“Maybe we should ask a spirit to find out?”

The group's faces shifted from shock at Yuan Fang's words to a gossipy, secretive smile as they realized they might be able to ask a spirit. Ming Mei couldn't help but twitch her lips.

Ugh.

Gossip was indeed human nature, especially when it came to other people's marital affairs. They'd practically be peeking under the bed to listen in =.=

"Don't look at me."

Just then, Wang Wenfei spoke up to refuse. She had only bought two boxed meals. She had already used one mapo tofu boxed meal, and she was saving the only other one to save her life.

She was planning to save it to buy a tomato sardine meal during the second transaction period at midnight. There was no way she was going to perform spiritism now. No way.

Listening to gossip was great, but not if it cost her life.

"Actually, as it stands, there are no spirits in this house. It's not convenient to summon one even if we wanted to."

Even though Yuan Fang could clearly see a spirit, he still chose to say there wasn't one in the house.

In fact, sometimes he and Zhen Po simply closed their yin-yang eyes because they didn't want to see the things Mu Chen did that were so like a lovesick fool.

In response, Zhen Po looked at the people on both sides of him, then glanced at Yuan Fang, nodding mutely to acknowledge his statement.

Alas~ Who told him to accidentally offend the big boss earlier?

However, when he thought about what Yuan Fang had told him, Zhen Po felt extremely speechless inside.

In this day and age, why wouldn't you like pretty and cute girls in the three-dimensional world? What's with staring at an NPC?

Soon, Ming Mei sensed a faint, resentful gaze coming from Zhen Po's direction.

Ming Mei: ...?

This game is so strange!

The players don't feel very normal.

"Then, I'll do it!" Suddenly, Zhen Hu, who had been playing the role of a Nanyang monk, spoke up. Everyone was stunned. Could this monk do it?

"Although I can't see, I can hear. My little attendants are also happy to go out and inquire for me." With that, Zhen Hu touched the two "golden boys" in front of him. Ming Mei still felt a little creeped out.

She knew that most rituals involving children were evil magic. However, perhaps Nanyang was different from her world, so this possibility wasn't as terrifying as she imagined.

[Ghosty, are those little dolls normal? Or rather... are they acquired through proper means?]

[Looking at this player's attire, these little golden boys are generally called "Buddha Boys." People who own Buddha Boys usually have to insist on accumulating virtue and doing good deeds throughout their lives. Buddha Boys protect the home, and their ability to ward off ghosts may be weaker. But fortunately, they are good. Over time, their abilities will grow. You know, compared to evil ways, orthodox cultivation always requires hard work and a firm will.]

After Ghosty explained, remembering that her host had previously expressed strong vigilance towards these two Buddha Boys, she couldn't help but ask, [Is it that the relevant knowledge you know about these boys is all bad?]

[Yes.] Ming Mei didn't deny this. However, now that she had confirmed that Zhen Hu's side was good, she continued to see what Zhen Hu planned to do.

Not only Ming Mei wanted to see, but everyone else did too. They saw Zhen Hu sitting cross-legged on the ground, closing his eyes, and putting his hands together, chanting scriptures that no one could understand to the Buddha Boys placed in front of him.

The scriptures were incomprehensible, and the monotonous tone made people want to sleep after listening for a long time _(：3」∠)_

Everyone thought there would be a grand scene, but it seemed that only Yuan Fang and Zhen Po could see the real picture.

Two rays of light flashed on the Buddha Boys, transforming into a little boy and a little girl.

The two wore Nanyang-style clothes, and were now excitedly surrounding Zhen Hu, talking and laughing cheerfully. Although everyone couldn't see them, they clearly saw the corners of Zhen Hu's mouth, who was still chanting with his eyes closed, begin to rise.

It was as if he had encountered something happy.

Zhen Po was also looking at the little girl with pigtails with great curiosity, feeling that she was very familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen her for a while.

However, the little girl turned her head and noticed Zhen Po's gaze, baring her little milk teeth at him.

Immediately afterwards, as if playing a prank, she poked his nose, stuck out her tongue, and rolled her eyes at him.

Zhen Po: Alright. He realized that he didn't seem to be liked by spirits.

No matter big or small =.=

Soon, the two Buddha Boys left Zhen Hu's side according to his instructions. When they walked near Ming Mei, the boy stopped slightly and looked up at Mu Chen, who was standing behind Ming Mei.

The next second, the boy's face suddenly changed as if he had seen a ghost, and he pulled the girl away and ran out, complaining and whining to the girl as he ran.

"Wuwuwu, why is it this guy again? We clearly left, but we're back QAQ"

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, we won't be afraid of him when we go back in the future!"

……

Seeming to sense the departure of the Buddha Boys, Zhen Hu opened his eyes, stopped chanting, and said, "They have already gone to inquire about information and will be back later."

"You're quite capable." Da Yao squatted in front of the two golden Buddha Boys and asked curiously, "Where did you get them from?"

Regarding the origin of the Buddha Boys, Zhen Hu naturally had some memories in his mind, but just as he was about to open his mouth to answer, Zhen Hu felt that the memories in his brain, or rather, the data memories the game gave him, were not quite right.

After a moment, Zhen Hu said, "Using unborn children..."

Da Yao's face changed: "Stop!"

She didn't want to hear the rest.

Just the words "unborn children" made her not want to listen anymore.

In the interstellar era, young children were so precious, yet they were made from unborn ones?

Wang Wenfei looked at the clock in the room again and muttered, "There's still an hour before we can buy boxed meals."

Everyone looked at the clock. It was almost midnight. Originally, this time was the least favorite in such a game scene, but inexplicably, everyone felt happy because they could buy boxed meals again.

Although, correspondingly, their academic points seemed to be disappearing, it seemed that academic points were no longer important in this game. The best result for them was to get through this game, and the insights it brought them were the most important.

This game had simply exposed their biggest shortcomings.

The ability to observe subtle details.

And the fact that many of them had started to assume things from the moment they entered.

As she thought about this, Wang Wenfei first started rummaging through the house.

"What are you doing?" Zhen Po asked curiously when he saw her doing this.

"This family is closely related to the Clayton couple. Could there be any evidence hidden here?" Wang Wenfei said, then thought of Yuan Fang's previous guess, and only said, "We can't just rely on guesses and imagine the past. We have to find evidence."

As she said that, Wang Wenfei looked at Zhen Hu's side, thought about it, and then said, "It's better to rely on yourself than to ask for help."

Hearing this sentence, even Zhen Po had nothing to say. Seeing her like this, even Da Yao and Zhen Po joined in.

In response, Ming Mei looked at Yuan Fang, who seemed to want to approach her, tilting her head slightly, not understanding what the other party wanted to do.

"Aren't you going?"

"Going where?" Yuan Fang, who had been interrupted by Ming Mei from getting close to Mu Chen to ask him if he had any special news as a spirit, subconsciously replied.

"Go and search the house with them." After speaking, Ming Mei looked at him suspiciously and asked, "What are you doing standing here?"