Evening, 7:15 p.m.

  Hangzhou City.

  This was a small home with an area of only 90 square meters. The decoration was not luxurious, but every bit of the yout showed the owner's eagerness to lead a good life. It was very cozy.

  The cloud - shaped lights were on, and the characters for "fortune" that were newly pasted during the Spring Festival were still on the windows and bedroom doors.

  Dong!

  A crisp sound rang out!

  In the kitchen, the young man's eyes were blood - red. His right hand, like a powerful pair of pliers, tightly grasped the woman's neck, pushing her back with great force. The gentle young woman subconsciously grabbed her husband's right hand with both hands and staggered backwards. Her back hit the cooking stove where the food was still being cooked. The frying pan overturned, and the stir - fried hot oil poured onto the countertop and the dark - blue fmes, making a sizzling sound.

  Some of the scalding food and oil also spshed onto the woman's back. The intense heat made Li Wenwen want to scream... but her neck was held tightly!

  Suffocation!

  Fear!

  It began to envelop her heart! In her struggle, her eyes met her husband's gaze, like a wild beast that had lost its mind. At that moment, she realized that Huang Wenbin really wanted to kill her!

  "Wh... Wha... Why?"

  Li Wenwen's fingernails dug into Huang Wenbin's arm with both hands, and her two legs were also trying to kick her husband away, but the strength gap between men and women was too great.

  Her lips opened and closed as she uttered the words with difficulty.

  "Why?"

  "Ha!"

  "You ask me why?!"

  Huang Wenbin growled.

  "Why didn't you ask me why when you sent me out?!"

  "What were you doing, you bitch, when I was working overtime?!"

  "It's you!"

  "It's you who ruined everything!"

  Huang Wenbin roared. His left hand also reached out. The woman in front of him struggled more violently at first, then her movements gradually became smaller. At the st moment, Li Wenwen gave up struggling, but the look in her eyes as she looked at her husband was extremely complex, with apology, regret, and...

  Pity.

  The light in her eyes completely dimmed.

  I don't know how long it passed.

  Huang Wenbin let go of his hand. The gentle woman in the apron and knitted sweater fell to the ground without any support, her hair disheveled.

  "Huff!"

  "Huff!"

  "Huff!"

  Heavy breaths echoed in the quiet kitchen.

  Huang Wenbin stood there dumbly.

  He hugged his head with both hands, his fingers running through his hair. Looking at his wife on the ground, at this moment, past beautiful memories kept emerging in front of his eyes.

  He fell to his knees in front of his wife's body, his lips trembling, and tears streaming down uncontrolbly.

  Ten minutes ter.

  Click!

  Huang Wenbin stood up, reached out to turn off the gas stove that was still burning. He seemed to have regained his calm. He took a look at his wife's body and turned to walk out of the kitchen.

  "Hello."

  "Dad."

  "Mom."

  "I'm sorry. From now on, consider me as if I never existed. Oh, I'll find a way to get you some money for your retirement ter. Don't tell anyone about this money, and don't give it to anyone either."

  Huang Wenbin first called his parents back in his hometown. After saying just this, he hung up amidst the two elders' panicked inquiries.

  He walked around the house, then quickly left home with a bag in hand.

  Disappearing into the night.

  ...

  [Desire Points + 100]

  [Desire Points + 100]

  ...

  At the same time, Lu Yuan, who was squatting in front of a booth at the Hangzhou Banshan Second - hand Goods Trading Market, was attracted by the pop - up messages. Through the connection of Pandora, he saw a warm little home, the kitchen filled with the smell of cooking... and then, he witnessed the woman's death with his own eyes.

  "Does the boss like this doll?"

  "You have a good eye."

  "I got this from a wealthy family!"

  The peddler in front of the booth, seeing that Lu Yuan's eyes had been fixed on a Western - style doll, thought he had a big customer. He rubbed his hands and said enthusiastically.

  "Five thousand yuan, and you can take it away!"

  "No need."

  "Thank you."

  Lu Yuan came back to his senses, closed the system, pushed the bck - rimmed gsses on his nose, and responded gently to the peddler's enthusiastic gaze.

  Then he stood up and walked towards the next booth. From afar, the peddler's calls could still be heard:

  "Two thousand five!"

  "Two thousand!"

  "Five hundred!"

  "Boss, don't leave. If you really like it, consider it as making a friend. Fifty yuan, you can take it! Thirty, it can't be any lower!"

  "Name your price. I'll sell it as long as you offer money!"

  At this time, the Banshan Second - hand Goods Trading Market was very lively. The peddlers set up a long row of booths in the middle walkway, and there were shops on both sides.

  Lu Yuan walked while searching for containers that could hold the seeds.

  Based on his exploration in the past week, objects that could hold seeds often had extraordinary pasts. For example, they were infused with the most intense emotions, desires, or obsessions of their former owners... or their very existence was a symbol of a certain status, having been venerated and influenced for a long time.

  "Hmm?"

  Lu Yuan entered an antique store. In fact, it wasn't really an antique store, but a higher - grade second - hand goods store. The items here were more valuable than those at the street stalls outside.

  A faint red light fshed in a cabinet on the right, towards the inside.

  Lu Yuan didn't walk directly over. Instead, he casually gnced from the door and finally walked to the cabinet, where he finally saw the object shrouded in red light.

  "A carrier for the third - order."

  Lu Yuan observed.

  It was an extremely delicate Western Roman - style silver hairpin. The length of the hairpin was nine inches. At the top of the hairpin was a somewhat eerie carving.

  "Blood?"

  Lu Yuan saw a dark red mark at the tip of the hairpin.

  "Boss, how much is this hairpin?"

  "Which one?"

  "Wait a moment. I'll put on my gsses."

  At the counter, the old man with a sparse head of hair bent down to look for his reading gsses. He walked over and looked in the direction of Lu Yuan's finger: "This one? Two thousand yuan will do."

  "Okay. Wrap it up for me."

  Lu Yuan agreed immediately.

  His quick agreement made the old man, who had already prepared his sales pitch, stunned. First, a look of joy appeared on his face, and then he felt a bit regretful that he had named too low a price. But he didn't say anything more and quickly opened the cabinet, took out the hairpin, and put it in a mahogany box, then handed it to Lu Yuan.

  ...

  After obtaining a carrier, Lu Yuan quickly browsed through the remaining stores in the second - hand goods market. Since he didn't encounter any more surprises, he took a taxi and went home.

  "Meow!"

  As soon as he opened the door, the bck cat, which had been squatting in front of the door and had not a single strand of completely bck on its body, meowed.

  "Lao Bai, were you good at home today?"

  Lu Yuan reached out and stroked the cat.

  He refilled the cat food and water for Lao Bai and then walked into the study with the purchased hairpin. Behind him, Lao Bai, the bck cat, with its shiny bck eyes, looked at the master's back and actually followed him.

  "Why did you come?"

  "Alright, alright. Let's witness this together."

  As soon as Lu Yuan sat down, the bck cat jumped into his arms. A faint smile hung on his gentle face as he murmured.

  He touched the system with his mind.

  The next second.

  A mysterious, bright, and eerily glowing seed appeared out of thin air in the study. It floated in front of Lu Yuan and Lao Bai.

  When the bck cat in Lu Yuan's arms saw this seed, it obviously became restless. Its long tail swayed, and it even tried to break free from Lu Yuan's embrace and jump onto the table.

  "Lao Bai."

  "Don't be impatient."

  Lu Yuan soothed Lao Bai. He took out the hairpin and brought it close to the seed. The mysterious seed at his fingertips was like a drop of water, continuously dissolving into the hairpin.

  [Ding!]

  [You have obtained Pandora No. 3 - 002!]

  [Please name Pandora No. 3 - 002!]

  [3 - 002]

  [Its former owner used to stab it straight into the hearts of one girl after another, and the bright red blood flowed out through the internal channels of the hairpin...]

  [When the user stabs 3 - 002 into the target's heart, it can drain every drop of blood from the target and extract a drop of life essence. Using the life essence can make the host reverse the aging process and remain youthful forever.]

  Lu Yuan read the text carefully.

  He was astonished by the ability of this Pandora.

  After a moment, he thought and said, "Lilith's Blood Needle. Name it Lilith's Blood Needle."

  [Ding!]

  [Naming successful!]

  [Pandora No. 3 - 002: Lilith's Blood Needle]

  ...

  In the study, it returned to its usual calm. Lu Yuan's eyes were fixed on the silver hairpin that had completely changed its appearance, and his hand was still slowly stroking the bck cat that had id down.

  He lowered his head.

  Looking at his Lao Bai.

  In his eyes, Lao Bai was also shrouded in red light. Even the eeriness and brilliance were far more intense than the light when he saw the hairpin, like a red moon.

  And this kind of light represented - his bck cat had the potential to carry the supreme rank - 0 seed!