Not One Cent Less for the Betrothal Gift

Inside the Civil Affairs Bureau of Shangcheng City's Yuancheng District.

"Luo Feng, how can you be such a loser?!"

"You only have 300,000 for the betrothal gift, and you're only giving 250,000? Are you trying to embarrass me?"

"Go borrow another 50,000, or get a loan if you have to. Otherwise, how is my brother going to get married?"

"I'll give you one more hour. If there's even a penny short, this wedding is off!"

Li Li, wearing high heels, tight leather pants on her lower half, a white knit top, and a black jacket, was just over 1.6 meters tall. Her figure was slender, but her key features weren't prominent.

At this moment, she looked at her boyfriend of five years, who couldn't even produce the 300,000 betrothal gift, and mercilessly mocked him in front of everyone.

"This is all my savings, and I borrowed another 60,000."

Luo Feng stopped the transfer he was making, exited the banking app, quietly put away the household registration book on the table, and stood up.

"Whether you want to get married or not, I'm not going through with it now."

"We are officially breaking up."

Luo Feng said calmly, ignoring the onlookers at the Civil Affairs Bureau who were enjoying the show, and walked out.

Looking back at the girlfriend he had been with for five years, he only felt how foolish he had been.

Five years ago, his career was successful, he earned millions annually, and he was full of ambition.

Li Li was an employee at a supplier's company. After getting to know each other, Li Li started actively pursuing him.

During a dinner party, while slightly tipsy, Li Li kissed him and confessed her feelings. She was attractive and had a good figure, and Luo Feng, under the influence of hormones, agreed.

The day after they became a couple, Li Li moved into the apartment Luo Feng had bought in the city center.

It wasn't exactly a life of constant revelry, but conservatively, they were together six days a week.

With both a successful career and a relationship, Luo Feng was naturally ambitious and took out loans from the bank to expand his business.

However, in the following years, due to various factors, he lost everything and went bankrupt.

He sold all his assets – his house, car, and stocks – just enough to pay off his bank loans.

Luo Feng, now in his thirties, had to find a job to make a living.

With only an ordinary bachelor's degree, he couldn't get into large corporations.

He found a job as a store manager at a hot pot restaurant, with only one day off per week and a salary of less than 10,000 yuan per month.

In the past, when he was tired after work as a boss, he would return home to a lavish dinner and gentle companionship.

Later, as a corporate slave, he would return home late at night to find Li Li still out partying.

A year ago, Li Li, relying on her decent looks and being under thirty, found a job with a monthly salary of 5,000 yuan.

Although the salary wasn't high, she met many people who appeared to be successful.

Li Li, whom Luo Feng once remembered as gentle and considerate, started speaking sarcastically, and the relationship between them grew increasingly distant.

Three days ago, Li Li unexpectedly proposed marriage, but asked for a 200,000 betrothal gift.

Luo Feng thought Li Li genuinely wanted to settle down. He was also getting older, and his parents were urging him to marry, so he agreed.

When they got to the Civil Affairs Bureau and he took out the household registration book, Li Li said the betrothal gift needed to be increased by another 100,000.

In a moment of desperation, he borrowed money from friends and managed to scrape together 250,000, only to be ruthlessly mocked by Li Li.

He had initially been very against the idea of a betrothal gift. Hearing Li Li say that the 300,000 was also for her brother's use instantly made Luo Feng see clearly.

He then proposed to break up.

Ding!

Perfect Life System has been bound.

Host: Luo Feng

Age: 32

Height: 175cm

Weight: 85kg

Wealth: 190,000

Physique: 61 (Sub-healthy state. Below 60 indicates weakness and illness. Host, please improve quickly.)

Ding!

You have a new mission!

Detecting host's current state, to achieve a perfect life as soon as possible, please strengthen your exercise.

Mission Objective: Body fat percentage reaches 15%.

Mission Reward: Current body fat percentage is 25%. For every 1% decrease, you will be rewarded with 200,000. An additional 10,000,000 will be awarded upon reaching 15%.

Hoo...

Luo Feng took a deep breath. This incredible system had descended upon him!

I had been playing this Perfect Life game for a while, and I never expected it to become my own system.

I still remember how my game character became more and more powerful the more I played, with stats like height and physique that I could increase at will.

With tens of thousands of god-tier physiques and stats, the strength and speed it displayed were no less than Superman's.

My stamina was also full, my lifespan was almost infinite, and I was forever young!

In the game, my own businesses and descendants were spread all over the world, making me a definite world-class billionaire!

It truly felt like my hardships were finally over!

"You're still laughing here? You can't even afford a 300,000 betrothal gift, you're such a loser!"

"I must have been blind to have chosen you as my boyfriend!"

"Don't say I didn't give you a chance, you're just too useless. Don't bother me after we break up, and goodbye forever!"

At this moment, Li Li walked out.

She had wanted to break up with Luo Feng for a long time but was afraid her relatives and friends would call her materialistic.

So she came up with this betrothal gift idea. She didn't expect him to actually produce 200,000, so she had to raise the stakes temporarily.

On the surface, she had given him a chance.

A Mercedes-Benz GLC slowly stopped by the roadside. The window rolled down, and a middle-aged man waved at Li Li.

Li Li smiled in response, quickly walked towards the Mercedes, and got into the passenger seat.

Seeing this, Luo Feng instantly understood Li Li's betrothal gift ploy was to force him to break up with her.

Judging by how familiar they looked, they must have hooked up long ago.

But Li Li was a thing of the past; he couldn't wait to verify the authenticity of this system.

He prepared to jog home, exercise, and lower his body fat percentage as soon as possible.

He hadn't even taken two steps before the Mercedes slowly drove up beside him.

"Thank you for taking care of Lili all these years. We're heading to the Chaoyang Grand Hotel first."

The middle-aged man said with a smug look, almost explicitly stating he was going to the hotel with Li Li.

"Going to the hotel to play with what I've left behind?"

Luo Feng wasn't going to take it lying down and unleashed his ultimate move: "I've practiced all sorts of positions and locations these past few years. My range is quite wide, so don't mind it!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the expressions of the two people in the car turned ugly.

"Damn it, what a disgusting man, so uncouth!"

"How could you have been with a man like this!"

The man cursed, then took his anger out on Li Li.

"Mr. Yang, he's just a loser, trying to provoke you!"

"I was young and foolish back then and met this kind of low-life."

"We've been living separate lives for the past two years, and I've wanted to break up for a long time."

Li Li quickly explained, her voice sweet and coquettish, employing all sorts of sugary tones.

"Alright, it's a good thing you met me. Forget about him. Let's go to the hotel first to celebrate you escaping the sea of suffering. I've booked Western food and wine..."

The man pinched Li Li's thigh, stepped on the gas, and pulled away from Luo Feng.

He jogged for two kilometers.

Although it was September and the weather was turning cool, Luo Feng was still drenched in sweat.

Sweat streamed down his face like water.

His legs felt heavy, as if they were filled with lead.

Ding.

[Detected an emergency situation occurring near the host. A Body Strengthening Potion is being preemptively issued. Upon use, speed, strength, and endurance will be temporarily increased for 6 hours.]

[Mission Objective: Subdue the robber.]

[Mission Reward: +5 Physique points, +3 cm to any body part.]