Chapter 253 Additional Talent: Designated Invisibility in Bad Weather

Su Yang looked at this pair of siblings and thought that they had screws loose in their heads. He was a little curious.

‘What were they doing? Little lambs giving themselves up to the wolves?’

Perhaps seeing how Su Yang was puzzled, Qu Xuan put his feet up on the chair in a strange pose but far enough from Qu Xiaomeng that she wouldn’t be able to push his feet down. “It’s like this. My silly sister went out without the key to my parents’ house.”

Su Yang asked, “Then what?”

Qu Xuan grinned. “I didn’t bring it either.”

Su Yang was speechless. ‘I’m now very sure they’re from the same parents.’

Su Yang asked, “What about her own house?”

Qu Xuan continued laughing. “She forgot to bring her keys too.”

Qu Xiaomeng blushed and almost lowered her head to the level of the Pikachus head on her shirt.

Su Yang continued, “Then can’t you hire a lock picker?”

Qu Xuan replied, “It’s already 11 p.m. now. I called a few locksmiths but no one answered.”

Su Yang looked at the time, and it was indeed 11 o’clock. Time passed unnoticed really fast and the locksmiths were probably all asleep.

Su Yang said, “Then what do you guys plan to do?”

Qu Xuan replied, “I’m going to stay at my friend’s house for the night. If it’s my sister, I’d like her to stay a night at your house.”

Su Yang was speechless.

‘This isn’t a joke.

‘A man and a woman sharing a room to themselves… Would I even have time to check out the additional abilities for (Raincoat That Likes Bad Weather]?!

‘Also, wasn’t it too strange for a brother to send his sister to another guy’s house.’

Su Yang asked, “Then why don’t you let your sister go with you to your friend’s place?”

Qu Xuan spread his hands. “It’s already inconvenient for my friend to receive me. I don’t want to trouble him too much to let my sister stay for the night as well.”

Su Yang felt that it was somewhat reasonable so he asked, “What about a hotel?”

Qu Xuan retracted his spread arms. “I’m broke.”

Su Yang stayed for a moment and looked at Qu Xiaomeng.

Qu Xiaomeng was a little embarrassed and explained, “I’ve spent all my salary, and the rent is still paid by my parents. Even my home is… Ahem.”

“Qu Xuan said he spent all his money as well.”

Qu Xiaomeng paused. “If it’s convenient for you, can you lend me 200 yuan and I’ll go to a hotel for the night. When the locks are unlocked tomorrow… I’ll pay you back when my parents come back.”

Qu Xiaomeng was obviously uneasy about the arrangement. After all, it was awkward to come to borrow money in the middle of the night. She obviously didn’t want to stay at Su Yang’s place.

It wasn’t that she minded the poor environment here. It was mainly because spending a night alone with a man would be even more awkward than coming to borrow money in the middle of the night…

Qu Xuan rolled his eyes, obviously having a different opinion, but didn’t bother to say more.

Su Yang pondered for a moment. “Actually, the only problem you guys have is that you can’t open the door, right?”

Qu Xuan and Qu Xiaomeng nodded their heads.

Su Yang replied, “Oh… Then why don’t I try to unlock it for you guys.” Qu Xuan and Qu Xiaomeng shared the same surprised face. “You?”

Su Yang felt that they were truly real siblings.

“Yes, me.” Saying that, Su Yang stood up. “You guys wait for a moment, I’ll look for the tools.”

Saying that, Su Yang got up and went to the cupboard to rummage through the cupboard and found a wire.

Actually, he was using this action to get Little Deeny to take out the (Shape-Shifting Vellum). With the vellum, Su Yang could open it even if Qu Xiaomeng’s house was a bank vault. Thinking so, Su Yang got up, took the wire and said to the siblings, “Let’s go.”

Qu Xuan and Qu Xiaomeng were speechless. Qu Xiaomeng stupidly looked at Su Yang. “You’re using this to open the lock?” Su Yang smiled proudly. “I’ll tell you this. Once, I used a dry noodle to unlock all the locks in the village.”

Qu Xiaomeng continued asking. “What exactly did you use to do…”

Su Yang coughed. “Let’s not mention the past. Come, let’s go to your house.”

Since Su Yang said so, the siblings got up and led the way.

The two of them didn’t actually believe from the bottom of their hearts that Su Yang could succeed. After all, he was using a wire to open a door lock. If he succeeded, he’d be legendary.

Especially since that wire is so thick. It felt as if it was almost as thick as the keyhole. Could it actually fit?

While they were on the way, Qu Xiaomeng looked at the side profile of Su Yang’s face and thought about it. “Fellow student Su Yang, the lock on my door is a C-grade lock, can you really open it?” Su Yang was confused. “What’s a C-grade lock?”

Qu Xiaomeng was speechless.

Qu Xuan explained, “C-grade locks are the most secure and complex locks on the market today. They have single or double-sided key slots, two rows of concave S-shaped or double internal and external snake internal milled slot structure. It’s said to take upwards of four hours to open or more commonly, stay locked despite having specialized tools at your disposal.”

He paused and added, “In the past, locks of these old security doors were usually A-grade locks, and with professional tools, they could usually be opened within a minute.”

Su Yang was surprised. “Really? That’s awesome! Then I’ll have to see it.”

Qu Xuan was speechless.

The two siblings looked at each other, both seeing helplessness and worry in each other’s eyes.

Just like Qu Xuan said, as the most secure lock among the more commonly used locks on the market, the C-grade locks could be almost impossible to open unless one went about it with non-violent methods. Although the lock had much to brag about, but a thief would still be able to break it if they spend some time. In their minds, they didn’t think Su Yang and his wire would be able to break the lock.

So, faced with Su Yang’s naive thoughts, the pair of siblings were a bit helpless. They only wished that Su Yang would give up sooner so that they could get more sleep tonight. After all, going to a hotel and going to a friend’s house took time as well….

Arriving at Qu Xiaomeng’s house, Su Yang asked, “This is your house, right?”

Qu Xiaomeng nodded, after which she added, “Student Su, you… Hmm… It’s fine even if you can’t open it.”

Su Yang smiled. “Don’t worry.”

Qu Xiaomeng whispered, “Just don’t break the lock, I’m a bit poor right now…”

Su Yang was speechless.

What else could Su Yang say? “I’ll be gentle, don’t worry.”

Qu Xiaomeng nodded her head and stopped talking

With the siblings beside him, Su Yang couldn’t openly use his special ability openly so he pretended to observe the lock mechanism before he quietly slipped the vellum from his pocket to his hand. After that, by using his body to block the siblings’ vision, he leaned against the lock and pressed the vellum against it.

The additional ability of the (Shape-Shifting Vellum) was activated as its front end slowly flattened. Then, a groove appeared on its surface as the shape slowly morphed. Bumps, and depressions grew on it, making it look very complicated.

With the transformation, Su Yang inserted the vellum into the keyhole, and twisted to the right. Lo and behold, the door… opened.

“Oh, the C-grade lock isn’t hard to crack at all.’

At this time, Qu Xiaomeng and Qu Xuan were still chatting.

Qu Xiaomeng chided, “You really don’t have any money on you? I remember you had your own stash.” Qu Xuan was particularly ‘honest’ and replied, “I really don’t have any. I’ve spent it all recently on vacation. I invited my teammates, roommates, and my girlfriend to dinner, and spent it all.”

Qu Xiaomeng looked at her brother suspiciously, always feeling that her brother was strange acting strangely ever since he found out she didn’t have her keys.

Qu Xiaomeng said, “Even if you treat that bunch to three dinners, you wouldn’t be able to spend it that fast.”

Qu Xuan, on the other hand, laughed. “Whoever said I only treated them to three meals?”

Qu Xiaomeng was puzzled.

Qu Xuan clearly didn’t want to talk about this topic. He looked at Su Yang’s back and changed the subject. “How long do you feel it will take him to open the door?”

Qu Xiaomeng was stunned. “You actually think he can open it?! I wasn’t hopeful at all. I just hope he’ll lend me 200 yuan.”

Qu Xuan was slightly embarrassed, but he didn’t actually believe it as well.

He continued, “Do you really want to stay in a hotel by yourself? Aren’t you afraid?” Qu Xiaomeng gave him a glance. “I’m more scared if I have to live with another man.”

Qu Xuan whispered, “I’m telling you, I’ve been examining the chairman for am emtore semester. He’s really a good man who’s motivated, can cook, lives at home and definitely a guy who’ll spoil his wife! Why don’t you just take your chances!”

Qu Xiaomeng suddenly came to her senses and pointed at her brother. “I knew it! I’ve been saying that you’ve been acting strange today! It’s your idea! You’re out of your mind! He’s my student!”

Qu Xuan replied nonchalently, “So what, Yangguo[1] was also Xiaolongnü[2]’s student.”

Qu Xiaomeng was speechless.

She realized she wouldn’t be able to speak any sense to this guy at all so she just snorted. “I don’t care. I can’t accept a teacher-student love relationship unless he can open this door in 2 minutes!”

The two of them were talking when suddenly, there was a soft click at the door as Su Yang turned around and said, “The door is open.”

Qu Xuan and Qu Xiaomeng were speechless.

Stunned, Qu Xiaomeng said, “You opened it?” Qu Xuan was also too shocked to close his mouth. “You opened such an advanced lock so quickly?”

Qu Xiaomeng looked at Su Yang’s fresh face and was a little distracted for a moment.

Qu Xuan, on the other hand, was looking at his sister with a smile on his face.

Qu Xiaomeng’s face was red from her brother’s stare. She was so angry that she stomped on her brother’s leg, walked up to the door, all the while muttering, “All this has got to be staged.”

Then, she pulled the door’s handle and the anti-theft door… opened.

Qu Xiaomeng looked at Su Yang, then at the door, and her face blushed even more.

Su Yang looked baffled, ‘What was this silly girl doing?’

Halfway through, Qu Xiaomeng coughed to hide her embarrassment. “Should I change the lock?”

Qu Xuan nodded seriously. “Change it! It’s too dangerous!”

After saying that, he added, “However, you can leave the spare key at the chairman’s house.”

Qu Xiaomeng gave her brother a hard stare but Qu Xuan just smiled proudly.

Su Yang looked at this sibling, puzzled. He didn’t know what kind of drugs they were selling, but felt that he should say something to stop these poor siblings from spending more money in vain, “Actually, the lock of your house is really advanced. I fiddled around with it for a long time before it opened.”

Qu Xuan and Qu Xiaomeng were speechless.

‘A long time?… It’s only been half a minute just now.’

Seeing the two’s expressions of complete disbelief, Su Yang giggled. “I inherited this craft from my ancestors. Ordinary thieves don’t have this skill.”

Qu Xuan and Qu Xiaomeng thought concurrently. ‘Big brother, what is your ancestral business…’

Seeing that they became more confused the more he explained, Su Yang didn’t bother to continue. ‘Iust change it then, it’s not like I’m spending my money anyway.’ So he found an excuse and slipped away. It was the middle of the night, and he was waiting to see the [Raincoat That Likes Bad Weather]’s additional ability!

Under the adoring and strange gazes of the two siblings, Su Yang left Qu Xiaomeng’s house and went back to his basement.

However, what he didn’t see was that while sending him out was that Qu Xuan had been looking at him leaving from behind with a vague, undecipherable, seeming smile.

Returning home and opening the basement door, Su Yang felt a dampness coming from the basement… ‘Well, it was indeed a bit damp in the basement! I’m also a multi-millionaire boss now, with several companies. Shouldn’t I buy a house, or change into another?’ ‘Although I usually live in a virtual space so it doesn’t matter, others don’t know that.’

Letting partners, or employees know that he was still living in a damp basement would make them doubt his finances or cause some unnecessary incidents.

Entering the virtual space, he saw the raincoat still lying quietly on the ground.

Su Yang opened the system, and an interface appeared.[Raincoat +1: Special ability obtained. Ability name “Raincoat That Loves The Rain”].

Su Yang clicked on the item introduction, and found that there were actually two notes on it. A new additional talent and loophole conditions.

‘Huh? And what about a loophole condition? Is it because of the restrictions?’

Su Yang first tapped on it to see the new additional talent.

[Additional Talent: Designated Invisibility in Bad Weather)

Talent: This item is also effective in rain, fog, hail, tornadoes, and other inclement weather. However, the person wearing the raincoat is no longer invisible but instead, they can designate any person to be invisible.

Note: Try to see what it feels like to suddenly make someone invisible…

Su Yang was speechless.

‘Does the ability make it stronger, or is it the other way around?’

Reading this, his heart was beating like he was on a roller coaster ride. He contemplated whether he was ready to see the final (Loophole Condition). He would then be able to see the true properties of the item.

[1] Fictional protagonist of the novel “The Return of the Condor Heroes” by Jin Yong.

[2] Xiaolongnü is the fictional female protagonist of the novel “The Return of the Condor Heroes” by Jin Yong. In the novel, her physical appearances is described as follows: “skin as white as snow, beautiful and elegant beyond convention and cannot be underestimated, but appears cold and indifferent”.