The Old Master Is Dashing and Imposing

[Complete novel*New upcoming story available to collect~] Ever since Cui Lu realized that life was just a play, he cast off all his worries and lived as he pleased, as if he were all alone in the world. They were going to be audited and have their home confiscated in the end anyway. So they might as well eat, drink, and spend freely now. Why amass family wealth or stash away private goods? It would all end up benefiting someone else. Better to make sure his own family got their share first. So the married daughters stared in bewilderment at the dowries they'd received after the fact, the grown sons looked at the banknotes in their hands, and the wives of the household found themselves with much larger private savings. Even the children who hadn't yet grown up received property of their own. Cui Lu stroked his beard and nodded, then waved his hand grandly. “Take it all and spend it. If you need more, I've got plenty here. Spend! Spend as much as you like!” But when he was hiding the money, it always seemed too little. Once he started handing it out for his descendants to spend, though, it never seemed to run out. Cui Lu was vexed. Was it all going to end up benefiting outsiders after all? No way. Absolutely not. If one family couldn't spend it all, then ten families could spend it together. Bring in the in-laws and the neighbors too. Every last bit had to be spent. Ten years later, Cui Lu sat atop the lofty Hall of Clear Reflection. Below him knelt his descendants, relatives, and old friends, and even an imperial envoy. They all gazed at him with tears in their eyes, wishing him a long life and lasting good fortune. Cui Lu: This isn't right! Today is supposed to be the day they come to confiscate my home. Could the imperial envoy have read the wrong decree? Oh dear, what am I supposed to do now? A newly completed novel set in the same world is next door: "I Became the Son of a Minister Who Was Switched at Birth". Go ahead and read it! It's good, really! [The old woman is selling melons and singing their praises, hehe~] Here's a new upcoming novel: "I Turned In the System and Everyone Started Worshipping Me as a Big Shot" Pu Yu never dreamed that one day he'd be killed for having too much money and not being able to spend it all. Help, a poor man suddenly getting rich really has no idea how to spend money. He tried buying a cup of soy milk and pouring one out for every cup he drank. He tried buying luxury cars just to leave them sitting around. He bought planes, yachts, and mansions. He manipulated the stock market to give money to everyone. He was one step away from buying a rocket to outer space. He really couldn't spend it all! Then the System devoured him because he failed to complete his spending task within the time limit! It was... a strangely painful way to die, crushed beneath mountains of gold and silver! When he returned to the day the Wealthy System locked onto him, he walked straight into the National Bureau of Unusual Affairs and turned in the damn System that wouldn't leave him alone. I'm done with this. Whoever wants that incredible fortune can have it! But who knew the damn System would play dirty, locking onto him and refusing to let go? At the Bureau, it boasted that it could lead the motherland into a high-level civilization, propel the entire population into the Interstellar age, turn 3D online games into rehabilitation tools for people with enhanced brain activity, and create an entirely new social structure. Pu Yu: ...Well, well, would you look at that? This damn System is playing favorites? When it was dealing with him, it was spend all the money or die. But in front of the country, it promised to boost national strength, using the needs of the whole nation to blackmail him. Fine. If that's how it wants to play, he knows what to do. Come on! Let's get started! A nationwide livestream, an explosion of civilization, the Interstellar world trembles. Bring it on, you lousy System! Wealthy System No. 00171: ...The Star Lord is mighty! Also: My author page has another upcoming novel set in the same world, "The Deposed Crown Prince Has Mind Reading", along with other fun stories. I hope you'll stop by~ Theme: Brave your way toward a better life.