Chapter 1 Two-Day Holiday

The two-day holiday: the first day was spent sleeping, receiving her mecha, and eating with Mu Chen; the second day, Mingmei was bombarded by Lu Xiaoyao’s messages on her optical brain and by her knocking on the door, forcing her to wake up again within five hours of saying goodnight to Mu Chen.

Sure enough, if Lu Xiaoyao were Mu Chen, Mingmei was certain that Mu Chen would become an ex-boyfriend, orz.

“Speak.”

Mingmei, dragged out of school early in the morning by Lu Xiaoyao for high-end morning tea, still didn't intend to forgive Lu Xiaoyao.

She felt she needed a clear explanation from Lu Xiaoyao.

What could make Lu Xiaoyao, who also liked to sleep in on holidays, drag her out to have breakfast?

Mingmei was in a bad mood today from lack of sleep, but Lu Xiaoyao was used to her cold face and didn't think much of it.

However, Mingmei's condition today was obviously a bit colder than usual, her speech direct as she continued to eat.

Mingmei picked up a delicate, translucent insect meat dumpling and looked up at Lu Xiaoyao, whose eyes were shadowed with dark circles. This morning, the moment she saw Lu Xiaoyao, she knew the other girl must have encountered a major problem.

A problem that had been bothering her for a long time, requiring her to solve it.

Otherwise—judging by her cultivation-mode appearance, there was no reason for her to look for herself so early in the morning.

“I was conflicted all day yesterday.”

Lu Xiaoyao said with a serious face.

“And in the end, you didn't resolve a thing.”

Mingmei naturally completed the other half of Lu Xiaoyao’s sentence.

Lu Xiaoyao: “……”

Very well, she could be silent for a second.

“After Da…ah, Mu Chen confessed to you, how did you answer?”

Mingmei: ???

“Someone confessed to you?”

Mingmei wasn’t stupid. Lu Xiaoyao wouldn't ask her this question for no reason, and seeing how conflicted she was all day before asking, then… one could imagine what had happened to Lu Xiaoyao.

Caught off guard by Mingmei's direct question, Lu Xiaoyao’s expression was awkward, and she nodded slightly.

“From our school?”

Lu Xiaoyao shook her head.

“Did Julian confess to you?”

As soon as Mingmei heard it wasn't someone from their school, she immediately said Julian's name, startling Lu Xiaoyao!

Too accurate, wasn't it?

Seeing Lu Xiaoyao's eyes widen, looking as if she’d been caught red-handed, Mingmei sighed inwardly that she was right.

No wonder Lu Gui had previously misunderstood.

So, this was the mysterious premonition of a future brother-in-law?

Truly, they hadn’t realized anything yet, and he was already starting to be on guard!

“You’re planning to reject him?”

“No…”

“Then agree.”

“It’s not that either… Ah, no, you just… like that?”

“Huh?”

Mingmei lowered her head to take a sip of fish porridge, slowly raising her head to look at Lu Xiaoyao's confused expression. One would think she had just said some profound truth that Lu Xiaoyao hadn't understood!

“Otherwise? You don’t want to reject him, which means you want to be in a relationship, so what are you hesitating about?”

Hearing Mingmei’s words, Lu Xiaoyao silently asked, “Were you and Mu Chen this… smooth?”

“Yes, he even came to meet my family and my parents during the New Year. Very smooth. Have you seen any bumps in the road between us?”

Lu Xiaoyao: “……?”

Was it really that smooth?

She even met the parents?

Mingmei thought Lu Xiaoyao was convinced by her, but then she saw Lu Xiaoyao's gaze toward her become even more complicated.

“If you have something to say, just say it directly.”

“Ah… that…” Lu Xiaoyao hesitated. She had been happily shipping their CP online and offline, not thinking much of it. But now, thinking about Mingmei and Mu Chen's offline interactions, and then thinking about Mu Chen's interactions with the mysterious merchant in the game…

For a moment, Lu Xiaoyao even began to doubt herself.

“When… when did you two get together? Who confessed?”

Lu Xiaoyao suddenly realized she didn't seem to know when Mu Chen and Mingmei had gotten together!

“Probably during the Empire Celebration banquet.” Mingmei wanted to say in the game but thankfully stopped herself.

She almost dropped her mask!

“Oh…”

It seemed like there was such a thing. Lu Xiaoyao pondered for a while, then looked at Mingmei and asked, “Did you know that Mu Chen also has a good impression of an NPC in the game with a face just like yours? Although she looks just like you, don’t you mind?”

“You’ve been shipping their CP for so long, and you’re only realizing this now?”

“Cough cough cough cough!”

Suddenly exposed by Mingmei, Lu Xiaoyao’s face flushed slightly. How did Mingmei know about this so clearly?

“This thing… it’s not as dramatic as you think. Don’t overthink it.” Mingmei didn't have much hope for her dry descriptive skills or Lu Xiaoyao’s strange thought processes.

She was afraid that if she said anything more, Lu Xiaoyao would misunderstand even more.

However, the more she said that, the wilder Lu Xiaoyao’s imagination ran.

So, Mingmei quickly changed the subject to divert Lu Xiaoyao's attention: "How did Julian suddenly confess to you?"

“Ah…”

Asked about this, Lu Xiaoyao was also a little shy, her eyes darting around as she muttered, "He...he just suddenly confessed."

“Hmm?”

Mingmei remembered that the last time they met should have been playing *Madame Deville's Mansion*, right?

Moreover, their interactions in the game didn't seem *that* sweet?

At least, she hadn't noticed any comments about shipping their CP in the livestream chat. How could he have suddenly confessed?

“He said he had been conflicted for a few days, and after facing his feelings, he decided to confess.”

“Oh, so you also need to be conflicted for a few days?”

As she spoke, Mingmei silently moved a small plate of delicious snacks in front of her while Lu Xiaoyao wasn't paying attention.

“It can’t be put like that~”

Under Mingmei’s deliberate guidance, Lu Xiaoyao opened the floodgates and began to spill everything out, some of which made Mingmei couldn't help but look around as she ate.

Fortunately, they were sitting in a private room with excellent soundproofing.

Although the content Lu Xiaoyao spoke of might have been processed by Julian, or perhaps Lu Xiaoyao was being cautious, and some of the content sounded very euphemistic, Mingmei still understood.

Julian probably experienced something recently that made him confront his feelings, and that’s why he confessed to Lu Xiaoyao.

Moreover, this matter should be considered a big deal to some extent.

“So what do you want to do?”

After listening, Mingmei’s question made Lu Xiaoyao swallow back the words she was about to ask Mingmei about what she should do.

How could such a beautiful woman have such a sharp tongue?

“I, I just wanted to ask you?”

“What confidence makes you think I would have a solution? I don't have any experience either." Mingmei’s words made sense, and Lu Xiaoyao felt even more depressed.

"Forget it, let’s just eat breakfast first. Maybe I’ll figure it out after I finish eating..." Blocked by Mingmei, Lu Xiaoyao didn't want to think about this issue for the time being.

So she lowered her head—

Huh!

Where’s the food?

She clearly ordered seven or eight plates of snacks!

At this moment, Mingmei silently picked up her after-meal tea, took a sip, and narrowed her eyes. So comfortable~