Chapter 198: The Three Little Ones at Play (Part 2)
Isn't this the fate of ordinary people without a background in the end?
Or maybe they're doing quite well for themselves?
After all, they graduated from a fairly well-known school, the place where Rebus spent his youthful days—River City University.
The balding uncle of the small convenience store was fanning himself, muttering, "Damn, it's hot enough to kill."
Yet he refused to turn on the store's air conditioning.
The familiar voice, the familiar hairstyle.
Tian Xiu smiled at him and said, "Uncle Wang, give me six bottles of Red Bull!"
"What? Living large now?" He said that, but his hands moved quickly; only a fool wouldn't make money.
"Here, packed for you, grabbed from the very back of the fridge, guaranteed to be icy cold. Do you want a straw?"
A straw?
Did people ever drink this stuff with straws before?
Tian Xiu scratched his head, "Forget it, do I look like a guy who'd drink anything with such daintiness?"
"How much?" He didn't know the price, unsure if it had gone up.
"6 RMB a bottle, six times six thirty-six." Old Wang did the math while still using the calculator.
'Beep' ... Scanning for payment.
Yes, now offline scanning for payment is already available.
Maybe smaller vendors don't use it yet, but supermarkets and convenience stores have widely adopted it.
Tian Xiu carried the drinks back to the playground.
This prompted five guys to shout, "Xiuer, did you hit the jackpot? Even got Red Bull?"
Tian Xiu took a can of Red Bull out of the bag and tossed the bag to Yu Xiaodong, who was closest.
Just as he was about to say something, a light flashed before his eyes:
[Ding! Detected the host spent money on a brother, bound to the Ten-Thousand-Fold Return System!]
[Host gives a brother a can of Red Bull, triggering tenfold quantity rebate]
[Congratulations to the host for receiving Red Bull*10 cans]
[The rebate items have been stored in the system space, please collect them promptly!]
Reborn with a system?
Looking down on me like this?
System: Should I leave then?
Tian Xiu knelt dramatically, kowtowing: System Father! I admit I spoke a little loudly just now, don't go!
Of course, all of this was an internal dialogue in Tian Xiu's mind.
The sudden appearance of the system was a delightful surprise for him.
Ten-thousand-fold return, what does that mean?
Spend one RMB on good buddies and get 10,000 RMB back?
Is there anything that makes money faster?
Even the traditional martial world endeavors like bank robbery aren't this quick, right?
He opened the system panel:
[Host: Tian Xiu]
[System Level: 1 (0/1)]
[Return Multiplier: 10-49]
[System Space: Red Bull*10]
[Experience Points: Host earns one experience point for each brother with 100 goodwill points]
[Cooldown Time: 6 days 23 hours 59 minutes (Hou Yaodong)]
Tian Xiu understood: The key is to get the goodwill points of good brothers to 100 because 100 goodwill points equal experience points, and with experience points, you can level up, which increases the return multiplier.
The system is called the Ten-Thousand-Fold Return System, and now it's only a few dozen times, clearly the system is still a baby.
"Huh..." He got confused at the last item—why does the cooldown time only target one person?
And it's specifically Hou Yaodong, who is his closest friend, high school classmates who got into River City University together.
Is there something behind this?
He then turned to the history messages, stopping at:
[Host gives a brother a can of Red Bull, triggering tenfold quantity rebate]
[Congratulations to the host for receiving Red Bull*10 cans]
Why only one can? Didn't I buy five? Did the system swallow the other four?
[Ding! Only goodwill reaching 90 can trigger the rebate system]
So that's it, there's a requirement; not just buying something for anyone triggers a reward. It's strict!
Then how do I know the goodwill points?
The next second, he saw the '+' sign in the upper right corner of the system panel.
Clicking the '+' sign, a dropdown menu appeared, revealing only one function: Scan.
Other functions aren't available yet?
Also, the system is only level 1.
No rush.
With the Scan function, he easily scanned the goodwill points of the five roommates in front of him.
In order: Yang Fei 88; Zhang Yaotian 86; Wang Xuefeng 85; Yu Xiaodong 82; Hou Yaodong 90.
What a close call. Could've failed to trigger the system.
Thanks, monkey brat.
"Hey, it's you guys again?"
A stunning beauty in a white dress with long flowing hair walked over, sending a breeze of fragrance, making several guys stare without blinking.
As she approached, they spoke in unison:
"Hello, Senior Ren!"
Ren Tingting, a senior one year ahead of them, directly accepted as a graduate student in their school and also serves as a freshman counselor.
"I'm not doing well at all. Do you guys have any sense of public morality? The freshmen are out there training under the scorching sun, and here you are eating icy watermelon and drinking... even Red Bull?"
Ren Tingting reached out her slender, fair hand.
Everyone: "Huh?"
Tian Xiu murmured, and a can of iced Red Bull magically appeared in her hand behind her back. She walked over and handed it to the senior: "If you drink what I give you, you can't criticize me."
Ren Tingting opened the can and, under everyone's amazed gazes, chugged it down in one go, "Thanks! This damn River City weather is enough to kill a person with the heat."
"Do you plan to go for postgraduate studies after graduation?"
Tian Xiu shook his head. He knew his own capabilities, especially after his rebirth; he had forgotten all the knowledge from the books.
Not to mention postgraduate studies, even completing his senior year thesis felt doubtful.
Follow Bill Gates, drop out to escape?
"Then will you participate in the school's entrepreneurship activities?"
Tian Xiu: "Huh?"
Ren Tingting handed back the empty can: "Thanks for the drink, let me tell you something for free. The Prime Minister just proposed 'Mass Entrepreneurship and Innovation for Everyone' at Davos. The school will quickly follow up by organizing an internal entrepreneurship competition. If you have ideas, you can sign up, lots of benefits!"
After speaking, she turned and walked away gracefully.
Entrepreneurship?
Not even a dog would go!
The graveyard for ordinary people, the casino for the rich, the place for those with connections... for them, it's not called entrepreneurship, it's called harvesting chives.
Evening, Decadent Street, food stalls.
"Xiuer, you really hit it big, didn't you? Inviting us for Red Bull and BBQ again?"
Yu the Scumbag, whose mouth was always moving, had a lively squid still in his mouth.
Everyone's eyes turned to look.
Tian Xiu picked up his wineglass: "Made some extra bucks, let's not talk about it. Come on, let's drink!"
Gulp, gulp, gulp...
"Good brother, loyal friend!~"
Yang Fei took the lead, grabbing a beer bottle to chug.
After eating and drinking.
Yang Fei: Favorability 90.
Tian Xiu's eyes lit up, deliberately lagging behind the group a few steps, he put his arm on Yang Fei's shoulder: "Brother Fei, tell me, what do you wish for most right now?"
Yang Fei was momentarily stunned but still answered:
"You know my family situation: a gambling dad, a sick mom, a burdensome younger sister, and shattered me. What I want most, of course, is money. My goal for the future is one word: make money!"
Tian Xiu took out his phone, opened Alipay, and in the very rewarding interest point of the balance treasure, lay quietly eight thousand eight.
This money was compensation from his parents' car accident years ago; not much was left after paying for college tuition and living expenses for the past four years.
He transferred all the money over.
Yang Fei's mind blanked: "No way! What are you doing? I can't take this money; I'll transfer it back to you. You must be drunk!"
Tian Xiu squinted his eyes blissfully (Lu Butu)
Ding!
[Host gives brother 8,800 yuan, triggering twenty times cashback]
[Congratulations, host receives a cash transfer of 176,000 yuan]
[Cashback has been credited to bound account, source clear, can be used freely]
Ding!
[Industrial and Commercial Bank of China: On September 10th at 20:05, your account ending in 1024 was credited with 176,000.00 RMB, bank card balance: 176,100.00 RMB]
"No way!" Tian Xiu quickly stopped.
You're going to get me into trouble!
If you return the money, what if the system takes back the reward?
"Are we brothers?" Tian Xiu looked at him with burning eyes.
Yang Fei slightly clenched internally, thinking the look in his good brother's eyes seemed a bit off.
"Of course!"
"Then keep the money. One day when you make big money, pay me back tenfold, a hundredfold. This is what I call angel investment, understand?"
Angel investment?
Such a niche term.
He also let out a sigh of relief.
As long as there are no ulterior motives.
"What are you two whispering about back there?"
A head stretched back from the front, it was Yu Xiaodong.
Two big ones, like two large balloons.
Sun Dasheng's whole body was fired up, eyes shining, imagining taking off her clothes and charging forward.
A flash of cold light first, then the spear shot out like a dragon.
Yu Xiao shouted no with her mouth, but her body cooperated and moved: "Ah... so good..."
This incited Sun Dasheng even more, lifting her to pin her down, ravishing her fiercely.
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