“My god, that car must have been so expensive,” Kang Qi said, stunned. “How could it belong to Gu Wanshi? Where did she get all that money from!”
Gu Wanning had a fit of rage building up inside her, and hearing this, she swung her hand and slapped Kang Qi hard across the face.
“Wanning, why, why did you hit me?” Kang Qi covered her face, looking wronged.
“What do you think? Who told you to run your mouth just now, saying all that in front of Gu Wanshi! Now look what happened, she got to gloat, and I lost so much face! Isn’t this your fault?” Gu Wanning demanded furiously.
“I didn’t know it would turn out like this,” Kang Qi’s eyes reddened. “I was only saying it to go along with what you wanted…”
But now that Gu Wanning had lost face, she’d simply turned around and taken it out on her!
She’d put up with Gu Wanning’s temper all this time, flattering her and pleasing her, and in the end she still didn’t get anything good out of it.
“Just shut up!” Gu Wanning said with disgust. “If it weren’t for the fact that I haven’t been able to reach my boyfriend these past couple of days, do you think I’d have come out with you?”
With that, she turned and walked off.
“Wanning, where are you going? You can’t just leave me here alone!”
But Gu Wanning ignored her completely, got straight into her car, and drove off without a backward glance.
Kang Qi shook with anger, cursing at the exhaust trail of Gu Wanning’s car. “You’re not even the real daughter of the Gu family, who are you to put on airs! Look at yourself, can you even compare to Gu Wanshi now? No wonder your boyfriend’s ignoring you, serves you right!”
On the way home, Gu Wanshi heard the system’s voice again.
“Ding! Current main quest activated: spend twenty million within two hours to earn a rebate and two lottery draws.”
“Let’s not go home yet!” Gu Wanshi immediately said to Zhao Tong. “Quick, change direction, head to the mall! The one with all the luxury stores, from last time!”
Zhao Tong didn’t say a word and immediately turned the car around.
She had no idea why, but when the boss gave an order, all that mattered was carrying it out!
Twenty minutes later, the car stopped outside the mall, and Gu Wanshi got out and ran straight inside.
Zhao Tong followed close behind.
Gu Wanshi happened to feel she didn’t have enough clothes yet, so she headed first to a high-end clothing store.
She hadn’t visited this particular one before, it also specialized in luxury brands, and even carried gowns.
The moment the salesperson saw how Gu Wanshi was dressed, she knew this was someone with money, and hurried over with a smile. “Hello, madam, how may I help you…”
“This one, this one, and this one, wrap them all up for me,” Gu Wanshi said, pointing directly at several dresses she’d already picked out, and gave her size.
She was one meter sixty-five and around ninety-some jin, so she generally wore a size S.
The salesperson lit up with joy, who wouldn’t love such a decisive, wealthy customer?
“Ah, yes, yes, right away!”
“How much in total?” Gu Wanshi asked.
“That comes to… three hundred and twenty thousand.”
Gu Wanshi’s vision went dark for a moment, she still had over nineteen million left to spend!
At this point, the salesperson spoke up. “Madam, would you like to take a look at our gowns? We just got in several limited-edition gowns, and they happen to be exactly your size. They’re a bit pricey, though.”
The word “pricey” instantly excited Gu Wanshi.
“Really? Take me to see them, quickly.”
The salesperson immediately led her toward a room in the back.
Once inside, the salesperson turned on the lights.
Inside were five gowns, each covered with a dust cover.
The salesperson brought out an album to show her, with photos of the five gowns from various angles.
Gu Wanshi’s eyes fell immediately on a white short gown, its design struck her right away.
The salesperson carefully removed the dust cover from the white gown so Gu Wanshi could see it in person.
The fine crystals scattered across the hem shimmered beautifully under the lights.
“How much for this one?” Gu Wanshi asked.
“Madam, you have excellent taste. This gown was designed by the renowned foreign designer Job Booth. Currently there’s only this one piece in the country, and our store managed to secure it. The price is fifteen million.”
“I’ll take it,” Gu Wanshi decided on the spot. “I can pay right now.”
“Wonderful!” The salesperson was overjoyed. “But high-end gowns require very meticulous packaging, so please leave us an address, once it’s packaged, we’ll have someone deliver it to you personally.”
“Sure, that works.”
Gu Wanshi immediately paid, left her address, and after taking the receipt, headed with Zhao Tong straight to a few nearby stores.
These PRADA heels studded with diamonds, eight hundred and sixty thousand, buy them!
This CHANEL bag, limited edition, only twenty in the whole world, one million two hundred and eighty thousand, buy it!
And all sorts of high-end cosmetics, buy!
The newest Duckpear phone, buy!
Finally, with twenty minutes left before the quest deadline, Gu Wanshi had spent the full twenty million.
Hearing the system’s quest-complete notification chime, Gu Wanshi let out a sigh of relief.
This time she earned a twentyfold rebate, a full four hundred million.
Gu Wanshi’s assets now stood at over one billion two hundred million, plus another thirty-some million.
Zhao Tong, meanwhile, had thoroughly enjoyed tagging along on the shopping spree. Even though everything Gu Wanshi bought was for herself, just watching from the side made spending money like this feel exhilarating!
“Boss, want to buy anything else?” Zhao Tong asked excitedly.
Gu Wanshi looked at the shopping bags Zhao Tong’s hands were now full of, and shook her head. “No, let’s head home.”
“Okay.”
Once in the car, just as Zhao Tong was about to start the engine, her phone suddenly rang.
“Boss…”
Gu Wanshi already knew what she wanted to say, so she said, “It’s fine, go ahead and answer it, drive after you’re done.”
“Thanks, boss.”
Zhao Tong picked up the call. “Hello? Mom.”
Unsure what was said on the other end, Zhao Tong replied helplessly, “Mom, he’s an adult now, he can make his own decisions, you don’t need to worry so much… What? Really? Fine, I’ll talk to him about it.”
After she hung up, Gu Wanshi saw her troubled expression and asked, “Something going on at home?”
“It’s nothing much, just my younger brother,” Zhao Tong sighed. “He’s eighteen already, but still obsessed with gaming all day. A while back, he joined some gaming club and has been busy every day preparing for some esports competition.”
Gu Wanshi thought about it and said, “If he really has talent for gaming, going pro in esports is a legitimate path too.”
“I don’t know much about gaming myself, but my brother really does seem to be quite good, he’s apparently made it onto some world ranking list!” Zhao Tong said with a smile.
Then she frowned again. “But my mom says the club he joined has terrible living conditions, and they can’t even feed them properly! They can’t even afford basic boxed lunches, he and his nine teammates eat nothing but steamed buns dipped in chili sauce every day!”
Hearing this, Gu Wanshi thought it sounded quite miserable too.
Competing in esports wasn’t simply about playing games for fun, if the players couldn’t even eat enough and lacked proper nutrition, how were they supposed to train?