The cannon fodder in the substitute story tries to rewrite his life, part 5. Please add to your favorites...

Ironically, the system plugin she got from signing in her previous life was a cashback system, but in this life it's a money-saving cashback system.

I don't know if this counts as karma or reincarnation, but in my past life I was a spendthrift, and every time I opened my eyes, all I thought about was how to spend money.

This life is wonderful; I'm always meticulously calculating, thrifty, and racking my brains to figure out how to save money.

Sometimes Ling Yi couldn't help but laugh at her: "You spent money like water in your past life, and now you're trying to save every penny. Is this what people mean by karma? No one escapes the wrath of Heaven?"

Chen Xia's salary has now increased to 38k. After deducting social insurance, housing fund and personal income tax, her take-home pay is around 26k.

The monthly rent, utilities, and property management fees are estimated at 3,500 yuan. I also have to donate 2,000 yuan to the orphanage every month, leaving me with a salary of about 20,000 yuan.

If it weren't for that money-saving system, which is a huge rip-off, she could save 10,000 out of 20,000 a month. Even in Shanghai, with her company providing all her meals, she could live comfortably on 10,000 a month.

But life doesn't offer "what ifs." The money-saving system goes straight to the point: if you save 10,000 yuan in your monthly salary, you get 20,000 yuan back. If you save 20,000 yuan a month, you get 100,000 yuan back.

This isn't a multiple-choice question; it's practically a freebie! It's just a matter of not spending a single penny of her remaining salary, and she can do that.

That's 120,000 a month! If she saves that up for a year, it'll almost be enough for her to make a down payment on a house in the neighborhood where she's currently renting.

When faced with the choice between earning 20,000 or 100,000 yuan for free each month, Chen Xia chose the latter without hesitation.

She thought that since she couldn't spend her salary, she could spend the money she made from stock trading.

Little did she know, the money-saving system had been waiting for her with a big surprise. She had just withdrawn a thousand from her stock account for spending money when the system popped up.

Earn 100x returns on your stock account's monthly profits without spending a penny. Withdraw 1000 and receive 10x returns. Withdraw 2000 and receive a 1:1 return. Withdrawals exceeding 2000 do not receive any returns.

Chen Xia was so angry that she really wanted to strangle it. If you had said so earlier, she wouldn't have missed out on so much money!

After much painful reflection, Chen Xia quickly started working as a part-time illustrator and concept artist online, leveraging the experience and drawing skills she had accumulated in her previous life.

Fortunately, the money-saving system didn't go too far, probably because it was afraid that if Chen Xia was skimped on, he would just quit.

Not only did she have to be frugal with the money she earned from this part-time job, but she also received double the cashback every month.

But in the system, day after day, saving money is not being stingy, but a wise investment.

Saving money is the foundation of a comfortable life. Under the brainwashing of the idea that impulsive spending is a trap and that saving money is a treasure, Chen Xia has unknowingly developed a good habit of thrift and frugality.

The snacks that Ling Yi usually brings to work to share with her colleagues are all homemade by Ling Yi in her space, the fruits are picked from her space, and the clothes and shoes are from her previous life.

I live close to my workplace, walk to work, and have enough room for food and clothing. My only expenses are phone bills and the occasional cost of going to the movies or having meals with colleagues, which are all split equally.

While Chen Xia was outsmarting the money-saving system plugin, he didn't forget to keep an eye on the four culprits who killed the original owner.

Although Shen Shuyue was dissatisfied with various things at the Song family, she knew that she did not have the right to be willful at the moment, so she could only grit her teeth and endure it.

Song Tiancheng was quite interested in her and liked to tease her whenever he had free time. Just when Shen Shuyue was about to give in and fall into his arms, Gu Yan, who had another argument with Ye Lan, drove over to find Shen Shuyue in a bad mood.

The moment the two saw each other, they embraced tightly. Shen Shuyue tearfully recounted how much she had missed him during this time and how she had been bullied.

Gu Yan tenderly picked her up and carried her into the bedroom. From then on, the two reconciled and Gu Yan understood that he and Ye Lan had missed their chance.

He has always loved the Ye Lan he imagined and idealized, not the current Miss Ye who is always throwing tantrums at him, arrogant, selfish, and spends money like water.

So Gu Yan began to plan how to break up with Ye Lan peacefully. Shen Shuyue resigned from Song's and returned to being the pampered canary that Gu Yan had raised.

Just like in her previous life, Ye Lan discovered that Gu Yan had fallen in love with someone else.

Enraged, she decided to use Gu Yan's name to lure Shen Shuyue out and arrange for Shen Shuyue to have a one-night stand with the sick playboy, which Gu Yan would then witness.

Shen Shuyue, as if possessed, called Liu Xi, her only good friend whom she had made while working at Song's, and invited her to go to a bar together.

Chen Xia, who had been monitoring Liu Xi's movements through a small system, staked out her on her way home from get off work, while the all-around Ling Yi went to a bar to deliver a big gift to the four of them.

To be honest, Shen Shuyue was truly unfortunate. When she was working at Song's, this kind young girl named Liu Xi took care of her and guided her step by step.

When she subconsciously felt that it was unsafe for her to go to the bar alone, she called Liu Xi without hesitation, without considering whether it would be dangerous for Liu Xi to go with her.

Chen Xia seized the opportunity and, just as Liu Xi came out of the office building, had the little system put a protective talisman on her, then immediately gave her a super-duper bad luck talisman.

Then, after walking only a few steps, Liu Xi was grazed by a luxury car that sped by. The little system seized the opportunity and immediately put a lucky charm on her after she was grazed.

With the blessing of the amulet and the lucky charm, Liu Xi was injured by the luxury car, but only suffered superficial wounds.

The luxury car driver was a rich second-generation young man with blond hair who had just gotten his driver's license. He dressed in an unconventional style, but he was a kind-hearted young man. In order to gain Liu Xi's forgiveness, he paid her a large sum of money.

If Liu Xi hadn't been grimacing in pain, she would have jumped around a bit to show how happy she was.

Xiao Huangmao's family is a major client of the company. After speaking with the company's boss, she was declared to have suffered a work-related injury, and she was able to continue receiving her salary and a large sum of compensation.

Such a good thing, if it weren't so painful, would be hard to find even with a lantern.

Liu Xi, who was injured and hospitalized, was unable to keep her appointment. She called Shen Shuyue to tell her about her situation. Although Shen Shuyue was disappointed, she couldn't force an injured patient to accompany her to the bar.

If she tries to invite other people now, not only will she not have enough time, but even if she did, she doesn't have that many good friends to mess with.

Undeterred, Shen Shuyue tried calling Chen Xia again, but the call still went unanswered. Anxious and hesitant, Shen Shuyue finally decided to go to the bar.

After that, things didn't go much differently from the previous life. The only difference was that, with Ling Yi's intervention, the guilty bartender mistakenly put the medicine Ye Lan gave him into four glasses of wine.

Then the four cups of wine were drunk by Gu Yan, Shen Shuyue, Ye Lan, and that playboy, respectively.

Then the four of them slept together under the same blanket. Because Gu Yan and Ye Lan were too mischievous, and Ling Yi added extra ingredients to the playboy's drink, they completely ruined the playboy surnamed Du.

When they woke up the next day, they discovered that their sleeping together and being in the same room had been photographed by some unscrupulous paparazzi and posted online.

Then the entire Shanghai Stock Exchange was in an uproar, and the stock prices of the three listed companies, Gu's, Ye's, and Du's, plummeted like freefall.

The three people in actual power were furious, but what was worse was yet to come. When the news broke that the playboy surnamed Du had been diagnosed with the disease, he was completely dumbfounded.

In just one month, the market value of the Gu and Ye companies shrank by one-third, causing serious damage, and recovery in the short term is out of the question.

Moreover, there's the Du family lurking nearby, eager to cause mutual destruction between the two families.

That playboy surnamed Du was the only son in his family, which was the most important reason why he could continue to indulge in a life of debauchery without fear of reprisal even after contracting the disease.

Now he's become a useless person who can only lie in bed and barely survive. No wonder his doting parents wouldn't be happy about that.

The Gu and Ye families did not dare to show weakness either. The two families joined forces and fought back and forth with the Du family. In the end, all three families were surrounded and defeated, which was a very satisfying ending.

In her previous life, after the original owner was infected with AIDS by a playboy surnamed Du, Shen Shuyue said it had nothing to do with her, saying that Ye Lan was the one who drugged her and that the one who forced her was that guy surnamed Du.

When Gu Yan hired someone to create the artificial body of Huang Yao, leaving the original owner with nowhere to turn in Shanghai and being scorned by the entire internet, she just stood by and watched.

They even made suggestive remarks, saying that if the original owner had been self-respecting enough, even if she had been drugged, she could have remained chaste and refused to sleep with that man surnamed Du.

The implication is self-evident. Since that's the case, let her experience it for herself.

Gu Yan will experience firsthand how his good cousins ​​used public opinion to pressure the original owner in his past life, and how they used public opinion to deal with him in this life.

As for Ye Lan, it all started with her. She deserved to suffer the consequences of her actions.

The story of the four's "love and hate" also reached Chen Xia's company, and her colleagues often gossiped about it during their breaks.

The version they heard was already heavily modified. In this version, Gu Yan and that playboy surnamed Du were childhood friends.

Both brothers fell in love with Ye Lan, but Ye Lan ultimately chose to date Gu Yan. The playboy surnamed Du was heartbroken and began to live a life of pleasure, eventually contracting the disease.

Later, Gu Yan and Ye Lan parted ways due to a misunderstanding. Ye Lan went abroad, and Gu Yan searched for one substitute after another.

Shen Shuyue is the most similar stand-in to Ye Lan. Gu Yan got together with her because she was a stand-in, but in the end, he fell in love with her for real.

After Ye Lan returned to China, Gu Yan reconciled with her, but secretly continued to maintain contact with her stand-in, Shen Shuyue.

Enraged, Ye Lan decided to take revenge on Gu Yan and drugged two of his wine glasses. The playboy surnamed Du, also seeking revenge for his goddess, drugged his wine as well, resulting in all four of them drinking the tainted drinks.

“My classmate’s cousin works at Du’s. He said that the playboy was a real scoundrel. He used to be indiscriminate and ruined a lot of people. He deserved to be ruined.”

"He's a real scoundrel. Even though he's sick, he still takes advantage of his family's money to harm people. It's a relief that he's gone."

"That Mr. Gu looks so respectable, but he's actually doing such shady things behind the scenes?"

"How can this not be considered a real-life manifestation of the stunt double fiction from idol dramas? Rich people just know how to have fun!"

"Sigh, this Shen Shuyue is quite pitiful. First, she was used as a substitute, and then she was framed by a rich heiress. It's true that it's risky for ordinary people to date domineering CEOs!"

"Tch, what's so pitiful about her? I have a fellow villager who works at the Gu family. She told me that this Shen Shuyue was a mistress and was involved in a love triangle. When she was talking to Gu Yan, Gu Yan's previous stand-in hadn't even broken up with him yet."

Later, when Miss Ye returned from abroad, Shen Shuyue took the exorbitant breakup fee and apartment from Gu Yan and left the Gu family business.

"I heard that Gu Yan is very generous with the breakup fees he gives to each of his girlfriends. In addition to money, he also gives them apartments worth tens of millions. Instead of pitying him, you should pity yourself."

"Indeed, we have a girl named Tang in our company who used to work at Song's. She said that after Shen Shuyue broke up with Gu Yan, she worked as a receptionist at Song's."

I heard she had a flirtatious relationship with CEO Song from their company, but later got back together with Gu Yan and resigned from Song's.

While busy with her work, Chen Xia listened to her colleagues sharing gossip they had gathered from various sources, and she felt incredibly pleased.

Just after the four of them suffered their retribution, Chen Xia received feedback from the small system. The original owner gave her a five-star review, told her to buy a house as soon as possible and to sweep her parents' graves, and then went to be reincarnated ahead of time.

This was the first five-star review she had ever received, and Chen Xia became happier and happier as she thought about it, even taking out her savings account to calculate it.

I decided to first visit the graves of the original owner's parents during the Qingming Festival, burn some gold and silver ingots, and offer incense, so that I can save up some money and buy a house next year.