OFR – Chapter 12 QQ group

“Why hasn’t the butterfly orchid arrived yet?”

Mu Bai kept thinking about planting butterfly orchids. Based on the expected delivery time of one or two days, the orchid should have arrived by now, especially since the shop he ordered from was not far away, located in Jianghai Province. With the improved speed of delivery services nowadays, packages within the same province typically arrive within a day.

“Let’s check the logistics on Taobao.” Mu Lin was about to open Taobao when a call came in.

Mu Lin answered the call.

“Hello, are you Mr. Mu? I have a package for you. I’m currently at the entrance of Huahai Garden Community. Can you come and pick it up?”

Mu Bai rented a basement in one of the buildings in Huahai Garden. Upon hearing that his package had arrived, he quickly left the basement and said, “Speak of the devil! I was just thinking about my package. Alright, I’ll be there shortly.”

Three minutes later, Mu Bai arrived at the community entrance, where he saw a deliveryman waiting. He collected the package, signed for it, and then returned to the basement with the butterfly orchid package.

The butterfly orchid is considered a relatively valuable orchid, with common ones starting at several hundred yuan. If cultivated in the magical space, Mu Bai could potentially earn seventy to eighty thousand yuan, or even more, from each plant.

Back in the basement, Mu Bai opened the package to reveal two pots of fresh butterfly orchids, which had not been damaged during the delivery, much to his satisfaction.

Mu Bai took the two butterfly orchids and entered the magical space.

“Ding! The magical space has available slots for planting and breeding. Would you like to plant or breed now?” A few lines of light and shadow text appeared before Mu Bai.

“Confirm.”

He confirmed and then planted the two butterfly orchids, each with six flowers, into the magical space.

“Ding! Congratulations on successfully planting. Since this time the planted flower is of a higher grade, each plant will consume 20 network copper coins. You currently have 17 network copper coins remaining.”

“What? It can get more expensive?” Mu Bai felt a headache upon hearing the system’s voice.

He hadn’t expected that planting more valuable flowers would consume more network currency.

“This is burning money! Where is my magical space that was supposed to create billions in wealth? It seems more like a money-eating machine!” Mu Bai complained casually, knowing that the income from the magical space far exceeded the expenses.

Planting one butterfly orchid requires 20 network copper coins, equivalent to 2,000 RMB. However, each plant can sell for at least tens of thousands of yuan, making the profit substantial.

After planting the butterfly orchids, Mu Bai checked their growth status and found that this time, the nutrient absorption period was longer, requiring seventy-two hours, or three days and nights.

“Hmm, it’s time to upgrade the space,” Mu Bai thought, as upgrading the space would increase the time flow and space range.

After inspecting everything, Mu Bai felt a bit bored and left the magical space.

He planned to watch Wang Yuwei’s live broadcast and perhaps send her some gifts, but at that moment, the distinctive QQ notification sound rang.

“Ding ding.”

Mu Bai opened his QQ app and saw a message from his high school QQ group.

“The Southwest High School Student Group?”

Mu Bai saw that it was his high school group. Yes, he was once a student at Southwest High School, the same school as Wang Yuwei. However, due to his family situation, Mu Bai only had his grandfather to support his education. But as his grandfather aged and could no longer work, Mu Bai dropped out after just over two months of high school to earn a living in Nanjing and occasionally bring money back to support his grandfather for a few days.

However, as the saying goes, “The tree wishes to remain still, but the wind won’t cease; the child wishes to be filial, but the parents are gone.”

Mu Bai’s grandfather passed away half a year later. It took Mu Bai long time to recover from his grief.

Mu Bai clicked on the group and saw a group announcement.

“This group is for all former and current students of Southwest High School. If you’re not a member of the school, please leave voluntarily. Thank you for your cooperation. If you choose to stay, please follow the group rules: no random insults and no political discussions.”

Mu Bai glanced at the announcement and then closed it.

At this time, a group admin had just sent an all-member message, laying out some group rules, like no explicit discussions during the day and asking non-students to leave the group.

During this period, the admin approved a few new members, who were presumably students of Southwest High School.

Some group members sent welcome messages to the newcomers, but these were soon buried in the ongoing chat.

The QQ group was very active, with most of the participants being college students or graduates, as current high school students were in class and couldn’t chat.

As for the admin’s rules, they were more of a formality, and no one took them seriously, not even the admin, who just wanted to make his presence known.

The current chat in the group was very lively, centering around a girl named Qian Yiwen.

“Ha ha, I heard Qian Yiwen is making big money now?”

“Yeah, she paid for our last group gathering.”

“What’s Qian Yiwen doing now? She seems well-off.”

“Of course. Look at the novel ‘The Domineering CEO’s Proud Pet’—it’s written by her. I heard it sells three thousand copies a day, earning her fifty to sixty thousand a month.”

“My God, Qian Yiwen hasn’t even graduated yet and she’s making fifty to sixty thousand a month. I’ve been working for years and I only make five to six thousand a month.”

“Last month, Qian Yiwen visited Southwest High School and brought many gifts for the teachers, making them very happy.”

“I heard she’s invited to sing at this year’s Mid-Autumn Festival at our school.”

“Ha ha, we’ll get to worship a great writer.”

“And she’s a beautiful writer too.”

“Qian Yiwen?”

Mu Bai had some impression of Qian Yiwen. During his two months at Southwest High School, he saw her once when she returned from Nanjing University.

Qian Yiwen was very beautiful, on par with Wang Yuwei and He Lin.

“So she’s writing novels to make money. No wonder she drove an Audi to school that day.”

Mu Bai had seen a young girl driving an Audi to school and thought she was a rich second-generation kid, but it turned out she was a web novelist.

When Mu Bai initially left school and couldn’t find a part-time job, he had considered writing web novels but found out that the industry was tough. Over eighty percent of web writers earned nothing, and about fifteen percent only made a few hundred yuan a month. Only a few percent, even thousandths, made real money.

But even among those who made money, only a few hundred in the entire industry could earn as much as Qian Yiwen, making her success very enviable.

At this moment, Qian Yiwen suddenly spoke up in the QQ group.

Qian Yiwen: “Alright, I just logged in and saw everyone discussing me. Please stop; you’re making me shy.”

“Ha ha, interacting with the great writer Qian Yiwen.”

“Beautiful senior, mwah!”

“Senior, I like you. Can I pursue you?”

“Senior, I can’t believe you’re making fifty to sixty thousand a month. I feel ashamed of my measly earnings.”

The group chat became even more lively with Qian Yiwen’s appearance.

However, at this moment, Mu Bai suddenly received a random task from the magical space.

This random task appeared as a few lines of light and shadow characters.

“Ding! The app detected that the host is being ignored in the group, triggering a random task. The host needs to shift the group’s topic to themselves within two hours and gain the envy of group members. Completing the task will reward five primary growth cards and one bottle of primary nutrient solution.”