Chapter 1 A Chef's Dream

Mingmei stood in front of what looked like a school building, gazing up at the sign – "Old West Side God of Cooking Dream School."

Mingmei was at a loss for words about the name.

She silently looked at the game content introduction related to this new game given to her by the backstage—[This is an escape game about a group of young men and women with chef dreams chasing their dreams.]

So freaking concise!

"Hehe, what kind of survival risk can there be in being a chef?"

After complaining about the brevity, Mingmei whispered about the game's setting.

Because the player's task in this round is also very non-escape-like: [Make food that satisfies the God of Cooking based on the ingredients specified by the God of Cooking~]

Could it be that her uncle was caught and beaten silly by her dad when he came back?

This is called a survival game?

"Everyone here is learning to cook. Can I even sell lunch boxes in front of a bunch of people learning to cook?"

[Host, you must be confident. You must believe in Mr. Yan Hui. Since this new game can be classified as escape-type, it must have its merits!]

Gui Gui reminded Mingmei, telling her not to take it lightly.

"Well… I think these words are very suitable to say to the players who come in to learn cooking."

[The only teacher in the school, the God of Cooking, is waiting for you, his assistant, to appear in the teaching classroom~]

Suddenly, a prompt from the backstage reminded Mingmei of her superficial identity as a game merchant in this round—the assistant to the God of Cooking teacher at the chef school.

Another identity that allows her to actively contact players.

Thinking this, Mingmei directly entered the campus and went to the classroom where the players and the NPC God of Cooking were located according to the instructions.

Along the way, Mingmei didn't even ask and directly had Liu Liu transfer Lu Xiaoyao's live broadcast room to her.

Being in the same game as Lu Xiaoyao was already a default fact for Mingmei.

As a result, as soon as the live broadcast room opened, a handsome face appeared unexpectedly!

[I'm shocked! The face value of the NPCs in this round is a bit high!]

[Sihasiha, beautiful God of Cooking, stick stick!]

[Oh my god! Th-th-this... If this guy is the villain in this round, I'll surrender immediately!]

[Doesn't seem like it. There shouldn't be any villains in this round. Didn't Zaizai just say that she was learning to cook? There shouldn't be any villain NPCs in this round.]

[That's right, how can such a good-looking person be called a villain?]

[Hiss——This NPC looks so, feels so abstinent. Look at those clothes, how can he wear them so tightly? Shouldn't we strip them off?]

[Hey! Whose pants fell off?]

…

Looking at the high level of discussion on the screen about the new NPC face, the corner of Mingmei's mouth twitched fiercely. She just wanted to know what the meaning of her dad's face being in the game was.

Did her uncle really get beaten up by her father after he went back, and then decided to "perish together" out of desperation?

Or did he really get her father's consent?

Mingmei glanced again at the NPC's stern appearance. Mingmei had already walked out of the suspicion and began to judge how much of her father's character this NPC with the title of God of Cooking had replicated.

After looking around through Lu Xiaoyao's live broadcast room, she realized that she knew all the other six players except for the rusty-haired man standing next to Lu Xiaoyao who she wasn't very familiar with.

In this round of seven players, there were Lu Xiaoyao, Mu Chen, the Zhen brothers, Lou Jia, and Yuan Fang.

As for the tall, thin man with rusty-colored short hair and emerald eyes who Mingmei didn't find very familiar, he was Lu Xiaoyao's brother, a new transfer student in their special class—Lu Gui.

This person seemed like sharp ice wrapped in layers of soft, thin silk. At first contact, you would feel very comfortable, but after a long time, the sharp ice inside might pierce your hand.

However, the other party's closeness to her was a surprise to Mingmei. At noon, he even invited her to dinner under the guise of Lu Xiaoyao.

Incidentally, Mu Chen also came along.

Mingmei felt indigestion after that meal: Mu Chen and Lu Gui were cryptic with each other, throwing shade at each other; while Lu Xiaoyao was bold the whole time, watching the show with a "waku waku" expression on her face.

Mingmei didn't want to think about what happened at noon anymore.

How annoying!

However, annoying things always seemed to follow her.

When Mingmei pushed open the classroom door and appeared in front of the players, Lu Gui was the first to speak, blurting out a frivolous "Oh ya~ Another beauty~"

Mingmei's eyelids twitched, and she almost wanted to say "Sorry, wrong door" and leave!

What was wrong with Lu Gui's personality?!

Mingmei, who was constantly building herself up in her heart, finally maintained her most comfortable expression—no expression—and walked in.

Bypassing everyone, she walked straight to the NPC with the exact same face as her father, hoping that "her father" could give her some support.

As expected, her uncle had probably also made special settings on this NPC. The way the God of Cooking NPC looked at Mingmei really had a kind of old fatherly love.

Immediately afterwards, the other party turned his head and sent sharp glares directly at all the players present except for Lu Xiaoyao!

In particular, he gave Lu Gui a special glare, and the meaning of the warning was self-evident.

At the same time, Mingmei noticed Mu Chen standing in the innermost part. The other party was also looking at her at the moment, and his innocent eyes and lightly pursed thin lips made him look very "pitiful."

Mingmei: Crap!

This man is blatantly seducing her!

Although Mingmei despised Mu Chen's behavior in her heart, her eyes were very honest and looked at him several times.

Soon, she came back to her senses at the sound of her "old father" coughing beside her. When she turned her head, Mingmei seemed to see an emoticon of "Dad is very heartbroken."

Mingmei: "..."

Mingmei pretended not to see anything and helped the God of Cooking prepare before class. As soon as she finished, she heard the other party say that he didn't need her help anymore and asked her to go out so as not to affect the students.

Mingmei: ??

Was he really killing the donkey after it had ground the grain?

However, before Mingmei left, Lu Gui and Lu Xiaoyao next to her "whispered" to each other: "This NPC assistant teacher looks really like classmate Mingmei, and her personality is similar, so cute~".oγg

When Mingmei rolled her eyes at him behind his back, she didn't see that Lu Gui was directly ignoring the few players standing in the middle and looking up at Mu Chen with a provocative look.

Because Mingmei had her back to them, Mu Chen didn't have to pretend anymore and glared back with a gloomy expression.

The comments in Lu Xiaoyao's live broadcast room had already exploded:

[No way, no way?! Is this a provocation?]

[Emmmm I don't feel wrong, right? Zaizai's brother really... huh?]

[The one in front, don't run away, I also think... is this the legendary Cao thief?]

[Who is Cao Thief? Anyone want to explain?]

[It's a historical figure from ancient Blue Star who just liked other people's partners!]

[Good guy!]

[Liangchen Meijing yyds! I don't ship evil ships! Dame!]

[Actually, a little bit of shipping is pretty good? Overbearing husky and iceberg beauty…]

[Hiss——No! It's better to ship the official couple! Dame evil ships!]

[The official couple are out in front, good guy, can this one be a consort?]

[You guys are so weird, other players have shown goodwill to Merchant Miss before, but I haven't seen you ship CPs?]

[How do you know I didn't ship it? I've even shipped "Begging" CP before!]

["Begging"?]

[It's Lu Xiaoyao and Merchant Miss!]

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Mingmei: ???