Chapter 145 Going to Jail?

"Am I destined to be in and out of jail? Why did I go in last round and this round I'm here again? I'm just an innocent bystander! Why don't you investigate where those evil spirits come from, and keep asking me? What? Do I look like a pervert?!"

Lu Xiaoyao, with handcuffs on, glared furiously at the patrolling npCs of the Inspection Office sitting in front of her, as well as her moron boyfriend!

After months of no news, he came right up and "turned her in," bringing her in for questioning.

Because she was truly innocent this time, Lu Xiaoyao's words were forceful and confident, not at all guilty.

"Please, Fairy, could you reiterate what you saw earlier?"

Unfortunately, they weren't buying it.

They were all cultivators, and they knew better than anyone that cultivators' methods were ever-changing, and people were extremely complex.

Who knew if the girl in front of them was truly a young girl or some old monster of several hundred or thousand years old in disguise?

Besides, the evil spirits in the city today might very well have been deliberately created by someone.

Although the invasion of demons could turn humans into evil spirits, some evil cultivators could do the same.

Julian, who had been silent from beginning to end, probably knew he had deeply offended Lu Xiaoyao, so he didn't participate at all at this time.

He had been in the Inspection Office for more than three months; how could he not know how complicated and offensive the procedures here were?

It would be better for him to wait until Lu Xiaoyao was released, then he would take his three months' salary and a washboard to beg for forgiveness.

Sure enough, Lu Xiaoyao became even more agitated upon hearing this.

"Haven't I said it clearly enough after three times? What exactly do you want?"

"But the content you've given three times is all different," the npC taking the statement said, feeling very wronged. "The first time, you said you encountered it accidentally; the second time, you said you rushed to the scene as soon as you heard the commotion; and just now you said that when you arrived at the scene, things were already almost over."

The npC taking the statement dutifully showed Lu Xiaoyao his records.

"That's not... I mean, I accidentally heard a commotion, so I wanted to rush to the scene as soon as possible, but when I arrived, things were already almost resolved! These three times aren't contradictory!"

"Your fourth version is different from the previous ones again."

Lu Xiaoyao: ??!!

Are you trying to anger me to death!

……

"There was also an incident in Linjing City just now?"

Ming Yi, who had left earlier, had now returned to his wife and daughters. Ming Mei and Mei Jiu were sitting obediently on the table and chairs Ming Yi had taken out.

They were obediently eating the pastries Ming Yi had prepared earlier. Ming Mei pricked up her ears and secretly listened to the conversation between the two adults. She vaguely heard that Ming Yi had also discovered a very gloomy aura of evil spirits, which was why he followed it out of the city, only to lose track of it.

Unexpectedly, Ming Mei and the other two had also encountered an attack in the city, and the time interval was very short, as if Ming Yi had discovered that it wouldn't be long before something happened.

"Sister, what do you think is going on with these evil spirits this time?"

Mei Jiu was also eavesdropping like Ming Mei.

However, seeing Mei Jiu asking her, Ming Mei shook her head, pretending to be ignorant.

"I don't know. Daddy and Mama should find out, right?"

"Really? I don't think so." Hearing Mei Jiu's prediction, the corner of Ming Mei's mouth twitched unnaturally.

Right, otherwise what would they, the players, be doing here?

Ming Mei even had a feeling that these inexplicably erupting things were likely just the beginning.

"Sigh~"

Ming Mei sighed softly, but saw that the other three members of the family of four were all looking at her.

Ming Mei: =。=？

"What are you sighing about at such a young age?" Mei Shi stroked the top of Ming Mei's head. Ming Mei was stunned, looked up at Mei Shi, and saw her smiling gently as she said, "Don't worry, your daddy and I will take care of everything~ You guys, don't have any worries about what you want to do, oh, except for things that are against humanity."

Although she knew that the person in front of her was an npC, she couldn't help but feel that her eyes were a little moist.

It seemed that her parents had never had too many demands on her.

Except for making her go to school =。=

In short, there was an indescribable feeling slowly spreading in her heart, extending to the point where her eyes were a little sore...

But before she could continue to be moved, a gust of wind blew, and tears fell. She saw the npC Mei Shi, as if her character had collapsed, said in surprise: "Aiya!! Mei Mei is crying! Ah, Mei Mei is crying, that's rare!!"

Ming Mei: ……

Although she subconsciously felt that this npC had ruined her mother's persona.

But then again, it seemed like nothing her mom did would ruin her persona.

After that, Mei Shi and Ming Yi's conversation completely avoided the two younger ones again, until they returned to Jingyun Mountain. Ming Yi once again went directly to the Sect Leader, and Mei Shi took the two younger ones back to her mountain peak. On the way, they met Mu Chen, who was carrying pastries.

"Oh, you're the one A Ming said likes to make pastries?" Mei Shi wasn't surprised to see Mu Chen. She had already heard about him these days. Seeing him standing at the entrance to their mountain peak with pastries in hand, it was clear that he was coming to visit.

"Great, let's go up together." Mei Shi's enthusiasm made Ming Mei take a few more glances at Mu Chen. With this look, Ming Mei's eyes suddenly lit up.

[OMG! Isn't this Xie Chen, no, it seems to be Mu Chen!]

[Yeah...] Gui Gui was completely out of temper this time.

[Oh my god, did Mu Chen just recover from Xie Chen's body?]

Gui Gui: […]

No, he had recovered for a long time.

"Has your pastry-making improved?"

Mei Jiu turned her head to look at Mu Chen first. Mu Chen showed the pastries to Mei Jiu. Seeing that they were new varieties, Mei Jiu nodded in satisfaction and said, "Sure enough, with Daddy's guidance, you've improved quickly and even changed the patterns."

[Huh? When did Xiao Jiu get in contact with Xie Chen privately?]

Gui Gui: [No, he didn't privately...]

[Ah, it's because I've been going down the mountain less...] Ming Mei began to reflect on herself, and then wondered if Mu Chen had "woken up" several days ago and was deliberately blocking her today.

[No, tomorrow I'm going to take some time to find Mu Chen and ask him about the situation.]

Gui Gui was silent and never responded to Ming Mei's words.

It had heard it countless times, and the "tomorrow" its host spoke of never seemed to arrive.

The last time, Ming Mei wanted to stay up all night so she could go find Mu Chen the next day, but the moment she saw Mu Chen the next day, her memory was like a command set to delete conditionally. The beginning of her reunion with Mu Chen turned into their first encounter once again.

Gui Gui didn't know if Mu Chen had noticed, but at that time, the joy in Ming Mei's eyes turned into confusion in an instant, and then became joy again.

However, the meaning of these two kinds of joy was completely different.

At this time, Gui Gui was struggling with whether or not to tell its host again today that she had forgotten Mu Chen countless times?