Ten Billion from the Start to Make You Regret It
After Jiang Chen gets dumped, he binds himself to the “Emotional Golden Finger” System, which lets him spend money to harvest other people’s emotional points. He transfers a million yuan to his ex as a breakup payment, just to max out her regret. He casually pays off a cleaner auntie’s mortgage, just to harvest a wave of warmth from the entire internet. He invests in a film everyone agrees is terrible, just to collect the audience’s furious complaints. Jiang Chen spends money like water for the sake of emotions, yet the world calls him the “God of Wealth of the City.” Then one day, the System prompts him: “Global panic has reached its peak. Activate doomsday-level harvesting?” Jiang Chen stares at the astronomical number of emotional points in his account and falls into deep thought.
(Scene: A bustling café) Xu Manni, impeccably made up, speaks with cutting disdain. “Jiang Chen, we’re over. Just look at you. After three years, you’re still renting that dump in the suburbs, and you can’t even afford to buy me a decent handbag! Mr. Wang gave me Tiffany!” She pushes a cheap gift box toward Jiang Chen.
The people at the next table watch with interest. Jiang Chen clenches his fists, his nails digging into his palms. His savings have been wiped out by his mother’s surgery, and he was just laid off. The humiliation cuts like a knife. Just as his blood runs cold, a mechanical voice explodes in his mind:
[Ding! Extreme humiliation and despair detected. The “Emotional Economy System” is activated! Newbie gift: 100,000 emotional points in starting funds! Newbie mission: Within one hour, create and harvest the target Xu Manni’s peak regret! Reward: Emotional-point exchange function unlocked!]
Jiang Chen abruptly looks up, the despair in his eyes replaced by a strange gleam. Ignoring Xu Manni’s taunts, he pulls out his phone and opens the money transfer app.
“Isn’t it just money?”
