I Tied Up the Travel Check-In System - Chapter 9

Tang Siqi stared at the words on the screen in a daze.

Mysterious upgrade…what is that?

Tang Siqi looked at the words and couldn’t figure out what the system upgrade meant. She remembered that the last upgrade had given her a life countdown. Could it be that it was going to do something weird again?

However, considering the context, it seemed that the upgrade didn’t mean a bad thing.

Tang Siqi shook her head and thought, forget it, let’s make the best of it. There’s no point in thinking too much. Let’s wait until she completes ten A-level punch-ins before she thinks about it.

“Siqi, are you up? I’m going out to buy some supplies. There are some hand-pulled pancakes in the refrigerator. You can fry them in a pan and eat them.” Xu Qianning was standing at the door changing shoes. When she heard some movement in the bathroom, she said to the inside.

Tang Siqi opened the door and walked out: “I’m going downstairs to eat today. Oh, by the way, Qianning, do you know of any good breakfast shops nearby?”

“Breakfast shop? What do you want to eat?”

“Anything, steamed buns or steamed buns are fine, as long as they taste good.”

Xu Qianning smiled and said, “That’s easy. Let’s go, I’ll take you there. There’s a steamed bun shop in the alley behind our house. Junbao loves their soup dumplings. He kept pestering me to try them this morning.”

“Yeah, that’s great!”

Tang Siqi quickly changed her shoes and followed Xu Qianning out.

She rarely went out and had no idea what good food was nearby, but following Xu Qianning, she easily found the soup dumplings shop. What she didn’t expect was that there was a long line at the door.

“Wow, is business so good here?” Tang Siqi exclaimed as she looked at the line.

Xu Qianning: “Don’t even mention now, even in the middle of winter there are already long lines. You, even if you rarely go out, it only takes two minutes to walk downstairs. Okay, you wait in line while I go stock up.” ”

Okay, go ahead.”

Tang Siqi stood at the end of the line, feeling quite curious.

She had only moved to Shanghai a few months ago, having previously attended university there for four years. She couldn’t name anything delicious here.

During her university years, she’d only stayed in her dorm playing games, never attending class reunions, and rarely going shopping.

The soup dumplings shop was small, with no seating. There were only a few short tables and chairs arranged along the alleyway. Some people would sit on small stools after buying their dumplings, each with an anxious look on their face. Tang Siqi watched for a while and felt a little hungry. She wondered if the dumplings were really as good as Xu Qianning claimed.

However, she still trusted Junbao’s taste; he believed that delicious food was usually not bad.

After waiting in line for about twenty minutes, Tang Siqi finally bought a basket of xiaolongbao. She brought it to a table, where a spot was available. She sat down, grabbed a pair of chopsticks, and eagerly took a bite.

“Ah! It’s so hot!” Tang Siqi was suddenly scalded.

“Don’t be impatient, little girl. Eat slowly. You can’t eat hot dumplings in a hurry,” said an elderly man sitting nearby.

Tang Siqi smiled sheepishly, helplessly waiting for the dumplings to cool slightly before eating.

When she could eat them, she took another bite and truly savored the dumplings’ wonderful flavor. The wrapper was so thin that it was easy to bite into the filling, which was just the usual pork filling. The savory broth made it irresistible. One bite, then another. After one, she was craving another. Before she knew it, the whole basket was gone.

After finishing a basket, she found the broth rich and delicious without being greasy. The portion was just the right amount, filling without feeling stuffed.

“Ah… delicious!”

As expected, Luo Junbao, the little gourmet, had certified it. It was truly delicious.

Tang Siqi reluctantly stood up, but just as she did, another customer sat down with their buns.

Tang Siqi pulled out her phone and opened the app. She wondered if this bun shop could be used as a daily check-in task.

[Congratulations, you have successfully checked in at “Wu Ming Xiao Long Bao Shop” and received an A rating. The system rewards you with 24 hours of health, 100 gold coins, and a total wealth of 262 gold coins.]

Wow, that’s pretty good.

I didn’t expect that just by going downstairs and eating some dumplings, I could get a 100 gold reward, and a 24-hour bonus!

What a bonus!

Could other snack shops also offer the same ability to check in and get 100 gold coins?

Tang Siqi picked another pancake shop, which was also doing quite well. She packed a pancake, took a casual bite, and then tried to check in.

[Since the host checked in at two snack shops in a short period of time, and didn’t really like the food at either place, consuming too many calories in a short period of time can lead to weight gain, which is not good for your health. This check-in is rated F. 10 hours of health points will be deducted. Remaining health points: 28 hours. 50 gold coins will be deducted. Remaining wealth: 212 gold coins.]

Tang Siqi: Ahhhhh!

I didn’t expect that checking in casually would result in a loss of gold and health points. If I had known this, I wouldn’t check in so casually.

Tang Siqi wanted to cry, but she couldn’t. She felt like all her strength was draining away.

She went home and lay in bed, browsing Weibo for gossip. Then she remembered that she hadn’t checked today’s gold mall yet. There were different sales every day, so she quickly clicked on it.

Today’s food promotion was quite tempting.

[Fresh premium black fish: 10 gold coins/piece (approximately 1500g). ]

[Fresh domestic abalone: 10 gold coins/piece. ]

[Fresh Boston lobster: 50 gold coins/piece (about 500g), 100 gold coins/piece (about 1500g). ]

It looks pretty good, but this lobster seems a bit expensive.

Tang Siqi casually checked the price of Boston lobsters on the Internet. Wow, a Boston lobster of about one kilogram costs two or three hundred yuan, and about three kilograms costs five hundred yuan or more.

With this calculation, it seems that using gold coins is not bad.

Looking at today’s daily necessities, um, there are no promotions that interest me.

Tang Siqi stared at the lobster in a daze. Oh, if I hadn’t punched in randomly just now, the 50 gold coins would not be deducted. This is a loss of a lobster!

Okay, but I still have more than 200 gold coins left, so it’s okay to exchange for lobsters. She clicked to exchange, but a prompt popped up:

[The system has detected that the host has unfinished work tasks. Please complete the work before entering the mall to exchange. ]

What?

Tang Siqi was confused: “No!”

[Didn’t the host just accept a portrait painting assignment today?]

Tang Siqi: “…”

“But I agreed to submit the work within three days, and today is only the first day.”

[Host, please complete the task as soon as possible.]

She hadn’t expected the system to detect what assignments she had accepted, and even her progress.

Given her usual work pace, she’d definitely procrastinate as much as possible. For a three-day draft like this, finishing the first draft on the third day was considered impressive.

She’d originally planned to catch up on anime today and help her friends in the art group earn points.

She’d been waking up early these days and wanted to get some sleep in. But if she kept putting it off, she was afraid she wouldn’t be able to redeem the lobster today.

After a moment’s thought, Tang Siqi finally got out of bed and reluctantly sat down at her computer. She

flipped through the fan’s message, which had requested a warm, cartoon-style bunny as her profile picture.

Tang Siqi hadn’t been very creative at first, but then it occurred to her that this fan had seen her drawings for Colorful Paradise and probably liked that style.

She immediately had an idea.

She picked up her brush and sketched on her tablet. A bunny clutching a carrot appeared on the canvas, one ear erect, the other drooping.

After the rough sketch was complete, Tang Siqi began the line drawing. Here, she added a lot of details to the bunny, like the slightly fuzzy, ragged fur on its head and a vest with plenty of pockets.

After that, it was time to color, and the entire painting was completed quickly. This cartoon-style painting isn’t difficult.

After finishing, Tang Siqi sent the profile picture to the other party.

Yiqi Sees the World: [picture.jpg, look at this picture. Are you satisfied?]

Xianxian: [Wow, is that so fast?

] Xianxian: [I love this profile picture so much, how did you do it!]

Xianxian: [Ahhhh, I’m so satisfied!]

Xianxian: [Take the picture, I’ll change it right away. Mmmmm.jpg]

Yiqi Sees the World: [Hehe.jpg, as long as you like it.]

Wow, from start to finish, it took less than an hour.

This is her fastest time ever.

Before, when she graduated, she also tried to work as an artist at a company, but she quit after less than two months.

The company was large, with many employees and a wide range of work, demanding high-quality work and a fast turnaround. She simply couldn’t adapt to the intense pace, so even though the salary offered after her internship was good, she didn’t want to continue.

She later worked in her hometown, where the company offered less pay and a bit more leisure, but it wasn’t the kind of painting she enjoyed. After a while, she decided to return to being a professional artist.

However, freelance work requires more self-discipline than any other profession, and her self-discipline…is practically nonexistent. Lately, under the system’s supervision, she’s been painting quite a bit, making it her most productive period since becoming a full-time artist.

Tang Siqi opened the app again and tried to redeem lobsters.

[Congratulations, host, you have successfully redeemed two Boston lobsters (1500g each). Please purchase them at the reimbursement merchant. Remaining wealth: 12 gold coins.]

Wow, it worked!

Tang Siqi happily left. Of course, to buy such high-quality seafood, she had to go to an imported supermarket.

This was her second time here since she moved in. The last time she came, she bought pork ribs, which she also exchanged with gold coins.

She felt that her living standard had improved visibly after being connected to this check-in system.

Tang Siqi went straight to the seafood area.

“Auntie, please pick out two Boston lobsters for me. I want the big ones that are 3 kilograms.”

The auntie in charge of weighing looked at her and said, “It’s expensive for a little girl to buy such big lobsters. How about I pick out these ones that are about one kilogram for you? They are much more cost-effective.”

“No, no, pick out the bigger ones for me.”

The auntie picked up two, one of which was exactly three kilograms, and the other was two and a half kilograms.

“The one that weighs two and a half kilograms is also very big. Is this one okay?”

Tang Siqi knew the system’s routine very well. If it said three kilograms, it would be best to choose one of similar size: “Auntie, please choose another one for me. I only want the one that weighs three kilograms.”

“Well, okay then.”

The aunt was very patient. In the end, she chose two lobsters that weighed exactly three kilograms for her. When she was bargaining, she couldn’t help but say, “These big ones are expensive. Two are more than a thousand!”

Tang Siqi happily carried the lobsters to the checkout and walked out of the supermarket. Sure enough, she received a text message on her mobile phone.

Another day of successfully getting high-end ingredients for free, yay!