Chapter 243: Too Many Fools, Not Enough Scammers
[Congratulations, player, on successfully completing the third amusement park attraction.]
[Congratulations, player Faye Yardley, on successfully clearing Dungeon 5. Do you wish to leave?]
Faye Yardley took off her tattered raincoat, hat, mask, and sunglasses, tossing them one by one into a nearby recycling bin.
She put on a new mask and was still considering whether to leave when someone grabbed her arm. "Come on, you’re pretty interesting. We can keep teaming up for the next attraction."
Faye Yardley slapped away the Catgirl’s hand. "Sorry, I don’t know you. Besides, I’m done playing."
"Tsk, it’s still early. If we hurry, we can hit two more attractions." The Catgirl licked her lips. Seeing that Faye Yardley was genuinely unmoved, she looked slightly regretful as she handed her a business card. "Get in touch if you get the chance."
Just like that, the card was in Faye Yardley’s hand, and the Catgirl had vanished into the crowd.
Faye Yardley glanced down at the card in her hand. [Serenia Hilltop Bar - Cici]
"Huh?! Are Catgirls a specialty of the Hilltop Bar?"
The Catgirl she saw at the bar before was completely different from this one at the amusement park. She hadn’t made the connection at all.
’So, when the Catgirl was fighting everyone on the small boat just now, the reason she didn’t attack me was because she’d seen me at the Hilltop Bar before? Does that make me her customer?’
’Okay, that’s a bit of a stretch, but it’s a fact that she was friendlier to me and didn’t attack.’
She looked around at the bustling amusement park, then up at the sky, which was still brightly lit by the sun. But the hands on her watch wouldn’t lie—it was already almost 4 p.m.
"Choose to clear and leave."
The next second, she was back on her raft.
[Congratulations, player Faye Yardley, on successfully clearing Dungeon 5. You have obtained: Good Luck Talisman x1, agility attribute +1, Weapon Refining Stone x2, Clown Doll x1, wood x100, stones x100, copper x100.]
"Sister, you’re back! That was fast."
Willow Yardley ran over happily when she saw Faye appear in the living room.
Faye Yardley nodded with a simple "Mm."
Then she heard Willow Yardley say, "You went into a Dungeon by yourself without taking Cole Kensington. He’s not happy about it; he’s been sulking all day."
"Don’t worry about it. He’s just a kid; he’ll get over it."
Faye Yardley had no intention of coddling anyone. She didn’t need anyone else’s permission to do what she wanted.
"By the way, get some good food ready for me. I’m going to take a quick shower first."
"Okay."
A quarter of an hour later, Faye Yardley flopped onto her bed and took out her Dungeon rewards.
[Good Luck Talisman: For 48 hours after use, your Luck Value will increase by 1. Your luck will improve!]
[Weapon Refining Stone: Has a chance to upgrade a weapon upon use. (Note: The lower the weapon’s level, the more effective this item is.)]
[Clown Doll: Look at it when you’re unhappy, and it will bring you joy~]
Faye Yardley picked up the Clown Doll and examined it. It looked exactly like the clown she had seen earlier.
"Alright, if looking at you is supposed to make me happy, then you can stay right here." She rolled over twice before placing the doll on her nightstand.
She stored the materials in her warehouse, then sent the Good Luck Talisman and Weapon Refining Stones to her brother. They were useless to her. After all, even without the talisman, not only was her Luck maxed out, but her Ruby Hairpin also provided a luck bonus.
As for the black flower the clown had given her, it was only effective inside the amusement park, so after a moment’s thought, she stored it in her private warehouse.
RING RING~
"Faye, you went into a Dungeon today?"
"Yeah. What’s up? Aren’t you busy, brother? You’re calling me right after I sent you the items."
Ethan Yardley didn’t know what to say to his sister. ’She’s really grown up and has a mind of her own now. She doesn’t listen at all.’
"You... just be careful, okay? You just got back from a Dungeon run with Zheng He and the others, and now you’ve gone right back into another one by yourself. What, are Dungeons that much fun?"
Faye Yardley nodded and said with a smile, "They really are."
Her single sentence left Ethan Yardley completely speechless.
Seeing her brother’s stunned silence, Faye Yardley laughed. "Hey, don’t worry. I know what I’m doing."
"This doesn’t look like you know what you’re doing at all."
"Bro, my combat power is higher than yours now, certified by the system. I’m the one who’s number one on Veridia’s combat power rankings. Don’t worry about me so much."
Right now, Ethan Yardley’s feelings were more complicated than a doting father discovering his precious daughter was secretly dating.
They exchanged a few more words before someone came looking for Ethan, and he had to hang up.
As for her brother’s parting comment that their grandfather kept trying to add her as a friend, Faye Yardley just shrugged. She didn’t care. She had already set her account to reject all friend requests from strangers.
Unless she initiated the request herself, no one could add her.
Faye Yardley had no idea if there were items that could force a friend connection, ignoring the other person’s wishes.
Even if such items existed, they had to be extremely rare. Besides, even if he added her, she could just delete him.
When Faye Yardley went downstairs, Willow Yardley had already prepared a table full of dinner.
"By the way, Sister, you’ve been running Dungeons back-to-back, so you probably don’t know, but our grandfather, Gregory Yardley, has become something of a celebrity on the public channel. He’s been calling you out constantly."
Faye Yardley rolled her eyes, scoffed, and plopped down at the dining table. "Just ignore him. No matter what he says, don’t pay him any mind."
"Not even if he’s using your name to swindle people?"
Faye Yardley was surprised. "People can still get away with swindling in a world like this? Is my name really that useful? Surely no idiot would fall for it."
Willow Yardley served her a bowl of rice and said with a wry smile, "There are quite a few idiots, actually. Probably not enough scammers to go around. It wasn’t until Brother used a special item to pin an announcement that the number of people falling for it decreased."
"Huh? How did they fall for it? What kind of scam was it? We’ve all been surviving in this world for two months, and there are still such fools around?"
It was no wonder Faye Yardley was shocked. She truly hadn’t expected that after two months of struggling to survive, there were still such naive fools.
According to Willow, Gregory Yardley was only asking for small amounts of basic materials like wood, promising in return to recommend them to his grandson Ethan Yardley’s The First Guild, or to get them added as a friend by Veridia’s number one combatant, Faye Yardley.
The brother-and-sister duo were basically a golden ticket. After all, ranking first on any leaderboard was no simple feat.
Many people were indeed willing to trade a small amount of basic materials for a chance to make a connection.
Faye Yardley really didn’t know how to describe what she was feeling. It was just... too much.
Finally, she let out a long sigh.
"Let’s eat, let’s eat. Willow, tell me something happy. Since Brother already handled it, I won’t worry about it."
’I should go find the Master after dinner,’ she thought.