Chi Qing

Biodata

Power Progression

Chi Qing’s advancement is financial: the Lottery System supplies increasingly large spending funds rather than cultivation realms or combat levels 1.

Background and History

Childhood and education

Chi Qing lived in her parents’ village until she was seven. To give her access to schooling in town, her parents gave up their thriving village shop and newly purchased red-brick house and moved into a shabby rented courtyard. Their rooms lacked running water and heating, and several families shared the courtyard’s well and pit toilet 7 8.

Her father’s disability limited the family’s income, and financing her university education required considerable effort. Nevertheless, her mother’s constant praise and optimistic attitude kept Chi Qing from recognizing the extent of their poverty until she was nearly thirty. She grew up confident, often entertained her classmates, and served as class monitor before junior high 8 9.

Although she considered her college entrance examination performance disappointing, she scored more than thirty points above the cutoff for key universities and attended a fairly good school. Her later academic and professional success made her a village example of an accomplished child—a reputation she privately found pressuring 7.

Real estate career and financial strain

Chi Qing entered real estate through campus recruitment and worked in the industry for nearly ten years. After traveling around the country for work, she returned to Cloud City because she was an only child. At her eventual employer, she handled promotion and publicity for a large luxury resort residential development 2.

Before acquiring the system, she independently bought two inexpensive Cloud City apartments, approximately 90 and 50 square meters, using low down payments. She intended to occupy one and rent out the other or reserve it for her parents. The mortgages increased her financial pressure 4 28.

Her five-year relationship with Zhao Feng also drained her finances. Only after their breakup did she discover that she had subsidized him by more than 100,000 yuan: she routinely paid the expensive bills while he arranged to cover cheaper expenses 3 4 8.

Acquiring the Lottery System

Chi Qing initially feared that an unexpected 100,000-yuan deposit was a mistaken transfer. After confirming that the Lottery System had bound itself to her, she began calculating its potential growth and planning ways to establish an ordinary-looking investment history for her wealth 1 2.

Her first priority was practical: she repaid credit cards rather than assuming further money would arrive. Once the next grant confirmed the system’s reliability, she bought jewelry, clothes, food, and household equipment for her parents 4 5 6 7 13.

To explain the sudden spending without revealing the system, she told her parents that she had won five million yuan in a lottery. Later, she gave them a larger cover story involving twenty million yuan, savings, loans, and profitable investments so they would stop worrying whenever she spent money 10 39.

Workplace dispute and resignation

Audit used Chi Qing as an entry point in a dispute targeting marketing head Cao Jun. Despite previously praising her careful work, Zhang Qin allowed her documents to become the basis for accusations of carelessness. Administration publicly reprimanded Chi Qing and announced the loss of her monthly performance bonus 20 21.

Financial independence changed her response. Rather than quietly accepting the punishment, she confronted Zhang Qin and Manager Wang, demanded evidence or a public apology, and threatened legal proceedings. When management tried to make her resign, she demanded statutory N+1 compensation—five months’ salary for four years of service—and insisted that her reputation mattered independently of money 21 22 23 26.

She completed her handover and departure paperwork without further confrontation. Arriving elegantly dressed in her new Porsche, she refused to leave looking defeated; coworkers instead assumed she had been wealthy all along 32 33.

Business and property expansion

Chi Qing funded a bakery venture with childhood friend Wang Xiaoyan, who chose profit sharing over a manager’s salary. Their agreement made Xiaoyan responsible for practical operations while Chi Qing remained a hands-off investor. The later café preparations included renovation plans, equipment purchases, staffing discussions, and an intended opening before the New Year 17 48.

For her family, Chi Qing purchased a renovated Imperial Bay Villa townhouse, then bought the neighboring property for 4.5 million yuan. The adjoining homes offered privacy while allowing her and her parents to remain close. She arranged for the second property to be registered in her parents’ names 35 40.

Her commercial purchases began with five storefronts totaling 10.42 million yuan. One housed 77 Coffee Shop, whose operator had no formal lease. After confronting the proprietress and establishing ownership, Chi Qing gave her three days to move out 44 45 47.

Chi Qing then agreed to purchase the development’s thirty-two remaining shops, priced at 57.6 million yuan, through staged payments. Soon afterward, while browsing cars, she encountered Zhao Feng, his parents, and his new girlfriend, Zhou Mingming. Unlike her former instinct to avoid them, she resolved not to retreat 49 50.

Appearance

• Height: 1.65 meters 29.
• Complexion and build: Wheat-colored skin and a curvaceous figure, both inherited from Yue Meifen 8 32.
• Facial features: Described as having attractive bone structure and becoming increasingly elegant after twenty-five 29.
• Makeover: Chooses a Hong Kong-style collarbone-length perm with loose curls and understated dark chestnut coloring 29.
• Style: Previously favored professional clothes, makeup, and varied outfits, but dressed increasingly plainly during her relationship with Zhao Feng. After the breakup and system windfall, she returns to carefully coordinated clothing, jewelry, and makeup 29 32.

Personality

Chi Qing is naturally cheerful, straightforward, easygoing, and socially capable. Her parents’ emotional support gave her lasting confidence, but her trusting disposition also made her slow to recognize Zhao Feng’s selfishness. Professionally, she is competent without being career-driven: she dislikes business socializing, office climbing, and chasing promotions 2 3 8.

She combines caution with a conspicuous enjoyment of luxury. Although she repeatedly plans to keep a low profile, she enjoys colleagues admiring her purchases and anonymously posts shopping videos to satisfy her vanity. Her early anxiety about carrying expensive jewelry becomes a moment of self-mockery when her attempts to avoid attention draw it instead 2 7 19 20 31.

Financial security makes her calmer and more patient with her parents, while also giving her the confidence to resist mistreatment. She can remain courteous during a confrontation, but refuses to accept unsupported accusations or sacrifice her reputation merely to make management comfortable 15 21 26.

Abilities and Skills

Lottery System

The system communicates directly within Chi Qing’s mind and deposits money into her bank account 1.

• Payout cycle: The next grant arrives the day after the preceding grant is fully spent, normally doubling before a spending-score adjustment 1.
• Deadline: Each grant must be spent within thirty consecutive days 1.
• Secrecy: Revealing the system or failing its spending deadline ends access; previously received money remains hers 1.
• Impact scoring: Spending is assessed by its effects, not simply its amount. Supporting Xiaoyan’s business earns a positive adjustment 19.
• Waste restriction: Purchases made solely to exhaust funds, without planning or genuine desire or need, can count as waste. Her first waste ruling lowers her score to 0.7 and leaves her only two chances 31 35.
• Gifts: Transfers to her parents can count as spending if she does not reclaim the money and observes the system’s limits. She describes a 20,000-yuan limit per gift transfer 4 12.
• Limited guidance: The system answers questions and explains encountered issues, but cannot disclose every rule in advance 31.

Planning and Publicity

Chi Qing’s professional strengths lie in real estate promotion, publicity, and execution 2.

• Prepares contracts that Zhang Qin repeatedly praises as thorough and professional 20 21.
• Maintains cooperative relationships with colleagues and demonstrates both emotional intelligence and practical competence 2.
• Has nearly ten years of industry experience, but no prior investment experience when she begins handling multimillion-yuan grants 2 41.

Financial Organization and Delegation

• Opens a second bank account to separate ordinary income and future investment returns from system funds 34.
• Uses a written partnership agreement with Xiaoyan and delegates operational decisions rather than pretending to possess expertise she lacks 17 48.
• Continues transferring money to her parents as a safeguard in case the system ever becomes unavailable 13.

Property and Possessions

• Two Cloud City apartments — Purchased through her own earnings before receiving the system 4.
• “Little White” — Her original white Focus, used before acquiring the Porsche 7 23.
• Porsche Cayenne — Her first luxury car, equipped with a Burmester sound system. She initially struggles to park the larger vehicle 28.
• Imperial Bay Villa townhouse — A renovated, three-floor, 260-square-meter home with an elevator, a south-facing bedroom opening onto the garden, and a landscaped yard of nearly 100 square meters 35.
• Neighboring villa — Bought for 4.5 million yuan and placed in her parents’ names; includes a home theater and gym 40.
• Commercial storefronts — Purchases an initial five units and subsequently agrees to buy thirty-two more through installments 44 49.
• Luxury accessories — Includes Chanel handbags, a feather-design 0.30-carat diamond necklace, and a watch costing slightly over 160,000 yuan 6 19 30.
• Shopping cards — By Chapter 50, holds nine cards totaling nearly 1.7 million yuan, accumulated through property-purchase rebates and bonuses 50.

Relationships

• Yue Meifen — Mother. Her praise and optimism shape Chi Qing’s confidence; Chi Qing later indulges her with jewelry, clothing, appliances, and a city home 8 12 13 40.
• Chi Yongliang — Father. Chi Qing inherits his easygoing disposition and pays close attention to his mobility needs, accepting his refusal of a wheelchair while offering better crutches 8 13.
• Wang Xiaoyan — Childhood friend and business partner. Xiaoyan contributes practical skills and manages preparations, complementing Chi Qing’s relaxed approach as investor 15 17 34 48.
• Miaomiao — Xiaoyan’s daughter. Chi Qing buys her electronics, clothes, toys, and snacks 15 48.
• Zhao Feng — Former boyfriend of five years. His stinginess, flirtations, and influence over her spending and appearance become clear to her after their breakup 3 4 8 29.
• Liu Ping — Former department head and supportive colleague. Helps with Chi Qing’s departure; Chi Qing tries to shield her from possible retaliation by Cao Jun 2 21 33.
• Li Yan — Former colleague responsible for events. Explains the political motive behind the Audit dispute and supports Chi Qing during her resignation 2 21 33.
• Cao Jun — Former marketing head. Pressures her to withdraw her challenge and invokes future background checks as leverage; later appears unsettled by her unexpected wealth 22 26 33.
• Zhang Qin and Manager Wang — Audit and Administration figures whom Chi Qing confronts over the unsupported disciplinary action 21 22 26.

Notable Quotes

“It affects my reputation, and no amount of money can buy that back.” 26

“As long as you're happy and healthy, nothing else is a problem.” 39

Trivia

• Chi Qing identifies herself as a Leo and enthusiastically associates that identity with her love of shopping 2.
• She is allergic to coffee, which she explicitly clarifies to the 77 Coffee Shop proprietress 47.
• She jokes that her inherited complexion and figure suggest ethnic-minority ancestry; the text presents this as her joke, not confirmed heritage 32.
• Wearing a mask to her Porsche handover lets her avoid wearing makeup and inadvertently helps create her dealership reputation as a mysterious, low-profile rich woman 28.