Chapter 8

Lu Miao mixed the meat paste and honey thoroughly, put the meat paste mixed with honey into his gloves, and then left the room with it.

When he went out, he looked up at the camera above the dining room cabinet. It looked the same as before when he returned to the room. It was still facing the north-facing second bedroom. He listened carefully for a while, but there was no sound at home.

He remembered that Lao Wang had a problem with snoring, and Aunt Cui had complained to him several times, and he could hear irregular snoring coming from the master bedroom when he went out.

The silence at this time can only prove one thing: Lao Wang is not sleeping.

In this way, he heard the noise caused by the big meatball just now, but did not take any action.

Why?

Lu Miao lowered his eyebrows and thought for a while. He had thought that Lao Wang had made so many house rules before, but it was just a reversal of Lao Wang's character in the original "Ideal Town", or that he simply didn't like the spoilers brought by the two wives.

That's all.

But if he was really desperate just now, maybe the situation in this family is more complicated than he thought.

Lao Wang's force value should be high. He would not save them even if they were killed, which means that he has no feelings for these two children, so he may kill these two children himself at any time.

Why didn't he take action?

It was a copy of a horror game, and Lu Miao didn't think the NPCs in it would have such feelings of pity.

The only thing that is certain is that Lao Wang is in the opposite camp to the player and Wang Xiaomei's character, and is not a person who can turn to for help.

Of course, Lu Miao never thought about asking for help from an NPC who might attack him.

After experiencing the exciting scene just now, Lu Miao's body felt a little tired. He shuffled to the kitchen, tied the gloves containing the mixed meat paste, and put it in the freezer of the refrigerator.

After doing all this, footsteps could be heard outside the door. Lu Miao closed the refrigerator door and turned to face Cui Yuxiang's tired face.

She came back from get off work.

[Congratulations on completing the side mission: spend the day safely and survive until "mother" comes home from get off work. The mission reward has been distributed, you have received: 15 points. ]

[Congratulations on completing the first side task. The novice tutorial has ended, triggering the achievement: Fledgling. The achievement reward has been redeemed. Your performance has exceeded 50% of the players, and you have been promoted to the recommended position in the newcomer live broadcast area. 】

【You still have points left, do you need to buy props? 】

Lu Miao paused, while chatting with Cui Yuxiang, he opened the points mall and looked at the upper right corner.

[Balance: 44 points.]

It seems like a lot.

Lu Miao's eyes moved, he clicked on the interface of the wishing tree, and looked at the series of dazzling "0"s almost piously, and his slightly joyous mood suddenly calmed down.

He first searched for a full-length mirror in the daily necessities column.

This thing is indeed as cheap as a door-to-door device. You can buy a two-meter-high full-length mirror with one point. It also has a body shape memory function, so you can try on clothes online, eliminating the trouble of repeatedly choosing.

But Lu Miao hesitated for a moment before placing the order, and then searched for another keyword in the same area.

"Holographic Projector".

This thing is relatively expensive, with 10 points each, which can be regarded as luxury-level consumption in the daily necessities area. Lu Miao put both things into his shopping cart, weighed them for a long time, gritted his teeth, and bought two in one go.

A holographic projector.

[You have consumed 20 points, remaining points: 24.]

After two large purchases, Lu Miao even respected the name he was given by the system. Lu Miao couldn't help but sigh that even artificial intelligence in this world was so pragmatic. At the same time, his heartache over spending 20 points in one breath was a little lessened.

The players in front of the screen watched him spend money like water, and were stunned on the spot.

"Holy crap! I originally thought it was weird that he spent 5 points to buy monster meat mixed with honey, but now he actually spent 20 points to buy two holographic projectors?! What is he going to do, show a movie to monsters and bosses?!

"

"I still can't bear to buy this thing for my home, but he bought it casually... Is this guy really a newbie?"

"Of course he is a newcomer. Have you ever seen any veteran player be so arrogant? He who doesn't know is fearless. He probably thinks that points are easy to earn. You will know when he comes out. The difficulty of this first dungeon is too low. He is lucky.

Triggered several hidden achievements and recommended them, otherwise...haha!"

"Although the reward points are only for newcomers, seeing him spending the points like this makes me so angry!"

"This newcomer has good luck, but his IQ is really worrying. The value is so low... let's break up. I'll go see other newcomers to avoid being pissed off by this thing."

Players know how precious points are, so Lu Miao's squandering made a group of viewers who were searching for points angry.

But on the failure highlight recommendation section, there are many live broadcasts where the operation is confusing and the players here are just here to have fun. When they saw Lu Miao's behavior, they all got a bad taste.

"I haven't seen such low-level operations for a long time. If you live long enough, you can see anything."

"I want to see when this kid can be fooled to death by me..."

[The current number of viewers is 773, the number of collectors is 193, the number of subscribers is 118, and the reward amount is 2.]

[Your reputation has risen to 773, and you still have 227 left to upgrade to Emerging.]

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Lu Miao chatted with Cui Yuxiang about her daily work life and learned that she was still collecting rent at the grocery market and helping people look after the store just like in "Ideal Town".

While chatting, Lu Miao suddenly asked tentatively: "Did you see anything different on the way back?"

Cui Yuxiang's expression moved strangely again, "What's different?"

He didn't know if it was Lu Miao's illusion, but he always felt that there seemed to be something different about Cui Yuxiang, but he couldn't tell.

He lowered his eyebrows and smiled as usual: "It's the stray dog ​​that my sister and I usually feed. It seems to be hungry, but it was chased away by Lao Wang. I don't know where it went."

Cui Yuxiang twitched her lips and answered the question: "Your Uncle Wang doesn't like it. Stop feeding it. He will be angry."

After saying that, I put on my apron and got ready to cook.

"Aunt Cui." Lu Miao suddenly spoke and stopped her. When Cui Yuxiang turned around, he blinked twice and asked almost innocently: "Mom, you will protect us, right?"

Cui Yuxiang's expression became even weirder.

She looked into Lu Miao's eyes, and her eyes were in a daze for a few seconds. She quickly came to her senses, but turned around and entered the kitchen.

Her voice came from far away: "Of course, you are all my most beloved babies... What do you want to eat tonight?"

[Name: Cui Yuxiang (Lao Wang’s wife)

Occupation: Landlord

Personality: Loving/virtuous/? (Unlocked entries exist)

Favorability: 65]

The favorability level actually increased.

Lu Miao's words were meant to be a test, but he didn't expect the effect to be so good. He was very curious about what would happen if his favorability level increased to 100, but he didn't have the habit of catching others recognizing his mother, so he thought about it and let it go.

Let’s wait until we find other ways to increase our favorability.

He pursed his lips and responded with a smile: "I want to eat the meat buns in the morning."

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Lu Miao slept past lunch time. Neither Lao Wang nor Cui Yuxiang seemed to have any intention of mentioning lunch. Cui Yuxiang prepared a table of food, and Lao Wang came out of the room, sat down and started eating dinner directly.

Lao Wang had not slept well that day, and the bruises under his eyes had not eased at all. His face had even turned green and yellow due to frequent awakenings.

This is the first time for a family of three to have dinner together.

Dinner was almost the same as breakfast. It was still a pot of porridge and a plate of steamed buns. Lu Miao ate the porridge in small bites while observing the others.

Lao Wang seemed to particularly like the meat buns, stuffing them into his mouth one after another. The five buns on the first plate were quickly emptied by him. Fortunately, Cui Yuxiang had steamed a lot, and the second plate was immediately served.

In contrast, the white porridge on his hand had only a thin layer removed and was almost completely untouched.

Cui Yuxiang was much more normal. She took a mouthful of steamed buns and a mouthful of porridge, mixed them and swallowed them down.

Noticing Lu Miao looking at her, Cui Yuxiang frowned: "You kid, why are you picky about food? If you don't eat quickly, it will all be eaten later. Eat quickly."

As he said that, he put two buns into Lu Miao's bowl.

I have to say that Cui Yuxiang's cooking skills are very good. Unlike Aunt Cui in "Ideal Town" who almost doesn't know any cooking, this bun is made with a thin skin and a big filling. It just came out of the steamer, and it was still shiny.

oil flowers,

It looks very tempting and tempting.

The first time Lu Miao smelled the aroma of meat, he couldn't help but be greedy, as if what was placed in front of him was not an ordinary meat bun, but some rare and exquisite delicacy.

A large amount of saliva was secreted, and the stomach began to tighten, clamoring for him to eat up all the meat buns in front of him, especially the tender and juicy meat fillings, leaving nothing behind.

However, when Lu Miao moved his eyes away from above, the scratching feeling disappeared.

The originally alluring aroma also became strange, like the smell of fresh flesh and blood that has been left in a moist place for a long time, slowly decaying and stinking, or like the smell of baked socks covered with sweaty feet.

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Lu Miao's stomach twitched, almost retching, and he calmly pushed the plate of meat buns away to feel a little better.

Facing Cui Yuxiang's confused eyes, he smiled slightly and said: "I'm a little uncomfortable and have no appetite."

Cui Yuxiang immediately became worried, but before she could speak, Lao Wang rudely interrupted her.

"Eat it or not!" Lao Wang snatched the two meat buns in front of Lu Miao and stuffed them into his mouth. While chewing, he mumbled something about Cui Yuxiang: "You are used to it! Don't eat this or that.

If he doesn’t eat it, how could we have such delicious meat buns at that time? We can’t even eat the meat! I think he is hypocritical!”

Cui Yuxiang's face was very ugly. If she was in "Ideal Town", she would have picked up a stick and chased Lao Wang. But now she is like a little daughter-in-law who swallows her anger. She doesn't dare to refute a word and can only comfort Lu in a low voice.

Miao: "If you don't want to eat, just eat. If you don't feel well, go back to your room and sleep later."

Lu Miao agreed vaguely, but his eyes fell on Lao Wang's mouth.

The way Lao Wang ate was very rough, one-third of what he ate would leak out, like an animal with his mouth open from ear to ear. Lu Miao's sharp eyes noticed that most of what he ate was stuffed meat.

What falls out are all bun skins.
Chapter completed!