The Cannon Fodder Who Received Donated Hearts 3 - First Update, Mwah!
Ma Lin's words weighed heavily on the hearts of everyone in the dormitory, like a large stone.
"Five years of relationship, defeated by reality!" Yan Rui couldn't help but sigh, "Compared to his girlfriend of many years, he would rather spend a high dowry to marry a stranger. He deserves to end up like this!"
Yan Rui suddenly remembered the senior who confessed his feelings to her a few days ago. She originally thought that having a sweet romance during college would be nice.
But now she suddenly feels that she should be cautious about dating and keep her eyes open. If she can't see a future with someone, it's better to stay single.
Chen Xia, who was organizing her notes, didn't even look up when she heard this: "Actually, there's nothing to worry about. If you meet someone suitable, date them; if not, break up."
But I have no interest in dating right now. All I can think about is making money, making money, and more making money.
Liu Dandan bit her lower lip: "I think we can't condemn all men just because my cousin Linlin met one scumbag, can we?"
I believe that true love still exists in this world, just like my boyfriend and I.
If two people truly love each other, shouldn't it be acceptable to get married without a dowry?
Aren't there constant calls online to abolish the outdated practice of exorbitant bride prices? True love cannot be measured in money.
Anyway, I've made up my mind. When my boyfriend and I get married, we won't have a wedding ceremony, and we won't accept any dowry. We'll just get our marriage certificate and go on a destination wedding.
Ma Lin rolled her eyes: "Who doesn't have a wedding ceremony for a proper wedding? In my hometown, if there's no banquet and no dowry, it's the same as not getting married at all."
My grandma's neighbor's daughter got pregnant early on after living together with her boyfriend. The man's family refused to give a dowry or hold a wedding banquet, but they still got married.
Her mother-in-law often tells people, "My son is capable; he brought home a daughter-in-law without spending a penny."
Later, when the couple argued, her mother-in-law often egged her son on to get a divorce.
The common saying is that it's not a pity to divorce a daughter-in-law who doesn't cost money; you can just remarry.
Anyway, I think my cousin did the right thing. She should break up with that kind of stingy man who wouldn't spend money on her before marriage as soon as possible.
Anyway, I won't settle for a lousy guy. Of course, if he's more handsome than my idol XXX, that's fine too, haha!
Yan Rui couldn't help but laugh out loud: "I thought you were so resolute, but I didn't expect you to care about looks. You think being handsome means you can do whatever you want?"
Ma Lin nodded casually: "Yeah, if he's even more handsome than a celebrity, I'd be willing to put up with some hardship just for his looks."
But if he's not handsome and doesn't treat me well, what would I want from him? Of course I'd be very picky.
Seeing Liu Dandan pouting and looking unhappy, Chen Xia turned her head and continued organizing her review notes.
Seeing that Liu Dandan's tears were about to fall, Yan Rui quickly said a few words that she would like to hear.
"Nothing is absolute. Your childhood friendship with your boyfriend is different from others, so what are you worried about?"
Liu Dandan smiled secretly, pleased with herself. She and her boyfriend had known each other since junior high school, so their friendship was definitely special.
To be honest, she felt that her cousin Linlin was also at fault.
Since you've been dating your boyfriend for so many years, why put him in a difficult position? What's wrong with not asking for a dowry?
She felt that the reason Linlin's cousin's ex-boyfriend was angry was not because of the amount of the bride price, but because he felt that Linlin's cousin had used the bride price to test and desecrate their years of relationship.
Chen Xia and Ma Lin exchanged a glance and tacitly changed the subject. Ma Lin's sudden mention of her cousin today was, in fact, a subtle hint to Liu Dandan.
The boyfriend Liu Dandan is dating is even better than Ma Lin's cousin's ex-boyfriend.
Liu Dandan often flaunted her relationship with her boyfriend in front of them, but in Chen Xia's eyes, those things that could prove her love for her boyfriend were pale and laughable.
For example, there's a photo of Liu Dandan and her boyfriend on her desk.
The boy in the photo has his arm around her shoulder, and the watch on his wrist is a birthday gift that Liu Dandan saved up for half a year to buy for him.
When Liu Dandan celebrated her birthday, the boy sent her a large box lined with raffia, nine boxes of Want Want milk, another layer of raffia, a cheap woolen hat, and a teddy bear keychain.
He was incredibly stingy, even claiming that he knitted the hat himself and that the nine boxes of Want Want milk symbolized their love lasting forever.
The reason for giving Liu Dandan the bear keychain was that he hoped she would think of him every time she took it out of her pocket.
His thoughtfully chosen birthday gift moved Liu Dandan to tears.
Those boxes of milk just sat there until they expired; I couldn't bear to drink them.
Ma Lin complained more than once that the man was a stingy guy who wouldn't even buy milk with a new expiration date.
I guess it was milk that was close to its expiration date that I grabbed from the discount shelf at the supermarket.
Otherwise, how could Want Want Milk, with its nine-month shelf life, have expired after only half a month since it was shipped back?
He even demanded that Liu Dandan be grateful for such a cheap birthday gift.
He would throw a tantrum and refuse to answer Liu Dandan's calls at the drop of a hat. It's unclear where Liu Dandan got the conclusion that she and that man were truly in love.
Ma Lin looked at Liu Dandan with disappointment, implying that she was not going to give her a direct warning.
Chen Xia coughed twice, forcibly changing the subject: "Have you finished your programming assignments?"
"Ah, I haven't started yet, Xiaxia. After you finish writing, can I take a look?"
Yan Rui felt like he'd been granted a pardon and quickly picked up where Chen Xia left off: "I'm stuck on the last algorithm. Xiaxia, could you take a look and see what's wrong with me when you have a moment?"
Chen Xia picked up her bag: "Okay, can we wait until Saturday? I need to go to the library to borrow some books now."
"You don't need to wait for me when you go to the restaurant. The bubble tea shop has been quite busy lately, and I have to help out when I don't have evening study sessions."
Liu Dandan was still immersed in sweet memories and completely failed to notice her roommates' unusual behavior.
She was happily scrolling through the chat history when she suddenly exclaimed, "Tianhao said he wants to receive a pair of limited-edition sneakers as a birthday gift next month."
Unfortunately, his parents favor his younger brother and are reluctant to spend money on sneakers for him. I need to hurry up and pre-order some for him from the official website.
She got out of bed, turned on her computer, went to the official website, and gasped when she saw the price of the sneakers: "My God, how can these sneakers be so expensive?"
Oh dear, I don't have much money left for living expenses this month. I have no choice but to use Alipay's installment payment service and pay it off slowly.
Yan Rui leaned over and saw the prices of sneakers on the website, and couldn't help but advise Liu Dandan.
"Dandan, we are still poor students who receive living expenses from our parents."
Shoes that cost two or three hundred are fine to buy, but I advise you to be more cautious about shoes that cost two or three thousand.
After all, your boyfriend cares about you so much, he certainly wouldn't want you to scrimp and save for months just to buy him a pair of shoes.
Just as Liu Dandan was about to pay, she heard Yan Rui's words and her heart skipped a beat: "Really? But he really wants it!"
Marlene snorted: "I'd like to be the President of the United States too, but who's going to let me be one? Wanting something is one thing, being able to afford it is another."
Spending money on him like this might be a burden for him! Just like we saw in the video earlier.
Your high school classmate's male classmate, just because he accepted an expensive gift from that rich woman, is being called a kept man by her.
Imagine if your boyfriend wore such an expensive pair of limited edition sneakers. If others saw it, they would either think he was vain and bought fakes to fool people, or they would think he was dating a rich woman.
Either way, it won't be good for him. Since you love him, you should think about his feelings; you shouldn't buy those shoes.
Liu Dandan has always been indecisive, but Yan Rui and Ma Lin's words made her uneasy. It was indeed possible that the situation her two roommates described could happen.
The milk tea shop is doing good business. Apart from Ling Yi, the other three girls are lifelike nanny robots.
The three of them were in charge of cooking, Chen Xia was in charge of cashiering, and Ling Yi was in charge of packaging. The five of them worked together and it was another day with record-breaking sales.
The small system obtained a consecrated statue of the God of Wealth from the trading group, which is believed to attract wealth and bring prosperity to the store.
Since we put up this statue of the God of Wealth, the shop's business has been getting better every day.
If it weren't for the tireless lifelike nanny robots, the store would probably need to hire a few more people to work in two shifts.
At 6 a.m. on Monday, the flash sale system refreshed on time. Among the five items, Chen Xia immediately took a liking to option three: a 260-square-meter, fully furnished, four-bedroom, two-living room, three-bathroom apartment in Nanhu District near the school.
The house, priced at 30,000 yuan per square meter, was sold for just one yuan in a flash sale – it was so amazing! Chen Xia looked at the other items with lingering interest, feeling a little regretful that the flash sale could only be held once a week.
The flash sale system popped up: "Once a day is fine, but the items sold in flash sales are not cost-effective, so we do not recommend that the host choose to do flash sales every day."
Chen Xia rubbed it: "I know, I was just saying, you've already done a great job."
"Once this little world ends, I'll give you a five-star review, and then you can graduate smoothly."
After returning to the underworld, Chen Xia rested for a while. He heard from other mission takers that they had also encountered a secondary system like the one-yuan flash sale.
It was learned that these secondary systems were all novice systems that had just been released from the system factory.
It has limited functionality, is rigid and inflexible in performing tasks, and has a very low level of intelligence.
Newly manufactured systems have an internship period. Only after passing the trial and receiving a five-star rating will they complete their internship and be officially transferred to become a level-two system.
Song Jingwen walked out of the coffee shop with his head drooping.
He tripped over the door as he stepped outside and almost fell over that damn threshold at the coffee shop entrance. This was the third time he had nearly fallen that day.
He lifted his foot onto the step, but after taking only one step, his shoe suddenly slipped on the wet marble. His left leg slid forward uncontrollably, and before his right leg could catch up, he heard a snap, and he performed a difficult split in front of everyone.
Song Jingwen screamed in agony and almost fainted. He braced himself on the ground with both hands, his groin burning with pain, feeling as if his tendons were about to be torn apart.
Passersby stopped in their tracks. A middle-aged man in a suit twitched slightly at the corner of his mouth. As a man, he knew without even trying how painful this position could be.
The middle school students in school uniforms simply took out their phones and started recording.
Song Jingwen was in great pain and wanted to roar, but at this moment, he was in so much pain that he couldn't even utter a single word.
Song Jingwen struggled on the ground for a full two minutes, grimacing, before finally managing to slowly crawl up, supporting himself on his knees like a clumsy tortoise.
As he stood up, he clearly heard a cracking sound from the tendons on the inside of his thigh, which made him tremble all over in pain.
"Today has been the worst day ever..."
Song Jingwen limped down the street. Lately, he didn't know which deity he had offended, but he was so unlucky that even drinking cold water could cause him to choke.
"I really need to go to the temple to pray when I have time, to get rid of the bad luck." Song Jingwen rubbed his sore thigh and decided to go back to school to lie down first.
As for part-time work, he can only look for it slowly later. Fortunately, he put all the gifts that his rich sister bought for him on a second-hand website for sale.
Song Jingwen's misfortunes came one after another, and He Tiantian's family was also constantly in trouble.
The pickled cabbage produced by He Zhiqiang's company was suddenly exposed to have serious safety issues.
Footage taken by reporters during an undercover investigation shows that the supposedly traditional pickled cabbage, fermented for a full time using traditional methods, was actually pickled in an earthen pit.
When workers were collecting pickled vegetables from the fields, some wore slippers and some went barefoot. They smoked cigarettes while working, and even threw their cigarette butts directly onto the pickled vegetables.
When asked whether the sauerkraut was tested for hygiene before being purchased and brought to the factory, the reporter inquired with the person in charge.
The person in charge told him very confidently, "No!"
Reporter: "Why does your factory choose to purchase the standardized pickling tanks from outside instead of using the ones you built?"
The person in charge chuckled: "Of course, it's cheaper and more cost-effective to buy from outside. The sauerkraut pickled in the factory's standardized pickling tanks is for export processing."
Foreigners have strict hygiene standards, and we have no choice but to comply in order to make money.
This incident escalated rapidly, eventually sparking widespread online discussion and boycotts. This exposure implicated many partner companies.
These companies immediately suspended their cooperation with He Zhiqiang's company and issued apology statements.
The He family business is teetering on the brink of collapse, and sales of other products from the company have plummeted as a result. Various online questions have arisen regarding whether other products manufactured by the He family also pose food safety and health risks.
Netizens have sharp eyes, and soon some people posted photos showing that the starch sausages and canned goods they had previously purchased from He's food factories also had various problems. Some even provided food inspection reports that they had paid for themselves.
This sparked a huge online backlash, with netizens calling for a boycott of all food products manufactured by the Ho family company. Supermarkets across the country also removed Ho's products from their shelves, distancing themselves from the company.
Suddenly, the He family company was like a rat in the street, hated by everyone.
Especially after someone discovered that the pattern printed on the packaging of one of their beverages was extremely similar to the Japanese flag, the He family's products were completely ignored.
With the company on the verge of bankruptcy, He Zhiqiang was so worried that he couldn't eat or sleep. Just then, bad news came from the hospital: his daughter, He Tiantian, had suddenly worsened and was admitted to the ICU.
The doctor called him into his office and told him with a grave expression, "Mr. He, your daughter's heart function has deteriorated severely. The only way to save her now is to have a heart transplant as soon as possible."
Looking at his daughter, who was dying on the hospital bed, He Zhiqiang felt as if his heart was being torn apart. She was the only child left to him by his deceased wife.
He went everywhere seeking connections to find a suitable heart for his daughter. But a heart is not like a kidney; it's not something you can just find easily.
Just then, a rich second-generation heir with whom he had previously worked told him that the underground black market might be able to help him.
He Zhiqiang, whose rise to power was not exactly honorable, certainly knew what the underground black market was like. As long as you could afford it, people would even take on murder.
He Tiantian's condition could no longer be delayed. After thinking about it all night, He Zhiqiang decided to take a risk and spend money to find a suitable heart for his daughter in the underground black market.
This bait was deliberately thrown out by the small system to set a trap, send evidence to the relevant departments, and bring these rampant criminals in the country to justice.
Of course, in the search for evidence, appropriate bait is indispensable. He Zhiqiang and Song Jingwen, this father-in-law and son-in-law who had done terrible things in the past, can be put to good use as bait.
As for why, in the end, among the criminals caught, besides those involved in human organ smuggling, there would also be those involved in drug trafficking and other crimes, does that really matter?
Since they're all equally wicked, there's no need to wait for the 2018 crackdown on organized crime; it's better to take them all down beforehand.
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