The appearance of the third video caught Wang Yifan by surprise.
It wasn’t a celebrity at all.
Instead, the video was an advertisement for Douyin, the short-video app itself.
His eyes immediately lit up.
If the reward came from a Douyin advertisement…
What would he get?
Surely the system wasn’t going to give him the title of Douyin’s boyfriend, right?
After all, Douyin wasn’t a woman—it was just an app.
Filled with anticipation, he waited as the familiar system notification rang out.
[Ding! Congratulations, Host! Reward obtained: 51% ownership of Douyin Group!]
The moment he heard the reward, Wang Yifan was dumbfounded.
Fifty-one percent of Douyin Group?
Good heavens…
He didn’t even know how to describe it.
Douyin Group was the parent company of the Douyin short-video platform, generating nearly 3 billion yuan in revenue every day.
According to the system…
If he owned 51% of the company…
Wouldn’t his daily income be absolutely insane?
Fifty-one percent of 3 billion…
That was 1.53 billion yuan a day!
Holy crap!
This…
Not only had he become a cheating scumbag…
He’d become an absurdly rich cheating scumbag.
This was like a dream.
Of course, he knew he wouldn’t literally pocket 1.53 billion yuan every single day.
The company still had operating costs, investments, taxes, and countless other expenses.
His actual earnings would be lower.
But even so…
They certainly wouldn’t be much lower.
In the past, he’d always believed he wasn’t rich simply because he hadn’t worked hard enough.
Now he realized the truth.
If you wanted to become a billionaire…
You needed a system.
The instant he received the third reward, the corners of his mouth couldn’t stop rising.
He kept grinning.
The constant ridicule from the people around him no longer reached his ears.
Compared to these rewards…
Their mockery meant nothing.
Soon enough, all of their ridicule would turn into flattery.
Of course, he couldn’t reveal anything just yet.
Once he got home, he’d carefully study the system.
Then…
He’d return the favor and slap every one of them in the face.
After receiving all three rewards, Wang Yifan continued scrolling through videos, wondering whether he could obtain even more.
Unfortunately, no matter how many videos he watched afterward, the system remained silent.
It seemed the rules were strict.
He could only receive rewards from the first three videos each week.
Still…
That was more than enough.
The rewards were unbelievably generous.
Either celebrity-girlfriend identities…
Or ownership in massive corporations.
Just as he was about to examine his new rewards more closely, a notification suddenly popped up on his phone.
Someone had sent him a message on WeChat.
Curious, Wang Yifan tapped the notification.
The next second…
His eyes widened.
The contact’s nickname was—
“Wifey Lusi.”
He had no idea when Zhao Lusi had been added to his WeChat.
And that nickname…
It was really something.
Before he could even open the message, Wang Wei happened to glance at his phone.
“Oh, come on, Wang Yifan! You’ve really gone too far.”
“It was bad enough that you were watching Zhao Lusi’s videos.”
“Now you’ve even faked a WeChat account and renamed the contact Wifey Lusi?”
“Have you no shame?”
Wang Wei burst into laughter.
The others quickly joined in.
“Seriously? Zhao Lusi is one of the hottest actresses born after 1995.”
“It’s fine to be a fan, but isn’t this a little excessive?”
“You’re just some broke nobody, yet you’re pretending to have Zhao Lusi on WeChat.”
“Exactly!”
“Do you even know who Zhao Lusi is?”
“And who you are?”
“If you really have Zhao Lusi’s WeChat, then I’ll—”
He was interrupted before finishing his sentence.
“Quit pretending. You think we don’t know what kind of person you are?”
Listening to their mockery, Wang Yifan simply locked his phone.
There was no point opening Zhao Lusi’s message now.
Anything he did would only invite more ridicule.
Just wait.
When Zhao Lusi actually came to the village…
They’d have plenty to say then.
At that point, Wang Yifan had completely lost his appetite.
Sitting here only meant enduring endless sarcasm from Wang Baoshan and the others.
He might as well go home.
So he stood up and walked over to his mother.
“Mom, I’m heading back first. I’ll come back after you’re done eating.”
“You’re not going to eat?”
“No.”
His mother naturally understood why.
Unfortunately, there wasn’t much she could do.
Just then, Wang Baoshan’s mother spoke up.
“Yifan, since you’re already here, stay and have some dinner.”
“There’s no rush.”
“If you go home now, you’ll just sit there scrolling on your phone anyway.”
“We can all chat for a while.”
“If you have any questions, your cousin can help.”
“And your sister-in-law can even introduce you to a girlfriend.”
On the surface, her words sounded considerate.
But beneath them lay unmistakable ridicule.
His mother gently persuaded him.
“Stay and eat first.”
“Your father will be drinking later, and you’ll need to take him home.”
“…Alright.”
His mother’s request changed his mind.
If that was the case, he’d just wait until later that evening before checking the system.
After speaking with her, he returned to his seat.
This time, he didn’t even look at his phone.
No matter what Wang Wei or Wang Baoshan talked about…
He ignored them completely.
He simply sat there waiting for the food.
After a while, seeing that Wang Yifan refused to react, Wang Wei and Wang Baoshan felt rather pleased with themselves.
Still, after mocking him for so long without getting any response, they gradually lost interest.
Soon, the dishes were served.
Today, Wang Baoshan’s family had slaughtered a chicken.
There was chicken.
There was fish.
As the food was poured into the charcoal hotpot, it sizzled loudly, sending fragrant steam billowing into the air.
To celebrate Li Jiali returning home with him, Wang Baoshan had spared no expense.
Once the meal began, Wang Yifan quietly filled a bowl with rice and started eating.
He had no intention of drinking with Wang Baoshan or Wang Wei.
In fact…
He didn’t even want to eat at the same table as them.
If it weren’t for his parents…
He wouldn’t have come at all.
It wasn’t because he couldn’t get along with people.
Their values were simply too different.
As far as Wang Baoshan was concerned…
Even though he was technically his cousin…
Wang Yifan would rather have no cousin than one like him.
After finishing his meal, Wang Yifan didn’t even spare a glance for the group still drinking.
He grabbed a plastic chair and walked outside.
Although the night air was cold…
He felt far more comfortable out there.
The moment he left, Wang Baoshan and the others immediately resumed talking about him.
“Yifan thinks too highly of himself.”
“Yeah.”
“He’s been out of college for over a year and still lives off his parents.”
“Kind of pathetic.”
“Look at Wang Wei’s younger brother, Wang Shan.”
“He quit school after middle school, found a girlfriend, and went out to work.”
“He earns at least tens of thousands of yuan every year.”
“Exactly.”
Naturally, Wang Yifan heard every word.
But before Zhao Lusi arrived…
And before his dividends from Douyin Group started rolling in…
All he could do was endure.
Just wait a couple more days.
Little by little…
He would make Wang Baoshan understand what real humiliation felt like.