Rebirth

Yu Xunge's eyes fluttered open, and she stared blankly at the expensive, ornate chandelier on the ceiling.

Hadn't Yu Xunhuan pinned her to a magic circle in the dungeon and bled her dry?

In just a second, she instinctively mobilized the energy within her. A full year of fleeing had turned her body into a vessel of pure instinct. No matter where she was or what the situation, her first thought was to get to safety before thinking anything through.

However, with a stylish roll, she sprang up, and nothing happened...

Her body's reaction told her she was just an ordinary person now.

Just then, voices sounded from outside the door. It was the voice she'd never forget, even in her dreams: her agent, Liu Zhengliu.

She sat up and looked around. A hotel? Beside her on the pillow was a mobile phone she hadn't seen in years. She picked it up; the screen showed the time as 11 PM on February 21st.

2078!

Yu Xunge felt her breathing quicken. She had been reborn? Reborn the year before the game invasion?

No one knew that one year from today, the entire Earth would be invaded by a game called "Dread Rift: Warcraft."

To anchor itself and link with Earth, this game that invaded Earth had descended upon it in the form of a game in 2078. It had undergone three brief beta tests, each lasting only 7 hours, with no warning and almost no publicity. Yet, hundreds of people had downloaded the game, either out of boredom or by chance. During the third beta test, due to a leak, as many as six figures had logged in early.

Some players who participated in these beta tests regretted only playing for a few minutes their entire lives, while others soared from obscurity to prominence. Her good brother was one of those who had soared.

And at 2:22 AM on February 22nd, the first beta test would begin!

However, she had no interest in saving the world or telling everyone. The alien invasion, under various restrictions, had a relatively long process. During this period, more people died at the hands of their own kind than at the hands of aliens.

Yu Xunge changed into comfortable clothes as she recalled her current situation.

Although four years had passed, she remembered the events of these few days vividly.

Because tomorrow, on the day someone's fate would be forever changed by a game, she herself would be drugged by her agent Liu Zhengliu late at night and sent to the bed of a company executive. She had desperately pushed him away, embracing a "die together" mentality, but the consequence was a constant stream of negative rumors. She was relegated to attending low-end banquets, and the roles she received were either maids or minor characters who had to endure being splashed with cold water and slapped.

Yu Xunge pushed the door open. Liu Zhengliu, holding a wine bottle outside, flashed her an intimate smile. "Xunge? Want a drink?"

Yu Xunge wanted to kill her right then and there, but her escape experience had not only taught her patience but also how to disguise her true feelings. She smiled even more warmly than Liu Zhengliu. "No, my brother is in trouble. I have to go back."

With that excuse, Liu Zhengliu knew she couldn't keep Yu Xunge today.

In Liu Zhengliu's eyes, Yu Xunge was the ultimate devoted sister. Half of her acting earnings went into her brother's pocket. If she injured her leg while filming, and her brother said he missed her, she would crawl back to him. She was that kind of idiot.

Liu Zhengliu figured that today, she would only be able to keep Yu Xunge if she claimed her entire family had died...

But that reason was too unreliable. Yu Xunge had heard her talking to her family on the phone just yesterday.

Liu Zhengliu took a deep breath, telling herself not to rush. There was still a chance. So, she smiled and said, "It's so late. Wait for me, I'll help you call Xiao Wu to get ready."

Yu Xunge nodded. She was still at the hotel with the film crew and indeed needed a ride. With less than three hours until the game's beta test, she had to rush home to stop Yu Xunhuan from playing this game.

In her previous life, Yu Xunhuan had participated in the beta test long before, gaining unimaginable abilities a year ahead of ordinary people. Yet, he had kept this information a secret, coldly watching her suffer in the entertainment industry. He had used the money and resources she earned to develop himself...

Finally, he had maintained his disguise for three years, even when she was being hunted in the third year, she still believed Yu Xunhuan was innocent. All of this was just to steal her God-Bestowed Talent. She only learned the truth at the moment of her death.

However, she hadn't let him have it easy either. She endured the pain of being bled dry, waiting for the mastermind behind the scenes to appear, and then detonated the item on her called "Die Together," attempting to take everyone present down with her.

In her dying moments, she realized she was merely a villain in a book...

Specifically, a possessive older sister who was secretly in love with the male protagonist, Yu Xunhuan.

Fine, fine, fine! You want to follow trends but are bound by rules and can't write incest, so you resort to this disgusting plot?!

After getting into the car, she earned 1,000 yuan from Xiao Wu right in front of him. "Get me home within two hours, and I'll give you another 2,000 yuan bonus."

Xiao Wu's resentment for being called out to work in the middle of the night instantly vanished. He said in a broadcast voice, "Boss, please fasten your seatbelt."

An hour and forty minutes later, Yu Xunge sat in the passenger seat, her face pale. She had arrived, but her soul had almost flown away. "What did you do before you started working for me?"

Xiao Wu opened his payment QR code. "I drove hearses."

"..." So that's how it was. Yu Xunge transferred 2,500 yuan. "Go to the convenience store across the street and buy me a small bottle of baijiu."

With money, anything was possible. Xiao Wu's service attitude was top-notch. In less than ten minutes, he returned with a small bottle of baijiu for Yu Xunge.

Yu Xunge had been reborn at 11 PM last night. By the time she got home, it was already 1:47 AM.

She poured the baijiu into a glass, poured herself a glass of water, and took both cups to Yu Xunhuan's room. She knocked twice, and the door opened. The useless brat was indeed still awake.

Yu Xunge could be a star, and Yu Xunhuan could be a live-in son-in-law in a wealthy family. The siblings' appearances were naturally not bad. Yu Xunge looked gentle and intellectual, while Yu Xunhuan looked well-behaved and harmless. However, the latter's heart was blacker than anyone's.

She handed the glass of baijiu to Yu Xunhuan. "Come on, let's have a toast! Sister will soon earn enough money to buy you a villa!"

Yu Xunge didn't consider herself a fool. The reason she had been deceived by Yu Xunhuan for so many years was that Yu Xunhuan had been almost unfailingly accommodating to her. He was truly different from those brothers online who only knew how to leech off their sisters.

This brother was truly a master manipulator.

If there was good food, he would wait for Yu Xunge to come home to eat it together. He would fulfill any request Yu Xunge made. He would be particularly jealous when Yu Xunge dated. He saved the pocket money he received from Yu Xunge and then bought Yu Xunge a villa at the beginning of this year, with the villa registered under Yu Xunge's name.

Such a brother, Yu Xunge felt her deception in her previous life was understandable—if not understandable, then there was nothing she could do. It was her own foolishness, and she had spoiled herself.

But now, as she peeled back the layers of deception, she realized that Yu Xunhuan had indeed done everything he could, and he had also reaped all the benefits he desired because his parents, Yu Qingshan and Yi Qiuguo, were helping him coordinate.

That villa that had moved her to tears was bought with her money! Wasn't it only right for it to be under her name? She bought her own villa with her own money, what was she so moved about?! And immediately after, she bought Yu Xunhuan an even bigger one...

Fortunately, she was reborn in time. She was still in the process of looking at properties and wanted to quietly give her brother a surprise.

Low-level exploitation was the whole family ganging up to PUA you. High-level exploitation was a combination attack: one person attacks, one person heals, and one person serves tea and water to help you catch your breath.

But there was still time in this life.

Her good brother, Yu Xunhuan, would naturally not refuse his sister's request. Even though it was 2 AM, even though his sister knew he could only handle one drink and still wanted him to drink white wine, and even though Yu Xunge's reasons were unclear, he didn't even frown. His face only showed concern: "You should take care of yourself too, you can't earn all the money in the world... Our family together..."

Yu Xunge clinked glasses directly.

Yu Xunhuan, with a face full of helplessness and doting, downed the drink in one gulp and then, swaying, collapsed.

Unreserved trust.

Yu Xunge looked coldly at Yu Xunhuan lying on the floor. A voice came from the master bedroom not far away, perhaps Yu Qingshan and Yi Qiuguo heard the commotion. She quickly walked into Yu Xunhuan's room, dragged him inside, and closed the door.

She sat on the sofa in Yu Xunhuan's room, opened her phone, and stared intently at the time. The game only had 7 hours left. She wasn't planning on leaving tonight. Even though Yu Xunhuan would get so drunk every time that he wouldn't sober up until dawn the next day, she couldn't rest easy.

In her past life, Yu Xunhuan was like a protagonist in a power fantasy novel, blazing through everything with cheats. All the good things belonged to him. His God-Bestowed Talent was the only SS-rank on the entire Earth. Even after marrying into the Su family, the eldest daughter of the Su family initially treated him like a pretty pet, but eventually, she became his devoted follower. Under Yu Xunhuan's guidance, she suppressed her own family and finally set her sights on his God-Bestowed Talent.