"Dr. Feng, why are you still here so late?"

Mu Chen stood at the door of the counseling room, his eyes fixed intently on the new counselor, Feng Qie.

"I left my things here."

The doctor with short, golden-brown hair calmly picked up the documents in his hand and showed them to Mu Chen, revealing a gentle and approachable smile. He then looked at Mu Chen with a puzzled expression and asked, "I'd like to ask, Mu Chen, what brings you here so late?"

"I just finished playing the game, so I came to the AI ​​psychological counseling room to record my game status and adjust my mental state."

Mu Chen spoke frankly, and after he finished speaking, they walked towards each other at a leisurely pace. Neither of them spoke during the walk, and their eyes never met again.

Only after Feng Jia left did Mu Chen stop and turn to look back at the direction behind him.

He then looked away, took another access card from his pocket, and went directly into the office of the psychologist next door.

Logically, he shouldn't have the right to enter this place.

However, just two days ago, Ruan Xun gave him his access card.

“Someone has their eye on me. They’ve even gotten to the research institute. I wonder if anyone is also looking at the documents in my office at the academy… But there weren’t any important documents there, so I took most of them with me.”

Consider the rest of this information as bait; Mu Chen, remember to keep an eye out for it for me.

...

While Mu Chen was still searching, Ming Mei had just finished playing the game when she unexpectedly received an invitation to a psychological counseling session.

Tomorrow at 5 PM.

"Seriously? Am I really that weird this game?"

Mingmei subconsciously compared her performance in this game with her mental state when she played the villainous NPC in the past.

That was absolutely peaceful!

"At most, I can just talk to the AI. Why would I need to meet with a doctor?"

Mingmei stared at the notice, completely baffled.

"How could the system assign me a psychologist I don't know about, given my profile and the unique nature of my character?"

A while ago, because Ruan Xun was at school, she was arranged to go there twice.

Ruan Xun is not here now, and Ruan Xun also said before that if her mental state is not right, the school's mental health monitoring system will directly notify her homeroom teacher, her second sister-in-law.

So, what's the deal with this notice?

With this question in mind, Mingmei went directly to Mu Chen after an offline get out of class the next morning.

He works as an assistant there, so he should know some things.

Who provided you with psychological counseling?

Upon hearing Mingmei's words, Mu Chen's gaze suddenly sharpened.

"Let's call you 'Fengjia,' are you new here?"

“Yes, he’s new.” Mu Chen nodded, but added, “But he has a problem. With his level of authority, the system won’t automatically assign you to him for psychological counseling.”

"Huh? Is that so?"

Just as Mingmei was wondering what was going on, Lu Gui suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

"Is there something you need?"

Upon seeing Lu Gui's appearance, Mu Chen immediately pulled Ming Mei behind him. Amused by Mu Chen's thief-like action, Lu Gui smirked and said, "I'm here to see you, Mu Chen."

"I?"

Mu Chen raised an eyebrow; he didn't think he and Mu Chen had anything to talk about.

"Yes, I heard from Xiaoyao that you work as an assistant in the school's counseling center. I wanted to ask about the counselor named 'Feng Jia'."

"Hmm? You asked him too?"

As soon as Mingmei spoke, Lu Gui keenly sensed something was wrong and looked at Mingmei, asking, "You know him?"

"have no idea."

Mingmei shook her head. Wasn't she the one who came to ask too?

"I heard that you worked as Mr. Ruan Xun's assistant for a period of time, so I'd like to ask what your relationship is with Mr. Ruan Xun?"

"It's alright."

Mu Chen was certain of this, but Lu Gui's words reminded him of something.

"Wait a minute, do you know Mr. Ruan?"

Mu Chen remembers that Ruan Xun had already left the school when Lu Gui transferred here.

"Yes, we know each other through family."

Lu Gui brushed it off with a single sentence, then, unwilling to discuss Ruan Xun any further, looked at Mingmei and asked, "Mingmei, are you going to have lunch with Xiaoyao later?"

Lu Gui and Lu Xiaoyao were probably eating together.

After saying that, he turned his gaze to Mu Chen and said, "I don't think your boyfriend will interfere with your social freedom, will he?"

"Of course not, we're all classmates. It's perfect timing; I haven't had a meal with you guys, Lu Gui, in ages. Join me!" (Biquge)

We had eaten together just yesterday before we entered the game.

Seeing the awkward atmosphere between the two, Mingmei inexplicably recalled a line from a romance drama from another dimension that her godfather, Liu Liu, had shared with her a couple of years ago when she had just woken up—"Stop fighting!"

Then, unable to hold back, Mingmei burst out laughing.

Mu Chen: "..."

Lu Gui: "..."

It wasn't until dinner time that the atmosphere between the two men eased, but Mingmei's attention had already shifted to Lu Xiaoyao.

"What happened to you last night? You've been like this all day today."

Mingmei noticed that Lu Xiaoyao looked like this when she was in class this morning, but she didn't have a chance to ask her about it.

The knowledge points in offline classes are numerous and varied, and the teacher talks non-stop throughout the entire class, so Mingmei doesn't even have time to chat with Lu Xiaoyao when she wants to slack off.

"I'm so tired. I was so exhausted from playing games yesterday. I felt like I was about to die from exhaustion when I got out of the gaming pod."

After saying that, Lu Xiaoyao used her fork to pick up a piece of meat and stuffed it into her mouth, chewing it without any emotion like a machine. Hearing her say that, Mei thought of Lu Xiaoyao's state in the second half of the game last night.

The image of Lu Xiaoyao staring intently at the chef with a fierce and cold gaze when the chef announced her passing is still vivid in my mind.

At that time, she was the only one left to be assessed. She was holding a kitchen knife in her hand, and she looked like she was ready to rush up and take the chef down with her if the chef didn't say she passed.

"What game did you play yesterday? You look so tired. I didn't watch your live stream yesterday, but I heard from others that you turned it off in the second half."

Pretending to know nothing, Mingmei tentatively asked.

"Actually, it's just that new cooking game, it's not fun." Lu Xiaoyao's eyes flickered slightly as she said this. "The second half of the live stream was turned off... It was probably an operational error by the live stream administrators, right?"

This was the first time Mingmei had heard Lu Xiaoyao make excuses for shutting down the live stream.

Moreover, her evasive manner is a significant improvement over her previous clueless and clueless self.

Mingmei took a sip of juice, then focused her attention on Mu Chen and Lu Gui, who had been exchanging words non-stop since earlier.

Mingmei was genuinely puzzled.

Aren't these two supposed to have a bad relationship?

Where did all those words come from?