[Urban Superpowers] [Wild Imagination] [No System]
Three days after being laid off, Lin An squatted beside a trash can in an urban village with just 217 yuan in his bank account. His landlord’s rent reminder glowed on his screen: Pay up, or I’m taking the place back tomorrow.
Then he awakened an ability: he could see the expiration date of everything.
Strawberries about to spoil? Buy them for three yuan, then sell out in no time.
Seafood on its last legs? The ones he picks are fresher than the live ones.
A Porsche leaking oil, a refurbished used car, imported steak with its sell-by date changed: in his eyes, they all come with a real countdown.
Starting with a street stall, he dives into supermarkets, restaurants, used-car dealerships, and antique shops.
People ask him, “So what do you do, exactly?”
Lin An thinks for a moment. “I run a street stall. Only, while other people sell goods, I sell the truth.”
