System! Are You Running a Grocery Store?

2:30 PM.

Inside a rented room in an old residential building near Sanba Square.

Li Xian had packed his belongings, lit his last White Pagoda Mountain cigarette, took a deep drag, and exhaled a cloud of smoke.

He looked around the room—less than fifteen square meters, worn-out decor, simple furnishings. He'd lived here for nearly three years, complaining about it every single day, but now that he was about to leave, a sudden reluctance tugged at his heart.

After all, spending so much time here inevitably bred some attachment.

Still, that alone couldn't stop Li Xian from leaving.

Water flows downhill, people strive upward.

That was an eternal truth, unchanged for millennia.

Li Xian was no exception. Before, he had no choice but to hole up here. Now that he had money, of course he wanted to chase a better life.

Saying goodbye to his old days was the first step Li Xian took after getting the Money Spending Game.

Now, his main task was to spend money.

If he kept squatting here, when would he ever manage to blow through the ten million the system gave him?

What's more, the system only gave him seven days—time was too tight.

He crushed the cigarette butt into the ashtray, checked his backpack to see if he'd forgotten anything.

Actually, he didn't have much to take. Besides the clothes on his back, his backpack only held a laptop, a few favorite figurines, and a new box of boxers he'd bought.

As for the rest of the odds and ends—old clothes, pots and pans, toiletries, and so on—he'd asked his roommate next door to help him get rid of them.

Keep it simple, travel light.

After sorting everything out, just before leaving, Li Xian pulled up the game interface.

Character Attribute Panel.

Host: Li Xian, Male, 24 years old, Height 178 cm, Weight 185 lbs (slightly chubby).

Level: Lv1

Appearance: 59.

Charm: 50.

Strength: 51.

Endurance: 52.

Agility: 40.

His personal attributes were still as pathetic as ever—Li Xian couldn't bear to look.

Earlier, he'd completed two tasks and earned two attribute points. After careful thought, he'd added them to Appearance and Endurance.

Appearance hitting 60 was barely passing, just scraping into the threshold of being handsome. Adding one point to Endurance didn't do much—the task ahead was still tough.

A man couldn't say he wasn't up to it; Endurance had to take priority over other attributes.

After adding the points, Li Xian opened the system warehouse.

Inside were seven draw chances and one Buff Card: Iron Fist Boy.

He slotted the Buff Card into the card slot, felt the boost in strength, then started drawing directly.

Before, he'd either been on the road or driving, never getting a chance to use the draws. Now, he was actually a little excited.

[Ding, seven consecutive draws begin.]

[Congratulations! You obtained Calming Drink +1.]

[Congratulations! You obtained Car Air Freshener +1.]

[Congratulations! You obtained White Person Toothpaste +1.]

[Congratulations! You obtained Deodorant Gum +1.]

[Congratulations! You obtained Yordle Height-Increasing Insoles +1.]

Li Xian: "?????????"

What the hell were these? The system draws were giving out this junk?

Li Xian's expression soured, a herd of ten thousand alpacas stampeding through his heart.

[Congratulations! You obtained Buff Card: Driving with One Hand is Super Cool.]

[Congratulations! You obtained Wealth Card: Shopping Random Discount Card.]

At least the last two draws gave him something useful. Otherwise, Li Xian figured he'd never touch this draw function again.

Beer, drinks, mineral water, peanuts, sunflower seeds, gum?

What was this—a game-run convenience store? All this crap was being used as prizes.

Among these daily necessities, snacks, and drinks, the Height-Increasing Insoles seemed the most practical.

Li Xian stuck them to his heels according to the instructions. They were soft and very comfortable, as if they'd grown right onto his heels.

With the height-increasing insoles, Li Xian gained three centimeters, putting him at 181—the baseline height for a male idol.

Well, none of that was the point.

It was those two cards that had Li Xian more excited.

[Shopping Random Discount Card Instructions: After making a purchase, using this card has a certain chance of applying a discount from 9.9% off to 1% off (single transaction not to exceed five million).]

This card had a spending cap, and the discount rate was a bit of a gamble. Getting 1% off would be amazing, but if luck was bad and it hit 9.9% off... well, better than nothing.

A little disappointed, Li Xian turned his attention to the other card. He thought it was a driving skill enhancer, but when he saw the description, his expression froze.

[Driving with One Hand is Super Cool: When one hand leaves the steering wheel, charm increases by 10% (upgradable).]

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With my current driving skills, am I fit to drive one-handed???

Slinging his backpack over his shoulder, Li Xian headed downstairs.

He first went to a nearby tobacco shop and bought two cartons of cigarettes—one Hongtashan Master and one Nine-Five Supreme—costing him two thousand in total. Reluctantly giving up on Little White Pagoda, he planned to use White Pagoda's granddaddy to soothe his wounded soul.

As for the Nine-Five Supreme, he'd seen someone showing off with it in a WeChat group last time and had long wanted to try what it tasted like.

He lit one up, took a drag, and it was actually pretty good.

The flavor was mellow and smooth. After exhaling, a faint lingering fragrance mixed with a rich, mellow aroma remained in his mouth, and the base of his tongue carried a slight tobacco aftertaste...

Alright, I can't keep making this up... Who the hell says smoking doesn't cause bad breath? No matter what good cigarette it is!

After finishing one Nine-Five Supreme, Li Xian chewed a piece of gum—the "Deodorant Gum" he'd won from the lottery finally had its use.

He bought a serving of sweet-and-sour Grilled Cold Noodles from a street vendor, then went to find his Mercedes G-Wagon.

There was no parking spot under the old building, so his G-Wagon was parked in the lot of a nearby foot bath center. Because of this, Li Xian needed to move out quickly.

A car this nice couldn't just be left on the street.

Arriving at the parking lot, quite a few people were gathered around his G-Wagon. When they saw the owner arrive, they scattered on their own.

But they didn't go far, instead murmuring among themselves nearby, wondering just who this chubby owner was.

Li Xian didn't care at all. With his utterly ordinary looks right now, even if he wanted to be flashy, he couldn't pull it off.

He pulled open the door and sat in the driver's seat. Cao Xue, who had been pestering him all along, still hadn't left. The girl was curled up in the passenger seat, playing on her phone and secretly giggling.

"Brother Xian, if you didn't come back any sooner, I'd have slept in your car," Cao Xue said, stretching as she saw Li Xian return.

Li Xian couldn't be bothered with her. He tossed his backpack and cigarettes into the back seat and started the car.

Before, Li Xian had never noticed Cao Xue being this rowdy. He figured Zhang Ning had been keeping her in check, making her tone it down. Now that she was let loose, well...

Just look at her—she had such a cute face, so why did she have to have such a big mouth?

"Brother Xian, where are we going next?"

"To hell!!!!"

"Hehehe... don't try to scare me. Even if... I'm sticking with you." Cao Xue took her shamelessness to the max. She knew clearly that if she walked away today, it would be hard to get close to Li Xian again.

Li Xian was a goldmine waiting to be tapped, and only she knew about it right now. If she didn't seize the opportunity now, she wouldn't even get a sip of the soup later.

Li Xian understood her intentions perfectly. Wasn't it just that she'd found out he had money and wanted first dibs? He wasn't opposed to the idea on principle, but he wasn't mentally prepared to accept it yet.

For now, he needed to get used to the rhythm of being rich before talking about anything else.

One round of PY took too much time; in that time, he could spend a million or two.

Still, Li Xian had to admire her persistence. No matter how much he tried to drive her away, she just wouldn't leave.