Ye Tong heard the bathroom door open, and she immediately closed her eyes again, pretending to be asleep.
Xu Mu merely glanced at Ye Tong, then left the room.
Downstairs, through his perception, he could clearly discern Ye Tong's body movements.
Evidently, she had already woken up.
Xu Mu sat on the sofa and began to check his attribute points.
Just now, besides those few items, he had received 160 attribute points.
He first checked his own attributes.
Name: Xu Mu
Character: Villain Saint Body, HR Manager of Xu Group
Strength: 30
Speed: 43
Endurance: 30
Defense: 30
Fate Points: 93
Xu Mu looked at his attributes and decided to distribute them somewhat evenly for balanced development.
He couldn't be too one-sided, leaving weaknesses for enemies.
This time he had exactly 160 points. He planned to add 40 points to each of his own attributes.
Every time Xu Mu upgraded his Strength, he felt changes occurring in his body; his previously sub-healthy physique was completely transformed.
Suddenly, he found that after Strength reached 50 points, he couldn't add any more, and black text appeared before his eyes.
[Host's current body strength has reached the peak for ordinary people.]
[Opening the cultivation talent panel for the host.]
Name: Xu Mu
Character: Villain Saint Body, HR Manager of Xu Group
Realm: Early Stage of Internal Force
Physique: 40
Spirit: 10
Cultivation Value: 0 (Max 100)
Fate Points: 94
Seeing this, Xu Mu was a bit bewildered. He knew the plot, so he naturally knew what realms represented.
The entry point for ancient martial artists was precisely the transition from Internal Force to Hiddedn Force.
For example, the Dragon King was a powerful ancient martial artist.
Xu Mu noticed a question mark icon in the upper right corner of the panel.
He clicked it, and it was the introduction to this panel.
After reading it, he suddenly understood.
It turned out that after entering the ranks of ancient martial artists, the previous four attributes were consolidated into Physique.
To put it simply, Physique represented overall body strength, explosive power, and so on.
Then the Spirit attribute was added.
As for the Cultivation Value below, that was the most important part.
According to the plot, after the Dragon King returned and avenged Ye Tong and Ye Yu, he did not leave Jiang City.
Instead, he began to seize the Xu family and enter the business world.
Ultimately, it was because his cultivation had hit a bottleneck, preventing further breakthroughs.
But Xu Mu didn't need to worry about these things. He only needed to fill the Cultivation Value to advance.
According to the system's prompt, future minimum rewards would consist of both cultivation points and attribute points.
Of the previous 160 points, he had consumed 20 points, leaving 140 attribute points.
He could only add attribute points to his Physique and Spirit.
With each upgrade, Xu Mu felt his state undergo another leap.
He checked the changes on the panel.
Realm: Early Stage of Internal Force
Physique: 100
Spirit: 90
Cultivation Value: 0 (Max 100)
Fate Points: 94
Xu Mu breathed a sigh of relief, feeling the power within his body. He wondered what realm that Lin Yan was currently in.
He wasn't sure what a Physique of 100 at the Early Stage of Internal Force represented.
Just then, Ye Tong came downstairs. Her hair was not tied into a bun but was loose.
Coupled with her unique aura of a Wife, Xu Mu couldn't help but feel a renewed desire to cherish her.
"Are you going to the company today?"
Ye Tong asked as she came downstairs.
"Yes, I have a bit of business today. I'll come back to accompany you once I'm done."
Xu Mu said with a smile.
"No, no need..."
Ye Tong recoiled two steps in alarm, then lightly coughed a few times. "I don't need your company. Work is important. Today, I want to go shopping with Xiao Yu and check out the market."
"Okay, if you have any trouble, remember to call me. I'm your man, your support."
Xu Mu smiled.
[Favorability +10]
"I understand."
Ye Tong's face was a little red. She felt that Xu Mu had indeed changed.
Perhaps he had come to his senses.
Just as he had said before, his resentment towards her and her sister was because the Ye family had swindled too much money from the Xu family.
However, now that they were a family, Xu Mu no longer held a grudge.
...
Xu Mu drove to the company, went to his office, and started sending messages to property management, asking them to send over the surveillance footage of the villa area.
He sat there reviewing it. Before long, there was a knock at the door.
"Come in."
Xu Mu said.
The door opened, and Meng Wanyue, dressed in a uniform, walked in holding documents.
Her inherently cold eyes were still the most striking feature.
Xu Mu came to work today precisely because of her.
He needed to subtly probe to see if she was the one taking photos in front of his house this morning.
There was no other way. His villa's courtyard was too large.
The cameras were primarily for viewing the courtyard; the figure outside was not very clear.
However, based on her physique, it did somewhat resemble her.
"General Manager Xu, these are the documents I organized for you this morning."
Meng Wanyue came to the desk and placed the files in her hand on it.
Xu Mu looked up at Meng Wanyue and calmly said, "Later, accompany me to report to the police."
"General Manager Xu, what happened?"
Meng Wanyue asked, puzzled.
"This morning, I found my car keys missing. So I checked the home security cameras and saw a woman holding a phone, filming outside my house."
Xu Mu observed Meng Wanyue's expression. "I suspect it's a villain casing the place, possibly intending to harm me."
Meng Wanyue's eyes visibly changed upon hearing this.
Xu Mu noticed this, took out his phone, and handed it to Meng Wanyue. "Take a look at this person."
Meng Wanyue took the phone and saw it was surveillance footage from the villa area.
"Why do I feel like... she looks a bit like you?" Xu Mu suddenly said.
"General Manager Xu, it's not me. I came to work early today. Besides, why would I film your house for no reason?"
Meng Wanyue immediately placed the phone on the desk, hastily waving her hands.
She hadn't expected her luck to be so bad; her first attempt was already exposed.
That person was indeed her.
The reason she went there was because she had heard that a woman was sleeping in the courtyard of the villa where Xu Mu lived.
She wanted to go and investigate.
As for filming the courtyard with her phone, it was just to familiarize herself with the layout, to facilitate future infiltration.
"I was just joking, how could it be you?"
Xu Mu smiled as he said this. "Even if it were you, I would still think you were being used by someone else."
"Why does General Manager Xu trust me so much?"
"A feeling. I think you're very simple and a good person."
Xu Mu revealed a radiant smile.
Meng Wanyue was involuntarily stunned.
Xu Mu slowly withdrew his smile. As expected of an assassin.
Even his radiant smile had been used, yet her Favorability didn't increase at all.
"Thank you, General Manager Xu, for trusting me."
Meng Wanyue gave a faint smile.
"You may go. I'll find you later, and we'll go to the police station."
Xu Mu waved his hand at Meng Wanyue.
Meng Wanyue nodded and turned to leave.
...
On the other side, Lin Yan was currently outside the Xu Group building.
He had already sent a message to his hacker friend, asking him to dig up dirt on the Xu family.
Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the information would be sent over shortly.
A mere local conglomerate; he had multiple ways to destroy it.
Lin Yan's eyes were arrogant. Who was he?
He was the King of Mercenaries from abroad.