Chapter 150: Special Item: Treadmill And Gao Meng’s Lost Gold Chain!
【Congratulations on completing the special mission “Hero Saves Beauty”.】
【The reward has been issued, please confirm receipt.】
The moment Gao Meng turned and left, two completion prompts for the mission appeared on the virtual mission panel in front of Jiang Tao.
That’s it?
Made 190,000 in a few words.
It would be great if there were more of these things in the future!
“Thank you, Jiang Tao.”
Seeing Gao Meng leave, Jiang Yi also patted her chest and breathed a sigh of relief.
She had been so harassed by Gao Meng recently that she was almost developing PTSD.
“You’re welcome.”
Jiang Tao smiled and waved his hand, indicating there was no need to thank him. He even felt like thanking Jiang Yi!
【”Hero Saves Beauty”】 is a special mission, low difficulty, high reward, it’s just too satisfying!
After the commotion, Jiang Yi and Jiang Tao had become the center of attention for the other moviegoers.
Neither of them felt like watching the movie anymore. They exchanged a glance, understood each other’s thoughts, and got up from their seats to leave together.
After leaving the screening room, Jiang Yi asked with a somewhat embarrassed expression:
“Jiang Tao, could you trouble you one more thing and take me downstairs?”
She was truly afraid of encountering Gao Meng again on the way and being pestered by him.
“Of course, let’s go. I’ll be your flower protector today.”
Jiang Tao teased Jiang Yi with a smile, and the two walked towards the elevator area, taking the mall’s elevator downstairs.
They walked all the way to the roadside and didn’t run into Gao Meng. Jiang Yi’s heart finally settled down.
“Thank you tonight, Jiang Tao. I owe you another big favor.”
“I’ll treat you, Xiao Xue, and Xiao Xue’s mother to dinner another day.”
While waiting for a taxi by the roadside, the evening breeze gently brushed her hair, making her dark tresses fly.
Jiang Yi’s full apple cheeks were flushed red by the cold wind, making her look like two tempting apples.
“We’ll see when there’s an opportunity.”
Jiang Tao said jokingly:
“By the way, Teacher Jiang, please keep the matter of borrowing money strictly confidential for me, otherwise I’ll have to kneel on the washboard when I get home tonight.”
“Uh, okay, don’t worry, I definitely won’t make you kneel on the washboard. I’ll also return the money you lent me as soon as possible.”
Jiang Yi’s expression was slightly embarrassed as she tucked a strand of hair blown by the wind behind her ear, displaying a mature and elegant demeanor.
In a fleeting glimpse, Jiang Tao was also momentarily stunned, but his gaze quickly regained its clarity.
Seeing an empty taxi approaching, Jiang Tao waved his hand, and the taxi slowly stopped in front of them.
“Thank you tonight, Jiang Tao. I’ll be going now.”
Jiang Yi looked at Jiang Tao and thanked him again.
“It’s okay, it’s okay. I’ve already heard your thanks too many times tonight.”
Jiang Tao laughed heartily and waved goodbye to Jiang Yi:
“Have a safe trip, and send me a message when you get home.”
“Mhm, goodbye.”
Jiang Yi also waved goodbye to Jiang Tao with a smile, opened the car door, and sat in the back seat.
The car door closed, and the taxi slowly drove away, carrying Jiang Yi into the dazzling neon night sky of the Capital City.
Jiang Tao retracted his gaze, turned around, and took out a cigarette case from his pocket to light a cigarette.
After finishing the cigarette, he returned to the mall and took the elevator back to the 6th floor where the cinema was located.
He couldn’t be bothered to go back into the screening room to watch the rest of the movie.
He found a seat in the cinema’s rest area and, with a thought, opened the system panel.
【Do you want to claim the reward immediately?】
“Yes!”
Since he was idle, Jiang Tao decided to claim the mission reward first.
【Reward is being issued…】
【Your Charm Value +1】
After the charm value increased by 1, Jiang Tao didn’t feel any particular change.
However, in the eyes of others, his temperament had undergone a subtle change.
【Your Physique +1】
Upon gaining physique, Jiang Tao clearly felt a warm current filling his body, making him feel warm and comfortable all over.
【Jiang Yi’s favorability towards you +10, currently Jiang Yi’s favorability towards you is 71, and you have been labeled as a friend by her.】
【You have received a cash reward of 188,888 yuan!】
*Buzzz*
His mobile phone vibrated.
Jiang Tao glanced at it and indeed saw an SMS notification for a deposit of 188,888 yuan.
【Your ICBC Savings Card ending in XX89 has been credited with 188,888 yuan, with a current balance of 4,398,876.88 yuan!】
Seeing the long string of numbers on the bank notification, Jiang Tao felt a surge of secret satisfaction.
This was just his personal nest egg.
If he added the funds invested in several projects and the over 3 million he had transferred to Xu Li.
Their family’s total assets had already exceeded ten million, reaching a moderately prosperous level.
From being in debt by over 80,000 yuan before the Lunar New Year to having a net worth of ten million, it had only taken about two months!
Although the System Brother wasn’t as simple and direct as the ones in those web novels about wealthy systems, it was still very powerful!
This feeling of gradually becoming wealthy by taking one step at a time was also very grounding.
After accepting the mission rewards, Jiang Tao, still idle, started browsing his Moments.
For the past half a month, Jiang Tao had been browsing Zhang Bo’s Moments daily but hadn’t found any intelligence related to him.
This angered Jiang Tao so much that he had removed Zhang Bo from his starred contacts.
But he still had to browse.
Zhang Bo was still posting about the treasures in his family’s shop on Moments, just like usual.
Sometimes he would also help friends repost second-hand information.
Li Ming also posted information about high-quality used cars on Moments every day.
His mother-in-law, back in their hometown, was either playing mahjong or square dancing, living a rather carefree life.
His sister-in-law was busy eating and drinking at university, rarely posting anything related to her studies.
“Huh, He Jing must have moved…”
While scrolling, Jiang Tao came across a Moments post from He Jing, selling some used items.
A treadmill, a sofa, a computer desk, a wardrobe; she really had quite a few things.
Jiang Tao waited outside for over an hour before Xu Li and the others finished.
“Husband~ When did you come out? You must have been waiting for a long time.”
As Xu Li, holding a sleepy Jiang Xue, came out, she immediately saw Jiang Tao waiting in the rest area.
After watching a movie that lasted nearly two hours, Jiang Xue was exhausted, her eyelids constantly drooping.
After reuniting, they chatted briefly, and then the three of them took the elevator downstairs and drove away directly.
Jiang Bing’s rented apartment at Long Ze Yuan was very close to Wanxiang Hui, so it was on the way.
Jiang Tao first dropped off his third sister downstairs at Building 26 as it was on his way.
As it was very late, and Jiang Xue had already fallen asleep on Xu Li.
Jiang Tao and Xu Li didn’t go upstairs and drove away directly.
The family of three returned to Bai Ge Zhuang New Village Residential Area after 11 PM.
After getting out of the car, Jiang Tao opened the rear door and picked up Jiang Xue, letting her head rest on his shoulder as she continued to sleep.
The family of three took the elevator upstairs.
As they reached the front door, before Xu Li could find her key to open it, the door was opened from the inside.
“Mom, you’re still up.”
Seeing her mother-in-law opening the door wearing pajamas, Xu Li felt a little touched.
“I sleep late, and I was waiting for you to come back.”
After saying that, Tian Xiaomei couldn’t help but yawn again.
She was actually very sleepy, but she had been thinking about her son and his family.
“You should go to bed, Mom. We’re going to wash up and sleep too.”
“Okay.”
The mother briefly said a couple of words to Xu Li and then turned and walked towards her room.
Jiang Tao first carried Jiang Xue back to her room, and Xu Li helped her take off her clothes.
It was amazing how children couldn’t be woken up no matter how you moved them when they were asleep.
After taking care of his little cotton jacket, the couple tiptoed out of the room.
Jiang Tao first activated the 『Sleep Mode』 for his parents and then went to the bathroom with Xu Li to shower.
Xu Li had her period these past couple of days, so she only praised Jiang Tao verbally in the end.
After showering, they returned to the bedroom, chatted for a while, and then Jiang Tao activated the 『Sleep Mode』 for Xu Li.
Less than a minute after activating 『Sleep Mode』, Xu Li was fast asleep, snoring.
Xu Li had a happy and satisfied smile on her face as she slept.
She must have been having a sweet dream.
Jiang Tao, as usual, waited for the 0 o’clock intelligence refresh.
【Today’s Intelligence 01】:
When you browsed Moments yesterday, you saw He Jing’s post about selling used items, and obtained relevant intelligence—
The treadmill He Jing listed for sale on Xianyu platform last night is a special item that can be activated.
After obtaining ownership of the treadmill, it can be activated to unlock random attributes.
…
“A treadmill, another special item!”
Seeing the first piece of intelligence refreshed today, Jiang Tao’s heart leaped with joy.
He already had quite a few special items in his possession.
【Heluo Stone】, 【Delicious Pickled Vegetable Jar】, 【Money-Attracting Golden Toad】, 【Salary Card】, 【BeiQi EU5】!
Each special item had its own unique attributes.
Therefore, the treadmill He Jing was selling was likely not going to be bad either.
Jiang Tao had previously traded a Longines watch with He Jing on Xianyu, so he knew her Xianyu account.
He picked up his mobile phone from the bedside table and opened the Xianyu app.
He quickly found the Huawei treadmill He Jing was selling through their transaction records.
90% new, used by a young woman, only used a few times after buying it, now it’s just a clothes rack.
Priced at 1988, shipping fees are extra, or self-pickup in the same city, no bargaining accepted.
Jiang Tao saw that dozens of people were already interested, and he unhesitatingly paid the full amount!
It was equivalent to buying a Golden Finger from a web novel for 1988, which was very worthwhile!
“I wonder what kind of attribute it will be this time? I’m really looking forward to it!”
With a thought, Jiang Tao continued to browse the next piece of intelligence.
【Today’s Intelligence 02】:
You had contact with Jiang Yi yesterday, and obtained relevant intelligence—
Jiang Yi is looking for a part-time tutoring job online.
Hiring Jiang Yi to tutor Jiang Xue will greatly improve Jiang Xue’s academic performance!
…
“Is this how you plan to repay the money quickly…?”
Seeing the second piece of intelligence refreshed today.
Jiang Tao’s mind immediately flashed back to the scene of Jiang Yi tucking her hair behind her ear in the evening breeze downstairs at Wanxiang Hui last night.
Objectively speaking from a man’s perspective, Jiang Yi was top-tier in both appearance and temperament.
With her looks, she could easily find a rich man to marry if she didn’t want to work hard, but she didn’t.
There are countless ways to make money, but she still chooses to earn it through her own labor.
This point is indeed admirable.
“It’s too late now. I’ll ask her tomorrow.”
With a thought, Jiang Tao continued to browse the last piece of intelligence for today.
【Today’s Intelligence 03】:
You had contact with Gao Meng at Wanda Cinema yesterday, and obtained relevant intelligence—
Gao Meng’s 150-gram gold chain, which he was wearing around his neck, fell off during the movie and was cleared away by the cleaning staff as trash.
【Note:】 There are 4 hours and 42 minutes remaining until the gold chain is cleared away by the garbage truck!
“This…”
Seeing the last piece of intelligence, Jiang Tao’s eyes lit up, but he also found it somewhat amusing.
It was already outrageous that Gao Meng didn’t know his 150-gram gold chain was lost.
What was even more outrageous was that the cinema cleaner threw it away as trash!
“Who is Gao Meng…”
With a thought, Jiang Tao focused his attention on the name mentioned in the intelligence.
Immediately, the image of a fat, bald man appeared in his mind.
“So it’s you.”
Seeing Gao Meng’s image, Jiang Tao couldn’t help but sigh at the wonder of fate.
They had just met yesterday, and today intelligence related to him had been triggered. Their connection was quite deep.
As for Jiang Tao’s impression of Gao Meng, it was naturally not good.
“Anyway, since your chain is about to be taken to the garbage disposal plant, I’ll gladly accept it.”
Jiang Tao quietly got out of bed and put on his pajamas before returning to the living room.
He also activated 【Sleep Mode】 for his parents and Jiang Xue.
He went back to the bathroom and put on the dirty clothes he had changed out of last night.
After changing, he grabbed his car keys and quietly went out.
As he took the elevator downstairs, he looked at his reflection in the bright stainless steel elevator doors.
Jiang Tao felt a little speechless.
The clothes he was wearing were a casual outfit bought by Xu Li from Vancl.
They weren’t expensive, costing a little over 1000 to less than 2000 yuan for the set.
But the thought of wearing these clothes to rummage through trash cans…
Old Jiang really needed a little helper to do some of the dirty work for him!
A 150-gram gold chain, at the current price of over 900 yuan per gram, was worth more than 130,000 yuan.
Jiang Tao naturally wouldn’t stand by and watch the gold chain be taken away by the garbage truck.
After going downstairs, in an open area of the residential complex, Jiang Tao opened the system’s 5D map.
The 5D map unfolded in the air in front of him, displaying two flashing dots, one green and one red.
The green dot represented Jiang Tao and his current location.
The flashing red dot represented the 150-gram gold chain mentioned in the third piece of intelligence, which had been thrown into the trash by the cleaning staff.
Jiang Tao zoomed in on the position of the red dot.
As expected, it was in the garbage disposal area behind the Wanxiang Hui Plaza.
“Let’s get to work!”
Jiang Tao lit a cigarette to clear his head and strode towards where his car was parked.
He opened the car door, got in, started the engine, and drove straight to the Wanxiang Hui mall.
In 17 minutes, his Mercedes-Benz GLS arrived at a garbage disposal area behind the Wanxiang Hui mall.
There were more than a dozen colorful trash cans in the centralized garbage disposal area.
Fortunately, the system marked the trash can containing the target item.
Otherwise, Jiang Tao would have a lot of digging to do tonight!
After parking the car, he put on a mask and a pair of wire gloves.
Jiang Tao then got out of the car and looked at the row of trash cans.
Counting from right to left, the 7th green trash can glowed with a dark golden light in Jiang Tao’s vision.
“That’s the one!”
After locking onto the target, Jiang Tao strode towards the trash can.
He was now a wealthy man with nearly ten million in assets, and yet he was here acting as a garbage collector. He still felt a psychological resistance.
“Let’s search!”
He stopped beside the target trash can, took a deep breath, and began to search for the gold chain inside.
“Ugh~”
“Damn it, what are people throwing in here!”
While searching, Jiang Tao gagged several times but forced himself to continue searching despite the discomfort.
He thought about what kind of life he had lived driving a truck before?
Even if he spent no money, he would have to work hard to earn 130,000!
Now, rummaging through a trash can could earn him 130,000. Was it that hard?
Thinking like this, Jiang Tao’s resolve instantly became clear.
“Found it!”
He searched all the way to the bottom of the trash can.
It was only then that Jiang Tao found the 150-gram gold chain mentioned in the intelligence.
Under the streetlight, the gold chain shone brightly, and a smile appeared on Jiang Tao’s face.
It took less than an hour in total, and he earned another 130,000!
Such a good thing, others wouldn’t even have the chance!
After his moment of joy, Jiang Tao took out a black plastic bag from his pocket and put the gold chain in it.
He then threw his dirty wire gloves into the trash can and walked away.
Back at the car, Jiang Tao first opened the trunk and took out several bottles of mineral water to wash the gold chain thoroughly.
After washing, he wiped it with an alcohol wet wipe to disinfect it.
Then, he put it into an exquisitely shaped small wooden box.
The gold chain was processed.
Jiang Tao then opened the car door, got back in, started the car, and drove away.
I once dreamed of walking the world with a sword~
To witness the world’s prosperity.
The heart of youth is always a bit wild.
Now you wander the world…
At midnight, even in a big city like the Capital City, there were few cars on the streets.
The car stereo was playing a song Jiang Tao really liked, 《Once Upon a Time You》.
He also thought of his past self.
The self who used to wake up early and return late, waiting for work at the second-hand wholesale market.
The bitter days of the past were gone forever.
He had finally seen the dawn after hardship!
Early this morning, he earned 20,000 from 【Money-Attracting Golden Toad】 and 【BeiQi EU5】.
This evening, he watched a movie and earned another 188,888.
Daily income of 200,000!
His income for one day was equivalent to several years in the past!
In just over two months, he had earned tens of millions.
In a year, he would earn at least thirty to fifty million, right?
When he eventually earned a small fortune, with a net worth of over a hundred million.
If he were to get resources like tonight that required rummaging through trash cans, would he still refuse?
While driving, Jiang Tao listened to music and contemplated a future problem.
As he neared Bai Ge Zhuang Residential Area.
An advertisement on the lampposts along the roadside caught Jiang Tao’s attention.
【Buy used cars from Guazi, no middleman earning the price difference!】
“Middleman earning the price difference?”
While driving, Jiang Tao repeatedly mulled over the advertisement on the lamppost.
“Middleman… Price difference…”
The more Jiang Tao thought about it, the clearer his mind became.
Could he also find a channel to resell some of the less important and quickly convertible intelligence he obtained?
Like the intelligence about the gold chain thrown in the trash tonight.
With a total value of over 130,000, he could sell it to someone for 120,000.
By giving a discount, he could have others rummage through the trash cans for him?
Wouldn’t it be more comfortable to lie in bed and earn the price difference?
The more Jiang Tao thought about it, the more he felt this idea was worth considering.
However, how to implement it specifically still needed careful consideration.
