''s imposing


    manner.Geoffrey has never been afraid of me.Maybe I''m really useless."


    But it was really hard for ordinary people to calm down in such an atmosphere.


    They were joking with each other.


    Suddenly, they were quiet.


    On the right, they noticed Barbara pulling her suitcase and talking to a hotel staff irritably.


    "What do you mean? You said 2:00 p.m.before, but now you told me that I wouldn''t get a car until


    night."


    Barbara looked quite angry.


    She was so angry that she spoke Chinese.


    Then Christina and Crystal reacted immediately.


    They had to wait for the car until night.


    Crystal cursed sadly, "Gosh, the hotel is too unreliable."


    The hotel staff kept apologizing andforting Barbara, "Miss Parker, I''m really sorry"


    "Do you know how much time I have wasted? I still have a lot of work to do.How can I cooperate with


    you with such a service attitude?"


    Barbara looked angry.


    The director of the hotel, Ray, came over.


    Because Barbara was on a business trip this time, she and Ray had been friends, so she could get


    more information early.


    Ray waved at her mysteriously, "Miss Parker, pleasee to my office.I have something to tell you..."


    They stood in the hallway leading to the dining room.


    They spoke Chinese, but the foreign guests who came back and forth hurriedly did not understand, so


    they didn''t pay attention to them.


    Feeling something was wrong, Crystal tugged at Christina''s sleeve, "Do she engage in special


    privileges?"


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    Christina nced at Barbara and ignored her.She pulled Crystal to walk quickly towards the restaurant,


    looking for Charles and the others to gather together.


    As they ate lunch, they talked about the thing just now.


    "If anything really happens, Ray will definitely inform Barbara in advance.After all, IP&G is their biggest


    partner at the moment.Recently, there is a project that is verypetitive in Europe.If Anta wants to


    make achievements, he won''t dare to offend Barbara, the high management of IP&G."


    As Chandler spoke, he mocked himself, "I went to his office this morning.He kicked me out directly.It


    seems that he only gave IP&G face."


    When Charles and Crystal heard that, they immediately subconsciously looked at Christina with


    burning eyes, "Do we need to make a rtionship..."


    Christina ignored their eyes.