After Pampering Her 5 Beast Husbands, the Villainess Struck It Rich

Chapter 50: Chapter 50: Upgrading Superpower: What Should I Do? I’ll Cooperate With You

Han Yu said nothing, simply taking the Beast Core. He cradled it in his palm, absorbing the energy within.

After a moment, he gave the Beast Core a gentle squeeze, and it crumbled into a pile of fine sand.

His eyes were shut tight. An invisible, intangible spiritual power swirled around him, sweeping through the room and instantly lifting objects into mid-air.

Yun Xi was completely enveloped by Han Yu’s spiritual power. She could feel it was much stronger than before. Her round eyes filled with anticipation as she asked eagerly, "How is it?"

After absorbing the energy from the Beast Core, Han Yu’s spiritual power was instantly restored. As it gradually settled, a smile touched his face. "It truly is an SS-level Beast Core. My spiritual power is at S-Class now."

He had only been at A+ Level before, and after his spiritual power was downgraded, it had barely reached A-level.

He hadn’t expected that this SS-level Beast Core would let him break straight through to S-Class.

Hearing this, a smile spread across Yun Xi’s face. It hadn’t been a waste to spend sixty million Star Coins on this Beast Core. Even though Bai Zhi had screwed her over, at least Han Yu had recovered.

A smile touched Han Yu’s face as well, and his expression relaxed. "So what’s the deal with that female? How did you manage to offend her? Why would she deliberately humiliate you in front of all the richest and most powerful people on Blue Star?"

At Han Yu’s question, the color drained from Yun Xi’s face. She spat, "That person is Bai Zhi! She’s getting revenge on me! I don’t know how she suddenly got so rich! She’s the one who deliberately revealed your identity! I was just going to offer her some money, hoping she’d back down so I could buy the Beast Core for a little less. But not only did she refuse, she deliberately drove up the price! Then she even spent one hundred million Star Coins on that all-season Crystal Stone from Xing Lang!"

Hearing that the rich female was Bai Zhi, Han Yu frowned. "Bai Zhi? Didn’t she already get the Energy Stone? Why is she still hounding you?"

He then gave Yun Xi a suspicious look. "Is there something else you’re hiding from me, besides the Energy Stone issue?"

Yun Xi’s eyes flickered, but she didn’t tell the truth. "You know what my cousin is like. She’s always loved to steal my thunder and compete with me. Now that she has money, of course she wants to see me humiliated. As long as she’s around, she’ll never want to see me doing better than her."

Yun Xi leaned into Han Yu’s embrace and tilted her head up slightly. "Han Yu, I want to make her disappear. Can you do it?"

With his spiritual power restored, Han Yu was in a good mood. Hearing Yun Xi’s request, he just frowned slightly. "Have things between you really gotten that bad? According to our intel, the only reason she got to the third floor was because of Miss Grey."

He thought for a moment before continuing, "The Grey Family has invested a lot of capital into the military. A significant portion of the funding for weapons currently in development comes from them. The military and the Grey Family are very close. If Bai Zhi is on good terms with Miss Grey, it’s best not to make any rash moves against her."

Hearing this, Yun Xi’s eyes darkened, but she kept her expression neutral. She concealed the fact that she had run into Miss Grey at the entrance, saying only, "My cousin didn’t know Miss Grey before. They must have met recently. Their connection can’t be that strong. Miss Grey probably doesn’t care that much about her."

After a beat, she added a reminder, "The group hunt is in the next couple of days."

Han Yu’s eyes glinted. "Understood. I’ll find someone to delay them, make sure they can’t get back right away. As for Bai Zhi... a single, useless female... I’m sure you have your own ways of dealing with that."

"My only condition is that you don’t involve me."

A smile played on Yun Xi’s lips. "Don’t worry."

Then, she reverted to her usual gentle demeanor. "By the way, how’s the investigation into the birthday banquet going?"

Han Yu said calmly, "I’ve already found some leads. The one who planted the induction grass was a former colleague I had dismissed. His family situation is complicated, and now he’s dead set on taking me down."

He let out a derisive laugh. "He got one over on me at the birthday banquet. I never thought he’d not only plant induction grass, but also mix in Blue Silver Grass! But that was his mistake—planting Blue Silver Grass! That grass only grows on the borders of Insect Clan territory. Daring to conspire with the Insect Clan is a death wish! I’ve already tracked his current location. If I can follow this lead to the Insect Clan members he’s in contact with and wipe out the Insect Clan hiding on Blue Star, not only will my superiors overlook my recent failure, they might even promote me."

A gentle smile lit up Yun Xi’s face. She wrapped her arms around his waist, burying her face in his broad chest, and murmured, "I just knew you could do it~"

Han Yu leaned down and kissed her. "Thank you for the Beast Core."

Yun Xi replied, "We’re husband and wife. Your well-being is my well-being. We are one."

While things proceeded logically for them, Bai Zhi and Hu Yan were in their room, staring at each other at a loss. The last time she and Hu Yan had... done *that*, it was when his spiritual power was running wild and he wasn’t fully conscious.

But now, Hu Yan was completely lucid. Even though they’d done *it* twice already, Bai Zhi felt an inexplicable, awkward feeling, as if this were the first time.

Hu Yan was the first to break the silence. "What do you need me to do? I’ll cooperate."

Instead of answering, Bai Zhi asked, "Don’t you have any questions for me?"

Hu Yan gazed at her with his pale blue eyes. "Everyone has their secrets. You have the right to choose whether to share them or not. Whenever you feel ready to talk, I would be honored to be the one who listens."

Hearing this, Bai Zhi sighed to herself. ’I was actually hoping he would ask me something. I might have used the opportunity to explain everything.’

’But his complete lack of questions, his attitude of letting me take the lead and being ready to listen whenever I wanted, just made things more complicated for me.’

’Or maybe he could see that I haven’t fully adjusted, that I’m still wary and not ready to open up and share my secrets. Maybe that’s why he’s giving me the choice and helping me cover my tracks where I’ve done a poor job of it.’

’But I can tell that Hu Yan doesn’t actually have... *those kinds* of feelings for me. He’s just being respectful.’

’And it’s true, I’m not ready to lay all my cards on the table. If he were to ask me right now, I’d answer, but I would definitely hold things back. That’s why I feel so conflicted.’

’Part of me wants him to ask, but another part doesn’t.’

’Perhaps Hu Yan saw right through me, and that’s why he chose not to ask.’

Bai Zhi was silent for a moment before saying, "Thank you."

A faint, gentle, and reassuring smile touched Hu Yan’s lips.

Bai Zhi composed herself and, as the system had instructed, released her spiritual power. In an instant, it felt almost tangible as it completely enveloped Hu Yan. Then, she began to crawl slowly and nervously toward him.

Hu Yan assumed this was part of the process for enhancing his spiritual power, so he remained sitting perfectly still.

But in the next second, Bai Zhi suddenly knelt beside him. Her fingers crept up to his shoulder, and then—