Chapter 1: Tenfold Cash Back

"Open the door! Open the door, quick!"

Inside the rented apartment, ambiguous and coquettish sounds drifted out from time to time. Outside, Zheng Qian banged on the door, burning with anxiety.

Today was the weekend, but his company still required overtime. Zheng Qian had returned to grab a document, never expecting to hear such sounds from outside.

The door was deadbolted from the inside. Even though Zheng Qian had a key, he couldn't open it. He desperately wanted to know what was happening inside.

Ten minutes later.

Zheng Qian's girlfriend, Yao Manman, opened the door and walked out.

"Aren't you working overtime? Why are you back now?"

Yao Manman was quite attractive, but her hair was messy and her clothes were disheveled. Upon seeing Zheng Qian, her expression remained perfectly natural, devoid of any shame.

"Who's inside?" Zheng Qian made a move to rush in as he spoke, but Yao Manman blocked him.

"Who is it? Is it Zheng Qian?" A man wearing only underpants appeared behind Yao Manman.

"Chang... Chang Rui? What are you two doing behind my back?" Zheng Qian's face quickly flushed with rage.

"What else could we be doing? Doing it, of course!" Right in front of Zheng Qian, Chang Rui pulled Yao Manman into his arms.

Yao Manman didn't resist at all, even letting out a coquettish whine.

"Yao Manman, how could you do this to me?!" Zheng Qian clenched his fists, glaring intently at the two of them.

"Haha, how could I do this to you?"

"Zheng Qian, let me tell you right now: we're breaking up."

*Slam!*

The door was slammed shut roughly, and the sounds of passionate lovemaking echoed from inside once again.

Zheng Qian punched the wall hard.

Yao Manman was a freshman junior Zheng Qian had met at university three years ago. She was very beautiful, and after Zheng Qian's relentless pursuit, the two finally made their relationship official.

Yao Manman's family was very poor and didn't support her going to university. She had to work part-time while studying, which was extremely exhausting.

After learning about her situation, Zheng Qian gave Yao Manman an allowance every month, bought her clothes and bags, and helped pay for her tuition and other expenses.

Having worked for so long, Zheng Qian hadn't saved a single penny; eighty to ninety percent of his salary had been spent on Yao Manman.

Zheng Qian hadn't bought a single piece of new clothing for himself in three years.

Now that Yao Manman was about to graduate, just as Zheng Qian was thinking that he wouldn't have to help pay her tuition anymore and could finally save up some money to prepare for their future marriage, this happened.

Yao Manman had cuckolded him.

Zheng Qian felt an immense bitterness in his heart.

Why did it have to be like this? He had painstakingly sacrificed for three years, only to be kicked to the curb just as she was about to graduate and become capable of working.

So, in the end, he was nothing but an ATM?

Zheng Qian's looks could only be considered average at best. Coupled with his lack of grooming, he was utterly unremarkable in a crowd. Moreover, he was an orphan with no solid family background. For someone like him to pursue a girl, he could only offer meticulous care, providing her with a sense of security and trust.

To put it bluntly, he had to be a simp.

Without simping, he wouldn't have a girlfriend.

Who wouldn't want a girlfriend whose eyes were filled only with him?

Yao Manman's looks could be considered goddess-tier at school. Zheng Qian being able to win her over was also thanks to him working after graduation and having a stable source of income.

But such a relationship was not secure.

Zheng Qian didn't know when Yao Manman had hooked up with Chang Rui. If he hadn't happened to catch them today, he would probably have been kept in the dark for a long time.

Fuming, Zheng Qian stepped into the elevator. But just as the elevator was descending, the lights overhead suddenly went out, and the elevator slowly ground to a halt.

Was he fucking trapped in the elevator?

What terrible luck!

[Ding!]

[Congratulations, Host Zheng Qian, on obtaining the God-Tier Tycoon Love System]

The words [Binding Successful] appeared before Zheng Qian's retinas.

Zheng Qian carefully checked what this "God-Tier Tycoon Love System" was all about.

[With the system's blessing, whenever the host spends money on women, you will receive a tenfold rebate, with no upper limit.]

[With the system's blessing, the host can see women's Favorability toward you. If Favorability reaches the maximum limit, the system will no longer provide cashback.]

[This system aims to help the host find true love. Once the host encounters the true love of your life, the system will automatically unbind.]

After the system finished its prompts, the lights above Zheng Qian's head lit up again, and the elevator resumed normal operation.

Spending money on women gets cashback? And it's a tenfold rebate?

Meaning, if he spent one yuan, he would get ten yuan back?

Isn't it just spending money on women? Who doesn't know how to do that?

After returning to the company, Zheng Qian immediately selected a target.

"Lili... Lili..." Zheng Qian softly called the name of the beautiful colleague in the neighboring cubicle.

"Hmm?"

"Are you free after overtime? Let me treat you to a meal." Zheng Qian extended an invitation to his beautiful colleague.

Lili's full name was Qin Xueli. She was the most beautiful girl in the entire company, and her pair of fair, long legs made many male colleagues in the office drool.

Qin Xueli was gorgeous and had been pursued by people since childhood. She knew how to dress and groom herself, and she had countless simps around her, many of whom were wealthy and gifted her luxury brands.

Although the male colleagues in the company all wanted to sleep with her, after checking their wallets, basically none of them dared to get too close.

Strange. Why would Zheng Qian, who was famously stingy in the company, suddenly think of treating her to a meal? Could he be trying to hit on her?

Qin Xueli knew that Zheng Qian was a simp who used his salary to support and pamper a girl. For him to dare treat her to a meal, he was probably having some relationship trouble with his girlfriend and wanted to try things out with another girl.

But with Zheng Qian's personality, he could probably only afford to treat her to a bowl of malatang worth a dozen yuan. She couldn't be bothered to go.

"I'll pass. I don't know what time we'll finish overtime, and I need to go back early to feed my cat."

Zheng Qian glanced at Qin Xueli's Favorability toward him.

[Favorability: 10]

A Favorability of 0–10 meant strangers; 11–50 meant ordinary friends; 51–60 meant close friends; 61–80 meant lovers; and 81–100 meant they were already at the stage of discussing marriage.

Qin Xueli's Favorability toward him was only ten points. In other words, in her eyes, Zheng Qian didn't even qualify as a friend; he was just a colleague on the level of a stranger.

Thinking about it, it made sense. Zheng Qian had indeed been very frugal with his money before, so how could someone like Qin Xueli have high Favorability toward him?

However, this was exactly what he wanted.

If her Favorability was too high and spending a little money easily maxed it out, the system would stop giving him cashback.

"Alright then. I was thinking of taking you to Joy City for a stroll, but if you need to head back, then never mind." Zheng Qian casually tested her to see if she was rejecting him because she thought he was too poor.

Hearing "Joy City," Qin Xueli's eyes lit up. It seemed she was somewhat interested now.

Joy City, New World, and Taikoo Li were basically shopping malls of the same tier, targeting elite customers.

To put it simply, these three places were playgrounds for the wealthy. A single stroll there would easily cost several thousand yuan.

The company's monthly salary was only about 6,000 yuan after tax.

"I suddenly remembered that I just bought an automatic cat feeder yesterday, so I don't need to go back so early," Qin Xueli replied.

"So, are you going?"

"Yes."

Zheng Qian snorted inwardly. She really had looked down on him for being poor. The moment she heard they were going to Joy City, she immediately changed her tune.

What's more, Qin Xueli's Favorability toward him actually increased by 5 points.

At 2:30 PM, the overtime work ended.

"I didn't expect overtime to be so short today. A bestie of mine also wants to go shopping. Can I bring her along?"

Bring a bestie?

She was probably just afraid that Zheng Qian would try something inappropriate with her and didn't want to lose out.

But Zheng Qian wasn't planning on hitting on her anyway; he just wanted to make some money. It wasn't a date, so it didn't matter if she brought someone.

An extra mouth meant more money spent.

"Sure, no problem," Zheng Qian agreed immediately.

"Great!"

Her Favorability increased by another five points.

Qin Xueli quickly touched up her makeup, clocked out with Zheng Qian, and left the company.

Quite a few colleagues witnessed this scene, and everyone was astonished.

"Zheng Qian is going shopping with Qin Xueli?"

"No way. Going out like that, even just for a meal, would cost at least a thousand yuan."

"He's famously stingy. Would he really be willing to spend money on Qin Xueli?"

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