Chapter 9 - Safety and Danger
Translator: Lav
Editor: Levs
Clothes: 5,650 yuan
Treating roommates: 570 yuan
Taxi: 32 yuan
Treating roommates: 618 yuan
Taxi: 43 yuan
Treating high school friends from Wu Dong city: 780 yuan
Taxi: 65 yuan
Treating roommates: 860 yuan
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Three days had pa.s.sed and Shi Lei looked at the tally book on his phone. Except for the Armani Jeans he bought on Sunday, which was rather expensive, the rest of the expenses were all merely a few hundreds. As for the money used on public transport, it was not even enough for Shi Lei to notice.
Up till now, there was still more than 10,000 left out of the weekly quota of 20,000 yuan, but Shi Lei was exhausted and was at the end of his wits.
If it was the first week, Shi Lei would have spent these 20,000 yuan on random things, but now, he really did not have the guts to do so.
There were traces of hair beginning to grow back on his bald head with a thin layer of hair roots. But it was a body part with ability to regenerate, Shi Lei did not want his arm to disappear without a reason. If that disappeared, there was no way it would grow back since he was not a lizard.
Because he was yet to distinguish which expenses can be counted towards the quota and which cannot be counted, Shi Lei could only find ways which he had control over to spend the money.
Buying clothes would definitely work as he had previous successful experiences with it, but Shi Lei did not dare to buy too much. He was scared that after getting penalised by the Scepter, it would tell him how long the clothes needed to be worn as chucking newly bought clothes into his closet does not count towards the quota.
Plus, there was no way that this was going to end easily. If he bought a pile of clothes this week, what about next week? Next week would at least be another 20,000 yuan. Shi Lei even had a feeling that with the Scepter’s annoying personality, it might even increase to 30,000 next week. At the rate, at the end of this school term, the weekly quota might even be around 100,000 or 200,000 yuan. Nevertheless, he should leave the expensive clothing till later when the quota becomes even higher.
Before, Shi Lei thought that gaining without working for them was a happy thing, but now, Shi Lei was worried as he looked the black card.
Having money but not knowing how to spend it was troublesome.
If he was really given a few millions, such as five or eight million a year, Shi Lei would definitely buy an estate in Wu Dong without hesitation as it would clear a year’s quota. However, with 10,000 and 20,000 yuan, don’t mention buying estate, it was only good enough to buy a toilet as Wu Dong city’s estate price had already broke through 30,000 yuan per square meter.
Shi Lei always thought of himself as ordinary, but never considered himself a loser. But now, he honestly felt like a loser. If it was a real fuerdai, merely 20,000 yuan, they would have spent it in a blink of eye, right?
Having treated friends at this rate already had his roommates doubting him. Although Shi Lei always spouts bulls.h.i.t, saying that he was a fuerdai who keeps a low profile, it was obvious that his roommates did not believe him. They were friends for three years; how could they not know each other’s background. At most, they would think that Shi Lei found a wallet or won a lottery.
After a few meals treated by Shi Lei, all three attempted to persuade him that even if he made a small fortune, he should not be wasting it like this, save it for cases of emergencies was the best option for him to do. Then, they rejected Shi Lei’s invitation to treat them in unison.
It made Shi Lei feel awkward. He wanted to treat friends yet no one wants to go, Shi Lei felt like failure was not enough to describe his life anymore.
Of course, if he stood on the street, waving his hands and say “I’m treating everyone”, or walk into a restaurant and straightforwardly tell the owner, “I will pay for all the bills here today”, then he would definitely be the center of attention. But there was no way it was going to work. The Scepter made it clear that the people he treats must be his friends, and whether they are his friends or not are judged by the Scepter too. Even if it was roommates or high school friends, Shi Lei was worried that the Scepter would be mischievous about it, saying that they are only counted as cla.s.smates and not friends. Naturally, it was impossible for random people on the street to be on his friend list. The Scepter was extremely picky.
Shi Lei had a clear thought that the sports car guy he encountered the other night held a high amount of quota. Otherwise he would not have been able to afford cars like Porsche. He probably had 100,000 yuan left that week, therefore wanted to cheat the Scepter by buying Shi Lei’s shirt for that much to finish spending his quota. It was a shame that the Scepter was able to see right through him, how would it be fooled on simple tricks like this? Shi Lei did not have the guts to try tricks like this. He would not risk his life for it.
Even if his friends and cla.s.smates were eating with him all the time, Shi Lei discovered that unless he takes them to five star restaurants, wanting to finish spending the money just by treating them was merely a daydream. Then again, if he was really going to go to five star restaurants, he would have the confidence to walk in, but his friends with ordinary backgrounds will definitely not believe that Shi Lei had the capability to spend like this.
d.a.m.n!
For the first time in his life, Shi Lei felt worried of having too much money.
Perhaps he should buy a laptop?
That was the quickest way Shi Lei could have thought of to spend the money.
But, with 10,000 yuan left, he could only buy a medium to high quality laptop. What can he do if it was really going to be 30,000 next week?
Shi Lei had his eyes on a laptop brand called Alienware for a long time, it was about 20,000 yuan. Originally, Shi Lei wanted to wait till his quota increases to purchase it in order to satisfy his desire towards the brand, as well as finish spending the quota. But if he bought a laptop this week, what about next week?
Looking at the apple logo with a bite, Shi Lei suddenly thought that he did have a phone, but he did not have a tablet.
Bingo！
iPad！
Shi Lei suddenly smiled brightly, conquered by his own wits.
The most expensive iPad right now should be around seven or eight thousand, that’s it!
Shi Lei rushed to the same shop in the communication market as last time. As soon as he walked in, said: “Give me an iPad with the highest configuration, 4G version.”
The girl who greeted him was the same girl as last week. As if remembering this boy who sold his Meizu phone to their shop, she smiled and asked: “What color would you like?”
“Gold, of course!”
Alright, the only color this dude knew was gold.
This time, the girl did not hesitate at all, and pulled out a gold iPad of his desire, did not act like last time and asked straightforwardly: “Should I open it?”
“Open it!” Shi Lei waved his hand lavishly, throwing his card on the way.
“It is still 1% for service fees!”
“Use it!”
Shi Lei realised that after having so much money but was not sure how to use it, he was talking in a more concise way.
The tablet was 7,200 yuan, Shi Lei also bought a 4G card, which costs 500 yuan. In the blink of an eye, the 10,000 yuan on his card only had 3,000 left.
As he put his card back into his wallet, an idea popped into his head.
Oh, yeah, he bought this wallet on a street side stall, cow leather, ¥30.
Now that he had money, of course he would get a super expensive wallet.
But poor Shi Lei, the only expensive wallet he can think of was European brands like CK.
He bought a wallet about 2,000 yuan in the nearby mall. Without knowing the reason, the mall’s POS was faulty and Shi Lei had no choice but to withdraw the rest of the money. After purchasing the wallet, he had barely 300 left.
Looking at the three 100 yuan paper notes in his wallet, Shi Lei felt extremely satisfied.
This week had three days left. He could easily finish spending this money if he eats at the restaurant in front of the school every meal.
Safe!
Shi Lei patted his chest lightly. Suddenly, he heard a familiar voice. Shi Lei raised his head, traffic lights!
Danger!