The music and dance music playing at the banquet masked the sounds behind the screen at the top.

After the screen was removed, everyone looked at the tyrant. Apart from his pale face, he showed no signs of having just been seriously injured.

Charlie and Julian exchanged a silent glance and then fell silent again.

However, Lu Xiaoyao, who was pinned under the table by Julian's legs, seemed restless and kept tugging at Julian's legs from below.

Charlie's gaze followed Julian's trembling hem of clothing, and he raised an eyebrow at him, his eyes questioning what was going on down there.

Julian lowered his eyes, wondering what could possibly happen.

Isn't it just this idiot trying to cause trouble?

While he was in a daze, Lu Xiaoyao's restlessness almost "captured" him, which startled Julian so much that he immediately grabbed a small plate of pastries and quietly stuffed it under the table.

He acted as if he wouldn't bother him once he'd been fed.

They were already showing great camaraderie by hiding her teammate when that player took the risk, and there was no need to disrupt their plans for a complete stranger.

Lu Xiaoyao, who had received the snacks from the other party, narrowed her eyes, a hint of murderous intent flashing in them.

What do they take her for?

You think you can just fob her off with a plate of snacks?

Undeterred, Lu Xiaoyao tugged at the other person's pants again, and then the other person handed her a plate of grilled meat.

Lu Xiaoyao: ……

Soon, the viewers in the live stream discovered that Lu Xiaoyao was so captivated by the tempting aroma of roasted meat that she completely lost her senses and started eating right there in the small, dark space.

[Lu Xiaoyao! Stop eating! Wake up! Do you remember what I told you?!]

A very eye-catching colored comment floated across the live stream screen. It was a special effect that only appeared when someone donated 100,000 star coins. Everyone knew who posted it the moment they saw it!

[Ah, the real deal, that amazing lady!]

[Catch the big shot! Boss, can you explain what's going on?]

Viewers in Lu Xiaoyao's live stream were currently experiencing a pitch-black screen with occasional flashes of light, followed by fleeting glimpses of snacks and barbecue, and then Lu Xiaoyao's enticing chewing sounds, which was driving them crazy!

Knowing she had hidden herself, they could only imagine what would happen next at the banquet based on what they heard.

They were so worried because they could only hear but not see!

Especially that assassination attempt earlier, we didn't see a thing, it's just too... too regrettable!

There's nothing wrong; it's just that he was too greedy.

After exiting the game, Bai Xiao saw that the system only gave her 3.5 credits. 1.5 of those credits weren't deducted entirely; some were for player cooperation, and this portion was linked to Lu Xiaoyao's final performance.

In other words, after deducting the lunch box, she has only earned 2 credit points so far in this round. The rest depends on Lu Xiaoyao.

Thinking of this, Bai Xiao decided to open Lu Xiaoyao's live stream to see what would happen next.

Lu Xiaoyao is a game streamer, and she found out about it after they became friends on social media last time, besides playing games together.

So, as soon as she entered the live stream, she saw Lu Xiaoyao seemingly hiding somewhere, being fed food from time to time. She appeared to have absolutely no plans for what she was going to do next. How could Bai Xiao's blood pressure not spike after seeing this?!

After hurling a few curses in the comments, she was bombarded with questions about the game, some of which Bai Xiao herself hadn't even noticed before. So she was happy to answer what everyone was saying in the comments.

I knew that assassination attempt was doomed to fail, but anyone would be tempted in that situation, especially assassins like us who didn't yet have a complete plan and had spent the whole night searching for a suitable scheme to carry out the assassination.

Who knows if this opportunity will come again?

Moreover, given their status at that time, even if they had the opportunity, it wouldn't have been theirs.

Bai Xiao was also embarrassed when she got this identity. Although they were ordered by their superiors to assassinate the tyrant of Chu Rong, they were not actually sent by the emperor of Hua Liang.

They were acting on the orders of the emperor's trusted eunuch.

Bai Xiao had been thinking a lot on the way from where they received the order. Her heart sank when she saw the other two players not making a move. For a moment, the thought flashed through Bai Xiao's mind: were they just useless pieces?

Seeing that the other two players, apart from being a little nervous, didn't seem to be in any hurry, it was clear that they had some foolproof plan, at least more meticulous than the ones who were rushed in and forced into the situation.

Were they never expected to succeed from the very beginning?

Just like that assassination attempt, even if they didn't make a move, once the merchant and those beauties failed, the only two people in the team who didn't act wouldn't be able to clear their names or have a good ending. So they might as well take the plunge!

Bai Xiao then took the risk.

However, she still felt a little unwilling when she made her move. In addition, she knew Lu Xiaoyao's strength. Since Lu Xiaoyao might not be of much use in this storyline, she might as well push Lu Xiaoyao to those two players and let Lu Xiaoyao follow them to gain story points.

She also instructed Lu Xiaoyao that if the two men didn't save her and tried to push her away, she should stick to her story and drag them down with her if she got caught!

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