Chapter 43: Little Silver Coin Is Back Again

As for why Yu Xunge knew this so clearly, it was because that piece of clothing, after taking a roundabout journey, ended up in her hands two years later in a most dramatic fashion.

When she first fled and was being hunted down for the first time, she killed a pursuer. While searching the man for gear, she discovered this garment and also found her own name left behind in the inner back collar.

That was her very first time acting in a drama. Even though this piece of clothing had no distinctive features—at best, one could only say the quality was decent, considering the female lead had to wear it for several months—and even though she was no big star, she still held onto her aspirations for the future, embroidering her own name with black thread onto the back collar of the black garment...

Originally, she hadn't planned to look for that piece of clothing in this lifetime. After all, she hadn't been "canceled" by internet trolls; she had retired with dignity, so that fan shouldn't have been heartbroken enough to un-stan and sell her clothes, right? Her direct retirement was already cold enough; surely she wouldn't go as far as snatching an opportunity out of her own fan's hands.

Unexpectedly, on a rare day when she was browsing on her phone, as luck would have it, the algorithm pushed that person's clothes-selling video right to her. There were just a few pictures: the first was a photo of herself eating in a restaurant after training, and the following ones were of the clothing. The poster claimed that she had run out of living expenses recently and wanted to sell the scenes she had bought back for twenty thousand yuan, which were the costumes Yu Xunge had worn when she filmed XX.

Yu Xunge immediately used her main account to send a private message, saying that although she had retired, she deeply missed the past, blah, blah, blah. After playing the emotional card, she played the God of Wealth card, expressing her willingness to spend fifty thousand yuan to buy the costume.

Whether out of guilt or the nervousness of a fan whose un-stanning had been discovered by the actual celebrity, the fan actually went back on her word and said she was no longer selling it.

Yu Xunge added another God of Wealth card: "One hundred thousand."

"Sister, I'm so sorry. I was just in such desperate need of money that I wanted to sell it. It's not that I don't like you anymore."

"One hundred and fifty thousand, baby, sister really misses it very much."

Whether it was the sheer power of the God of Wealth card or that single term of endearment, the other party decided to quit while she was ahead.

Early this morning, Yu Xunge had personally driven to bring that piece of clothing back home!

Then, after washing and sterilizing it, she hung it in her walk-in closet—a completely black, modified Hanfu. It wasn't overly cumbersome, consisting just of a black outer robe and a wide belt. An actor could still wear their own clothes underneath; slipping on this long robe and tying the belt instantly transformed them into work-ready attire.

Ah, the little blue outfit!

The little blue outfit that had accompanied her through a whole year of fleeing!

After all those twists and turns, it was still you.

She had half a mind to find a good tailor to embroider some subtle hidden patterns onto the garment—who knew, maybe it could go up a tier when the mutation happened? But after thinking about it, she gave up. It was better to play it safe. What if, precisely because of this tiny alteration of hers, the clothing lost its ability to mutate?

Ever since Yu Xunge started making money again, pulling in one million per gig, her family members grew green with envy once more.

Happy Autumn Fruit asked her to hand over some cash to spend, and Depressed Qingshan also asked her to hand over some cash to spend.

Yu Xunge tagged Yu Xunhuan.

[Yu Xunge]: @Yu Xunhuan All the money I make comes from your wife. Can't your divine bestowal skill make any money?

With a single sentence, she almost drove Yu Xunhuan into depression all over again.

His divine bestowal talent... Never mind, better not to talk about it.

[Yu Xunge]: I still have major uses for the money. I'm planning to buy some weapons. @Happy Autumn Fruit @Depressed Qingshan Do you guys want any?

[Happy Autumn Fruit]: That bed... can we really not buy it?

[Depressed Qingshan]: What on earth do you mean?

[Happy Autumn Fruit]: I'm just asking.

[Depressed Qingshan]: @Yu Xunge Are there any gaming weapons?

[Yu Xunge]: None. I've never even seen any. Who sells this kind of stuff? @Yu Xunhuan Have you ever seen any in the Su family?

[Yu Xunhuan]: Seen them, but it's never my turn to get them.

The topic instantly veered off into the game.

A few days later, Yu Xunhuan announced in the group chat that Su Yitong was away on a business trip, so he was going back to stay at his maternal family's home for a few days.

[Yu Xunhuan]: @Yu Xunge Come over to my house for dinner tonight.

Heh, the little silver-tongued schemer is at it, huh?! Is this supposed to be just dinner?

Yu Xunge immediately switched out of the chat app and booked a flight to Thailand!

Not long after Yu Xunhuan sent that message, Yu Xunge posted her location at the airport.

[Yu Xunge]: [Location Information]

[Yu Xunge]: You mentioned it too late. I've already planned to go to Thailand to check if there are any interesting things over there. We'll talk when I get back. I'll bring you guys gifts~

Then she turned off her phone.

Yu Xunhuan stood in the kitchen with a dark expression. He didn't want to do this either, but he simply couldn't think of any way to break the deadlock.

After the third closed beta test, Su Yitong had asked him whether he had become a player. How could he possibly admit that he wasn't a player? The difference between being a player and not being one was simply too huge. He worried that Su Yitong would look down on him even more. And the moment he stated that he had indeed participated in the game's closed beta, Su Yitong's very next question was to ask what divine bestowal talent he had drawn.

In truth, ever since everyone learned that every person possessed a divine bestowal talent, people generally avoided asking others what their divine bestowal talent was, unless it was required for cooperation or job hunting, or unless the other person volunteered the information.

This was a rule that even the most emotionally unintelligent people automatically understood and observed.

Even when Yu Xunge had proactively confessed her divine bestowal talent to Yu Xunhuan and the others back then, Yu Xunhuan hadn't had the nerve to press further and ask whether Yu Xunge's talent possessed any other skills besides altering someone's luck value.

Asking once could be seen as intimacy, but asking again felt like prying into someone else's privacy and bottom cards.

However, Su Yitong had no such reservations. She wouldn't ask her friends about their divine bestowal talents, but Yu Xunhuan was her husband, her possession; of course she had the right to know.

Just like how the Su family members, after having their employees participate in the closed beta, would interrogate them one by one about their divine bestowal talents—natural, and entirely self-righteous.

Yu Xunhuan naturally understood the implications wrapped within this.

He would bet that even if Su Yitong looked down on the Yu family as in-laws, she would never dare to ask Yu Xunge about her divine bestowal talent; yet she could ask him directly and bluntly, because in Su Yitong's eyes, she had the right to control everything about him.

At that time, Yu Xunhuan didn't show the slightest displeasure on his face; instead, he let out a bitter laugh, saying that he had drawn a very good talent, but it had been sealed.

Then, under Su Yitong's continued questioning, Yu Xunhuan claimed that he had drawn an SS-rank divine bestowal talent, except that after emerging from the game, several of its skills had turned gray. He selectively mentioned a few skills that could no longer be used. Su Yitong didn't say whether she believed him or not, but her expression unquestionably carried a bit more gravity.

Under the pressure of potentially displeasing Su Yitong, Yu Xunhuan hadn't dared to reveal what the effect of his currently only usable talent skill was. Instead, he hurriedly changed the subject, bringing up the professional skills he had acquired, promising to craft jewelry and potions for Su Yitong in the future, and finally pivoting the conversation to talk about Yu Xunge's talent skill.

So if not for him! How would Yu Xunge have had the opportunity to make so much money!

Too bad, she actually ran away so fast...