Chapter 25
Yi Qiuguo was in high spirits. Although she was often used as a pawn by Yu Qingshan due to her quick temper, over the years, she had learned a thing or two from him. She said, “We’ve been looking at houses for your brother lately. Even though he’s going to marry into the Su family, he still needs a place of his own before the wedding. It’ll give him some confidence, and he can relax and play games there sometimes. Don’t worry, we’ve prepared a room for you too. You can come back home anytime; there will always be a place for you here.”
Yu Xunge saw them off to the car, maintaining her smile until the vehicle disappeared from view. Only when she returned home and closed the door did her smile vanish, and she tossed the used dishes from Yi Qiuguo and the others aside.
Today, she had finally found a chance to drop hints about her other villa. Even if it came to light later, it wouldn’t be a complete secret with Yi Qiuhuan.
Investments, you know.
But she wondered where Yi Qiuhuan would buy a house.
Surely not near the Su family; what would be the point of having a house under their noses?
After that day, whenever Yu Xunge put out meat for the cats, she would tell them she was moving, casually mentioning the address of her fifty million villa. She wasn’t sure if the cats understood her.
By mid-August, the small villa was sold. After all, it was nearly brand new, and someone had even moved in early to help air it out. It was a bit off the beaten path, but it was a villa—well-decorated and ready to move in. Plus, with property prices soaring, the sooner you bought, the better.
That same day, she moved her belongings to her grand villa, along with the Meow Meow Hostel, which she relocated to the backyard of the new place.
Then she spent over ten million to buy a small apartment in the city center.
Yu Xunge sighed. If it weren’t for the dungeon entrance, she really wouldn’t want to spend this money. The city center didn’t matter to her; she was becoming allergic to crowds.
Just after selling the small villa, Yu Qingshan came to borrow money.
Yu Xunge: “…”
Are you a dog? Your nose is so sharp.
Did you install surveillance in my house?!
Yu Xunge directly asked, “How did you know I moved? Your sources are too good.”
Yu Qingshan wasn’t using surveillance: “I saw your WeChat step count was unusually high these past two days. Dad figured you were busy moving.”
Yu Xunge slapped her thigh!
She immediately turned off her WeChat step count!
She transferred 888 to Old Deng: “I’m busy looking for players, thanks for your concern, Dad.” What a glaring loophole you just pointed out.
Yu Qingshan: “…” I give you tens of thousands, and you send me pocket money of just 888?
What’s with my daughter getting stingier?
Yu Xunge asked, “Is the money for buying a house for your brother running low? Then let’s sell our two floors in the city center.”
Yu Qingshan: “That’s our family’s old residence… how can we sell it?!”
Yu Xunge thought, come on, we only moved in when I was eight; how is that an old residence?
Yu Qingshan rambled on about borrowing money, eventually dragging Yi Qiuguo into the conversation. Yu Xunge decided to be straightforward: “I really feel anxious without any income. Besides, what if I meet someone who can help my brother? How can I approach them without money?”
The two old men were persuaded.
Yu Qingshan was just throwing out ideas, and if he didn’t have it, so be it.
That vase sold for a good amount, and with the family savings, it should be enough to buy Yi Qiuhuan a nice house. The problem was, Yi Qiuhuan wanted a house near Yu Xunge’s grand villa.
After thinking it over, Yu Qingshan finally said, “How about selling that villa you invested in to your brother?”
Yu Xunge: “Sure, if you want it, it’ll be seventy million.”
When she went to the port city to sell antiques, she had checked the price of that vase Yu Qingshan pulled from the secret room. It was worth at least twenty million. Adding the seventy million she had given over the years, even after deducting the thirty million for her own villa, she still had nearly fifty million left. Besides, had Yi Qiuhuan not made any money over the years? Yu Qingshan and Yi Qiuguo both had jobs; didn’t they earn anything?
She wouldn’t believe for a second that Yu Qingshan would give everything to Yi Qiuhuan without holding back.
Yu Qingshan: “... The cheapest villa in that area is still around fifty million, right? Didn’t Su Yitong give you twenty million before?”
Yu Xunge feigned sorrow: “That was my sister-in-law’s pocket money! Wait! Dad, you’re not seriously thinking of having me just give the villa to my brother, are you? You…”
Yu Qingshan hurriedly replied, “No! Dad would never do that!”
The best way to deal with hypocrites is to call them out directly. Yu Qingshan quickly hung up, regretting having been too generous earlier. If he had known, he wouldn’t have let Yi Qiuhuan buy Yu Xunge a villa…
Not only did he fail to leverage a big profit, but he also lost half of what he had earned from Yu Xunge.
What made him suddenly wise?
But thinking about Yu Xunge’s lucky encounters, he could only sigh. It wasn’t that his daughter had become wise; it was that she loved money too much. Without an income, she was getting stingier by the day.
**Chapter 31: A Gamble**
As August was coming to an end, Yu Xunge had already watched the beginner and intermediate alchemy videos for the seventh time. On this day, she realized she hadn’t done anything but watch a few hours of alchemy videos, yet her alchemy experience had increased. Although it was just one point after hours of watching, it was still progress.
Yu Xunge began to practice making beginner potions again.
Then she noticed a real difference. Unlike before, when she strictly followed the videos, she felt much freer now. Yes, free. Sometimes she could even deviate from the steps shown in the videos.
Although the potions she produced didn’t differ much from the original versions, she felt that at this moment, she had truly stepped into the realm of alchemy.
In the early morning, after turning into a goblin and crafting three gold coins, she went to sleep. Recently, she hadn’t been raiding Su Yitong and Liang Yuchuan’s place for resources. She wasn’t sure if it was because her attributes were getting lower, but she hadn’t gotten anything after a month of raiding. She couldn’t just lie under their bed all night, drinking potions and stealing; she wasn’t lacking in potions, and it was wasteful. The beginner healing potions were quite valuable at the start of the game.
Yu Xunge decided to stop raiding and get some good sleep to restore her energy, planning to continue her efficient learning the next day.
However, her good mood came to an abrupt halt at the beginning of September.
Because Yi Qiuhuan had moved into the same villa area, just two kilometers from her villa.
Yu Qingshan and Yi Qiuguo even invited her over for a warm meal at the new villa. Wow, the security booth was much larger than her own!
But the house was bare, with no appliances, and the food was delivered from a restaurant downstairs.
Yu Xunge wore a face full of joy for her good brother. Before Yi Qiuguo or Yu Qingshan could speak, she said, “I’ll cover the appliances!”
What’s a little sweetening up?
Letting her give Yi Qiuhuan something from the game, even if it was just Su Jinxuan’s plain white belt, she wouldn’t be willing to part with it early. But a few million? By next year, that price wouldn’t even buy a piece of low-tier gear. She would definitely get back double from Yi Qiuhuan in the end.
She assessed Yi Qiuhuan’s condition and found nothing unusual. For a moment, she couldn’t gauge whether Yi Qiuhuan had been affected.
But Yu Xunge didn’t deliberately avoid the dishes Yi Qiuhuan had touched. While she could avoid it, she wouldn’t let herself slip up over such trivial matters when sharing a plate.
Many things fall apart over small details.
In less than a week, Yu Xunge hired a professional team to measure the dimensions for appliances in Yi Qiuhuan’s villa.
She didn’t show up in person, worried that those two would team up and insist she buy the best and most expensive.
Would the best and most expensive even suit your villa?!
Yu Xunge upgraded her own villa with the best appliances, then sent the usable old appliances and furniture to her small apartment, selling off what wouldn’t fit.
After spending nearly all her money, she had about a million left, enough to last her until the game officially invaded.
She still had eight hundred million in her port city account.
The more she thought about it, the angrier she got. Yu Qingshan was so wealthy! Yet he tricked her into spending five million!
Realizing that no matter what, she couldn’t max out her advanced alchemy experience before the third beta test, Yu Xunge decided to ease up on herself.
She planned to spend that eight hundred million as much as possible in the near future. She didn’t need to worry about food, clothing, or housing; she didn’t need to think about the house with the dungeon entrance for now. Two entrances were already the limit she could protect.
Dungeons could refresh at any time, but the rules faced by the different races inside varied based on size. In smaller, lower-level dungeons, as long as the lower-level races survived for over 24 hours, they could leave the dungeon and enter Blue Star. In more complex dungeons, the survival time requirement was longer—three days, seven days, thirty days, or even years to step into reality. The stronger the race, the stricter the requirements to enter Blue Star.
Many dungeon entrances were exposed because races entered Blue Star after being unnoticed for a long time.
Gold? She still had 1,473 gold bricks left, over ten thousand pounds. She could only wait until the next beta test to look for goblins in Blood Moon City, or at worst, wait for goblin merchants.
It turned out that having too much money could be such a headache.
Stockpiling various potions or special item materials didn’t yield much profit either. She didn’t plan to profit from the national crisis; after all, this was a war for all of Blue Star. She couldn’t be selfless, but she also couldn’t do something unethical like dragging others down.
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