I'll also work hard to conquer the dungeon today.

Chapter 202, Page 1.14: Moments

After the 'chopsticks incident,' it ended with Mu Yegui taking the lead in eating while Ji Qi was responsible for serving her food.

So Ji Qi only ate a few bites; the rest was eaten by Mu Yegui.

Ji Qi sat at the table, staring at the hot pot. The milky white broth had stopped boiling, but it was still steaming, though it was empty.

He covered his head in despair and muttered regretfully, "I thought I could eat more..."

Mu Yegui reached out and patted his 'dog's head' to comfort him.

"You're treating! I barely ate anything!" Ji Qi looked at Mu Yegui with a wronged expression, so much so that the latter couldn't bear it and took out his money to pay the bill. It seemed too pitiful to make him pay in this situation, even though it was this guy who suggested lunch.

The two walked out of the store. Mu Yegui looked at the receipt in her hand and pondered. The price seemed a bit expensive. She rarely saw bills ending in silver coins, which was probably why few players came to this store.

"Give me the receipt." Ji Qi hung his fan at his waist and held out his hand to Mu Yegui.

Mu Yegui blinked, not quite understanding what he was going to do, but still handed him the receipt.

Then she saw Ji Qi take a picture of the receipt with her phone with a 'click', and then quickly typed in the message "[Xiao Ye treated me to lunch today, I'm so happy! \(^o^)/~]" and sent it to a group.

Mu Yegui: "..." Group send? To whom?
Taking the receipt from Ji Qi, she looked up at him and asked, "What's it for?"

"Of course, we're going to make those guys envious and jealous! Especially Xie Er~ Hahahaha, it'll be so much fun!" Ji Qi said with a grin as he looked at the message that was replied to instantly.

This guy is inexplicably childish.

I doubt anyone would envy something like this...

"Look." Ji Qi squatted down and showed the phone to Mu Yegui.

Mu Yegui leaned closer and saw six neatly arranged messages.

[From Rong Yi (Gluttony): Teacher, please take me with you next time you eat with Xiao Ye Gui!!]
[From Sher (arrogance): Get lost.]
[From Qi (jealousy): I'll kill you~]
[From Zhu Yan (in a rage): No food pictures?]
[From Shu Ming (Greedy): I prefer coffee; the mutton is too gamey.]
[From Laziness:.]
So the last one was just a perfunctory response, right?

"His instant reply means he saw it; at least he replied, even a period counts as a reply. It probably means, 'I understand,'" Ji Qi said slowly, looking thoughtfully at the lazy '.' on his phone.

'。' = Read
Is there another way to interpret this?

"So if it's a question mark, how should it be interpreted? Does it express some kind of doubt?" Mu Yegui asked, staring intently at the very intelligent-looking character.

"A question mark... If I were lazy, it would probably be something like 'I don't understand'." His dark eyes narrowed slightly, as if those two words were no different from a period.

"I see," Mu Yegui said in realization.

Ji Qi reached out his hand to Mu Yegui and said, "Give me your phone."

Mu Yegui blinked, took out his phone from his pocket, and handed it to Ji Qi.

What does he want to do?
Ji Qi quickly added everyone's number except Xie Er's, and said, "That's all. Remember to reply immediately when I tag you."

"Okay, I will definitely do it!" Mu Yegui nodded, looking very serious.

After Ji Qi helped Mu Yegui add other people's numbers, six messages appeared in a flash, as if they were constantly glued to their phones, giving the impression that they were all incredibly idle. [From Qi (Jealousy): Kill Ji Qi.]
[From Zhu Yan (in a rage): I also want to eat mutton! Little Ye, return to the Kingdom of Sin!]
[From Shu Ming (Greedy): Suddenly I have a new friend...]
[From Rongyi (Gluttony): I secretly came to ask you to go eat something delicious together. Please don't tell the teacher about this.]
[From Sher (Arrogant): That guy Ji Qi is begging you to pay again, isn't he?! Darling, don't listen to everything he says!!!]
[From Laziness:.]
These lords are really bored.

"Isn't that convenient? I also created a group chat. Remember to take pictures and post them in the group if you find anything good in the future," Ji Qi said with a light laugh.

"Why is there no lust?" No matter how Mu Yegui looked, he could only count six people, and lust was always excluded.

Ji Qi's slightly upturned lips suddenly flattened, his expression changing from a smile to a serious and solemn one, even with a hint of indifference, as he slowly said, "He is not worthy."

"Hmm? I'm a little curious." Mu Yegui paused, then added, "If it's inconvenient, you don't have to say. It's not necessary for you to know."

Even so, Mu Yegui gripped Ji Qi's wide sleeve tightly, her cold silver eyes fixed on him, as if she would never let go until he spoke.

Ji Qi sighed helplessly and said softly, "It's not that I can't talk about it, but lust is a sin. Perhaps there was some instigation involved, but it was indeed his greed and rage that led him to kill his predecessor, and he himself admitted it. That's why I can't forgive him; he showed no remorse whatsoever."

That unbearable memory resurfaced in her mind. Adele, still a pampered young girl, held a still-dripping sword and looked at the two people lying in a pool of blood with a smile on her face.

At that time, he had already been sent by the king to accompany Rongyi to the Kingdom of Gourmet Food. If he had been in the royal city at that time, Adele would have had no way to attack them!
“I have a question.” Mu Yegui pondered for a moment, then stretched out his hand and asked as a good student, “If Adele is lust, then how did she manage to kill the highly skilled Wrath with her own hands? These two seem to be on completely different levels in terms of combat power.”

She deduced that the current Fury Zhu Yan had a high level of combat power from the current Fury Zhu Yan, since if the Fury Zhu Yan wasn't strong, it would seem that there was no need for it to exist.

Ji Qi was slightly taken aback, because the murder weapon was in the hands of Lust, so no one suspected that someone else had killed Furious.

Looking back now, it seems there are many unreasonable aspects.

At that time, it was sloth that examined wrath and greed, but sloth only gave it a cursory examination before shaking its head at them, saying they were beyond saving.

If Adele wasn't the one who did it, then why did he admit it?

But if he was the one who did it, how did he manage to defeat the enraged man?

Wrath is the most powerful of all beings; even if Greed and Adele joined forces, they could not defeat Wrath.

So, who was the one who actually did it?

What role does laziness play in all of this?
Looking back now, the whole incident suddenly becomes quite perplexing.

Sher's indifference, Che's sarcastic remarks, Adele's contracting pupils and trembling body, along with their lazy abandonment and inaction—except for Rong Yi, who was far away in the Gourmet Kingdom, it seemed that everyone was a suspect in these situations.

Are there any eyewitnesses among them?

If it exists, why is no one willing to speak up?

There is one thing Ji Qi can guarantee: Xie Er, Qi, and Lan Du must know some unknown inside information, and each of them knows different things.

That's probably why no one is talking about it...

The purpose is to avoid disrupting the existing relationships between everyone, because once they are broken, there's no going back.

Main storyline.

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