This scene not only made the system ghost scream, but also made Charlie and Julian break out in a cold sweat.

The two exchanged a glance and couldn't help but feel relieved that they hadn't run into the businesswoman at the banquet.

Holy crap, that's brutal!

Meanwhile, Lu Xiaoyao, who had been arranged by the merchant to stand among a group of beauties, was so frightened that her face turned pale. She felt that the scene in front of her was somewhat familiar, but she just couldn't remember where she was.

"Has this scene appeared before in a game? It looks so familiar. This game even sealed my memories! Damn it! It's so frustrating to feel like I've seen it before but can't recognize it!"

As Lu Xiaoyao muttered to herself, her heart pounded like a drum; she was truly terrified.

While Lu Xiaoyao was filled with fear and confusion, her viewers in her live stream were already cheering.

[I knew it! Ahhhhhh! I'm totally shipping them! Wasn't that young master Zhang from the last game jealous too? He was jealous, he was jealous, he was so jealous!!]

[Waaaaah, am I the only one who thinks the villains here are even more ruthless? If Young Master Zhang had been this fierce last game, our daughter would have been dead long ago! Just thinking about how our daughter was hugging and rubbing against the merchant lady back then, tsk tsk tsk... wouldn't she have been torn apart by five horses?]

[Waaaaah! I hate it! I hate that the businesswoman is such a blockhead! Look back! He's looking at you!]

[Ugh, the businesswoman seems so emotionless QAQ, wait, can my NPC pairings still end badly?]

...

The comments were scrolling wildly, and Mingmei didn't see them, but the system monitoring the backend had already gone crazy. Guigui kept telling herself not to turn back, not to turn back. When Mingmei recovered from the slight alcohol intoxication and called out to Guigui, Guigui was practically crying tears of joy!

[Host! You're awake?!]

Mingmei: [Are you alright? I've been unconscious for a long time?]

No, it was only about twenty minutes.

Those twenty minutes felt like an eternity to the system!

Where is the plot now?

The merchant is about to offer a beautiful woman as a gift...

After Gui Gui finished speaking, Ming Mei looked down at the audience. The merchant was kneeling on the ground with a pale face, and there was a pool of blood on the ground next to him.

[Did the tyrant kill someone?]

No, not at all.

【oh……】

What do you mean, "oh"?

Seeing Mingmei's indifferent expression, Guigui suddenly remembered the comments in the live chat saying that people hated Mingmei for being a blockhead, and now it wanted to shout it out too.

"But he blinded her!" Gui Gui added angrily. "And while you were unconscious, he showed off his twisted possessiveness towards you to others!"

But doesn't this NPC's backstory mention that a tyrant actually had feelings for me?

Mingmei nonchalantly complained to Guigui, "Although he's a bit of a psychopath, well... the plot won't progress much further anyway, so it doesn't matter whether he's interested in me or not. We're not going to sleep together or have a baby."

Ghost: [? ? ?] Is its host's emotional detachment problem really that serious?

[No, host, are you really that open-minded? Who was it that on their first day at work that they thought the villain's eyes were creepy and started yelling about how perverted they were?]

"Ah, wasn't that her first day at work? Was she being inconsiderate?" Mingmei, reminded of what had happened earlier by Guigui's question, finally said, "It was alright, she didn't do anything drastic, in the end..."

Even as the one person and one system were talking, the drama at the banquet continued.

"Didn't we say she was a beauty? Why don't you call her up so everyone can see her?"

Suddenly, the tyrant spoke again, startling the kneeling merchant. He hesitated for a moment before realizing what the tyrant had just said.

The other party immediately turned around and gestured, and a group of graceful beauties stepped forward and stood behind the merchant.

When the beauties, each with their own unique charm, appeared, everyone present fell silent. Even Mingmei glanced at them a few more times, and upon seeing them, she couldn't help but exclaim in amazement that their beauty was enhanced by their clothes!

The gorgeous and stunning dance costumes completely covered the beauty's body, but the thinness of the fabrics allowed her exquisite figure to be subtly revealed to everyone.

Mingmei didn't turn her head to see what expression the tyrant had, but the Chu Rong generals sitting below her all had eyes that seemed to bulge holes in each other's clothes, making Mingmei frown involuntarily.

Lu Xiaoyao and Bai Xiao stood in the back unnoticed, but Bai Xiao caught a glimpse of the NPCs with lewd and vulgar looks in their eyes, and couldn't suppress the murderous intent in her heart.

She was wondering whether she should also kill the generals on both sides when she assassinated the tyrant later.

Otherwise, even if the tyrant dies, the Chu Rong might not necessarily retreat. It would be even better if they killed the general leading the army!

Thinking about it, Bai Xiao raised her eyes and glanced at Mingmei standing next to the tyrant. Her eyes flashed, and it was unclear what she was planning.

"Your Majesty, these beauties are all young women from my Hua Liang Thousand Gold Pavilion, whom I have trained since childhood and who are still unmarried, hehe~"

The merchant's face was plastered with a fawning, lewd smile. As he spoke, he added a chuckle that was so bright it was almost unbearable to look at!

If she hadn't known what happened next, she might have started cursing.

The events that unfolded at this banquet were only briefly mentioned—[A beautiful woman performed a dance, her flowing sleeves concealing her cunning; a merchant, filled with resentment, failed at the last hurdle.]

Judging people by their appearance is definitely not a good thing.

Mingmei looked towards Lu Xiaoyao and the others. The "hidden blade with flowing sleeves" technique was clearly not in line with the assassination attempt made by these two players who couldn't dance at all; it was more like an NPC's move.

Mingmei was lost in thought, while the tyrant, like a plot device, opened his mouth and said something that didn't seem very good.

Then the merchant automatically chimed in, saying that the beauties were good dancers and that several of them were willing to perform a dance.

Next, several beauties wearing flowing sleeves appeared on stage, and Lu Xiaoyao and her companions once again retreated to the side.

Her graceful movements, a blend of strength and beauty, captivated not only the players but also Mingmei herself. She had been wondering if she should move aside to avoid being accidentally injured when the assassination plot began, but the moment the beauty began to dance, Mingmei's attention was irresistibly drawn to her.

“So beautiful…” Lu Xiaoyao was amazed and whispered to Bai Xiao, “How come such soft sleeves seem to understand the dancer’s thoughts? Wherever she wants to flick the sleeves, they fly there. I thought there was something wrong with the sleeves during the day.”

"What could be wrong with that?" While watching the dance and observing the changes on the stage, Bai Xiao casually asked Lu Xiaoyao.

Then she heard Lu Xiaoyao say, "Of course! This morning I saw them seemingly holding a dagger and gesturing at the sleeve. I thought their sleeves were too long and they wanted to cut them off!"

What was said unintentionally was taken seriously by the listener.

Upon hearing Lu Xiaoyao's words, Bai Xiao's expression suddenly changed...