I've Gone Viral Because of a Money-Saving Variety Show-Chapter 156 - 150 Xixi Makes Us Heartbroken, Xixi is Good, Han Qianyi Looks Down on Two Thousand Yuan, Han Qianyi is Bad!

Chapter 156: Chapter 150 Xixi Makes Us Heartbroken, Xixi is Good, Han Qianyi Looks Down on Two Thousand Yuan, Han Qianyi is Bad!

With only a few days left till the end of the program, if he could get his hands on the five thousand yuan subsidy, the financial gap between him and Chen Xixi would widen significantly, making it much more difficult for Chen Xixi to beat him then.

After all, earning five thousand yuan in a single day without working is still quite a challenge for them.

Zheng He turned around, glanced at Chen Xixi who was lying on the beauty bed receiving a facial treatment, and hung up the phone, his face beaming with pride.

Let Chen Xixi enjoy her moment of beauty now; once he gets that five thousand yuan subsidy, we’ll see if she can still lay there leisurely and get beauty treatments.

He has to hurry and buy a train ticket to Jiang City for the tests now; he can’t wait another second!

He immediately opened the train ticket booking app and looked for the soonest train to Jiang City—it was at eleven in the morning, costing 29.5 yuan, and he would be able to reach the hospital by early afternoon.

After booking the ticket, he hurried out without even greeting Han Qianyi and Chen Xixi.

[Why did Zheng He leave? What is he going to do?]

[Didn’t even say hi to Han Qianyi and Chen Xixi? Just left like that?]

[They’re competitors, isn’t it normal not to greet each other? They’re quite nice already for not having fought over the five million.]

[I heard him mentioning some health checkup, could it be that the results from his last donation activity at the hospital have come in?]

[Doesn’t that mean Zheng He is about to receive a large sum of subsidy money? Oh no! Chen Xixi is in danger again! Chen Xixi, get up quickly, stop lying there doing your beauty routine! Zheng He is catching up to you!]

[Little Zheng does have some brains, just a pity he’s a bit lacking in cunning and luck, probably because he’s not very experienced in society, hence the reason for his current situation.]

[Yes, Chen Xixi can win, and I think it’s largely thanks to her background from the lower echelons of society, where she has learned about various schemes and traps, while Zheng He probably hasn’t struggled for money before, lacking that harsh societal reality check.]

[Hahaha, Chen Xixi’s got money on her mind all the time!]

[Han Qianyi probably just doesn’t want to spend money on cosmetics, right? If she really wanted to spend, she wouldn’t have agreed to help Chen Xixi with chores, seems like this lady is quite scheming too.]

Never mind whether Han Qianyi wants to spend money or not, she has to be able to afford it.

Even the cheapest serum from Brand A costs at least one thousand yuan. Han Qianyi only had two thousand yuan, so after buying a serum and a box of face masks, she wouldn’t have any money left, not to mention she wanted to buy facial cleanser and eye cream to diminish dark circles—it just wasn’t enough.

And such spending would mean that she would have no money left for her meals.

Han Qianyi figured since Chen Xixi could easily grab products, she’d shamelessly bask in Chen Xixi’s reflected glory.

Why spend on cosmetics when she could use them for free?

Knowing Chen Xixi’s personality, without benefits, Chen Xixi would definitely not let her use the products for free, so she figured she’d help Chen Xixi with some chores in exchange for cosmetics, making it fair for Chen Xixi too.

While it was called doing chores, working for money was essentially not allowed in their reality show, so there really wasn’t much to do. By saying so, she’d gain some advantage without any loss, playing her little gambit just right.

Yet she underestimated Chen Xixi’s obsession with money.

Why talk money, and why must she buy the expensive A brand?

Couldn’t she just buy some mass-market brands to make do and save the worry about meals?

But when she showed goodwill like this, Chen Xixi seemed to not appreciate it at all, which was really annoying.

After all, it was a free perk and not costing Chen Xixi any money, so couldn’t she just generously gift her a set considering how much she wanted it?

So stingy!

After Han Qianyi inwardly criticized Chen Xixi, she dropped her gaze, lips slightly pursed, emitting a pitiful and weak voice: "You know I don’t have the money right now to afford such expensive skincare products, yet you still talk about money with me... If you don’t want to help, that’s okay, there’s no need to humiliate me like this..."

Chen Xixi: ??? Are you sick? Go see a doctor, okay?

How had she humiliated her? Was it her problem that Han Qianyi couldn’t afford it? She had the ability to get makeup products for free by her own merit, why should she have to give them to someone who was both overtly and covertly antagonistic towards her?

And now she’s playing the blame game?

So she’s not playing the saint today but going for the little innocent girl act?

Han Qianyi had thought that taking the moral high ground to condemn Chen Xixi would shame her into giving away free makeup products, or at the least, cause Chen Xixi to be criticized by the broad internet audience, thus decreasing her popularity.

But Chen Xixi was different from the people Qianyi knew—

"You have no money on hand? As far as I know, you still have two thousand yuan. What’s wrong, you look down on two thousand yuan? Then what do your friends think, those who earn one thousand five a month? How cold-hearted!"

With a pout, Chen Xixi’s words immediately redirected the netizens prepared to morally accuse her to change their focus.

"Two thousand yuan isn’t money? I, who make two thousand a month on the job, just angrily slapped the desk!"

"Xixi feels for us, Xixi is good; Han Qianyi looks down on two thousand yuan, Han Qianyi is bad!"

"I earn one thousand eight a month and I’m feeling it, like when you’re innocently walking down the street and out of nowhere a dog kicks you."

"This is a moment when a poor working person breaks down, and also quietly shatters..."

"+1."

"Help! I was just watching a variety show and still got looked down upon, sob sob sob... I’m going home to tell mom someone’s bullying me... sob sob sob..."

"There are people who only make one thousand five a month now?"

"There are in the county towns. Lots of shops around here start with a base salary of one thousand five. With commissions, it would probably go up to about two thousand. If you work for a longer time, together with various bonuses, it could reach about three thousand, which is considered a pretty decent salary here in our county."

Han Qianyi’s face changed instantly, and she quickly defended herself: "I didn’t mean that; I don’t look down on people who make one thousand five a month. What I mean is, I don’t have enough money on hand to buy skincare products."

Chen Xixi raised the corners of her mouth with a smile: "That’s simple; I can give you a discount. A set for six hundred yuan, do you want it?"

"A set for six hundred?" Han Qianyi was taken aback.

A set of the A-brand products would cost at least five thousand yuan when purchased normally, but Chen Xixi only asked her for six hundred yuan. Even if it wasn’t a giveaway, this price was a huge bargain!

Moreover, if she went out to buy cost-effective brands that still have decent quality, for facial cleanser, serum, eye cream, plus face masks, the set would cost at the very least between three to five hundred.

With a similar price range, the difference in product effectiveness and brand was stark. It was clear which was the better deal.

Han Qianyi incredulously asked, "Really?"

"Really, pay now and the deal is done."

"Holy crap! A set for six hundred! If Han Qianyi doesn’t want it, I do! Sell it to me, sell it to me!"

"Six hundred yuan usually isn’t even enough for a bottle of toner at their store! Six hundred is such a good deal! I want it! Xixi, sell it to me!"

While the netizens were clamoring to buy, the sales staff nearby couldn’t help but speak up: "Miss Chen, how about you sell it to me!"

Six hundred yuan was so low it couldn’t even match their internal purchase price at the counter!