One hundred billion in cash? A deluge of zeros flashed through Chu Wanchen’s mind, leaving her completely rooted to the spot. In the novels she read, the fortunes rewarded by tycoon systems were usually a few hundred million, or at most tens of billions. When it came to her, it had directly become one hundred billion. She had never even seen that many Huandou chips when playing Fight the Landlord. However, after this brief wave of excitement, she calmed down. After all, she was currently just a student who had newly graduated from junior high school. Even if she wanted to buy cars or houses, she was still under the legal age.
“088, is this money legal? I won’t get immediately arrested by the police the moment I use it, right?” “Host, please rest assured. All funds rewarded by the system are obtained through legal channels. Furthermore, because the Host is still a minor, this system can grant you a special privilege: allowing one person designated by the Host to know about the system’s existence. Please note, Host, only one person can be permitted to know.” “Ah! Doesn’t that mean I won’t have to rack my brains trying to figure out how to spend this money legitimately?” “Yes, Host. I have specially prepared a supplementary card for you to facilitate your spending.” Chu Wanchen could not help but give a mental thumbs-up: 088, reliable.
088 had already thought through all the follow-ups for Chu Wanchen. What Chu Wanchen needed to consider now was exactly who she should confess the system’s existence to. In truth, there were only two choices: Chu Jianping and Shao Wenxin. Without agonizing over it for too long, Chu Wanchen already knew who she would tell.
Her father had gone to work in Shanghai when Chu Wanchen was four years old, returning only twice a year. Although Chu Jianping’s care and affection for Chu Wanchen had never diminished, the long periods of separation inevitably created a touch of distance in the father-daughter relationship. Moreover, Chu Wanchen had been raised by her maternal grandparents since childhood, so she was not close to her relatives on her father’s side. Additionally, perhaps because her maternal grandparents only had one daughter, Shao Wenxin, they had pampered her in every possible way. This left Shao Wenxin still very much a young girl at heart. On top of that, Shao Wenxin herself loved reading web novels, so her acceptance level toward a system should naturally be higher. Thus, Chu Wanchen quickly decided to share the system’s existence with Shao Wenxin.
Half an hour later, once her parents had finished notifying almost all the relatives around them, Chu Jianping went out to buy groceries, preparing to showcase his culinary skills tonight to give his daughter a grand reward. Seizing the opportunity of her father’s departure, Chu Wanchen called her mother over. “Mom, when you read novels, have you ever read any tycoon stories?” Shao Wenxin did not know why her daughter was asking this, but she answered anyway: “Of course I have. Every time I finish one, I even fantasize about why such a good thing hasn’t happened to our family. If I had this system, I’d immediately go to Shanghai and Beijing to buy a few buildings and just collect rent every day.” As she spoke, Shao Wenxin laughed, “Why is our Chenchen asking about this all of a sudden? Are you about to tell Mom that you’ve bound a tycoon system and want Mom to be a landlady?” Chu Wanchen was dumbfounded. As expected of her mom—she had finished saying everything before Chu Wanchen could even utter a word. “Mom, if I said that what you just described is exactly what I wanted to tell you, would you…” Before she could finish, Shao Wenxin’s hand was already pressed against Chu Wanchen’s forehead, “You don’t have a fever, so why are you talking nonsense? Could it be that you’re too excited about being accepted today?” Seeing her mother like this, Chu Wanchen knew Shao Wenxin did not believe a single word she had just said. Therefore, she directly pulled two bank cards out of her pocket, which had appeared there right after her successful check-in. “Mom, look, these two cards are proof that I’ve bound a system. You and Dad have never opened a bank card for me before.” Shao Wenxin was instantly stunned upon seeing them. Could her daughter really be some kind of chosen one?
Fearing her mother still would not believe it, Chu Wanchen took advantage of Shao Wenxin’s stunned state and dragged her to the nearest ATM. When she saw that long string of zeros on the bank card, no matter how absurd it felt, Shao Wenxin had no choice but to believe the fact that her daughter was the chosen one. Chu Wanchen used this trip to the bank to withdraw 10,000 yuan in cash, making the mother and daughter even more certain that the system had indeed rewarded them with 100 billion.
“Chenchen, tell Mom, will this system harm your body? It won’t make you do anything illegal, right?” Hearing that her mother’s immediate reaction was not happiness but concern for her health, Chu Wanchen could not help but feel a warmth in her heart. “No, Mom. The system only requires me to check in every day. It doesn’t even have any requirements for the check-in time or location. And the money given by the system is gifted through entirely legal channels.” “That’s good then. But even though you got a system, you can’t get too carried away. You still need to study hard, you know?” “I know, I know. I will definitely study even harder from now on and strive to get into Tsinghua or Peking University to make you proud.” Chu Wanchen readily agreed, and the mother and daughter returned home chatting and laughing.