SS-rank to SB-rank

After congratulating the two on their marriage, Yu Xunge said she needed to leave. Su Yitong not only personally saw her to the door but also had a Su Family driver take her home. Clearly, she was very satisfied with the wedding gift and with Yu Xunge's tact.

The next day, Yu Xunge was unexpectedly invited by Su Yitong to a new villa within the Su Family estate. It was the new home she shared with Yu Xunhuan. Yu Xunge had previously assumed the villa belonged to one of the other branches of the Su Family, never expecting it to have been prepared for Su Yitong and Yu Xunhuan.

The moment she stepped inside, a pale blue light lit up beneath her feet. Not only that, she caught the scent of Revealing Potion, yet she could not find any mist. It seemed technology had been used for a complete upgrade.

Su Yitong explained, "Oh, don't mind it. It's pressure-sensitive. It won't hurt you."

Yu Xunge understood. She had spent all of September collecting weapons in Hong Kong City and had not visited the Su Family in a long time. The Su Family's main residence was probably covered in this stuff too, and the Liang Family had likely already found all sorts of ways to deal with it. She immediately decided that she would not visit either the Su Family or the Liang Family for the time being.

After all, if there were detection devices, there would naturally be corresponding capture mechanisms.

After touring the marital home, Yu Xunge was kept for a meal before leaving. Now she knew just how much Su Yitong liked that gift.

Before leaving, Yu Xunge told Su Yitong, "On the day you come to pick up the groom, I'll use my talent to raise your Fate to the maximum! Don't worry!"

Su Yitong's expression stiffened for a moment at those words. Her Luck Value had once been at its maximum of 10, only to inexplicably drop to 8 later. At the time, she had suspected everyone. She had even gone to the Yu Family to test whether Yu Xunge was a player and whether she possessed some God-Bestowed Talent that could curse people.

But she quickly composed herself. With a wave of her hand, she had a Su Family driver take Yu Xunge home, while another car followed behind them, loaded with gifts for Yu Xunge.

When Yu Xunge went to the Yu Family villa for dinner that evening, she praised Su Yitong to the skies.

In the past, Yu Xunhuan would definitely have asked her to use the skill on him. As for whether that would put Yu Xunge, who had already promised Su Yitong, in a difficult position, that was none of his concern. But now, Yu Xunhuan had yet to recover from the blow of his God-Bestowed Talent dropping from SS-rank to SB-rank. Being able to force himself to attend the wedding rehearsal was already a sign of strength.

Yu Qingshan ate small bites of food, his mind wandering elsewhere, giving people the impression that his soul had already died.

Although Yi Qiuguo knew there were treasures in the house, Yu Qingshan had only taken her to see them once. She did not know exactly how much they were worth, so while she was heartbroken, the blow she suffered was not that severe. She was a simple woman to understand: as long as her husband, son, and daughter were all well, she felt life was happy.

For a while, only the two women spoke at the table. The two grown men mechanically stuffed food into their mouths.

On the day of the wedding, the 18th, Yu Xunhuan sat in the master bedroom of his villa, waiting for Su Yitong to come pick him up.

Yu Xunge and Yu Qingshan had specifically invited members of the Yu Family's other branches to bolster their numbers and block the Su Family people. After putting on a token bit of fuss, they let them in.

After using Fate Gear, one could choose whether to hide the target's Luck Value from them. Usually, when doing bad things, hiding it was fine, but if she was raising someone's luck, of course she had to let them see it!

Besides, Yu Xunge had no intention of causing trouble on such a day. As the male and female leads, Su Yitong and Yu Xunhuan would not have much bad luck even if their Luck Value dropped to 1. Take Yu Xunhuan, for example: even with a Luck Value of 1, the Gun King fired seven shots and could not hit little Yu Xunhuan once, ultimately only managing to cut off half of it. It was just that unreasonable.

Far more people attended this wedding banquet than the previous one. She even saw Liang Yuchuan, wearing a long black glove on her right hand that extended to the middle of her upper arm. There was probably a prosthetic limb beneath it; otherwise, there would have been no need to go to such lengths.

The way Liang Yuchuan looked at Su Yitong carried a cold scrutiny.

The game's methods were endless. Although Liang Yuchuan had nearly been blinded by hatred at the time and had quickly matched those eyes to the Su Family's youngest daughter from the third branch, great families did not simply rush into action on a whim. After Liang Yuchuan and the Liang family members sat down to discuss it, they all felt something was off.

Leaving aside the fact that the Su Family and Liang Family bore no grudges against each other beyond minor business friction, there was no reason to forge such a blood feud. Even if Liang Yuchuan had somehow offended Su Yitong, if Su Yitong wanted to deal with her, why would she come personally?

Taking a step back, even if Su Yitong had nothing better to do and insisted on pulling off something major herself, she did not know Liang Yuchuan's abilities. So why would she only chop off Liang Yuchuan's arm, kindly spare her life, and then lock eyes with her?

Even if she had drunk two fewer glasses before heading out, she would not have done something like that.

But reason was reason. Even with her eyes closed, Liang Yuchuan could not forget those eyes.

The Liang Family had still come today. It was not just to maintain superficial peace. The Liang Family head, Liang Yuchuan's uncle, intended to investigate for a while longer. If they still could not find the culprit, they would find an opportunity to have a proper talk with the people in power of the Su Family.

Yu Xunge's gaze merely swept over Liang Yuchuan in passing, as though she were simply curious about today's guests. She focused on eating, smiled when she should smile, applauded when she should applaud, and acted like an utterly ordinary relative by marriage. Even though people occasionally stole glances at her because her Charm was maxed out, she remained quiet and never drew attention to herself.

Then... this utterly ordinary relative by marriage used the pocket watch's Probe skill to steal from all thirty-seven players at the banquet.

They were all "acquaintances" from her previous life.

The more she stole, the angrier she became. Almost every one of them had clashed with her before. Back then, she could not help wondering whether she was simply born to attract people's affection.

But now she understood. It was because Yu Xunhuan had been using her as a tank—the one who drew aggro and stood at the front to take monsters' attacks.

By the end of the meal, Yu Xunge had stolen 2 points of Constitution, 2 points of Strength, and 1 point of Intelligence.

After the banquet ended, Yu Xunge tactfully took Yu Qingshan and Yi Qiuguo home without going to make a fuss in the bridal chamber. When Su Family members did it, that was because they were close family. If Yu Family members did it, it would be presumptuous.

They had better not get involved.

Still, as in-laws, the Su Family sent a driver to take them home. On the way, Yu Qingshan, who had forced a smile all day, could finally be himself. He leaned against the back seat and stared out the window gloomily.

Yu Xunge asked him a few questions, but Yu Qingshan said nothing, so she "thoughtfully" stopped pressing him.

After returning to her own villa, Yu Xunge added several dishes for Meow Meow Hostel in the backyard. Ever since gaining the God of Cooking Talent, she had inexplicably developed obsessive tendencies while cooking. Poorly cut ingredients annoyed her, insufficient heat made her irritable, and low ratings for the finished dishes made her feel like she was incapable...