“If the rule of three holds true, does it also apply to seafood risotto's ability to reduce stress?”

Wang Wenfei's speculation prompted the others to think seriously.

“You mean, Charlie thought he could get greedy and rely on the lunchbox to reduce too much stress at once, so…”

Reminded by Wang Wenfei, Julian also thought this was possible.

“If that's really the case…” Madison paused, noticing the dumbfounded Lu Xiaoyao beside him. Although he felt a pang of sympathy, he chose to twist the knife further, “Wouldn't buying too much be a waste?”

Buying too much is a waste!

Too much is a waste!

Is a waste!

Waste!

These words cycled wildly in Lu Xiaoyao's mind, who had just bought five servings of seafood risotto in one go!

Lu Xiaoyao: Tears stream down my face upon learning the truth!

…

“Pfft~”

Mingmei, who was having dinner with Mu Chen at a small bistro in the food street, couldn't help but laugh when she saw Lu Xiaoyao's thunderstruck expression through the live stream.

“What's wrong?” Mu Chen, sitting across from Mingmei, looked up at her.

“Nothing, I just wanted to ask you, do you think that hint applies to the lunchbox?”

Mingmei's eyebrows were filled with amusement as she said this. Mu Chen understood what she was laughing at after a moment's thought.

“Lu Xiaoyao must be crying.”

As he spoke, Mu Chen cut the steak in front of him into bite-sized pieces and pushed them to Mingmei, moving her whole steak, identical to his, in front of himself.

“Yes, she's going to cry~”

Mingmei, who had been watching the show from backstage, snapped back to reality when she saw Mu Chen's actions. She graciously took a piece of steak with her fork and put it in her mouth. Seeing Mingmei squint her eyes happily as she ate the steak, the scene successfully pleased Mu Chen.

Mu Chen also put a piece of cut steak into his mouth, his eyes fixed on Mingmei's face, as if the deliciousness of the food in his mouth could rise to another level just by looking at her.

Mingmei was unaware of all of this. When she opened her eyes, Mu Chen had already picked up the decanted red wine and was taking a sip.

“But, this game has already reached this point, there shouldn't be any more deaths, right? Just reduce the stress according to the rules.”

Mingmei imitated Mu Chen and took a small sip of red wine.

Sure enough, wine is still not good.

Mingmei thought.

“Not necessarily~” Although Mu Chen wasn't sure what would happen next, based on Mr. Yan Hui's nasty personality, Mu Chen didn't think he wouldn't have any other moves.

“Is that so?”

As she said this, Mingmei watched Mu Chen sip his wine and couldn't help but take another sip herself.

Tsk! Still so hard to drink!

[Host?]

Gui Gui didn't notice, and when it came back to its senses, it saw its host holding a glass of red wine, and the amount inside didn't look like it hadn't been touched!

Gui Gui: [!!!!]

[What?]

Just as Gui Gui was worried that Mingmei was drunk again, Mingmei responded in her mind.

[Did you drink?]

[What's wrong? Can't I?]

This somewhat impolite tone made Gui Gui sure that its host's current state couldn't be considered sober.

Is that so?

She dared to go out to eat with someone and drink?

Gui Gui suddenly rejoiced that it didn't have an artificial body, otherwise, it would be so angry with Mingmei that it would be in the hospital in minutes.

[Sure, just don't get too drunk and not find your way home! What if you meet bad people again?]

“Hmph! I'm not afraid!”

Suddenly, Mu Chen heard Mei Shi's suddenly arrogant tone. He looked at Mingmei and saw the watery and hazy look in the depths of her eyes.

Is she drunk?

Mu Chen couldn't believe his guess. It was only less than half a glass of red wine.

“Meimei?” Mu Chen called out tentatively.

“What?”

Impatient with Gui Gui, Mingmei was equally impatient with Mu Chen at this time. She put a piece of steak in her mouth with a fork, then put the fork in her mouth and rubbed it with her teeth. She was unhappy when she heard someone calling her.

“Are you drunk?”

“No!”

Mu Chen: That means she's very drunk.

“It's getting late, do you want me to take you home?”

“No, I'm not full yet!”

Mingmei flatly rejected Mu Chen's request, then ate all the steak in front of her in one breath, and then drank the remaining half glass of red wine in one gulp.

Throughout the whole process, Mu Chen wanted to speak several times, but when he met the other party's defensive little eyes after getting drunk, he didn't know what to say.

Helpless ┐(ﾟ～ﾟ)┌

“Okay!”

Mingmei stood up, swaying. Before Mu Chen could grab her, she took the initiative to lean on Mu Chen's shoulder, her upper body suddenly falling into his arms. Immediately, Mu Chen wrapped his arms around Mingmei to prevent her from sliding down his body.

“Be careful!”

“Hey! The road in this store is uneven…”

Mingmei said dizzyly, and looked up at Mu Chen, who was looking at her with concern. Suddenly, she asked fiercely, “Who are you?!”

“I…”

“Oh, I know, you're the follower my dad found for me, right?”

Mu Chen: “…”

“Not bad looking~” As she said that, she hooked Mu Chen's chin with her finger.

What Mu Chen never expected was that Mingmei's state of being drunk this time was completely different from before.

Last time, Mingmei drank too much baijiu and stood there motionless, very well-behaved. But now, after only drinking a glass of red wine, she directly reached out to touch his chin, and then touched Mu Chen's Adam's apple in a teasing manner.

Such a provocative action, any man would not be able to hold back!

[Host, stop it! You can't!!!]

Gui Gui is going crazy!

What is her host going to do?

Touch the Adam's apple of a man who has feelings for you when you're drunk?!!

Gui Gui: Ah——!

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“You're so good-looking, look at your chin, neck, and profile… How did you grow up to look so much like a bad person?”

Mu Chen, whose Adam's apple couldn't help but move when Mingmei touched it:?

His little heart, which was beating wildly from being teased, was suddenly held down.

So, in Mingmei's mind, his image is that he is good-looking and looks like a bad person?

“Okay~ I'll take you home.”

Although Mu Chen's heart was still immersed in what his image in Mingmei's heart was all about, his face was still warm and gentle.

However, Mingmei, who had just refused to go home, had no intention of going home at the moment.

“Shh——you're wrong.” Mingmei drunkenly covered Mu Chen's thin lips with her hand, raised her eyebrows at him, and said, “You should ask me if I want to go to your house~ Don't you have any thoughts about me?”

Mu Chen:!!!

Gui Gui: Ah ah ah ah!

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Mu Chen's breath stagnated when Mingmei asked him, and his clasped hands trembled slightly. The tightly clenched hands reminded himself not to take advantage of Mingmei's drunkenness and do something out of line.

“To be honest, I do.”

Moreover, he has a lot of them.

But he can't.

“Then you…”

“But I don't think now is the right time.”

Mu Chen closed his eyes and took a deep breath. When he opened his eyes again, he let go of one of his hands and took out Mingmei's other hand, which was behind her back. She didn't know when she had a fork in her hand.

If he had really been confused just now and did something out of line, Mingmei might have used the fork in her hand.

“Be good, hold it tight, I'll take you back to rest.”

Without taking the fork away, Mu Chen still let the fork remain in Mingmei's hand. Mu Chen expressed his support for Mingmei's behavior of wanting to "fish for law enforcement" while drunk, but at the same time, he felt that she shouldn't drink next time.