1: Chapter 1 Daily Intelligence System

Shenghai City

Early autumn, 10 PM

Inside an unknown small restaurant on a certain street.

"Zhang Wei, let's break up. I'm not going back to our hometown with you to run some broken fruit store."

Watching Lin Wanting get up and leave, Zhang Wei dejectedly tugged at his tie and continued to drink his sorrows away.

He was born in an ordinary small town. His parents ran a small fruit store, but in the era of e-commerce, they couldn't save much money in a year.

Zhang Wei wanted to make a name for himself and give his parents a better life, so he studied hard, worked hard to get into university, and worked hard to find a job in Shenghai City.

But fate seemed to play a joke on him, as bad news came one after another.

First, there was a problem with the company's project, and Zhang Wei was made the scapegoat and fired.

Then, his father was accidentally crushed while moving fruit, resulting in paralysis of his lower body, forcing him to spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair.

During this period, medical expenses amounted to over 300,000 yuan. His mother couldn't afford that much money at all and could only scrape together 250,000 yuan by borrowing from relatives and friends.

But his mother had to take care of his father and run the fruit store, and her body was visibly thinning day by day.

After much consideration, Zhang Wei thought it would be better to return to his hometown and run the fruit store for his parents than to struggle to find a job in Shenghai.

Today, when he discussed it with his girlfriend, he didn't expect her to break up with him. At this moment, it felt as if the last glimmer of light had vanished.

"Ding! The Daily Intelligence System has been bound. Host, please check it yourself."

A sudden electronic synthesized voice rang in his mind.

Zhang Wei couldn't help but widen his eyes. His first reaction was, 'Am I drunk?' But the words that followed in his mind shattered these thoughts.

Congratulations, Host, for binding the Daily Intelligence System.

Current unlocked range: Shenghai City

Daily update time: Midnight

Daily update information: Three pieces

Upgrade option: Not yet available

Simply think 'activate' to view the system.

Do you want to activate the system now?

Zhang Wei subconsciously looked around.

At midnight, pedestrians still passed by occasionally on the street, and the voice in his mind didn't attract anyone's attention.

"Do you want to activate the system now?" The electronic synthesized voice reminded him again.

Feeling no discomfort other than this voice, Zhang Wei gritted his teeth: "Activate!"

"System activated. Wishing the Host a wonderful day." Along with the system's polite greeting, a blue light screen suddenly appeared before Zhang Wei's eyes. Text began to appear on the light screen.

[Daily Intel 01] The milk tea shop at shop number 3-17 on the third floor of Global Harbor Mall in Putuo District will officially open at 10 AM today, offering a free cup of pearl milk tea to the first thirty customers.

[Daily Intel 02] An elderly person living alone at 7-304, Xingfujiayuan Community, Changyang Road, died of a sudden heart attack at home at 10 PM last night. In the bottom drawer of the bedside table in their bedroom, there is a bank passbook with 30,000 yuan. The password is 62***8.

[Daily Intel 03] Inside the construction waste disposal room in Workers New Village, Lane 3473, Beijing Road, there is an abandoned double-door five-drawer cabinet. Hidden in a secret compartment in the third drawer from the bottom on the left side are two gold bars.

"This is a lot of information."

Zhang Wei's breathing quickened. If the information on this intel system was real...

Wouldn't he have the opportunity to make a fortune every day by using this information?

Others might still be working hard, pulling all-nighters. He just had to follow the intel and pick up bargains?

Thinking of this, Zhang Wei became excited.

...Beep...

Just then, his phone rang, interrupting Zhang Wei's thoughts.

He pressed the answer button, and a boisterous voice came from the phone.

"Old Zhang, where are you? Why didn't you tell me you're going back to your hometown tomorrow? I would've seen you off!"

"Get lost! If I'm going, I'll take you down first," Zhang Wei said grumpily.

This was Liu Haorui, Zhang Wei's university roommate and best friend. Both Zhang Wei and Liu Haorui were from Anhui Province, making them half-countrymen. Among the four people in their university dorm, three of them got along well, except for one eccentric. After graduation, one went to Location in the south to develop, while Zhang Wei and Liu Haorui stayed in Shenghai City.

"Actually, developing in your hometown is pretty good too."

Liu Haorui sighed, "Look at me working in Shenghai. In this tiny company, it's just the boss and the manager, and I do all the work. I get paid the least in the whole company. It's tough as a workhorse."

"You're exaggerating," Zhang Wei let out a breath. He knew his good friend was worried he was in a bad mood and was deliberately joking around to cheer him up.

"Old Liu..."

"Hmm? What's wrong?"

"Do you think that after so many unlucky things happening to me, I might suddenly stumble upon a huge windfall one day?"

"Of course, I believe you'll turn the tide eventually," Liu Haorui said, not wanting to discourage his friend, and comforted him.

Zhang Wei nodded, as if having made up his mind, and said, "I'm not going back to my hometown. I'm going to make something of myself in Shenghai! If I don't, I'll post your old photos of cross-dressing in the dorm on Moments."

( ꒪Д꒪)ノ! ( ꒪Д꒪)ノ! ( ꒪Д꒪)ノ

Zhang Wei ruthlessly stabbed Liu Haorui in the chest.

"Ahaha! The cross-dressing photos are unnecessary, but I believe you can do it!"

"Then I'll take that as a good omen." Zhang Wei hung up the phone.