16: Come on, try to lie to me! - 1

After seeing Ye Cheng off, Jiang Ye drove straight back to his rented room.

After washing up and lying in bed, he tapped open his WeChat wallet and looked at that somewhat irritating number—640.35.

In two days, his WeChat balance had gone from over 900 to this, and he still owed his Buddy Fang Wei 500.

Although he had invested 2000 in Ye Cheng, when that woman would send over some "fragrant gifts" was still unknown.

That startup capital that could leverage a higher-level "Soft Rice Career" was still nowhere in sight.

"Sigh..."

Jiang Ye sighed gloomily.

In this day and age, wealth determines social class, and class is like an invisible wall, tightly restricting people's circles.

With no money in his pocket, trying to get in touch with more goddesses with high charm scores was as difficult as climbing to the sky.

On the other hand, if he had a few hundred thousand in his hands right now, the situation would be completely different.

Would those beautiful, sexy Female Streamers on TikTok add him on WeChat and chat about life ideals if he sent them rockets or carnivals? Maybe even develop something offline?

Those Girls at tennis courts, golf courses, and other high-end venues trying to marry into wealthy families—wouldn't he get a chance to connect with them as long as he showed the corresponding "strength"?

And those legendary private parties... those were all super high-quality Cashback targets, each one hardworking, ambitious, and super dedicated, knowing exactly what to do next with just a snap of the fingers.

Jiang Ye rolled over, opened his phone, and scrolled through the long-dormant dormitory group chat.

In a WeChat note shared by a Buddy titled "Shengtian Entertainment Guide (Collector's Edition)", he found an entry that interested him: a high-end private cinema.

The note described it quite vaguely, saying it offered "accompanied viewing" services, with "Companions" at different price points.

Starting at 800 per hour, up to 5000 for three hours maximum, clearly labeled "focusing on romantic companionship, emotional exchange, stopping at the right point, green and healthy".

Just based on these prices, Jiang Ye dared say the quality of the "Companions" there definitely wouldn't be low, with charm scores estimated to be at least 70 points.

In short, as long as he had startup capital, he could screen for potential, "investment"-worthy long-term relationship targets in various places, just like shopping at a supermarket.

Using money to pave the way, getting in touch with perceptive, dedicated Girls, guiding them to spend money on him, triggering tenfold Cashback... that's the virtuous cycle!

Ultimately, the crux of everything was still making money! Quickly getting that first pot of gold!

Jiang Ye irritably scratched his head, opened his WeChat Moments, and edited a post:

"The long night is endless, and sleep eludes me. If only there was something black, thick, long, and with a faint, elusive fragrance nearby, perhaps I could sleep peacefully? Sigh..."

Settings—visible only to Ye Cheng.

Post!

After doing all this, he threw his phone aside and pulled the covers over his head.

Damn it, so be it if I'm a Pervert.

Mr. Lu Xun said: When you're broke, it's called being a Pervert; when you're rich, that's called unique taste, called fun!

Getting the money first is what really matters!

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The next day, November 29th, Saturday.

Jiang Ye woke up early in the morning, or rather, he hadn't slept soundly at all.

His dreams were full of socks, transfer notifications, and system alerts flying around.

He got up quickly, washed up, went out, and drove straight to the gas station.

Looking at the gas prices, he painfully added 150 yuan worth of gas, spending the crumpled 50-yuan bill Ye Cheng had given him earlier and scanning to pay an additional 100 yuan.

The gas tank was full, but his wallet had shrunk again.

After refueling, he drove the car straight back to the rental agency and completed the return procedures.

Watching the BMW 5 Series that had accompanied him for two days being driven away by the staff, Jiang Ye sighed and took the bus home.

Back in his cold, quiet little room, he sat on the edge of the bed and flipped through his call history, looking for the virtual phone number of "Lili" from before.

Last night, he suddenly figured something out.

Meeting Lili offline was too risky, but... he could try online!

Although the other party was probably a professional "Pig-Butchering Scam" or emotional fraud expert, on the other hand... that's exactly the "professionalism" he wanted!

To catch a big fish, she'd have to invest some bait first, right?

Like, sending red envelopes or small gifts?

His demands weren't high—as long as she gave back two or three thousand for every ten thousand she "scammed" from him, wouldn't that work?

The core idea was: use the scammer's tactics to counter-scam the scammer, and get rich together with the scammer!

Jiang Ye quickly found the virtual number from the Watsons order recipient and tried calling back; sure enough, it was no longer in service.

But there was another way—he found the WeChat of that unlucky guy who had asked him to "secretly take photos" before and made a voice call.

The phone rang a few times before being answered: "Hello? What's up?"

The other party's tone was clearly unhappy, obviously still holding a grudge over the "Northeast Little Rain" incident.

Jiang Ye sighed and started performing: "Bro, about that last order, the woman who received it complained about me! Said my service attitude was bad, and the platform deducted money and fined me. I want to apologize to her and see if she can withdraw the complaint, but I can't get in touch with her. Do you have any other contact info for her? WeChat is fine too; I'll try to communicate with her..."

"Finding her won't help, that kind of woman... sigh, forget it, you did help out back then. I'll send you her WeChat ID, try it yourself, but don't say I gave it to you."

"Thanks, bro! Really appreciate it!"

Not long after hanging up, a WeChat ID was sent over.

Jiang Ye copied the number and opened WeChat to add a friend.

In the verification message field, he thought for a moment and typed five words: 【Taking care of your business.】

Whether it's the offline kind of "business" or the online "emotional services," Lili probably wouldn't refuse a customer who came knocking, right?