I was used as cannon fodder at the start, but my superpower came into play!

To be honest, there's no place like home.

No matter how lavish the banquet, even a state feast, it can't compare to a simple home-cooked meal prepared by my mother.

In a warm atmosphere, Su Yu shoveled the last bite of rice into his mouth.

As he put down his chopsticks, Su's mother cleared the table and went to the kitchen to wash the pots and dishes. Su's father lit a cigarette, took a deep drag, and began his questioning as a father.

"So, tell me, what are you planning to do when you come home this time?"

Slowly exhaling the smoke from his mouth, Su's father asked Su Yu.

"Nothing much, I just missed you and Mom, so I came back to visit."

Su Yu was startled, but on the surface he remained calm and said...

"You're still lying to me. You haven't been to work at all these days, there's no one at your rented apartment, and I can't get through to you on the phone. It's like you've vanished into thin air. You suddenly came back today; no one would believe you if you said nothing happened!"

Father Su's face hardened, and his brows furrowed into a deep frown.

"Why are you in such a hurry? Nobody's at the rented apartment, and I can't get through on the phone. Maybe I'm just busy. How do you know I didn't go to work?"

Su Yu waved his hand, signaling his father not to rush.

Although he had already guessed that such a lie would be difficult to deal with, Su Yu still stubbornly insisted on it, thinking that he could delay for as long as possible.

With a bang, Su's father slammed his hand on the table and pointed at Su Yu's nose, cursing.

"You little brat, still trying to talk back to me. Your sister went to your company and didn't see you at all. Your colleagues said you haven't shown up for days, and they called you so many times but couldn't get through. They were thinking you might have gone back to your hometown, so they called your home. If you don't show up soon, we're planning to call the police."

Su's father's voice was quite loud; not only could Su's mother, who was working in the kitchen, hear every word he said, even if she was standing in the hallway outside the house.

Su's mother froze for a moment, then resumed her normal movements and continued washing the dishes.

Su's father's words reminded Su Yu of something: he had indeed been in a car accident before entering the Rubik's Cube space.

Logically, after so many days, the car accident should have been officially reported.

At the very least, as one of the parties involved in the car accident, their family should have received the news.

However, judging from his father's demeanor, the car accident seemed to have never happened, which left Su Yu somewhat bewildered as to what the real world was really like.

"Sigh, speaking of my sister, she's such a busybody. She calls me eight times a day, and she even has to find out what I ate for lunch and what I plan to eat for dinner. All I did was help a friend with some business, and because I left in a hurry, I didn't have time to ask my boss for leave. It's no big deal."

Su Yu casually answered his father; he couldn't very well say that he had gone to the Rubik's Cube Space and participated in a so-called survival killing game.

Don't even mention that his own father wouldn't believe it; even if he did, he'd only believe that he'd lost his mind.

By directly blaming his disappearance for so many days on a non-existent friend, Su Yu firmly believed that as long as he was stubborn enough, his father couldn't do anything about it.

"When will you be like your sister and give me a break!"

Seeing Su Yu's indifferent expression, Su's father sighed and said with a worried look on his face.

"Don't mention my sister. She skipped classes a lot during her two years of high school. She would run away for half a month or even a month at a time. If it weren't for the fact that you guys caught her during the college entrance exam period, she would have had to repeat a year and be in the same grade as me."

Upon hearing what Su's father said, Su Yu couldn't help but bring up Su Yingluo's dark history.

"Can you compare to your sister? No matter how many times your sister skips class, even if she's truant, her grades have never suffered. She's always been first in her grade. And after she graduated from university, she became even more mature and composed, which puts our minds at ease."

What Su's father said was true, but from Su Yu's perspective, it wasn't like that at all.

"Come on, she's supposed to be mature and composed. If she were as mature and composed as you say, she wouldn't call me eight times a day."

Su Yu rolled her eyes, not wanting to continue the discussion on this topic.

"Don't drag your sister into this. We're talking about your problem right now. Call your boss later and have a good talk with him. You might be able to keep your job."

The older generation generally thinks this way: they hope that young people are hardworking and have a stable job.

However, Su Yu no longer plans to go to work.

Putting aside the fact that he's risking his life at any moment, acquiring wealth in the survival killing game within the Rubik's Cube Space wouldn't be difficult.

But the secret behind this cannot be revealed to others.

"There's not much to say about my problem. It's rare for me to come back, so I'm planning to go out for a walk today. You two should just stay home and not worry about me."

Su Yu really didn't want to, and wasn't in the mood to, continue the discussion with his father.

If this old man were to start teaching, it would take him several hours to finish.

Su Yu walked towards the door. He had a lot to do today, one of which was to go to various gold shops in the county town and exchange all the gold and silver jewelry he could sell for colorful banknotes.

Su's father was furious with him, and Su Yu was at a loss for what to do.

As they passed the kitchen door, Su Yu saw his mother supporting her back, looking unwell, and asked her a worried question.

"It's nothing, just a bit of back pain lately, I'll be fine after some rest."

Su's mother had almost finished her work. She put the bowls and chopsticks away and wiped the water off her hands with a towel.

"If you feel unwell, go to the hospital for a check-up. Don't try to tough it out."

Su Yu offered a word of advice to his mother, but didn't say anything more. He knew that no matter how much he said, it would be in vain if she didn't agree.

If you want to offer some guidance, just touch on the points.

After saying this, Su Yu went out and wandered around the streets.

First, he bought a large suitcase, and then packed the gold and silver jewelry he wanted to sell into the suitcase in batches. As Su Yu wandered around, he would go into any shop that bought and sold gold and silver jewelry, regardless of the price offered. As long as he could afford to pay in cash, he would sell off large quantities of physical goods.

Soon, Su Yu exchanged the treasures that Mao Xingzhou had looted for cash, and the large suitcase was filled to the brim with the inheritance left behind by Mao Xingzhou.

After Su Yu finished doing all this, he realized that it was getting late and dusk had arrived.

"Let's go back."

Dragging her heavy suitcase, Su Yu returned to her doorstep.

Taking out the key and opening the door, Su Yu had just stepped one foot over the threshold when he heard a series of hurried footsteps coming from the inner room.

Immediately, a figure ran out from the inner room and, upon seeing the person standing at the door, pounced on them without hesitation.

"Feed..."

Before Su Yu could finish speaking, he was cut off by the other party.

"Xiaoyu, where have you been all this time?"

The speaker was Su Yu's older sister, Su Yingluo, who was a year older than him.

"Ugh..."

He was hugged tightly by Su Yingluo, his face buried in her chest, and Su Yu was almost suffocating.

It took a lot of effort to push Su Yingluo away from him, and Su Yu was breathing heavily.

Speaking of his older sister, she is beautiful, intelligent, and good at everything.

However, there is one downside: she is too clingy to Su Yu.

In the words of outsiders, Su Yingluo is a complete brother-obsessed person; she loses all sense of reason whenever Su Yu is involved.

"I was helping a friend with some errands, and the signal was bad on their end."

Following his own words from that morning, Su Yu took off his leather shoes, put on slippers, and then carried his suitcase into the house.

Su Yingluo naturally noticed Su Yu's suitcase and wondered why he was carrying it.

Seeing how effortlessly Su Yu worked, Su Yingluo subconsciously assumed that the suitcase was empty and didn't take it too seriously.

"Why are you back?"

Su Yu tossed his suitcase into the west room, then went to the living room directly opposite the east room and asked Su Yingluo.

"I heard you were back, so I rushed back from the city!"

At this moment, Su Yingluo moved closer to Su Yu and hugged him from behind.

"You didn't need to come back."

Su Yu really couldn't do anything about his sister.

From childhood to adulthood, Su Yingluo has always liked to cling to him.

Any delicious food or fun activities that Su Yingluo has will be shared with Su Yu as soon as possible.

Su Yu was also very fortunate to have such a good older sister, but the level of intimacy between the two was clearly beyond that of ordinary siblings, which made him very uncomfortable.

More accurately, Su Yu didn't know how to deal with this older sister.

If we're talking about a relatively relaxed period, one where she wasn't bothered by the other person too much, it was during those two years when Su Yingluo was skipping classes like crazy.

Even now, Su Yu still doesn't know what his sister did while skipping class.

Anyway, he wasn't hanging out with that blond guy; Su Yu was certain of that.

"What are you talking about? I haven't seen you for almost half a month. I desperately need to replenish our sibling energy."

Seemingly unaware that Su Yu was deliberately keeping his distance, Su Yingluo rubbed her cheek against his back.

"Alright, you two, stop fooling around. The food is ready, come and eat."

Su's mother called out from the kitchen; she was pleased to see Su Yu and Su Yingluo getting along so well.

Father Su, with a stern face, came out from the inner room.

Su Yu was neither blind nor stupid. Knowing that his father was still angry about what happened that morning, he didn't go up to him to invite a scolding.

Seeing her father's expression, Su Yingluo also became much more composed.

"what?"

Letting go of Su Yu, she walked side by side with him towards the kitchen. Looking at her younger brother's appearance, Su Yingluo couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.

"What's wrong?"

Noticing that Su Yingluo was staring at him, Su Yu felt extremely uncomfortable.

"You've lost weight, and your skin looks better. You look like you've become six or seven years younger, almost like when you were in high school."

As someone who dotes on her younger brother, Su Yingluo is far more sensitive to Su Yu's changes than anyone else.

"We haven't seen each other for only ten days or so, are you going to develop hysteria?"

Su Yu chuckled lightly, but a growing unease settled in his heart.

It seems I need to be more discreet in my future actions, otherwise I might give myself away and be discovered by Su Yingluo.

The family of four sat neatly at the dining table, eating the dinner prepared by Su's mother, and chatting about some trivial topics.

After finishing their meal, Su's father shifted the topic to Su Yu's work.

"Didn't I tell you not to worry about me? I have my own ideas."

Su Yu was tired of hearing it. He longed to return to a normal life, but the circumstances wouldn't allow it.

Getting up from the chair, Su Yu returned to the west room and dragged the large suitcase to his father, mother, and Su Yingluo.

Su Yu unzipped the suitcase and yanked open the lid.

In an instant, the colorful banknotes inside left the three people in the room speechless with astonishment.

"I previously invested in a friend's business, and this time I went with him to collect debts. The money in the box is all the money I earned from doing business. Even if I buried my head in the ground and bent over to the sky, I couldn't earn that much working in a company for my entire life. What's the point of working that job? Can't I just do what I like?"

He wouldn't say he liked it, but Su Yu definitely couldn't risk his life in the Rubik's Cube space just to go to work.

"you......"

In his haste, Su's father couldn't even get the words out properly.

"You two keep this money for me for now. The second payment will arrive soon. Just take good care of yourselves and don't worry about me. Also, remember not to flaunt your wealth. Don't deposit all this money into the bank at once, or the police will be watching you."

Su Yu knew all too well what was going on. If an ordinary family suddenly went to the bank to deposit money, and deposited a large amount of cash, even if the money came from legal channels, they would inevitably be subject to various investigations.

Saving 20,000 to 30,000 yuan a month is acceptable; at worst, you can say it's earned by your children to support your parents.

Upon hearing Su Yu say this, Su's father frowned even more deeply.

"What have you been up to, kid? You're worried about getting on the police's radar? With so much money, did you gamble it away, or kidnap someone? Or, if it's more serious, did you rob a bank, or smuggle goods?"

These were probably all that Su's father could think of.

"Spare me. Do I look like the kind of person who would do that kind of thing? All this money is from my investments. Who knew my friend's business would suddenly become so popular? He's counting money until his hands cramp. Your son isn't stupid. In this world, those ways you mentioned, you might make money, but you might not live to spend it. I won't even have the chance to come back here and see you two again."

Su Yu was amused by his father's reaction; the old man was quite amusing.

"If you've done anything illegal, turn yourself in right away, and you might get leniency."

Su's father was not relieved by Su Yu's explanation; instead, he became even more worried.

"I haven't broken the law, why should I turn myself in?"

Su Yu thought to himself, could the things he did in the Rubik's Cube space be considered illegal?

After closing the suitcase and zipping it up, Su Yu tossed it into the two elderly people's room and turned to go back to the west room to rest.

By handing the money over to his parents, he could at least give them an explanation.

Su Yu plans to return to the city tomorrow. He wants to hone his skills before the next round of the survival killing game.

Su Yu already had the answer in his mind as to how to train.

Since he can summon Valkyries, then he'll have Esdeath as his sparring partner.

The rented room was a bit small, but if you moved the furniture out of the living room, you could still make do.

Once he gets more money, Su Yu plans to move to a different place. He doesn't want to build a house deep in the mountains, but he wants a villa with its own yard, so that everything will be convenient.

With these thoughts in mind, Su Yu drifted off to sleep.

Su Yu didn't know how long he had been asleep when he felt himself being hugged.

"Stop fooling around, how old are you? Do you still need to hug something to sleep?"

Su Yu struggled a few times, but realizing it was futile, she simply went back to sleep.

Without turning around, he knew that the one holding him was Su Yingluo.

The old house was too small, with only two bedrooms, so the siblings slept in the same bed since they were little.

Normally, Su Yu would try to visit his parents at times when Su Yingluo was busy.

This time, they really ran into trouble, and Su Yu felt quite helpless.