Chapter 38: From S-Class to Dumbass

After Yu Xunge wished the couple a happy marriage, she proposed to leave. Su Yitong not only personally saw her to the door but also arranged for the Su family’s driver to take her home, clearly satisfied with the wedding gift and appreciative of Yu Xunge’s tact.

The next day, to everyone’s surprise, Yu Xunge was invited by Su Yitong to a new villa on the Su family estate. It turned out to be the bridal home for her and Yu Xunhuan. She had previously assumed it was for other members of the Su family, never imagining it had been prepared specifically for them.

Upon entering, she noticed a faint blue light glowing beneath her feet. She also caught a whiff of revealing potion, though she couldn't spot any mist, suggesting the security had been fully upgraded with modern technology.

Su Yitong explained, "Oh, don't worry about it. It’s just pressure-sensitive; it's harmless."

Yu Xunge understood. She had spent all of September in Hong Kong collecting weapons and hadn't visited the Su estate in a while. She suspected the main building was likely layered with similar measures, and the Liang family had surely developed their own countermeasures by now. She immediately decided to avoid both the Su and Liang family estates for the foreseeable future. After all, if there was detection equipment, there would naturally be corresponding capture mechanisms.

After touring the bridal home, Yu Xunge stayed for a meal before departing. It was clear just how much Su Yitong had enjoyed that gift.

Before leaving, Yu Xunge said to Su Yitong, "On the day you come to pick up the bride, I will use my talent to boost your luck to the maximum! Don't worry!"

That statement caused Su Yitong’s expression to stiffen for a moment. Her luck had once been at the maximum of 10, but it had mysteriously dropped to 8. At the time, she had suspected everyone, even going so far as to probe Yu Xunge at the Yu residence to see if she was a player with some kind of curse-based divine talent.

However, she quickly regained her composure. With a wave of her hand, she had the driver take Yu Xunge home, adding another car behind them filled with gifts.

That evening, when Yu Xunge went to the Yu villa for dinner, she showered Su Yitong with praise.

In the past, Yu Xunhuan would have inevitably demanded she use that skill on him, regardless of the awkward position it would put Yu Xunge in with Su Yitong. But currently, Yu Xunhuan had not yet recovered from the shock of his divine talent plummeting from SS-rank to SB-rank; the fact that he was even forcing himself to attend the wedding rehearsal was a testament to his resilience.

Yu Qingshan ate his meal in small bites, his mind clearly wandering elsewhere, looking as if his soul had left his body.

Although Yi Qiuguo knew there were treasures in the house, Yu Qingshan had only taken her to see them once. She didn't know their exact value, so while she felt a pang of heartache, the blow wasn't devastating. She was a simple woman; as long as her husband, son, and daughter were well, she felt her life was happy.

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

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

Yu Xunge and Yu Qingshan, along with other collateral relatives of the Yu family brought in to bolster their presence, blocked the Su family’s path. After some lighthearted teasing, they let them through.

After using the "Gear of Fate," one could choose whether or not to hide the target's luck value. While one might hide it during illicit activities, boosting someone’s luck to the maximum was something worth showing off!

Besides, Yu Xunge had no intention of causing trouble on such a day. As the protagonists, even if Su Yitong and Yu Xunhuan’s luck dropped to 1, they wouldn't be particularly unfortunate. Take Yu Xunhuan, for example: even with a luck value of 1, a legendary marksman could fire seven shots at him and miss every single one, eventually having to cut his own losses. It was simply unreasonable.

The wedding banquet had many more guests than the last one. She even spotted Liang Yuchuan, wearing a long black glove covering her right arm up to the mid-bicep—likely concealing a prosthetic, otherwise there would be no need for such an accessory.

Liang Yuchuan’s eyes scanned Su Yitong with cold scrutiny.

Game methods were endless. Although she had been blinded by hatred at the time and had quickly identified those eyes as belonging to the youngest daughter of the Su family's third branch, a great family didn't act on impulse. After Liang Yuchuan and the rest of the Liang family sat down to deliberate, they all felt something was off.

Setting aside the fact that there was no blood feud between the Su and Liang families—only minor business frictions—it wasn't worth such a vendetta. Even if Liang Yuchuan had offended Su Yitong, why would Su Yitong bother doing it herself?

Taking a step back, even if Su Yitong was bored enough to do something big, she didn't know Liang Yuchuan’s abilities. Why would she just cut off her arm and show mercy by leaving her alive? And why lock eyes with her afterward? One would have to be heavily intoxicated to act so erratically.

Yet, reason aside, Liang Yuchuan couldn't forget those eyes, even when she closed her own.

The Liang family still attended today, not just to maintain a facade of peace. The head of the Liang family, Liang Yuchuan’s uncle, planned to investigate for a while longer. If they still couldn't find the culprit, they would find an opportunity to have a serious talk with the head of the Su family.

Yu Xunge’s gaze only swept over Liang Yuchuan briefly, as if she were merely a curious guest. She focused on her food, laughing and applauding when appropriate, playing the role of a plain, unremarkable relative of the son-in-law. Even though her maximum charm caused people to steal glances at her from time to time, she remained quiet and kept a low profile.

Then... this unremarkable relative of the son-in-law used the scouting skill of her pocket watch to pick the pockets of thirty-seven players at the banquet.

These were all "acquaintances" from her previous life.

The more she stole, the angrier she became. Almost every single one of them had crossed her in the past. She used to wonder if she was just inherently prone to attracting trouble, but now she understood: it was because Yu Xunhuan had been using her as a "tank" to draw aggro and stand at the front lines during monster hunts.

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, Yu Xunge tactfully took Yu Qingshan and Yi Qiuguo home, skipping the "teasing the bridal chamber" ritual. If the Su family did it, it was a display of close family ties; if the Yu family did it, it would be an overstep. They were better off not getting involved.

As they were in-laws, the Su family still sent a driver to take them home. On the way, Yu Qingshan, who had been forcing a smile all day, finally let his guard down. He leaned against the back seat, looking out the window in a melancholy daze.

Yu Xunge asked a few questions, but Yu Qingshan remained silent, so she "considerately" stopped prying.

Back at her villa, Yu Xunge prepared a few extra dishes for the Meow Hostel in the backyard. Ever since she obtained the "God of Cooking" talent, she had developed a strange obsessive-compulsive disorder when cooking: she felt irritable if the vegetables weren't chopped perfectly, restless if the heat wasn't just right, and felt like a failure if the dishes received a low rating.