Chapter 17 Is it raining?

"Is it raining? It rains heavily here for a period of time every year, and there will be power outages and the roads will be washed away."

Mingmei already knew through the live broadcast what they were going to ask. According to the lines prepared for this character, Mingmei answered truthfully.

However, at the end, she added, "But every time the rain stops, people from the foot of the mountain will come up to clear the road, so don't worry!"

Maybe it was Mingmei's villain buff, but even though what she said wasn't that meaningful, it only made everyone else feel like they needed to worry more.

"Then... how many days does it usually last?"

While asking Mingmei, Wang Wenfei glanced at the kitchen behind her.

To be honest, she had been sleeping all day and was already a little hungry.

She wondered if the NPC in front of her could see her obvious movements and ask her if she wanted to buy a boxed meal.

Wang Wenfei has a very high mental power. At least, when facing certain memory suppressions in the game, she can preemptively hypnotize herself with her mental power, hide some of her relevant memories, and avoid the game mechanism's detection, allowing her to retain some relevant game memories.

For example, she remembers the face of the mysterious merchant.

What makes her wonder is that the mysterious merchant in front of her seems to be behaving a little differently than before?

"Well, it will be about seven days if it's short, and half a month if it's long."

As Mingmei spoke, her gaze naturally fell on Wang Wenfei's hand covering her stomach. A sudden realization appeared on her face, and she said, "Oh right, you've all been sleeping all day, right? Are you hungry? There's some food in the store."

"Hungry, hungry!"

Wang Wenfei was the fastest to react among the group.

The second fastest was Lu Xiaoyao's live broadcast room.

[Of course she's hungry, absolutely!]

[That's right, that's right! Lu Xiaoyao, it's time for you to show off your eating skills!]

[Go for it! You should eat when you're hungry!]

[Eat, eat, eat!]

……

Seeing everyone nodding, Mingmei turned around and went to the back kitchen, bringing out all the bread that Mu Chen had baked last night.

As she handed them the bread, Mingmei naturally did not miss the momentary dazed expression on Wang Wenfei's face.

[Whoa, Wang Wenfei... has memories, right?]

Mingmei noticed Wang Wenfei's abnormality at this time. From the moment she entered the game today, Mingmei noticed that Wang Wenfei's gaze towards her was full of anticipation.

Until she took out the bread, the shock, disappointment, and doubt in her eyes were clear to her.

Was she feeling strange because she didn't sell boxed meals?

[Maybe.]

Gui Gui also noticed Wang Wenfei's abnormality.

[Before, when she was in the game, the way she looked at you, Host, was strange.]

[Yeah.]

Mingmei still remembered what Da Yao once said to her while looking at Wang Wenfei's back. After that, she suspected it a few times, but this time, it was exceptionally obvious.

"What's wrong? Aren't you very hungry? Aren't you going to eat?"

Several players were eating bread. Lu Xiaoyao raised her head and saw that Wang Wenfei was holding the bread but didn't seem to be eating it, which was very strange.

"I..."

Wang Wenfei's eyes were complicated. She glanced in Lu Xiaoyao's direction again, lowered her head, and looked at the bread in her hand without saying a word.

Lu Xiaoyao livestreams when she plays games, and she knows that, so she's even more afraid to directly ask the boss about the boxed meals.

Otherwise, wouldn't that give her away?

Thinking this, Wang Wenfei took a bite of the fragrant little bread and began to think about asking Mingmei about the boxed meals when she acted alone later.

However, while the three boys were eating the little bread, Julian kept looking in Mingmei's direction. Seeing that she hadn't eaten anything today and was just sitting there drinking tea, he curiously asked, "Boss, have you eaten yet?"

"Not yet, I'm waiting for my partner to cook."

Mingmei propped her chin with one hand, her clear black and white eyes directly meeting Julian's, who seemed to be probing something. She asked, "What's wrong?"

"Nothing, I was just wondering if the rain will last for a long time, will the store have enough food for us to eat?"

"There's a small vegetable garden behind the kitchen."

Mingmei didn't directly say whether there was enough, she just answered this, and then Mingmei frowned slightly, and the strange and violent emotion that surged up in her heart suddenly appeared.

Mingmei almost couldn't control herself and was about to distort her face in front of the players.

[There's not enough food, but don't be afraid, I'm here.]

[Honey, let me go check the road for them. It's dangerous for them to go down the mountain without knowing the area. By the way, I'll see if there's any food. I know exactly where to find food in the mountains.]

[Don't worry, I've got this~]

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[Why should we listen to you and stay here! There's no food, and you won't let us go down the mountain, what are you relying on?!]

[You're even running a store? You don't have much food prepared, how dare you?!]

……

With a "bang!"

Everyone saw that the boss, who had been speaking nicely just now, suddenly lowered her head, drank a large glass of water, and then slammed the glass heavily on the bar.

Then, Mingmei left a sentence, "I'm going to check on my partner's cooking," and turned around and left the main hall.

Just as Mu Chen was thinking about how to make delicious food with his mediocre cooking skills, he heard a rush of footsteps behind him.

Turning his head, he found the familiar figure rushing straight into his arms.

"What's wrong?"

Immediately realizing it was Mingmei, Mu Chen, who was originally tense, relaxed in a second, gently stroking Mingmei's small head and softly asking her.

Obviously, he had already noticed that Mingmei's emotions were off.

Mingmei's head nudged against his shoulder, as if trying to draw some strength from him.

"Uncomfortable..."

After a long while, Mingmei finally replied muffledly from Mu Chen's shoulder, hugging his waist with both hands.

"So many complex, intense negative emotions... is it very uncomfortable?"

When Julian suddenly asked if the store had enough food just now, the negative emotions of grief and indignation belonging to the villain boss, mixed with the character's memories, instantly erupted, making Mingmei feel very uncomfortable.

The emotions deep in her heart, unique to the character who couldn't get what she wanted and was heading towards collapse and destruction, almost made her distort her face and expose herself to the players!

"It's okay."

Mu Chen knew what Mingmei was asking about. This was Mingmei's first time encountering a big Boss-type NPC role-playing.

In the past, when she played the mysterious merchant, there wasn't much "technical need", nor were there those set character memories and emotions, but the challenge difficulty of a boss holding the script was very high.

Especially the empathy with the boss.

A character who can become a villain boss, even if their values aren't very skewed, is definitely an extremist. Once a real person plays the role, it's no different than a violent impact on the values of a normal person!

And after leaving the game, one must control oneself to get rid of those negative emotions, otherwise, if one keeps playing such a role for a long time, maybe... they will go crazy, right?