“Since the door is locked, I think I’ll just head back inside with you all.”

Mingmei remained vigilant, but her expression had returned to normal. Under the other’s gaze, she took the first step, her pace not too fast, but her strides were a little larger than usual.

At the same time, she paid attention to the movements of the person behind her.

Gui Gui didn't understand.

[Host, if you’re worried about him attacking you from behind, let him go first.]

[I'm afraid if I follow him, I'll be led to the wrong place. Besides… this way I don't have to see his face change. If he dares to attack me, I'll make him regret being a person, uh, a wraith. If he goes ahead, wouldn't he have to turn around to attack me? Then I'd have to look at his face. What if he's suddenly super ugly and scares me?]

Gui Gui: […] This was outside its chat zone.

Were all women like this?

Fortunately, Mingmei’s worries about an attack from behind didn’t materialize, and they quickly returned to the room.

Everyone had heard Mingmei’s exclamation earlier, and everyone knew Lou Jia had gone downstairs to check. Now, seeing them return, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Although everyone was a little scared that the downstairs door was suddenly locked, Mingmei’s return made them feel a hint of joy.

Everyone: Hehe, even if we finish the bento boxes, we're not afraid anymore~

Seeing Mingmei expressionless as she carried the two boxes back to the sofa in the living room, she repeated, “The building door is locked, I can’t get out, so I’ll have to trouble you all again tonight.”

“No trouble at all, no trouble at all.”

They were happy to have a mysterious merchant around.

Seeing Mingmei stop talking and sit quietly, the others exchanged glances and went back to their own activities, the most important of which was eating the bento boxes they had bought.

Mingmei sat upright on the sofa, a pleasing sight to the eye.

Although she was wearing a delivery uniform, it didn't stop people from noticing her temperament, and with her beauty as a bonus, Lu Xiaoyao, a connoisseur of beauty, had already eaten two bento boxes while admiring Mingmei’s face.

This made Mingmei feel hungry.

So, Mingmei silently took out a Mapo Tofu bento box. Gui Gui didn't say anything.

Anyway, it was useless to say anything. It was best to let its host be happy.

Tricking ghosts into eating tofu.

When she saw the Mapo Tofu, Mingmei naturally thought of this saying, wondering if that was why the bento box skill could withstand the self-destructive damage of a Wraith Possession.

Thinking this, Mingmei opened her mouth and tasted the fresh, spicy, and tender Mapo Tofu.

The intense stimulation of the fresh, fragrant, spicy flavor in that instant made her mouth water. A bite of tofu, a bite of rice, chewing them together was simply perfect!

Because Mapo Tofu itself had a strong flavor, the side dishes were all light. Whether the bento box had any effect or not, Mingmei felt that eating such a meal at night was a burst of satisfaction.

[Spicy! My daughter eats so deliciously! Merchant miss is also so fragrant! I'm gonna eat Mapo Tofu for lunch today!]

[Damn, I'm so busy with work that I can only drink nutrient solution every day!]

[The person in front, if you're too busy with work to eat, do you have time to watch the livestream?]

[The start today is so harmonious, eating bento boxes together. I think this new story shouldn't be scary~]

[Hey, hey, hey, wake up! The name of this new story is "Midnight Apartment". Just looking at the name, you know it can't be not scary!]

[You guys seem to have forgotten about the Sinan thing from before, and the locked door downstairs, right?]

[Also, the Daoist priest! Remember there was a Daoist priest in the newbie village, too. What kind of situation do you think this is?]

…

While eating her bento box, Mingmei felt a shadow fall over her rice box.

She looked up and saw Lou Jia looking at her. The young, handsome man was backlit, his smile carrying a sinister air as he asked, “Is this tofu delicious?”

Mingmei: “…”

Mingmei’s gaze fell on the bento box he was holding. He hadn’t eaten a bite since earlier.

Had he already discovered something?

“It’s okay, not bad. Want to try some?”

Mingmei lowered her eyes, forcing herself not to reveal any more expression to the other party, lest he discover something.

“Really? Hmm… makes me want to eat some too…” A troubled look flashed across his face as he stared at the bento box in his hand for a long time. Mingmei stole a glance at him and saw the struggle in his eyes.

As if he was facing a very difficult, hard-to-choose choice.

So, the Wraith really wanted to eat?

Just when Mingmei thought he was about to say something, a loud bang once again drew everyone’s attention.

It was Yuan Fang.

When Mingmei looked at him, he was already squatting down to pick up a bento box. It seemed he had accidentally dropped the empty box on the ground.

“Wow, you scared me to death! I thought something happened!”

Lu Xiaoyao was sitting to the side, struggling with whether to finish all three bento boxes in one go or save the last one for later. As a result, Yuan Fang next door suddenly dropped his bento box, giving her a fright.

“S-sorry, my hand slipped, slipped, haha~” Yuan Fang smiled awkwardly at everyone, his eyes glancing towards Mingmei and Lou Jia.

It was as if he had seen something and was startled?

Mingmei noticed this, so she silently finished her bento box and went to stand with everyone else.

She had to use practical actions to show that even if she was an NPC, she was on the players’ side!

However, what Mingmei didn't expect was that when he saw her walking among the crowd, he followed.

Lou Jia’s actions directly made every cell in Mingmei’s body resist!

“Now that we’re full, we should move on to the next thing.”

Seeing that everyone was almost done with their bento boxes, Zhen Po, who was playing the role of a police officer, began to cue the process.

“Everyone was able to gather together today because of Ms. Moira’s invitation to come to this building for an exorcism. As an apartment building where many unsolved cases have occurred, causing trouble for the local police station, today, our police station has also brought you exorcists many top-secret files that have happened here that outsiders don't know about."

As Hu Po finished speaking, she placed the briefcase next to her on the rectangular dining table in the restaurant. All the bento boxes that everyone had eaten earlier were cleaned up.

However, Mingmei still secretly complained to Gui Gui about Hu Po’s lines [Speaking of unsolved cases caused by haunted houses, won’t they be held accountable for this? Also, directly taking out top-secret files, what if something goes wrong and it gets leaked?]

[Host, this is a game. Either everyone succeeds in exorcising the demons and the game is cleared, or everyone dies here. What’s there to leak? It’s absolutely top secret!]

Mingmei: …

That seemed to make sense.