: The Rich Guy Was Right Beside Me

As the day passed, Zhou Yu confirmed two things.

First, his mystery shop does indeed refresh.

When Zhou Yu woke up the next day, the Spirit Gathering Elixir and Body Tempering Elixir in the shop had been refreshed, and the numbers had changed back to (2/2), proving that he could spend them again.

Secondly, making money is really hard.

After half a day of fiddling around, his WeChat balance skyrocketed from 400 yuan to... 300 yuan.

Because WeChat Pay Later automatically repaid last month.

When Zhou Yu discovered this, he was heartbroken, but his heartbreak couldn't change anything.

After getting up and injecting himself with a spirit-gathering agent, Zhou Yu wiped the foam from his lips, ate breakfast, changed into his school uniform, and prepared to go out.

"Mom, I'm going to school!"

Zhou's mother responded with a soft "Mm".

Zhou Yu: "Mom, I'm out of money on my meal card."

Zhou's mother: "Didn't we just give you money to top up your meal card last week?"

"I've finished eating. You know, my son is still growing, so it's normal for him to eat a little more. I usually buy him some snacks in the afternoon as well."

Seeing that Zhou Yu's words made sense, Zhou's mother took out a handful of colorful banknotes from her pocket, picked out five hundred yuan from them, and handed it to Zhou Yu, saying, "Take this, five hundred yuan should be enough for you to eat for a while."

"Thank you, Mom!" Zhou Yu said with a smile. "Could you transfer the money to my WeChat account instead of giving me cash?"

Zhou's mother was somewhat surprised, "Your school now allows you to use your phone to top up your meal card?"

"Shouldn't schools keep up with the times? Everyone uses mobile payments now. Trust me, do you think you know more about this than I do?"

Although Zhou's mother was somewhat confused, she didn't ask any further questions and transferred 500 yuan to Zhou Yu via her mobile phone.

"Oh right, Mom, I'm out of money on my water card..."

"Get lost! What need do you, a day student, have for a water card?"

Seeing that his plan had failed, Zhou Yu had no choice but to accept it. He turned around and left the house, giving himself a shot of spirit-gathering potion the moment he closed the door.

Right after the acupuncture was completed, Zhou Yu felt his legs go weak and he almost fell down the stairs.

"This kid..." Zhou's mother muttered, "He's been acting strangely these past two days."

Holding a chopstick in each hand, Zhou Wanwan chewed on a steamed bun and said, "Yesterday, my brother was busy in his room! It seemed like he was busy with some kind of craft that Sister Zaozao was talking about!"

Zhou Zaozao's expression changed drastically. "Hey! What did you say?!"

"Zhou Zaozao! What kind of things have you been teaching your sister?!"

Zhou Wanwan: "I just went to check on my brother's room. There was a damp patch on the blanket, and a wad of paper next to the trash can, just like Sister Zaozao said!"

Zhou's mother's face darkened immediately. "Zaozao, we need to have a talk."

Zhou Zaozao: "..."

You stupid pink thing!

……

After leaving home, Zhou Yu took a bus and traveled all the way to school.

He attended Qingcheng No. 2 High School. Although it was not a key high school, it was quite well-known because of the name Qingcheng.

However, it certainly cannot compare to Qingcheng No.1 Middle School, which is one of the city's key schools.

As soon as he got off the bus, before he even entered the school, he was surrounded by many students wearing the same red, blue and white school uniforms as Zhou Yu. They were talking about who had awakened spiritual energy, or whose grades had improved or declined.

But Zhou Yu no longer cared about any of that, because he had a completely different direction to focus his efforts on.

Go ahead and try to squeeze every last drop of profit out of you. All I need to do is spend real money!

Let's see who lives the longest!

Although WeChat Pay deducted 100 yuan in advance last night, it was obviously nothing to Zhou Yu, who was "smart as a bat".

Including the 500 yuan he got from his mother to top up his meal card, even though he spent 200 yuan before leaving home, he still had 600 yuan left.

That's more than enough to buy the remaining two doses of Body Tempering Potion for today!

However, before going downstairs, he secretly found a place in the stairwell to inject the two body-strengthening agents, otherwise, whether he injected them on the street or at school, he would easily be taken to the hospital.

Now he only has two hundred yuan left in his balance.

Upon entering the school and walking into the senior high school building, Zhou Yu arrived at his classroom.

The classroom was quiet. If this were in the first year of high school, there would probably be a lot of boarding students who hadn't woken up yet, taking a nap at their desks before the homeroom teacher arrived.

In the second year of high school, when many people began to awaken their spiritual energy, everyone took advantage of the time before the homeroom teacher arrived to practice breathing exercises and improve their strength.

Zhou Yu revealed a disdainful expression.

What era are we living in? Who still practices cultivation normally these days?

As soon as he sat down in his seat, Zhou Yu ran his hand over the eight characters carved on his desk with a craft knife: "Study hard and awaken your spiritual energy." He sighed with emotion.

"Times have really changed..."

The boy sitting in front of him thought to himself: What's wrong with this guy so early in the morning? It's not like he's awakened some kind of spiritual energy.

"Brother Yu!"

A familiar voice rang in his ears. Zhou Yu looked towards the back door of the classroom and saw a pretty girl with a single ponytail waving at him and walking over happily.

The girl's name is Gao Ying. She is Zhou Yu's childhood friend who called him yesterday to tell him the "good news," and she is also Zhou Yu's classmate.

Gao Ying put down her schoolbag, sat down next to Zhou Yu, and couldn't wait to speak.

"Brother Yu, I awakened my spiritual energy yesterday!"

"Um."

"Brother Yu, Brother Yu, I've awakened my spiritual energy!"

"You already told me that yesterday."

"I just didn't want you to forget, I've awakened my spiritual energy!"

"If you say it again, I'll go deaf myself!"

"Oh……"

Gao Ying quickly changed the subject, "I just wanted to share my joy with you. My parents are so rigid. I awakened my spiritual energy, and they won't celebrate with me. They just keep sending me money. It's so boring. You're so good at creating things. Last time on my birthday, you even did a split for me..."

"Wait a minute?" Zhou Yu was taken aback. "What did you just say?"

Gao Ying was stunned for a moment, a hint of embarrassment flashing across her pretty face. "I said... I said you can pull off some funny things."

"No, no, it's the previous sentence. What did you say?"

Gao Ying recalled, "I said my parents wouldn't celebrate with me, they would just keep sending me money, it's so boring..."

Zhou Yu hesitated for a moment, then tentatively asked, "After you awakened your spiritual energy, how much money did your parents give you?"

"Uh..." Gao Ying touched her face. "My dad transferred 10,000 yuan to me, and my mom transferred 11,000 yuan. What's wrong?"

Zhou Yu: "..."

What the hell!

A tycoon was right next to me!

"What's wrong? What's wrong?" Gao Ying looked at Zhou Yu's shocked expression, momentarily confused. "You also think they're boring, don't you?"

"Let's put aside whether it's interesting or not," Zhou Yu looked at Gao Ying seriously, "Tell me first, do your parents have children?"

Gao Ying: "?"

Zhou Yu said with a serious expression, "Although I have no interest in money, if you two have no children, I am willing to take care of you in your old age. Of course, I have no interest in money."

Gao Ying: "..."