Chapter 117 "Is This Rain Ever Going to Stop?"

Clutching their boxed lunches, a group of players squatted at the entrance, gazing at the relentless downpour outside, their hearts heavy with frustration.

They had been trapped in the shop for three days now. This torrential rain simply wouldn't let up!

Although the shop provided them with small bread rolls every day…

…reality had also taught them that small bread rolls were hardly filling. If they didn't have a box of stir-fried greens and tofu that day, they would probably be too weak to even get out of bed by now.

"Today's bread…" Leng Youyou spoke hesitantly, cautiously glancing towards the bar. Seeing that Mingmei wasn't there, she continued, "…seems to be less than before. Could it be that the shop is running out of food?"

"Didn't they say there's a vegetable garden in the backyard? Maybe when the bread runs out, we'll get vegetable salad?"

Lu Xiaoyao said, taking another bite of her boxed lunch.

To be honest, Lu Xiaoyao felt that these past two days of stir-fried greens and tofu had been unsatisfying, perhaps because there was no meat.

Even though she had a box of chili-fried pork, she couldn't just eat it to satisfy her cravings.

Looking at everyone staring longingly at the rain outside, Lu Xiaoyao had a premonition that sooner or later, they would have to brave the rain with the boxed lunch that kept them warm.

"We saw that vegetable garden in the back yesterday."

Suddenly, Mandison spoke up. He also glanced nervously behind him, like Leng Youyou, and only continued when he saw that there was really no one in the hall, "The window in our room faces the backyard, so we saw the vegetable garden."

As he spoke, Charlie and Julian's expressions darkened. After Mandison finished, Charlie immediately added, "There's no vegetable garden there, just a patch of overgrown weeds…"

"How could that be?"

Suddenly, a clear, cold female voice echoed behind them, startling everyone.

They turned around abruptly and saw Mingmei standing behind the bar, at the entrance of the kitchen, her clear black and white eyes staring straight at them without blinking.

Her entire body was standing in the darkness where the candlelight from the walls couldn't reach. The only thing they could clearly see was her fair, delicate face, devoid of any color, illuminated by the candlelight on the walls.

"Guests, our vegetable garden is full of vegetables~ Please don't spread rumors…"

Right now, Mingmei was completely different from her previous gentle and amiable self. Although her tone was still clear and cold, this time the cold seemed to seep into their bones.

Everyone was so scared that a cold sweat broke out on their backs!

[Help!]

[This sudden appearance of the merchant lady scared the hell out of me!]

[Wake up! She's not the merchant lady! The merchant NPC is a young man!]

[I'm going crazy. Is this lady a villainous boss?]

[Maybe she is! The usual Big Boss is here selling boxed lunches, so what happened to the usual boxed lunch seller?]

[Ahhh! Can you not do this? Why does such a beautiful person have to be so scary QAQ]

[Is she dropping the act? Is this when things get serious?!]

…

Even the audience in the live stream were horrified by Mingmei's current appearance, let alone the players present.

Wang Wenfei was truly frightened by this wave.

This appearance completely overturned the efforts she had made before!

So, was the game producer so cunning?!

Did he notice that there was a bug like her among the players, so he deliberately came up with this?

Unknowingly, Mingmei and Mu Chen's role reversal operation in this round made Yan Hui's image in everyone's mind "smeared" again.

"If you don't believe me, you can come to the backyard with me to take a look."

Mingmei, however, didn't seem to notice that her position and expression had frightened everyone. She took a step forward, exposing her entire figure to the candlelight.

Perhaps it was because of the candlelight, but Mingmei didn't look as gloomy and scary as before.

A careful player noticed that her steps were still a little muddy and boldly asked, "Boss, did you go to the backyard just now?"

"Yes, the rain is too heavy, and the drainage in the vegetable garden is not very good. My partner and I were just digging drainage ditches to prevent the vegetables from being damaged by the rain."

As she spoke, Mingmei lifted half of the door curtain, and everyone saw Mu Chen, soaked, wiping himself with a towel. Behind him, a dripping raincoat hung on the wall.

This was the first time Mingmei had taken the initiative to lift the kitchen door curtain, allowing everyone to see the situation in the kitchen. And at this time, Mingmei and Mu Chen were not holding any dangerous items in their hands.

"Would you like to see our masterpiece?"

Mingmei took the opportunity to invite them to take a look at the vegetable garden, as if trying to prove that the vegetable garden was not the wasteland that Mandison and the others had said it was.

"Then… sorry to bother you."

Because the issue of the vegetable garden was brought up by Julian and the other boys, Julian was the first to agree. As he said this, he turned to glance at Charlie and Mandison and asked, "Want to come along?"

Although Julian only glanced at them, Charlie immediately understood, took a step back, and stood behind Mandison, secretly gesturing for him to reject Julian's suggestion.

"Ah, forget it, you go…"

Mandison and Charlie pretended to be embarrassed and turned to leave, going upstairs.

Wang Wenfei noticed Mandison's actions out of the corner of her eye. She then looked at the other girls who had decided to follow along and declined as well.

"The rain is too heavy, I don't want to go. You guys can take a look for me."

After speaking, Wang Wenfei patted Hu Yue's arm and turned to leave.

Mingmei saw all these small actions in secret but didn't stop them. It would be strange if everyone wanted to follow.

Ignoring those who left, Mingmei turned around and led them into the kitchen.

Once inside the kitchen, everyone quickly surveyed the room.

It was a very old kitchen. The stove was still the kind that burned firewood, and the floor wasn't paved with tiles, but rather a layer of cement. Although it was dry, the surface was rough, making it difficult to sweep up any small debris that fell on the ground.

There wasn't even a refrigerator in this kitchen. However, all the rice, flour, and oil were neatly placed on the shelves, which looked quite plentiful at a glance.

However, Leng Youyou frowned slightly as she looked at the shelves in the corner where the rice, flour, and oil were stored, wondering what she was thinking.

Then, she looked up at the top of the kitchen, a triangular brick and tile house. The horizontal beam in the middle was also used, hanging some preserved meat and salted goods.

At this moment, Mingmei had already opened the door in the kitchen that led to the backyard. The rain was still pouring outside, blurring everyone's vision. However, following the direction Mingmei was pointing, they could see the vegetable garden at the end of the clean, empty yard.

It was a patch of lush green vegetables.

Even though they hadn't gone out and braved the rain to take a closer look, they could tell that the vegetable garden was well-maintained and the vegetables were growing well.

Lu Xiaoyao even made a small request, "Now that we have vegetables and meat, can we not eat bread next time? Can we eat meat? We'll pay~"

Leng Youyou wasn't the only one who saw the salted meat hanging on the roof beam; Lu Xiaoyao saw it too.

She knew that Hua Lanxing Restaurant had a unique dish – Braised Salted Pork with Cabbage!

She had only eaten it once, but the taste was deeply ingrained in her memory!

However, the restaurant didn't provide much at the time, saying that according to the requirements of the Food Supervision Bureau, the restaurant couldn't provide customers with an excessive amount of braised salted pork with cabbage.

She remembered clearly that the dish was only enough for two bites!

Now that she was in the game, if she had the chance, wouldn't she just want to devour a whole pot with white steamed buns or rice?

Anyway, eating in the game wasn't real eating, so there was no such thing as healthy or unhealthy!

Thinking about this, Lu Xiaoyao directly complained to Hu Yue, Wang Wenfei, and the others about her past experience, and also suggested the idea of ​​eating heartily in the game.

Her words silenced everyone present.

At this point, you're still thinking about eating?!