Chapter 115 Are You Eating Alone?!

“Wow, boss, are you eating alone?!”

The group of four, not very skilled at using earth stoves to cook, had finally managed to whip up three dishes and a soup in the kitchen. But as soon as they came out, they saw Mu Chen already sitting there with two boxed lunches in front of him.

It was clear he was eating by himself.

Wang Wenfei's eyelids twitched when she saw the boxed lunches.

She had completely forgotten about that!

You could buy boxed lunches! Why was she so stupidly bringing ingredients to cook?

“I’m not eating alone. You guys were just too slow making food. I was hungry.”

Mu Chen finished speaking, and the others glanced at the digital clock hanging on the wall—2:00 PM.

Well, they had taken quite a while.

The group silently sat down at the tables provided by the shop and ate their lunch. Midway through, Lu Xiaoyao's nose kept twitching, sniffing in the direction of Mu Chen's boxed lunch.

The boxed lunch really smelled too good!

Especially compared to the dishes they had made themselves, the contrast was even more intense!

“Boss, that…”

Lu Xiaoyao's eyes were glued to the bamboo shoot slices and the glistening, fatty preserved pork belly that Mu Chen was picking up with his chopsticks.

“Is that boxed lunch… tasty?”

Before Mu Chen could put the food in his mouth, he saw Lu Xiaoyao's eagerness, and his chopsticks paused slightly.

“You’ll know if you buy one yourself.”

Mu Chen said, and continued eating his boxed lunch.

Mu Chen's eating was pleasing to the eye. After answering Lu Xiaoyao's question, he completely ignored the fiery gaze she had fixed on the boxed lunch in front of him.

He wasn't eating with a loss of appetite, nor was he wolfing it down due to excessive nervousness.

Halfway through, Mu Chen even took the time to look up and assess the untouched dishes in front of Lu Xiaoyao and the others.

He could barely make out what the dishes were through the smoky, charred filter.

But he could tell from their insistent rice-eating that they weren't enjoying the food.

So he added, “The shop owner has plenty more boxed lunches.”

After he spoke, Wang Wenfei was the first to stand up and walk towards Ming Mei, followed by Julian, who glanced at Mu Chen before getting up as well. Seeing this, Lu Xiaoyao and Merita also followed, and soon Ming Mei was surrounded by players.

[Brothers! I bet you, this time, Little Cub has no reason not to buy a boxed lunch!]

[How could she not? So many people are buying, she has to follow the trend! Don't talk nonsense.]

[Nonsense? Go to StarNet and take a look. People are already complaining, saying Blue Silicon (game company abbreviation) is being greedy with this game.]

[Huh? What's the gossip? What happened 0.0?]

[The mysterious merchant in this game is selling boxed lunches starting at 1000 star coins!]

[What the heck! Why? Boxed lunches from mysterious merchants in other games are only 20 star coins. How many times did they increase the price?!]

[This is outrageous! Unlocking the game for sale was only 99 star coins, wasn't it? I thought at the time that new games usually unlock for 188, so this time the dog thief was being merciful, giving a New Year's discount? Good grief! Turns out they were waiting for us here?!]

…

Ming Mei noticed that people in the live broadcast room were already arguing about the price of the boxed lunches, and she was also standing in front of a group of players.

Wang Wenfei stepped forward and asked how much the boxed lunches cost.

Ming Mei looked at them all and said, "My boxed lunches are very expensive. If you're not mentally prepared, I don't recommend buying them."

Although Ming Mei had said that much.

But as the saying goes, what you can't get is always more appealing.

The more you remind them to think twice, the more impatient they become, especially when Lu Xiaoyao shouted the slogan—“Money can’t buy happiness! Not eating well is not happiness! As long as it’s delicious, it’s worth any price!”

Ming Mei: "..." Are you sure?

After Lu Xiaoyao finished speaking, she shouted "Right?" to the people next to her, and Wang Wenfei and the others nodded in agreement.

It was at this moment that the notification about the discovery of the mysterious merchant appeared in the background, and before everyone could cheer, they were stunned by the prices of the items on the pop-up screen!

[White Cut Chicken Boxed Lunch – 1500 star coins/portion. The effects will be known only after the consumer eats it.]

[Bamboo Shoots and Preserved Meat Boxed Lunch – 1000 star coins/portion. The consumer will receive a small gift personally given by the merchant.]

What's going on with this game?

Not only are they not telling you the effects of the boxed lunches, but the prices… they must have added a few extra zeros, right?!

“Holy crap! If you want to rob us, just say so directly. Why bother giving us a boxed lunch?”

Lu Xiaoyao shouted at Ming Mei in surprise, and then she turned to look at Mu Chen, who was calmly eating his boxed lunch, with a horrified expression, and shouted, "Boss! Did you just eat 2500 worth of food in one meal?!"

Mu Chen was almost about to drop the chicken he was holding with his chopsticks onto his clothes because of Lu Xiaoyao's sudden shout.

Wasn’t it obvious?

Why did she have to shout it out?

Mu Chen turned back to meet Lu Xiaoyao’s gaze and saw that her eyes clearly conveyed, "Are you an idiot?"

Before Lu Xiaoyao could ask the question, Mu Chen rarely replied, “Do you think I’m short of money?”

Lu Xiaoyao: “No…”

Mu Chen: "Then are you short of money?"

Although Mu Chen's question was a bit pretentious, that was the reality.

None of the five people present were short of money.

But even so, Lu Xiaoyao's face showed that spending money was like ripping flesh from her bones: "It's not like anyone's money comes from the wind, okay? My family is rich, and I've made a lot of money streaming this year, but I still can't bear to eat a meal that costs 2500!"

“It’s not that I can’t bear it, but the price of 2500 star coins is enough to eat a very good single meal in reality. The meat inside would be at least from level two star beasts. Even if it's the newly released insect meat, 2500 yuan can buy some.”

Merita also chimed in, "Being rich doesn't mean being stupid. 2500 yuan for two boxed lunches..."

Not worth it.

The audience in the live broadcast room also expressed their agreement.

Players who were short of money naturally thought 2500 was too expensive. Although some wealthy people felt it didn't matter, they just wanted to be comfortable spending money, but many others thought like Merita—boxed lunches costing 2500 star coins couldn't give them satisfaction, either materially or psychologically.

Only Mu Chen was eating his boxed lunch, not wanting to give these people any more attention.

Although Yan Hui was cunning, he wouldn't do this kind of money-grabbing thing casually.

Even though he hadn't asked anything when Yan Hui was tinkering with the new game upstairs the past few days, he knew that Yan Hui had been chatting enthusiastically with Ming Song, his very business-savvy future nephew, during that time.

He probably had a good idea in his mind.

Money is not taken for no reason.

Unless someone instigates it _(:3」∠)_

And since they dared to rob, it meant that "Crescent Moon Mountain God" was worth it.

"Boss, give me two portions."

Julian didn't care about Lu Xiaoyao and the others arguing with Ming Mei about whether 2500 was worth it or not and directly made the transaction.

Julian shook his head as he watched Lu Xiaoyao and the mysterious merchant arguing.

Arguing with the mysterious merchant wouldn't get you anywhere. They would only silently close the transaction channel.

That's how Lu Xiaoyao and Merita had their transactions unilaterally terminated by Ming Mei.

And what surprised them even more was that Wang Wenfei also quietly paid!

Lu Xiaoyao: ?!!

Merita: ???