The villa was brightly lit.
An elegant European-style long table was covered with a pure white tablecloth. Candlelight flickered softly, and the aroma of red wine filled the air.
In the kitchen, a Michelin-star chef hired specifically for the occasion had already prepared the final dinner.
Steaks sizzling with oil, Boston lobsters piled like a mountain—rich aromas filled the room and the dishes looked exquisite and tempting.
Dai Ya completely acted like the mistress of the villa, enthusiastically arranging seating for everyone.
“Chairman Pei, Madam Pei, please take the seats of honor.”
“Yanzhi, you should sit next to your parents.”
Then came the Pei family’s uncles and elders, and the Wan family—everything was arranged neatly.
When everyone had taken their seats, only one position remained at the very end of the table.
Dai Ya glanced at Lin Lu and said hypocritically,
“Oh dear, Xiaolu, you’ll have to sit there.”
“It’s closer to the kitchen anyway—convenient for serving dishes or helping out.”
She hadn’t forgotten the four thousand yuan Lin Lu had tricked her out of a few days ago.
Even if she couldn’t openly fall out with her yet, she could still make things unpleasant.
Dai Ya felt quite satisfied.
Once the apocalypse truly arrived, that girl would be nothing.
But Lin Lu didn’t care at all. She pulled out the chair and sat down.
In fact, she almost wanted to laugh.
Go ahead. Fight over it.
Eat well now—starve harder later.
Originally, her plan had been to slip something into the food, knock everyone out with sedatives, and then leisurely empty the entire villa of supplies.
But unfortunately, Pei Yanzhi was extremely cautious about his life.
Not only had he brought a private medical team, but they were on standby the entire time.
With professional doctors present, any suspicious action from her would be immediately detected.
Moreover, bodyguards stood all around the dining area—tall, muscular men with bulging waists, clearly armed.
If it came to a direct confrontation, she would definitely suffer losses.
So, she had to use a smarter approach.
The current problem was how to find an excuse to leave the table and quietly retrieve all the supplies upstairs into her space.
As she was thinking, the atmosphere at the table had already become lively.
Everyone raised their glasses, flattering each other.
“Old Pei, you’re truly blessed to have raised such an outstanding son like Yanzhi!”
“Oh please, your daughter is also quite good.”
“I can tell Yinyin is destined for wealth—she’s very lucky for her husband!”
Dai Ya smiled so widely she couldn’t close her mouth.
“Our Yinyin is very considerate.”
“During Yanzhi’s hospital stay, she was the one taking care of him the whole time.”
She said this deliberately, glancing meaningfully at Lin Lu.
The implication was obvious—Lin Lu, the official fiancée, had been nowhere to be seen and had failed her duties completely.
Wan Yinyin looked at the isolated Lin Lu with growing pride.
She put down her glass and tugged coquettishly at Pei Yanzhi’s sleeve.
“Brother Yanzhi, I cleaned up the best room for Aunt Pei to stay in.”
“Now I don’t even have a place to sleep.”
Pei Yanzhi paused while cutting his steak and asked gently,
“Then what should we do?”
Wan Yinyin looked pitifully at Lin Lu.
“Sister, could you… tidy up your grandmother’s room and let me stay there?”
“There are so many old things inside—it’s messy and dirty.”
“But you didn’t let me touch it before, so now I can only trouble you!”
As soon as she said this, the dining table fell silent for a moment.
This was blatant revenge—she hadn’t forgotten the slap she received two days ago!
Now that Pei Yanzhi and the bodyguards were present, she intended to trample Lin Lu’s dignity in front of everyone.
Lin Lu paused slightly and looked up directly at Pei Yanzhi.
However, Pei Yanzhi only hesitated for a moment before saying,
“Lulu, what Yinyin said makes sense.”
“You’re the older one. You should be more accommodating.”
“Go help her tidy up and make the room available for her.”
His tone was gentle, but the words were like knives.
He clearly knew how important Lin Lu’s grandmother was to her, yet he still told her to clean out her grandmother’s room for Wan Yinyin.
And he said it as if it were perfectly justified.
After all, compared to his precious Wan Yinyin, what did Lin Lu’s feelings matter?
The atmosphere at the table became subtly strange.
Everyone watched Lin Lu as if enjoying a show.
Seeing that she didn’t move, Pei Yanzhi’s mother placed her glass down and spoke slowly.
“Xiaolu, when our Pei family chooses a daughter-in-law, the most important thing is obedience.”
“Once you marry into the family, you must always put Yanzhi first.”
“I hope you understand what I mean.”
Her tone was condescending, like a lecture from above.
In her eyes, Lin Lu was simply someone lucky to be marrying into the Pei family.
A few drunk uncles nearby also chimed in:
“Women should properly serve their husband and family—that’s their duty.”
“Hurry up and go, then?”
“What? Do you still need someone to beg you?”
Lin Lu slowly swept her gaze across everyone at the table.
Originally, she had felt a faint trace of guilt about pulling in these unaware Pei family relatives and taking away their supplies. After all, innocent people shouldn’t be dragged into trouble.
But now?
To hell with guilt.
Every single one of them was trash.
They deserved it.
Since they were so eager to die, she would simply fulfill their wish.
She had actually been struggling to find a reason to leave the table—and now, wasn’t the excuse conveniently delivered right to her doorstep?
She lowered her eyes, her lashes hiding the killing intent within.
When she looked up again, her eyes were slightly red, her expression that of a wronged, deeply-in-love woman forcing herself to endure.
“…Fine. If that’s what Yanzhi wants, I’ll do it.”
“As long as Yanzhi is happy, it doesn’t matter what happens to me.”
With that, Lin Lu put down her barely-touched cutlery, stopped eating, and turned to leave the dining room.
Pei Yanzhi let out a quiet breath of relief.
That look just now—cold enough to make his heart skip a beat. For a moment, he almost thought this woman had awakened.
But it seemed she was still the same foolish woman utterly devoted to him.
As for her being upset? That was no problem at all.
He could just coax her a little later and it would be fine.
“Come, come, don’t mind her. Let’s keep drinking!”
The dining room once again filled with laughter and chatter.
Lin Lu went upstairs, and the grievance and sadness on her face vanished instantly.
In its place was uncontrollable excitement.
She truly had to thank that idiot Wan Yinyin.
Without her excuse, it wouldn’t have been so easy to slip upstairs in front of so many bodyguards.
Without wasting any time, Lin Lu rushed to the nearest room and tried the door—locked.
“Oh, Pei Yanzhi is quite cautious.”
She understood.
After all, there wasn’t just him in the villa now, but also a large group of relatives. Of course he had to be on guard.
Unfortunately, locks meant nothing to her.
The jade pendant space didn’t require physical contact with objects. As long as they were within a certain range, she could directly take them.
Even steel walls were meaningless before her space ability.
On the contrary, locked rooms were even better.
Locked meant no one was inside.
Locked meant that even if the contents disappeared, no one would notice right away.
Then what was there to hesitate about?
Lin Lu’s heart pounded with excitement.
Standing in front of the first room, she focused her mind.
“Take!”
Through the wall, boxes of compressed biscuits, canned food, barrels of cooking oil, and sacks of rice…
All vanished instantly.
The room that had been packed to the brim became completely empty in the blink of an eye.
Then the second room—take!
The third room—take!
She didn’t even need to stop walking.
Take, take, take!
Everything—taken away!