Chapter 90 The Broadcast

The more the voice on the radio spoke, the more Mingmei felt like the speaker was a pervert.

Whether it was the tone or the content, Mingmei felt a tingling in her gums listening to it.

"Oh, right, these are really fun. If you're afraid of playing these games... then you won't be able to leave. Oh, and I buried two tons of explosives under this amusement park. How about we all go out with a bang together?"

She had originally been complaining about how messed up the game was, thinking how could they still be playing while blowing up the players? They must have a really strong heart.

Turns out—oh, it wasn't about having a strong heart, it was all about the will to survive.

Wait!

Mingmei suddenly stretched out her wrist, looked at her bare wrist, and was instantly dumbfounded.

Huh?!

Where's my bracelet?

No, wait, did I even have a bracelet?

Mingmei then realized that she didn't seem to have a bracelet at all.

"Are you okay?"

Lu Xiaoyao and the others heard the pervert babbling on the radio. Mingmei stood there motionless, so she curiously stepped forward and asked.

"I don't have a bracelet."

"Ah?" Lu Xiaoyao obviously didn't realize what the bracelet meant.

"I don't have a bracelet, so I can't leave the maze at the end."

Mingmei had to say it a second time.

Lu Xiaoyao: "Ah... that's so sad?"

Mingmei: (▼㉨▼#) Did you need to say that?

[Ah! I'm so mad! Show some initiative! Show some initiative, Lu Xiaoyao! If you help the mysterious merchant find a bracelet, you'll have endless wealth! You can have all the boxed lunches you want in the future!]

[I can't stand it anymore. Watching Lu Xiaoyao play games gives me the same suffocating feeling as teaching my son to do his homework!]

[Does she not know she's in a miserable situation? Did you need to point it out!]

[Honestly, if anyone else said that, I would have slapped them and asked, "Are you stupid?" But since it's my girl saying it, I can't bring myself to do it!] [If you don't want to, let me do it!]

[Hey~ How did my girl get into military academy? Can anyone tell me?]

……

Lu Xiaoyao's livestream was filled with viewers who were frustrated. They all wished they could jump into the game and take over Lu Xiaoyao's body to complete the game for her.

"It's okay, I'll have my colleagues help you solve the bracelet problem later."

Compared to Lu Xiaoyao's lack of awareness, Mu Chen seized the opportunity to step between the two and said, "Protecting the personal safety of citizens is the duty of every public security officer. We'll find a suitable bracelet and put it on you later."

"Really?"

"Yes, it just takes a little time, so..." Mingmei heard Mu Chen say so much to her and felt the goodwill he was exuding.

Mingmei nodded, and saw a smile spread across Mu Chen's lips, making her dazed. "So, I ask that this young lady stay close to us later, to prevent unnecessary harm."

"Okay..."

Hiss!

As soon as she nodded, Mingmei immediately woke up.

This guy...

[Whoa, this guy is sus!]

[You're just now noticing that?]

[I just noticed that he's smiling too handsomely. I... sigh! I still have too little experience!]

Gui Gui: …

Is that all you noticed?

[Host, don't you think that since he promised to get you a bracelet, you should just stay here and wait patiently? Why are you going out with him?]

Gui Gui immediately pointed out the man's ulterior motives: [He just wants to take you out. He's definitely up to no good!]

"Okay, I think I can rest assured with you two protecting me~"

After some self-reflection and Gui Gui's reminder, Mingmei took the opportunity to walk directly to Lu Xiaoyao's side and grabbed her arm.

Lu Xiaoyao: 0.0 Eh?

Mu Chen: =_=？

The audience in Lu Xiaoyao's livestream cheered, touched by Mingmei's spirit of "never abandoning".

The screen was filled with [Thank you, Merchant Miss, for never abandoning our崽崽!] (崽崽 = Zaizai - term of endearment for the streamer, Lu Xiaoyao)

Of course, besides that, there were also some other lively comments:

[Seriously, although I'm grateful, I still want to say—崽! Don't be a third wheel, okay?]

[Is this the first time I've noticed how shiny my崽崽 is?]

[Ah! He loves her so much, but she loves her more! Ah! She doesn't love anyone because she has no brain!]

[The person in front, how come what you said gave me such a vivid picture?]

[Even though you didn't say anyone's name, I still imagined a love triangle!]

……

Lu Xiaoyao was a little flustered now!

She didn't know why things had developed like this!

Mu Chen invited the Merchant Miss to come along, and although she wanted to follow the Merchant Miss too, it was obvious that Mu Chen wasn't agreeing!

She didn't dare to speak up because she was intimidated by the big boss QAQ

She just never expected that the Merchant Miss would actually invite her to come along!

How should she put it?

It was both sweet and painful, a thrilling experience like licking blood off a knife~~!

Lu Xiaoyao was pulled along by Mingmei, her mind wandering, her feet unsteady, despite the fact that Mu Chen, who was walking behind them, was casting such—bitter—gaze upon her!

Lu Xiaoyao: It feels so good (*￣︶￣) but I'm also so scared!

The funniest thing was that Lu Xiaoyao's livestream turned on a third-person perspective this time, completely displaying Mu Chen's seemingly calm but inwardly sour expression.

[Hahahaha! If you don't look at his eyes, just look at the lower half of his face, you'd think he's in a good mood, but look at his eyes... ahahahaha, so bitter and hateful!]

[Deep, deep jealousy!]

[Meaning, meaningful!]

[Long, long, long!]

[????? What are you guys doing in front?]

[Get out of the formation!]

……

Perhaps due to the memory suppression of the game, Lu Xiaoyao couldn't remember why she turned on the third-party livestream view.

"What's wrong?"

Noticing that Lu Xiaoyao was rubbing her head, Mingmei asked. Hearing Mingmei's voice, Mu Chen also walked to their side and glanced at Lu Xiaoyao.

That glance made Lu Xiaoyao shudder again.

"N-nothing, I'm just, just a little scared. Where, where are we going next?"

Poor Lu Xiaoyao immediately shook her head. At this moment, even if she was still slow to react, she realized that something was wrong.

Her classmate wasn't falling for this Merchant Miss, was he?

The thought suddenly appeared in her mind, and then Lu Xiaoyao remembered how he sat next to Mingmei in yesterday's mecha class, and how he used his eyes to intimidate her and scare her away.

Could it be—

Boom!

A thunderclap seemed to instantly resound in Lu Xiaoyao's mind!

A bloody, cliché story of a stand-in love drama instantly began in Lu Xiaoyao's little theater in her mind.

So soon, Mu Chen keenly sensed the gaze from Lu Xiaoyao, a gaze that looked at him like he was a渣男 (zhan nan, a scumbag), full of condemnation.

Mu Chen: ???

What kind of nonsense is this idiot making up in her head?