I am the Immortal Emperor, and I am VIP 50.

After shooing Zhou Wanwan away, Zhou Yu closed his bedroom door, sat back on the bed, and opened his online store.

Zhou Wanwan's investment of 1,000 yuan was indeed a lifesaver. After all, even if the store was emptied today, it would only cost 600 yuan. The remaining 400 yuan could be kept to see if the store would refresh the next day.

"Hoo..." Zhou Yu took a deep breath, calming himself down. "Let's begin."

Without hesitation, he pressed the button to purchase the body-strengthening agent.

Purchase failed.

Your balance is insufficient.

Insufficient balance?

Zhou Yu stared blankly at the ten hundred-yuan bills in his hand.

You fucking don't accept cash?

Do you know that refusing cash is illegal?

Left with no other option, Zhou Yu got up and left the bedroom, going to the kitchen where his mother was washing dishes. He said, "Mom, can you help me?"

Zhou's mother was washing the dishes with a clanging sound, the water splashing loudly. "What are you doing?"

"I'll give you some cash, can you transfer it to my WeChat account?"

Depositing money at the bank is usually a hassle, so Zhou Yu often uses this method to repay his mother. His mother didn't say anything, only asking, "How much?"

"One thousand yuan."

"A thousand yuan!" Zhou's mother's voice rose slightly as she turned to look at him. "Where did you get so much money?"

Zhou Yu: "Don't worry about that, just transfer it to me first, I need it urgently."

Zhou's mother looked at Zhou Yu with a strange expression. "It's not some money of dubious origin, is it?"

"You can rest assured about that; this money is absolutely clean, not stolen or robbed."

It was all obtained through deception.

Hearing Zhou Yu say this, Zhou's mother didn't ask any more questions. She just wiped her hands with a rag, took out her phone and transferred 1,000 yuan to Zhou Yu. "Now that you have money, be careful with it. You've never earned money before, so you don't know how difficult it is to earn it."

Zhou Yu thought to himself: I know now. I even tricked my sister for two hundred yuan. It's true that money is hard to earn and life is tough.

After exchanging the money for 1,000 yuan, Zhou Yu returned to his bedroom and decisively bought a body-strengthening injection.

One injection of the body-strengthening agent brings a moment of intense pain and pleasure.

Zhou Yu's vision went black for a moment, and when he regained consciousness, the blankets under his neck and head were soaked with the foam he had poured out.

"Holy crap, this thing is incredibly powerful. If someone saw me doing something like this, they might think I was up to something."

He picked up a piece of paper, wiped his mouth, crumpled it into a ball, and threw it neatly into the trash can.

Then it wasn't thrown in.

"call……"

He let out a long breath, then felt his phone vibrate in his crotch. He took it out and saw that he had spent 200 yuan today.

"Okay, okay..."

Zhou Yu tossed his phone aside. He still had two injections of Spirit Gathering Elixir left, each costing 200 yuan. He hadn't tried them yet and needed to test their effects.

Purchase successful

The next second, Zhou Yu felt something thin and hard pierce his dantian, which is his lower abdomen.

Immediately afterwards, a cool sensation surged out and instantly filled his entire dantian.

Holy crap!

Zhou Yu's face turned pale, and he immediately felt unclean.

However, the sensations of injecting the Spirit Gathering Agent and the Body Tempering Agent are completely different. This cool and refreshing feeling is like eating an ice cream on a hot summer day.

Pleasure controls the brain; drugs replace thinking!

When Zhou Yu came to his senses, he vaguely felt as if he had fallen into a den of demons.

After administering two injections of Spirit Gathering Elixir, Zhou Yu glanced at the shop's secondary page again.

After a total of four injections, my total expenses reached 800.

The shop's upgrade progress requires 5000, which means that if the shop refreshes with two Spirit Gathering Potions and two Body Tempering Potions every day, it will take a week for the shop to upgrade.

Even if the store refreshed with more Spirit Gathering Potions and Body Tempering Potions, Zhou Yu still couldn't afford them.

I'm broke!

I only have 400 yuan left in my WeChat account, which is only enough for two injections even if I wait until tomorrow. If I want to become stronger, I have to find a way to make money!

Thinking of this, Zhou Yu suddenly got up and walked out of his bedroom.

The door had just opened when Zhou Zaozao came out of the bedroom and bumped into him, asking, "What's all the commotion about?"

Zhou Yu stroked his chin. "I'm thinking, how can I make money?"

Zhou Zaozao: "Are you desperate for money? Are you really that short of cash?"

"I suppose so," Zhou Yu sighed, "Heaven is about to bestow a great responsibility upon this person..."

After a moment's hesitation, Zhou Zaozao said, "How about this, you do my homework, and I'll pay you a salary, okay?"

Zhou Yu squinted, "Tell me the price first?"

"50 cents for a workbook."

"Get lost." With that, Zhou Yu stroked his chin, scrutinizing his face in the bathroom mirror. "What price do you think my handsome photos would fetch?"

Zhou Zaozao: "If it's sold to a pig farm to help sows give birth, it should fetch a good price; but if it's sold to humans... don't even think about it, the compensation for emotional distress wouldn't even be enough."

Zhou Yu: "..."

Your mouth is really damn nasty.

"By the way," Zhou Yu asked, "would you be interested in being an angel investor?"

Zhou Zaozao paused for a moment when she heard those five words, "Angel investor? Invest in whom?"

"Of course it's your brother, me."

Zhou Zaozao gave him a look as if he were an idiot, then walked away without saying a word.

Zhou Yu: "..."

It seems there's only one person in the family who can be fooled; the other two are not easily fooled.

It seems there's only one way.

Zhou Yu took out his phone, opened QQ, and scrolled through his friend list, finally finding his elementary school classmate whom he hadn't seen for many years.

I opened it and sent the first message.

"Are you there?"

The other party replied with a "?".

Zhou Yu: How have you been lately?

The other party: It's alright. My grandfather sells tea. Would you like to buy some?

Zhou Yu: I'm not buying it. It's been a long time since I've seen my old classmate. I just wanted to ask how you've been.

The other person said: I'm fine. I drink tea that my grandfather grows every day, and I'm in great health. Would you like to buy some?

Zhou Yu: ...I'm not buying it. I have a question for you.

The other party: How did you know my tea leaves were growing well? You're really well-informed.

Zhou Yu: ...It's alright now.

The other party: Okay, by the way, are you short of money lately? Could you lend me some?

Zhou Yu silently blocked the other party.

Hold.

With no reliable mentors, I guess I still have to rely on my own two hands!

As the old saying goes, only hard work can lead to wealth. If you don't get rich, it just means you haven't been hardworking enough!

hiss……

That sounds weird; it's best not to say things like that in public anymore.

Thinking of this, Zhou Yu opened the chat interface of his former classmate.

"Hey old classmate, are you there? I need to borrow some money..."

"The hacker first sent four horses."

Zhou Yu: "..."