Chapter 41

Returning to the train station, Chen Yuqing didn’t wait under the scorching sun like Xu Jiao did. She was at a roadside cold drink shop, only coming out after seeing Hao Meng.

"Excited?" Chen Yuqing asked with a smile.

Hao Meng was at a loss, not knowing what to make of it, and just laughed foolishly. Chen Yuqing gave him a sidelong glance and whispered, "You look so silly!"

On the way back, Chen Yuqing didn’t say much. It was Hao Meng who kept asking and talking, while she just hummed in response.

When he dropped Chen Yuqing off at her doorstep, she didn’t invite Hao Meng in for a drink. She just said, "I’ll go shopping with Xu Meng this afternoon!" and turned to go up.

Hao Meng watched her back, especially her somewhat perky little butt, and swallowed his saliva. Beautiful women are rare and fierce!

Back at the store, Wei Shufen had made cold noodles, and the young wife Chang Mei was there too.

"I thought you wouldn’t come back for lunch!" Chang Mei said with a coquettish smile.

Hao Meng ignored her, thinking it was his own home, where else would he go? This young wife was really something, always coming over when she could cook at her own place. She just liked to take advantage of others. But even if he was unhappy, he wouldn’t say it, since Wei Shufen got along well with her. Even if he didn’t care for her, he had to show some respect!

In the afternoon, after lunch, Bai Lan called to say that they had received a batch of cheap second-hand smartphones, over ten thousand units. Although the purchase price wasn’t cheap, they were all current mainstream models. They were stored in the warehouse, and he should go and sort them out when he had time.

The warehouse had only two keys, one with Hao Meng and one with Bai Lan!

Just as he was running out of refurbished phones from the 'Recycling Station', Hao Meng went to the warehouse and loaded over a dozen large boxes of phones into the 'Recycling Station'.

On the way, he also went to the second-hand market to buy a batch of appliances.

"Congratulations, 'Recycling Station Manager', your accumulated transaction amount in Gold Coins (GB) has exceeded 3,000. The Recycling Station system will undergo a simple update, which will take 30 minutes. After the update, you will receive an 'Intermediate Reward'!"

Hao Meng was taken aback, and the corners of his mouth curled up. The second reward had finally come. He remembered the first reward was given when he accumulated 30 Gold Coins, which was a 'Basic Reward', a basic gene agent that increased his physical strength to about three times that of an adult. He originally thought the second reward would come when he accumulated 300 Gold Coins, but it didn’t.

"An intermediate reward? I wonder what it will be this time!" he muttered to himself. The second reward had finally come, but when would the third reward come? Would it be when he accumulated 30,000 Gold Coins, or 300,000, or even 3,000,000? For now, Hao Meng hadn’t figured out the pattern.

Recently, Hao Meng had mostly been selling some discarded items with low repair value to the 'Recycling Station'. However, when he needed a large number of Gold Coins, he couldn’t just choose items to sell. The amount of real money and the amount of Gold Coins in the 'Recycling Station' needed to be at least equal to maintain a healthy cycle.

While waiting for the 'Recycling Station' to upgrade, Hao Meng received a call from Xiao Yuyun, asking when he would come home for dinner.

He couldn’t quite describe his feelings towards this 'sister'—both love and fear! However, it was rare for Xiao Yuyun to call him, perhaps because of the sparks that flew during their last dinner together.

Hao Meng even interpreted this call as Xiao Yuyun expressing that she missed him, but she couldn’t bring herself to say it directly.

"In a few days, I’ve got some things to do, quite busy," Hao Meng found an excuse.

Xiao Yuyun was silent for a moment, then muttered, "If there’s nothing, you could at least call home!" and hung up. Hao Meng laughed, realizing she was upset that he hadn’t contacted her.

With Wei Shufen at the store, his older sister Xiao Yuyun at home, and Xu Mingxing and the scholar Chen Yuqing still in his life, Hao Meng admitted he wasn’t very faithful, but weren’t most men like that? Eating from the bowl while looking at the pot, how many men were truly faithful?

Those who seemed faithful on the outside were just pretending! Hypocrites, wolves in sheep’s clothing, and all sorts of terms described such men. Of course, there were always exceptions. Out of ten thousand men, perhaps one could be a 'Martian', but the chances were slim, and the chances of being wrong were high.

"Recycling Station system upgrade complete!"

"Recycling Station activates 'Purchase' function. The Manager can use Gold Coins (GB) as currency to 'purchase' items from the Recycling Station while trading. The higher the cumulative consumption amount, the higher the credit, and the more valuable the items that can be purchased. Therefore, it is recommended that the Manager sell more items to the Recycling Station to increase credit!"

"Gold Coins (GB) accumulated to 3,000, granting an 'Intermediate Reward'. Hope the Manager continues to work hard and achieve more!"

"Reward item has been sent to the Recycling Station, please check!"

A series of prompts made Hao Meng take a while to recover. He then directly opened the Recycling Station system interface, which had three sections: 'Item Recycling', 'Item Repair', and 'Item Purchase'. The 'Item Purchase' option was always gray and unopenable before the update.

Now, it was white and usable!

After entering the 'Item Purchase' section, it was divided into several smaller categories, such as appliances, books, musical instruments, movies, cars, food, tools, weapons, and more. The categories were numerous and varied, almost covering every category that could be used, known, or even imagined in life.

Hao Meng thought for a moment and moved his consciousness to the appliance category and clicked in.

A list of items appeared, including TVs, washing machines, refrigerators, microwaves, and speakers. Besides these familiar items, there were many he had never heard of, such as smart terminals, energy furnaces, and super entertainment combinations. However, these items were gray, and when Hao Meng tried to click on them, the Recycling Station’s purchase system prompted him that his credit was insufficient and he didn’t have enough Gold Coins. It seemed he couldn’t buy them for now!

As for familiar appliances like TVs, when he clicked on the category, there were thousands of subcategories, from black and white TVs to color TVs, LCD TVs, and even floating screen TVs. There were all kinds of options, some of which were products that existed or had existed on Earth, and some that Hao Meng had never even heard of. However, most of the ones he hadn’t heard of were gray, indicating insufficient credit or Gold Coins.

He randomly clicked on a color TV category and found thousands of sizes and millions of brands to choose from, making his head spin!

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