Chapter 84
She turned to Yu Qingshan and said, “I know you don’t want to trouble Xun Huan, but times have changed. Now, it’s all about who’s powerful—whoever has the might holds the cards. Look at me. Because I can occasionally use my connections to help Su Yitong and the others get good stuff, Su Yitong even calls me ‘sister’ now.”
“Once I level up, everyone treats me with respect. Why else would I work so hard?”
“You guys should do the same. Get Xun Huan to help you join the Su family’s leveling team. Once you level up, I can find a way to get you some gear. That’ll give Xun Huan some confidence, right? Why should a distant relative of the Su family get to go while you can’t?”
“Xun Huan is already in the top hundred of the rankings. That has to count for something, right?”
“And leveling up boosts your stats. It’s way better than any health or skincare products.”
Her words stirred something in Yu Qingshan and Yi Qiuguo. They had always been interested in leveling up; otherwise, they wouldn’t have been so easily provoked by a few words from Xun Huan to seek out Yu Xunge for help.
Why should a distant relative of the Su family get to level up while they couldn’t? If the Su family really had a leveling team, it had to be safer than being led by Yu Xunge alone.
With that, Yu Xunge kicked the ball back to them.
She wasn’t worried about whether Xun Huan could handle it. After all, the Su family did have a senior citizens’ leveling team. The Yu family only had two elderly members, while the Su family had dozens of them, all well-off and living long lives thanks to the latest health technologies. It was impossible for the Su family to neglect them.
In fact, every major power had similar teams.
In her past life, she had even worked for such a senior citizens’ leveling team, and it was quite sought after. After all, you only needed to take a few elderly folks along, avoiding the hassle of waiting in line to run dungeons, while still leveling up and keeping the loot for yourself. The only downside was that some of the old folks had stubborn personalities and bad tempers, which could be quite annoying.
However, in her past life, Yi Qiuguo and Yu Qingshan had never been part of such a senior citizens’ leveling team. Xun Huan’s subordinates, eager to please him, had been fighting to take Yu Qingshan and Yi Qiuguo under their wing for leveling. Looking back, it was clear there were many flaws in that arrangement. Those people who took care of Xun Huan’s parents surely would have thought to take her along for leveling too, yet no one ever came to her. It was obvious that Xun Huan had done something behind the scenes.
After receiving the ball from Yu Qingshan and Yi Qiuguo, Xun Huan didn’t toss it back to Yu Xunge but instead smoothly placed them into the Su family’s senior citizens’ leveling team.
Now that his level had increased—though no one knew his attributes were almost as poor as a level-zero player—and with the high returns from running dungeons with Su Yitong’s small team, he had learned seven attack skills. Most were F-grade, but they still looked impressive, didn’t they?
Plus, the items he crafted from jewelry processing were recognized for their good attributes in the Su family, raising his status significantly. Where once he was invisible, now he was seen as Su Yitong’s husband.
That was progress, right?
From living off someone else to being able to enjoy it, how could that not be considered progress?
As for the fact that every night he had to endure being whipped by Su Yitong until his health dropped below 10%... don’t ask; it’s all about the fun!
He just needed to send his parents to the leveling team, and that was that.
Not only did Xun Huan’s influence grow, but Lin Chengze’s status in the Lin family also skyrocketed. Both Xun Huan and Su Yitong knew how to play their cards right. While they prioritized their own needs, the high drop rates meant there was plenty to go around. Su Yitong would also distribute any excess gear based on contributions, especially since one was a key damage dealer and the other a tank—naturally, they needed to keep them on their side.
The gear Lin Chengze no longer needed would be saved and sent back to the Lin family. A five-person team from the Lin family could spend an entire day in a dungeon and only get one piece of gear, sometimes none at all. Yet Lin Chengze would return home with seven or eight pieces. How could the Lin family not take notice?
Everyone was doing well, except for one person—Ye Dong.
He had thought that once Lin Chengze recovered, the studio would soar to greatness. With Xun Huan’s luck, Lin Chengze’s S-grade talent, and the backing of both the Su and Lin families, he was ready to ride the wave to success!
But then, after Su Yitong visited the studio, Xun Huan disbanded it. If he had just returned to the Su family to enjoy life, that would have been one thing, but why did he only take Lin Chengze with him?!
Ye Dong clenched his contract figurine tightly, sitting across from the other two studio members. They all knew the truth—they had been left behind…
It was inevitable. In his past life, Xun Huan had the Food God skill. Although he couldn’t initially cook dishes that granted attribute points, it was like dangling a carrot in front of a donkey. Even if he gave nothing, just the promise of meals that doubled the effects of buffs was enough to make people willingly follow him.
Some less talented individuals even had to offer Xun Huan good items just to stay in his team.
This time around, things were “normal” for once. Xun Huan didn’t possess any real charisma that would compel people to follow him without giving something in return. He had invested quite a bit in Ye Dong and the others.
But after forming an alliance with Su Yitong, he had no energy left to build his own power. The money and gear he earned had to go to Su Yitong first; whatever was left could be used to develop himself. Why bother starting a business when he could focus on living off someone else?
As for Ye Dong, he had considered whether to take him along. After all, he had an A-grade talent, and with a contract pet, he could be quite powerful. But that useless figurine of his was utterly worthless; it struggled even as a tank and looked so ugly that just glancing at it made one feel itchy, as if something was about to grow…
Xun Huan didn’t want to waste his time, energy, and luck on Ye Dong, so he simply kicked him to the curb.
But he had been merciful. Not wanting Lin Chengze to think he was heartless, he left some money for them and even let them keep the small apartment so they could continue living there.
Xun Huan felt no guilt about it.
In the corner of the apartment, a small spider quietly observed everything.
Yu Xunge, while chopping vegetables, watched the scene unfold and silently cheered for the others: “Darken! Darken! Darken! It can’t just end like this!”
Ye Dong extinguished his cigarette and said in a low voice, “It can’t just end like this.”
The person across from him covered their face and muttered, “What can we do? That’s the Su family…”
Another person, still somewhat rational, added, “In the end, they don’t owe us anything.” Just like when a company goes bankrupt and lays off employees, Xun Huan technically didn’t owe them anything…
But saying that didn’t ease the bitterness in their hearts. They watched as Xun Huan climbed into the top hundred of the rankings. Even Lin Chengze, who had only started leveling up two weeks late, was already at level two on the friends list. What did that mean? Those people had abandoned them to pursue their own development!
Before the company went public, they painted a rosy picture for us, but once it did, they optimized us out… Who could accept that?
Ye Dong gritted his teeth and said, “So why should they take our dungeon runs too?”
The other two fell silent.
Their anger stemmed from this. Now, to run dungeons, they had to line up with those low-level players, and getting to run a dungeon once a day was already considered lucky…
Unlike before, when their studio had its own dungeon, and they could run it whenever they wanted.
But after Xun Huan left, Su Yitong’s people came to claim that dungeon as their own. If it had been the old Su Yitong, she wouldn’t have been so ruthless.
With her personality, she would have set aside ten hours a day for these people to level up. It was just a dungeon that would eventually be phased out; why not build some goodwill with a few promising players?
But unfortunately, they encountered a furious Su Yitong.
Forget about building goodwill; the fact that Su Yitong hadn’t taken her anger out on them was already a sign of her emotional stability.
As for Xun Huan, who had to endure being whipped by Su Yitong every night until his health dropped below 10%: “Ah, right, who could possibly be more stable than you?”
**Chapter 109: From Fan Meetings to Dungeon Runs**
Yu Xunge found it amusing. She had been keeping an eye on Xun Huan. Although the perspective of the little spider could be minimized to the bottom corner of the screen for 24-hour playback, she couldn’t perceive anything while attending classes on Zelan Star, so she couldn’t keep track of who he met or what they said daily—otherwise, she wouldn’t have missed the part where Xun Huan got the Demon Eye.
But she was aware of some major events, like the studio’s dungeon screen.
After all, people tend to flock together.
This dungeon was one that Xun Huan had stumbled upon through his strange luck. After the third internal test, he inexplicably met someone in debt, who sold his house to Xun Huan at a low price. Given that Xun Huan was now married into the Su family, he should have looked down on that small house of just over ninety square meters, yet he still bought it.
Then, when the game officially invaded, the dungeon screen appeared, which completely belonged to Xun Huan.
Yet Ye Dong and the others felt that even if Xun Huan disbanded the studio, he should still let them continue to monopolize that dungeon.
Ye Dong said, “What if we sell the news about Lin Chengze’s divine talent? Right now, detailed information about an S-grade divine talent can go for 20 gold coins.”
Chen Wu, the one with a bit of rationality, asked, “Wouldn’t that offend the Lin family?”
Ye Dong replied, “You don’t want to?”
“Of course we do!” X2
Ye Dong sneered. If it weren’t for his desire to build his own power, he wouldn’t want to share profits with these two.
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