Chapter 20: Chapter 20: The System Also Has Weekends Off

"I’m surprised you actually managed to get this one. I acquired this Zisha tea set from a friend. It’s preserved from the Song Dynasty, basically an heirloom.

If his family hadn’t fallen on hard times and desperately needed the money, he never would have sold it. I’m not trying to rip you off—two million, and it’s yours."

Yun Zijin picked up the Zisha tea set and examined it for a long while. Although she couldn’t tell what was so special about it, it certainly felt excellent in her hands.

"Okay. Swipe my card."

Yun Zijin used her left hand to pass her Black Gold Card to Li Bingzhen.

When Li Bingzhen saw the Black Gold Card in Yun Zijin’s hand, he raised an eyebrow slightly. He hadn’t expected to run into such a big spender today.

"Alrighty, I’ll wrap this up for you. Be careful on your way out. Once you walk out that door, I’m not responsible if it gets bumped or broken."

This was an unwritten rule on Antique Street: all sales are final.

It all came down to the judgment of both the buyer and the seller. If you judged correctly, you stood to make a profit. If you misjudged, you could only chalk it up to bad luck.

After all, sellers weren’t forcing anyone to buy, and all transactions were voluntary.

Ling Qi, who was following behind Yun Zijin, proactively took the package for her.

Li Bingzhen saw the bodyguard behind Yun Zijin. He was surprised she had one in tow, but considering where they were, it made sense.

’I’m surprised. Young people these days know how to protect themselves when they’re out and about.’

After swiping the card, Li Bingzhen returned it to Yun Zijin.

Yun Zijin took the card and continued to wander down the street.

She looked left and right as she went, spending a few thousand here and tens of thousands there. Before she knew it, the remaining three million was also gone.

[Spending Task: Spend ¥5,000,000.00 before midnight tonight. Requirement: Use your left hand when paying by card. Completed.

Task Reward: 4x reward triggered. ¥20,000,000.00 has been deposited into the Host’s savings card. Ownership of the Dijing Jade Lake District and the relevant deeds have been sent to the System Inventory. Please check for them, Host.]

Yun Zijin received the task completion notification just as she stopped in front of a small stall selling handmade braided cords. She turned her head and only then realized that Zero One through Ling Qi were all laden with bags and boxes.

"Looks like we bought a little too much. Let’s call it a day. We’re going home."

The moment Yun Zijin gave a small wave of her hand and decided to go home, Zero One through Ling Qi felt a collective wave of relief.

’Being assigned to a System Host isn’t such an easy mission after all.’

The handmade cord stall owner: ’So close to a deluge of wealth, yet not a single drop landed on me!’

Word of Yun Zijin’s extravagant spending on Antique Street had already spread throughout the area. Many stall owners were praying she would grace their stalls with a visit.

It wasn’t that no one thought of trying something, but one look at the seven bodyguards trailing behind Yun Zijin, and any ideas they had vanished.

’Can’t win. Definitely can’t win.’

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[According to the "Interstellar System Supreme Law," Saturday is a rest day. The Host is not required to complete a spending task.

According to the "Interstellar System and Host Labor Law," the Host has a maximum spending limit of ¥10,000,000.00 on rest days. Use of this limit is not mandatory, does not roll over, cannot trigger rebates, and comes with no rewards.]

Yun Zijin heard the system’s notification just as she was waking up.

’The system actually has rest days? And ten million for the day!’

However, when she saw that using the funds wasn’t mandatory, Yun Zijin breathed a sigh of relief.

’Having to rack my brains every day to figure out how to spend money might be fun at first, but you’d get numb to it after a while.’

Yun Zijin got out of bed, brushed her teeth, washed up, and walked out of her room, planning to make herself some breakfast.

"Good morning, Miss!"

A booming voice suddenly rang out next to her, startling Yun Zijin into a tactical retreat. A closer look revealed it was the bodyguard, Ling Qi.

"Morning! You’re..."

"Miss, breakfast is ready. You may dine at any time."

Ling Qi was dressed in a black suit. With his god-like height of over six feet, perfectly proportioned figure, and respectful demeanor as he bowed slightly, he looked just like a five-star butler.

"You can cook too?"

’Aren’t they bodyguards?’

Yun Zijin had been thinking that when she had some free time, she would hire a few chefs so she wouldn’t have to cook for herself anymore.

Besides, Villa No. 1 was too big. In addition to chefs, she’d also need to hire a few maids and a butler.

"Yes. I was once a chef in a gourmet dimension."

"Whoa!"

The way Yun Zijin looked at Ling Qi changed completely. ’Did Randomly Spend send me seven bodyguards with a complimentary chef?’

’How did I get so lucky? This is fantastic!’

"So are all the dishes you know from the gourmet dimension? Can you cook dishes from Blue Star? Are the ingredients different?"

"You’ll know once you taste it, Miss."

Ling Qi clearly didn’t want to say too much about the gourmet dimension.

Yun Zijin didn’t press the issue. She had only asked casually, and since Ling Qi didn’t answer, she didn’t ask again.

However, when she entered the dining room and saw the dazzling spread of breakfast dishes on the table, Yun Zijin knew Ling Qi’s culinary skills were no simple matter.

"I can’t possibly eat all of this. Go call the others to come eat too.

Oh, right. You all came here without a change of clothes, didn’t you? I happen to be free today, so let’s all go to the mall and I’ll pick out some outfits for you."

Yun Zijin swallowed the xiaolongbao in her mouth, only then noticing that Ling Qi was wearing the exact same clothes as yesterday.

Although the villa had a dryer and the clothes could certainly be dry overnight, she couldn’t just let them wear the same single outfit all the time.

Ling Qi wanted to say that their system-issued clothes had a self-cleaning function, but seeing Yun Zijin’s earnest expression, he held his tongue.

"Yes, Miss. I will inform the others."

After breakfast, Yun Zijin went back to her room to do her makeup and get ready for the day’s outing.

Only after Yun Zijin had finished her breakfast did Zero One, Ling Lu, and the others emerge from various parts of the villa and come to the dining room to eat.

When Ling Qi told them Yun Zijin was going to buy them clothes, their expressions turned peculiar, and a strange silence fell over the room.

Nevertheless, they finished every last bit of breakfast on the table.

The appetites of seven grown men are truly beyond your imagination.

By the time Yun Zijin was ready and headed out the door, it was already 10:00 AM.

On the way to Jinsheng Mall, Yun Zijin’s phone rang with several calls from unknown numbers, all of which she hung up on.

Arriving at Jinsheng Mall, Yun Zijin waved her hand and announced, "Today is all about you guys. If you see anything you like, just say the word. It’s on me!"

Yun Zijin flashed the Black Gold Card in her hand.

"Thank you for your generosity, Miss!"

Yun Zijin: !!!

’With a shout that loud, are they trying to get me locked up for disturbing the peace?’

"Low-key, low-key! Hurry up and go pick out some clothes. You can choose whatever style you like. I’m very democratic—I’m not forcing you to wear suits and sunglasses."

As soon as Yun Zijin said this, the eyes of the bodyguards behind her lit up.

"Miss, I like the clothes in that store!"

Ling Qi was the first to speak. Yun Zijin followed his pointing finger with her gaze.