Chapter 64

Mingmei deeply understood Bai Xiao's current state of wanting to cover her face and not talk to Lu Xiaoyao. She didn't just watch the show the whole time, but continued to repeat what Charlie and the others had said.

After hearing about the events in the royal tent, Bai Xiao frowned and asked in confusion, "Was there no one else around the tyrant? Doesn't that mean there were only four people present in the royal tent at the time? Three of them were aiming to assassinate the tyrant, so why didn't the other two do anything?"

Bai Xiao had naturally immersed herself in the story as Mingmei described the plot. That was clearly the closest opportunity to assassinate the tyrant. If they had killed him then, the probability of success would have been much higher than acting in full view of the public during the banquet.

Even if the ones assassinating the tyrant were NPCs, she wouldn't have minded cooperating!

Thinking this, a new idea suddenly flashed in Bai Xiao's mind!

"Maybe they were tied up and couldn't help?" Lu Xiaoyao, not noticing Bai Xiao's distraction, also offered her own thoughts. "But honestly, I also feel like this good opportunity was wasted."

"Indeed, those two were useless!"

Bai Xiao, now back to her senses, actually cursed, which made Mingmei look at her strangely. This was something Lu Xiaoyao would say; Bai Xiao wasn't usually this impatient.

As Mingmei thought this, she heard Bai Xiao say, "Luckily, the NPC who failed and died helped clear their suspicion before his death… Tsk! Sure enough, sometimes NPCs are smarter than people, right?"

Bai Xiao suddenly paused after speaking.

Before her was an NPC and her teammate, who was also a player, who had also mistaken NPCs for players before.

But… who did Lu Xiaoyao mistake back then?

Thinking of this, Bai Xiao patted her head, inwardly cursing the company. She had forgotten what had happened earlier again!

Afraid that Lu Xiaoyao would misunderstand again, Bai Xiao quickly looked at her, only to see that Lu Xiaoyao was still worried about whether the "player" hanging outside would die from sunstroke.

At this moment, she belatedly added to Bai Xiao's words, "Ah, that wasn't a player, it was an NPC?"

Bai Xiao: "…"

Before Bai Xiao could say anything, the audience on the screen, influenced by Lu Xiaoyao's thought process, overwhelmingly agreed—[Daughter! Please pay attention!]

"So, in that case, you don't know who the last player is either?"

Mingmei slowly nodded.

Currently, Bai Xiao carefully analyzed their situation. A player who could speak and understand the Chu Rong language had completely hidden themselves, and the two male players from the Federation seemed not very bright.

As for her and Lu Xiaoyao…

Thinking of Lu Xiaoyao, Bai Xiao glanced at her, and seeing her still full of energy, Bai Xiao couldn't help but sigh. How were they supposed to cooperate on an assassination?

Should she just carry Lu Xiaoyao and smash the tyrant to death?

Mingmei had been observing Lu Xiaoyao and Bai Xiao's reactions the whole time. Lu Xiaoyao was still carefree, thinking about how to use her advantages after eating her boxed lunch that evening, while Bai Xiao was interesting.

Mingmei watched Bai Xiao steal several glances at Lu Xiaoyao, and finally, the corners of her mouth and eyes couldn't help but twitch together, wondering what the other person was thinking.

Mingmei guessed it must be some outrageous scenario.

"Someone will still be delivering food before the evening banquet. I'll mix in and bring the boxed lunches to you then."

After the two left, Mingmei couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Before she could rest, Mingmei went outside the tent again, boldly walking towards the place where Achen's body was hanging.

[Host, what are you doing?] Gui Gui, sensing the overly bloody scene before Mingmei, kindly reminded her, [Do you need me to turn on mosaic vision protection for you?]

[No, if you turn it on, what am I going to look at?]

Mingmei looked at the body, which was already nearly dried and covered in blood from being exposed to the sun. Soldiers stood guard nearby, the head of the corpse exposed to the sun, while the Chu Rong soldiers who came to view it constantly cursed and spat on it. Truly, even in death, it could not find peace.

Mingmei squeezed into the crowd, gradually approaching the corpse until she could no longer move forward. When the soldiers warned her, Mingmei squeezed out of the crowd again.

[Host, how was it? What did you see?]

Gui Gui noticed that after Mingmei squeezed in, she had stared blankly at the bloody, unrecognizable corpse for a long time, then silently retreated.

Its host already had few expressions, and it couldn't read minds. If Mingmei didn't say anything, it wouldn't know anything, which was very difficult for it.

[Nothing.] Mingmei shook her head, turning back to look directly at the almost unrecognizable corpse with her deep, unfathomable eyes, and said, [With this kind of cruelty, no wonder he's the villain. He's so hateful. If you don't assassinate him, who else?]

Mingmei sighed softly and went to the kitchen near the royal tent.

Due to Mingmei's previous performance, the head chef finally allowed her to help deliver tea and snacks to the beauties who would be dancing that evening. As for the banquet—

"Hmph! I gave you a chance before, but you didn't want it. Now that there are more beauties, you're getting anxious?"

Whoa!

Mingmei couldn't help but take another look at the head chef's sarcastic tone.

The face was still so fierce, and the tone was so尖酸 (jiān suān - sharp and sarcastic), but turning away, he muttered softly, "This dead girl's brain isn't clear again. Can't she understand good advice? Why does she have to get close to His Majesty? Really!"

Mingmei: ??

So, Head Chef, you're worried about me?

Then is this阴阳怪气 (yīn yáng guài qì - sarcastic) attitude all day long some kind of tsundere attribute?

Mingmei stood there, pondering what was going on with the head chef's tsundere personality. As a result, the head chef turned around and secretly sized up Mingmei again. The more he looked, the deeper the worry between his eyebrows became.

"Forget it, forget it, go if you want to go! If something happens… you can wash dishes in the kitchen for the rest of your life!"

The "harsh words" with a hint of protection made Mingmei couldn't help but secretly smile in her heart. Although her expression didn't show much, the starlight shining in her eyes made it clear that she was very happy.

Seeing this, the head chef couldn't help but sigh again, turned around to grab a kitchen knife and began chopping meat, then turned his face and said fiercely, "Be smart! That banquet isn't for ordinary people!"

"Okay, I understand."

Seeing Mingmei nod seriously in agreement, the head chef continued to busy himself with his work. For a moment, Mingmei couldn't help but think of her hard-mouthed but soft-hearted foster father. Distracted, she glanced at the head chef a few more times, startling the man to the point where he almost couldn't hold the knife in his hand.

Even though this girl was good-looking, her face was too cold. Staring at her for too long felt like being stared at by an evil ghost…

The head chef shuddered in his heart and fiercely chased Mingmei away to another place, telling her not to wander around in front of him.

"You're so ugly, don't come out and scare people if you have nothing to do."

Mingmei: ??

[Gui Gui, am I ugly?]

[Not ugly, a nose is a nose, eyes are eyes.]

Mingmei: …