Chapter 006: The Audacity of Greed

System Alert: Host's Blood Pressure Critical - Adrenaline Levels Exceeding Safety Threshold

 

Scene 1: The Viper's Nest

Lu Chuanhe's dimly-lit living reeked of stale tobacco and desperation. Xu Sumei's jade bracelet clattered against the mahogany table as she snatched the phone, her coral nail polish chipping like flaking scales.

"Listen here, you ungrateful worm!" Her voice pierced through the humid air, scattering flies above the moldy watermelon rinds. "You think you can dump my daughter after milking her youth?"

Lu Yuan's knuckles whitened around his titanium-reinforced phone case. Through the Eye of Insight, he watched Xu's vital signs spike:

Blood Pressure: 180/110 mmHg | Hostility Level: 12/10

"Let's settle accounts then, Auntie." His voice carried Arctic frost. "Seventy truckloads of chicken feed at 200 yuan each – 14,000 yuan. The 28,000 'academic gift' for your son's third-rate college. 10,000 in fast fashion rags your daughter calls 'outfits'..."

A cockroach scuttled across Xu's leopard-print sandal as the total flashed in augmented reality:

Debt Owed: ¥52,000 | Compound Interest (36% APR): ¥18,720

 

Scene 2: The Reckoning

Xu's triple chin quivered like defective gelatin. "You...you dare charge us? A man should provide!" Her spit speckled the phone screen with greasy residue.

In the background, Liu Weiwei's counterfeit Dior lipstick rolled off the wobbly coffee table – its hollow plastic casing cracking to reveal cheap paraffin wax.

"Provide?" Lu Yuan's laughter carried quantum-static sharpness. "Your daughter's 'youth' smells like expired BB cream and stolen WiFi passwords."

System Activated: Voice Modulator Protocol

His next words vibrated at 140Hz – the frequency triggering primal fear: "Return my 52,000 yuan by dawn, or I'll repossess every diseased chicken in your bankrupt coop."

 

Scene 3: The Betrayal Revealed

Lu Chuanhe's calloused hands trembled with suppressed glee. Through the Eye of Insight's backdoor feed, he watched Xu's varicose-veined legs buckle:

"Good boy!" He mouthed silently, crushing a cockroach under his plastic slipper. The insect's carcass left an oily smear – perfect metaphor for the Lee family.

Hidden Memory Unlocked

Flashback: 18-year-old Lu Yuan handing over his college fund to "save" the Lees' poultry business. The stench of decaying chickens mingling with Xu's crocodile tears.

 

Scene 4: The Viper Strikes Back

Xu's final gambit erupted like a septic boil: "You'll regret this! I'll tell the whole village you're cursed! Your parents died because—"

Nightmare Talisman Activated Remotely

The unfinished curse morphed into a guttural scream as neural parasites activated. Security drones captured her sprinting naked through the night market, babbling about "golden chicken ghosts."

 

Scene 5: The Aftermath

As dawn painted the slaughterhouse district blood-red, Lu Yuan's AMG idled outside a pawnshop. The Eye of Insight projected real-time updates:

Lee Family Assets

◼️ Chicken Coop: ¥-18,000 (Debt)

◼️ Liu Weiwei's "Designer" Wardrobe: ¥327.50 (Resale Value)

◼️ Xu's Gold-Plated Buddha Necklace: 98% Copper

New Quest: Village Dominance

Reward: Social Credit System Override Codes