After Transmigrating into the Villain’s Cat, I Dominated the Entertainment Circle – Chapter 118
by Little PandaIF Route (2)
Woman, you’ve caught my attention.
Luo Ke closed the door, pulled her coat tighter around herself, and walked quickly toward the elevator.
The manager, who was wearing a beige floral collar, saw the elevator doors open and hurriedly turned around. When she saw Luo Ke step out, she rushed forward excitedly.
“President, is your inspection finished?”
Luo Ke looked at her smile and raised an eyebrow slightly. “It seems there’s been a problem.”
The manager’s smile froze instantly. She wrung her hands, her fingers squeezing tight.
Luo Ke brushed past her and went straight to the service desk. “Pull up the surveillance footage and the back-end order records from ten p.m. onwards tonight. Also, did anyone ask about the guest staying in 1507?”
“Yes, I’ll retrieve the records right away. As for inquiries, the shift just changed. I’ll contact the staff member who was on duty.”
Luo Ke nodded. “You reacted well.”
She was never stingy with praise for outstanding employees and would even provide certain benefits to motivate her staff to strive for more.
After giving her instructions, she sat down on a sofa to wait for the report.
The manager enthusiastically approached and handed her a cup of coffee.
Luo Ke took it and sipped. “Besides sanitation, our hotel needs to pay more attention to the management of client information. Any leak would be a devastating blow to the hotel.”
“Please rest assured, President. This has always been a key area of focus for us.”
Luo Ke glanced at her. “I hope so.”
Hearing this, the manager could guess that the problem she mentioned was likely related to this issue.
Soon, the front desk staff came over to inform them that everything requested had been retrieved.
Luo Ke told her to return to her duties, then sat down at the computer herself to review the surveillance footage.
She saw Lin Sifei walk into the elevator. A moment later, a person stood before the elevator doors, holding a phone, occasionally glancing at the floor where the elevator stopped. The way they lowered their head suggested they were taking notes.
Then, this person walked over to the front desk.
“It must be this person. What did she ask?”
The manager immediately found the phone number and called the employee who had been on duty. When the employee saw the photo that was sent over, she remembered the person. It was rare for someone to check in so late and so unhurriedly, and she had been very difficult.
“She asked me about several floors, asking if I had any rooms. It was already very late, and there were few vacant rooms. She insisted on a large room, so I told her that suites were only available on a few floors and were more expensive.”
“She didn’t check in, did she?” Luo Ke’s fingers tapped on the desk as she quickly scanned the surveillance footage, pulling up several clips.
“That’s right, she didn’t. She asked a lot of questions but ended up not checking in, saying there were no floors she liked.”
Luo Ke nodded, signaling for the manager to hang up the phone.
“Many of our rooms are booked long-term or are reserved.”
The manager nodded. “Because very few people need large suites, and the price is high. The occupancy rate is very low, so there are few rooms.”
“No wonder.” Luo Ke pressed her temples. “With such a low occupancy rate, combined with such detailed questions, she could easily make a rough guess as to which room it was. Then, when calling for room service, she could pretend she couldn’t remember the room number. Since the information she provided was so specific, the staff would have told her.”
“Call the police,” Luo Ke said, tapping the desk. It was clear she had no intention of letting someone like this off the hook.
The manager hesitated. “If we do that, the hotel’s reputation…”
“A good reputation is something you build yourself.” Luo Ke shot her a look, then walked toward the elevator.
She reached her floor and was just taking out her key card when her secretary emerged from the room next door.
“President Luo, we should set off for the next hotel tomorrow. We’ve already fallen behind schedule today.”
“Fine.” Luo Ke glanced at her wristwatch. Seeing that it was getting late, she pursed her lips. “Let me ask you something. What does ‘sasaeng fan’1 mean?”
The secretary understood at once. “Oh, sasaeng fans. It means they follow the celebrity they like, and some even sneak into the celebrity’s home or chase their car. It’s quite terrifying.”
Luo Ke was lost in thought. So, she thinks of me as that kind of terrifying person.
In that case, I must have said the wrong thing yesterday. I just ran into her by chance. That doesn’t make me a sasaeng fan… right?
She nodded. “Go tell the hotel manager that the sasaeng fan must be reported to the police. You go and oversee it.”
Suddenly forced to work overtime, the secretary didn’t dare to complain, and could only obediently head downstairs.
Luo Ke entered her room, washed up, and sat on the bed.
She had been in charge of Luo Corporation for some time. Her parents had developed the company very well, which also meant that many people strongly opposed her appointment.
This inspection tour of the various enterprises under her was, in a way, a show of authority.
Normally, Luo Ke would use the evening to handle more business, but right now, she had no heart for it.
She placed her laptop on her lap, and her fingers hovered over the keyboard for a moment. Luo Ke closed her eyes, let out a breath, and finally followed her heart. She clicked open the search bar and typed in Lin Sifei’s name.
When she saw that name on the light-up sign at the airport today, she had indeed been thrilled. She knew her feelings were somewhat obsessive, so she had deliberately tried not to pay too much attention, but she had run into her anyway.
The webpage refreshed, and that cute, beautiful face appeared on the screen, along with today’s airport photos.
Luo Ke touched her lips and murmured, “Not as pretty as she is in person.”
The next day, the secretary waited for a long time, but Luo Ke didn’t come out. Worried, she made a call.
The phone rang for a while before it was answered.
“I’ll be right there.”
Soon, Luo Ke emerged, looking the same as always. But the secretary still noticed the faint dark circles under her eyes.
My god, President Luo is so diligent. Did she stay up all night reading documents? No wonder she’s so successful.
The secretary fed herself a mouthful of chicken soup,2 and her eyes shone as she looked at Luo Ke.
Luo Ke had no idea what her secretary was thinking. She got into the car, closed her eyes, and caught up on sleep.
She had stayed up all night binge-watching Lin Sifei’s movies and TV shows. She was exhausted.
As she closed her eyes, her mind filled with images of Lin Sifei’s smiling face.
“Luo Ke, you should smile.” Lin Sifei reached out, pressing the corners of her lips and pushing them up.
Luo Ke couldn’t help but lift the corners of her own mouth into a smile.
“President Luo! President Luo!”
Luo Ke’s eyes flew open. She found that the car had stopped at some point.
“President Luo, are we getting out?”
Luo Ke looked at the car’s interior. Lin Sifei’s face was still before her eyes, and for a moment, she felt as if a lifetime had passed.
She stared blankly for a second, then it hit her.
Wasn’t that scene from my dream from one of Lin Sifei’s movies? I actually replaced the main character with myself in my dream.
The tips of her ears turned slightly red. She glanced at her secretary, and seeing that she hadn’t been noticed, she stood up and got out of the car.
Footnotes
- The term ‘sasaeng fan’ (sīshēng fěn) originates from Korean fan culture and refers to an obsessive fan who engages in stalking or other behavior that constitutes an invasion of a celebrity’s privacy.
- In modern Chinese slang, ‘chicken soup’ (jītāng) refers to ‘chicken soup for the soul’—inspirational stories or motivational content, often considered cliché but effective.
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