After dinner, Li Su pulled Li Zun to sit in the living room and said in a low voice, “Dad, I need to tell you something. Just cooperate with me for a moment.”
Li Zun looked confused and hadn’t even had time to ask when Li Su activated her skill: [My Things, I Do What I Want With Them].
This was her awakened exclusive ability—it allowed her to transfer the abilities she obtained to others. The higher the level of trust, the more complete the transferred power would be.
In an instant, she transferred both [Grasshopper Jumping Ability] and [Perception Ability] to Li Zun.
“Dad, try standing up and jumping.”
Li Zun, almost fifty years old, was completely stunned, staring at his daughter with a question mark on his face.
The whole family gathered around. Li You leaned against the sofa with an openly mocking smile. “At your age… you’re still jumping?”
Li Zun shot him a glare. “You little brat, asking for a beating!”
After scolding his son, he scratched his head and looked at Li Su helplessly. “Sweetie, don’t joke with your dad. At my age, how am I supposed to jump?”
“It’s fine, Dad. Just try it.”
Under his daughter’s insistence—and his eldest son’s obvious ridicule—Li Zun reluctantly stood up and casually jumped forward.
The next second, his body shot forward like a swallow in flight.
By the time he reacted, he was already standing steadily at the entrance hallway.
The living room and entrance of the villa were separated by a corridor—at least ten meters apart.
The entire room fell into dead silence.
Everyone stared at Li Zun’s back in shock, unable to speak.
Li You was the first to recover. His finger trembled as he pointed. “Midnight Phantom… has appeared?!”
Yang Wen rolled her eyes at her son, then grabbed Li Su’s hand, eyes shining. “This is an ability, right? I’ve been reading apocalypse novels—I knew abilities would appear! Su Su, did you do this?”
Li Su paused slightly.
The power of the “ability taker” had been her secret in her previous life. Now facing her family, she still chose to describe it vaguely.
“Yes. I can transfer animal abilities to people.”
She avoided the word steal, and only said transfer.
Li You’s eyes widened instantly. He dashed upstairs and came back with a metal cage. Inside were six geckos curled up, along with boxes of spiders and grasshoppers—all their prey.
Li Yang also ran over carrying a small fish tank, a tiny goldfish inside blinking at her with round eyes.
Li Su: “……”
Fine. Family-wide power upgrade it is.
She transferred everything she had collected:
[Water Breathing (10 minutes)] [Efficient Swimming: I am a happy little fish] [Grasshopper Jump Power] [Perception Ability] [Spider Silk] [Gecko Climbing Ability] [Gecko Camouflage]
Except for cat hearing and the “golden left hand,” she gave every ability out.
“I have perception now?”
Li You clenched his fist, full of energy. “I can feel there’s absolutely no danger around us!”
Ning Zhenzhen excitedly gestured. “Water breathing? I can really swim like a fish? I want to try it now!”
Yang Wen and Li Zun were relatively calm due to their age, though Yang Wen still looked pleasantly surprised. Li Zun acted as if it was nothing, not overly emotional.
But one reaction puzzled Li Su.
Even adults like her brother and sister-in-law were excited, yet five-year-old Li Yang remained unusually quiet. After gaining abilities, he neither showed curiosity nor excitement—just sat silently on the sofa watching everyone.
Strange. He seemed much quieter than before… less childish, more reserved.
While she was thinking about this, Yang Wen suddenly said casually, “There are still a few soft-shell turtles in the storage room.”
Li Su: “……”
Fine. Turtle defense ability—added.
And just like that, overnight, the entire Li family unlocked abilities.
That night, Li Su, using her cat hearing, overheard her parents whispering:
“With this, we don’t have to worry about supervising the mine anymore… I can just climb to the top at night and check everything. No one will notice…”
Li Su couldn’t help but smile.
She slept peacefully.
The next morning, everyone went about their duties.
Ning Zhenzhen stayed home to guard supplies, while even Yang Wen joined the shopping team.
There were only 12 days left until the apocalypse.
And today, Li Su was going to attend Lin Tianrou’s engagement banquet.
Or rather—she was going to watch a carefully prepared joke unfold, and see how Lin Tianrou would react when she discovered all her “treasures” had been stolen.
She put on a striking full face of makeup, chose the flashiest luxury car in the garage, and even brought Li Yang with her.
Since they hated this child the most, she would bring him along on purpose—to disgust them.
Lin Tianrou said ten o’clock.
Li Su didn’t take it seriously and deliberately arrived at twelve.
She glanced at her phone. Chen Miao had sent a message an hour earlier:
“Su Su, everyone is waiting for you at the entrance. Not sure why they won’t go in first.”
Li Su smiled.
Of course they wouldn’t go in. Lin Tianrou was really patient—she wanted to wait for her arrival so she could enjoy her reaction.
On the surface, it looked like respect.
In reality, it was anticipation—waiting to savor her humiliation.
Too bad. This time, she would be disappointed.
At the entrance, Li Su immediately met Lin Tianrou’s dark, stormy expression.
What was supposed to be Li Su being mocked for being late had turned into them waiting over an hour, already frustrated to the limit.
“You’re late, Su Su. Traffic?” Lin Tianrou said meaningfully. “But at this time… it shouldn’t be rush hour.”
Wu Xiaomei snorted. “She did it on purpose. Tianrou kindly invited her, and she still acts so superior.”
Li Su didn’t even glance at her. She just smiled faintly, eyes like she was looking at prey delivered to her doorstep.
So you unlocked spatial ability? What did you store? Is it even worth anything?
Beside her, Li Yang mirrored her faint smile, cold-eyed. Mother and son stood together, completely unfazed.
Chen Miao silently kept observing like a little spy.
Forcing down her anger, Lin Tianrou smiled generously. “It’s fine, let’s go in. We even kept the door closed waiting for you.”
She had already planned it—once Li Su saw the gold, jewelry, and lavish setup inside, she would surely go mad with jealousy.
But Li Su only smiled.
Because she already knew—
The moment the door opened, everything would change.
Lin Tianrou pushed the door open herself, raising her voice proudly:
“Su Su, look, this is all what Jianchen prepared for me—”
And then—
“AHHHH—!!!”
A piercing scream tore through the air.