Chapter 88
As long as they didn’t want to drift apart for the sake of Lan Cheng and their three children at home, and as long as they didn’t want the six children from both families to confront Lan Cheng at the same time, they wouldn’t dare to act.
As for the bigger picture? What good would it do for the Lin family if these two were fine? For two people who had been betrayed three times and starved for decades, that was just nonsense!
How could Lin Cheng and Wu Yunshang not notice such a significant change from their spouses? Their first reaction was that Lan Cheng’s secret had been discovered, but the two acted too quickly; from the outbreak to the resolution, it took less than a week.
Almost on the very day they retrieved the copy of the light screen and swiftly signed a contract with the Special Affairs Bureau, the two exposed Lan Cheng’s identity. Along with that, they released photos and chat messages of him with Lin Chengze.
Even more shocking was Lan Cheng’s medical report.
On May 17th, the top ten trending topics were all about Lan Cheng and Lin Chengze.
Lan Cheng and Lin Chengze’s emails were flooded with insults.
Not only that, but Lan Cheng was also kicked out of the team. Although everyone’s physical data had been digitized, they still feared this incurable disease.
Lin Chengze’s situation was slightly better because Su Yitong used a probing tool confiscated from Yu Xunhuan and found no curse on Lin Chengze’s panel information, which left her a bit disappointed.
Moreover, both Yu Xunhuan and Su Yitong had this disease as well.
Lin Chengze: “Everyone, believe me, I really don’t have the disease!!!”
Yu Xunhuan & Su Yitong: “Hehe, what a coincidence, I do.”
The only one who might feel uncomfortable was Su Wu, but he couldn’t bear to leave this team. Not only was the leveling speed fast, but the drop rate was also high, and he could enjoy many benefits by staying close to the young lady of the Su family… Besides, as long as he was careful, he should be fine. It was just a matter of getting treated quickly after getting injured, so Lin Chengze wouldn’t get too close to him.
So he didn’t show any signs of discomfort and instead comforted Lin Chengze, saying that even if one caught this disease, it wouldn’t matter. With a higher level, one’s constitution would improve, and perhaps they could heal themselves.
Lin Chengze’s face turned red with anger. “But I don’t!!!”
Yet neither of them noticed that Yu Xunhuan and Su Yitong looked at Su Wu with a hint of appreciation and surprise, as if to say, “Not bad, kid.”
They exchanged glances: “Right, how did we not think of boosting constitution? For someone like Su Wu, who focuses on constitution, ordinary swords and knives can’t even hurt him. If he boosts his constitution to a certain level, could he heal our disease?”
However, boosting constitution would affect their magical skills’ attack power…
But on the flip side, what good would boosting intelligence do? They still got robbed, didn’t they?!
Even though Lin Chengze was so angry he was shaking, he could only hold it in. He could only dryly repeat that he didn’t have it, a statement he had made countless times on various platforms, but no one believed him.
But he didn’t dare to leave Yu Xunhuan’s team, not only because leveling up was faster here, but also because he was afraid to return to the Lin family…
Just as he thought, he and Lan Cheng had been abandoned.
Even the old man didn’t step up to protect him.
Forget about divorce; Lin Cheng and Wu Yunshang would rather kneel to apologize to Feng Shengsheng and Lin Chengyi. For the stability of the Lin family and for their children, they could never abandon the three kids who had grown up by their side to speak up for a confirmed illegitimate child with that disease.
As for Lin Chengze? Getting involved with his illegitimate child and falling ill?
Even the old man and old lady, who doted on their youngest son, began to feign illness, fearing that Lin Chengze would come home and ask them to speak on his behalf.
Lin Chengze and Lan Cheng were completely abandoned.
Yet their relationship not only didn’t deteriorate but actually improved.
Because Lan Cheng explained to Lin Chengze, “I broke up with you back then because I discovered my illness and was afraid of infecting you.”
Oh my, how touching…
But Lin Chengze wasn’t a fool.
You say you broke up with me because you found out you had this disease? That doesn’t make sense; we didn’t have this disease when we were together—otherwise, after so many close encounters, I wouldn’t still be healthy now—so where did you catch this disease during our relationship?
Oh, so you cheated.
Lan Cheng: … Did this person undergo a love-brain removal surgery after we broke up?
This was clearly a deadly question.
A. Admit to cheating.
B. Quickly change the subject.
Lan Cheng chose B.
Lan Cheng: “I’m sorry…”
Lin Chengze: “Heh, looks like you had a lot of fun after we broke up.”
But despite the bickering, once Lin Chengze learned that Lan Cheng’s talent was also S-level, he let this dirty matter slide.
He recommended Lan Cheng to Yu Xunhuan, suggesting he join their leveling team, and assured her that he would keep his distance from them.
Yu Xunhuan felt quite strange about this, and so did Su Yitong.
There was really nothing to fear.
It was like being left unburied after death, tossed out on the street; the one who should be scared wasn’t herself.
After learning about Lan Cheng’s talent, the two immediately invited him, who had nowhere to go and was being hunted by fans, to join their team. No one would dare intrude on the Su family’s territory.
However, all the melee fighters among the fifteen people dragged in by Su Yitong refused to participate! Experience points were tempting, but life was more important. Who could fight monsters without shedding blood?
Su Yitong simply disbanded the team, granting those fifteen people access to another dungeon to fight on their own. After all, even if they had brought these people along to fill the slots, they would still have been robbed, just less so. Moreover, they hadn’t lost any attributes or equipment recently, so there was no need to fill the team to twenty to tackle a dungeon.
When Yu Xunge learned about this, she directly entered the dungeon, stealing four points of strength and two pieces of equipment from Lan Cheng.
By the next day, when Lan Cheng discovered he had lost four points of strength and two pieces of equipment, he exploded.
What the hell?!
The entire team fell into an eerie silence.
Lin Chengze: I forgot to tell Lan Cheng how cursed this team is…
Only then did they start explaining why they had the ability to clear monsters with just a few people but had previously needed to bring along a dozen teammates to fill the slots.
Lan Cheng: …
Damn, isn’t this way scarier than Ai?!
If it weren’t for having nowhere to go, Lan Cheng would have really wanted to run away.
**Chapter 114: This Son is Useless**
After stealing from Lan Cheng, Yu Xunge went to investigate the leveling team. She was genuinely curious about how Yu Qingshan and Yi Qiuguo had established a connection with the Liang family.
Relying on her identity as Yu Xunhuan’s sister, she quickly found the place. The dungeon light screen was located in a residential area, and Yu Xunge didn’t know who it belonged to.
It was lunchtime, and from a distance, she saw Yu Qingshan and Yi Qiuguo sitting outside the dungeon light screen, chatting and eating with two elderly people. Now that Yu Xunge was sharp-eyed and sharp-eared, she could hear Yu Qingshan’s voice even from dozens of meters away. He called someone “Brother Liang,” so it was likely a member of the Liang family.
After changing her appearance and gathering some information, she understood the situation. This leveling team was a collaboration of several major forces in S City, serving as a form of alternative socializing. Even though there were conflicts between the Su and Liang families, it didn’t affect the interactions among the various forces present; they would still fight privately as needed.
Liang Jing’s talent wasn’t even a secret among their wealthy circles.
He didn’t lack for partners; after a few encounters with Liang Jing, one’s attribute points would drop. Everyone wasn’t stupid; how could they not notice something was off? Liang Jing couldn’t just kill one after sleeping with them, could he?
He could, but there was no need; why create such a big liability?
His sister had a fiery temper back in the day, which led to Liang Yuchuan’s father being killed, and now she was hiding abroad.
So Liang Jing followed the principle of consent, providing compensation afterward—several pieces of equipment for one attribute point. Both sides were satisfied, as long as no one was killed to silence them, this matter would eventually come to light. Therefore, he had never hidden it too much; it was better to be open than to create a liability by trying to cover it up.
However, this was only known to a small circle of people. While Liang Jing didn’t mind being known, there was no need to broadcast it everywhere.
After Liang Yuchuan had a falling out with Su Yitong, she came up with a sinister plan. She wanted Liang Jing to marry Yu Xunge, and once he had drained her attribute points, he would have her use her Fate Wheel skill to deal the final blow to monsters and collect the loot. This way, he could profit from her for the Liang family and also use her to hurt Yu Xunhuan, especially since they were said to have a close sibling bond.
Liang Jing didn’t care; he looked at Yu Xunge’s avatar on the level leaderboard and saw that she was indeed beautiful, so he went along with the plan.
Of course, Yu Xunge didn’t uncover Liang Yuchuan’s thoughts; she only found out that Liang Jing’s situation wasn’t a secret.
However, she didn’t plan to repeat the previous method of dealing with Su Yitong by having the Liang family’s elders die at Yu Qingshan’s hands. One coincidence could be an accident, but two coincidences would seem like a certainty to a suspicious person.
Moreover, the Yu and Liang families were facing off, which could easily implicate her; she preferred to stay in the shadows.
Unfortunately, the Han family hadn’t arrived yet; otherwise, she could have easily shifted the blame onto them.
She found an excuse to have a meal with Yu Xunhuan and then used her long-unused skill, “Hey? Friend, look, there’s a pot here,” on Yu Xunhuan. After successfully using it, she discovered that just like a score appearing next to food, she could also see a new data point next to Yu Xunhuan’s ID—Trust Value: 89.
If the trust value fell below 50, she couldn’t use this skill on the target, but Yu Xunhuan’s trust value was as high as 89.
Yu Xunge felt immensely gratified; her efforts to be “nice” to Yu Xunhuan were not in vain.
No matter what negative feelings Yu Qingshan and the Liang family had towards her, let them all be directed at Yu Xunhuan.
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