Chapter 37 The Culprit

Mingmei hadn't initially suspected the person was right in front of her.

"Ming丫头? What are you doing here?"

Standing at the entrance of the tent, Mingmei looked at the head chef standing by the stove. Feng Xun, Mingmei was hearing this name for the first time.

She knew the head chef had always taken care of this character, but Mingmei had forgotten to ask him his name like Lu Xiaoyao had.

Call her heartless, cold, or say she thought they wouldn't meet again, so asking wouldn't change anything, and she was too lazy to ask.

Mingmei had always treated him as a kind stranger.

On the road of life, you meet all sorts of people. Some radiate kindness at first sight, while others hope you're doing badly even if you meet every day.

That didn't stop Mingmei from forgetting them all…

Although she was now trying to change this behavior, to meet more people, make friends, and care about others, she had indeed overlooked the head chef.

As a result, she had missed some important clues.

A person born in the Churu grassland being named "Feng Xun" was indeed a bit discordant, but it wasn't enough for Mingmei to suspect that this person had been tampered with by the Zerg.

But countless inconsistencies added up were not right.

The usually reserved and caring head chef suddenly told her in this round that he knew someone who could send her away.

The dishes at the banquet all contained strange viruses.

Lu Xiaoyao appeared without suspicion, not only letting her leave easily, but also thoughtfully sending Lu Xiaoyao back…

Mingmei admitted that the head chef was a softhearted person with a sharp tongue, but he wasn't a pushover.

At first, when there was something in the dishes, Mingmei didn't immediately suspect the cook, until Lu Xiaoyao mentioned Feng Xun's help to her.

"Does Your Majesty have any orders?"

Unbeknownst to Feng Xun, in those few seconds Mingmei stood at the door, countless thoughts raced through her mind. Feng Xun put down the spatula, wiped his hands on the apron in front of him, the whole movement was so smooth that he really looked like someone who had been cooking for years.

"No…"

The words of direct questioning reached Mingmei's lips, but she still thought it was better to confirm one more time.

"The banquet was too noisy. His Majesty saw me standing there bored and told me to come out."

Mingmei didn't hesitate to use Mu Chen as a shield. Immediately afterwards, she saw a thoughtful look flash in Feng Xun's eyes.

"Oh? His Majesty told you to come out…" Feng Xun suddenly smiled and said, "It seems His Majesty really likes you. I'm relieved."

Seeing Mingmei still standing at the door, Feng Xun beckoned her to come in, and said, "The wind is strong at night, what are you doing standing at the door? That's right, I made a chicken soup to replenish qi and blood for His Majesty, you can try it, and you can take it back to His Majesty later."

[Host, this also contains a data virus.]

Ever since Ghosty knew that Mingmei suspected there was a problem with this Feng Xun, its detection radar hadn't stopped working at all. It immediately found that there was something wrong with the food in his pot!

"I'd better not. His Majesty's food will have a special dietary palace servant. I'm… overstepping my bounds. Those adults below will probably give me the stink eye if they see me doing this."

Mingmei looked annoyed when she said this, and Feng Xun also smiled and nodded in understanding. Then he scooped up another bowl of hot soup and handed it to Mingmei, saying, "Alright, then don't let me give it to His Majesty. But it's okay to eat a little. Try it while it's hot, and see if my cooking skills have improved."

[Host, this one also has it, and it's the kind that's even more concentrated than the one in the pot!]

Ghosty's background was about to sound a beeping alarm. This guy in front of her was too dangerous!

"What's wrong? Don't you usually like drinking the soup I make?"

"No."

Hearing the other party's tone seemed to have changed, Mingmei's eyes gradually turned cold, she took a step to the side, and then said, "What I like is made by the head chef, not by a bug called 'Feng Xun'."

After Mingmei finished speaking, she didn't attack. The other party just silently took the bowl back, took a sip himself, and let out a delicious sigh, saying, "How did you see through it? You… aren't you an NPC?"

As Feng Xun spoke, he looked at Mingmei, who was looking at him warily, and curled his lips, saying, "What's your relationship with that person? Compared to players, the data protection of you guys is simply enviable!"

Mingmei sensitively grasped the "you guys" that the other party said.

Was he referring to her and Mu Chen?

"When you're happy, you go online to play, when you're unhappy, you go offline and experience the wonderful world…" The person looked at Mingmei, and said, "You and that tyrant are actually… have physical bodies offline, right?"

"What if we have physical bodies, anyway… you don't."

Not wanting to waste any more words, Mingmei finished speaking and rushed up with her dagger, also telling Ghosty to send the message about what was happening here and let Yan Hui handle it!

So, this guy was really that bug!

Not some leftover mental power or data tampering, but really that escaped Zerg!

What kind of luck was this!

She ran into the real thing in the second round?

"Tsk! Why so impulsive?"

Being punched in the face by Mingmei who suddenly rushed up, Feng Xun re-evaluated Mingmei's close combat skills.

But Mingmei didn't give the other party a chance to think. After punching, she lifted her foot. Her straight, long leg was raised from bottom to top in an instant, carrying a strong gust of wind. Feng Xun blocked with his hand, and the next second, his whole body was kicked out. With a "sizzle" sound, he flew out of the tent.

At this time, Mingmei immediately took out a dagger and followed the traces of the other party's departure.

Her mother had told her and her sister since they were young not to let their opponents talk too much when they were about to be killed by them.

Too much talking and who knew what the other party would do if they went crazy again and did something uncontrollable.

Although there was a saying that "villains die from talking too much", Mingmei's mother felt that since they were going to die anyway, it was better to let the other party say less!

Time was of the essence.

Therefore, Feng Xun was suddenly attacked by Mingmei, who relentlessly pursued him, and he cursed inwardly!

Damn, he hadn't noticed that this woman was so good at fighting!

Outside the tent was pitch black, and Feng Xun was also very good at hiding. Mingmei chased after him and found that the figure she was tracking had disappeared.

Then, a cold light flashed in the corner of Mingmei's eye. She immediately used her dagger to block it, directly setting off a series of sparks.

Following the sparks from the intersection of the dagger and the scimitar, Mingmei directly saw the other party staring at the head chef's face with a ferocious look as he wielded the knife!

What a good person's face that was being ruined!

The more Mingmei thought about it, the angrier she became. She increased the strength in her hand, pushing back the scimitar that was originally only ten centimeters away from her forehead. She took two steps forward, grabbed the hand holding the knife, and threw the other party to the ground!

With a "clang", the knife fell to the ground. The person was thrown to the ground by Mingmei, and the knife in his hand also fell to the ground.

Mingmei directly pressed the person to the ground with her knee, held the person's hand behind his back, and used her knee to press the person's hand tightly against his lower back.

Then, she should have tied the other party up with some rope and waited for Ghosty's feedback about what "law enforcement NPCs" were coming to help, but Mingmei seemed to have suddenly realized something, she looked up with sharp eyes, and directly grabbed the scimitar on the ground and threw it towards another dark place…