Chapter 137

Mu Chen was no longer satisfied with people just buying boxed lunches being considered good people; he was now directly stating that only those who ate the entire lunch could be considered good.

This was because Mu Chen’s gaze fell upon a sealed instrument placed on a corner table. From its appearance, the damaged seal looked the same as it did at noon, but in the players’ eyes, a note had appeared on it: “Patches x4.”

The "patches" here should refer to the effects brought about by the boxed lunches they ate.

However, six people had bought boxed lunches, but there were only four patches. This was very interesting.

"Doesn't this mean that two people bought the lunch but didn't eat it? So, can we assume that the two who didn't eat are the murderers?!"

Lu Xiaoyao’s eyes lit up, and she stared at Mu Chen with excitement, as if she had discovered something significant. "Boss, you’re amazing!"

Mu Chen smiled in response to Lu Xiaoyao’s praise but didn’t say anything further.

Mu Chen was also very surprised in his heart. Could there be a troublemaker from the perspective of whether the boxed lunch was eaten or not?

"Let me clarify first; the eliminated Ai Qisi also finished both of her boxed lunches."

Mu Chen’s words caused a moment of silence, and the barrage exploded!

[Holy crap, what does Boss mean?]

[Actually, it makes sense. The one who was eliminated isn't the murderer, so she would definitely finish the boxed lunch, right? So, who else here has eaten the boxed lunch?]

[Besides Boss, there are two boys, Lu Xiaoyao, and that girl over there!]

[Then isn't it obvious? The girl must be one of the two who didn't eat the sealed boxed lunch!]

[Then who's the other one...]

…

Mingmei, who automatically placed Mu Ning in the category of those who hadn’t eaten the boxed lunch, couldn't help but feel a little wronged for Mu Ning. But when Mingmei saw a hint of guilt flashing across Mu Ning’s face at that moment?

Mingmei: ???

"I..." Mu Ning hesitated, met everyone’s scrutinizing gazes, and suddenly said, "I bought a duck blood and tofu stew boxed lunch, but I ran into Ba She on the way, and he curiously took one from me."

"Seriously, you can blame it on Ba She? Is Ba She a scapegoat? You were slacking off at Ba She’s place, and he took your boxed lunch without you eating it. Why don’t you say Ba She is actually a bully?"

"Ah-choo!"

Ba She, who was being called a bully behind his back by Lu Xiaoyao, was currently lying in front of Mingmei’s bar, staring straight at Mingmei, asking her to make him hawthorn digestion water.

"Everyone is doing things according to the mysterious laws of heaven and earth. I didn't mind you selling boxed lunches here. What's wrong with me asking you for a glass of water?"

Looking at the face that was exactly the same as Yan Hui’s, the way he spoke so readily made Mingmei not know what expression to face him with for a moment. After chuckling a few times, she stopped talking, turned around, poured a glass of plain water, and only said, "I don't have that. Only this. Take it or leave it."

"You girl looks aloof, but you have a violent streak in your actions... Tsk, not good, not good."

Ba She shook his head in disgust, but he honestly took the plain water and took a sip, sighing, "Just based on the water, I know that boxed lunch wasn't made by you personally. You don't look like someone who can make such delicious boxed lunches."

Mingmei: "…?"

What did she look like?

However, when she thought of the fact that she had made boxed lunches in the game for a year in the last round.

There was not a single bit of progress. The only thing she could say about the boxed lunches she made was that they were edible.

There was not a single compliment about how delicious they were. Except for Mu Chen, the mental activities of everyone else when eating the boxed lunches were probably—

#Damn! What an awful boxed lunch!# → #What do you want in this day and age? It's good enough if it's edible.# → #Well... It's filling. This boxed lunch isn't without its benefits.#

Now, listening to Ba She's complaints, Mingmei was depressed but didn't speak, directly tacitly admitting that the boxed lunch wasn't made by her.

Seeing this, Ba She was amused.

"Seriously? Aren't you going to struggle a bit and say that this is a boxed lunch you made? At least it would look good on the surface, right? I won't pester you to make it again for me to see~"

He said it so nicely, but Mingmei didn't believe it. She glanced at him coldly and only asked, "What exactly are you doing here?"

"Digesting food. There are many people waiting outside for me to eat~"

With a push of his hands, Ba She simply sat on the bar, dangling his *jiojio*, and the moment his snake-like tongue flicked out when he smiled still made Mingmei involuntarily retreat a little.

"Oh? Are you afraid of me?"

Seeing Mingmei react like this, Ba She found it quite strange.

"You eat people, of course I'm afraid."

The words Mingmei said were completely different from what she showed on her face. Ba She patted her shoulder while laughing and said, "Don't worry, I won't eat you."

After speaking, he glanced at the boxed lunches behind Mingmei. Mingmei naturally saw his gaze, remembered what Mu Ning had said in the live broadcast earlier about her boxed lunch being snatched by Ba She, and asked, "What did you take that young girl’s boxed lunch for?"

"To eat."

Mingmei: "…"

She forgot that the other party had just praised the boxed lunch she sold as delicious.

"That was bought with someone else’s money. What’s it like for you to snatch it?"

"Because I don't have money." He replied to Mingmei with a justified tone, "If I don't have money, would you sell me a boxed lunch?"

"If you don't have money, what are you going to buy a boxed lunch with?"

"That's right, so I snatched one. It's not like they'll starve to death, and I left one for them!"

Mingmei: "…"

"I told you, it was him who snatched it!"

The group of people had been arguing endlessly since just now. Mu Ning said that if they didn’t believe her, she could help find Ba She, but no one paid attention when they called Ba She this time. Hearing someone speak here, they came in and heard Ba She's own theory about snatching boxed lunches because he didn’t have money, and immediately shouted.

"What's wrong? You're causing trouble just because I ate one of your boxed lunches?"

Ba She turned his head while sitting on the bar and saw that all the people standing around were players. He wasn't afraid at all; instead, he was full of arrogance, completely showing off a small bully face of "I'm not afraid of anything," "I have someone backing me," "I'm an important NPC," which made Mingmei secretly curl her lips.

Ignoring all identities, this guy would be beaten up if he went out.

Was her uncle like this when he was young?

No way?

"No, we're not causing trouble, just asking."

The players shook their heads in denial together, but at this time, Mu Chen leaned back a little, taking the opportunity to see how Mingmei was doing, who was completely blocked by Ba She.

Who knew that Ba She had only said a few words since he just came?

As a result, what he met was Ba She's small head suddenly tilted over.

"What are you looking at?"

Ba She looked at Mu Chen's strange posture and asked directly. The loud voice instantly attracted everyone’s attention to him.

As a result, everyone saw Mu Chen looking at the bar with such a strange posture.

Mu Chen: "…If I said I sprained my waist, would anyone believe me?"

Everyone: "…"