"Yes, sir." Chuntao followed behind Zhao Xun and pointed toward the path on the left. "This way, please."
Following Chuntao's directions, Zhao Xun strolled leisurely toward the Dining Hall.
They passed a garden along the way, and he stopped for quite a while, pretending to admire the scenery.
Chuntao did not hurry him. She simply stood quietly beside him and waited.
About ten minutes later, the footsteps of several people finally sounded in the distance.
Zhao Xun looked as though he had been expecting this.
Twenty-five players were hardly a small number. They could not all stay obediently where they were; some would certainly find ways to come out and investigate.
Among them, there should be others playing guests like him, as well as members of the household. All those roles would have to attend the midday banquet.
At this time of day, the chances of running into someone in the garden were quite high.
Zhao Xun looked up. The people approaching him abruptly paused, then walked over to him as though nothing had happened.
There were five of them in total, and he could tell at a glance who was a player and who was an NPC.
Although this Platform Game had an ancient setting, all the players who had entered it wore their own modern clothes, making them instantly distinguishable from those dressed in period attire.
Two of the five wore modern clothing.
One was a short-haired, middle-aged woman in a padded jacket, and the other was a young woman in a hoodie with her hair in a ponytail.
The remaining three were dressed as maids, with their hair arranged in twin buns like Chuntao's.
Two maids followed the woman with the ponytail, while the other followed the middle-aged woman.
"The younger one is the Second Miss," Chuntao