"Li Na!"
The store manager had appeared at some point and was now scolding Li Na.
Yun Zijin raised an eyebrow. 'Right on time,' she thought.
"Ma'am, hello. I'm the store manager, Zhou Ling. I apologize for the trouble our inadequately trained staff has caused you.
This is a little something from the store as compensation. Please accept it."
Zhou Ling was holding a Tiffany shopping bag.
[Elsa Peretti® Open Heart Pendant, Price: ¥12,200.00]
The Randomly Spend system was quite thoughtful, displaying the information for her right above the bag.
"There's no need for a gift. However, this sale of mine... I hope it isn't credited to someone unrelated."
Although Xiao Mei hadn't greeted her at first either, she had at least been patient and helpful later on, acting as a proper sales associate should.
"Rest assured, that absolutely will not happen!"
The store manager could at least guarantee that.
[1 hour remaining until the 2-hour time limit ends]
The Randomly Spend system started its countdown again. Yun Zijin immediately left Tiffany and stepped into the second store—Hermes.
Perhaps it was because Yun Zijin was carrying a Tiffany bag, but while the sales associate wasn't enthusiastic, she didn't ignore her completely.
"Hello, ma'am. Is there anything you need?"
"Do you have any bags in stock right now?"
"I'll have to check the inventory for that. In the meantime, you can take a look at our other products."
Although it was her first time here, Yun Zijin knew this was part of the Hermes "procurement process." If you wanted to buy a bag, you had to buy other items from their store first.
With only an hour left, Yun Zijin didn't have time to be picky. She could worry about getting a bag later; for now, it was time for a shopping spree.
Rodeo charm, buy!
Lucky bag charm, buy!
Slippers, buy!
Trash can, buy!
...
Yun Zijin lost track of how many items she had grabbed. She finally stopped when the sales associate's hands were too full to hold anything more.
"Ring it up. What's the total?"
"Hello, the total comes to 563,000. Will you be paying by card or cash?"
"Card."
The sales associate led Yun Zijin to the register. Only after the payment went through did she smile and say, "I just checked the inventory and found we have one beige Herbag 39. Would you like it?"
Yun Zijin thought to herself, 'Just as I expected. Of course they had one in stock. It was all about the bundling.'
"Fine. Pack it up for me. Just charge the card."
There was no time. Yun Zijin had no intention of wasting a second looking at the bag; she just had the associate wrap it up.
The sales associate beamed. "Of course. Qiu, help the customer with her payment."
Another ¥32,050.00 spent.
But Yun Zijin still needed to spend another ¥1,048,200.00 to complete her mission.
"I'll leave my things here and come back for them later, is that alright?"
Yun Zijin wanted to spend the rest of the money as quickly as possible. She had just bought quite a lot, and if she had to carry it all, even walking would be difficult, let alone continuing to shop.
"Of course. You can give us an address, and we can provide home delivery service."
Yun Zijin left the address of the apartment she was currently renting, then hurried off, running straight into the Piaget watch store across the way.
"Hello, ma'am. Welcome to Piaget."
Yun Zijin nodded and began scanning the watches in the store.
Finally, her eyes landed on two watches.
The first: A Piaget Limelight Gala series diamond-set ladies' watch, limited edition of 50, price: ¥595,000.00.
The second: A Piaget Altiplano Ultimate ultra-thin mechanical watch in 18K white gold, price: ¥441,000.00.
The total came to ¥1,036,000.00, leaving ¥12,200.00 to go for her spending mission.
"These two. Wrap them up for me. I'll use my card."
The sales associate was stunned by how quickly Yun Zijin picked the watches and pulled out her bank card to pay. But as a veteran who had dealt with plenty of eccentric customers, her reaction time was swift.
"Of course."
She then skillfully began to wrap the two watches and led Yun Zijin to the register to pay.
From entering the store to paying, Yun Zijin had spent less than ten minutes.
Yun Zijin's extravagant payment style left the other customers who were still browsing watches dumbfounded.
"Are all young people this low-key nowadays? Wearing clothes that cost less than 500 but buying a watch worth a million?"
Yun Zijin didn't care what anyone else thought. After buying the watches, she headed straight for the "Lotus" brand phone store on the first floor. She spent another 799 to buy the latest "Extraordinary Master" flagship phone, perfectly completing the two-million spending mission!
[Beginner Mission: Spend ¥2,000,000.00 within 2 hours. Complete!
Mission Reward: 2x rebate triggered. ¥4,000,000.00 has been sent to the host's savings card. Ownership of Villa No. 1 in the Xingyu Mansion detached villa area. Relevant documents have been placed in the system inventory. Please check.]
Yun Zijin: !!!
It made her spend two million, only to give her four million back, plus a house?
'Is this system that brings a novel to life really so generous?'
Yun Zijin felt her phone vibrate. She picked it up and saw it was a bank deposit notification.
[Your savings card ending in 3470 received a Randomly Spend electronic transfer income of 4,000,000.00 Hua Country Money on July 1 at 9:21 AM. Current balance: 4,014,476.74. [Construction Bank]]
Staring at the deposit amount, Yun Zijin nearly forgot to breathe.
Randomly Spend really meant you could spend randomly!
Spending two million to get four million back... wasn't this just encouraging her to spend whatever she wanted? The more she spent, the more she got!
Yun Zijin quickly switched off the screen and did her best to maintain a calm expression, not letting anyone see her emotional turmoil.
The saying 'wealth stirs people's hearts' wasn't just for show. Laying low and making a fortune in silence was the way to go.
Clutching her phone, Yun Zijin went to a nearby bubble tea shop and ordered a mango smoothie. When the server brought it over, she took a huge gulp to calm her nerves.
Once she had composed herself, Yun Zijin called the Hermes boutique and asked them to change the delivery address.
Now that she had a villa, of course she was going to move!
After finishing her mango smoothie, Yun Zijin took a taxi straight to Xingyu Mansion.
It was Yun Zijin's first time visiting this residential community. Using her handbag as cover, she took the community key card out of her system inventory, swiped it to enter, and then walked over to the security booth.
"Hello, I'm the owner of Villa No. 1. It's my first time here, could you please give me directions?"
Seeing an unfamiliar face swipe a card to open the community gate, the guard had been about to question Yun Zijin about her identity. Her asking for directions first suited him just fine.
"Oh, so you're the owner of Villa No. 1! Just follow the main road. It's the first building you see, you can't miss it."
Villa No. 1 was located right in the center of the entire Xingyu Mansion complex, making it the "king" of all the villas there.
It had been sold as soon as it went on the market, but the owner had never shown up. Who would have thought they would appear so unexpectedly today?
"Okay, thank you. I was in a rush today and didn't prepare anything, but here are some roasted chestnuts I bought on the way. Please have some."
Yun Zijin had seen them being sold on the roadside during the taxi ride and, on a sudden whim, had asked the driver to stop so she could buy some.
"Oh, don't be so formal! This is all part of my job. Our community covers a lot of ground; it would take you a good ten or twenty minutes to walk in.
Let me call someone from the community patrol. They can give you a ride on their way. Just a moment."
"Okay, thank you so much!"
'See? This is the power of good social etiquette,' she thought.
The guard used his walkie-talkie to call a patrol cart, which drove Yun Zijin to Villa No. 1.
After getting out, Yun Zijin thanked the patrol staff. Only after they had left did she enter the code to open the villa's main gate.
As soon as she entered, she was greeted by a Hua Country-style interior design, which Yun Zijin immediately fell in love with.
The main villa covered 1,200 square meters and had three floors. There was also a smaller villa in the back, estimated to be about 500 square meters. Including the lawns, gardens, and the underground garage, at Dijing's property prices, it would be impossible to get it for less than a few hundred million.
She, Yun Zijin, was now a homeowner in Dijing!
Yun Zijin waited in the villa for the delivery from Hermes to arrive before taking a taxi back to her rental apartment.
She was renting a one-bedroom apartment. The landlady, an elderly woman, had taken pity on her as a recent graduate and a young woman, only charging her 2,000 a month for rent.
In a city like Dijing, where every inch of land is worth gold, a one-bedroom apartment for 2,000 was like meeting a living saint.
Yun Zijin was very grateful to her landlady. Even though she was preparing to move, she would still come back to visit her in the future.
The apartment was on the second floor, just a short walk up. Back home, Yun Zijin started packing her things.
"KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK..."