“That person of importance said they were coming?!”
Fu Zhishan’s expression was one of shock, laced with a hint of nervousness and unease.
“Why else would I be this anxious! If that person comes and sees this scene, will they give up on us?”
Fu Ruoyao snapped at Fu Zhishan.
“Then why didn’t you tell Mom and Dad sooner!” Fu Zhishan was also angry.
“I only found out tonight, and you two were already asleep. I thought I’d tell you in the morning when you woke up! Is it my fault for not wanting to disturb your sleep?!” Fu Ruoyao raised her voice even louder.
“Alright, alright!”
Ren Jiahe intervened to stop their bickering, remaining rational. “In that case, this environment is indeed terrible, and the villa doesn’t have a cleaning function. How about you go to sleep, Yaoyao? Dad and Mom will hurry up and get this cleaned up.”
“Don’t worry, we’ll definitely clean it up before that big shot arrives; your father and I know what’s at stake. If it weren’t for that person of importance, our family would probably be dead by now—where would we even have a villa to live in!”
She finished speaking gently, then pushed Fu Ruoyao toward the house. “Go on in, go on in. Your father and I will take care of these things.”
Fu Ruoyao snorted in defiance, shot a look of disgust at the villa, and turned to head inside.
Only the two of them remained outside to start working, but Ren Jiahe left after not much time, leaving Fu Zhishan alone to labor through the night.
Not only was he filled with resentment, but he also kept grumbling under his breath.
“Damn that little bastard with no father for pulling such a stunt. If this affects our family’s future promotion and fortune, I’ll dig three feet under to find it and kill it!”
“Truly spoiling our family’s good feng shui, the lowly wretch…”
“Once my daughter successfully catches that big shot’s eye and becomes their student, I’ll personally skin the culprit alive! I’ll kill their entire family!”
The entire family—the people that included were not few.
Wen Xi suppressed a cold sneer, kept her eyes down on the monitor, and silently clenched her fists.
It was quite a coincidence; how fortunate that she saw this and heard all of this!
She had already started thinking of the many things that didn’t add up.
The most obvious one—
Was why Fu Ruoyao’s family possessed a villa as an supernatural item.
One had to know that in order to activate an supernatural item, one had to pay for a new item in full with cash.
Since they actually obtained it, it meant this family had really gone insane and paid for a villa with cash in full.
But the price of a villa was not a small sum. In an age where bank transfers were possible, why use a massive amount of cash to purchase it?
Even if they were seeking a sense of ceremony, there was no need to pay the entire amount in cash; they could have just used cash for a portion of the payment and taken photos for record-keeping…
So that was it.
So that was it!
Someone really had warned this family! And they had warned them before the apocalypse arrived!
“How is this possible… is it possible that there is really someone else who, like me, has been reborn?”
Wen Xi gritted her teeth, a chill running down her spine at the very thought.
Why would this person who was reborn choose Fu Ruoyao, and would that person come after her because of Fu Ruoyao?
At the same time, an even stronger surge of anger welled up in Wen Xi’s heart.
Why?
Why must someone always jump out to stop her revenge!
If it weren’t for this so-called “person of importance,” this family would have already been ghosts under her blade!
“It doesn’t matter, stay calm. At least I’ve discovered the biggest secret of the Fu family—they really do have a backer…”
Wen Xi comforted herself, then tugged hard at her hair, as if forcing herself to stay calm.
“But if I don’t get rid of this backer, it will be very troublesome later! I must see them in three days; I must know who they are!”
She took a deep breath.
Wen Xi forced herself to shift her focus.
She needed to level up, to keep leveling up.
Since she couldn’t kill those three people right now, she had to find a high-level “conceptual” supernatural item. It was a pity…
It was clear that if the protection of the villa were gone, those three D-level enemies would be incredibly easy to kill!
But! But how could she destroy this damn villa’s defense?!
Other than killing the owner or them voluntarily giving it up, was there another way? For example, another supernatural item…
A flash of inspiration suddenly struck Wen Xi.
“Ninini?”
Sensing that Wen Xi’s mood was off, the little soldier tilted its head to look at her.
“Quiet.”
Wen Xi turned off the monitor, closed her eyes, and unconsciously rubbed the bandage on her knife handle.
She was remembering.
She was trying to capture that spark of inspiration.
The comprehensive list of supernatural items she had browsed on forums in her previous life slowly surfaced in her mind—
【I heard there is a seal in the museum in the eastern part of the city. As long as you personally stamp it, you can make a supernatural item change owners! Even if you don’t stamp it yourself, it works if you make the owner of the seal touch it after stamping…】
【Is that for real?】
【It’s true. I heard an organization rose to power just because of it…】
“Ah, I remember.”
Wen Xi whispered to herself, the corner of her mouth curling into a cold smirk.
She opened the map on her phone and searched for the Eastern City Museum.
It was ten kilometers away from the Tianquan Villa district. There were no buses, she didn’t know how to drive, and it would take at least an hour to walk through the black rain.
“I have a tough battle to fight tonight.” Wen Xi stood up, her inner person-of-action taking over. “I need to go to someone else’s place to retrieve something.”
As she finished speaking, a green light flashed on her shoelaces—
In the blink of an eye, she was downstairs, appearing outside the construction site fence.
The street was deserted, and the streetlights had long since gone out. Wen Xi continued to avoid the main thoroughfares, choosing to travel through small alleys. The teleportation ability of her shoelaces allowed her to easily scale walls and barricades.
An hour later, Wen Xi stopped two blocks away from the museum.
The freezing rain at night seemed to be getting denser, with ice needles piling up on the ground into eerie, black snowdrifts.