In Mufeng's memories, the deepest impression Muyun left on him was from an incident during their childhood.
That day, the two of them were home alone, placing their homework on the table while watching television. They began fighting over the remote control. Since Muyun couldn't beat Mufeng, she threatened him:
"If you don't change it to the channel I want, I'm going to tell Mom that you're watching TV instead of doing your homework."
Mufeng counter-threatened: "The channel you like is too childish. If you dare snitch to Mom, I'm never saving any tasty snacks for you again."
"Hmph!" At the mention of delicious food, Muyun immediately caved. She went to the kitchen for a drink of water, accidentally broke a cup, and ran out in a panic holding a kettle, crying:
"Brother, I broke a cup."
Seeing her stumbling around with a hot water kettle, Mufeng was startled. He hurriedly took the kettle from her, placed it on the table, and asked if she had been scalded.
Making sure she wasn't hurt, Mufeng said, "It's fine. Just tell Mom that I broke the cup."
"Will Mom believe it?"
"How could she not? From now on, whenever a cup breaks, just say I did it."
Ever since then, the brother and sister had a very close relationship, sharing their pocket money with each other.
That was until Muxue left. After that, Muyun started playing with all sorts of realistic-looking fake bugs all day long. Who knew where she got them from—aside from not biting people, they looked exactly like the real thing.
She frequently placed these bugs in Mufeng's room to scare him, driving him crazy with annoyance.
Now, regarding Muyun's debt collection, Mufeng felt he couldn't keep entangling himself with her, otherwise it would never end, and they would end up looking foolish over trivial matters.
"Fine, fine. I don't have any money right now, but I'll definitely pay you back in a couple of days."
Mufeng thought to himself: *Isn't it just 20 bucks? It's nothing worth mentioning. I'm about to become a millionaire, I don't care about a tiny amount like this.*
"I don't believe you at all! You said the exact same thing yesterday, and look at you today. I don't care, you have to pay me back today."
Mufeng scratched his head awkwardly, realizing he had already used that trick yesterday. He had no choice but to say, "I really don't have money right now, I'm not lying to you. Your big brother here is about to make a fortune, and I'll double what I pay you back then."
"You said that yesterday too! You said today you'd successfully change classes and double what you owe me. And now you're saying the same thing again. Do you really think I'd believe that? By the way, did you successfully change classes?"
"Of course I did, just look who you're talking to." Mufeng proudly ran a hand through his hair.
"Then why do you still have no money?"
"Uh..."
Mufeng faced the ultimate soul-searching question. *Right, I successfully changed classes by clearing a Nightmare-level dungeon, so why am I still broke?*
When it came to money, it was a truly tragic story.
Mufeng quickly reasoned that it certainly wasn't his fault. It must have been because the original Mufeng had terrible character. This time, in the original Mufeng's class-advancement dungeon, not a single piece of equipment dropped, and not a single valuable item exploded—it was entirely the original Mufeng's fault.
Fortunately, Mother walked out at that exact moment and asked the moment she saw him, "Xiaofeng, did the class change succeed?"
"Mom, it succeeded! I'm an elite class holder now."
"That's wonderful!"
Mother walked over in excitement, pulled him into a hug, stroked his head, and kept repeating, "That's wonderful, truly wonderful!"
Feeling her deep, enveloping care, Mufeng couldn't help thinking of his mother from his past life, who had looked after him with meticulous attention during his childhood, only to pass away early from illness.
Long-sealed memories welled up instantly, and the images of the two mothers gradually merged into one. Naturally, he reached out and hugged Mother back, feeling completely at home.
Before long, Muyun squeezed herself right into the middle of them, turning it into a three-person group hug.
With Muyun interrupting like that, Mother managed to calm her emotions and regain control.
"When I saw your sister beating you last night, I was startled, thinking you'd caused some huge disaster again. Now that I hear you've succeeded, I can finally rest easy. By the way, where's your sister?"
"She..."
Mufeng was just about to speak when he saw Muxue appear in the living room.
"I'm back."
Mufeng thought: *So when you said you'd be home a little later earlier, you really meant a little later! That "little" sure was short.*
Seeing all three of her children at home, Mother wore a gratified smile. She had deliberately taken two days off from work just so the family could reunite over a meal.
"Good thing you're back. You guys chat for a bit, I'm going to make dinner. It's been so long since our family was all together, we need to celebrate properly today."
"Mom, let me help." Muxue sensibly followed Mother into the kitchen.
Leaving Mufeng and Muyun staring at each other with wide eyes.
"Now that you're a class holder, you can make money, right? When are you going to pay me back?"
In the next instant, Muyun switched back to her creditor persona, transforming into a ruthless landlord.
"Isn't it just 20 bucks? I'll pay you back 40 next time."
"You already said you'd double it yesterday. If you double it again today, you'll owe me 80."
Mufeng surrendered and brushed her off. "Fine, 80 it is. I'll pay you 80 as soon as I make some money. If you try to shake me down for it any earlier than that, it goes right back to 20. Think carefully about it."
With that, Mufeng headed back to his room, leaving Muyun standing there in conflicted thought: *Just how am I supposed to know when Mufeng actually makes money? Eighty bucks... that's so much money, I don't even get that much during Chinese New Year.*
Mufeng stepped into his room. Inside, there was only a wall wardrobe, a bed, a desk, and a chair—no other furniture.
Having transmigrated half a day ago and lived under constant pressure, he could finally truly relax. He spun around and threw himself flat onto the bed in a starfish shape, letting out a comfortable groan.
Suddenly, he felt something poking against his back. Reaching out a hand, he pulled out a half-palm-sized black scorpion.
Mufeng immediately guessed that Muyun was behind this. Under normal circumstances, if Mufeng found a scorpion, he would have already lost his temper and screamed in panic.
Today, however, Mufeng's inner core had changed. He carefully observed the scorpion. In his memories, all the venomous bugs Muyun kept were fake, but now Mufeng noticed that although this scorpion was motionless, its beady eyes were shining pitch-black.
Mufeng cast a Metal Healing Spell on himself before taking action, twisting the scorpion into various poses for an experiment. Soon, unable to endure the torture and humiliation any longer, the scorpion began to struggle and move.
Sure enough, the scorpion was alive.
Mufeng let go, and the scorpion scurried along the baseboard, darting out through the crack of the door in a flash—probably going back to find Muyun.
In his memories, Muyun had started playing with these bugs two years ago, always telling Mufeng that they were fake and didn't bite.
So how on earth had she trained these bugs to be this obedient?
Could it be that Muyun wasn't as untalented as she appeared on the surface?
And what about his parents? Were they ordinary either?
In the end, was the original Mufeng the only good-for-nothing in the entire family?
Never mind, these matters weren't important; he could observe slowly over time.
Anything that exists will inevitably leave traces.
For now, he'd better use his cheat to strengthen his power!
Ever since he had successfully extracted the "Metal Sword" attribute for the first time, Mufeng's mind had opened up to endless possibilities.
At first, he thought items and equipment needed fully formed attached attributes. Later, he learned that wasn't necessary—as long as an attribute was displayed on the status panel, it could be used, and he could even split phrases and words.
This cheat wasn't picky at all. So wouldn't it work on more than just item and equipment attributes? Could the attributes displayed in skills work too?
He planned to give it a try: using attributes from within his skills to further enhance those skills.