Chapter 1 "Eat This?"

A delicate little pastry appeared before her. Lu Xiaoyao looked up and saw Julian smiling at her, but his eyes were filled with reluctance.

The emotions expressed by his mouth and eyes were contradictory, making it clear that he wasn't being sincere.

The words of thanks that Lu Xiaoyao was about to say got stuck in her throat again.

Originally, after refusing Mingmei's boxed lunch, Lu Xiaoyao had planned to freeload off Zhen Hu's barbecue, thanks to her relationship with Zhen Po.

However, the two of them had managed to turn the barbecue into charcoal, and Mu Chen and Mingmei, who were eating boxed lunches, immediately became the focus of attention.

The more Lu Xiaoyao looked, the more she felt like she was hallucinating and could smell the aroma of the boxed lunches!

Just when she was so hungry that her eyes were blurring, Julian extended a helping hand.

Unfortunately, the way Julian was acting made her feel like someone was holding a knife to his throat, forcing him to do it.

To this, Julian could only say, "Isn't that the truth?"

Julian's original plan was to eat the pastries himself and watch Lu Xiaoyao squirm, but then he remembered that Lu Xiaoyao could livestream.

If his behavior was broadcast, he wouldn't even need to be told; his dad would know and he would be done for!

No matter how awful his nature was, he couldn't let outsiders see it and seize upon it.

"Glugluglu~ Glug~ Glug~ Glugluglu!"

Just as Lu Xiaoyao was about to refuse, her stomach suddenly let out a thunderous rumble, so loud that everyone around her heard it.

Lu Xiaoyao: 0.0!!

Mingmei, who was about to put the last piece of cola chicken wing in her mouth, also looked up at Lu Xiaoyao.

That sound had cadence!

This was social death.

The key was that she was livestreaming.

[Pwahahahaha! The stomach rumble, is this what "hauntingly beautiful" means?]

[To the person above, no, thank you, don't misuse idioms.]

[I don't know why, but at midday, my laughter woke up all my colleagues taking a nap.]

[Wuwuwu, I don't allow it! How can you give food to other girls!]

[What is that person above even saying? Mod, do something!]

"Eat it."

Julian suppressed a laugh. Seeing the other person's embarrassed appearance, he adjusted his attitude, acted like a gentleman, and gave Lu Xiaoyao a way out: "These pastries are best eaten while they're hot."

Mingmei: "..."

What's so hot about it? →_→

"Thank you..."

Lu Xiaoyao quickly took the pastry from his hand, stuffed it into her mouth, and mumbled her thanks.

After finishing the pastry, Lu Xiaoyao's eyes wandered around again. Only when she realized that no one was paying attention to her did she breathe a sigh of relief.

Forget it, as long as she didn't see others laughing at her, she would pretend it didn't happen.

Having adjusted her mindset, Lu Xiaoyao felt revitalized after eating the pastry. Under everyone's watchful eyes, she rushed towards Mu Chen.

"What is it?"

Mu Chen, who had just finished his braised pork rice, looked up and saw Lu Xiaoyao charging towards him menacingly. Although he knew that Lu Xiaoyao's combat power was weak, Lu Xiaoyao had been giving him strange looks all morning.

Since she and Mingmei were good friends in private, Mu Chen thought he should humor her.

At least, before she did something stupid, he felt he should know in advance to prepare himself mentally.

Sure enough, Mu Chen's sudden gaze made Lu Xiaoyao stop in her tracks. Lu Xiaoyao asked curiously, "Did you get diarrhea from eating the boxed lunch?"

Mingmei: ???

What was Lu Xiaoyao asking?

"I won't get diarrhea. The boxed lunch is very clean."

"Then is it tasty?"

"Yes. Very tasty. The rice grains are plump, the braised pork is fragrant, and after eating it, the aroma lingers on your lips and teeth, leaving a lasting aftertaste."

Mu Chen spoke seriously, and Mingmei heard him clearly. She looked around at the others, who were secretly swallowing their saliva at Mu Chen's description.

Hehe, if you don't buy a boxed lunch, then just swallow your saliva!

Mingmei watched as these people seemed eager to try it, and she could already imagine the scene of the others regretting it and crying later.

"Hmph~ I don't believe you. There's no way. I'm going to try it."

Mu Chen's mouth twitched imperceptibly at Lu Xiaoyao's habit of creating her own escape routes.

Julian and the Zhen brothers exchanged looks with Mu Chen, making the same expression.

Mingmei, on the other hand, looked confused, not understanding Lu Xiaoyao's train of thought.

"Wait!"

This time, Zhen Po jumped out again. Previously, his brother hadn't stopped Mu Chen, so this time he had to stop Lu Xiaoyao no matter what.

"What?"

"You can't eat this boxed lunch!" Zhen Po simply exposed Mingmei's identity, saying, "She's not human, she's a fox demon! There's definitely something wrong with the boxed lunch she gave you!"

Mingmei could only put away the boxed lunch and stand up, feeling miserable inside.

She finally understood why she couldn't sell the boxed lunches in this game.

As expected, it wasn't good for merchants who sold boxed lunches in the game to hold multiple positions.

Before her identity as a mysterious merchant was exposed, her identity as a fox demon came out first!

This game was about the fox spirit's manifestation, and Zhen Po's character subconsciously didn't think that the Fox Spirit Mother was good, so her identity was naturally not considered that of a good person in his eyes.

A second ago, Mingmei was still thinking about how regretful they would be when they found out she was the mysterious merchant, but now Mingmei felt she should say one thing—"Actually, I'm a good person."

"How do you know she's a fox demon?"

Julian was startled by Zhen Po's shout, but he was the first to react. He looked at Zhen Po suspiciously and asked, "Do you have that kind of ability?"

He remembered that Zhen Po's identity was that of a bodyguard he had hired. A bodyguard also knew this?

Now, Zhen Po knew that he had been exposed. After being stunned for two seconds, he admitted that he was actually a demon-catcher, and had come here specifically to see if the rumored fox spirit was real.

"Who knows if what you're saying is true or false? If you say she's a fox demon, then you have to have evidence."

Julian instinctively felt that there might be something wrong with this game after learning that the identity card the other person was holding was actually that of a demon-catcher. That's why he questioned him, and also tested the strength of Zhen Po's identity.

And Zhen Po didn't have such intentions. As Julian asked, he took out a talisman from his arms and said, "I'll let you see her true form!"

After speaking, Zhen Po was about to throw the talisman at Mingmei.

Mingmei naturally wouldn't stand there and do nothing. However, Zhen Hu, as a twin, had already ambushed and directly blocked Mingmei's path!

"Damn it!"

Suddenly, everyone realized that just as Zhen Po threw the talisman, Mu Chen had darted to Zhen Po's side at some point and knocked Zhen Po's arm away, causing the talisman, which should have directly hit Mingmei's forehead, to only graze Mingmei's cheek.

Immediately, Mingmei felt a burning pain, but the next second, everyone looked in Mingmei's direction and exclaimed—"She really is a fox!"