1: Chapter 1 The Godly Rich System

At the entrance of Nanling University.

"Lin Yi, stop pestering me."

"Love without a material foundation is just a pile of loose sand, after all."

"I want things you can't give me."

"He can take me for a candlelight dinner at the Nanling Hotel, the most luxurious place in the city. Can you?"

"The money you save by skimping on food and clothes for a month isn't even enough for me to buy a single outfit."

"All your sacrifices seem so cheap to me."

Lin Yi listened in disbelief as these words drifted lightly from Guan Zhixue's mouth. Her tone was flat, even carrying a hint of pity for him.

Having said her piece, Guan Zhixue tucked her black hair behind her ear and intimately took the arm of a greasy, bald man with a fat head and large ears, stepping into a black Mercedes-Benz.

As the two passed by Lin Yi, the look in their eyes was as if they were looking at a pathetic stray dog.

Only then did Lin Yi snap back to his senses.

"No..."

"This is impossible!"

"Xiaoxue... Guan Zhixue! Make yourself clear!"

Lin Yi pounded hard on the opaque car window, hysterical.

But the only response he got was the roar of the engine as it sped away and a cloud of choking dust.

The massive inertia of the car accelerating dragged Lin Yi to the ground.

The surrounding students, watching the spectacle, pointed at Lin Yi, seemingly mocking a loser.

At this moment, Lin Yi could do nothing but watch in despair as the girl he had loved for four years drifted further and further away.

"Pestering... All my sacrifices for you turned out to be 'pestering' in your eyes..."

"Was the relationship all this time just my own wishful thinking..."

Pain and humiliation filled Lin Yi's chest, and a numb, throbbing ache hit him from his stomach.

He clenched his fists and hammered them heavily and unwillingly onto the cold concrete floor.

Piercing pain instantly shot from his knuckles to his brain, and bright red blood seeped slowly from the wounds.

However, the physical pain was far less than the bitterness in his heart at this moment.

...

Today was originally the day Lin Yi was supposed to report as a freshman.

Lin Yi's heart was full of joy, thinking that through a year of hard repeating study, he had finally gotten into the same university as Guan Zhixue.

The two had agreed long before the college entrance examination to work hard to get into the same university.

Lin Yi had been working hard toward this goal.

But when the exam results came out last year, Guan Zhixue was admitted to Nanling University with excellent grades, while Lin Yi failed to reach the admission threshold for Nanling University as he had hoped.

"Xiaoxue, wait for me. I'll go back and repeat a year. I'll definitely come to Nanling University to be with you!"

If you were to interview high school seniors, eleven out of ten wouldn't want to repeat a year.

No one wanted to relive that grueling year all over again.

But Lin Yi was willing.

For Guan Zhixue, he was willing to endure this hardship.

Because she was the girl he deeply loved.

Lin Yi had been abandoned since childhood and grew up in an orphanage. He had to earn the tuition for both repeating and university himself.

Besides saving for tuition, he would send Guan Zhixue a thousand yuan every month so she could eat well.

Yet Lin Yi himself only dared to eat the free soup and white rice from the school cafeteria every day.

During that year, he studied hard during the day and went to restaurants to wash dishes at night.

He only slept four hours a day.

Except for sleeping, all his time was spent studying, without a moment's rest.

The physical exhaustion and immense psychological pressure nearly made him break down.

Every time he felt he couldn't hold on, just thinking of Guan Zhixue's sweet smile would fill Lin Yi with fighting spirit again.

After a year of repeating, Lin Yi got his wish and was admitted to Nanling University.

The day the results came out, Lin Yi happily called Guan Zhixue.

But on the other end of the phone, Guan Zhixue seemed inconvenienced to talk, giving a brief response before hurriedly hanging up.

The entire summer vacation, Lin Yi couldn't get in touch with Guan Zhixue.

And the answer Guan Zhixue gave him was that she was working a summer job and was very busy.

Lin Yi didn't suspect anything.

Until today, when Lin Yi came to report to Nanling University as a freshman, he ran into Guan Zhixue at the school gate, walking out of the school hand-in-hand with a bald, middle-aged man who was as fat as a pig.

Even a fool could see what was going on.

Lin Yi's angry questioning only earned him a few nonchalant jeers from Guan Zhixue.

Furthermore, she shifted all the blame onto Lin Yi, believing that the poor Lin Yi was not worthy of her noble self.

Lin Yi had heard before that many girls would gradually become materialistic and realistic after going to university, but at that time, he felt Guan Zhixue would be an exception.

But now, reality had ruthlessly given him a stinging slap, waking him up completely from his sweet dream of love.

"I didn't expect my sacrifices to be so worthless in your eyes."

Lin Yi stood up, patted the dust off his pants, his head still in a daze. It took a while for him to come back to his senses.

Four years of sincerity fed to a dog; Lin Yi felt exceptionally ridiculous.

"Maybe in your eyes, I'm just a useless 'Licking Dog.'"

"But one day, I will prove my own excellence!"

At an age full of vigor, a youth has his own pride.

At this moment, his gaze was incredibly firm, as if he had made a great resolution.

"Ding!"

At this moment, an electronic voice sounded in Lin Yi's mind.

"The Strongest God-Level Tycoon System has detected a suitable host."

"System is automatically installing... Installation complete!"

"Holy crap? A system?"

This sudden turn of events allowed Lin Yi to see a glimmer of light in his dark world.

Lin Yi was stunned, then looked around. The surrounding students watching the scene had already dispersed. Clearly, only he had heard the system's prompt.

His heartbeat instantly quickened. He didn't expect such a plot from a novel to actually happen to him.

With a thought, the system's virtual interface unfolded in Lin Yi's mind.

System Host: Lin Yi.

System Function: Spending money on members of the opposite sex can earn doubled cashback.

Prompt:

You must spend money on a member of the opposite sex who has been bound by the system to receive cashback.

The multiplier is random, with a minimum of 1x and no upper limit. The higher the target's favorability, the greater the probability of obtaining a high multiplier.

Once the bound target's favorability toward the host reaches 50 points, cashback will no longer be available, and other corresponding rewards will be granted instead.

Lin Yi read the description of the system functions several times.

"As long as I spend money on girls, I can get cashback?"

"The minimum multiplier is 1x, which means no matter what, I at least won't lose money."

"And the higher the other person's favorability, the greater my chances of getting high cashback."

"Holy crap!"

"In that case..."

"The more money I spend on a girl, the higher her favorability will be, and the higher her favorability, the more cashback I'll get!"

"A perpetual motion machine!"

The haze in Lin Yi's heart was instantly swept away.

"But what does 'a member of the opposite sex bound by the system' mean? How can I get someone bound?"

Lin Yi quickly spotted the key point.

At this moment, another electronic voice sounded in his mind.

"As long as the host speaks with a member of the opposite sex, the system will automatically detect the host's 'heartbeat value' toward that person."

"As long as the host's heartbeat value reaches the standard, the system will automatically list that person as a cashback target for the host."

"Once the binding relationship is successful, all expenses the host spends on that target can earn cashback."

Hearing this, Lin Yi understood everything.

"This system is forcing me to be a playboy!"

"It seems even the system knows that these days, a 'Licking Dog' is worse than a real dog."

"Whatever! I'm going to farm money like crazy and reach the pinnacle of life!"

"I will never let today's humiliation happen a second time!"

Lin Yi opened his phone and checked; the balance in his bank card was still three thousand.

Talk is cheap; the primary task now was to test the system's cashback function.

Lin Yi reached out to hail a taxi and headed toward Wanda Plaza.

...

Arriving at Wanda Plaza, Lin Yi pushed open the door and walked into a coffee shop.

"Hello, is this seat next to you taken?"

Lin Yi walked up to a beautiful woman who was dressed stylishly, wearing sunglasses, with long legs in black stockings, and spoke politely.

"Ding, detected that the host is speaking with a member of the opposite sex."

"The host's heartbeat value is currently twenty points, which meets the binding criteria."

"Binding successful!"

No man could see a beauty without feeling a ripple in his heart, and Lin Yi was no exception.

Hearing Lin Yi's voice, the beauty looked up, suspecting Lin Yi was intentionally trying to hit on her.

But at this time, the other parts of the coffee shop were indeed full, and Lin Yi's harmless gaze didn't seem to have any other intentions.

"It's empty, you can sit."

The beauty politely picked up her small bag from the chair next to her, making room for Lin Yi.

Lin Yi thanked her and sat down, then scanned the code to order.

"To express my gratitude, let me buy you a cup of coffee."

As Lin Yi spoke, he quickly flipped through the electronic menu of the coffee shop, looking for the most expensive coffee.

Since the other party had already been bound as a target, he would take the opportunity to test the system and make a small profit first.