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It’s late in the morning when Zhou Zishu steps into the common area of the hostel. He's greeted by an unfamiliar interior, which should be right, after all, not even a full day has passed since he found the place, but what should be his minimum recognition of the place after a night and getting an extensive walking tour from the receptionist is stripped to nothing; like it’s his first time seeing it all over again. He would be generous to himself and assume he somehow stepped into a different building — a museum for ancient China probably or a showroom of the same concept — but it is, undeniably the same building. Although very noticeably, the sofas and bean bags that cluttered the common area are replaced with furnished wooden benches and tables, the shared kitchen that is initially his goal for the morning to get a cup of coffee has disappeared, and guests in heavy robes and elaborate headpieces sip their teas in one corner where the Americans had spent the whole afternoon day-drinking just twelve hours ago.
or — zzs books a room at a cheap hostel for a month and instantly regrets it the next morning