Huh? Spending Money Came with Rules!!
After taking the photos, she felt a little empty again. Without anyone to show them off to, these luxury goods didn't seem all that special. After all, the markup on luxury goods came from the value society placed on their brands, from everyone's envious gazes.
With that thought, Chi Qing opened the new Little Green Book account she had anonymously registered earlier and uploaded the photo she had taken of the Cayenne's steering wheel today, along with group shots of the assorted luxury goods, captioning them, "A happy day."
After specifically checking again that nothing in the photos could reveal her identity and setting the location to none, she happily hit post.
This Little Green Book post got a noticeably bigger response than the previous Chanel post. Likes soon poured in, and the comments below quickly multiplied.
"Girl, please be my sugar mommy."
"Girl, do you still need someone to carry your bags?"
"Wow, girl, this is some low-key wealth flaunting. You won't even reveal your location."
"Girl, are you going to make this your regular place to flaunt your wealth? I'm claiming a spot to watch."
Of course, there were negative ones too, such as:
"All you do is shop, shop, shop. How much of that money did you earn yourself?"
"If it's not Daddy's money, it's baby talk."
"What's the point of sharing this??"
Having accomplished her goal of showing off, Chi Qing read a few comments, then promptly muted her phone and went to sleep.
"Ring, ring, ring." Since she had to go to the office to handle her resignation today, Chi Qing woke to her alarm. She stretched, and just as she sat up, she heard the system notification: "Fated host, yesterday's spending was completed successfully. Your score was 0.7. Today's bonus is 1,760,000 × 2 × 0.7 = 2,464,000 yuan, rounded down to 2,460,000 yuan."
"What? A score of 0.7?" Still groggy a moment earlier, Chi Qing instantly woke up. She hurriedly picked up her phone and checked. Sure enough, the balance showed 2,460,000 yuan. She quickly opened her phone's calculator and did the math. It really was a score of 0.7.
"System bro, System bro!" Chi Qing called urgently. "Why was my score yesterday 0.7?"
"The system determined that the fated host engaged in aimless waste of bonus funds yesterday. The score was therefore set at 0.7," the system replied.
"Ah, System bro, you're being unfair! You only add 0.1 when you raise my score, but you take off 0.3 when you deduct points!" Chi Qing cried. This is bad, she thought. It must have been that watch I casually bought online at the end.
The system replied, "Reminder to the fated host: if you accumulate three instances of conduct judged wasteful, you will be deemed to have relinquished the system."
Hearing that, Chi Qing immediately stopped dwelling on the 0.3. Oh my god, so I can't waste money. Do it three times, and it's game over.
"System bro, what counts as waste? Could you explain more clearly?" Chi Qing hurriedly asked.
"The criteria for waste are spending that the fated host has not planned, or that is not for something the fated host or another person likes or needs: money the fated host spends solely to complete the spending requirement."
The system's roundabout explanation left Chi Qing feeling as though she understood, yet also didn't. Basically, I can't spend recklessly, she thought.
"System bro, are there any other rules? Can you explain them all at once?" Chi Qing asked helplessly.
"The system can only answer the fated host's questions, or provide explanations and reminders regarding issues the fated host has already encountered. It cannot provide advance notice," the system replied.
Fine, there really was no such thing as an unlimited free lunch. Even spending money came with tasks and requirements.
I can't just spend recklessly from now on, Chi Qing thought. If I can't spend it all in one day, I'll wait until the next. I have a thirty-day deadline, after all.
As she thought, she bitterly regretted the one chance she had lost yesterday just to spend that 160,000 yuan. She had two chances left; she absolutely couldn't use those up too.
Ugh, a score of 0.7. I could have had 3,520,000 yuan today, but now I only have 2,460,000. That's a whole 1,060,000 yuan less, all for that 160,000. Oh, it's too late for regrets. I'll have to be careful with today's 2,460,000 and plan properly, Chi Qing thought.