Chapter 5: Hello, You Can’t Poop Here
Even though he had already anticipated it, when he truly confirmed that he had “activated,” he still couldn’t hold back his excitement.
Moreover, the golden bracelet had appeared in such a simple and crude way, it was impossible that it wasn’t a cheat.
Grabbing the golden bracelet in his hand, it felt quite heavy, which immediately reassured him a lot—so long as it wasn’t plastic, that was fine.
There were no labels on the bracelet, nor was the weight marked.
The inner diameter wasn’t large, but it should weigh at least twenty to thirty grams.
He couldn’t tell whether it was real or fake—after all, he wasn’t in the business of collecting gold.
But once he went to a gold shop tomorrow, he would know.
Just as he was feeling excited, his phone suddenly rang.
Picking it up, he saw it was Yuan Meng sending him a voice call request.
“Master Lin, I’m here, hurry up, it’s already midnight, what good stuff do you have for me?”
As soon as he connected, Yuan Meng’s impatient voice came through.
“What good stuff?” Lin Mo asked in confusion.
“Didn’t you slap me three times and tell me to call you at midnight? I’ve read Journey to the West, I get it!”
Lin Mo: …
“Damn it… wait a moment, I’ll send you something.”
He really couldn’t comprehend Yuan Meng’s thought process.
He wasn’t Bodhi Patriarch, so why play this kind of act?
But he immediately thought of a countermeasure, found a cracked version online, and then packaged the link to send to Yuan Meng:
“Today I will teach you the Art of Wind Spirit Moon Shadow, which will let you display divine powers—whether gods or demons, they’ll be no match, even Kled is but a marked-for-death pawn!
Don’t talk about repaying me, just promise me this—if you cause trouble in the future, don’t say it was your master who taught you!”
Upon receiving the link, Yuan Meng immediately agreed, saying she would take responsibility if anything happened, and then she hung up.
“Ah, youth!” Lin Mo smiled, clearly in a good mood.
But soon Yuan Meng called again.
Of course Lin Mo didn’t answer—he wasn’t stupid, who knew what kind of scolding awaited him if he picked up?
After five consecutive calls with no answer, Yuan Meng sent three consecutive 60-second voice messages.
Without even opening them, he knew the “mom quotient” inside would be sky-high.
It ended with a bloody kitchen knife emoji.
Meanwhile, Lin Mo clutched the golden bracelet, too excited to sleep, and only drifted off after who-knows-how-long.
The next morning, when he normally would’ve slept in, Lin Mo unusually woke up early.
After a simple wash, he held the golden bracelet in hand and headed out.
Just as he reached the community entrance, he saw a middle-aged man walking out of the supermarket carrying a fishing rod on his back and a fishing box in his hand.
“He Qiang, get back here! If you dare to go, and if you come back tonight, then I’ll take your surname!”
At the entrance of the supermarket, a woman shouted.
But the man wasn’t afraid in the slightest, snorted, and turned away.
Who said the human race had no great emperors? Lin Mo sincerely admired him.
“Yo, you’re up early today, have you eaten yet?”
Turning his head, He Qiang saw him and spoke with a trace of awkwardness.
Mainly because since Lin Mo moved here, he often bought things at his supermarket.
Although he didn’t know Lin Mo’s name, after a few visits, he remembered him.
“Mm, I was just about to go eat. You’re going fishing?”
Lin Mo wasn’t especially social, but neither was he antisocial.
Normal conversation was fine.
“Yeah, working every day makes me as tired as a dog. Finally got a day off, I must throw a few casts~ alright, I’ll be off!”
After saying that, he hopped on his electric bike and left.
After a quick breakfast at a roadside stall, Lin Mo took a taxi to the commercial street.
He found a small gold shop with a sign that read: “High Price Gold Recycling.”
“Hello, do you take gold here?”
Lin Mo didn’t waste words, directly stating his intention.
At the front desk sat a middle-aged man, probably the boss and also the worker.
“We do.”
Hearing business, the boss greeted him with a smile.
Lin Mo handed him the bracelet.
“Do you have a receipt?”
“Can’t find it.”
“No problem.”
The boss examined it, then weighed it: thirty-two grams.
“Mind if I torch it?”
“No problem.”
He was only selling the gold, not the bracelet—so what did it matter?
The boss pulled out a blowtorch, heating it while chatting.
“This bracelet looks pretty new, huh?”
“Mm, it was a gift for my girlfriend, but she didn’t want it.” Lin Mo answered with a blank face.
This was the excuse he had prepared beforehand.
As for the missing receipt, he would say it was a surprise, so he threw it away.
Though it sounded a bit simpy, so what?
Money was what mattered.
Hearing that, the boss went silent, even looking at him with a trace of pity.
“The bracelet checks out. Today’s gold price is 820 per gram. That’s a total of 26,240. How about it?”
“No problem.” Lin Mo replied expressionlessly.
Seeing his demeanor, the boss assumed he was heartbroken.
So he straightforwardly transferred the money—since it was a private shop, they did face-to-face WeChat transfers.
Unlike big jewelry stores or official gold recyclers, which required forms and bank accounts, this was convenient.
The moment Lin Mo walked out of the gold shop, his lips could no longer suppress a grin.
Not only had he gained an unexpected fortune, but most importantly, he had confirmed that everything was real.
The future suddenly looked bright.
Suppressing the ecstasy in his heart, his steps grew faster and faster, his mind filled with visions of himself becoming a billionaire, financially free, envied by all.
But in his heart, a trace of fear also grew.
What if someone found out?
What if the purchase page suddenly disappeared one day?
For a moment, Lin Mo felt lost.
Facing this opportunity that could change his destiny, what mindset should he have?
Unknowingly, he walked into People’s Park.
Today was Saturday, and there were many people.
Children flying kites, old men selling kites, signs in the grass forbidding kite-flying, and security guards who ignored the children entirely.
Everyone’s spirits seemed good.
Each went about their own thing.
Everything was present, yet harmonious.
In that moment, Lin Mo’s heart calmed down.
He crouched, touching the wild grass at the roadside corner.
Yes, why think so much?
Like this wild grass—wind blew it, sun shone on it.
It seemed to possess the sun and the wind, but in truth, it had nothing.
It was merely a blade of grass.
The sun and wind would eventually disappear.
So, it should bask in the sun when there was sun, enjoy the wind when there was wind.
It had nothing to begin with, just like him.
“Hu~”
Lin Mo let out a heavy sigh.
He had figured something out, and his body suddenly felt much lighter.
“Man shouldn’t be too greedy—get a thousand, want ten thousand; become emperor, want to be immortal.
A man only has two hands—step into mountains of gold and silver, but he can only take two things.
Take a golden bracelet, and you can’t take a jade scepter.
How can one have everything?”
“Use the purchase page to strengthen myself.
While achieving financial freedom, also enrich my knowledge and skills.”
Thinking this, Lin Mo’s heart felt light and refreshed.
He couldn’t help but let out a comfortable sound.
“Ah~”
But the next second, a security guard’s voice came from behind him:
“Hello, you can’t poop here!”
Lin Mo: …
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