ebookland Chapter 6 She Only Smiles at You
Chapter 6 She Only Smiles at You
Shi Sui took the hundred yuan and ran away quickly, afraid that her deskmate would change her mind.
Watching her rapidly departing figure, Yan Ze was dumbfounded: "So eager?" Is she trying to steal his job?!
Chi Yan nodded and asked, "What happened to her?"
Yan Ze understood that Chi Yan had come to interrogate him, and explained, "I know I was wrong. I should have stopped her this morning from sitting next to you, but she was reading all morning and didn't talk to anyone. I was thinking of throwing her backpack in the trash can at noon, but who knew you would come at noon. I was afraid of waking you up, so I didn't do it."
He suspected that Chi Yan had deliberately sent her deskmate away, and Yan Ze speculated, "Should I throw all her things away now?"
"How can you be so cruel?" Chi Yan frowned and looked at him.
Yan Ze asked in confusion, "Isn't that what you think?"
He went on and on, analyzing, "Although she's a transfer student, she knows she's transferred to the international class, so she must have inquired about our class. Everyone at Xinghua knows you. The moment she entered the classroom, she clearly sat down next to you, obviously targeting you."
“And now,” Yan Ze continued, “she went to buy you water all by herself, and the way she was smiling just now, damn, it’s the first time I’ve ever seen her smile today. She only smiles at you.”
"To be honest, she has a rather pretty smile."
He completely ignored the only truth: Shi Sui was smiling at the money.
Chi Yan: It seems it wasn't just my imagination; my deskmate really does like me.
"What do you mean?" Yan Ze asked again, "Should I throw her things away for you right now?"
After pretending to hesitate for a moment, Chi Yan said, "It doesn't matter, she can just sit there."
"Huh?" Yan Ze's eyes widened in disbelief.
"What's wrong?"
“Oh, right.” Yan Ze realized. “It doesn’t matter. You’re not coming to school for more than a few days anyway. At worst, you won’t come at all. It’s the same whether she’s here or not.”
Chi Yan: ...
On the other side, Shi Sui happily took one hundred yuan and rushed to the school supermarket.
The system repeatedly berated her in her mind: [Host, how could you be so greedy? It's just a hundred yuan! How could you skip class for a hundred yuan!]
Yes, she skipped self-study class to buy water.
[I even spent an entire afternoon studying diligently for 60 yuan, but a trip to the supermarket takes only a few minutes, and I can earn more than 60 yuan.]
This easy way to make money comes with a lot of trouble.
The system couldn't refute her, after all, it really wasn't paying enough. (This is just the beginning; it will pay much more later!)
A short while later, Shi Sui arrived at the supermarket. Amidst the dazzling array of bottled water, she suddenly realized she had forgotten to ask which brand to buy.
Forget it, rich people will definitely drink expensive drinks.
Shi Sui thought to herself, "It's just mineral water, it can't be that expensive." But when she saw the price, she gasped. There was an assassin mixed in with the mineral water! There was mineral water that cost more than 10 yuan!
Finally, Shi Sui picked one with a reasonable price of 20 yuan. She tapped the bottle and found it was a glass bottle.
That means the delivery fee is 80.
Shi Sui happily pocketed the 80 yuan change, then suddenly remembered: [System, system, can I withdraw my 135 yuan?]
[This system only supports withdrawals in multiples of 10. Host, your current withdrawal limit is 130.00.]
Shi Sui: ...So many broken rules.
[How do I withdraw the money?] Shi Sui spread her hands.
[Host, money doesn't appear out of thin air; we need to obtain it through legitimate means.]
[What legitimate means?] Shi Sui wondered. This world was full of illegitimate novels where the male protagonist could be a lawless madman, so why did she need to obtain money legitimately? Was this some kind of targeting?
[According to my location, there's a lottery shop on Liyuan Road, 3.5 kilometers from the host's school. The host only needs to pass by there after school, spend 10 yuan to buy a scratch-off ticket, and can win 130 yuan.]
Shi Sui remained silent.
So winning the lottery is a legitimate means of winning, a legitimate means of winning through great effort.
[3.5 kilometers? That would take at least 50 minutes to walk, and even at a brisk pace, it would take me half an hour.] Shi Sui was even more speechless. [I invested 10 yuan and won 130 yuan, so I made 120 yuan! System, you stole 10 yuan from me!]
After being scolded by Shi Sui, the system fell silent for a while, which made Shi Sui suspect that the stupid system was pressing a calculator.
[The host can buy a scratch-off lottery ticket for 10 yuan and win 140 yuan.]
[You're the one who should be arrested and reprimanded; don't make such a basic mistake next time.]
The system fell silent again, which made Shi Sui suspect that the stupid system was afraid of learning.
A while later, as Shi Sui passed by the bookstore at school, the system issued the following notice: [Task 2: Purchase subject-specific supplementary books, complete the exercises in the supplementary books following the teacher's lesson progress, and complete them on time every day. A reward of 100 yuan will be given per subject per day.]
Then, a long list of reference books appeared in Shi Sui's mind, which was equivalent to a lot of money.
Shi Sui felt like the sky had fallen.
She clutched her pocket tightly: What? I haven't even had a chance to warm the money yet, and you want me to spend it?
Seeing that it was not receiving a response from the host, the system called out: [Host? Host?]
[exist.]
[The bookstore is on your left; you should go buy some study guides.]
[......]
[The amount of homework in the international class is not enough. Host, your foundation is already weak, and you are far behind others at the starting line. You should put more effort into studying and practice more to achieve better results...]
Amidst the system's nagging, Shi Sui only cared about: [What about the initial investment for the study guides? You'll have to provide that, won't you?]
[Provided by the system.]
[Is it provided at the price listed in the study guide?]
[Yes. The system provides the initial capital; the host only needs to spend it.]
What a reassuring statement! Shi Sui: [Then I can confidently rush into the bookstore.]
However, she didn't rush in for long before she felt the 80 yuan in her pocket and slunk out.
The study guides are as thick as bricks, and each one costs at least 30 yuan. Buying three of them would definitely put you in debt.
System: [Host, you can buy two books first, one for math and one for a foreign language. Your math foundation is too weak, and you don't even know the grammar in your foreign language.]
The English teacher in the small town, apart from having an extremely thick accent, had never taught grammar.
Shi Sui's current English level is probably only at the level of elementary school students here. It's hard to believe that people here start learning English from kindergarten, or even before they reach the level of elementary school students.
She knew that her most pressing subject right now was English, and she had to get her English study guide today, but not at the school bookstore.
Shi Sui: [The books in the school bookstore are sold at the original price, and the profit margin is very high. System, can you locate where there are discount bookstores near the school?]
The system is puzzled: [Where do you buy them? Aren't they all the same books? Doesn't the system pay for them all?]
Shi Sui: [I just asked you, and you agreed to provide the principal for purchasing the study guides at the listed price.]
The system suddenly realized: [You're even taking kickbacks from this system?]
Shi Sui: [To learn well, pens and notebooks are essential, especially for math, where scratch paper is particularly necessary. Is there a task to purchase school supplies?]
System: [...] Damn, I feel like I've been scammed.