This scene not only had the system, Guigui, squealing, but even Charlie and Julian were breaking out in cold sweats.

The two exchanged glances, secretly relieved that they hadn't crossed paths with this merchant's "daughter" at the banquet.

Damn, this was too brutal!

As for Lu Xiaoyao, who was arranged by the merchant to stand amongst the beauties, she was also pale with fright, inexplicably finding the scene familiar, but she couldn't quite recall where she'd seen it before.

"Have I seen a similar scene in a game before? It feels so familiar. Did this game put a memory seal on me? Argh! It's so frustrating to feel like I recognize something but can't place it!"

Lu Xiaoyao muttered to herself, her heart pounding like a drum. She was genuinely terrified.

In contrast to Lu Xiaoyao's fear and confusion, her livestream audience was in an uproar.

[I knew it! Ahhhh! I'm shipping it so hard! Wasn't that Young Master Zhang in the last round like that too? He's jealous, he's jealous, he's jealous!]

[Sob, don't you guys think the villain here is even more brutal? If Young Master Zhang had been this fierce last time, our girl would have been a goner! Just imagine our girl hugging and rubbing against the merchant's daughter back then... tsk, tsk... wouldn't she have been torn limb from limb?]

[Wuwu! I hate it! I hate that the merchant's daughter is so oblivious! Look back! He's still looking at you!]

[Ahhh, I feel like the merchant's daughter has no emotions QAQ. Wait, is it possible for me to ship an NPC couple and have it end in tragedy?]

…

The comments scrolled wildly. Mingmei couldn't see them, but Guigui, the system monitoring from the background, had already gone insane, silently chanting, "Don't turn around, don't turn around." When Mingmei finally snapped out of her slight intoxication and called for Guigui, Guigui was practically weeping with joy!

[Host! You're awake?!]

Mingmei: [Am I? Was I unconscious for long?]

[Not really, just twenty-odd minutes.]

Those twenty-odd minutes felt like an eternity to the system!

[Where's the plot at?]

[The merchant is about to present the beauties...]

After Guigui finished speaking, Mingmei looked down the stage. The merchant was kneeling on the ground, his face pale, with a pool of blood next to him.

[Did the tyrant kill someone?]

[Not exactly.]

[Oh...]

[Oh what?]

Guigui, seeing Mingmei's indifferent expression, suddenly remembered the comments saying that Mingmei was an oblivious blockhead. It wanted to shout it out too.

[But he blinded someone!] Guigui added angrily, [He also showed off his twisted possessiveness towards you while you were unconscious!]

[But doesn't the NPC's background story say that the tyrant is indeed interested in me?]

Mingmei casually complained to Guigui, [Although he's a bit of a psycho, well... the plot won't progress that far anyway. Whether he's interested in me or not doesn't matter. It's not like we're going to sleep together and have kids.]

Guigui: [???] Was its host's emotional detachment really this severe?

[Wait, Host, aren't you being too open-minded? Who was it who called the villain's gaze too intense and screamed about him being a pervert on the first day on the job?]

[Ah, wasn't that because it was the first day and I didn't know any better?] Mingmei was reminded of the earlier events by Guigui's question and finally said, [It's alright, he didn't really do anything, and in the end...]

Just as the two were talking, the banquet's plot continued.

"Didn't you say beauties? Why haven't you called them up for everyone to see?"

Suddenly, the tyrant spoke again, startling the kneeling merchant. After a moment of hesitation, he seemed to realize what the tyrant had just said.

So, he quickly turned around and gestured, and a group of graceful beauties stepped forward and stood behind the merchant.

With the appearance of the beauties, each with their own unique charm, the people in the hall fell silent. Even Mingmei couldn't help but take a few more glances. Looking at them, she had to exclaim at how beautiful the women were, even more so with the clothes they were wearing!

The gorgeous and stunning dance costumes completely covered the beauties' bodies, but the thinness of the material revealed their exquisite figures to everyone.

Mingmei didn't turn her head to see what expression the tyrant had at the moment, but the Chu Rong generals sitting below were practically trying to bore holes in the women's clothes with their eyes, causing Mingmei to frown.

As for Lu Xiaoyao and Bai Xiao, standing at the back, they didn't attract much attention. Bai Xiao glanced out of the corner of her eye at the NPCs whose gazes were filled with lewdness and malice, and her heart was filled with killing intent.

She was wondering if she should kill these generals on both sides along with the tyrant when she assassinated him later.

Otherwise, even if the tyrant died, Chu Rong wouldn't necessarily retreat. It would be even better to kill the military leaders together!

Thinking this, Bai Xiao raised her eyes and looked at Mingmei, who was standing next to the tyrant, a flash of light in her eyes, not knowing what she was planning.

"Your Majesty, these beauties are all young, unmarried maidens from my Hua Liang Thousand Gold Pavilion, who have been trained since childhood, hehe~"

The merchant's face was plastered with a flattering, lewd smile. As he said this, and with that "hehe" laugh, Mingmei couldn't bear to look at him!

If she didn't know the plot later on, she might have cursed him.

The plot that happened here at this banquet was only mentioned in passing—[Beauties offer a dance, water sleeves conceal blades, the merchant harbors resentment, failure at the last moment].

Judging by appearances is indeed not a good idea.

Mingmei looked towards Lu Xiaoyao and the others. Concealing blades in water sleeves clearly didn't fit the assassination actions of these two players who couldn't dance at all. It was more like something an NPC would do.

Mingmei was thinking distractedly, while the tyrant, like a plot-driving machine, opened his mouth and said that they didn't look like much.

So, the merchant automatically followed up and said that several of the beauties were willing to offer a dance.

Next, several beauties wearing water sleeves came on stage, and Lu Xiaoyao and the others retreated to the side once again.

The swaying figures, the combination of strength and gentleness, not to mention the players, even Mingmei was captivated by the sight. She was originally thinking about whether she should move to the side to avoid being caught in the crossfire when the assassination plot began, but the moment the beauties began to dance, Mingmei's attention was irresistibly drawn to them.

"So beautiful..." Lu Xiaoyao watched in amazement, whispering to Bai Xiao, "How can such soft sleeves seem to understand the dancer's thoughts? Wherever she wants to flick them, they fly there. I even thought there was something wrong with the sleeves during the day."

"What could be wrong with them?" While watching the dance, Bai Xiao kept an eye on the changes on the stage, casually asking Lu Xiaoyao's question.

Then she heard Lu Xiaoyao say, "Of course there is. I saw them taking out daggers and gesturing with the sleeves this morning. I thought they wanted to cut them off because they were too long!"

Careless words, but attentive ears.

When Bai Xiao heard what Lu Xiaoyao said, her expression suddenly changed...