"We've been hiking all morning without eating anything. It's almost noon now, is everyone hungry?"

The atmosphere in the hall grew increasingly awkward as a group of people stood there, until Julian finally took the initiative to change the subject.

"I'm hungry, is there anything to eat?"

Lu Xiaoyao patted her belly and looked over at Wang Laosan. He and Huang Er exchanged a glance and nodded, saying, "The food in the mountains is not like that in the villages below. There isn't much in the kitchen, but it's enough."

"As long as there are vegetables, the expert can cook!"

Lu Xiaoyao glanced quickly at Mu Chen, and seeing that he wasn't displeased, she happily smiled at herself for her little bit of cleverness. The others saw through her act but didn't say anything.

"Yes, it's over by the guest rooms. Perfect timing, you can go there to rest and freshen up. Look at the sky, it's still raining nonstop, and the roads are slippery in the rain. Why don't you rest here for the night? I'll have Wang Laosan take you to your rooms."

Huang Er and the others once again tried to persuade everyone to stay.

The group of people had a vague feeling that staying tonight would be a big problem, but looking at the dark and gloomy sky outside, they knew that the rain was still going to pour.

Considering the slippery road in the rain, and the time it would take to descend the mountain, plus the added danger of the terrifying black fog at night if it wasn't dark yet. (www.cascoo.net)

Finally, they exchanged glances and nodded in agreement, tacitly accepting the decision to stay overnight.

"Thank you for your help."

"No trouble at all."

Stepping out of the main hall, Mu Chen and the others picked up the torches they had placed under the eaves. Wang Laosan, watching the torches, couldn't help but exclaim, "These torches are really good quality! They didn't go out even when it was raining under the eaves!"

"Yes, it's great."

Wang Wenfei seemed to be thinking for a moment, then smiled and took the torch, intending to approach Wang Laosan.

Only when her torch was right in front of Wang Lao Er did he take a step back as if burned by the flames, and scolded her, "You silly girl, you're not careful with the torch. What if you burn someone?"

"Oops... my hand slipped."

Wang Wenfei took the torch back and apologized.

The group continued walking towards the backyard.

Mu Chen watched Wang Laosan's retreating figure slowly walk at the back, and whispered to Mingmei, "His acting skills aren't good enough."

"oh……"

Mingmei responded expressionlessly, without saying anything, and then Mu Chen continued, "Just now, when he was staring at the torch, although his body didn't move at all, one of his heels was off the ground, with his toes pointing outwards, as if..."

As he spoke, Mu Chen chuckled lightly, "He seems ready to flee at any moment. What do you think... he's feeling guilty about?"

At this moment, Mingmei looked at Mu Chen, and apart from pretending to be stupid and saying "I don't understand anything," she really didn't want to say anything more.

Why?

It's one thing if players don't have a good experience because the game is too difficult, but why is it that even an NPC has such a bad gaming experience?

The high-class atmosphere was instantly dragged down to the lowest level by Mu Chen's presence.

"Okay, I'll stop teasing you."

Although her face was bright and expressionless, Mu Chen looked at her as if he were looking at a puffed-up little kitten, the kind that had been so angry that it had shut up and was turning its back to him.

It's strangely cute.

Wang Laosan led them to the backyard of the mountain god temple, where a row of brick and tile houses looked very simple. The two brick and tile houses with piles of firewood on the side were the kitchen that Wang Laosan had mentioned.

As for the toilet...

"Huh? There's no toilet?"

Everyone was stunned. Wang Laosan nodded and said, "This yard is so small, it would be too smelly to build a latrine here. We can just go to the woods behind the house."

After he finished speaking, everyone followed the dense forest that Wang Laosan pointed out. Because of the heavy rain, the deep green forest looked even more unreal in the misty rain.

"I hate dense forests."

Julian frowned. He had encountered similar scenarios with dense forests in games before, and it seemed that none of them ended well.

Even if his memory is now hazy, his wariness and aversion to the dense forest are undeniable.

"I don't like it either."

The others nodded in agreement.

Wang Laosan led them to the guest rooms and let them choose their own accommodations. He then took Mu Chen to the kitchen and pointed to the somewhat messy kitchen shelves, which indeed had a lot of fruits and vegetables on them.

After taking a closer look, Mu Chen realized that these fruits and vegetables seemed to be wild fruits from the mountains.

Don't you grow your own vegetables?

“Ah, I just arrived. When Huang Er lived alone before, he didn’t cultivate any land or have a vegetable garden. Fortunately, there’s plenty of food in the mountains.” Wang Laosan said, his eyes darting around before adding, “But Huang Er said he sometimes goes down the mountain to buy some food.”

Mu Chen looked up at the dried meat hanging from the rafters, then silently looked away without saying anything more.

Wang Laosan noticed Mu Chen's reaction and asked, "Do you want to eat meat? Huang Er has a few strings of fresh meat left. If you want..."

"No, I don't know how to cook meat."

Just after excitedly finishing setting up the room with Mingmei, they took Mingmei to the kitchen to ask what Mu Chen was cooking when they overheard Mu Chen saying this.

Bright and beautiful: ? ? ?

Lu Xiaoyao: ? ? ?

Wasn't the big pot of fish from last night made with meat?

Why did you change your tune today?

"All packed up?"

Ignoring the stunned expressions of the two people at the door, Mu Chen turned around and noticed Mingmei standing there. He asked directly, "Is there anything you'd like to eat?"

“Anything is fine…” Her bright eyes glanced at the shelves for a while before meeting Mu Chen’s gaze. “You’ve been making really delicious food lately, I trust you.”

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