Jiang Chen once again had a restless night.
The first half was filled with bizarre nightmares, while the latter half was interrupted by being jolted awake by a shrill phone ring.
Sitting on the hospital bench, he stared at the emergency room doors, unable to calm his racing heart as he recalled the scene he had just witnessed.
Lu Yu had been electrocuted in the basement, his entire body charred.
The sight was both pitiful and horrifying.
Lu Yu likely wouldn’t survive—the basement security guard who found him said he was already lifeless.
The wailing of the Lu family members nearby grated on his nerves. Rubbing his sore temples, Jiang Chen stood up to meet the doctor emerging from the emergency room.
“I’m sorry, we’ve done all we could…”
Meanwhile, Lin Ran managed to catch some extra sleep before getting up and explaining her plan to Lin Ze. The moment he heard it involved dealing with Ye Lan, her sworn enemy from her previous life, a gleaming golden blade materialized in his hand.
The golden blade glinted coldly, mirroring the frost in Lin Ze’s eyes: “Sis, I’ll go take him out right now.”
His voice dripped with barely contained killing intent. This scumbag who had ruined his sister’s life—he’d make him understand why flowers were so red.
Lin Ran smiled faintly, though her eyes remained icy: “No rush. I want to torment him slowly. After all the suffering he put me through in my past life, simply ending him would be too merciful.”
“You’re right! We can’t let that bastard die too easily. Sis, just tell me what to do—I’ll follow your lead.”
After breakfast, Lin Ran and Lin Ze drove out.
Coincidentally, Ye Lan also lived in the Mid-Levels Cloud Villa, though in a different sector.
The villa area was divided into three sectors. They resided in Sector One, while Ye Lan’s home was in Sector Three.
Lin Ran parked in a concealed spot and took out binoculars. Only after confirming that Ye Lan’s housemaid had left for grocery shopping did she lower the binoculars and roll up the car window.
“Let’s go. The house is empty now. Time to head in.”
This was the result of her investigations over the past two days. Normally, only one grocery-shopping housemaid and two drivers resided at Ye Lan’s house. The drivers would leave early to chauffeur the family to work, leaving only the cooking and cleaning maid at home.
This maid would go grocery shopping every morning at 10 AM, usually staying out for over an hour—plenty of time for them to complete their tasks.
Lin Ran first circled to the back of the villa, located the electrical wires on the wall, and lightly touched them. Purple lightning attached to the wires, instantly tripping Ye Lan’s household circuit breaker.
This meant all their anti-theft and surveillance systems were disabled.
In under two minutes, she and Lin Ze stood in Ye Lan’s living room.
“Xiao Ze, scout out where their secret vault is. Today, we’re the dynamic duo of thieves!”
“Got it! Leave it to me.”
Lin Ze rubbed his hands excitedly. He was all too familiar with playing the master thief—if he didn’t empty the place today, he’d be wasting his Superpower.
Soon, Lin Ze detected several safes upstairs and hurried up to investigate.
Lin Ran, however, wasn’t in a rush. Her cool eyes scanned the room, quickly locking onto her own target.
Upstairs, all three bedrooms contained safes. Lin Ze sensed abundant Gold particles inside and focused his intent, manipulating the metallic particles within the safes.
Something miraculous happened quickly—the safe opened automatically as if manipulated by an invisible magic hand.
Soon, Lin Ze could clearly see what was stored inside the safe.
“The Ye family is truly wealthy. Hehe, but all of this now belongs to my sister and me.”
Lin Ze wiped his dazzled eyes, put on gloves, and ruthlessly stuffed all the shimmering, multicolored treasures from the safe into the burlap sack he had brought along.
“Damn Ye Lan, these things will serve as compensation for my sister’s emotional distress.”
After swiftly looting the contents of three safes, Lin Ze thoughtfully closed them back up, ensuring no traces were left behind, then hoisted two large sacks and headed downstairs.
“Ugh, this is really damn heavy.”
The items in the safes were genuinely valuable and quite weighty. Fortunately, his physical condition had improved significantly recently; anyone else might not have been able to carry them.
It seemed that being a thief wasn’t a job for just anyone. At that moment, he felt immensely envious of his sister’s Spatial ability—if only he had one too.
How convenient it would be to casually store looted treasures in a Dimension.
Huffing and puffing, Lin Ze struggled to carry the sacks down to the first floor, where he saw his older sister clinging to the ceiling like a bat.
“Sis, why have you turned into Batman?”
Lin Ran installed the last miniature camera and gracefully jumped down.
“Alright, the Ye family is now under my watchful eye,” Lin Ran said with a light laugh.
After speaking, she glanced at the contents of the sacks Lin Ze had brought down—sure enough, they were all valuable items.
“Well done.”
Lin Ran patted Lin Ze’s head, praising him.
Then, without hesitation, she stored all the sacks into her Dimension.
Pleased by Lin Ran’s compliment, Lin Ze grinned like a happy little puppy. “When I, Lin Ze, make a move, the Ye family ends up with nothing. Hehe, sis, when Ye Lan discovers their treasures are gone, they’ll probably cry themselves to death, haha. Should we leave now?”
Hearing this, Lin Ran checked the time on her phone—less than 20 minutes had passed. There was still plenty of time to complete what she wanted to do.
She scanned the villa and suddenly noticed an inconspicuous glass door.
Behind the glass door was usually the kitchen.
Yes, the kitchen was what she was looking for.
A faint smile curled at the corner of Lin Ran’s lips as she said, “No rush, let’s look around a bit more.”
Lin Ran walked toward the door, with Lin Ze obediently following behind. He knew that whatever his sister did, she surely had her reasons; his role was simply to stand by her side and protect her.
Lin Ran pushed open the glass door, revealing the kitchen behind it.
Lin Ze didn’t understand why his sister had come to someone else’s kitchen—there were no treasures here.
The kitchen of a wealthy family was spacious. Lin Ran circled around and stopped beside a shelf in the corner.
The shelf was stocked with various expensive ingredients. Thinking Lin Ran had taken a liking to them, Lin Ze said, “Sis, if you like them, take them all. We can store them in our Dimension.”
But Lin Ran shook her head. “Come over here and move this shelf aside.”
Move the shelf?
Hearing this, Lin Ze’s eyes lit up—he knew his sister’s actions always had a deeper purpose. She wasn’t a foodie like him.
The shelf filled with items was effortlessly moved aside by Lin Ze. Once it was shifted away, Lin Ze also noticed something unusual about this spot.
The wall behind the shelf, which should have been perfectly smooth, appeared somewhat uneven. Lin Ran reached out and tentatively pressed on the protruding area. With a creak, a hidden door appeared before the two of them.
What is this…?