The meal tonight was very hearty.
There were all sorts of dishes, meat and vegetarian, from the mountains and the water.
Because the streamer brought them, Qi Liu and the other two didn't have the slightest doubt.
After a period of wolfing down the food,
They finally felt their bodies recovering some strength, and their minds were no longer so muddled.
Liu Yao took a sip of water and slowed down her pace of eating, while keeping an eye on the middle-aged woman not far away.
The middle-aged woman looked very simple, wearing a blue top, her hair tied up at the back with a chopstick.
She just stood against the wall, her eyebrows lowered, her expression normal.
As if everything around her had nothing to do with her.
Qi Liu bit into a pickled cucumber, which crunched in his mouth, and whispered,
"Is this Aunt Hui that Uncle Zhou mentioned?"
She had just followed the streamer and brought the dishes together.
The woman in the red dress also looked up, frowning slightly.
Due to her different living environment since childhood, she had learned to read people's expressions very early on.
This Aunt Hui was very unusual.
From the moment she noticed Aunt Hui, the latter had been standing there.
Without any extra movements, without any extra expressions.
Even her family's servants,
After standing for such a long time, would quietly shift their feet or steal glances at things around them to pass the time.
But this Aunt Hui seemed to have no such worries at all.
She was like a... puppet on strings.
Realizing this, she suddenly felt a chill down her spine.
"She has no reaction to us, to this world."
Because in this team, everyone said what they thought and then analyzed it together.
The woman in the red dress did not hide it after she noticed. She said it directly.
Qi Liu: "An NPC specifically for cooking?"
Liu Yao scooped rice into her bowl and whispered,
"Then why not just put the ingredients in the kitchen?
And specifically cook for us, isn't that being too kind to us?"
"Impossible!"
The woman in the red dress was very firm on this point:
"This game would never be this friendly to us!"
The malice was too great.
Take climbing the mountain today, for example.
She had to climb the mountain three times in a row wearing a formal dress and high heels!
Is this friendly? No!
Qi Liu glanced at the streamer, and seeing that he had no reaction, he understood.
Just like inspecting a house, this was something they had to explore themselves.
He said, "No matter what, these are the only two people in the village, we have to interact with them. Maybe we can get some clues."
...
After a series of hints and guidance from the streamer,
The few people were subtly influenced,
And they began to pay attention to all suspicious points, searching for and analyzing any possible clues.
Thinking outside the box.
Not letting their thoughts be confined by the game.
This point,
Even the viewers in the live stream noticed.
"They seem to have grown."
"They're starting to show the streamer's influence. How many disciples has the streamer taken!"
"So that's how it is, it's better to teach someone to fish than to give them fish. The streamer has been doing this from the beginning!"
Before, at Yingying Mountain,
Some viewers were puzzled.
They clearly knew that Yingying Mountain was dangerous, and the streamer had also collected a bucket of pond water.
Why did they still let the three of them take the risk?
It turned out that the streamer had been planning from the beginning.
"I was too narrow-minded, I deserve to be hit. (jpg of me slapping myself.)"
"No wonder my mom always says that only what you learn and remember in your mind is truly yours. So that's what she meant."
"The streamer is teaching personally, this opportunity is too rare."
...
After the meal,
Jiang Lin went upstairs to choose a room.
Qi Liu and the other two consciously cleaned up the bowls and chopsticks.
When there was no one at the table, Aunt Hui, who had been standing against the wall, finally moved.
Seeing that there were no bowls and chopsticks on the table, she turned and went straight to the kitchen.
While Liu Yao and the woman in the red dress washed the dishes, Aunt Hui picked up a cloth and began to scrub the stove.
The stove here was also a gas stove.
Qi Liu seized the opportunity and played to his strengths.
He also took a rag and went to the stove to wipe it.
As he wiped, he smiled and said,
"Auntie, you are Aunt Hui that Uncle Zhou mentioned, right?"
"The braised pork with soybeans just now was delicious! I love the soft texture of soybeans the most!
And the vegetables were crisp and tender, even better than my mom's."
As soon as the socially adept person spoke, you knew the effect.
The two women washing dishes slowed their hands, handling the bowls and chopsticks gently, listening silently.
However,
Listening to such sweet words,
Aunt Hui showed no reaction, her expression remained normal, and she diligently wiped the stove.
Qi Liu did not give up easily. He observed Aunt Hui's expression and changed the topic:
"Aunt Hui, do you have children?"
"..."
Still no response.
At this moment, the hand of the woman in the red dress washing the dishes suddenly slipped.
Crack!
The ceramic bowl fell to the ground and shattered into several pieces.
She didn't look at the bowl on the ground, but nervously looked at Aunt Hui.
Seeing that Aunt Hui had no reaction, the breath she had been holding finally relaxed.
But at the same time, another doubt arose in her heart.
Qi Liu also noticed this.
He looked back at the two women, their eyes met, and he made up his mind.
Qi Liu withdrew his gaze and took a deep breath.
Then, with the hand that was not holding the rag, he gently patted Aunt Hui's shoulder.
"Aunt Hui?"
Aunt Hui, who had been unresponsive, stopped her movements.
She slowly turned her head and, following the hand on her shoulder, looked at Qi Liu.
Her eyes were calm and without ripples,
In the dim light, it was inexplicably chilling.
Qi Liu quickly withdrew his hand, "Heh heh... Hello, Aunt Hui."
Aunt Hui looked at him quietly, then raised her hand.
She made a few gestures towards Qi Liu...
Qi Liu was stunned.
He thought she was going to hit him!
The woman in the red dress suddenly reacted, "She's using sign language!"
Qi Liu: "Do you know this?"
"My family is involved in some charity work, so I specifically learned a little."
The woman in the red dress gave a brief explanation, and quickly ran over after wiping the foam from her hands on her skirt.
Qi Liu quickly made way.
The woman in the red dress casually wiped the foam from her hands on her skirt, then made a gesture.
[Hello, Aunt Hui.]
[We are volunteers who came here today to participate in the tree-planting activity.]
...
Second floor.
After entering the room, Jiang Lin sat cross-legged on the bed.
Through the live stream camera, he watched the developments in the kitchen downstairs.
When he went to order food earlier, he had already noticed Aunt Hui's strangeness.
She couldn't hear, and she couldn't speak.
The so-called ordering food was indeed ordering food.
When he entered the kitchen, Aunt Hui was already cooking.
There were already several dishes cooked on the stove nearby.
Jiang Lin chose a few dishes and asked Aunt Hui to help heat them up.
Then they were all brought out together.
That's why when Qi Liu and the other two came downstairs, they could eat immediately.
Otherwise, the braised pork with soybeans alone would take a long time to stew.
At this moment,
Seeing that the three of them had finally discovered Aunt Hui's abnormality and were cooperating to find clues.
Jiang Lin nodded slightly.
The underworld was still exploring the black hole.
The black hole randomly assigned players before each game started.
He couldn't always be by their side.
Even if he gave them ghost artifacts, they were only for self-defense. To pass the trial, they still needed to open up their own thinking.
"Knock knock!"
While Jiang Lin was thinking, the bedroom door was knocked.
...