A serious illness, and the family's wealth returned to before birth!
Chen Yiyang looked at the bank card with only a balance of 114, feeling a bit wistful.
Graduated for several years, family illness. Savings gone, car and house sold, but fortunately both parents were saved.
After sending parents back to hometown, Chen Yiyang started thinking about where to find a job, preferably with food and lodging. Because he hadn't even figured out where to stay tonight.
Quit the previous job to take care of parents, left during the company's busiest and most understaffed time, causing some unpleasantness with the boss, and couldn't go back.
Maybe start by working a couple of days at a factory?
At least earn a few months' living expenses, then find a regular job.
Otherwise would have to borrow money from friends, which Chen Yiyang really couldn't bring himself to do.
Opened the phone.
A prompt immediately popped up on the screen.
"Daily Scavenging APP" has been successfully installed.
What the heck? Has Tencent forcibly installed software again?
Chen Yiyang was just about to follow routine and uninstall it.
The notification bar popped up with a push message:
Today's Intel, Rich Lady's Gift: Jin City Ning'an District East Ring Street Shop 104, a rich lady is distressed over her boyfriend's infidelity. Go within thirty minutes to successfully scavenge.
Hmm?
Mentioning a rich lady, I suddenly don't feel sleepy.
Chen Yiyang clicked on this notification, then tried to open the scavenging app. Discovered this software couldn't be opened or uninstalled, even after resetting the phone it still quietly sat on the screen.
Moved by filial piety, heaven sent me a golden finger?
Chen Yiyang hesitated no more, immediately renting a shared bike heading towards the destination.
He had just turned twenty-six this year, though he wasn't as handsome as the average face in novels, he was still a neat little handsome guy.
Plus he usually paid attention to exercise, was physically fit, and his "little brother" had good combat power.
With such traits, perhaps there's a chance a rich lady would fancy him… right?
East Ring Street wasn't far from where Chen Yiyang had been. It took only a few minutes' ride to reach.
Where's the rich lady?
Shop 104 was a closed-down clothing store, only a big trash bin was in front of it, no rich lady in sight.
Chen Yiyang looked around, thinking the app might just be some hacker's prank.
Seeing his account balance just over a hundred, Chen Yiyang sat and waited a little more out of sheer unwillingness.
"Young man, got love troubles?"
As Chen Yiyang waited impatiently, suddenly an old man's voice rang in his ears.
Chen Yiyang turned to see a sixty-something grandpa looking at him.
"No, I'm just waiting for someone here." Chen Yiyang replied instinctively.
"Young man, quite thin-skinned." The old man pointed to the trash bin and said, "If you're not having love troubles, why throw new gifts into the trash bin?"
Following the old man's hand, Chen Yiyang saw a cardboard box he hadn't noticed before in the trash bin, containing a few boxes and a bunch of rose flowers.
Chen Yiyang quietly took the box out from the bin and glanced inside.
A sneaker box, a new model tri-fold phone packaging box, a watch box.
"That's more like it." The grandpa squinted, "Matters of the heart belong to matters of the heart, no need to waste good stuff, right young man?"
"Thanks for the advice, grandpa." Chen Yiyang instantly understood, the app's notice wasn't about scavenging a rich lady, but scavenging the gifts she discarded.
"No need to thank me, do you need this box for the gifts?" The grandpa looked expectantly at Chen Yiyang.
Chen Yiyang immediately understood, took out the three boxes inside, hugged them, and gave the cardboard box to the grandpa.
Holding the three boxes, he found a quiet corner to sit down and opened the shoebox first.
Inside were a brand-new pair of sneakers, high-end brand, the barcode price was over ten thousand, the size just fit Chen Yiyang.
So Chen Yiyang switched out of his nearly worn-out shoes.
The watch box had fancy packaging outside too, marked as a high-end brand sport watch. Chen Yiyang searched on his phone, and the brand popped out as Garmin, priced above twelve thousand.
Good stuff.
Chen Yiyang took photos, listed it for twelve thousand on a second-hand website, stating only accepting transactions in Jin City, no delivery.
Lastly, the tri-fold phone.
This famous tri-fold phone by Huaqiang, Chen Yiyang couldn't afford but heard its reputation.
Searched online for current resale price, black 1TB goes around thirty to forty thousand, original price was just twenty-four thousand.
Chen Yiyang thought a bit, listed it for thirty thousand.
After tossing his old shoes, Chen Yiyang went back to where he found the stuff, finding the grandpa already gone.
So Chen Yiyang placed the shoe box next to the trash bin, then turned and left.
Found a noodle shop, ordered a bowl of ten yuan Chongqing noodles, had only a few bites, the phone rang, a second-hand website app notification.
Guihui Digital: Brother, the goods' legit, where are you now.
I'm planning to go pick up some trash: you can inspect on-site, I'm currently on East Ring Street in Ning'an District.
Guihui Digital: Wait for me, I'll be there within ten minutes.
Ten minutes later, Chen Yiyang had not finished his bowl of noodles when he heard the sound of screeching brakes outside the noodle shop, followed by a burly man walking in.
"Who's the guy here for picking up trash?"
Hearing this title, Chen Yiyang raised his eyebrows and then raised his hand.
"Hello, trash brother." The burly man's initially fierce look instantly turned into a cutesy expression, sitting enthusiastically opposite Chen Yiyang.
Before Chen Yiyang could speak, the man handed over a business card and introduced himself, "I'm Zhang Guichen from Guihui Digital, the one who contacted you earlier. Did you bring the stuff?"
"Here you go." Chen Yiyang picked up the box from the chair beside him and handed it over.
"Brand new and unopened." Zhang Guichen's eyes immediately lit up.
He took the box, weighed it in his hand, and found the IMEI code marked on the phone box.
This code is also known as the International Mobile Equipment Identity, commonly known as the phone's serial number.
Zhang Guichen entered the IMEI code into a website on his phone and quickly checked the phone's release date.
After confirming there was no problem with the IMEI code, Zhang Guichen continued to inspect the seal on the phone box, talking to himself as he checked.
"The seal cut is straight and centered, the edges are clean. No wrinkles at the corners, no excess film. No dust, hair, or bubbles inside the seal either."
After finishing the inspection, Zhang Guichen's eyes visibly brightened.
"A brand new machine, and not a resealed one. You're sure you're selling it for thirty thousand, right?"
"Yeah." Chen Yiyang nodded.
"Then I'll transfer the money to you." Zhang Guichen took out his phone and promptly transferred thirty thousand yuan to Chen Yiyang.
"By the way." Chen Yiyang thought the guy was pretty decent, so he brought out another box containing a sports smartwatch to show Zhang Guichen.
"Take a look, do you take this?"
"This is a high-end Garmin MARQ series watch." Zhang Guichen recognized the watch at a glance and said,
"It's the Aviator Elite version, priced at twelve thousand eight hundred officially. But this thing is quite niche, not easy to sell. Considering the phone, I can give you ten thousand for it. If it doesn't sell, I'll just keep it for myself to play with."
"Okay." Chen Yiyang nodded.
"In the future, if you have any good stuff, make sure to contact me first, and I'll buy it right away." After transferring the money and adding him as a friend, Zhang Guichen turned around and left.
He had to leave quickly; otherwise, his car parked outside would get a ticket.
After finishing his noodles, Chen Yiyang checked his phone balance: 40,102.
In the morning, he was still wondering where to sleep. Unexpectedly, before evening arrived, he had forty thousand more in his account.
Great stuff.
Chen Yiyang looked at his scavenging app on the phone, his eyes ablaze with excitement.
If he could consistently make even half of today's income every day, wouldn't that be so much better than a regular job?
Of course, money shouldn't be spent recklessly.
Especially before having a stable income.
So Chen Yiyang opened his phone to look for a gaming hotel.
The accommodation fee was only 149 per day, and there was a computer to play on in the room.
After paying on the app and sending his ID photo to the owner,
Chen Yiyang rode a shared bike, following the video instructions sent by the shop, and arrived at a residential community.
The gaming hotel was located on the first floor of the community, and Chen Yiyang wasn't sure if it was compliant, but it was cheap enough.
Using the passcode sent by the owner, he successfully entered the room.
He casually threw his backpack on the bed, played games until midnight, and then saw a new notification from the scavenging app on his phone.
Today's info: Classic model mechanical camera: There is a black mechanical camera at stall No. 12 on Antique Street in Ning'an District, Jin City, which can be bought for less than a thousand yuan for a great find.
Antique Street?
Chen Yiyang remembered there was indeed a street nearby, where many people set up stalls to sell all kinds of fake antiques and collectible old items.
Chen Yiyang originally thought these places were full of deception, but unexpectedly, there were actually good things to find.
Antique Street only allows stalls after ten in the morning, so Chen Yiyang wasn't in a hurry, played some more games, and went to sleep.
The next morning, after getting up and taking a hot shower, he groomed himself properly.
Only then did Chen Yiyang pack all his belongings into his backpack and left the hotel.
By the time Chen Yiyang arrived at Antique Street, it was already around noon.
But by then, both sides of the Antique Street were crowded with various stalls, with thin layers of fabric laid out in front of the stall owners, displaying all sorts of odd things.
Chen Yiyang was not in the mood to browse other stalls yet, so he started counting the stalls along the street from the entrance.
One, two, three... eleven, twelve.
This is the one.
Chen Yiyang stopped and looked up at the twelfth stall on Antique Street.
The owner of the stall was an old man who looked over sixty, sitting on a small stool with his eyes closed.