Chapter 1 The Forefront

The first half of the night was so wonderful that Mingmei didn't pay attention to the other players' performances, especially not to Lu Xiaoyao's livestream.

But now, Mingmei was startled to see Lu Xiaoyao in the dark livestream room with her big, wide, sleepless eyes staring at the camera, which made Mingmei's scalp tingle.

After some explanation from the comments, Mingmei's mouth twitched.

It was rare to be so affected by bubble tea.

However, since everyone except Lu Xiaoyao had fallen asleep, the night passed quickly. Mingmei had just been speechless at Lu Xiaoyao's antics when she turned her head and saw that it was already dawn.

Taking another look at Lu Xiaoyao's livestream, she seemed to have finally succumbed to sleep after a long time, as the game required.

But the netizens in the comments were already kindly calculating her stress level.

[Rough estimate, the stress level I reduced yesterday will probably return to the beginning of the game overnight because of staying up late.]

[Pfft hahaha, so miserable?]

[Pfft, mourning, I can already imagine her reaction when she wakes up!]

At this time, the stress levels of most other players were generally around 70.

"Knock, knock," a knock on the shop door sounded.

The game just entered dawn, but Mingmei saw Mu Chen standing at her shop door holding breakfast.

A ray of sunlight hit the man at the door, adding a touch of haziness to Mu Chen. He stood there with a friendly smile as if he had his own soft light filter. The moment Mingmei looked up and met his eyes, her heart couldn't help but beat faster.

In the sunlight, the water droplets on his hair and clothes were also exposed, confirming that he had been up for a while and had been outside for quite some time.

"Good morning~"

Mu Chen smiled, showing Mingmei the breakfast in his arms, and said, "I went for a walk by the sea this morning and saw they were selling breakfast. Would you like to try it together?"

"Thank you. The dishes are in the cabinet over there."

Mingmei nodded and then realized what she had just done. She agreed to his request to enter the store, and she also told him where the kitchenware was.

"Okay, I also think it's more ceremonial to change the tableware~"

One dared to say it, and the other dared to agree.

Mu Chen rolled up his sleeves and went to the place Mingmei said the kitchenware was stored, picking out two clean, white porcelain bowls. He poured the steaming seafood porridge into them and selected a few quiet and elegant dishes to plate the other food.

Mingmei's shop was not big. There were only two small round tables in the shop to provide dining space. Mu Chen moved one of the small round tables directly outside the shop, next to a cluster of island flowers at the door.

Mingmei stood there blankly. She had been staring at Mu Chen's behavior since he entered the shop, but seeing his serious preparations, it seemed that he really was just here for breakfast.

The scene of Mu Chen busying himself made Mingmei feel a little familiar.

Where was it familiar?

She thought, was it the serious and meticulous look on his face when he was plating the food that overlapped with the image of her eldest brother making breakfast for her sister-in-law?

Or was it the way he arranged the scene around the breakfast table that resembled the busy figure of her father preparing a surprise for her mother under the peach tree?

Flowers, sunshine, breeze, and exquisite breakfast. After setting everything up, Mu Chen showed a satisfied smile and invited Mingmei to come out and enjoy breakfast.

"What's wrong?"

Seeing Mingmei standing in the shop in a daze, he asked.

"Ah... nothing." Mingmei came back to her senses and condemned the scene she had just imagined. They hadn't even confirmed their relationship yet, how could she compare him to married people!?

Mingmei sat down at the table prepared by Mu Chen and quickly picked up the seafood porridge to drink, covering up the cheeks that had turned red without her knowing.

"By the way." Mingmei, feeling that eating breakfast in silence was a bit awkward, changed the subject, "Did you get enough sleep for ten hours?"

"No, the time I spent with you last night was too fast, and I got up early this morning, so I didn't get enough sleep." Mu Chen shook his head, but didn't seem worried at all, and added, "But it's okay, I'll sleep for a while at noon."

"Is that okay?"

"Sleeping for ten hours every day doesn't specify that you have to sleep for ten hours straight. Besides, there are so many activities during the day, and it's good to take a nap in the middle to replenish your strength."

Seeing that Mu Chen had arranged everything clearly, Mingmei nodded in agreement. Originally, Mingmei had almost been led astray by Lu Xiaoyao's analysis yesterday, but if she followed Mu Chen's method, it was also a good way~

"Do you want to go to the amusement park with me later?" After breakfast, Mu Chen's next invitation was also issued.

[Hmph! Is this person here on vacation or on a date!]

In the end, Guigui couldn't help but say sourly.

[Can't these two things happen at the same time?] Mingmei retorted.

Guigui: […]

It's over, its host has completely turned her elbow outward QAQ!

It was kind enough not to say a word last night to give them enough space for two!

Now it's good, it just said one sentence, and its host is already怼ing it!

Not feeling her own smart brain's depression, Mingmei had already walked towards the amusement park with Mu Chen, but could they say that it was worthy of being the peak tourist season?

From the moment they entered the amusement park, there was a long line, and when Lu Xiaoyao, who was late because she overslept, arrived here, she almost blacked out.

Lu Xiaoyao tremblingly ate her second serving of seafood paella before barely making it to the queue to enter the amusement park.

But after entering the amusement park, she still had to queue!

Looking at the long line at the bungee jumping area with the highest points, Lu Xiaoyao felt that her eyes were going dark.

She couldn't even get to that step!

Lu Xiaoyao looked at the stress level on the panel, which was already marked red at 96, and suddenly wanted to cry.

If only she had brought another bento QAQ

In the end, she could only choose the projects with one or two points that didn't require queuing.

For example, the Ferris wheel.

It can reduce 1.5 stress points at a time.

Good heavens?! The pendulum was only a little stronger than the Ferris wheel?

However, because she didn't have to queue much, Lu Xiaoyao directly chose to play continuously.

When she came down to queue again for the third time, Lu Xiaoyao actually met Mingmei and Mu Chen who had come to queue.

"Boss?! Are you guys playing the Ferris wheel too?" Just standing in this not-so-crowded team, Mu Chen heard someone calling him from behind.

Turning his head, it was Lu Xiaoyao.

"Yeah. There are few people here."

Mu Chen put his hands in his pockets and glanced around. The more it got to noon, the more tourists there were. He couldn't help but be glad that he entered the park early and played two exciting projects.

By noon, he planned to take Mingmei to play a less crowded and stable project and then transition, so he could go out of the area to eat delicious food.

However, when he saw Lu Xiaoyao queuing with them and smiling and greeting him and Mingmei enthusiastically, Mu Chen subconsciously felt something was wrong.

It was a premonition of something bad.

While Mu Chen was distracted, the ticket inspector looked at the three people in front of him and asked Mingmei, "Are you together?"

Mingmei didn't notice that the other party was gesturing for three people. Seeing that Mu Chen didn't speak, she responded.

"Yes, we're together."

As a result, Lu Xiaoyao felt like she was sitting on pins and needles, on tenterhooks, and had a lump in her throat.

Looking at the boss on the opposite side who was constantly releasing cold air, Lu Xiaoyao was so scared that she immediately hugged one of Mingmei's arms, trying to bury her small face in Mingmei's shoulder.

Help orz!

Boss, believe me! I didn't mean to be a third wheel on purpose!