Chapter 50
—— "What do you think she's been out for so long?"
—— "Probably off hunting for food."
—— "Meow, meow, meow, it must be delicious."
—— "Such tasty food must be hard to come by. We should bring her a gift next time."
—— "What should we bring? A mouse? She cooks so well, she wouldn't eat a mouse."
—— "I don't know. I just feel like we should bring her something."
—— "I feel the same way, meow~ I have that feeling too~"
—— "It's really strange~"
After hearing this, Yu Xunge felt a sense of relief; it seemed the cat den was likely to mutate.
After a good half-day of relaxation, Yu Xunge began searching for little cockroaches. However, after turning the entire villa upside down and finding nothing, she eventually went to the flower and bird market to buy two small spiders. After killing them, she used the long-unused skill, "Only the Dead Will Obey," to control them, placing them in her safe house as her surveillance.
The next day, Yu Xunge was picked up by Yu Xunhuan to go to the Su family. For some reason, Yu Xunhuan didn’t bring Yi Qiuguo and Yu Qingshan along.
Upon arriving at the Su family, not only was Su Yitong there, but also Su Baibo and Su Jinxuan, along with a few of Su Yitong's cousins.
Yu Xunge maintained a smile, even though she already knew these two cousins were not good people, and were even somewhat infamous internet celebrities who had been exposed. She didn’t lose her composure.
However, when faced with the Su family's inquiries—both overt and covert—about where she had been recently, Yu Xunge chose to be straightforward. She had long realized that dealing with these people required honesty: "I can't say. I signed a contract, and I would be silenced immediately. Plus, my first skill from the divine gift has to be turned into a skill crystal for the Special Affairs Bureau to handle."
Su Yitong and the others exchanged glances, feeling that Yu Xunge was being unreasonable for not informing the Su family about such a significant matter.
Yu Xunge didn’t see their expressions, but she could guess the Su family's thoughts. In her previous life, once a player joined the Su family's team, it was hard to leave. If you wanted to go, it depended on whether the Su family wanted to keep you. If they did, and you still tried to leave, they would appear amicable on the surface but would act ruthlessly behind the scenes.
Su Yitong sighed, "If I had known you had this connection, I wouldn’t have bothered introducing you to business opportunities before."
Yu Xunge knew this was a jab at her, implying that they had kindly introduced her to business, only for her to turn around and collaborate with the Special Affairs Bureau.
That thought wasn’t entirely wrong, but Yu Xunge knew that if she hadn’t run fast enough, the Su family would have treated her divine gift as their property. Just a few collaborations had already shown signs of that. However, she didn’t deny that she had taken advantage of the Su family a little, earning some gold while letting this skill reach the official's ears.
Moreover, Su Yitong's words didn’t hold up under scrutiny. From another perspective, was the Su family really helping her with business introductions, or were they just using her as a resource to curry favor with others?
Feigning ignorance, she smiled, "I didn’t want this either. I was hoping to make a fortune from it, but when the officials came knocking, I couldn’t just oppose them. Besides, a split of 20/80 is already pretty good."
Su Yitong felt that Yu Xunge was being ungrateful. She tried to entice her, "If you cooperate with our Su family, we can do a 50/50 split." There were indeed people from the Su family in the Special Affairs Bureau. Although they couldn’t leak important information due to the contract, they had already learned about the significance of luck values in the data. For Yu Xunge's talent, the importance rating given by their informants was a 7, equivalent to an A-grade divine gift.
Yu Xunge shook her head, looking quite satisfied. "I can’t protect too much on my own."
Su Yitong insisted, "Our Su family can protect you." She looked into Yu Xunge's eyes and added, "You can collaborate with our Su family."
Was she suggesting that she should go back on her agreement with the Special Affairs Bureau?
That was a bit too domineering.
But Yu Xunge had grown accustomed to Su Yitong's assertiveness and unreasonable nature. She replied helplessly, "The Special Affairs Bureau is just like this when they negotiate with me. If I don’t agree, I can’t leave; they just pull me back." They even called her 'sister.'
"They threaten me, saying if I leave, I can forget about coming back." Because Zhao Shuying would come after her.
"And I signed a contract, which has the official seal of the Special Affairs Bureau."
"I can’t bear the consequences of breaking the contract; the cost is no different from killing me." Losing 10 attribute points and all the gold on her would be like killing her.
Yu Xunge's tone was serious and calm.
During this exchange, the butler standing behind Su Yitong didn’t pour her any wine, and Su Yitong realized that Yu Xunge wasn’t lying.
Her anger subsided a bit, but she still complained, "You should have sought our cooperation sooner."
That wasn’t the attitude one should have towards an equal partner. Yu Xunge didn’t believe that after failing to negotiate with others, Su Yitong would complain that they should have approached her sooner.
Yu Xunge chose not to respond. She wasn’t begging the Su family, nor was she willing to endure this humiliation.
Just sitting here explaining herself to Su Yitong was already a burden she was bearing!
Su Baibo noticed Yu Xunge's displeasure and finally raised his glass to speak, "I apologize. Yitong didn’t mean to blame you; it’s just regrettable that we consider you part of the Su family but couldn’t establish a cooperative relationship with you in time."
Oh, so now I’m part of the Su family?
Yu Xunge put on her business smile from her days in the entertainment industry. "Maybe. I still prefer being a part of the country. Although they take a share of the profits, they promised to protect me in the contract. And if I die, they’ll use the divine gift related to the law of causality to find the murderer and help me take revenge."
That’s much better than you guys.
The atmosphere suddenly turned cold.
The three siblings of the Su family felt displeased that Yu Xunge was not giving them face, but more importantly, they were alarmed by the implications of that contract. It meant they couldn’t use extreme measures against Yu Xunge, like destroying her if they couldn’t have her. Moreover, this contract further proved the importance of Yu Xunge's talent; otherwise, the officials wouldn’t be so concerned about her...
They regretted not bringing Yu Xunge into the Su family sooner!
Yu Xunhuan, however, felt a sense of relief!
The Su family had never regarded the Yu family highly, and at this moment, he found himself envying Yu Xunge. Although her talent was only B-grade and not particularly lethal, it was practical! She had a voice!
Yu Xunge's assertiveness made the Su family members more aware.
They began to understand that she wasn’t the type to sacrifice her dignity and principles just to cling to the Su family's power, nor would she give up everything out of fear of their influence. More importantly, Yu Xunge was already backed by the officials...
The younger generation of the Su family wasn’t useless. Although they were strong and proud, they were still intelligent and pragmatic. Upon sensing Yu Xunge's attitude, they quickly shifted their approach.
Even Su Yitong no longer displayed her underlying anger.
What they thought in their hearts was one thing, but for now, there was only one "Wheel of Fate." Until they figured out why this skill was so important, the Su family was willing to show Yu Xunge a bit of goodwill.
**Chapter 85: Unhappy**
Yu Xunge watched as the three siblings of the Su family smiled and tried to change the subject while raising their glasses to toast her, and she sighed inwardly. Before coming, she had thought about using the officials as leverage to maintain a semblance of peace with them, but she hadn’t expected to lose her patience. She had overestimated herself.
However, seeing the Su siblings clearly displeased yet forced to hold it in brought her a sense of satisfaction.
What was even more satisfying was... Yu Xunge glanced at Yu Xunhuan, who was pouring wine for Su Yitong. In her previous life, Su Yitong would vent her frustrations on her whenever she was unhappy. For a time, Yu Xunge even suspected she was Su Yitong's burden.
But thinking of the Food God’s talent skill, she suspected that Su Yitong's emotions were being transferred to her by Yu Xunhuan. So, if Su Yitong was this unhappy today, Yu Xunhuan was probably in for a rough time.
Everyone was in a state where they had just torn a small hole in their relationship but quickly patched it up.
There were some cracks, but they were not irreparable.
They resumed their cheerful chatter and laughter.
Although this banquet-style meal wouldn’t have Yu Xunhuan, the half-host, cooking, Yu Xunge still didn’t dare to eat much. She only took a couple of bites out of courtesy. After a few polite words post-meal, she left. Before she departed, Su Yitong, perhaps to make up for the earlier discomfort at the table, not only sent someone to escort her home but also sent a whole cart of goods afterward.
Even though she hadn’t suffered any losses today, Yu Xunge was still unhappy. If she was unhappy, she had to find something to trouble the Su family.
But this matter really required someone to collaborate with her.
She planned to use the early-stage green gear, which would soon be eliminated, to make a big profit from the Su family, depleting some of their gold reserves. Although she suspected the Su family likely had someone on Zelan Star, the other party might not have as much startup capital to exchange for equipment as she did...
She rushed back to reality for this very reason. Even if the Su family could gather information, the news of her exchanging 200g for 1 gold coin was known only to a select few. As long as she acted quickly, she was confident she could exchange a piece of excellent green gear worth less than 1 gold coin for 1 pound of gold from the Su family.
Moreover, these pieces of equipment were all carefully selected belts.
After the game officially invaded on February 22, the machines in a factory near City S that produced belts mutated, resulting in belts that were +2 Strength and +1 Agility, excellent-grade green gear. For players at levels 0-2, these were extremely practical. The machine was directly requisitioned by the officials in the form of profit sharing, producing large quantities of green gear belts to help domestic players through the most challenging initial period. Within half a month, the prices for waist equipment plummeted.
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