The Miser's Spending System

Ying Yan is famous far and wide for being broke. She earns three thousand yuan a month and saves two thousand, stretching every penny until it feels like two.

One day, an app called the Grandet Spending System suddenly appears on her phone. Unless she registers and logs in, the phone won't work properly again.

Ying Yan: Oh no, my phone has a virus!

Too poor to afford a new one, she hesitates for 0.1 seconds, then decides to register.

[System: The Host has been bound. Your journey to becoming the richest person in the world is about to begin!]

[System mission: Buy one luxury item. The reward is double the amount you spend. (0/1)]

Ying Yan is overjoyed. That very night, she goes to the pastry shop next door and buys the little egg tart she's been dreaming of, a massive three-yuan splurge.

[System: ...]

[Grandet Spending System] is dedicated to getting poor people hooked on a life of luxury and extravagance. The greater the difference between the Host's current spending and her past spending, the better its performance.

So when it discovers Ying Yan, an S-rank Host stingier than anyone before or since, it goes crazy!

Ying Yan is twenty, an age full of ambition. She lives in Shanghai, a place where it's easy to spend money, and works as a cleaner, a job with plenty of room for advancement.

The System begins with confidence... only to crash and burn!

It sends her to an upscale club, and she poaches the foreign male models to work as language tutors, earning more than she spends.

It gives her a burn-through-your-money mission, and she burns spirit money for the martyrs at the entire cemetery, earning a commendation from the People's Daily.

It gives her a spending mission, and she buys clothes and books to send to children in impoverished mountain villages.

The System breaks down: Why do you only donate and invest? Why don't you spend?!

Years later, this is how the world's most famous business newspaper introduces Ying Yan: the youngest entrepreneur and philanthropist, and one of the two most influential Chinese people, alongside Yuan Zhilin, president of S Group.

At a major interview with business magnates, a reporter asks Yuan Zhilin, "Could you tell us who has had the greatest influence on you?"

"The cleaner at our company. She regularly cleans the president's office. She always has a happy smile on her face and works diligently and attentively. During breaks, she often gazes down at the entire Huangpu River from the floor-to-ceiling window in the president's office, completely at ease, as if nothing in the world could trouble her. She made me realize just how beautiful life can be."

"And what happened after that?"

"We got married."

The room erupts in commotion, and the situation spirals out of control. One reporter asks sharply, "Aren't you afraid she only married you for your money?"

"Actually," Yuan Zhilin says with a smile, "two months later, her liquid net worth was already higher than mine."

The morning session ends, and the internet is in an uproar. Netizens around the world are all talking about the mysterious cleaner wife.

That afternoon, Ying Yan is interviewed as the opening guest, a person of great importance.

A reporter asks, "Who are you most grateful to?"

"My company's boss. He took me in when I couldn't find a job, pays into my social insurance and housing fund, never bullies me at work, and offers great benefits and plenty of paid leave. It's a dream company."

The reporter is curious. "Someone as outstanding as you had trouble finding a job?"

"Of course. A lot of companies thought I was too young and wouldn't stay long. Some even turned me down as soon as they saw my bachelor's degree, saying they only wanted applicants with a middle school diploma."

The reporter senses something is off and changes the subject. "What would you say is the greatest thing you've gained from this job?"

"I tidy my boss's room during the day, and he pays me. At night, he tidies my room, and I don't have to pay him."

Netizens around the world: What kind of Grandet... wait a minute?!

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Reading guide:

A cozy, satisfying, and sweet story. It's very short! Please don't wait for a big backlog before reading.

Theme: I set out to save all living beings, only to be saved by them in return. An ordinary life is the best life.