“I just don’t get it. Why do you all think I should know what Mona did before?”

The Enforcer, bombarded by Mingmei's barrage of questions, suddenly laughed.

A laugh of exasperation.

“You really think I'm some kind of know-it-all?”

“Well, you can't help us subdue Mona. If you can't even provide information, what good are you?”

Mingmei was bold, staring straight at him as she spoke.

It gave Mingmei the illusion that she was arguing with her own dad, putting on a face, and she was even winning.

The opposite of the truth.

In their family, four kids meant she was at the bottom of the pecking order.

And her dad was second only to one person.

Who was number one? Need I say more?

Now, this "pettifoggery" with the Enforcer, who had her dad's face, gave Mingmei a great sense of accomplishment.

She used to dislike it immensely, but now—Mingmei: It's great!

“Little brat~”

The Enforcer chuckled and ignored her, turning to Mu Chen instead, asking, “Aren't you going to control her?”

As soon as he asked, Mingmei turned her head and saw that Mu Chen seemed to hear nothing, paying no attention to what was happening at the table, single-mindedly peeling crayfish from the store next door.

Then, the Enforcer snorted again and muttered something Mingmei didn't catch, but Mu Chen glanced at him, then looked back down to continue peeling crayfish.

“Just tell me, aren't Mu Chen and I right? After Mona took control of her body, she projected some of the stories that happened to her onto other characters? Watching how they react when faced with the same difficulties as her, right?”

Seeing the topic starting to stray, Mingmei repeated her question. The Enforcer this time only said, “Honestly, I only got here a little earlier than you guys. I've told you everything I know. Regarding your speculation, I can only say it's very likely.”

“If there wasn't a possibility, we wouldn't dare speculate like this, okay?”

The Enforcer's words seemed meaningless, but he encouraged Mingmei to wander around the east of the city more.

In response, Mingmei glared at the Enforcer while eating a bowl of crayfish meat peeled by Mu Chen and said, “You too, go out and wander around more, use your abilities, okay?”

As she spoke, the Enforcer smiled at Mingmei, indicating that his ability was to kill insects, not to gather information.

“Tomorrow is the weekend, and Mona is out of school too. I can't go out casually these two days, so I'll have to trouble you.”

The Enforcer had a million reasons to make Mingmei "rely on herself."

Compared to them, who all came to this world using the identities of the world's original characters, the Enforcer was a true "illegal resident."

All evening, besides the Enforcer confirming that their guesses were great and increasing the possibility of this speculation, Mingmei and Mu Chen got two bowls of spicy hot pot and a large plate of crayfish.

Feeling stuffed while walking back, Mingmei looked up at the sky and even felt a moment of confusion. What exactly did she come out for tonight?

“What are Lu Xiaoyao and them doing now?”

Mu Chen remembered that Mona and Lu Xiaoyao were now neighbors, and since everyone was home for the holidays, maybe Lu Xiaoyao could see something different.

So, reminded by Mu Chen, Mingmei continued to follow Lu Xiaoyao backstage and saw a man and a woman slumped on the sofa, watching a comedy movie with soda.

Mingmei: ?????

“What's wrong?”

Seeing Mingmei's expression change slightly, Mu Chen asked curiously.

“Heh~”

Mingmei sneered, looking at Julian and Lu Xiaoyao laughing and joking on the other side. Mingmei even felt speechless at her own unnecessary worry and thought of a certain Mona who might want to find empathy in Lu Xiaoyao…

Actually, Mona was quite unlucky, probably.

“Go open the door, someone's here.”

The doorbell rang, and Lu Xiaoyao stretched out her leg and kicked Julian next to her, while she stared unblinkingly at the comedy movie playing on TV.

She really didn't expect that the TV in the survival game could be so good!

“Coming.” Julian glanced helplessly at Lu Xiaoyao, who was holding a plate of fruit and laughing non-stop, got up and walked towards the living room door. As soon as he opened it, he saw Mona standing at the door holding a doll, and Julian couldn't help but shrink his eyes suddenly, almost closing the door directly.

“I-is that Mona? What's up?”

“Nothing. These are cookies Mom made, and she told me to bring some to you.” As she said this, Mona took out a small paper bag from behind the doll, and a strong milky aroma instantly filled the air.

It smelled delicious.

“Help me thank your mom. It's so late, and I haven't prepared any return gifts…”

Julian carefully took the cookies and thanked her in a low voice. Mona smiled at his reaction.

“By the way, Uncle Thomson, is Aunt Sheila home? Mom told me to give her a message and go shopping together tomorrow.”

“Ah, she went to get her hair done and hasn't come back yet. I'll tell her when she gets back.”

“So Aunt Sheila isn't home~”

For some reason, Julian heard some excitement in Mona's tone.

“Ah… yes.”

Julian nodded and asked her if there was anything else. After she said no, he watched Mona safely return home before closing the door.

“What's wrong?”

When she heard it was Mona, Lu Xiaoyao had already turned her attention to the door, standing in the blind spot of the entrance, listening to their conversation.

“Just brought a bag of cookies.”

Julian handed the cookies to Lu Xiaoyao. Lu Xiaoyao glanced at the bag and didn't say anything, putting it directly on the coffee table without touching it.

“I thought you would eat it.”

“Do you think I'm stupid?”

Lu Xiaoyao glared at Julian, pursed her lips, and said to the kitchen, “Quick, bring me the braised duck necks and wings I ordered earlier.”

“So you used all those credits to exchange for so much money just to come in here and eat this stuff?”

All the expenses for Julian and the others this time were exchanged with credits. Actually, they usually didn't spend much money, but this game was too much.

Even though it was twisted like this, eating, drinking, and having fun here still cost money.

Normal meals and the like were free, but if you wanted to have a coffee or milk tea in the middle, or occasionally change your meal to a hot dog or spicy hot pot, then you had to spend money.

“I don't spend any money on what I eat at school. Now that I'm finally out, I have to spend more, right?”

Lu Xiaoyao couldn't wait to take the duck neck that Julian handed over, gnawing on it while wondering, “Why doesn't the Interstellar have this stuff?”

“First of all, there are no ducks. Even if there are substitutes, no one usually eats the neck. It has no nutrition.” Julian also took a piece of duck neck and sucked on it, finally adding, “But the Federation is developing a new snack that tastes similar. I'll send you some when the time comes.”

“What is it?”

“Spicy insect leg jerky.”

Lu Xiaoyao: “…Has your Federation's exploration of insect meat reached the snack level?”

“Yeah, it's developed by Xiao Shi Food Group, because the CEO in the Federation knows my cousin.”

“Ah, that's the one whose spicy hot pot is super popular, right?”

“Yeah, now that you mention it, I remember there seem to be some Xiao Shi spicy hot pot advertisements in this game.”

Julian hadn't noticed it until now. This Xiao Shi Group seemed to have a lot of background.

“No wonder my dad is so concerned about my cousin's relationship…”

At this moment, the exclamation marks filled Lu Xiaoyao's live broadcast room!

Did she… discover that her little nephew was in love?!