Chapter 46: The Preciousness of the "Gear of Destiny"

Not to mention Yu Xunge, Yi Qiuguo and Yu Qingshan were already used to it. Every time, Yu Qingshan would produce a bottle of wine he had just bought recently, claiming that this was the fine wine his uncle had always been reluctant to drink, and since you are Xunhuan's friend, your uncle will treat you like half a son. Come on, let us three men have a drink!

The glasses and the lines never changed.

Upon entering the private room, sure enough, there sat Ye Dong, whom Yu Xunge had unilaterally seen in City B not long ago.

It was just that he looked haggard, as if he was on the verge of falling apart.

Although his eyes lit up slightly when he saw Yu Xunge, his mood quickly plummeted again. He had been having such terrible luck lately; he never won a single game, and even in dominant matches, he would lose due to various accidents. The scandal of him scamming his fans had blown up, and the people he had offended in City B had tracked him down. Even if he hid at home and did nothing, he would still end up choking on his food...

After everyone was seated, Yu Huan acted even more anxious than Ye Dong himself, directly pulling out a five-jin small gold brick and handing it to Yu Xunge: "Sister, please help my friend. He has been having the worst luck lately."

Yu Xunge did not decline either. She was worried that Yu Huan would seize the opportunity to back down without even offering a token push-and-pull routine—if she said she didn't need it, he might just take the gold brick back. Dodging Yi Qiuguo's high-frequency elbow nudges, Yu Xunge directly accepted the gold brick and cast her skill on Ye Dong.

How could someone who hung out with the male protagonist have low luck?

Yu Xunge realized immediately that Ye Dong had most likely eaten food cooked by Yu Huan and hadn't paid for it.

Other people's "dine-and-dash" meant eating without paying, but Yu Huan's "dine-and-dash" meant secretly cooking for you, terrified that you might actually pay him!

And paying her to modify Ye Dong's luck was the sweet treat Yu Huan handed to Ye Dong—providing charcoal in the snow to make Ye Dong trust and appreciate him even more.

Tsk, this routine had been used on her in her past life.

Yet, seeing with her own eyes Yu Huan scheming against the brother who had been like flesh and blood to him in their past life, Yu Xunge only felt that coming today was the right choice; she might even be able to eat an extra bowl of rice.

Yu Xunge decisively adjusted Ye Dong's luck to 10, letting him fully experience the charm of [Feeling Happy Again]. Judging by Yu Huan's current posture, Ye Dong would likely become a frequent patron of her business in the future.

Even after the game invasion, she would still rely on this skill to make money.

When opening treasure chests after defeating a boss, would she need [Feeling Happy Again]?

Although the luck values of Yu Huan, Yu Xunge, and even Su Yitong were maxed out, among the three of them, two were the male and female protagonists, while the other had grown from 8 to 10 through acquired development.

Ordinary people mostly hovered around 5. Having recently modified so many people's luck values and viewed numerous profiles through the Soros Pocket Watch, Yu Xunge noticed that even many accomplished big shots, whose names were previously only seen on television, only had a luck value of 7. That was understandable, of course, because those who could reach the pinnacle of the pyramid relied on brains, family background, emotional intelligence, and hard work, with luck merely being the icing on the cake.

However, opening treasure chests in the game had nothing to do with brains, strength, family background, or appearance; it relied purely on luck.

In her past life, the Liang family had tightly kept Liang Huang's divine-tier talent a secret and had very likely even prepared a hidden item specifically to conceal it, which was why no one had found out.

Even she had heard that the Liang family had a remarkably high chance of getting good items after every dungeon run, unlike other families. Even the Su family only had Su Yitong who could unbox good items every time. Once a dungeon started, outsiders could no longer enter, making it impossible for someone like the eldest miss to rush over and open the chest after the raid was over.

Relying on their exceptionally high unboxing rate, the Liang family developed to a point just slightly behind the Su family, and no one knew why.

It was only after being subjected to Liang Huang's intensive use of the [Fate Gear] skill and deducing the effects of his divine-tier talent from her own harrowing experiences that Yu Xunge finally sought confirmation from him when she was captured by Liang Huang. Seeing that his divine-tier talent had already been guessed by her roughly, Liang Huang admitted to it, figuring she was going to die soon anyway.

Thinking about it this way, the eldest miss of the Liang family had spared no expense to capture her, only to have the victory snatched away by the Su family in the end.

Yu Xunge had already made up her mind to use this divine-tier skill to benefit the players of City S! As long as such a skill was properly controlled, she could make four transactions a day. Successful people might not stay up late working, but players would definitely stay up late gaming!

Of course, the pricing standard still needed consideration—it couldn't be as cheap as it was now, but it shouldn't be too exorbitant either, lest it draw envy and lead to being focused down and eliminated by a collective assault.

Throughout the entire meal, Yu Xunge's mind wandered as she refined her [Fate Gear] money-making plan in her head.

At the dining table, Yu Xunge's attitude toward Ye Dong was very cold, but Ye Dong dared not say much. After all, although he hadn't yet felt the charm of 10 luck, Yu Xunge was also a player, and it was uncertain whether he might need her divine-tier talent in the future. No matter how dissatisfied he was, he would endure it, at most muttering inwardly that this woman lacked tact.

Yu Xunge didn't care about Ye Dong's thoughts either. She did want to develop Ye Dong into a client, true, but this business was sought by Ye Dong, not begged by her; she certainly wasn't short of clients.

Yu Huan felt even less that there was anything wrong with Yu Xunge's attitude. Wasn't this for the best? Yu Xunge's coldness would only serve to contrast how wonderfully good he, as a brother, was to Ye Dong.

It was already very late when they arrived home, but Yu Xunge still busied herself for another hour preparing food for the cats in the backyard.

The weather was getting colder, and the number of cats in the backyard was increasing. She simply ordered a custom pet villa to place in the backyard, put the cat beds inside, and covered the wooden house floors with heated pads. With so many cats coming along, she couldn't just watch the strong ones sleep comfortably in warm beds while the weak ones were left outside to freeze.

The faucet in the backyard had also been replaced with an induction-activated one that would release water whenever a cat walked by.

Beyond that, she really couldn't do any more, yep.

Yu Xunge squatted by the floor-to-ceiling window between the backyard and the villa, wagging her finger at a calico cat outside that kept patting the glass door with its paw pad in an attempt to enter: "Don't even think about it."

——"Meow~"

"Impossible."

She turned around and left with a cold expression.

For the past few days, Yu Xunge had been renovating the cat backyard. She bought some cat toys and cat climbing frames, and installed a retractable canopy above it to block the rain on rainy days and let the sun through without hindering the cats from sunbathing.

She attributed all her actions to the fear that the cat beds wouldn't mutate properly, which was why she was so enthusiastic and proactive—she was definitely not conquered by the cats.

While busy, she pondered the pricing issue of [Fate Gear] after the game invasion. The more she thought about it, the more she felt her persecution mania was acting up; the more she analyzed the [Fate Gear] skill, the more she felt its danger level was no inferior to [Roleplay].

It was only reasonable that a divine-tier talent capable of modifying luck values and swapping attribute items was rated as B.