"Ones, tens, hundreds, thousands…"
Shu Cheng lay in her thirty-square-meter rented room, counting the balance in the message over and over again.
Ten thousand really arrived! Now she has money to buy a birthday gift for her boyfriend, Du Mingze!
She was abandoned by her biological father, and Du Mingze was one of the few people who were willing to be nice to her.
[System: Host, stop counting. The system is very good at math and won't make mistakes.]
Just as she was about to complain about the system, there was a loud knock on the door.
With that force, Shu Cheng was worried that the flimsy door would be broken.
When she opened the door, it was the landlady.
"You're the tenant of 606, right? Move out quickly, this house is no longer for rent!"
"Not for rent? Didn't I just pay the rent?"
The landlady rolled her eyes disdainfully, "It's just eight hundred yuan, I'll refund it to you, but…"
She pushed Shu Cheng aside impatiently.
"Your sofa is broken, deduct 300."
"And that cabinet door fell off, deduct 200."
"The light isn't working either, deduct 100!"
After circling the room, the landlord pulled out a hundred-yuan bill from her pocket and slapped it onto Shu Cheng.
"Another hundred deducted for cleaning fees, leaving you with a hundred."
Shu Cheng stared, her face filled with anger.
"The sofa and cabinets were already broken when I moved in, and you haven't fixed the light for a week, now you're blaming me!?"
"Where's the proof? Show me the proof!"
"I…"
The landlord, certain that Shu Cheng, a female college student, had no experience and hadn't taken any photos as evidence, was now beaming with smugness.
"Pack up quickly and move out today!"
Having said that, the landlord walked downstairs, leaving Shu Cheng dumbfounded.
Not far away, she pulled out her phone and made a call, "Hello, is this Ms. Lin? Yes, yes, don't worry, I've taken care of it. I'll kick her out today!"
...
At 10:30 PM, Shu Cheng was squatting by the roadside with her large bags and luggage.
She glanced at her phone; the ride-hailing app showed there were still 113 passengers ahead of her in the queue.
[System: Ding! Congratulations, Host, on becoming homeless and successfully unlucky. We are now redeeming your reward - 50,000 yuan in cash!]
Shu Cheng's tightly furrowed brows relaxed a bit; this money was really easy to earn.
It's just that every time she hears this damn system congratulating her on her bad luck, she feels a bit awkward.
She originally wanted to take a taxi back to the dormitory, but since she couldn't get one, she might as well have her boyfriend come pick her up.
Thinking of Du Mingze, Shu Cheng's cheeks flushed slightly.
Du Mingze was a popular figure at school, handsome and from a good family. Countless girls pursued him, and even Shu Cheng herself didn't expect that such a person would confess to her.
When she was with Du Mingze, Shu Cheng felt that her nearly twenty years of bad luck had finally turned a corner.
"Hello, Mingze."
The call connected, and Du Mingze on the other end was panting heavily, asking her what was wrong with a slightly annoyed tone.
"I was just kicked out by my landlord and want to go back to the school dormitory. Can you come pick me up?"
"I... I'm busy, you can just get a ride yourself, be good."
Shu Cheng frowned, "What are you doing?"
"Me? I'm at the gym, I... I'll talk to you later, gotta hang up."
Beep beep beep...
The phone was hung up just like that, and Shu Cheng's previous joy was instantly extinguished.
Forget it, I'll just keep waiting for a ride.
Two minutes later, Shu Cheng thought of the more than 60,000 yuan lying in her bank card.
What are you waiting for! Money makes the mare go, she can just pay more to find a driver!
Before long, a truck came over, and the driver eagerly got out to help Shu Cheng move her luggage.
"Little girl, is it true that you said you'd pay double the fare on the platform?"
"Don't worry, uncle, it's a done deal!"
"Alright, then let's go now!"
In order to make it easier to work part-time, she moved out of the dormitory, so she wasn't very familiar with her three roommates.
Moving back to the dormitory late at night, she didn't know if it would disturb them.
Thinking of this, Shu Cheng asked the driver to stop first and went to an imported supermarket next door to buy a lot of snacks.
"Tsk, imported stuff is different, this little bit costs seven or eight hundred."
Shu Cheng sighed, but then she thought that she should have been the Lin family's daughter enjoying wealth and glory, and she felt a little sad for no reason.
The scenes at the Lin family during the day echoed in her mind again, and Shu Cheng couldn't help but clench her teeth.
One day, she would make the Lin family regret kicking her out.
She would take back everything she had lost!
It was already midnight when she returned to the dormitory. Her roommates were just falling asleep, and they were clearly angry when they came to open the door.
"Shucheng? You... are you moving back in?"
The dorm leader, Yu Xinyi, opened the door, and behind her, the other two roommates, Mo Yu and Tian Shuang, peeked out.
Shucheng said apologetically, "Yes, I'm really sorry to bother you so late at night."
As she spoke, she lifted the large bag of snacks.
"I bought some snacks for everyone, I hope you don't mind."
As soon as Tian Shuang heard there was food, her eyes lit up, and she quickly got out of bed and ran over.
"Wow! These are all imported snacks?!"
"This chocolate is so expensive, one box costs over a hundred."
"Ahhh, and there's the potato chips I've always been reluctant to eat. Shucheng, where did you get so much money?"
Shucheng gave a dry laugh, and before she could speak, Mo Yu, on the bed in the distance, rolled her eyes.
"I advise you not to eat it, who knows if it's fake? Fake goods can kill people."
Hearing this, Tian Shuang also calmed down.
Everyone in the class knew that Shucheng's family was poor. She usually chose the cheapest food to eat, so how could she afford such expensive snacks?
Shucheng wasn't angry, and she took out the supermarket receipt to show her.
"Don't worry, it's not fake."
Seeing the receipt, Tian Shuang quickly smiled, "Mo Yu is just kidding with you, it's definitely not fake. Hey, aren't you moving back? Come on, let me help you with your luggage."
"It's late, quickly tidy up and make your bed, then rest."
Yu Xinyi said, picking up Shu Cheng's box, which weighed over twenty pounds, with one hand and turning to enter the door, looking every bit like a big sister.
After quickly making her bed, Shu Cheng finally let out a sigh of relief and lay down.
She opened the shopping app and, after hesitating for a while, bought the limited-edition sneakers that Du Mingze had liked for a long time.
Twelve thousand, so expensive.
But he is her boyfriend, so it's all worth it.
Thinking this, Shu Cheng hugged her quilt and smiled, falling sweetly asleep.
The next day was the weekend, and Shu Cheng accidentally overslept.
She then remembered that, in order not to disturb her roommates, she had set her alarm to vibrate last night.
Just as she was about to call the milk tea shop owner to apologize for being late, the owner called her.
"Shu Cheng! You're already ten minutes late! You're fired!"
The call ended, and Shu Cheng sighed and lay back on the bed.
Luckily, the next second, the system notified her that she had received a cash reward of 10,000 yuan.
[Shu Cheng: Can you change it up a bit? Why is it always money as a reward?]
[System: Well... otherwise? Host, you don't think you're not short of money, do you?]
Shu Cheng: ...
That's really hitting where it hurts.
She turned over, intending to continue sleeping, but her phone rang again.
It was a WeChat message from Du Mingze, asking her to meet him in the equipment room of the school gymnasium.
There definitely wouldn't be anyone in the gymnasium at this hour, asking her to go there...
Shu Cheng's cheeks felt a little warm, and she quickly smiled and got out of bed.