Chapter 3: Chapter 3: Seriously, Honey? You Really Won!!

After filling in his information and delivery address,

Jiang Tao looked again at the details of the prize he’d won.

Even though it was only the cheapest model of the iPhone 15 he had won,

the latest price online was still 4399!

Brand new and unopened, if resold as second-hand, it could still fetch over 3900 even at a 10% discount!

That’s equivalent to Jiang Tao working half a month toiling away!

"If I could get intel like this every day..."

Thinking about this possibility, Jiang Tao’s heart burst with excitement!

a day, couldn’t he earn a hundred thousand or so a month!

In no time, he’d be able to clear all the family’s debts!

In no time, his wife and kids could lead a good life!

Thinking of this, Jiang Tao had a thought, and the blue virtual screen appeared once more before him.

[Today’s intel has been refreshed, 5 hours and 39 minutes until the next refresh, please be patient!]

Jiang Tao took out his phone to check the displayed time.

It was already 6:21 in the evening.

This meant the next piece of intel would refresh after midnight!

It would do no good to be anxious now.

Currently, the System Level is only Level 1, refreshing only one intel a day.

If he wanted to increase the number of daily refreshes, he would have to spend money to upgrade to Level 2.

"100,000! Forget it... better to wait a bit more!"

Seeing the finances needed to upgrade the system, Jiang Tao immediately dismissed the idea.

Right now, he didn’t even have 10,000 bucks, where was he going to find 100,000!

Besides, even if he had 100,000, he wouldn’t rashly upgrade something he still wasn’t very familiar with.

After the excitement, Jiang Tao first put some water to boil in the kettle.

Then he opened a bottle of Baijiu and poured himself a glass, snacking on peanuts to celebrate a bit.

Today he only earned 460 doing gig work, nothing out of the ordinary, nothing worth celebrating.

But finding a bottle cap in the trash and scanning it for an iPhone 15, now that was worth celebrating!

"I wonder what the next intel will be! It’d be great if it were another phone!"

"Then I could sell one for cash and save one for the wife as a New Year’s gift!"

"Xu Li has been using that Xiaomi for five or six years now, it’s so slow it’s ridiculous."

Ring, ring, ring, ring—

As if telepathically, just as Jiang Tao thought of his wife, Xu Li started a video call.

Jiang Tao quickly put away the bottle, wiped his mouth, and slid to connect the call.

"What’s taking you so long to pick up the phone, hiding a beauty in a golden house?"

As soon as the video call connected, a crisp female voice came through the phone.

The screen flickered to show a tall, slender woman in light pink thermal wear.

Her features resembled the TV star Zhang Tian’ai—this wasn’t anyone else; she was Jiang Tao’s wife, Xu Li.

Jiang Tao’s proudest thing in life was marrying someone like Xu Li, who had looks, had a figure, and was willing to live a simple life with him.

They started dating in their second year of high school and married in the first year of graduating university.

Six years of dating and seven years of marriage, although there were arguments, they always made up, supporting each other till now.

Met, knew, understood, and loved each other for 13 years.

From school uniforms to wedding dresses, from a sweet world of two to a happy family of three.

They weathered through thirteen years, and their bond was as unbreakable as gold.

"What are you daydreaming about at home all day, would you be willing to hide in this shack?"

Jiang Tao jokingly scolded and picked up the phone to show the room.

"Did you sneak a drink again just now?"

On the screen, Xu Li wrinkled her nose, as if she could smell the alcohol from Jiang Tao’s room a few hundred kilometers away.

"Hahaha, indeed, my wife understands me best, I can’t hide anything from the lady of the house!"

Jiang Tao laughed heartily, openly admitting, a man having a little drink wasn’t a big deal; he owned it!

"But wife, my drink today has a special meaning!"

Jiang Tao couldn’t tell anyone about the Intelligence System.

Otherwise, it would violate Article 23 of the user agreement, triggering the unbinding procedure.

Having bound the Intelligence System, Jiang Tao had just caught a glimpse of a better life; he couldn’t have it untied unexpectedly!

However, the resources and items obtained through the Intelligence System could be shared with others.

Today, he scanned for an iPhone 15, such a great event, naturally Jiang Tao couldn’t help but share it with his wife!

Sharing one joy turns into two!

"Hah, don’t I know you well, to have a drink you’ll come up with all sorts of nonsense! As if it matters!"

"Haha, today is different, I encountered something great, so I had a couple of celebratory drinks."

"Oh? What great thing happened? Some rich woman wants to keep you? If so, hurry and agree and send the money to the two of us."

Xu Li finished her sentence and burst out laughing on the other side of the call.

"You cheeky woman, always daydreaming about something great! Am I that easily tempted by rich women?"

"You probably wouldn’t believe me if I told you, but today while driving, I randomly bought a bottle of iced tea from a convenience store, and guess what?"

Xu Li rolled her eyes: "Win another bottle? Is that worth celebrating?"

"What ’win another bottle’! I, your husband, today was blessed with great fortune, a swipe of the phone, click! Guess what?"

Xu Li curiously asked: "Took a picture?"

Jiang Tao was speechless and directly revealed the truth:

"Forget it, you’d probably never guess even if you thought about it with a pig’s brain—I scanned and won an iPhone 15, first prize!"

"Heeheehee... You scanned and won first prize for iced tea? I also won the first prize for the lottery!"

On the other side, Xu Li laughed so hard she swayed hearing Jiang Tao’s words.

Could scanning a bottle cap of iced tea win a prize?

It sounded even less reliable than her own husband!

Jiang Tao knew that Xu Li wouldn’t believe him no matter how much he explained.

To be honest, if it hadn’t actually happened, he wouldn’t have believed such promotions for iced tea could actually win!

But the facts were right there, you had to believe it!

Jiang Tao didn’t explain any further and directly sent Xu Li the screenshot of his winning interface and the filled-in address information.

"No way, hubby? You really won!!!"

Seeing the screenshot sent by Jiang Tao, Xu Li was surprised and delighted, her mood soaring instantly!

Jiang Tao humorously said: "How could it be fake? You don’t think I’d be bored enough to Photoshop a winning screenshot, do you?"

"I believe you wouldn’t! Even if you wanted to Photoshop, you’d still need to know how!"

"Uh... that’s true."

"Hubby, you’re amazing! To actually win like this!"

"Xiao Xue, Xiao Xue, come quick, I’ve got good news!"

"Your dad achieved something amazing today! He actually won a big prize!"

On the call, after Xu Li praised Jiang Tao, she excitedly ran off with her phone to share the good news with their daughter Jiang Xue.

Watching his silly wife be as happy as a second idiot, Jiang Tao also laughed.

Oh, if only he could see his wife this happy every day!

Source: Webnovel.com, updated by lotustale.com