In her previous life, even after she had paid off the 50 million dollar debt (which had accumulated because she left the Almond family too late), the Almond family employed various tricks to further exploit her, such as scamming her, sending spies to monitor her, and causing her to lose additional money.
Overall, apart from 50 million dollars, she had to pay an extra 30 million dollars. Did Lana take it lying down, though? Well, she made them cough up 4 billion dollars.
The only problem was, she didn’t have future-seeing power; otherwise, she could have avoided their sneaky tricks. She was able to save herself from 7 tricks out of 10, and yet she was caught up in the remaining 3 traps set by the Almond family.
Life could be difficult when a wealthy family is hell-bent on making a person’s life hell. And Lana, having experienced it, expected the unexpected.
Though the Almond family had clearly stated in the contract that they wouldn’t take a single penny after the 30 million dollars of debt paid by Lana in the contract, who can blame her for being cautious?
Compared to the 50 million that she had paid in her previous life, a 30 million dollar IOU was still acceptable.
With that thought, Lana returned to her hotel, only to meet the hotel’s manager, who looked at her with an indifferent gaze.
"Ma’am, you have broken the rules of the hotel; you will be kicked out as a result and have to pay $100,000 as a fine. Even though, by rule, you should have paid us $500,000, we are being generous because of your previous connections."
He made it sound as if he were doing a favor, yet he cleverly didn’t mention what mistake Lana has even made.
Seeing Lana opening her mouth to argue, he interrupted with assertiveness.
"Please, ma’am, be more sensible; don’t sour the experience of others by prolonging your stay."
Other passersby in the hotel pointed in Lana’s direction, and some even shook their heads, disgust flashing in their eyes.
’So those demons have already started to take action? Bitches.’ Lana cursed in her mind, but put up a silly smile and said,
"Oh? Is that the case? Please wait while I call the police. This all requires legal proceedings; I can’t take advantage of you all." Lana said and took out her phone.
Seeing her actions, the manager’s face turned pale before he regained his composure and said calmly,
"No need, you just need to pay $100,000 as compensation..."
"How can I trouble you? Your hotel works hard and provides a safe haven for the guests. How can I disrupt their wonderful experience? Please wait." Lana motioned and finished dialing the number.
As he observed her actions, the manager’s expression darkened, and he recalled the instructions he had received. He gritted his teeth and said,
"Please wait, you are from room no. 27, right?"
"27? No. My room no. is 26." Lana feigned confusion; she knew what game the manager was planning to play.
Sure enough, the next second, the manager acted embarrassed and said in a polite voice, "Oh? Then it was an oversight on my behalf; I thought you were from room no. 27."
"Oh? So because of a misunderstanding, you accused me so viciously." Lana laughed as if it was a joke. "Then it’s alright. Just be careful next time; who knows if you’ll end up offending an innocent customer again? A manager’s job is truly difficult; if I were in your place, I would be rushing now to apologize and compensate the customer."
The manager’s eyes darkened; he understood the implication in Lana’s words, and wanted to call her greedy, but seeing other guests looking over in his direction, he forced a smile and explained,
"Yes, ma’am. As compensation, I will give you a..."
"You won’t give $100,000, right? Hey, even $10,000 is enough. I can understand that you, as a manager, have it tough. Just give me $10,000 as compensation and a few free stays, like 10 days or so. The hotel earns hundreds of millions every month, so it shouldn’t be a problem, right?" Lana said as if she were saying everything on the manager’s behalf.
She even has an earnest, stupid look, making those who doubted if the young lady had planned everything feel like slapping themselves.
Clearly this lady lacked brain cells. Otherwise, how can the matter go from paying a fine of $100,000 to getting compensated with $10,000?
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The manager opened his mouth to defend himself, but Lana patted the manager’s shoulder and began.
"Alright, the matter is settled then. I won’t complain to your superiors or upload any video about my terrible experience here."
In the end, Lana returned with the $10,000 compensation and a free stay pass for 10 days.
"Hm... let’s see what I need to do next," Lana muttered.
Her first step now was to buy the herbs and cleanse her meridian.
Lana quickly searched the herbs, and to her relief, they were available. She was still happy even though her bank balance dropped to $2000 after ordering the herbs.
As long as she truly becomes a cultivator, let’s see whether ghosts dare to haunt her!
She glanced at the crow, which was still sleeping peacefully, and lay on the bed too.
Lana woke up and, by the afternoon, received the herbs. She followed the recipe, and soon the herbal drink was ready.
"Hm... why does this herbal soup look... so black?" She muttered.