"Since the door is locked, I think I'll just go back inside with you."
Mingmei remained vigilant, but her expression returned to normal. Under the other person's gaze, she took the first step, her steps not very fast, but much larger than usual.
At the same time, she also had to pay attention to the movements of the people behind her.
Gui Gui expressed her incomprehension regarding this.
[Host, if you're worried about him attacking from behind, just let him go first.]
I'm afraid if I follow him, we'll get led to the wrong place. Besides... this way I won't have to see his expression change. If he dares to lay a hand on me, I'll make him regret ever being human—ugh, an evil spirit. If he walks ahead and wants to attack me, wouldn't he have to turn around? Then I'd have to see his face, and what if he's particularly ugly beforehand and scares me?
Gui Gui: [...] This touches on its blind spot in chatting.
Are all women like this?
Fortunately, the sneak attack that Mingmei was worried about did not occur along the way, and the two soon returned to the house.
Everyone heard Mingmei's exclamation just now, and everyone knew that Lou Jia had gone down to check on them. Now that the two of them have returned, everyone is relieved.
Although everyone was a little scared when the downstairs door suddenly became locked, Mingmei's return brought a touch of secret joy to their hearts.
Everyone: Hehe, we're not afraid anymore now that we've finished our boxed lunches!
Seeing that Mingmei was expressionless, she still came back with two boxes and sat on the sofa in the living room, explaining again: "The main door of the building is locked, I can't get out, I'll have to trouble everyone again tonight."
"No trouble at all."
They didn't find it troublesome to have a mysterious merchant following them around; on the contrary, they were quite happy.
After saying that, Mingmei stopped talking and sat there quietly. The others exchanged glances and then got busy with their own things, the most important of which was to eat the boxed lunches they had bought.
She sat there upright on the sofa, looking very pleasing to the eye.
Although she was wearing a food delivery uniform, it didn't stop people from remembering her good looks. With her good looks as well, Lu Xiaoyao, a sucker for good looks, had already eaten two boxed lunches with her bright face on her face.
This made Mingmei hungry.
So, Mingmei silently took out a Mapo Tofu boxed lunch, to which Guigui remained silent.
Anyway, it's no use saying anything; as long as his host is happy, that's all that matters.
They're just trying to fool people.
Upon seeing the Mapo Tofu, Mingmei naturally thought of this phrase, secretly thinking to herself, "No wonder this lunchbox skill can withstand the self-destruction damage of being possessed by an evil spirit."
With that thought in mind, Mingmei opened her mouth and tasted a bite of the fresh, spicy, and tender Mapo Tofu.
The intensely spicy and numbing flavor of that moment gave her a strong stimulation to her taste buds, causing her mouth to constantly secrete saliva. A bite of tofu followed by a bite of rice, chewed together, was simply too delicious!
Because Mapo Tofu itself has a strong flavor, and the side dishes are all light, regardless of whether the boxed meal is effective or not, Mingmei felt that eating this meal in the evening would be incredibly satisfying.
[It's so delicious! My daughter is eating it so heartily! And the businesswoman is enjoying it just as much! I want Mapo Tofu for lunch today too!]
Damn, I'm so busy with work that I can only survive on nutritional supplements!
[Are you too busy with work to eat, but have time to watch a live stream?]
[What a harmonious start to today! Eating boxed lunches together. I don't think this new story should be too scary~]
[Hey, wake up! This new story is called "Midnight Apartment," and you can tell from the title that it's definitely not going to be anything but scary!]
[You guys have probably forgotten about that compass and the locked door downstairs, haven't you?]
[And also, Taoist priests! Remember how they required Taoist priests in the starting village? What kind of setup is this?]
...
While eating her boxed lunch, Mingmei felt a shadow fall on her lunchbox.
She looked up and saw Lou Jia looking at her. The young, handsome man's face was backlit, and his smile carried a sinister undertone. He asked, "Is this tofu delicious?"
Mingmei: "..."
Mingmei's gaze fell on the lunchbox the man was holding; he hadn't eaten a single bite since the beginning of the night.
Has he already discovered something?
"It's alright, not bad. Why don't you try it?"
Mingmei lowered her eyes, forcing herself not to show any more expression to the other person, lest they discover something.
"Really? Hmm... It makes me want to eat too..." A troubled look flashed across the other person's face as they stared at the boxed lunch in their hand for a long time. Mingmei glanced at the other person and saw the struggle in their eyes.
It's as if you're facing a very difficult, hard-to-determine choice.
It seems the evil spirit really wants to eat too?
Just as Mingmei thought the other person was about to say something, a loud bang suddenly drew everyone's attention once again.
It is Yuan Fang.
When Mingmei looked at him, he had already squatted down to pick up the lunchbox, apparently having accidentally knocked it to the ground.
"Wow, you scared me to death! I thought something had happened!"
Lu Xiaoyao was sitting to the side, debating whether to finish all three boxed lunches in one go or save the last one for later, when Yuan Fang next to her suddenly dropped his lunchbox, startling her.
"N-sorry, my hand slipped, slipped, haha~" Yuan Fang smiled awkwardly at everyone, but his eyes glanced at Mingmei and Loujia out of the corner of his eye.
It seems they saw something and were startled?
Mingmei noticed this, so after quietly finishing her boxed lunch, she also went to stand with everyone else.
She needs to demonstrate through her actions that even if she's an NPC, she's on the players' side!
However, to Mingmei's surprise, when the other person saw her walk among the crowd, he followed her over.
Lou Jia's actions directly caused every cell in Mingmei's body to resist!
"Now that we've eaten and drunk our fill, we should move on to the next thing."
Seeing that everyone had almost finished their boxed lunches, Zhen Po, who was playing the role of a police officer, started the cueing process.
"We are all gathered here today at Ms. Morissa's invitation to perform an exorcism in this building. As this apartment building has been plagued by many unsolved cases, causing trouble for the local police department, our police station is bringing you exorcists many top-secret files that happened here and are not known to outsiders."
After Amber finished speaking, she placed the briefcase next to her on the rectangular dining table in the restaurant, and all the boxed lunches that the others had eaten earlier were cleaned up.
However, Mingmei secretly complained to Guigui about Amber's lines: "Seriously, won't they be held accountable for the unsolved case caused by the haunted house? Also, what if something goes wrong and the files are leaked after they're directly pulled out top-secret documents?"
[Host, this is a game. Either everyone successfully exorcises the demon and the game is over, or we all die here. What would we be revealing? Absolutely top secret!]
Mingmei: ...
That seems to make sense.
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