29: Chapter 29 Spending a Million, Physical Fitness Enhanced

"I'll take it."

These three words were spat out from Zhang Qi's mouth, light and airy, without any emotional fluctuation.

But to the sales clerk's ears, it was no different from a thunderclap on a clear day.

The sales clerk stood frozen on the spot, the professional smile on her face stiffening instantly.

She even doubted whether she had misheard just now.

This pure gold peace token had been sitting in that bulletproof glass case since the store opened.

A full two years.

Countless customers came and went, many just looking, but not a single one actually wanted to buy it.

After all, this wasn't ten or twenty thousand; this was a flat one million!

Taking a million in cash to buy a gold lump without much design—how rich must one be to do such a thing?

"S... Sir."

The sales clerk's voice completely lost control, carrying a noticeable tremor.

"Are you saying you want to buy this million-dollar treasure of the store?"

Zhang Qi looked at her fussing and frowned slightly.

"Mm, wrap it up. Check out."

Zhang Qi repeated in a flat tone.

"Okay! Okay! Please wait a moment, I'll handle it for you right away!"

The sales clerk's breathing instantly became extremely heavy, her chest heaving violently.

She didn't even care about her demeanor anymore; she turned around, trotted in her high heels, and ran straight to the manager's office.

A million-dollar order!

The commission from this single order was worth a whole month's worth of usual orders.

Today, she had truly met a living God of Wealth!

Watching the sales clerk rush away, Sun Yiyao, standing nearby, finally snapped back to reality as if waking from a dream.

She hugged Zhang Qi's arm tightly, pressing her whole body against him.

"Brother Qi... are you really going to buy it?"

"Gold prices are so high right now; what if they drop later?"

Sun Yiyao swallowed, her voice soft and sweet, carrying an uncontrollable tremor.

She only felt her legs going weak.

Zhang Qi had just casually swiped two hundred thousand to buy jewelry, and she already found that spending power terrifying.

And now, Zhang Qi was actually going to buy a million-dollar gold ornament outright.

A million.

Sun Yiyao's head was spinning.

She earned a base salary of a few thousand a month at the wine shop. To sell a few tens of thousands in wine, she had to smile and cater to greasy clients, all while carefully avoiding being taken advantage of.

And now, with a casual remark, Zhang Qi spent a million.

From the night before last until now, the shock this man had brought her was simply too much, so much so that her worldview and consumer values were being forcibly reshaped.

Looking at Zhang Qi's style, she suddenly felt, what was the point of working that crappy job?

Zhang Qi turned his head and looked at Sun Yiyao's charming face, which was slightly flushed from shock.

Feeling the amazing softness against his arm, he hooked the corner of his mouth into a casual arc.

"I'm just buying it for fun; the rise or fall doesn't affect me anyway."

Zhang Qi's words were extremely arrogant, but they were indeed the truth.

Anyway, the money spent would be doubled and returned by the system; whether the gold went up or down, he was already making a killing.

After speaking, Zhang Qi picked up the 20-gram ancient-style peace buckle he had just bought from the tray in front of him.

He handed it to Sun Yiyao.

"It's for you."

Sun Yiyao was stunned.

She stared blankly at the heavy gold pendant that Zhang Qi handed over.

This peace buckle had just been tallied up; with the labor fee, it cost over twenty-eight thousand yuan!

"G... gave it to me?"

Sun Yiyao immediately exclaimed in surprise, her voice full of disbelief.

"Forget it if you don't want it." Zhang Qi made a gesture to take it back.

"I want it! I want it!"

Sun Yiyao quickly stretched out both hands, snatched the peace buckle, and clutched it tightly in her palm.

She played with the gold ornament in her hand, which exuded a warm, gentle luster. Her heart surged, and she felt like she was floating.

This was real, solid gold and silver.

If they weren't in a crowded gold store, she would have loved to tackle Zhang Qi right then and there...

"Thank you, Brother Qi!"

Sun Yiyao thanked him happily, stood on tiptoes, and planted a firm kiss on Zhang Qi's cheek with her moist lips.

It made a crisp "pop" sound.

This intimate and bold act made the eyes of several male customers picking out jewelry nearby go straight, their gazes filled with undisguised envy and jealousy.

Zhang Qi's expression was calm; he reached out and touched the spot where he had been kissed.

He actually hadn't been swayed by beauty.

Giving this peace buckle to Sun Yiyao, besides casually rewarding this obedient woman, had another purpose.

This was an experiment.

When he bought these three pieces of jewelry earlier, he had paid in the name of "consuming for himself" and had successfully triggered the system's double cashback.

Now he was giving away what he had already bought to someone else.

He wanted to see if the system would judge this as a violation and thus retract the previous cashback reward.

This related to his future money-grinding strategy and had to be cleared up.

Zhang Qi stood on the spot, silently counting the seconds in his heart.

One second.

Two seconds.

Three seconds.

His mind was quiet; that mechanical voice did not sound.

Zhang Qi breathed a slight sigh of relief; it seemed that gifting did not affect the reward.

Just as he was about to turn his attention back to the million-dollar peace token.

The system's notification finally rang in his mind.

"Ding! Detected that the host is gifting items purchased for themselves to others."

"System Prompt: Items and assets purchased for yourself can be gifted to others, but the other party cannot sell them for cash; otherwise, the system will retract the cashback reward for that purchase."

Hearing this prompt, Zhang Qi completely let go of the stone in his heart.

This rule was very reasonable.

As long as it wasn't taken to be cashed out, simple gifting was perfectly fine.

This meant that in the future, he could buy gold bars, luxury cars, and real estate at will and then give them directly to his parents.

In this way, he could fulfill his filial piety, let his parents live a good life, and also grind the system's double cashback and attribute rewards without any scruples.

It was simply killing two birds with one stone.

As for the restriction of not being able to cash out, he could just explain it clearly to his parents later. Anyway, in the future, money would be the thing the family lacked the least; there would be no need to sell assets.

Just as Zhang Qi was calculating to himself.

A burst of hurried footsteps came from the depths of the store.

The sales clerk from earlier walked back quickly.

Following her were two other people.

One was a woman in her thirties wearing a black professional suit, with the store manager's name tag hanging on her chest.

And walking at the very front was a middle-aged man wearing a high-end custom suit.

The man was slightly chubby, wore his hair slicked back, and had a valuable Patek Philippe on his wrist, the whole person exuding an air of a shrewd and capable businessman.

"Boss, this is the gentleman who wants to buy our store's treasure."

The sales clerk brought the two to Zhang Qi and introduced him respectfully.

So it was the gold store owner who had come out in person.

Sun Yiyao stood beside Zhang Qi, feeling a bit dazed.

She had accompanied clients shopping before, but she had never seen a scene where buying something could directly alarm the owner.

This level of prestige was simply too grand.

"Hello, sir."

The owner, Zhou Fuhai, walked up quickly with a warm but not fawning smile on his face.

His eyes, which had seen countless people, swept quickly over Zhang Qi.

A custom suit with no obvious logo but top-tier texture, a Vacheron Constantin Overseas worth over two hundred thousand.

The most critical thing was the air of composure and indifference to money that Zhang Qi carried.

Zhou Fuhai immediately knew in his heart that this was definitely a top-tier rich young man who was hiding his true colors.

"Truly a young talent."

Zhou Fuhai respectfully stretched out both hands and shook hands with Zhang Qi.

"I am Zhou Fuhai, the owner of this store."

"I heard from the clerk just now that you wanted to see that peace token. I happened to be checking accounts upstairs, so I came down immediately."

"May I ask your surname, sir?"

"My surname is Zhang."

Zhang Qi shook hands with him casually, not showing too much enthusiasm.

Zhou Fuhai didn't feel embarrassed; on the contrary, he felt that this attitude was fitting for Zhang Qi's status.

After a few pleasantries, Zhou Fuhai turned and walked to the bulletproof glass case.

He personally took out a complex-looking key from his pocket and inserted it into the keyhole of the base.

A soft click sound.

The glass case was opened.

Zhou Fuhai put on white gloves and carefully lifted the pure gold peace token, which weighed 968 grams.

The golden luster exuded a heart-stopping sense of weight under the spotlight.

He placed the peace token on a tray lined with black velvet and respectfully presented it to Zhang Qi.

"Mr. Zhang, this peace token was handcrafted by an old master of ancient techniques from Suzhou, taking a full month."

"Please check its condition and weight."

Zhang Qi stood on the spot, not even raising his hand.

In such a large chain gold store, with the owner coming out in person, he figured they wouldn't dare play any tricks on the weight and purity.

Furthermore, he was buying this thing purely to grind the system's consumption quota; he didn't care about craftsmanship or condition at all.

"No need to check."

Zhang Qi shook his head, his tone as flat as if he were buying a bottle of mineral water.

"Just wrap it up and check out."

As soon as these words came out, Zhou Fuhai's hand holding the tray visibly trembled.

He looked up, an undisguisable look of shock in his eyes.

Don't look at him as a gold store owner with a net worth of tens of millions.

But if he really had to take out a million in cash at once to buy a gold token that had no practical value other than looking good, he would definitely be reluctant.

But this young Mr. Zhang in front of him didn't even take a look and just told him to check out.

This strength and confidence were simply ridiculously strong!

"O... okay, Mr. Zhang, please wait a moment."

Zhou Fuhai took a deep breath, suppressing the shock in his heart, and personally carried the tray to the checkout counter.

In front of the checkout counter, the sales clerk was already sweating in her palms from nervousness, her fingers trembling as she entered the product information into the computer.

"Mr. Zhang, the total price for this peace token is exactly one million."

Zhou Fuhai took the printed receipt and handed it to Zhang Qi with both hands.

Zhang Qi didn't take the receipt and pulled the brand-new Huawei tri-fold screen phone from his pocket.

He brought up the payment code.

"Scan it."

Zhou Fuhai personally picked up the scanner gun and aimed it at the phone screen.

Beep.

A crisp electronic notification echoed in the quiet gold store.

One million, payment successful.

Almost at the same time, the dormant mechanical voice in Zhang Qi's mind rang again, like music to his ears.

"Ding! Detected that the host has spent 1,000,000 yuan on themselves, meeting the cashback conditions."

"Double cashback triggered. 2,000,000 yuan has been transferred to the host's savings card ending in 9527. The source of funds is absolutely safe; please use it with confidence."

"Current cumulative consumption amount: 2,019,265 yuan."

"Ding! Detected that the host's cumulative consumption has exceeded two million, triggering a system reward."

"Physique + 1 (automatically integrated)."

A familiar heat flow appeared out of thin air again, rapidly traveling along his spine throughout his body.

Zhang Qi could even feel his muscle fibers trembling slightly; his sense of strength was more abundant than before, and even his vision and hearing seemed to have become sharper.

The phone in his pocket vibrated.

Zhang Qi looked down and tapped the screen to view the bank text message he had just received.

"Your savings account ending in 9527 has received 2,000,000.00 RMB. Current balance is 2,016,958.50 RMB."

Looking at that long string of numbers in the account, Zhang Qi hooked the corner of his mouth into a satisfied arc.

This money, it really just kept increasing the more he spent.

He ignored Zhou Fuhai and Sun Yiyao, who were still in shock beside him.

Zhang Qi silently recited "Panel" in his mind.

A translucent light screen, visible only to him, instantly appeared before his eyes.

"Host: Zhang Qi"

"Physique: 73"

"Lifespan: 74"

"Skills: None"

"Cumulative consumption amount: 2,019,265 yuan"

Looking at the solid increase in the Physique data on the panel, a satisfied look appeared in Zhang Qi's eyes.

This was just the beginning.

There was still a need to continue working hard to grind money toward the goal of buying luxury cars and mansions.

He put away his phone, watching Zhou Fuhai hand over the exquisite packaging box containing the million-dollar peace token.

Zhang Qi took it casually and weighed it in his hand.

Afterward, he turned his head and looked at Sun Yiyao, who was still dazed.

"Let's go."

Zhang Qi stepped forward and walked toward the gold store's main entrance.

Sun Yiyao woke from her dream, quickly stepped in her high heels, and trotted to follow.

The two walked out of the gold store, and behind them, the gold store owner Zhou Fuhai, along with the manager and staff, watched them go.

After they had walked far away, Zhou Fuhai couldn't help but exclaim: "I always thought I was somewhat wealthy, but today, I've truly seen what a rich person is!"

The manager and staff were speechless.

The boss was already an existence they could only look up to but never reach.

Unexpectedly, there was an existence that even the boss looked up to.

The difference between people is just too big.