Yu Xunge put away all her equipment, then ate a chocolate cream puff she had made herself. It was a simple F-rank dish. She discovered that ever since gaining the Food God Talent, food ratings came with an additional score, presumably the Food God's unique evaluation system.
Chocolate Cream Puff (F-rank┃64 points): Restores a total of 30 HP within 5 seconds. If you spend 10 seconds savoring it, you will eat thoroughly and gain 3 Constitution for 5 minutes.
A very simple low-level dessert.
But under the Food God Talent, its effect was tripled. After eating the cream puff, her Constitution increased by 9.
Her Constitution had originally been 11→4.4.
Now, that stat read: Constitution: 20→8.
Although her HP had not increased, she instantly felt much less weak. She then drank a cup of milk that could increase Mental Power.
It was a little disappointing that it had only tripled. It seemed that once the Food God's buff was triggered, the effect of the God of Cookery's Bib could no longer be triggered. Still, this thing made for good cover.
Two minutes later, Yu Xunge vanished from the Yu Family estate. After several Phantom Shifts, she returned to her own villa, but she was in no hurry to contact Yu Xunhuan and the others.
After all, once the closed beta ended, everyone's phones and SIM cards would turn to ash and disappear, and they would be out of contact for a while.
Yu Xunge locked her bedroom door and had a good sleep.
After sleeping until the Disguise Skill's cooldown ended once more, she disguised herself as an elderly person, then Phantom Shifted into an airport restroom. After finding a flight bound for Xinjiang, she took a stroll through the restroom.
After turning invisible with the Phantom Body Curse, she entered the plane's pet oxygen cabin. Walking all the way to the back, she used Animagus to transform into a little kitten and hid in a gap. Once she could finally rest, the first thing she did was bind the Soros Pocket Watch with a Binding Stone! Only then did she lie down in peace.
The flight even made a transfer midway through.
It departed at 17:45 and arrived in Jiang City at 9:00 the next morning.
After landing, she returned to her hotel, then came out through the front entrance and went to a nearby service center to get a replacement SIM card.
After buying a new phone, she turned it on, went online, and immediately asked in the group whether Yu Xunhuan had succeeded yesterday!
Yu Xunhuan had not come online yet.
Only Yu Qingshan and Yi Qiuguo were in the group.
After exchanging a few words, Yu Xunge directly made a video call and asked whether they had played yesterday.
Yu Qingshan and Yi Qiuguo were practically glowing with health, nodding again and again. They kept expressing concern for Yu Xunge over the call, praising her for being thoughtful and for thinking of her father and mother.
Yu Xunge only felt bitterness well up in her heart. How good had she been to them in her previous life? Had she ever received a single kind word? No!
She admitted that she could not give everything she had to others, not even to her biological parents or brother. But whenever she got anything good, she always thought of them! She gave them everything she could give!
Equipment that could be sold for money and resources—because they said they needed it, she gave it to them.
Pets that could increase combat power—because they said they did not dare go out to fight and feared having no one to protect them, she gave them away.
High-level quest items that were priceless outside—because Su Yitong wanted them, they helped her knock herself unconscious to get them.
They knew full well that Liang Yuchuan's uncle's God-Bestowed Talent absorbed the attributes of his bed partners, yet they still urged her to marry him.
Yu Xunge wiped at her reddened eyes and smiled at the people on the screen. "Good. As long as you're doing well."
Seeing that their sweet words had moved their daughter, Yu Qingshan and Yi Qiuguo ended the call in satisfaction.
As long as you're satisfied. Yu Xunge sniffed and smiled, then began wolfing down the mutton before her. It was the most delicious meal she had eaten since being reborn.
Where was Yu Xunhuan? After throwing a tantrum and smashing things last night, he had exhausted himself and fallen asleep.
No matter how overbearing the Thief God's passive was, it could not withstand its owner thinking about it every waking moment.
Almost the instant the closed beta ended, Yu Xunhuan began repeatedly trying to summon his God-Bestowed Talent.
Then he summoned it.
Holy shit, of the five dazzling skills, only one remained. The first four—the most important ones—had all turned gray!
What was the most painful thing? Getting something and losing it immediately before even getting to enjoy it!!
SS-rank!!!
And now there was nothing left but shit!
Yu Xunhuan instantly lost control and smashed everything in the secret chamber that could be smashed.
Jewelry!—Smashed!
Antiques!—Smashed!
Calligraphy and paintings!—Torn apart!
Gold bars! He threw them onto the floor and stomped on them!
He had never been this devastated in his life! He knew that at this moment, he looked like a madman, but he did not care. He only felt that he was not far from truly going insane.
If he had drawn an A-rank at the start, or even just a B-rank, he would not have descended into madness...
Smashing the treasures in the vault was not enough. He came out and smashed everything in the study and living room that could be smashed.
Finally, once he was too tired to keep smashing things, Yu Xunhuan lay down in despair, then fell asleep in despair.
After Yu Qingshan and Yi Qiuguo finished their call with Yu Xunge, they searched everywhere for their son. After looking around, they arrived at the Yu Family estate. The moment they pushed open the door, they saw a complete mess and their son sleeping on the floor.
After Yi Qiuguo woke her son and questioned him, he refused to say anything no matter what she asked.
And Yu Qingshan? Following the trail of the crime scene upward, he reached the study and saw the antiques and calligraphy scattered in pieces across his treasure vault.
He let out a cry and fainted on the spot.
When Yu Xunge received Yi Qiuguo's call, she was changing hotels. Before the weakened state ended, she intended to stay at a hotel opposite the police station.
Upon hearing that both the old bastard and young bastard at home had been hospitalized, Yu Xunge anxiously asked, "Is it serious?" Please don't let them be fine!
Yi Qiuguo said, "Your father just fainted. Do you still have any of that medicine?" To be honest, seeing all those antique fragments on the floor had made her want to faint too.
Do you think it's ginseng...? Yu Xunge said, "Yes. I learned how to make it. Ask whether Xunhuan still has any first and let him use that. The family won't be short of this medicine in the future."
After all, Yu Xunhuan had also learned alchemy. By offering it herself, she could earn a wave of goodwill instead.
Ever since stealing Yu Xunhuan's God-Bestowed Talent, the overwhelming hatred in her heart had already faded by more than half. Now, she could treat revenge as a game.
Of course, the "thief" in her real-world Thief God could also mean "robber." It would remain reserved for Yu Xunhuan forever, preventing him from making a comeback until the day he died!
After chatting a little longer, Yu Xunge ended the call.
Then she holed up in the hotel and did not go out.
She even kept the curtains and windows open, ensuring that if she shouted, the police officers across the street would hear her.
She sat by the hotel window reading Hechipa's Alchemy Notes. She ordered takeout for all three meals, but did not actually eat it when it arrived, consuming only the food in her bag. Sometimes, she even felt as though she had returned to the period of her previous life when she was on the run.
It was not until the afternoon of the 12th, when the severe weakened state completely ended and her HP, Mana, and all other stats returned to normal, that Yu Xunge left the hotel. There was no need for her to drive back herself, so she paid someone to drive her car back to S City while she flew home.
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