"Is His Majesty alright?"

As soon as the head chef returned from going out, he heard that Mingmei had been taken away by His Majesty. He was so worried!

As soon as Mingmei returned, he pulled her to a corner and whispered, asking about the situation.

"Yes, the wound has been bandaged, and the imperial physician said it's nothing serious." Listening to the head chef's words, Mingmei felt a warmth in her heart. Such NPCs were rare, but Mingmei really liked them.

Comparing him to that missing bastard, Mingmei felt a little unhappy again.

"That's good, that's good. Thank heavens."

The head chef made a praying gesture with his hands, then looked at Mingmei and hesitated, "Since that's the case, then don't leave. With His Majesty's temperament, he can conquer the entire south. At that time, the world will be in chaos and turmoil. It'll be dangerous for you to go anywhere.

"Besides, those Southern Barbarians are all homeless. If they find out you're a Chu Rong person, you might lose your life."

"But… wouldn't it be a waste of your time to inquire about sending me away?"

"What's a waste? I just asked. I didn't guarantee I was really going to send someone away!"

Mingmei looked at the head chef, and said with a curious expression, "By the way, who told you this method?"

Although Mingmei knew that the other party was doing it for her own good, she wondered if the other party had been deceived!

A good Chu Rong imperial chef, thinking of sending away his close junior, and having contact with the Hua Liang people who were about to fight a war, what would be the end if he was caught red-handed?

"Don't ask about these things, you're just a kid! If you don't leave, we won't contact them anymore, it's fine~"

When Mingmei asked this question, a trace of fear flashed in the head chef's eyes. Realizing the danger of this matter, he simply didn't tell Mingmei anything and urged her to go down and work instead.

As a result, Mingmei was assigned to deliver boxed lunches to Lu Xiaoyao again.

Perhaps because her uncle was becoming more and more perfunctory, Mingmei noticed that the variety of boxed lunches had decreased in these two games.

In the past, there were still translation boxed lunches for language barriers, but this game directly simplified everything, and the whole world spoke Mandarin.

Very good.

So there was only one type of boxed lunch left.

Looking at the noodles this time, Mingmei felt that her past silly memories were attacking her again (：3」∠)

[Garlic Pork with Noodles, 2 credits/portion, gain the "Exchange Skill." When touching the same item as another person, as long as you shout "Ha," you will exchange positions with anyone touching the same item.]

Mingmei didn't pay much attention to the skills, but just looking at the plating of the boxed lunch, Mingmei felt hungry.

Slices of pork belly with alternating layers of fat and lean meat, each about 5mm thick, covered the thick, chewy noodles below. The top was drizzled with a rich garlic sauce. She could imagine how tempting the sound of the meat, noodles, and sauce mixing together would be when she stirred it with her chopsticks!

Except for the garlic, it might… not be suitable to eat in public.

But Mingmei didn't think that players would give up buying it because of such a small flaw.

So when she entered the room full of dancers, Mingmei saw the light bursting out of Lu Xiaoyao's eyes when she saw her in the crowd!

Oh my God!

Mingmei felt Lu Xiaoyao's enthusiasm for the first time. She saw her rushing to her in a few steps and saying, "What do you have to eat? I want it all!"

Lu Xiaoyao saw that the food box Mingmei was carrying was obviously bigger than others, and her intuition and her brother's reminder told her at the same time—this was the mysterious merchant!

"Garlic Pork with Noodles, want it?"

Mingmei opened the food box, revealing two beautifully plated bowls of noodles with a strong and rich aroma. Lu Xiaoyao's eyes lit up!

"I want one too."

Lu Gui walked to Mingmei awkwardly wearing a gauze skirt. Even though he understood that the person in front of him was an NPC, his cross-dressing made him feel uneasy.

Lu Gui had even thought about it. If he encountered other players he knew, it wouldn't matter if he took the opportunity to kill them to silence them during the chaos, right?

He didn't know if killing NPCs would make them hold grudges. It would be bad if it affected his other game experiences.

Mingmei, who didn't know that she had already walked around the gates of hell, was happily selling two bowls of noodles. Just as she breathed a sigh of relief and stood with the other maids who came to deliver food, a "ball" suddenly flew past her!

"Oh my God! What's going on with these noodles? Put them all down! Put them down!"

Lu Xiaoyao, who hadn't had time to slurp a mouthful of noodles, watched as her bowl of noodles was taken away.

"Hey! My noodles!"

As Lu Xiaoyao let out a wail, the merchant who took Lu Xiaoyao's noodles also let out a pig-killing scream!

"A'Gui! Didn't I tell you to shut up? What are you eating?!"

He had just stopped Lu Xiaoyao's noodles first, and he had shouted so loudly, so how could the other one sit there calmly, open his mouth wide, and eat half a bowl of noodles in one bite?

Lu Gui, who was called "A'Gui," was suddenly disgusted by this cheesy name, so he stopped his movements and looked up at the merchant carefully. Seeing that the bowl in his hand looked familiar, he turned his head to look at the bowl in Lu Xiaoyao's hand…

Lu Gui: "What's going on with you?"

"He won't let me eat!"

Lu Xiaoyao was also aggrieved. They were the noodles she bought! The noodles she hadn't even taken a bite of! They were taken away just like that!

"He won't let you, so he won't let you?"

Ignoring the other party as if he were air, Lu Gui continued to eat the remaining half bowl of noodles clean.

Merchant: ???

After eating his noodles, Lu Gui stood up abruptly. His oppressive height of 1.9 meters stood in front of the short and stocky merchant. He glared at the other party and reached out to take back Lu Xiaoyao's bowl.

But the other party held on tightly, refusing to let go!

"You still have to perform for the tyrant tonight. If you eat something so strong, won't you offend His Majesty?"

The merchant persuaded earnestly. When he mentioned the word "approach," the merchant almost gnashed his teeth. He was just short of directly stating that you wouldn't get a good position for the assassination tonight.

"Oh." Lu Gui replied nonchalantly, then retorted, "But people are iron, and food is steel. How can we cope with tonight's activities if we don't eat enough? Just relying on those snacks?"

Lu Gui glanced at the refreshments on the small tables in front of the other dancers. They really weren't enough to fill the gaps between their teeth!

Taking advantage of the merchant's hesitation, Lu Gui quickly snatched the bowl of noodles, shouted at Lu Xiaoyao, and then Mingmei watched as the two very uncoordinated siblings, one threw the bowl in his hand, and the other pounced on the merchant with his teeth and claws.

In the end, the world where only the noodles were hurt was achieved.

Noodles: mmp oh(´-w-`)!!