’If I went through the whole neighborhood in one night, how much money would that be?!’

’Ninety thousand for one, nine hundred thousand for ten. Three times nine is twenty-eight... er, no, three times nine is twenty-seven...’

’So thirty of them would be a damn two million seven hundred thousand! Holy crap! My net worth would triple in one go!’

At that thought, Fang Chenyi felt his body fill with energy. He started working even faster.

[Host has collected one delivery box. System reward: 300 yuan. The reward has been deposited into the Host’s bank account. Please check your balance.]

[Host has collected one bag of old clothes. System reward: 2,000 yuan. The reward has been deposited into the Host’s bank account. Please check your balance.]

[Host has collected one old kitchen knife, triggering a special system reward: a world-class chef team for ten years. Due to the special nature of this reward, the reward is currently on its way!]

"Holy shit, another special reward? And it’s a chef team? How is it going to give me that?"

Fang Chenyi, who was busy scavenging, was momentarily stunned when he heard the notification in his mind.

He could understand getting money, a car, or a house as a reward. But holy hell, rewarding living people? That was baffling. ’It’s not going to give me clones, is it?’

He scratched his head, but Fang Chenyi still couldn’t figure out how this reward would be delivered.

After asking the system and getting no response, he decided to just stop thinking about it.

He shook his head with a wry smile and continued to the next trash can.

[Host has collected one box of expired condoms. System reward: 900 yuan. The reward has been deposited into the Host’s bank account. Please check your balance.]

[Host has collected one beer bottle. System reward: 150 yuan. The reward has been deposited into the Host’s bank account. Please check your balance.]

[Host has collected half a cream cake. System reward: 100 yuan. The reward has been deposited into the Host’s bank account. Please check your balance.]

...

He worked until well after one in the morning, finally going through every trash can in the entire residential complex.

The only special reward was the one from earlier. Although no more appeared, Fang Chenyi was still very excited.

Back at the villa, he took out his phone and stared at the long string of numbers on the screen. He checked it over and over again. Holy cow, his savings had shot up to nearly four million!

Staring at the figure of over 3.97 million, Fang Chenyi couldn’t help but break into a wide grin.

After the excitement wore off, Fang Chenyi took a shower, then comfortably lay down on the soft, large bed and fell asleep.

Of course, even when sleeping, Fang Chenyi carefully folded the woven bag and placed it under his pillow.

Thankfully, the woven bag was automatically immune to all bacteria and had a self-purifying function. Otherwise, no matter how precious it was, Fang Chenyi probably wouldn’t have been able to sleep soundly with a reeking garbage bag under his head!

DING DONG~~

「The next morning.」

Fang Chenyi felt like he had just fallen asleep when the doorbell at the villa’s entrance jolted him awake. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

Fortunately, his body, transformed by the Super Soldier Serum, was on a whole different level than before.

He stretched, kipped up from the bed, and muttered while yawning,

"YAWN~ Who’s ringing the doorbell so early in the morning... So inconsiderate."

He walked over to the monitor and was taken aback to see five foreigners in sharp suits standing at the villa’s gate.

He was even more baffled when he noticed each of them was carrying a large, black leather suitcase.

After a moment of thought, he turned on the intercom system. Thankfully, a previous special reward had granted him fluency in English, which came in handy right now. "Hello, who are you looking for?"

The five burly men outside were a bit puzzled to hear such standard English from the intercom, but they quickly understood when they remembered their new boss’s identity as a ’quadrilingual Ph.D. from Harvard University’.

"Oh, my dear Boss, Char and the Char team have traveled through the night to be at your service."

Having mastered English, Fang Chenyi had no trouble understanding the foreigner’s words. However, he was confused about what the man meant.

"What? At my service?"

"Oh my God, my dearest Boss, wasn’t it you who spent one hundred and fifty million yesterday to hire our team as your exclusive chefs for the next ten years?"

’What? One hundred and fifty million to hire you as chefs? And only for ten years? Holy shit, I’d have to be crazy to do something like that! One hundred and fifty million for ten years is fifteen million a year. For five of you, that’s three million per person per year!!’

Fang Chenyi swore he wouldn’t do something so stupid even if his head had been caught in a door. Besides, he had been scavenging all night; he hadn’t hired any damn che— ’...uh... wait a minute.’

’Could these guys be that special reward??’

Thinking back to his scavenging last night, Fang Chenyi suddenly remembered. The more he thought about it, the more likely it seemed. He ventured a question,

"Are you the world-class chef team?"

"Oh, my Boss, you flatter us. While we don’t think of ourselves as that great, it is just as you say: we are indeed the world’s top chef team today. It’s no exaggeration to say that if we were to call ourselves second in the culinary world, absolutely no one would dare to claim they are first."

’Speechless. This guy is really tooting his own horn...’

But since they were a system reward, Fang Chenyi didn’t hesitate any longer and unlocked the outer gate.

"Oh, my dearest Boss! Thank you so much for your generosity! It is a true honor to be able to serve you from now on!"

After opening the gate, Fang Chenyi also walked out. But just as he stepped through the doorway, the burly man in the lead came straight forward, preparing to give him a hug.

Seeing this, Fang Chenyi dodged with lightning-fast reflexes, then spoke, somewhat exasperated, to the bewildered-looking foreigner,

"Heh, I know you’re happy to see me, but I have to tell you something. In Huaxia, we aren’t really used to this kind of close contact, especially between two men. You savvy?"

"Oh, alright, my dearest Boss. Since you’ve said so, we’ll get to work then. But before we begin, I must bother you with one question: where is your kitchen? To showcase our abilities, allow us to demonstrate our culinary arts for you."

「And so, ten minutes later, in the dining room of Villa No. 3...」

[To be continued...]