Lin Mi took a deep breath, trying to calm herself. Her fingertips trembled as she tapped the refresh icon in the upper right corner of the screen.
The page began loading…
She stared at the screen, barely breathing.
Two seconds later, the hot search list refreshed.
But what appeared was not the “normal” hot searches she expected for today’s date.
The list had updated again!
The subway continued rumbling through the tunnel, the car slightly swaying, but the noise around her felt distant.
Lin Mi stared blankly at the new set of headlines on the screen.
【#Serious car accident at the South City Overpass during this morning’s rush hour# Time: September 17】
【#Stock Market Flash: Fenghua Technology (code XXXXX) expected to hit its limit-up tomorrow# Time: September 17】
【#Starting September 18, Rong City will face three consecutive days of high temperatures#】
【#Identity of Lin Ying’s husband revealed! He’s actually third-tier actor Zhou Mingxuan# Time: September 19】
……
The entries she saw last night—tagged “September 17” and “September 18”—were still there.
But now there was a new major hot search with the date September 19!
Lin Ying’s husband is Zhou Mingxuan?
Lin Mi vaguely remembered that name—seemed like he had played supporting roles in a few web dramas. Compared to someone like Lin Ying, a top-tier star, his fame level wasn’t even close.
No wonder the public would be shocked.
And the hot search about Lin Ying’s wedding announcement had disappeared—it was now today’s news in the real world.
Time had shifted forward by one day completely!
A chill shot from Lin Mi’s feet to the top of her head. Her scalp tingled violently.
She wasn’t hallucinating.
Her phone wasn’t simply malfunctioning.
Her phone had actually changed.
No—more accurately—the Note app on her phone had mutated!!
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The phone she used to smack a man… could now show her hot searches from the future?
The most important part was—
The people around her, including the two girls next to her, were still only talking about Lin Ying’s marriage announcement—the same news that was supposed to “break” today.
They were still wildly guessing the mysterious man’s identity—whether he was rich, influential, or from the entertainment circle.
But Lin Mi…
She had already seen the huge scoop that would be exposed three days later.
The feeling was indescribable.
Like having a god’s perspective.
Like receiving all the exam answers in advance.
While everyone else was struggling on question one, she was already looking at the solution for the last question.
Excitement—mixed with disbelief—rushed through her like a wave.
“A golden finger…?”
Her hands tightened around her phone as her heart pounded wildly.
That was the only explanation she could think of.
She wasn’t a hardcore novel fan, but she’d watched enough short videos to understand the trope—rebirth, systems, supernatural abilities…
Those fictional elements…
Had they actually descended upon her?
Just because she hit that greasy President Li with her phone, the device somehow mutated?
Gaining the ability to preview future hot searches?
It sounded ridiculous.
But the facts in front of her forced her to accept it.
Last night she saw hot searches dated today (September 16).
After refreshing, she now saw dates from tomorrow (17th), the day after (18th), and even three days later (19th).
The timeline was clear.
The logic was consistent.
“So that’s how it is…” she whispered, shock and unstoppable excitement in her eyes.
The panic and uncertainty from quitting her job were suddenly washed away by this unexpected “miracle.”
She lowered her head again, carefully studying the hot search list on her phone.
She could foresee the future?
Was it fixed at three days?
Would the range change?
Did it refresh at a set time each day?
Or update randomly?
How accurate were these hot searches?
Could they change?
Questions flooded her mind as she suddenly realized—
This golden finger might be her chance to change her destiny.
Her worries about resigning and her confusion about the future were forced aside by curiosity and the hunger to grasp the future.
After a brief shock, Lin Mi quickly calmed herself.
Now wasn’t the time to celebrate.
She needed to understand exactly how this golden finger worked.
She squeezed into a corner of the subway, leaning against the wall, and began analyzing the mutated Note app.
First, she noticed something.
In the upper-left corner of the app interface—next to the original logo—there was a tiny switch labeled Normal Version.
She tapped it.
Sure enough, the app reverted to the normal version.
She even searched the hot topics—everything looked normal.
She tapped again—
And returned to the special version.
This mutated version was marked Wealth Explosion Edition at the top.
The navigation bar at the bottom had changed into four sections:
【Hot Topics】, 【Friends】, 【Task Bar】, 【Me】
—【Hot Topics】 was the page she was on now.
There were three tags at the top: Local, National, and International.
Only Local was active, showing hot searches for Rong City within the next three days.
National and International were gray and locked, requiring:
So to see national or global future news, she needed something called energy points.
At the bottom of the list was a button: Unlock More Days
Tapping it displayed:
Current: Can foresee 3 days of future hot searches.
Unlock 15 days — 500 energy
Unlock 30 days — 2,000 energy
Unlock 1.5 months — 5,000 energy
Unlock 3 months — requires even more energy
Her heart sped up.
—【Friends】 section
Empty for now.
A message said she could follow contacts from the Note app.
Once she followed someone, she could see their future important activities (daily routines excluded).
Currently:
She could see 1 day of a friend’s future.
Upgrades:
Unlock 3 days — 1,000 energy
Unlock 7 days — 5,000 energy
Unlock 15 days — 10,000 energy
Maximum: foresee 1 month of a friend’s future.
Her heartbeat skipped.
This… was basically a future-prediction ability!
Sorry for the late update today, I was outside.
Hehe~ How’s this money-making golden finger?
(End of this chapter)