Two hours later.
The silhouette of the Tianquan Villa district appeared within the curtain of rain.
Wen Xi, clad in her raincoat, crouched outside the double-story villa belonging to Fu Ruoyao. Black ice pattered and splashed against the protective barrier formed by the raincoat, creating an effect like frosted glass.
The game radar popped up a notification in sync:
【Hostile targets detected x3】 【Distance: 182 meters】 【Danger Level: D (Can be easily eliminated)】 【Danger Level: D (Can be easily eliminated)】 【Danger Level: D (Can be easily eliminated)】
“Ninini!”
The little soldier poked its head out of the raincoat pocket, only to be pushed back down by Wen Xi’s fingertip.
“Don’t be impatient.”
She opened the system on her phone and browsed the micro-cameras on the shopping app, unable to help but frown.
“I didn’t realize there were so many types of pinhole cameras—hidden in pens, brooms, lawns… waterproof, fireproof, ultra-long battery life, independent signals… are these things even legal?”
Never mind, she was in no position to investigate. After all, what she was doing right now was not exactly legal either.
Wen Xi selected several models of pinhole cameras that offered the longest battery life, the best signal, and night vision.
She placed an order for ten at once.
A white light flashed, and several micro-devices appeared in her palm.
Each was no larger than a grain of rice, equipped with strong adhesive, and gleaming coldly in the night.
Wen Xi tested the quality of one first, then manually removed all the red light indicators to ensure complete stealth before connecting them to her phone.
“Come.”
Wen Xi beckoned the little soldier over and stuck the ten cameras onto its back.
“Three go on their external air conditioning units, the back door frame, and the balcony window sill—ensure I have a view of the courtyard.
“The other seven are to be installed inside their house. Master bedroom, guest bedroom, living room—these important rooms are a must. You decide on the other three. Do you understand, soldier?”
“Ninini!”
The little soldier looked solemn, gave a crooked salute, and disappeared into the rain carrying the equipment.
Wen Xi did not idle. She took the fertilizer spreader out of her inventory and found an angle aimed at the pool in the villa’s backyard.
She selected the fertilizer type: Pure natural cow manure.
Once that was set, Wen Xi sat cross-legged, relying on the raincoat to keep her clothes dry.
She opened the monitoring feed on her phone, watching the little soldier’s heavy-duty cross-country journey from its first-person perspective to ensure they were installed correctly.
Twenty minutes later, the surveillance feeds began to transmit back to her phone one by one.
【External A/C monitor in position】 【Living room monitor in position】 【Master bedroom monitor in position】 …… 【Living room monitor… static… in position】
Soon, all ten pinhole cameras were in place.
Wen Xi clicked on the master bedroom feed.
Fu Ruoyao was lying sprawled out on the bed sleeping, surrounded by countless BJD dolls and plush toys; at a glance, she looked like a pampered treasure.
A leftover durian shell sat on the nightstand.
Fu Zhishan and Ren Jiahe were sleeping in the master bedroom as well, all of them resting peacefully.
It seemed this villa provided them with unparalleled security—at least they lacked the frantic, desperate flight for survival she remembered from her past life.
“Living so comfortably, are we?”
Wen Xi sneered.
She pressed the start button on the fertilizer spreader.
The machine let out a dull roar, and the black, viscous liquid manure was guided by an invisible force, tracing a parabolic arc over the wall—
“Splash!”
The first wave of manure rained down precisely onto the large pool in the backyard.
On the monitor, the fishing platform by the pool was instantly stained a sickening, excrement yellow. The liquid began to spread along the edge of the lake, growing thicker with every continuous blast of dung.
Wen Xi adjusted the direction of the spreader, aiming at the lawn in the yard.
Some of it even splattered against the floor-to-ceiling windows of the bedroom.
Through the monitor, she could see Fu Ruoyao bolt up from the bed. Her nose twitched, her expression shifted drastically, and she rushed to the balcony.
“It stinks! Ahhh! What is this stuff outside?! Mom! Dad! Come out and look at this!”
Wen Xi laughed until her shoulders shook, taking a screenshot of Fu Ruoyao’s contorted expression.
In the surveillance feed, a half-asleep Fu Zhishan grabbed a golf club and rushed to the backyard, only to slip the moment he pushed the door open, landing flat on his behind in the muck.
“Squish!”
Wen Xi wiped away tears of laughter, feeling immensely satisfied. “If Heaven won’t bring you retribution, then this ‘Attack of the Dung’ will serve justice to punish you.”
The fertilizer spreader suddenly beeped with a warning.
Wen Xi glanced down; the remaining battery was only at 10%.
She decisively pulled the power cord and retracted the machine back into her inventory.
Once the natural cow manure flowed all over the villa, the stench would linger for days—it would be impossible to forget!
“I can’t get in right now, and I can’t kill you yet, but I won’t let you be comfortable either,” Wen Xi rose, suppressing her hostility. “New neighbors, enjoy your housewarming gift. We have a long road ahead of us.”
She turned to leave.
【Beep! Friendly reminder: Upgrade mission released!】
The upgrade mission suddenly popped up before her eyes.
Wen Xi paused and tapped the main interface of her phone panel.
【Beep! Upgrade mission: Complete any of the following tasks:
Eliminate 3 hostile targets (Current progress 0/3)
Collect a new high-level conceptual supernatural item (Current progress 0/1)】
Three hostile targets? Wasn’t that just Fu Ruoyao’s family?!
Wen Xi wasn’t even surprised by the “either-or” nature of the mission. She glared at the villa, feeling that this method of simply causing discomfort without inflicting real pain was no longer enough.
Kill… she had to kill!
She took a deep breath.
Wen Xi suppressed her urges and turned toward the temporary shelter she had already selected.
Less than eight hundred meters in a straight line from the Fu family villa was a shopping center that had never been completed. Its steel skeleton was exposed, like a flayed giant looking down at its enemies.
Wen Xi climbed the unfinished stairs and stopped on a fourth-floor platform with an expansive view.
As long as she stood up and walked a few steps forward, she could clearly see every entrance and exit of the Fu family villa without being easily discovered from the other side.
They had truly become “neighbors” in a sense.
Wen Xi took a deep breath, stifling the killing intent in her heart, found a suitable corner, set up her tent, and organized her things. She opened her food delivery app.
“Let me see… charcoal-grilled lamb chops, cream of mushroom soup, tiramisu, and two boxes of cherries—”
【Warning: Daily shopping limit reached (5000/5000)】 【Shopping limit cannot be increased via check-in tasks. Please level up to Lv.3 to unlock a new limit.】
A scarlet window popped up. Wen Xi’s fingertip hovered over “Pay Now.”
She narrowed her eyes, repeatedly exiting and re-entering, but the interface remained frozen on the warning page.
The picture of the last box of cherries turned gray, as if splashed with dirty water.
“This is practically urging me to hurry up and take my revenge.”
Wen Xi gave up on the cherries, ordered the charcoal-grilled lamb chops, cream of mushroom soup, and tiramisu, then opened the surveillance feed on her phone.
She decided to watch the misery of her enemies while she ate.
The Fu villa was lit up, with streaks of manure hanging on the railings, glistening with a bizarre, oily sheen in the night.
For a moment, Wen Xi wondered if she was becoming a psychopath or if she was already twisted for not feeling disgusted by such a scene.
Instead, she felt a sense of relief.
On the screen, the three of them were busy as could be, with Fu Ruoyao stomping her feet in rage.
“Ahhhhh, how could this happen! How could this happen?!”
“It’s fine, it’s fine! Someone must be jealous of our family! That’s why they’d do something like this!”
“That’s right, Yaoyao. Although… gag… although this is disgusting, as long as you upgrade the villa, you can unlock the one-click cleaning function. It’ll be better soon.”
“Your father is right. The other party must not be able to get in, which is why they’re resorting to such low-life tactics. We need to maintain control over the villa. As long as we hold the ‘invincible villa’ in our hands, our family is invincible!”
“But the villa is such a mess! What if that person comes over in a couple of days!”
Fu Ruoyao grabbed at her hair and shouted in a breakdown:
“If it weren’t for that person’s reminder, we wouldn’t have gotten the villa at all! What if they come here, see this state, and abandon us!”
That person?!
Wen Xi sat up straight, her brows knitting together tightly.