Super Rich by Doing as You Please-Chapter 54: He Actually Unfriended Me?

With nothing else to do, Xu Yun continued to slack off, reading a novel on his phone.

Ever since he found out the author of this "new money" novel was a woman, it just didn’t feel right whenever he read it anymore.

It was different from how he’d felt before.

But even though the author was a woman, she was true to her word and incredibly reliable.

She used to update 4,000 words a day, but now, because of his tips, she was churning out 30,000 words daily with extra Chapters. The woman was a machine.

Xu Yun checked her stats again and saw they were actually starting to improve.

It seemed his tips, combined with her explosive update schedule, had allowed her to capitalize on the wave of traffic he’d sent her way.

However, he had no intention of tipping her a large amount again.

He had tipped 100,000 before because he liked the book and wanted to support the author.

Now, if you asked him to tip for another Gold Alliance Leader, he wouldn’t do it.

Not even if the author was a pretty girl.

’I’m rich, sure, but I’m not willing to spend it on this. Wouldn’t it be better to use the money for something else?’

His money was only for himself and his mom.

If he ever spent it on another woman, it could only mean one thing: he wanted to sleep with her.

Of course, his hobbies didn’t count.

Reading novels in his spare time had always been a hobby, one he couldn’t just drop even after suddenly becoming rich.

After finishing the latest update, Xu Yun symbolically tipped her for a Silver Alliance Leader.

Then, he decided he wouldn’t read this genre anymore.

Because the things she wrote about, he was currently experiencing them himself, and his reality was even more real.

Reading this novel had lost its appeal; it no longer gave him that same thrill.

He, Xu Yun, was a man, not an animal.

He didn’t want to throw money at every woman he saw or met just to sleep with them.

This time, he didn’t receive any reward from the system for his tip.

This meant his desire for the book had truly faded. The system hadn’t detected any emotional fluctuation from him, as if he were just doing something mundane.

A clear case of failed indulgence.

To Xu Yun, ten thousand yuan was a small sum he could afford to ignore.

But for the novel’s author, it was a different story.

Chen Xin was at home, typing away, when she saw he had tipped for another Silver Alliance Leader. Besides being happy, a thought nagged at her.

’Could it be that this "Angry Brother" found out I’m a girl and is trying to make a move on me?’

After all, in the livestreaming world, was there ever a top tipper who didn’t want to sleep with the female streamer?

Just as Chen Xin was thinking she should make it clear to her top supporter that this was web fiction and she didn’t offer ’extra services’, a QQ message from him arrived.

She opened it.

[Angry Brother: I won’t be reading your book anymore. Think of this Alliance Leader donation as a farewell. Keep it up!]

"????"

Chen Xin tried to message him back to ask why he was quitting, only to see a notification that she was no longer his friend.

’He actually unfriended me?’

What just happened?

Chen Xin went to her reader group to look for him, but he had left that too.

The group admin, who saw the notification immediately, was also baffled.

He sent a message in the group, pinging the author to ask what was going on.

[Timeless Ebb and Flow: @Hua Zhu, what’s up? How come the whale tipped for a Silver Alliance Leader and then just bailed?]

[Timeless Ebb and Flow: Author, did you do something to offend him?]

’You’re asking me? Who am I supposed to ask?!’

Chen Xin muttered as she read the group chat, her motivation to write completely vanishing.

She suddenly felt as if she’d been ruthlessly abandoned.

And to think she had just been worried that he had designs on her, only for him to run off in the blink of an eye!

But she hadn’t even said anything.

Her being unwilling and rejecting him was one thing, but him bailing before she even had the chance was just... frustrating.

’Is it because he thinks I’m ugly?’

That was it. Chen Xin stopped writing and decided to take a break.

She stepped away from her computer, left her apartment, and decided to go pick up a package from the Mama’s Post Station first.

These days, unless it was SF Express or JD Logistics, you couldn’t expect any other delivery service to bring the package right to your door.

Leaving it at a pickup station was certainly a good option for office workers.

But for someone like her, who didn’t like going out and was home all the time, it wasn’t so convenient.

She really wanted to complain about the delivery services.

’Couldn’t the courier just call first when making a delivery?’

’Wouldn’t it be better to let the customer decide whether to have it delivered downstairs or left at the station?’

They said new delivery regulations were implemented on March 1st, but they were never actually enforced.

After changing her clothes, Chen Xin ran into Aunt Zhang Sujuan from across the hall while picking up her package at the Mama’s Post Station.

She was just about to pretend she hadn’t seen her and quickly leave with her head down, but the other woman spotted her.

Zhang Sujuan called out enthusiastically, "Chen Xin, you’re here to get a package too?"

"Yes, Auntie."

Chen Xin stopped, turned around, and said with an awkward smile, "What a coincidence. You’re here for a package too."

"Mhm, I wasn’t home when it was delivered yesterday, so I had them leave it here."

Holding her package, Zhang Sujuan asked, "You don’t look too happy. What’s wrong?"

"It’s nothing."

Chen Xin replied with a smile, "Auntie, if there’s nothing else, I’ll be heading back."

"Don’t go yet. Chat with me for a bit in the complex. I have something I need your help with."

"Oh? What is it?"

Zhang Sujuan said, "Can you take a look at this package for me?

The courier yesterday said it was some kind of expensive luxury item and that I should pick it up soon so it wouldn’t get lost."

"A luxury item?"

"Yeah, I don’t get it either."

Zhang Sujuan smiled. "It should just be clothes my son mailed me. I don’t recognize the brands, so I was hoping you could take a look. You’re young, you probably know about this stuff, right?"

"Uh, I know a little."

After all, she wrote "new money" novels, so she had looked up all sorts of luxury brands on Baidu and remembered quite a bit.

In fact, Chen Xin had noticed long ago that Aunt Zhang wore clothes from a luxury brand called Gucci every day.

Those were not cheap clothes.

But because they lived in an old, run-down residential complex, she had always assumed the clothes were probably knockoffs.

This suspicion grew even stronger when she saw several other aunties in the neighborhood wearing clothes from the same brand.

It was a small county, after all. You could find all sorts of counterfeit brands, and it wasn’t like the official companies would come after you for it.

But today, after hearing what Aunt Zhang said about the courier, she felt things weren’t so simple.

’She might not be able to tell the difference, but would a courier not know any better?’

’Or rather, wouldn’t a courier know the value of the package?’

And looking at the outer packaging of this delivery, it was indeed much nicer than a typical clothing parcel.

Just then, other neighbors from the complex, curious, started to gather around and greet them.

"Sujuan, opening a package?"

"Mhm."

Zhang Sujuan smiled. "My son bought me a few more pieces of clothing. I’m having Chen Xin take a look for me."

"With your son’s taste, what do you have to worry about?"

One of them said with envy, "Everyone says the clothes you’re wearing have a great texture, fine workmanship, and they look good and are cheap."

"That’s right! We all want to buy them but can’t find them anywhere."

"Your son is so filial."

Hearing this, Zhang Sujuan said happily, "Haha, thank you all for the compliments."

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