Yanjing.
A tranquil night.
Jiang Ning had just gone through a full pack of cigarettes, his face was worn and haggard, his heart ached deeply.
During his senior internship, he had offended the managers at the company, resulting in him unfairly treated, and then directly fired. The company had even informed his university.
What a disgrace!
An hour ago.
His college girlfriend whom he had been together with for four years, Chen Yifei, called him and requested to break up.
"Jiang Ning, let's end our relationship."
"I don't have the patience to wait any longer, I too came from a small place to struggle in Yanjing, and I can't afford to waste more time on you."
"You've even lost your internship, what can you possibly give me for the future!"
Chen Yifei's comments shattered Jiang Ning's heart. Over the past four years, he had been living frugally, working three jobs at the most strenuous times, sleeping only four hours a day.
All in hopes of making Chen Yifei happy, buying her designer handbags, makeup...
Yet, after struggling for four years, what he got in return was a breakup devoid of any sentiments!
At this very moment,
Jiang Ning's complexion was somber, his heart was like dead ashes. He laid on the bed, smoking the last stick of cigarette, his train ticket back home already purchased, decided to never return to this heart-breaking city, and to completely forget about Chen Yifei.
Jiang Ning, agitated, ran his fingers through his hair, preparing to pack up his things.
He squatted by the closet, ready to stuff his clothes into the suitcase, when the cell phone on the bedside table suddenly made a "ding-dong" sound.
Jiang Ning, pausing for a moment, picked up the phone.
A page popped up on the mobile phone, displaying that an app had been successfully bound.
Jiang Ning furrowed his brows. He did not recall carelessly binding any applications.
As he was about to put his phone back down and ignore the notification, he stumbled and fell to the ground.
Within that instant, Jiang Ning's thumb had accessed the app's "Homepage."
The pain shooting from his thumb made Jiang Ning jerk, hastily withdrawing his hand.
Looking down, he noticed his thumb was pale, and remnants of his bloody thumbprint remained on the phone.
Just as Jiang Ning was perplexed, the phone suddenly voiced out.
"Ding-dong~ System successfully bound."
"Current host of the system, Jiang Ning, shares life and death with the system."
"This system is a welfare system, sticking with the host for life. No other person can control or even steal this system."
The series of electronic noises left Jiang Ning somewhat dazed.
After some hesitation, Jiang Ning picked up the phone.
The strange thing was that the bloodstains that were just left on the phone had disappeared, even the traces of previously shattered screens were nowhere to be found.
"Damn, this is some magic?!"
Jiang Ning's eyes widened, his gaze completely absorbed by the new page.
"Rolls-Royce Phantom Custom Edition, originally priced at 23 million, flash sale price 230 yuan!"
"Luxury villa with 365 square meters at No.5 building of the high-end residential area, originally priced at 17.66 million, flash sale price 176 yuan!"
"Hermes new crocodile bag, originally priced at 110,000, flash sale price 1 yuan!"
The ordinary page was flashing with prices that made one's heart pound.
"Do they think they can con me with this poor quality APP? Villa is only 176, who the hell would believe! Even a model isn't this cheap!"
Speaking, Jiang Ning prepared to throw the counterfeit phone onto the bed.
Just as the mobile phone was about to leave his palm, Jiang Ning suddenly remembered that electronic sound.
A system?
Could it be the golden finger in novels?!
As a modern-day intern and part-time worker, Jiang Ning had dug deep into the concepts of these 'golden fingers' in novels and dramas.
After all, trying it out won't cost me a chunk of flesh!
He's already this down on his luck, scammers shouldn't even bother scamming someone like him.
Jiang Ning contemplated before clicking the purchase option on the Rolls-Royce Phantom page.
Speaking of his former dreams, it was of course to own a jaw-droppingly awesome car!
The charge for his purchase was instantly debited from his account, several text messages flooding in.
"Purchase successful. Please await a moment, host."
Jiang Ning's mouth twitched slightly. The little money in his possession, maybe a few hundred yuan, was now completely gone. He had truly reached the point of poverty, unable to even lift the lid off his cooking pot
Chinese expression meaning extremely poor
.
Embracing the idea of giving up because he had nothing much to lose, Jiang Ning casually tossed his phone on the bedside table and climbed into bed for a sleep.
The buzzing of incoming messages woke him. The texts were from his old classmate, Zhang Feng.
"Jiang Ning, long time no see. You must come to our class reunion."
"I heard you've been interning at a company recently. You should take care of those of us who aren't."
"Don't feel bad about being dumped. After all, it was something we all expected..."
Jiang Ning sighed, unable to find a reason to reject the invitation.
As he turned around to look for his clothes, he noticed a perfect square black box on the bedside table that wasn't there before.
Opening the box, Jiang Ning found a car key inside, along with a plethora of verification documents under the key!
A shiver of surprise ran through Jiang Ning.
I must attend this class reunion!
After taking a quick shower, Jiang Ning grabbed his car keys and quickly went downstairs.
With his car already surrounded by a crowd.
A corner of Jiang Ning's lips hooked up as he was about to walk to his car. However, a woman clad in a brightly colored dress and heavy makeup was sitting on the bonnet of his car, constantly recording a video.
"Could you please move, ma'am?" Jiang Ning asked with a smile on his face, but he was met with an eye-roll from the woman. "What is a poor guy like you, dressed in cheap flea market clothes, doing here? This happens to be my husband's car!"