"Before Master Mingxiao left, he told me to learn how to make pastries. I've been worried about having no one to taste them. Would you like to give it a try?"
Lu Xiaoyao squatted behind the stove, holding a fire poker, her eyes rolling so hard they seemed to reach the heavens where no one was around.
The lines spoken by this "Xie Chen" have changed slightly, but the excuse is still the same!
Lu Xiaoyao glanced again at the slightly rough pastries made by the big boss in her arms, which she considered "hush money," and sighed softly.
Over the past few months, she has finally figured something out.
The NPC who shares the same name as Mingmei seems to have a bad memory.
Every time he came with Mei Jiu, he acted like a newcomer, listening to Xie Chen's words without any feeling. Mei Jiu, however, tasted the pastries first and then said, "Can't you say something else?"
"My name is Xie Chen..."
"Wow, you!" Mei Jiu was genuinely surprised that Mu Chen would repeat the same few sentences several times, and looked at him like he was an idiot. She asked, "If you're so stupid, why did my father teach you to make pastries?"
Mingmei: "..."
Is this how Mei Jiu is supposed to be? I don't remember Mei Jiu being so sharp-tongued.
Mingmei, seeing Meijiu's overly "lively" personality in the game, began to wonder if she had been too biased towards her and hadn't realized it.
Or did she say that her uncle's character was problematic?
That's not right either. Her uncle is very good to the younger generation. They're basically in cahoots... cough, they're basically playing together.
"I just like it."
Mu Chen chuckled and handed the snacks to Mingmei. When Mingmei met those familiar eyes, her eyelashes suddenly trembled, and she looked on in disbelief!
【Holy crap! Gui Gui! Is Mu Chen sharing the same body as that villain in this game?】 Ming Mei immediately shared this discovery with Gui Gui.
Gui Gui: [Ah, yes, yes, that's right!]
Mingmei was completely bewildered by Guigui's irritable and perfunctory attitude.
Why is Mingmei inexplicably so irritable? Shouldn't she be happy to have discovered the truth?
But why is Gui Gui acting like this?
The reason is simple: anyone would get annoyed if they listened to it several times.
On the previous occasions, when Mei Jiu mentioned in advance that they had an appointment to go to the Spirit Food Hall to taste the snacks for people, Mingmei would be suspicious and ask Guigui in advance. Guigui would then remind Mingmei of what had happened before.
But sometimes Mei Jiu wouldn't say anything, and when she dragged Mingmei out, Mingmei wouldn't ask any questions. These two sisters were like that—one dared to pull, and the other dared to follow, indulging each other like this, and the result was...
Heh~
Gui Gui doesn't even want to talk about how many times she "coincidentally" met Mu Chen and recognized him, and how she excitedly shared those stories with him.
For the first time, it wanted to write a letter of complaint to the main brain, accusing Yan Hui of torturing them—I mean, torturing their artificial intelligence!
"Hmph~ Your talent is really lacking, you need to practice more. I'll come over with my sister to eat whenever I have time."
Mei Jiu said this, but her hands betrayed her words. She then looked at the plate of unfinished pastries and picked up another piece. "I wonder what Father and Mother have found out after being gone for so long? Why aren't they back yet?"
Mei Jiu felt that without her father's presence, she couldn't even enjoy her meals.
It's better to just swallow a fasting pill!
Hearing this from behind the stove, Lu Xiaoyao couldn't help but chime in, "Who says otherwise! Without the True Person, this Spirit Food Hall is as desolate as a cold palace!"
When she first arrived, Lu Xiaoyao was well-fed and well-treated every day. But after Mingyi left, she was like a rich person who suddenly became a refugee receiving relief food.
It's easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality
Having eaten Mingxiao Zhenren's food, how would Lu Xiaoyao feel if she ate anything else?
These days... sigh!
"Oh, you're here too."
Mei Jiu's words left Lu Xiaoyao speechless. She had been working so hard to start the fire all this time!
"By the way, why are you always here whenever I see you? You...you're not just the one who tends the fire, are you?"
Lu Xiaoyao: ? ? ?
"Who said that? I may have been a fire starter, but I was still a legitimate disciple who came to the mountain through the proper channels, okay?"
"So—you're a disciple who tends the fire?"
Lu Xiaoyao: ? ? ? What's wrong with this child? ? ?
Help! An NPC is bullying the player!
"Xiao Jiu..." Mingmei stopped Mei Jiu from continuing to express her thoughts. Looking at Lu Xiaoyao's face, which was almost as angry as a pufferfish, she was worried that if Mei Jiu said anything more, Lu Xiaoyao would beat the child.
Mei Jiu, who was pulled by Mingmei, turned her head and stuck out her tongue at Mingmei, making a gesture to be quiet and shut up. After that, she didn't say anything more, but then she took a fancy to the pastries in Lu Xiaoyao's arms.
Immediately afterward, realizing what Mei Jiu was about to do, Lu Xiaoyao stuffed all the pastries into her mouth in one go and swallowed them raw, making Mingmei's throat hurt just watching.
Mei Jiu:? ?
Is this person poisonous?
Mingmei: "..."
As expected of you, Lu Xiaoyao.
"He should be back soon, right? I heard from the other disciples yesterday that Sect Leader Qi was in a good mood."
Mu Chen's words broke the eerie atmosphere that had just been there.
So, Mei Jiu, who had been under Qi Tianqing's watchful eye for the past few days, couldn't help but turn to look at Mu Chen, her eyes filled with "Are you telling the truth?"
Qi Tianqing is good in every way, except that he is too serious and meticulous in his work.
When Mingyi and Meishi left, they deliberately left the two younger children with Qi Tianqing, which resulted in Qi Tianqing checking on Mingmei and Meijiu almost every day for a while.
Mingmei, who stayed quietly on the mountain like a salted fish, was not a cause for concern, so she didn't feel the sect leader's excessive concern. But Meijiu was different; if you didn't see her for half an hour, she would lead her friends to cause trouble everywhere.
However, this is also something that has been bothering Mei Jiu lately.
One by one, the friends left Jingyun Mountain with their elders because of some troubles within the sect. She only saw off the last one yesterday evening, and today she came to have some snacks to relieve her boredom.
In the end, there were four people present, including her. The one cooking looked like a wooden idiot, the one tending the fire looked like an idiot, her sister was a big cutie, and she herself was a little cutie.
So why did God treat these two adorable little babies this way?
She wants friends!
I want to play!
"But things aren't going too well outside lately, are they? Is the news of Zhenren and the others returning accurate? Maybe the sect leader is just happy?"
Lu Xiaoyao just saw off the Wanjianmen players yesterday. She heard that someone threw a whole spoonful of extremely Yin water into the sword pool where Wanjianmen forged swords, and all the treasure-level swords in the entire sword pool that had not yet been tempered were ruined!
It is said that the once-in-a-decade sword-tasting competition will be postponed next year.
Not to mention, haven't the other sects we went back to recently all run into problems?
The earliest reason for Mingyi and Meishi to go out was because of the Bibo Yaoshan incident. Who knows if there is any connection between them and what happened later?
If that's the case, wouldn't we have to resolve everything before we can come back?
"You make a good point." Mu Chen glanced at Lu Xiaoyao with a meaningful look, and Lu Xiaoyao couldn't help but tighten her grip on the plate.
Why is Xie Chen's gaze so frightening?
Lu Xiaoyao couldn't help but gasp inwardly; how could that gaze be even more frightening than that of Boss Mu Chen!
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