Not spending money, helping five people, and earning their gratitude?
That’s so easy!
Just casually help an old lady cross the street, and it’s done.
Zhang Fan rubbed Da Huang’s head: “Come on, let’s rest up for the night first. Tomorrow we’ll go out and help old ladies cross the street!”
She was full of confidence, feeling that she could complete the task in less than an hour.
By then, it would be four yuan per second, fourteen thousand four hundred yuan per hour, and three hundred forty-five thousand six hundred yuan per day!
At this rate, it was still a bit slow compared to the amount she wanted to accomplish things.
She’d hurry up and finish the current task, then continue with the next one!
She casually bought a collar for Da Huang at a pet store on the roadside, put it on him, and led the dog to a pet-friendly hotel.
The place was luxuriously decorated, and guests could bring their pets to stay.
There were dedicated pet rooms, pet activity areas, and corresponding pet services.
Standing at the shiny hotel entrance, Zhang Fan’s emotions were hard to describe.
She had been here before and really liked the environment. But this was her first time spending money here.
She quickly checked in at the front desk and planned to give Da Huang a bath and deworming first.
Although he was a mixed-breed dog, Da Huang was very steady. Even in an unfamiliar place, he wouldn’t react in fear.
Leading him was effortless. Obedient and disciplined, as if professionally trained, he always maintained an appropriate pace to follow.
Such a well-behaved dog—the more Zhang Fan looked at him, the more she liked him.
It was still dinner time, and there weren’t many customers at the pet bathing area. When Zhang Fan arrived, there was only one woman with big wavy hair and heavy perfume.
She was holding a giant poodle in her arms. The dog wore a Dior silk scarf, had painted nails, and was sticking out its tongue—quite cute.
“Excuse me, please give ours a bath too!”
Zhang Fan handed over her room card and pointed at Da Huang for the attendant.
“Zhang Fan? Why are you here?” A somewhat sharp voice sounded. Zhang Fan turned around and only then recognized her—Huang Daren’s mistress this year, Zhu Li.
How should she put it? Not particularly pretty, but with a good figure and a sharp mind.
Huang Daren gave her about fifty thousand yuan a month in pocket money, and she spent it all. She didn’t buy property or make investments.
This was to prevent, if things came to light, Huang Daren’s wife from reclaiming it as marital community property.
Zhang Fan was honest and tight-lipped. She had accompanied Zhu Li to the hospital a few times for Huang Daren.
Seeing her was unlucky, but no matter when, one still had to appear well-mannered.
“I quit my job at President Huang’s company and came out to have some fun!”
Zhang Fan smiled in response, answering naturally. The meaning was obvious: I’ve quit, so don’t mess with me!
“Quit?” Zhu Li inexplicably raised her voice: “What, did you find a good man and are getting married?”
She excitedly turned her head, looking around, but didn’t see anyone behind Zhang Fan: “Did he come today or not? Let me see too—who is he, what does he do?”
“Hehe!”
Zhang Fan gave a fake laugh, handed the leash to the attendant, and squatted down to pet Da Huang, comforting him so he wouldn’t be scared during the bath later.
Clearly, Zhu Li was very dissatisfied with her reaction.
“Tsk! Why are you raising a mixed-breed dog, and bringing it here?”
She frowned, her face full of disgust: “Such a dirty dog, and you brought it here. What if it spreads a virus to us?”
“Um…” Another attendant walked over awkwardly and bowed slightly: “Ma’am, the water is ready. Would you like to wash your dog now?”
“How can we wash it like this!”
The shrill voice pierced the eardrums. Zhu Li pointed at Da Huang: “Get this mongrel out of here! How can our baby possibly bathe together with a dog like this?”
“Ma’am!” The attendant explained awkwardly: “They won’t be together. We have separate tubs. Four dogs can be washed at the same time without any problem!”
“That still won’t do! Viruses can spread!”
As she spoke, Zhu Li fanned the air with her hand and deliberately stepped back to the side: “Zhang Fan, where did you pick up this dog? It doesn’t have rabies, does it?”
Once she said that, the attendant who was about to wash Da Huang was frightened too, her face turning ashen.
“Ma’am, sorry.” She handed the leash back to Zhang Fan and explained uneasily: “May I ask if you could provide the dog’s vaccination certificate?”
Zhang Fan was briefly stunned, then let it go: “I just picked up a stray dog. It’s fine. Just let me borrow your washing room, and I’ll wash it myself!”
If I wash it myself, there should be nothing to complain about, right?
The attendant had no problem with that and opened the stall for her, but Zhu Li still would not let it go.
“How can you do this?” She extended two fingers, pinched Zhang Fan’s shoulder, and pulled her back: “Do you know that any pet that can come here costs a fortune?
If you bring a stray dog in, what if it hurts someone else’s pet?”
As she spoke, she waved her hand in disgust: “How about you wait until after we finish washing before you come in? Otherwise, your dog has never been bathed. It’ll be chaotic and scare our baby!”
A mistress kept by someone—where did she get that sense of superiority?
Although Zhang Fan now had money thanks to the System, no matter how you looked at it, that was still better than relying on an old man who could be her father, right?
[…]
A muffled voice sounded in Zhang Fan’s mind. The System was complaining:
[Please do not compare the System to an old man, Host!]
[The System and the Host are one body, born because of the Host!]
[The System is the manifestation of the Host’s own energy and has nothing to do with anyone else!]
[In short, the System is another self of the Host!]
Oh… Zhang Fan smiled. In that case, she was indeed much more refined than this mistress.
“Sorry, I’m not willing to wait. If you really find it so disgusting, why don’t you come back after we finish washing!”
She smiled and made a hush gesture, telling Zhu Li to stop talking: “If you say one more word and my emotions become unstable, I don’t know who I might call!”
“You… what do you mean?” Zhu Li was unconvinced and still wanted to make a scene, but Zhang Fan had already closed the stall door.
She really didn’t know how these people had so much money. With leverage held in someone else’s hand, instead of building a good relationship, they still provoked people in every way?
Zhang Fan looked up at herself in the mirror. Could it be that there was a line written on her forehead: Come bully me?
She squatted down and touched Da Huang’s head: “We’re going to take a bath now. Are you scared?”
Da Huang looked at her seriously with a pair of dark eyes and did not speak.
Of course, if it had spoken, then she would be the one who was scared.
She turned on the faucet and adjusted the water temperature. She first dipped her hand in the water, then gently patted Da Huang: “Time for a bath, don’t be scared, okay? You need to behave well and show the people outside—you won’t cause a ruckus!”
Da Huang still didn’t speak, but obediently licked Zhang Fan’s arm.
This reaction reassured Zhang Fan. She placed her hands under Da Huang’s armpits and slowly lowered it into the basin.
Throughout the entire process, Da Huang didn’t resist at all, its dark eyes quietly watching Zhang Fan.
All things have a spirit—Zhang Fan truly believed this saying now.
Knock, knock, knock!
A knocking sound rang out, and the door to the compartment was pushed open.
A man in a crisp suit, handsome in appearance, looking to be under thirty, nodded at Zhang Fan:
“Ma’am, I’m sorry, but there’s been a complaint from a guest. You don’t have a dog-raising permit, and you brought a stray dog in, is that right?”