So returns were possible!
With a single thought, Zhang Fan returned everything she didn’t need and received 10,100 Points.
When she resumed watching videos, at reward time, two product options would pop up, and she could choose either one at will.
Although there were many cases where both options were useless, it was still much better than having no choice before.
She also got smarter—she realized she could choose the video genre.
Horror movies and ghost films? Absolutely nothing good would come from those.
There were tomb-raiding themed videos too, but she blocked those as well.
Everything that popped up from those was antiques. Without a specialized channel to sell them, she’d get arrested.
Scenery videos were great—they’d yield beautiful flowers and plants, and occasionally even natural rough gemstones.
Fashion videos weren’t bad either. The latest styles, even custom-made versions, would pop up in her exact measurements, fitting perfectly.
The best ones, of course, were videos about making and selling gold and silver jewelry.
Those would almost always yield gorgeous gold and silver accessories.
Food videos were also good—when she pulled the item out of her Spatial Warehouse immediately after it appeared, it would still be hot.
It felt like her life was about to take off!
Zhang Fan let out a long breath and put her phone away. When she looked up, she saw many pairs of hostile eyes staring at her.
She’d just come out of the boys’ dormitory—and the campus heartthrob Qin Jiawei had taken her in there himself.
Those women were probably imagining something sordid.
She couldn’t be bothered with them. In broad daylight, what could they possibly do? At worst, they’d write some posts online, spreading rumors and slander.
Zhang Fan smiled slightly and walked down the campus path with her head held high.
With money, it felt like her spine was straighter.
Behind her, in Ye Xueyan’s dormitory.
Qin Jiawei watched Zhang Fan’s retreating figure from the window, an unreadable expression on his face.
“You fixed her phone, but ended up reading all her private stuff. You have no class at all, do you?”
“Would you be able to hold back if it were you?”
Ye Xueyan casually fiddled with a newly purchased figurine: “I didn’t do it on purpose. How would I know if the phone was fixed without testing it?”
“Testing doesn’t require flipping through someone’s locked diary!”
“What if it was a virus?”
“Heh, heh heh!”
“I think this girl is pretty great!”
Ye Xueyan draped his arm over Qin Jiawei’s shoulder: “With a background like hers, she’d either turn dark and degenerate, or become timid and submissive. I didn’t expect her to be so strong. You have no idea—when I heard her pouring her heart out to her grandmother, that sobbing voice, it broke my heart.
I’ve decided—I’m going to be her knight, protecting her!”
“Protecting?”
Qin Jiawei disdainfully brushed his arm away and headed for the door: “The greatest protection you could give her is to not go bothering her at all!”
…
Hilton DoubleTree Hotel—quasi-five-star, but because it offered river-view rooms with direct access to the riverside park, it was quite popular.
Zhang Fan stood at the grand hotel entrance with her backpack, feeling a bit intimidated.
It was a kind of inferiority carved into her bones—from being poor for so long, from being afraid of poverty.
“I have three hundred thousand. I can afford it!”
As if psyching herself up, she gripped her phone tightly and walked in. The service staff at high-end hotels were quite professional—even catching a glimpse of her plain attire, they still greeted her with smiles.
She glanced at the rate sheet and chose a mid-range king room at 6,971 per night.
After paying the deposit and receiving the room card, with no luggage to speak of, Zhang Fan headed upstairs on her own.
“Hey! Wait a moment!”
Seeing that the elevator doors were about to close, she hurried forward a few steps, but the person inside didn’t move at all, seemingly not intending to hold the door for her.
Normally, she would have just let it go, but right now, her blood was rushing. She took a quick step forward, pressed the open button, and at the same time, swiftly swiped her hand through the middle of the closing doors.
The doors successfully opened.
She stepped into the elevator with a cold expression, muttering inwardly: What kind of person is that?
When her heartbeat finally calmed down, she looked at the mirror in front of her and realized that standing behind her was none other than Zhou Wenzong, the one with the sharp tongue from yesterday!
She instantly felt awful.
She shrank to the side, averting her eyes.
Unfortunately, the entire elevator was lined with mirrors, so she could easily catch a glimpse of that face.
The hotel was on a high floor, and the elevator stopped from time to time. Zhang Fan felt like she had stepped into a freezer, the air around her growing colder and colder.
The man behind her was like a great Buddha statue—no, more like a god of death.
Even though he had no expression on his face, he still felt terrifying.
Finally, the elevator reached the top floor. Zhou Wenzong stepped out and walked past her, and she finally let out a sigh of relief.
“Phew…”
Like a fish returning to water, she could finally breathe again.
After the elevator doors closed and it stopped moving, she suddenly remembered that she hadn’t pressed her floor button.
“Oh my god, my nerves are way too weak!”
She glanced at her room card and then pressed the elevator button.
Pushing open the door to her room, the first thing that caught her eye was the huge floor-to-ceiling glass window. With the white sheer curtains drawn, sunlight softly spilled onto the bed.
The decor was simple, yet it felt cozy and warm.
So one day, she could have a comfortable room like this too!
She tossed aside her backpack and flopped onto the bed—so soft, so comfortable.
She hadn’t slept well last night, so today she needed to catch up on some rest.
Kicking off her shoes and wrapping herself in the blanket, she fell asleep just like that. When she woke up again, it was already completely dark outside.
Her stomach growled loudly. She lazily pulled out her phone, ready to scroll through some food videos, but then she thought—she no longer had to worry about just getting by.
“Let me pick out a nice dress!”
She swiped across the phone screen and immediately spotted a sequined tassel mermaid dress.
“Would that be too flashy?”
Her gaze lingered for more than a second, and two reward options automatically popped up—one was the dress on the model, and the other was the shoes on the model’s feet.
She chose the dress. Even if she didn’t dare to wear it out, she could still look beautiful in her room.
She scrolled through a few more videos, picking out everything from the inside out, and even chose a sparkling diamond necklace.
After taking a quick shower, she put everything on.
Looking at herself in the mirror, she was as beautiful as a princess.
So, once she put on a princess dress, she was no longer an ugly duckling!
Her stomach growled again—time to go eat.
Just as she was about to change out of her clothes, a knock came at the door.
“Police checking the room! Open up!”
Police, checking the room? Was it a routine inspection?
Confused, Zhang Fan opened the door. The moment she turned the handle, the door was shoved open forcefully from the outside, and she quickly stepped back to dodge.
Camera flashes went off in a chaotic burst, blinding her.
Before she could even see what was happening, she felt someone brush past her and run into the bedroom.
The flashes kept going off. She shielded her eyes with her hand and finally saw that a crowd of people had filled the room. They were searching the bed for any traces, even digging through the trash can in the bathroom.
But flipping to the end, they found nothing.
More importantly, among these people, there wasn’t a single police officer!