I Went Back In Time With A Money Multiplier System

6. Problem At The Hotel

Adrian woke up the next morning and yawned as he stared at the ceiling.

“Two Thousand Dollars in cash…” he muttered as he felt the stack of bills under his pillow. He had saved up money in the past but he only saw numbers back then due to him saving all his money in the bank.

The difference of seeing mere numbers and having a thick wad of cash was like a difference of night and day. He finally felt like he was rich, which made him smile slightly.

“Who said money doesn’t bring you happiness?” he asked as he looked at his own reflection in the mirror.

He was tall, standing at six foot four inches, which was approximately 193 centimeters.

His slightly long unkempt hair was long and healthy even though it looked slightly messy. The five day old stubble was hard to not notice as he was gifted with some good genetics.

Broad shoulders, thin waist and overall, a face that was a mix of both cuteness and handsomeness.

But even with all this, he had barely gotten himself a girlfriend in his past life since he was too focused on earning money to survive while being leeched by his family.

“I am not wasting this life.” he muttered, almost like he was reminding himself to not stray back to his past habits. There was no space for redemption for his family and he wasn’t the type of person to gamble.

After saying that, he glanced at the bathroom and decided to grab some food before he took a shower and began his day. He headed out and walked straight to the dining hall on the ground floor.

“Sir, may I see your card please?” the guy at the entrance asked politely, to which Adrian nodded and gave him the room card.

The guard scanned it on a handheld scanner and gave it back to Adrian, “Sir, you do not have sufficient balance to use the dining hall. You can top up at the reception.”

Adrian casually went back, topped up 1000 dollars into his card.

“Hey young man, are you sure you’re not using a stolen credit card?”

Adrian turned around to see a middle aged woman. He frowned at her like she was the dumbest creature he had seen in his entire life.

‘I literally just paid in cash and she’s blabbering about a stolen credit card? Are rich people dumb?’ he mused as he glanced at her designer clothes and bag.

“Stop looking at my bag, you disgusting thief!” she shrieked as she tried to slap him, only for it to be dodged pretty effectively.

Adrian turned to look at the receptionist, who looked pretty worried and stunned at the same time. A sign that this wasn’t really a normal occurrence.

‘Talk about bad luck.’ he thought as he moved out from the line. He didn’t have any intention to get involved with her, not when he had already gotten his card topped up with money.

“Security!!! There’s a thief in the lobby! Stop him. Restrain him!”

Adrian sighed and turned around to look at the crazy woman but what surprised him the most, was that the others in the line were looking at him like he actually was a thief.

‘Right… my clothes are a little too cheap for a place like this.’ he thought and made a mental note to buy himself some clothes in the near future.

Soon, the security guards arrived and listened to the woman while she threw baseless accusations.

“I feel threatened to be in the same building as him. You guys should throw him out!”

Adrian watched all of this in silence while the older one among the security team approached him with an apologetic smile.

“Sorry sir, this is protocol. Do you have verification?”

“Yeah.” Adrian said as he showed him his room card and then pointed at the receptionist, “I paid in cash the day before yesterday. Debit card yesterday and today, I paid in cash once again. All of that should be recorded in your computers.”

He also took out his driver’s license along with his car rental contract, “Here’s the other documents for you to verify my identity or to check if I have any criminal records.”

“Thank you sir. I apologize for the inconvenience caused. This will only take a few minutes.” the security guy said as he walked over to the receptionist, talked to him for a few seconds and then used his walky talky to talk to someone else.

A few minutes later, he gave all the cards and documents back to Adrian and apologized before explaining the whole situation to the crazy woman.

‘She’s not my problem anymore.’ Adrian thought as he headed over to the dining hall.

A young but wealthy-looking woman watched him leave and looked deep in thought until it was her turn. After booking a room and sending one of the staff to move her luggage, she walked into the dining hall.

Adrian filled his plate with meat, eggs, pancakes and a lot of fries before he grabbed a glass of Voca Cola as his choice of beverage.

As he stuffed himself like he always did, he noticed that almost all the guests here ate in small bites. It was mostly the females but he wasn’t one to judge.

He just focused on his own food until someone placed a plate right in front of him.

Adrian looked up and saw a pretty lady who was smiling at him.

“Mind if I take a seat?”

He didn’t respond immediately but looked around instead. As someone whose day started with bad luck, the last thing he wished to do was share a table with a stranger.

Unfortunately, almost all of the tables were taken so he didn’t really have a reason to reject her.

“Sure.”

Right after saying that, he slowed down his chewing pace while the woman sat down.

“You handled the situation really well. Calm, composed and almost like you were detached.”

Adrian nodded but didn’t say a word as he went back to his food. That was until he heard her again.

“Would you be interested in a job offer? It’s just for a day but the pay is high. You look young, probably a college student.”