Chapter 7
Yiqiu Guo's expression stiffened for a moment, and her voice dropped: "So, you see, you already have a house. Can you buy one for your brother too? Just to make a show for the wedding, and after that, you can transfer it back to your name."
In her past life, they never needed to bring it up. Yu Xunge held back a laugh, feigning helplessness as she spread her hands. "I’m out of money. A friend told me about a great investment opportunity that could make a fortune. I just came back a few days ago to celebrate with my brother because of it. Once I make some money, I can buy a villa, but right now, I really don’t have any."
Yiqiu Guo was easily manipulated by Yu Qingshan, but she was also quite gullible. After Yu Xunge finished speaking, the anger on her face subsided. She opened her mouth, then fell silent, looking toward Yu Qingshan.
Yu Xunge knew it was time for Yu Qingshan to step in.
But Yu Xunge didn’t want to hear it. She directly suggested, "How about we sell this house? The down payment should be enough."
Everyone fell silent. Yu Xunge sighed, admitting her own uselessness. The drama hadn’t even finished filming, and now her agent was in trouble. After a few meaningless words, she returned to her room with a look that screamed, "My career is in shambles."
As she passed the study, she opened the door and walked in, stuffing the skeletal thrush she had in her pocket into a corner. The flesh had been picked clean, leaving only the delicate skeleton behind.
After placing the thrush, she casually took a book and stepped out, only to see Yu Qingshan standing outside the study, his expression gentle. But Yu Xunge knew he was wary of her discovering the secrets of the study.
Maintaining her usual demeanor, Yu Xunge returned to her room, then began her self-weight training on the carpet while keeping a close eye on the thrush. She had been holding off on upgrading her five attributes because some could be improved through exercise in the early stages.
After an hour of training and a quick shower, she started recording the secrets and information she had known in her past life.
Before her death, she had realized she was the vicious female antagonist in a male-centric novel about a son-in-law, but after her rebirth, for some reason, she couldn’t quite remember the specific details of that book… All she recalled was the overwhelming impact of that character description.
**Chapter 8: Emptying the Yu Family's Coffers**
Yu Xunge leaned against her bedroom door, meditating until 3 AM, when she finally heard movement outside. She immediately connected to the thrush's perspective.
After a while, she saw Yu Qingshan's figure appear at the study door. He first twisted one of the legs of the desk, then stood on a chair, feeling around the top of the bookshelf. Finally, he took out all the books from the third shelf and fiddled with something in the corner.
At that moment, the bookshelf swung open, revealing a passage just wide enough for a person to slip through.
After a while, Yu Qingshan emerged, holding a vase.
He repeated the process in reverse, carefully placing the books back in their original positions.
As soon as Yu Qingshan returned to his room, Yu Xunge sprang into action. There were no cameras in other parts of the Yu house, but she wasn’t sure about the treasure room. Just to be safe, she changed her clothes, put on gloves, and used her disguise skill to transform into Yu Xunhuan before moving lightly into the study.
As long as she knew the location and the sequence of mechanisms, she could figure it out. Soon, the wardrobe opened.
Yu Xunge hurried inside, leaving the thrush at the door to keep watch. It would call out if there was any movement.
After walking two meters, she reached another room, which must have been the secret chamber converted from the storage room next door. This room had no door, seemingly sealed off on purpose, leaving only the passage to the study. It was about the same size as the study, filled with wooden boxes.
She had seen these wooden boxes in her past life when she had already become a wanted criminal, fleeing for half a year, living rough. Meanwhile, Yu Qingshan and Yiqiu Guo were busy moving their lifetime treasures to the living room, preparing to move them to the new villa that Yu Xunhuan had bought for them the next day, their faces filled with joy and pride.
Yu Xunge took out the same type of cardboard box she had prepared earlier and began packing the contents of the wooden boxes into it. Then, with a thought, she stacked the boxes into her spatial pouch, leaving only empty wooden boxes scattered on the floor.
After finishing everything, she closed the secret chamber and returned to her room, satisfied, changed her clothes, removed her disguise, and lay down with a smile.
Finally, she could get a good night’s sleep.
On the 25th, Yu Xunge woke up early to go for a run and exercise.
She had to be there when Su Yitong came over today.
After all, Su Yitong was also a beta tester, and as the main female lead of the son-in-law story, she couldn’t be lacking.
Though she couldn’t understand why a wealthy young lady would download a game with no promotion in the middle of the night…
She could only guess that maybe Yu Xunhuan was playing it at the time, and Su Yitong downloaded it to play with her boyfriend? Or perhaps being the female lead meant she naturally had good fortune?
During this time, the company called to inform her that the role she had played for less than three days had been given to someone else. Yu Xunge didn’t mind; she had more important things to focus on than the entertainment industry.
At 11 AM, Yu Xunhuan arrived with Su Yitong.
Yu Xunge had long hidden her resentment. When she saw Su Yitong, she could even smile. She admired herself for that.
But there was little else. She couldn’t bring herself to say flattering words, even though her brother had always claimed she had a hard time living with the Su family. She wasn’t going to curry favor with them for her brother; after all, she wasn’t the son-in-law!
In her past life, when Su Yitong came over, she had been upset about Liu Hongsheng, and who knew how that had looked to Su Yitong? It was probably because of that day’s unease that Yu Xunhuan had led her to believe she had an inappropriate affection for her brother, making it easy for Su Yitong to buy into it.
Today, Yu Xunge wore a smile of blessing throughout, even stealing a glance at Su Yitong during the toast.
Very good. Although she didn’t manage to steal anything, she did use her skill, and she could clearly sense the difference between a failed attempt and a successful one.
It seemed Su Yitong was already a player.
Yu Xunge stole three more times, reducing her health to 40% before stopping, having succeeded once.
When the success of the theft was displayed, she took advantage of the moment she was looking down to eat to check what she had stolen.
1 point of luck!!
Su Yitong had been a healer in her past life. She had thought she would mostly steal intelligence attributes today, but unexpectedly, Su Yitong’s highest attribute was luck, which couldn’t be allocated points, and luck could be stolen?!
Perhaps at first, Yu Xunge had used her skill just to annoy her enemy, but now she was determined that even if it meant using potions, she would steal Su Yitong’s luck until she got it!
This was an extremely rare opportunity; in fact, it might be her only chance to steal luck.
Luck was already a rare maximum value in the attribute panel. Once everyone started leveling up and gaining attribute points, each level would grant five points. As long as anyone casually added to their advantageous attributes, this situation would be nearly impossible to replicate.
But the more rare it was, the less she could afford to be impatient. She couldn’t compete with the Su family’s power now. Even though due to the passive effect of her theft skill, even if she stole something from Su Yitong, she would only remember it a day later.
However, the Su family was too powerful. In the future, she would not only steal from Su Yitong but also from Yu Xunhuan and his group of brothers. Each time something went missing, she would have been present for a long time the day before, and occasionally sneaking away for a short while (to drink healing potions) would easily raise suspicions.
And this was something she needed to be cautious about from the very first theft. Yu Xunge never believed in luck.
So for the next hour, Yu Xunge played the role of a good luck charm, occasionally offering blessings. Soon, after finishing the meal, when everyone sat down to chat, Yu Xunge controlled the thrush to use her spare phone to call her own phone, then pretended to leave for work.
She took the elevator down, driving out of the community under the watchful eye of the cameras.
Half an hour later, having restored her health by snacking on jerky, Yu Xunge used her disguise skill to transform into a middle-aged man and returned to the community, taking the stairs back to the floor where the Yu family lived.
Through the thrush she had left at the Yu house, she saw that the first floor was empty. The others were busy discussing matters in the study, unaware of the secrets around them.
Through the thrush, she could vaguely hear phrases like "Yu family," "Su family," and "son-in-law."
There were no cameras in the hallway, but every door had its own surveillance.
Yu Xunge pulled out a basic invisibility potion from her bag and drank it. This potion could only make her invisible for five minutes, with a seven-minute cooldown, and she had to keep track of the time while using it.
After drinking the potion, not only did her body become invisible, but the items she carried also became invisible. She walked over, took out the invisible key, and opened the Yu family’s front door.
The door creaked open as if blown by the wind, then slowly closed again.
Yu Xunge timed her movements as she walked to the study, leaving the door ajar.
Yu Qingshan was sitting behind the desk, while Yiqiu Guo and the others were lounging on the sofas, all wearing relaxed smiles.
Yu Xunge moved softly to Su Yitong’s side, and at the moment Yu Xunhuan raised his hand to wrap it around her shoulder, she began to steal!
She stole four times in a row, her face turning pale as her health dropped to 20%. She quickly downed a bottle of basic healing potion, bringing her health back to 80%, and continued!
She stole three more times!
Success! Yu Xunge glanced at the results, her heart racing with joy—another point of luck!
Is this what they call getting luckier the more you steal?!
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