85: Chapter 85 Ling Rui's Growth (Dear readers, please help me!)

In a luxury mansion belonging to the Ling Family in the Maldives.

Ling Weiqin looked at her precious daughter with worry. "Husband, have you noticed how Ruirui has been playing on her phone a lot these past few days? Do you think she's chatting with that jerk?"

The Ling Family Son-in-law sneaked over and took a peek. "No, no, Ruirui is just playing a mobile game."

Ling Weiqin was even more puzzled. "Ruirui never used to play these kinds of things. Forget it, let's not worry about that for now. How is the investigation into that jerk's identity going?"

"There's a lead; I've basically locked onto the target. After the New Year, when we go back, I'll bring him to you."

"Hmph, to think he silently stole my precious daughter's first time. When the time comes, I'm definitely going to break his legs!"

"Honey, calm down. This matter depends on what Ruirui thinks. If she really likes him, we'll still have to recruit him as a son-in-law."

"Then you go ask her!"

"It's not that I don't dare, but if Ruirui asks me how I know, what am I supposed to say? If she finds out we've been sending people to monitor her every move, she'll blow the roof off."

"I don't care. Anyway, family matters are left to you; I only care about the results."

The Ling Family Son-in-law felt bitter, but he could only scratch his head and rack his brain for a solution.

Unaware of the little schemes her parents were plotting behind her back, Ling Rui was focused on completing her master's task, constantly tapping the ten-pull lottery and mentally calculating the number of fragments she had obtained.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, the arrogance of the Brotherhood members dissipated a little.

Because starting this morning, the server-wide announcements about that big shot from the Moyu Society winning prizes appeared every little while, and it had been going on for a long, long time.

Since Ling Rui was spreading out the pulls during fragmented periods of time, the members of the Brotherhood couldn't determine exactly how much he had pulled.

But as the announcements rang out from morning until night, with every server-wide notification that popped up, their hearts became a bit more anxious.

Xing Tianjie would log on every so often to challenge Zhao Xiaoshuai in the arena, and each time, the result was his complete victory.

Yet, he couldn't set his mind at ease.

"What a crafty bastard. He pulls the cards but doesn't use them, so I can't tell how many sets of the collection he's completed. Damn it!"

Xing Tianjie was also panicking a bit inside. He wanted to keep spending money, but he couldn't use an uncertain result to convince his sister to let him be willful one more time.

He threw his phone down and decided not to look anymore.

"I can only hope that Heavenly Emperor lives up to his name and really pulls for 200,000 as he promised this time."

It was already evening when Zhao Xiaoshuai logged on.

He checked his inventory; all the fragments and feathers added together were just enough to complete the collection. He nodded in satisfaction.

Although Ling Rui had some serious issues, she was a top student after all, so she could calculate simple addition and subtraction quite clearly.

He checked his balance and saw about 40,000 to 50,000 Jade Coins left, so he swept through all the good items in the Spring Festival shop.

When he used all these supplies on his character, he would receive a huge boost in combat power, leaving everyone else far behind.

Ling Rui's luck was actually quite good. According to some posts from wealthy players he had seen on the forums before, it took an average of 280,000 to 290,000 to complete the collection.

Exceptionally unlucky people might need around 320,000, while Ling Rui had spent less than 250,000.

As for his alt account "Heavenly Emperor," he had used about 160,000 to pull for the collection according to his instructions, and he had just logged on to spend the remaining money in the Spring Festival shop.

Although percentage-based stats were heaven-defying, the base stats couldn't lag too far behind either.

Tomorrow, when he found some free time, he could dual-log and direct a grand show all by himself.

Previously, he wasn't sure if his alt account would be recognized by the system, but with the addition of the newly appeared "Qiongqi," all the elements to complete the task were gathered.

He deliberately let them have their moment of glory for a day, just to make the players in the server acknowledge that these big shots had the qualifications to dominate the server; only then would it meet the system's requirements.

And now, he only needed to drive them to retire from the game to complete the system's task.

By then, the system's reward would be at least over a million, and this brought him one step closer to his big house.

Extremely satisfied with his little sub's hard work, Zhao Xiaoshuai set a ten-minute reward package, scheduled for before Ling Rui went to sleep.

She would report her daily schedule to Zhao Xiaoshuai every day.

This was her own spontaneous behavior, as if she were deliberately telling Zhao Xiaoshuai which times were "dangerous" times.

(Ling Rui's growth cannot be retrieved; over a thousand words are gone, so I have to make up for this chapter. Brothers, please forgive me; I really don't want to pad the plot...)

However, he hadn't made a final decision regarding the next game choice.

Because ever since his main quest evaluation was promoted, his base cashback limit had increased to 101,000, so the returns from topping up 648 were actually not very high.

If he used the 60 free daily cashback opportunities he got for free on daily expenses under 100,000, that would undoubtedly be the way to maximize returns.

However, the spending behavior recognized by the system must be reasonable. If he were to act like a super money-sprinkler and hand out cash on the street, it wouldn't trigger the cashback.

Of course, if it were for charity or something similar, it would count as normal spending behavior, but he didn't trust these prominent, publicly visible organizations.

There was no helping it; after watching too much news, one would always have more or less suspicion.

If it were just money he spent that didn't reach the people who needed help, he could still tolerate it.

But if it all ended up in the bellies of some parasites, allowing them to enjoy life and spend money like water, then he would feel nauseous and unable to eat.

Therefore, he ultimately decided to purchase a permanent multiplier card to keep for emergencies, while he would still spend the free cards he received daily on games.

Among the games currently pending selection, PC games were excluded first.

Although the spending potential in PC games could be exaggerated and might look suitable, Zhao Xiaoshuai's own goal was to grind money. He would only play games occasionally, so convenience was the most important thing.

As for PC games, they were too dependent on the computer, and he didn't have much time at home every day.

Therefore, convenient mobile games were the first choice.

Actually, there were also many mobile games with high spending potential, such as certain strategy games with Three Kingdoms themes, games themed around a certain ninja, and some games known for enhancing weapons and equipment.

These games often involved spending millions, and with many players, it was relatively easy to trigger system tasks.

However, he hadn't decided which one to choose in the end.

But there was no rush for this either. His task to dominate the server in "three generals kill" hadn't been completed yet, and currently, pouring more funds into it to be able to claim a double cashback one last time was obviously a more reasonable strategy.

Furthermore, although he directed such a grand show, he wasn't sure if people like Taowu and Qiongqi would actually retire from the game as he wished.

If they hadn't lost their spirit, he might have to continue acting with them in "three generals kill" for a while longer.

However, regardless, for him, it was just a matter of earning more or less.