Chapter 56

No one knew what happened during Julian's wish-making process, but when he returned, he had a smile on his face, which seemed to indicate that everything went smoothly.

However, Da Yao glanced at him and chuckled.

The mockery in that chuckle almost made Julian's smile falter.

Julian, who had been determined not to touch the tea and snacks in the room, now had to drink some tea to calm his heart.

But even so, his face remained calm. Although his smile had seemed a bit artificial, Mingmei and the others didn't think Julian had encountered anything too difficult.

Just from his behavior, it was impossible to tell what wish he had made, or what answer he had received.

"Next, I'll go."

Da Yao, who was one step behind Julian, naturally didn't want to be second. Zhen Po wanted to say something, but seeing Da Yao's enthusiasm, he immediately closed his mouth.

He actually wanted to go earlier.

"Didn't you say you didn't have any wishes?"

After Da Yao left, Julian's gaze once again locked onto Zhen Po. Zhen Po chuckled dryly and said, "I'm already here, so I might as well hear what the Fox Immortal has to say. If…ah, if the Fox Immortal can bring blessings to the area, that would be good."

As he said that, his face inexplicably turned red, which Mingmei, who was drinking water, saw and immediately choked on.

Mingmei: A bad feeling.

"Are you alright?"

Everyone present saw Mingmei's sudden violent reaction and looked over. Mu Chen, however, kept his eyes down and didn't say anything, but gently patted Mingmei's back and then gave Zhen Po a meaningful look.

Seeing Mingmei put down her teacup, Mu Chen asked again, "Do you… like Fox Immortals?"

"Ah… that… ah, I… just…" As if his youthful secret had been exposed, Zhen Po's face instantly turned from a light red to a liver-colored red. "The Fox Immortal is… really quite beautiful…"

Mingmei: …

Mingmei thought that one day, her uncle being chased by her father with a knife wouldn't be surprising.

"Is this… your ideal type, or do you just think she's pretty?"

"Ah, if my future wife is really that beautiful, then of course I'm okay with it!" Zhen Po replied without thinking, and then immediately covered his face in a shy gesture.

Mingmei: "…"

Too spicy, too blinding!

Julian was also surprised by Zhen Po's preferences. It wasn't that the Fox Immortal wasn't beautiful, but her beauty was just too aggressive. Julian felt that such a beauty was only suitable for admiration.

However, looking at the mysterious merchant's reaction, Julian's eyes flickered, and he stared at Mingmei's face for a few seconds, his eyebrows suddenly raising.

Why did he think the mysterious merchant lady looked somewhat similar to the Fox Immortal?

"By the way, what did you talk about with the Fox Immortal just now?"

Perhaps because he had been watched by everyone for too long, Zhen Po quickly changed the subject, interrupting Julian's thoughts about the similarities between Mingmei and the Fox Immortal's appearance, and curiously asked Julian what the situation was like when he went in.

"Nothing much, she just asked me what my wish was, and what offerings I had. I answered my wish and the offerings I could provide, and then she told me to wait a while, and I would know later."

Julian's answer was extremely vague. He didn't say what his wish was, nor did he mention the offerings. Finally, when he said he would know later, was that knowing whether the wish would succeed, or when the wish would succeed?

"Ah, just that?" Zhen Po scratched his head in distress and said, "Couldn't you talk a little longer? About other topics or something?"

Julian: …??

He almost forgot that this guy was interested in the Fox Immortal.

Mingmei: !!

How bold!

Fortunately, Lu Xiaoyao wasn't here, and her livestream wasn't on, so her father didn't know about this.

Mingmei thought self-deceptively, but the scene of her mother showing her face had already been screenshotted and sent to the Star Network…

As a result, Mingmei couldn't contact her Uncle Yan Hui for a long time afterward.

Of course, these are all stories for later.

Just then, Zhen Hu finally woke up, with his face covered in tears.

"I…"

Zhen Hu, who had woken up, naturally received everyone's attention. Zhen Po looked concerned, while Julian and Mingmei looked curious.

"Bro, you fell asleep just now and I couldn't wake you up no matter how much I called you. What's wrong? Did you have a nightmare?"

Hearing the word "nightmare," even Mingmei couldn't help but pay more attention. Her bento box was supposed to bring sweet dreams!

She couldn't let the fact that he cried like this give her bento box a bad reputation, right?

"It wasn't a nightmare."

After being reminded by Zhen Po, Zhen Hu looked towards Mingmei, forced a bitter smile at Mingmei, and cupped his fist, saying, "Thank you for the bento box."

"You're welcome. Since you spent star credits to buy the bento box, there's no need to thank me specifically. It's what you deserve."

"What… are you guys talking about?"

Zhen Po didn't understand. His brother cried like that when he was sleeping just now. In the end, it was a sweet dream?

"Bro, did you cry because you had a dream that was too beautiful?"

Everyone: Cried because it was too beautiful?

"Ah… maybe it's because I realized that it was really a beautiful dream that couldn't come true…" Thinking about it, Zhen Hu, who had just woken up, looked melancholic again, then looked around and asked why one person was missing.

After Zhen Po explained, Zhen Hu said, "Then I'll go next."

Zhen Po, who originally wanted to go third to chat with the Fox Immortal more: "…"

Not long after, Da Yao also returned, with a beaming smile, walking with a spring in her step. Her flamboyant posture almost said—I successfully made my wish!

"Success?"

Zhen Hu had just left, and Zhen Po couldn't wait to ask for good news from Da Yao.

"No."

Everyone: "…?"

"Ha, you're pretending pretty well!" Julian laughed directly. He was also startled by her just now.

Da Yao didn't show any weakness when she heard that, and replied without raising her eyelids, "Yeah, better than yours."

After speaking, the two turned their heads at the same time, and sparks flew where their eyes met!

"I'm sure they didn't get any good news."

At this time, Mu Chen leaned forward and whispered to Mingmei.

Mingmei, who had been silently eating melon, felt the other party's warm breath spraying on her neck. Suddenly, Mingmei only felt that her earlobes seemed to be a little hot.

But just being hot was one thing, at this time she heard Mu Chen chuckle softly in her ear and say, "You're blushing, your ears~"

Mingmei: !!!

Enraged, Mingmei reached out and pushed behind her. Mu Chen didn't pay attention and was really pushed backward by Mingmei.

At the moment he fell, he grabbed Mingmei's hand with his backhand, causing Mingmei to fall down with him without paying attention.

With a "thump," Zhen Po's attention shifted from Julian and their confrontation to elsewhere.

He looked up and saw the merchant lady lying on Mu Chen's chest, the two of them in a fallen state together.

Zhen Po looked at the two people who had fallen over there, and then glanced at the two people here who seemed to have lightning and thunder in the background and were glaring at each other. He suddenly fell silent.

Zhen Po suddenly felt that he shouldn't be in the room, he should be under the floor _(：3」∠)_