How A Ride-Hailing Driver Comes To Dominate The World? [EN]: Chapter 410

New Rewards: My Fate Is Up to Me

Yang Chen looked at the young girl; she had suffered a stroke.

Yang Chen started the car to go to the hospital and reminded the parents, “She had a stroke due to staying up late studying for long periods. It looks like the situation is quite serious. If the treatment isn’t effective, she may be left with hemiplegia [paralysis on one side of the body].”

The male passenger quickly asked, “Little brother, can you treat illnesses?”

Yang Chen: “I know a little.”

Male passenger: “Then can you save my daughter? I beg you.”

Female passenger: “Little brother, please, if you can treat illnesses, please take a look at my daughter.”

Yang Chen’s heart softened, and he quickly pulled over to the side of the road.

He took out his needle kit, removed the gold needles, and inserted them into the girl’s Yifeng [acupoint behind the ear], Fengchi [acupoint at the base of the skull], and Fengfu [acupoint below the occipital protuberance] acupoints.

After a short while, the girl slowly opened her eyes.

The parents were overjoyed and hugged their daughter, crying.

Yang Chen quickly reminded them to let go of the girl, and then he removed the gold needles.

Then, Yang Chen took out paper and a pen, wrote a prescription, and handed it to the male passenger, instructing, “Go to a proper pharmacy to get the medicine according to the prescription. Stick with it for half a month, and she should be fine.”

The male passenger took the prescription, very grateful.

Yang Chen smiled and shook his head, saying, “Studying is important, but the child’s health is even more important. Judging by her age, she should be about to take the *gaokao* [National Higher Education Entrance Examination], right? The pressure of studying is already high, and she’s also staying up late frequently. Her body definitely can’t handle it.”

The male passenger sighed and said, “It’s so hard for ordinary people these days. The only chance to change their fate is the *gaokao*. Our child’s grades are pretty good, so we sold our house and brought her to the capital to find famous tutors for intensive courses, hoping she can get into Huaqing University [a top university in China]. The child is also very sensible and studies very hard. Isn’t there just over a month left until the exam? We thought we should just go all out and get through this month. Who would have thought something like this would happen? If we had known her body couldn’t handle it, we definitely wouldn’t have let her study for so long every day.”

The little girl quickly comforted him, “Dad, don’t be sad. I’m fine. I’m probably just a little sleepy. I’ll go home and get a good night’s sleep, and I’ll be fine tomorrow.”

The parents both smiled with pity and nodded. They didn’t know how to comfort their daughter.

In reality, this is the current situation for many ordinary people. The only way for them to change their fate is the *gaokao*.

If they fail to get into a good university, only a miracle can help them get ahead.

Now, there are too many college students. Graduates from slightly less reputable universities have a hard time finding jobs. They can only desperately try to get into universities like Huaqing to have some security.

Therefore, Yang Chen can very much understand this family’s thoughts and situation.

They even sold their house back home. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say they’re burning their boats.

In this situation, the little girl must be under a lot of pressure. She wishes she could use every minute to study.

If she doesn’t get good grades, how will she face her parents?

Yang Chen smiled and nodded, saying, “I understand your thoughts. However, I still suggest that in the remaining time, the child should ensure at least 8 hours of sleep each day. If she continues to stay up late, she might not be so lucky next time. Life is like this; you always have to ‘give up’ something. You give up your health to get good grades. You give up some study time to get a healthy body. It depends on what you choose.”

“Get out of the car and walk back. It’s a good way to take a walk, relax, and stretch your muscles.”

The male passenger quickly took out his wallet and asked, “Little brother, how much should I pay for the treatment?”

Yang Chen: “I didn’t treat you! I was just doing a good deed. Get out, I need to go eat.”

The family of three thanked Yang Chen for his help and then got out of the car.

The little girl suddenly ran to the front of Yang Chen’s car and bowed very seriously.

Yang Chen smiled at her and said loudly, “Good luck, I hope you can get into the university of your dreams.”

The little girl smiled and nodded, quickly stepping to the side of the road to clear the way.

Yang Chen drove away to find a place to eat.

After eating, Yang Chen picked up a passenger going to the airport and brought back a family of three who had just returned from the United States.

The male passenger started making phone calls as soon as he got in the car. From what he was saying, it seemed like he was contacting famous tutors for his son.

After hanging up the phone, the male passenger said happily, “Chen Shuang, go see Teacher Zhang with me tomorrow. You have to act sensible, understand?”

Chen Shuang: “Okay, Daddy.”

“Haha…” The family of three laughed happily.

Mom: “Shuang, you don’t need to be too nervous. Just do your best. I asked my friend. Foreign students like us only need a little over 400 points to get into Huaqing University. Students in the country need nearly 700 points to have a chance. We’re giving them a 300-point handicap. Isn’t that a sure thing?”

“Haha…” The family laughed happily again.

Dad: “Luckily, I had foresight back then and got the immigration done early. If we had stayed in the country, with Shuang’s grades, he wouldn’t even reach the undergraduate line. Wouldn’t that be a waste?”

Mom: “Yes, yes, yes, you’re the one with foresight.”

Daughter: “Hehe… Thank you, Daddy.”

The family’s happy laughter formed a sharp contrast with the previous family’s worried expressions.

That family sold their house back home to come to the capital to hire famous tutors, hoping to get good grades in the end.

This family, on the other hand, got preferential policies for returning to take the *gaokao* with American citizenship because they had immigrated in advance, only needing a little over 400 points to get into Huaqing University.

They have the same black hair and yellow skin, and speak the Dragon Country language. Why should having American citizenship give them a 300-point advantage over Dragon Country students?

Yang Chen was also straightforward and said, “If you do this, even if your child is admitted to Huaqing University, her learning ability won’t be able to keep up with the courses. Wouldn’t that be a waste of a spot?”

These words were a bit direct, but they were already very polite. Yang Chen hadn’t even mentioned fairness.

The family in the back row immediately became unhappy.

The male passenger said with a straight face, “You’re just a ride-hailing driver. Just drive your car. Is university something you can comment on? Do you even know what going to university is like? The vast majority of college students just eat, sleep, play games, and date. They cram before exams to get credits and graduate. Do you think they really learn profound knowledge in university?”

What he said wasn’t wrong. When Yang Chen was in college, many students did sleep, play games, date, and skip classes. As long as they could pass the final exams.

Not to mention learning any profound knowledge, most people probably didn’t even know what courses were in their major.

But what does that prove?

If someone who immigrated to take the *gaokao* takes away a spot, a truly talented person might miss out on Huaqing University.

The girl was also unhappy and mocked, “Why are you, a ride-hailing driver, meddling in other people’s business? Just drive your car. I can at least score 400 points. Can you score that many points?”

Yang Chen: “I scored 620 points back then. If I had a capital city *hukou* [household registration system] or did this *gaokao* immigration thing like you, I could have gotten into Huaqing University too. Unfortunately, I didn’t have a capital city *hukou*, and I didn’t do *gaokao* immigration, so I ended up at a second- or third-rate university like Shanghai City University of Finance and Economics.”

Girl: “Why are you bragging? You graduated from Haicheng University of Finance and Economics. Why are you driving a ride-hailing car?”

Just as Yang Chen was about to speak, the male passenger mocked, “Isn’t that easy to understand? Because the school is too trashy. He couldn’t find a job after graduation, so he can only drive a ride-hailing car to make a living. Maybe he’s the kind of person I was talking about who just eats, sleeps, and dies in school, learning nothing. It’s useless even if he has a college degree.”

Girl: “Just drive your ride-hailing car. No matter how unconvinced you are, I’m destined to get into Huaqing University. In the future, I’ll be sitting in a high-end office building as an executive, while you can only drive a ride-hailing car for the rest of your life.”

To be honest, if Yang Chen hadn’t first encountered the girl who fainted from staying up late studying and then met this family, he wouldn’t have been angry, let alone wasted his breath on them.

Yang Chen felt it was very unfair. Honest people study hard, are clearly very talented, but may not be able to enter their dream university.

Some people just get immigration and come back to take the *gaokao*, and everything becomes so simple.

Yang Chen chuckled and said, “You never know. Not to mention what will happen in a month, you can’t even predict what will happen tomorrow.”

After saying that, Yang Chen pulled over to the side of the road and told the family to get out.

Male passenger: “If you dare to throw us out halfway, I will definitely complain about you!”

Yang Chen: “It’s your right to complain. I have no right to interfere. It’s my right to refuse service. You have no right to interfere either.”

Girl’s mother: “Alright, alright, don’t waste your breath on him. We don’t even want him to take us. Get out of the car, give him a bad review, and then complain about him!”

The family of three got out of the car angrily, and Yang Chen immediately drove home.

He was in a bad mood and didn’t want to pick up any more passengers.

Soon, the BEEP platform system sent a reminder of a bad review.

“Bastard driver, actually threw our family of three out halfway. This is the worst driver I’ve ever seen. With drivers like this, BEEP is not far from going out of business.”

At this time, the system issued a reminder.

“Congratulations, Master, for receiving a bad review. The system rewards Master with the skill [Life Countdown].”

Hmm?

What kind of skill is this?

Yang Chen quickly asked the system to explain what the skill was about.

The system immediately gave an explanation.

In short, after Yang Chen has this skill, as long as he encounters someone with less than 24 hours of life left, a life countdown will automatically appear in front of his eyes.

It sounds very impressive and interesting, but what’s the use of this skill?

Yang Chen has no interest in knowing how long others have to live.

At this time, the BEEP system issued another reminder that Yang Chen had received a complaint.

Subsequently, the system also issued a reminder.

“Congratulations, Master, for receiving a complaint, triggering a critical reward. The system rewards Master with the skill [Increase/Decrease Lifespan]. Click to view the specific rules.”

Hmm?

Seeing other people’s lifespans alone is indeed meaningless.

But if it can be combined with [Increase/Decrease Lifespan], then it’s different.

For example, if Yang Chen is about to die one day, he can increase his lifespan and forcibly live on. Wouldn’t that be very interesting?

Or, if some idiot provokes Yang Chen’s bottom line one day, even if he has 100 years left to live, Yang Chen can use the skill to reduce his lifespan and make him die without warning. Wouldn’t that be awesome?

With these two skills combined, when Yang Chen deals with those who killed his parents, he wouldn’t need to have foreign mercenaries sneak in to take action. He could use his skills to solve those people himself.

After understanding the rules of the game, Yang Chen smiled happily.

This really fulfills the saying, “My fate is up to me, not up to the heavens!”

Yang Chen quickly clicked to view what [Increase/Decrease Lifespan] was about.

To put it simply.

Yang Chen discovers that A has only 1 hour of life left and saves A.

Subsequently, A will regain 1 year of life and will still die in the same way after one year.

At the same time as Yang Chen saves A, he will gain control over A’s remaining lifespan, which is 1 hour of life.

Yang Chen can use this 1 hour of life to increase or decrease anyone’s lifespan.

Whether he chooses to increase or decrease, once the choice is made, the system will automatically deduct this 1 hour of lifespan storage value.

This also means that the more lifespan value Yang Chen stores, the more lifespan he can increase or decrease.

In addition, the initial observation value of the [Life Countdown] skill that the system rewards Yang Chen is within 24 hours, but the observation range will increase by one day each time the lifespan value stored in the system reaches a full ten days.

For example, when the lifespan value stored in the system reaches 10 days, which is 240 hours, Yang Chen can observe the life countdown of people who have only 48 hours of life left.

When the lifespan value stored in the system reaches 20 days, which is 480 hours, Yang Chen can observe the life countdown of people who have only 72 hours of life left.

And so on.

Yang Chen carefully understood and figured out the effects and usage of these two skills.

Yang Chen is not short of money now, so it’s good for the system to give him some skill-based rewards.

Yang Chen is in a great mood. With these two skills, he can be immortal for good, and he can control the life and death of others for bad.

Anyone who has such heaven-defying skills will be excited.

Yang Chen returned home, and Maya was watching a movie.

“Brother Chen, you’re back! Why did you come back so early today?” Maya greeted him and asked.

Yang Chen picked up Maya and kissed her, saying, “I missed you, so I came back early to see you.”

Maya was extremely happy and said, “Really? Then show me how much you miss me.”

After saying that, she kicked the bedroom door shut with one foot.

Yang Chen said with a smile, “I have some news to tell you. I don’t know if it’s good news or bad news.”

Maya: “Ah? What news? Tell me.”

Yang Chen: “My bodyguard said that there have been a few Middle D [Middle Eastern] people guarding the entrance of the community these past few days. As long as you go out, they will follow you. It is estimated that your family has found you and has confirmed that you live here.”

Maya was shocked and quickly jumped off Yang Chen, hurriedly ran over to pull the curtains, and then carefully opened a corner to secretly observe the situation at the entrance of the community.

“Brother Chen, where are the people you’re talking about? This is definitely bad news. How could it be good news?” Maya asked in a low voice.

Yang Chen laughed and said, “That white van, they are inside. But you don’t have to worry so much. You are my person now. As long as I don’t nod, no one can take you away from me. If you want to look, just look openly. There’s no need to be so sneaky. We’re not doing anything shameful, so why are you acting like a thief?”

Maya: “I’m just afraid that you can’t handle my family. I can’t go back with them. I’m already your person. I will never marry someone else, especially an old man. If you can’t protect me, then I can only commit suicide in front of you. I want you to remember me forever.”

“Damn, such a strong personality?” Yang Chen said with a smile, then stepped forward and hugged Maya from behind, continuing, “Don’t worry, with my current status, if I can’t even keep my woman, then I might as well jump before you do.”

Maya happily leaned her head back and pouted for a kiss.

Keeping Maya is something Yang Chen must do. This is related to his dignity as a man.

He can’t watch Maya commit suicide, nor can he watch her go back and marry a nasty old man.

There are many ways to achieve a goal.

He can choose a hard way, which is nothing more than paying a higher price.

He can also have better choices, but he needs to plan it well.

After a round of love, Maya fell asleep obediently.

Because he came back relatively early today, Yang Chen was not sleepy, so he took out his phone to browse Douyin [Chinese version of TikTok] to pass the time.

Douyin’s big data is really awesome. Sometimes Yang Chen suspects that his phone has been installed with eavesdropping, candid photography, and other software.

For example, a while ago, Maya said she wanted to eat chocolate. That night, when Yang Chen was browsing Douyin to pass the time, the system frequently pushed him live streamers selling chocolate.

Now it’s even more awesome. Yang Chen had just flipped through two pages when he swiped to Chen Shuang’s video, who is the girl who came back to take the *gaokao* with American citizenship.

Yang Chen got angry as soon as he saw her. It is really unfair to other hard-working students to use this method to get into higher education institutions, especially the girl who worked so hard to get into Huaqing University that she fainted.

Yang Chen clicked on Chen Shuang’s homepage to view the videos she posted.

Damn, the more I look at it, the angrier I get.

This Chen Shuang took advantage of the policy, and she should be happy about it herself, but she is showing off on Douyin, posting several videos praising her parents for having foresight and getting her immigration done early.

She even mocked netizens in the comment section for being poor and unable to immigrate, and jealous that her parents could get her immigration done, etc.

What Yang Chen couldn’t tolerate the most was that she actually laughed at a girl who recorded her exam scores on Douyin, saying what if she scored more than 700 points on every exam?

She directly gave the other person a 300-point handicap, and in the end, both of them could become students of Huaqing University.

You like to show off, right?

Okay!

Fulfill her wish.

Yang Chen immediately sent a message to Douyin’s CEO, ordering him to do DOU+ promotion [paid promotion on Douyin] for Chen Shuang’s Douyin videos, so that all users on the platform could see her showing off those videos, copywriting, comment replies, etc.

This kind of thing can be enjoyed secretly, but it must not be shown off in public.

Give her a lesson and let her know that being a person must be low-key.

Soon, Chen Shuang’s Douyin became popular.

Netizens were instantly broken when they saw her remarks about letting other *gaokao* students have a 300-point handicap.

“Damn, 400 points can’t even touch the third-tier line here. Isn’t this the legendary scumbag?”

“Is what she said true? This is too outrageous.”

“Suddenly, I feel that it’s not worth it for my son to study until 11 pm every night before going to bed.”

“I’m going to leave a message under Huaqing University’s account. We must not let this kind of person succeed. There is still more than a month before the *gaokao*, and everything is still in time.”

…

Yang Chen continued to browse Douyin.

After swiping a few times, the system pushed a picture of an outdoor extreme sports anchor chatting with fans.

At this moment, Yang Chen’s eyes saw a string of constantly changing numbers appearing on top of the anchor’s head.

“12:50:59, 12:50:58, 12:50:57, 12:50:56…”

Obviously, this is the [Life Countdown] skill that the system just rewarded him taking effect. This anchor has 12 hours and 50 minutes left to live.

Yang Chen now has to make a choice, whether to prevent the anchor from dying or to let it go.