Yu Xunhuan sighed. Thinking of how Yu Xunge had told them the moment she discovered the game back then, he could not help but feel relieved. It was good that she had run away. He had been too hasty.
He still had so many options. There was no need to make a move against Yu Xunge.
Thinking of how lucky he had become in the game after making food for passersby, Yu Xunhuan decided to do it a few more times. With year-end approaching, the Su Family had so many banquets. If he could put something into the dishes...
Were those people born with golden spoons in their mouths not far luckier than Yu Xunge?
Still, it would be best to keep this from the Su Family... Even though he was certain that Su Yitong would help him if he told her the effects of his skill, he still wanted to keep it hidden. Unless absolutely necessary, he did not want to say anything.
But he could not let the ingredients he had bought today go to waste. The images of Yu Qingshan and Yi Qiuguo flashed through his mind, and the next second, Yu Xunhuan thought of Ye Dong, who was still living in his apartment.
With a smile, he began cooking. Ye Dong had stayed at his place for so long without paying rent yet.
Yu Xunge still did not know that not only was her dear younger brother not angry, he was even glad she had run away.
Even if she knew, she would not be moved. What kind of kindness could a villain's goodwill be? He merely regarded her as emergency rations.
After arriving in Thailand, she first used the Disguise Skill to turn into a bald man. Then she found a tour guide and had her take her shopping for some sinister items. Money was no object, but they had to be sinister—the older and more steeped in history, the better.
The guide's smile became several degrees more sincere. Another rich fool, she thought.
Then, in the next second, Yu Xunge pulled out a miniature pistol with her right hand and pressed it against the guide's temple. In her left hand was a thick stack of U.S. dollars. "Which one do you want? This, or this?"
The guide's smile looked worse than crying as she honestly said, "But none of this stuff is real..."
Yu Xunge put away the gun and calmly, earnestly stated her requirements. "It can be something involved in a murder case, something with a long history, or something with many stories behind it. As long as you help me look seriously, I'll give you a bonus for every item you find. The minimum is five hundred dollars. If I'm satisfied, it'll go higher. There's no upper limit."
Seeing that Yu Xunge had a mild attitude and did not seem like a madman who might lose her mind and kill someone at any moment, the guide calmed down as well. "I can only guarantee that I'll tell you everything I hear about, but I can't guarantee the items will really be useful."
With a smile, Yu Xunge pulled out several bills and handed them over. "Fine. I'll be staying here for a week. How much you earn depends on you."
She had not believed in such things before either. But after the Game Invasion, many items were related to this sort of mysticism. There were such things in the country too: incense ash accumulated in ancient temples, meditation cushions used by true eminent monks for years, and so on. All of them had undergone mutations. But later, those had all become official property, mostly used to protect ordinary civilians or by official dungeon-raiding forces.
If she spent her own time and effort searching among the people, this kind of mystical item had too long a history in the country, and scammers were experienced at making fakes. She knew she could not outplay them. Besides, collecting them herself would draw too much attention.
She had enjoyed the protection afforded by being half a member of the Su Family. There were pros and cons. No one would easily touch her, but every move she made would also attract the attention of people with ulterior motives. Other small families and minor factions all wanted to know how major families like the Su Family and Liang Family were responding.
Most of their attention would be focused on important figures in the Su Family, but Yu Xunge, who had recently been doing business with wealthy people, was worth watching too.
They would not send people to follow Yu Xunge around the clock, but if she spent a long time and considerable effort collecting mystical items, someone would definitely notice. If things with long histories or stories behind them mutated in the future, her actions would become highly suspicious.
Of course, she might still be investigated after coming to Thailand, but all the trivial tasks would be handed to the guide after she disguised herself. Yu Xunge herself would tour attractions and shop like an ordinary tourist.
Maybe Yu Xunge was overthinking things again, but she had always been cautious. She only hated that she could not think of more possibilities.
Another exhilarating battle of wits against the air~!
"Is this a camera from a horror movie?" Yu Xunge, currently disguised as a bald man, was fiddling with an utterly ordinary Polaroid. "Which horror movie?"
The guide rubbed her hands together like a fly and gave an awkward smile. "They never finished filming it, because those college students said that as they filmed, they started encountering terrifying things. They were too scared to continue, so they stopped."
Yu Xunge neither confirmed nor denied it as she set down the Polaroid and looked at the other items on the table.
A worn, bloodstained Buddha amulet. Supposedly, a woman seeking romance had obtained it and gotten married soon afterward, only to discover that her husband was a scumbag. In a fit of rage, she killed him.
A wolf fang, supposedly from a wolf that had eaten many people.
A veil once worn by a Thai princess consort hundreds of years ago.
And... a small piece of Durian Shell.
Hmm... Yu Xunge controlled her expression and pointed at the Durian Shell. "So, may I ask what twists, turns, and touching background story this has?"
She leaned closer and sniffed it. She could still smell fresh durian!!
Did this guide think her gun had no bullets?!
The guide gestured animatedly, saying that this Durian Shell was extraordinary. When picking durians, one person usually cut them from the tree while another caught them below. But this durian had not been caught and smashed into that person's forehead, killing him on the spot. The durian had not even managed to pierce his head, because his head had shattered at once.
Everyone had been busy crying, shouting, and pressing their palms together while chanting, "kuotuokuotuo." No one cared about the durian. Later, a nearby child picked up the bloodstained durian and took it home, even eating the flesh, but this small piece of Durian Shell had been preserved.
Yu Xunge said, "That child you mentioned wouldn't happen to be you, would it?"
The guide said, "Not me. My child..."
Yu Xunge said, "..."
She had been wrong. How had she thought that just because she could not outplay domestic scammers, she could outplay foreign ones?!
There were many scammers in the country, but at least they respected your intelligence. There were not only many scammers abroad, they even treated you like an idiot!
Even the gun was useless!
Tiredly, Yu Xunge waved a hand, pulled out 2,500 U.S. dollars, and placed them on the table. She swept the pile of junk into her black backpack and decided to abandon the plan. She would buy a few latex mattresses and return home.
She was tired. With this time, she might as well train properly and raid dungeons after the Game Invasion!
Less than a week after leaving the country, Yu Xunge returned to her homeland.
She still had nearly thirty million in her hands, but nowhere to spend it. That was truly troubling.
She decided to simply use all that money to buy gold. If anyone asked, she had a perfectly good excuse: she believed the future belonged to players and money would depreciate, so converting it into gold was safer.
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