Daily Life Of A Socially Anxious Scumbag Alpha Raising Flowers - Chapter 8

After dinner, Wen Xin sat cross-legged on the carpet, playing with her phone as she continued digging through the information the original owner had left behind, looking for anything useful. From time to time, she also read the news to understand the state of this society.

Dong Xun sat on the sofa at a distance that was neither too far nor too close, quietly reading a book.

Suddenly, Wen Xin’s phone vibrated twice. After receiving a message, she went to the door to collect a package. Then she ran excitedly to Dong Xun’s side and, with a solemn expression, put the newly arrived bracelet she had bought online onto Dong Xun’s wrist.

Damn it all. Wen Xin had originally seen that the original owner still used a phone and thought technology in this world had not developed all that quickly. Only later did she learn that it was purely because the original owner was poor, so she was still using an antique device.

Technology had long since advanced at terrifying speed.

Most people in society had already upgraded to using smart terminals, and they came in all kinds of carrier forms. The most basic models on the market were mostly shaped like bracelets.

When in use, a light screen would unfold in midair. There was no need to worry about forgetting to bring a phone or having one’s phone stolen.

The functions of a smart terminal also far exceeded those of a phone. Not only was it equivalent to an artificial-intelligence supercomputer, it could also monitor a person’s physical data in real time.

On top of that, it came with holographic technology.

Wen Xin simply could not imagine how convenient it would be to use.

Although she wanted one too, the last bit of money at home was only enough to buy one smart terminal bracelet.

Dong Xun needed this bracelet more.

Because inside it was a function that greatly moved Wen Xin: the bracelet could monitor the wearer’s heart rate, body temperature, and all kinds of other data in real time. If the smart terminal detected that the wearer’s physical data had reached a critical state, or that their life was in danger, it would immediately call emergency services.

After Wen Xin saw these functions, she placed the order almost without thinking. Only after buying it did she look at her remaining balance and feel sad.

This time, she really was at the end of her rope.

Very good. Now there was one more reason she absolutely had to get that money back.

“I’m sorry. I set a lock password on this bracelet, so you can’t take it off yourself.”

Wen Xin felt that her behavior was truly far too excessive and dictatorial, so she did not even dare lift her head. With a somewhat guilty conscience, she used the softest tone possible to say such hard words.

“After a while, when your mood is a little better, I’ll tell you the password, okay? This bracelet can protect you, and you can also use it to go online and buy things you like.”

After buying the bracelet, her entire fortune had only 9,753 left. She transferred 900 to Dong Xun and kept 753 for herself.

Such a small amount of money—Wen Xin’s face turned a little red even as she sent it.

“Emm… take this money for now and make do with it. In a couple of days, I’ll transfer you a little more.”

Wen Xin talked nonstop, not giving Dong Xun any chance to refuse. Immediately after that, she said that she was going to the study next door to organize some files.

“I’m going to the room next door. I have a little work to do. Will you be okay staying by yourself?”

Dong Xun nodded.

“I’m really leaving, okay?”

Wen Xin truly did not feel at ease leaving Dong Xun alone. She dawdled at the doorway, fussing for a long time, her feet unwilling to move even a single step outside.

“If anything happens, use the smart terminal to call me.”

She still remembered that she did indeed have proper business to do, so Wen Xin had just decided to leave. After saying that, she then felt that what she said was very stupid. They were clearly in the same house, so where would there be any need to call?

Wen Xin made herself laugh with her own stupidity.

A person with a very low and very strange laugh threshold would usually suddenly laugh in a slightly deranged way because of some inexplicable point of humor.

Wen Xin’s eyes were very large. When they carried a smile, they looked vivid and lively, radiant with spirit, like an adorable little fox narrowing its eyes.

Dong Xun looked at that inexplicable silly smile on her face, then lowered her lashes lightly.

“Cough, cough…”

Wen Xin coughed softly, restrained her smile, and then said seriously, “Perfect timing. You can study whether the smart terminal can get through to my antique phone. I really am leaving now. If anything happens at home, you must remember to contact me, okay! You must!”

Seeing Dong Xun nod obediently, Wen Xin finally left in satisfaction.

Her back looked brisk and lively, as if her body were filled with inexhaustible energy, brimming with vitality.

Dong Xun withdrew her gaze and lowered her head to look at the brand-new smart terminal bracelet on her wrist, which had been put on before she could refuse. For some reason, she felt that her heart was very heavy, as if something were pressing down on it, dragging it downward until it felt deep and sour.

How strange. It was the first time she had ever received a gift.

Clearly, she should have felt happy.

But what filled her heart even more was panic and helplessness.

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The proper business Wen Xin had mentioned was organizing the chat records between the original owner and Cheng Mian. She carefully saved all useful information and transfer records into a special electronic file.

The small room partitioned off next door only contained a desk and chair. It basically served the function of a study.

Wen Xin quietly busied herself there for nearly an hour before she finally finished everything.

This evidence was extremely complete. It was professionally and systematically arranged in order, with standardized formatting. Just in case the threat failed, she could still go through legal procedures. When the time came, it would be very suitable to submit directly to court.

Yes, threat!!

Wen Xin knew that collecting a debt was not easy. Especially since she had a feeling that this Cheng Mian was not some easy lamp to deal with, she had already thought of a threatening strategy in advance.

Because in the chat records, she had discovered an important person—Sheng Qishan, Cheng Mian’s wealthy fiancée. In the chat records, Cheng Mian had said more than once that Sheng Qishan looked down on her for being from an ordinary family, and for being an orphan with no one to rely on. Cheng Mian also said that those wealthy friends of Sheng Qishan’s always bullied her.

Every time she said these things, the original owner would feel terribly distressed and transfer money faster than anyone else.

Wen Xin felt her teeth ache just from looking at it.

If she felt that the other person looked down on her, then break up!

Wen Xin did not want to keep looking. She directly found the person named Cheng Mian in the phone’s contact list and sent over the organized electronic records.

The other side was very obviously online. Less than a second after Wen Xin sent the message, it showed that the other party had received the file.

Then the other side sent a question mark over, seemingly pretending to be dumb.

Cheng Mian: [?]

Cheng Mian: [Sister Wen Xin, was this file meant for me?]

Facing the little white flower’s “Sister,” Wen Xin felt no ripples in her heart. She replied expressionlessly.

Wen Xin: [That’s right. It was meant for you.]

Wen Xin: [Please return all the money I transferred to you before. Otherwise, this electronic file will soon appear in your Alpha fiancée’s smart terminal.]

Wen Xin: [Cheng Mian, you don’t want your persona to collapse in front of your fiancée, do you?]

Yes. As an experienced netizen who had surfed the internet with 12G speed for years, Ms. Wen Xin was exactly the type who was soft and sweet in reality but struck with heavy fists online. Although in real life, she did not even know how to curse someone and would blush from saying a single dirty word, that did not stop Wen Xin herself from becoming an online sprayer who could flame people without using a single vulgar word.

Be afraid. This sister’s internet persona was just that cold.

Wen Xin pushed up a pair of non-existent glasses, pretending to be profound. In reality, her eyes were fixed tightly on the phone screen, hoping that what she saw the very next second would be a transfer notification. The expectation in her heart was simply self-evident.

At that moment, on the other side, Cheng Mian, who had just carefully dressed herself up, gotten into a private car, and was preparing to attend a gathering, looked at the message on her smart terminal. The expression on her face was simply frighteningly gloomy.

Wen Xin, who had always worked hard without complaint to transfer her money, had actually suddenly changed and come to threaten her into paying the money back?

Cheng Mian did not know what kind of shock Wen Xin had suffered for her to suddenly become like this.

She did not want to return the money at all.

She had only graduated not long ago. Although, thanks to her wealthy Alpha fiancée’s family connections, she had found a very good job with a very decent salary, the persona she had in front of her fiancée was one of someone who treated money as a vulgar, worldly thing. Usually, when the two of them went on dates, she would insist on splitting the bill evenly. The gifts she gave and the food, drinks, and entertainment they had also all needed to match the other party’s consumption level. She could not save any money at all, and would even spend in advance.

But Wen Xin saying that this evidence would appear in Sheng Qishan’s smart terminal had seized Cheng Mian’s weak point in one sentence.

Everything she had painstakingly managed—she absolutely did not want, and could not allow, Wen Xin to destroy it.

With no other choice, Cheng Mian could only grit her teeth and urgently borrow twenty thousand from a friend first. She transferred it to Wen Xin, thinking she would first stabilize her.

Cheng Mian: [Sister Wen Xin, did you run into some urgent matter and need money badly? I still have twenty thousand here. It’s money I saved before from working part-time while studying. Sister Wen Xin, if you need it urgently, I can lend it to you first, okay? I think there might be some misunderstanding between us. We also haven’t seen each other for a long time. For the specific details, let’s set a time to meet and talk, all right?]

When Wen Xin saw these words, she only wanted to laugh.

Previously, when the original owner transferred money to her, bought her all kinds of gifts, and even took out installment payments just to be a sucker, Cheng Mian had never thought to take the initiative to treat her to a meal. Now that money had been mentioned, her mouth immediately remembered they should meet.

Wen Xin had spent several days reading through the two people’s chat records. This Cheng Mian was clearly deliberately dangling the original owner, this fool, to make her spend money. Even the money Cheng Mian used for university had been earned by the original owner at work!

The original Wen Xin only kept one thousand yuan a month for her own living expenses. Everything else was transferred to Cheng Mian.

It was really enough to make Wen Xin laugh from anger.

With that money, why didn’t she use it to support her own wife’s university studies instead? Was there something wrong with her brain?!

Dong Xun loved reading so much. One look and you could tell she was the type who was good at studying.

Wen Xin did not want to waste too many words. With one tap of her little hand, she accepted the transfer instantly.

She maintained a cold expression as she typed.

Wen Xin: [Stop talking about irrelevant nonsense. I’m only taking back the money that should belong to me. This isn’t the “loan” you’re talking about.]

Wen Xin: [Twenty thousand received. Remember to return the rest! I’ll give you a one-week grace period.]

Cheng Mian simply could not believe that the words she was seeing had been sent by Wen Xin. Perhaps she really suspected that the person chatting with her on the other side of the internet was not Wen Xin. In order to verify it, she actually chose to call her through a holographic call.

But the call showed that it had been rejected.

Cheng Mian’s heart loosened slightly. All kinds of guesses flashed through her mind.

She was wondering whether Wen Xin’s smart terminal had been used by someone else, and the person on the other side was not Wen Xin herself at all.

Immediately after, a line of words appeared on her smart terminal.

[Sorry, the user you are calling is using non-smart-terminal equipment and cannot receive holographic light communication calls. Would you like to switch to a video call?]

Cheng Mian: “…”