Chapter 1 What Am I Doing?

Who am I? Where am I? What am I supposed to do?

Three consecutive questions about life exploded in Mingmei's mind.

Wait, what the heck is this villain talking about?

When did she become the villain's true love?

There wasn't anything like this in her NPC background introduction, was there?

And, who the hell allowed you to call me by my nickname?!

It wasn't just Mingmei; the viewers watching Lu Xiaoyao's livestream also went wild.

[Holy crap! This villain has a true love?]

[Don't joke around!]

[I went and scoured everything, and the official website didn't say anything about "Ghastly Wedding" updating with this! I swear!]

[??? What you're saying is even scarier, okay? If it's not there, then what's up with this miss?]

[I said before, the villain in "Ghastly Wedding" is even scarier; maybe he's doing this on purpose!]

[Miss, danger!!]

...

"You, you, you..."

Lu Xiaoyao gasped, covering her mouth in surprise, her eyes darting back and forth between Mingmei and the villainous young master Zhang.

Good heavens! What the heck is this plot in front of her?

In the original plot, young master Zhang only casually mentioned that he had someone he liked, and at the time, forum posts said that was just to appease miss Bai, to make the players lower their guard!

Good heavens!

The game company actually added one after the update?!

The more Lu Xiaoyao thought about it, the more she felt it was true!

So, this extra player is playing the villain's true love?

Not knowing what Lu Xiaoyao was imagining, Mingmei only felt that the other person's gaze flickered with surprise, confusion, and hesitation, and finally, her expression of sudden realization completely confused Mingmei.

What exactly is this player thinking?

"Hey! You have someone you like, why didn't you say so sooner?"

Suddenly, Lu Xiaoyao put on an act as if she didn't know that young master Zhang was the big villain.

Smiling broadly, Lu Xiaoyao stepped forward and grabbed Mingmei's hand, then bravely took one of young master Zhang's hands and placed it in Mingmei's hand.

Patting the backs of their hands, making them hold hands tightly, Mingmei watched as Lu Xiaoyao squeezed out a single tear of "moved (disgusted)" emotion and said, "Then let's quickly call off the engagement, so you can marry the woman you love!"

Mingmei: ...

If she didn't know that miss Bai's ending for failing the game was being torn apart and devoured by ten thousand ghosts while wearing exquisite bridal makeup, she would have really believed this nonsense!

If miss Bai calls off the engagement, who knows who will end up being devoured by the ghosts!

However, apart from that sudden stroke of inspiration, the rest of the plot remained the same.

Young master Zhang looked troubled, first saying that master Zhang was seriously ill and that suddenly calling off the engagement would be too much of a shock for the old man. Then he said that "Meimei's" identity wasn't good enough, and master Zhang probably couldn't accept it for a while, so miss Bai would have to suffer for a while.

Mingmei was stunned by what she heard.

Was he looking down on her?

[Me, my identity isn't good enough?]

Mingmei silently asked the system.

[A lunchbox vendor with no parental information; it's not considered very good in the past, is it? In the past, people valued matching families, didn't they?]

Gui Gui was also confused; it never expected young master Zhang to come up with this on the spot!

"Young master, master is awake and wants to see you."

At this time, the servant called young master Zhang away again, and only Lu Xiaoyao and Mingmei were left in the hall.

As soon as he left, Mingmei officially breathed a sigh of relief. Lu Xiaoyao couldn't wait to grab Mingmei's hand and say, "Oh my god, sister! What kind of script are you on?! So exciting?"

Mingmei twitched her lips and didn't answer her question.

Could she say that she was caught off guard by this script too?

"So, what's your mission? Are you really young master Zhang's true love? Or are you also... being used by him?"

Mingmei: ...

The plot of "Ghastly Wedding" is not complicated; it mainly revolves around the Zhang family.

A hundred years ago, one of the ancestors of the Zhang family was seriously ill and on the verge of death.

The Zhang family posted notices and invited many doctors, but none of them could cure him. Until a wandering Taoist priest appeared, saying that this ancestor of the Zhang family had a strange destiny. When he was alive, the Zhang family's luck was prosperous and the family was thriving, but once he died, all the luck that came with it would disappear without a trace.

This was confirmed after the Zhang family ancestor became seriously ill, as the Zhang family's business declined and the family members died in various accidents.

Afterwards, the Zhang family spent a very high price to ask the wandering Taoist for guidance. They only knew that the Taoist gave the Zhang family a birth date, saying that if they arranged for this unmarried Zhang family ancestor to marry a woman with the same birth date, then the Zhang family ancestor's illness would naturally be cured.

When this maintained the Zhang family head for a hundred years and was buried in the tomb pointed out by the feng shui master, the Zhang family's luck could be extended indefinitely and transferred to the next Zhang family head.

Moreover, the Taoist also said that in order to ensure that the Zhang family's luck continued to flourish, the birth dates of each Zhang family mistress should preferably remain the same.

Therefore, almost every Zhang family head's first wife died before the age of thirty, due to various illnesses and accidents.

In fact, these mistresses who ostensibly died from illness and accidents were all swallowed by the evil spirits that had entangled the Zhang family.

The reason why the Zhang family ancestor was seriously ill in the first place was because he accidentally provoked these evil spirits...

The above is the plot that Mingmei knows. As for whether there is any exaggeration in this story, Mingmei dared not vouch for it, thinking of the aura she had seen on young master Zhang earlier.

At the same time, Mingmei raised her vigilance against this "colleague" to the highest level.

Mingmei and Lu Xiaoyao shuddered at the same time, looked at each other, and their eyes clearly said, "Stay away from the villain, or you will become unfortunate!"

Mingmei hesitated for a moment but still didn't intend to reveal the other person's information; after all, they were "colleagues," and she didn't want to anger the other party.

Although, the other party seemed to clearly want to drag her into the water.

"Cough, anyway, we have to be careful. Don't guess what the villain boss is thinking; maybe he's just trying to drive a wedge between us."

[Gui Gui, can... NPCs kill each other?]

Mingmei was a little unsure if the other party would eventually attack her.

[Probably... not?]

Mingmei: ???

Listen to that tone; don't you, the system, feel guilty about your attitude when you answer?

With a "crack," a bolt of lightning suddenly flashed across the sky, instantly illuminating the hall they were in, followed by a deafening thunderclap.

Lu Xiaoyao's expression changed when she saw this. She looked up at the cloudy sky outside the door and muttered, "The plot is about to begin..."

After the thunder, it began to pour.

The sound of rain hitting the tiles allowed Mingmei, who had been sitting in the hall, to hear a sense of rhythm. She closed her eyes; she could easily pass the hours she used to spend meditating with her sister.

However, Lu Xiaoyao, who had come with Mingmei, couldn't sit still.

She sat there somewhat uneasy, pondering the plot she had seen before. After the heavy rain, it would get dark, and after it got dark, the plot would begin.

However, no other players said it would take this long between the heavy rain and nightfall.

"How long are we going to be here?"

Lu Xiaoyao pouted, her eyes darting around the room, and slowly opened her mouth, looking at Mingmei, who had opened her eyes because of her question, "Until it gets dark."