Chapter 44: Entrapment (Patreon)

Guinaifen's feelings were different from Jingliu's and Feixiao's.

Jingliu and Feixiao felt nothing but immense humiliation from their experiences in the dream, wishing they could tear Victor to pieces.

Guinaifen's feelings, however, were extremely complex.

On one hand, she was furious that Victor had threatened her family, taken her virginity, and forced her to be his lover.

On the other hand, a hint of gratitude was hidden deep within her heart. With Victor's help, her family was indeed living a better life.

There was also a sense of loss upon waking from the dream and returning to reality.

The reason for Guinaifen's contradictory feelings, besides her desperate wish for her siblings to live well, was also because Victor was young, handsome, and wealthy.

Had it been a greasy, middle-aged man, she was certain her heart would hold nothing but hatred. In the end, looks mattered in any world.

When she first arrived on the Xianzhou to start streaming, she had encountered her share of greasy, middle-aged men who wanted to be her sugar daddy, and she had rejected them without a second thought.

Any who dared to pester her were beaten to a pulp.

Rather than submit to such people, she would rather find ways to spice up her content and compete fiercely.

With a heavy heart, Guinaifen sighed.

A dream was just a dream. In reality, you couldn't just run into a young, handsome, overbearing CEO like in an online novel.

The next morning.

To avoid any unforeseen complications, Victor stormed into the Ground-Balance Commission's office the moment it opened.

By the time all the paperwork was completed, it was already past noon.

Before entering the Ground-Balance Commission, he had been a penniless nobody. After leaving, his total net worth ranked among the top one hundred on the Luofu Xianzhou.

His current assets included an entire street in the most prosperous area of Aurum Alley, a garden in the Exalting Sanctum covering over 500 mu, several residences no smaller than 10 mu each, three small freight starports at Starskiff Haven, and various smaller properties scattered across the Luofu, the smallest of which was over five hundred square meters.

Additionally, there was a trust fund worth ten billion credits managed by the Interastral Peace Corporation, and various other deposits also totaling ten billion credits.

Simply put, the assets the system had arranged for him were mostly prime real estate—the kind where he could just lie in bed and wait for the money to roll in.

After spending so long on the paperwork, he was hungry, so he decided to get something to eat.

Victor took a starskiff to Aurum Alley, went to his usual restaurant, ordered a few of his favorite dishes, and began to feast.

After eating, Victor went and ordered a cup of Du's Burning Tea, sipping it slowly.

His thoughts returned to the previous problem.

How to find a Pathstrider who wasn't too strong to help him evolve his "Indestructible Lapis Body."

Now that he was rich, he undoubtedly had far more options available to him.

Just then, an idea flashed through Victor's mind. He had thought of the perfect candidate.

Victor immediately downed the rest of the burning tea in his cup, then stood up and walked in the direction he recalled from memory.

The best candidate Victor could think of was Guinaifen.

She was one of the weaker Pathstriders; even at full power, she couldn't possibly break through the upper tolerance limit of his Lapis Body.

Besides, she was desperate for money, which made her easy to control.

Of course, there was another very important reason: through the simulation, he knew Guinaifen's depths and weaknesses, and what she cared about most.

Victor casually opened a streaming app and found Guinaifen's channel.

Sure enough, the diligent Little Gui was live.

Her streaming location was also easy to guess: a place with heavy foot traffic, spacious enough not to obstruct passage, and preferably far from any Ground-Balance Commission offices, so it would take them a long time to show up.

There weren't many places in all of Aurum Alley that met all these conditions, and with the live feed as a guide...

Victor quickly found the performing Guinaifen.

Victor didn't approach rashly, instead observing quietly from a corner.

After nearly another hour, the local Ground-Balance Commission officers finally seemed to have lost their patience. They came over and gave Guinaifen a verbal warning.

Once the crowd had dispersed, Victor slowly walked over.

"Little Gui~ We meet again."

Guinaifen, who was packing up her things, turned around with a confused look.

When she saw the infuriatingly familiar face, her hand trembled in panic, and the microphone she was holding fell to the floor with a piercing screech.

"You... you...!?"

Victor raised an eyebrow, a knowing smile playing on his lips.

"It seems Miss Guinaifen recognizes me. As it happens, I have some business with you. Why don't we find a place to have a nice chat?"

As he spoke, Victor gestured with his chin, indicating for Guinaifen to look around.

Guinaifen then realized that the loud noise she'd made seemed to have attracted the attention of nearby pedestrians, many of whom were now casting curious glances her way.

Guinaifen hesitated for a moment.

"Where to?"

"Follow me."

Victor said, then turned and walked away.

Guinaifen quickly packed her things, hesitated for a second, and then hurried to catch up with Victor.

Since inheriting his convenient relative's estate, Victor now owned properties all over the Luofu, and a bustling domain like Aurum Alley was no exception.

Arriving at a quiet little courtyard nearby, Victor placed his palm on the identity scanner at the door.

Beep!

With a soft chime, the authentication was instantly approved, and the courtyard gate opened silently.

The Xianzhou's technology was advanced. As soon as he had completed the property transfer procedures, the Xianzhou's extensive network had immediately updated the identity authentication for all his properties; there was no need for him to go change the passwords for each house one by one.

Seeing that Guinaifen had followed him as expected, a meaningful smile flashed in Victor's eyes as he made a "please, after you" gesture.

Having come this far, Guinaifen couldn't possibly back down now. She hesitated for a moment before stepping into the courtyard...

A quarter of an hour later, Guinaifen stared at her own hands in horror.

They were covered in blood, and Victor's corpse lay beside her, blood gushing from the wound and quickly staining the ground red.

Guinaifen felt like she was going insane!

Just moments ago, after following Victor into the room, she had been unable to restrain herself and had directly confronted him about the dream.

Unexpectedly, Victor had openly admitted it: he was responsible for everything.

Guinaifen didn't doubt him. After all, the universe was full of bizarre abilities, and the ways of the Paths were profound and mysterious. Moreover, Penacony, the renowned Planet of Festivities, was itself a massive dreamscape world.

She wasn't surprised that Victor could make her have an erotic dream.

However, everything that happened next spiraled completely out of Guinaifen's control.

First, Victor recounted various small, deeply embarrassing details from the dream to humiliate and enrage her.

Then, he threatened the safety of her family to provoke her further.

Already on edge because of the dream, Guinaifen, spurred on by Victor's constant verbal provocations, acted on impulse.