Chapter 265
After using the [Asset Transfer Card], Xie Mi and Shen Moqing returned to the villa. By now it was already evening, and the place was lively.
Qiu Chengye, who had drawn a “Dinner Invitation Card” but was now penniless, was furiously confronting Yu Jinzhe.
“My money wasn’t even the most, so why did you transfer mine? You got a grudge against me, brat?”
Yu Jinzhe, feigning fright, ducked behind Liu Woxing.
“Mr. Qiu, you misunderstand. I wasn’t the one who transferred your money. The Asset Transfer Card can only be used once—someone else did it.”
“Quit pretending! I know it was you! What are you hiding behind Liu Woxing for? Get out here! You’re giving me my money back today!”
Qiu Chengye advanced menacingly, but Yu Jinzhe cleverly kept dodging behind Liu Woxing. The three of them ended up playing a live-action game of “Eagle Catches the Chicks.”
Lai Bingxuan, watching the drama, couldn’t quite follow but picked up a few key words.
“Asset Transfer Card? What’s that? You can actually take someone else’s money?!”
Helplessly stuck in the middle, Liu Woxing explained, “It’s a reward for completing hidden missions. Apparently you can randomly draw a skill card with different effects.”
“There’s a rule like that?!”
Lai Bingxuan, who usually ignored everything outside her own world, was shocked. “Looks like tomorrow I need to go pick up a hidden mission too.”
Amid the chaos, Yu Jinzhe noticed Xie Mi and Shen Moqing entering from the door.
Taking the chance, he darted through the crowd, giving Qiu Chengye’s kneecap a hard kick as he passed.
Qiu Chengye let out a scream of pure agony and rage, charging straight at him, “You’re dead!!”
But Yu Jinzhe was already at Xie Mi’s side, a mocking glint flashing in his eyes before he put on a timid, obedient expression.
“Mr. Qiu, calm down.”
From the outside, it looked exactly like a macho man bullying an innocent boy.
Yu Jinzhe’s acting was so good that almost no one had seen through him yet. Everyone just thought he was a simple, kindhearted kid who liked the occasional prank.
But Xie Mi wasn’t about to indulge him.
At the exact moment Qiu Chengye lunged, she smoothly sidestepped and pulled Yu Jinzhe along with her—causing Qiu Chengye and Yu Jinzhe to collide head-on and tumble together in a heap.
Liu Woxing, who had been casually watching, immediately had her paparazzi instincts triggered. Eyes gleaming, she strode forward, snapping a few photos on her phone without a word.
[Super-macho Qiu Chengye and pure boy Yu Jinzhe… how is this not shippable?]
[Say no more. Just say no more.]
[Crowdfunding a CP name for this pair, I’m ready to set up the fan forum already]
And so, Qiu Chengye and Yu Jinzhe’s scuffle ended in a suspiciously intimate way. Qiu Chengye completely lost it, jumped three feet in the air, and kept his distance from Yu Jinzhe ever after.
Yu Jinzhe didn’t look too pleased either.
He had planned to toy with the brainless macho guy with ease, but instead ended up hurting himself in the process. It left him annoyed.
But…
When his gaze fell back on Xie Mi, his interest rekindled.
“Sis, have you thought about it? If you’ll eat with me every day, I can cover all your expenses.”
Xie Mi gave him a smiling-but-not-smiling look. “Drop the act. Don’t you already know we got the Asset Transfer Card?”
With Yu Jinzhe’s brains, there was no way he hadn’t guessed her move. Most likely, all her actions had already been seen through by him.
Sure enough, his expression flickered with discomfort.
“So Sis really is going to transfer my assets away? We could discuss it, you know. The money’s more than enough for the both of us. If you give me a chance—”
He looked pitiful, but the amusement in Xie Mi’s eyes only deepened.
“Nope. I’m transferring yours.”
“Sis…” Yu Jinzhe kept pleading, though a subtle glint of triumph flashed in his eyes.
Until—
Xie Mi flopped lazily onto the sofa. “Forget it. Guess I won’t transfer yours.”
Yu Jinzhe failed to hide his sudden surprise. “…?”
Xie Mi beamed.
“We transferred Xu Shuangrong’s.”
Yu Jinzhe’s pupils flickered. Xu Shuangrong, who had been watching quietly, instinctively straightened, her face turning stiff.
“You transferred mine? I don’t really mind, but… I don’t have much. Why would Teacher Xie choose me?”
Yu Jinzhe also pretended to relax, smiling lightly. “So Sis couldn’t bear to take my money and changed her mind? I’m so happy.”
“Click.”
Someone quietly clicked their tongue.
Xie Mi kept smiling.
“Quit acting. The card’s already been used. You can check the account if you don’t believe me.”
Yu Jinzhe and Xu Shuangrong exchanged glances involuntarily.
Xie Mi continued, “You knew we’d use the Asset Transfer Card on you, so you held back and transferred all your money to someone else beforehand. Just now you put on that little performance to mislead us into thinking you still had it, hoping we’d waste our card on you.
“Unfortunately for you, we used the card before coming back to the villa. Your whole scheme fell flat.”
Yu Jinzhe could no longer keep up the act, and Xu Shuangrong frowned as well.
The others watching needed no more explanation.
“So Yu Jinzhe has no money now too? Nice work.” Qiu Chengye gloated openly.
[And that’s why Qiu Chengye is so simple-minded—he still doesn’t know his money was taken by Old Shen and Old Xie, and he’s laughing at Yu Jinzhe instead!]
[When he watches the broadcast later: the clown was me all along]
“No wonder so many people were out of the villa today. You guys were already playing another game!”
Lai Bingxuan huffed. “Skill cards this, skill cards that, and I didn’t even know they existed!”
Liu Woxing nodded in agreement. She wanted to play too.
[Honestly, though, this game is brutal. In just one day, the villa gained three broke contestants]
[Congrats to Qiu Chengye, Xu Shuangrong, and Yu Jinzhe on joining the broke squad!!]
[Wait—so now only Old Xie, Old Shen, and Sister Liu have money left?]
[I suddenly have a bad feeling about this]
After all, those with nothing to lose had nothing to fear. The ones with the most were also the ones in the greatest danger.
At this moment, in the villa’s living room, the eight guests sat together seemingly calm, yet each harbored hidden schemes.
They had clearly all realized one thing—The existence of skill cards could overturn the situation in an instant. Turn the richest into paupers, and paupers into the richest.
Which meant the three hidden missions available each day were now extremely precious.
The mission shop opened every morning at 5 a.m.
The war of early rising was about to begin.
