Along the way, Ye Su nearly pedaled the bike chain until sparks flew, and his hands were numb from the bumpy roads of Yangcheng, but he didn't notice, just furiously pedaling.
Not only was he worried the doll would be picked up by someone else, but Ye Su was also eager to confirm if the information provided by the system was true!
If the information was accurate, and he could get similar information refreshed for himself every Saturday, wouldn't he be able to earn twenty to thirty thousand a month!
And if he got another information upgrade opportunity next month, his income could double again!
Wouldn't this allow him to quickly help his family bear a portion of their debt, so his father, Ye Jianguo, wouldn't have to work so hard.
However, he also needed to think carefully about what excuse he would use to explain to his family where all his money came from.
Ye Su, relying on a shared bicycle, managed to ride the 4.7-kilometer distance to the street next to Saint Elegant Apartments in less than twenty minutes, then found a corner without surveillance to park it.
This was his first time doing something like this, and Ye Su had no experience.
He was worried that if the top patron later told the female streamer about the watch inside the doll, she might ask the police for help to retrieve it.
To be cautious, Ye Su could only enter a 24-hour convenience store:
"Boss, can I have the largest plastic bag you have?"
"Huh?"
The boss, who was scrolling through short videos, initially thought he had a customer, but then heard Ye Su only wanted a plastic bag, and immediately lost interest.
Continuing to scroll through short videos, the boss didn't even lift his head, casually tore off a large plastic bag, and placed it on the table: "One yuan."
"Huh?"
A plastic bag, for one yuan?
Ye Su immediately felt a bit annoyed.
But he also knew that since the store was open for business, they weren't obligated to give him a plastic bag for free.
The boss looked up: "Don't want it?"
"I do."
Feeling the plastic bag should be sufficient, Ye Su didn't argue, paid one yuan, and left the convenience store with the bag.
Returning to the shadows, Ye Su first put on his jacket inside out, then wore a mask, and also turned the plastic bag inside out to hide the convenience store's name, before jogging according to the navigation instructions to the front of Saint Elegant Apartments.
"Hmm!"
Just now, from a distance, when he saw a green belt emitting a faint light, Ye Su subconsciously complained, wondering why only one green belt had mood lighting.
Now, standing in front of the green belt, Ye Su realized there were no lights installed in it at all.
This light, could it be the system's prompt? It seems everything the system said is true!
After furiously pedaling his bicycle and feeling both nervous and excited, Ye Su was already parched.
Seeing victory so close, Ye Su could only swallow his saliva to relieve his thirst: "I should have bought a bottle of water earlier!"
He looked around, noticing a few sparse pedestrians on the road at this hour, but Ye Su no longer paid attention to others' gazes and began to rummage through the glowing green belt.
It must be said, at past midnight, a young man wearing a mask rummaging through a green belt by the roadside did look a bit eerie.
Pedestrians who noticed the commotion couldn't help but take a second look.
"There really is a doll!"
Fortunately, the doll was large enough that it didn't take much effort.
After Ye Su pushed aside the greenery, he saw a Doraemon doll, about thirty to forty centimeters tall, clearly brand new, lying quietly in the green belt!
Without daring to linger for a moment, Ye Su pulled out the doll and immediately jogged away.
"Oh, so he was looking for a doll."
Initially thinking he was crazy, after seeing this scene, the few pedestrians understood Ye Su's actions and continued on their hurried way.
"There seems to be something inside."
While circling to another corner, Ye Su firmly squeezed the doll and could indeed feel a hard object inside.
"That top patron probably took the doll out of his car to give to the female streamer only when he was leaving."
Being a man himself, Ye Su understood why the top patron would do that.
He was certainly worried that if he gave the item away too early and there was no further intimate interaction, he would lose out, which is why he played this trick on the female streamer.
The female streamer must have also taken the doll, and after the top patron drove away, she probably casually tossed it aside, not even knowing there was something inside.
Ye Su scoffed at the two of them, one inflating prices and the other playing hard to get, so he naturally felt no psychological burden about taking the doll.
"Even if the female streamer seeks help, the police probably wouldn't go to great lengths to help find a doll, right?"
But Ye Su didn't dare to be complacent; what if the female streamer posted a video, causing netizens to pay attention to the matter, and then unexpected incidents might occur.
He reversed his jacket again, took off his mask, put on his hoodie, and then put the doll into the plastic bag, making sure it couldn't be seen, before heading into the urban village, wandering around until he found a public restroom.
"I've put in so much effort, don't you dare mess with me!"
With an excited heart, Ye Su unzipped the doll, and as he emptied its stuffing into the plastic bag, a box also came out.
He eagerly opened the box, and what greeted his eyes was a ladies' watch with a leather strap.
Looking at the watch in the box, Ye Su's hands began to tremble with excitement.
"The system's information is real! I'm going to get rich!"
It was fortunate that the public restroom was regularly cleaned; otherwise, given Ye Su's excited state, he might have fainted inside from hyperventilating.
Realizing it was not suitable to stay there for long, Ye Su closed the box and put it into his pocket, then emptied all the doll's stuffing into the plastic bag before leaving the public restroom.
On his way to find a shared bicycle, Ye Su discarded the doll's stuffing, the plastic bag, and the doll's cover into three separate trash cans.
Caution is the parent of safety.
Doing his utmost to prevent future troubles, Ye Su found a shared bicycle and slowly rode back to school.
By the time he returned to the dormitory, it was already past one o'clock, and his three roommates were all asleep.
Ye Su quickly wiped his body with a towel, then tiptoed into bed.
After an hour of continuous rushing under stress, Ye Su felt exhausted as he lay back on his bed.
But touching the box containing the watch, Ye Su couldn't fall asleep at all.
Anyone who, within this short hour, confirmed that their life had undergone earth-shattering changes would probably find it hard to sleep.
...
On the other side, downstairs at Saint Elegant Apartments, a woman with a perm, her long coat revealing a section of her stockings, rushed to the green belt.
"Strange, I clearly remember throwing it here, why can't I find it!"
Undoubtedly, this person was the female streamer the system mentioned.
After seeing off the top patron, she had started her late-night live stream. It wasn't until after finishing a PK match and picking up another phone that she saw a message on her private WeChat from the top patron, saying there was a Longines watch inside the doll, a gift for her.
Upon seeing this message, the female streamer couldn't sit still. After greeting her fans in the live stream, she quickly ended it, threw a coat over her work uniform, and ran downstairs.
But even though she had rummaged so much that her stockings were torn, she was destined not to find the doll.
"Damn it, has it already been picked up by someone!"
The female streamer immediately wanted to call the police and ask them to check the surrounding surveillance to help retrieve the doll.
But then she thought, if the police asked, she wouldn't be able to explain how she got the watch.
Should she honestly say it was a gift from the top patron?
What if the police confirmed it with the top patron, wouldn't that expose the fact that she had casually thrown away the doll!
Although she had 300,000 followers, some were bought, and others were just freeloaders watching for entertainment; very few actually sent her gifts.
It wasn't easy to get a guardian patron, and she didn't dare to upset him and push him to other female streamers.
Finally, the female streamer gritted her teeth, resigned to her bad luck, and thought about how she could extract more money from the patron during their next "fan meeting."