<h4>Chapter 5: Spending To Receive Rebate</h4>


    [Ding!]


    [New Mission Is Avable!]


    [Mission: Learn three new skills]


    [Reward: $100]


    "Nice! New mission and its reward is $100!," Ss said after reading the notification.


    "The thing is how toplete it.. Learning three new skills... I wonder if it''s normal skills or something else?," He said as he thought of the new mission he got from the system.


    Ss decided to put the new mission on hold for the moment, and focus on his n for the day. He did not feel any rush toplete it as there was no time limit on it.


    "Time to go shopping," Ss said and walked out of his room. Before leaving, he decided to check on his brother, Alex.


    When he got to Alex''s room, he saw that he was still sleeping. Ss saw this and smiled, and decided not to wake him up since it was the weekend.


    "Sleep tight champ," Ss said and closed the door.


    ******


    Before going shopping for clothes, Ss decided to get himself something to eat, as he had no idea if he would have time to eat with how he nned the day for himself.


    He found a random restaurant and ordered a simple breakfast. After making his order, Ss selected a table and took his seat, as he waited for his order to arrive.


    Twenty minutester, the waitress brought his order and ced it on his table. Ss saw and thanked her and turned to look at the te in front of him.


    After eating his breakfast of egg, bacon and cheese, Ss walked towards the counter to pay his bills.


    "How much is my bill?," He asked the waitress at the counter.


    "$13 sir," she replied.


    "Ok, add $20 to it. That''s your tip," Ss said as he gave her his bank card.


    The waitress was very happy when she heard this. Though $20 might sound small, but considering that the standard guideline is to donate between 15-20% of the total bill, then you will know that Ss is actually being overly generous.


    She actually would have never believed that someone as shabbily dressed as Ss would be so generous. It''s true when they say that one shouldn''t judge a book by its cover.


    Happily, the waitress made the transaction and gave him back his bank card


    "Thank you, pleasee again," She said as Ss walked out of the restaurant.


    Ss heard this and smiled happily as he waved his hand at her in acknowledgement. Normally, he would have never thought of eating out because of how broke he was, but now, he''s not only eating out but also giving out tips.


    The reason why Ss is actually smiling isn''t because of what the waitress said, but because of this:


    [Ding!]


    [You spent $32. You received a 10x rebate of expenses made. You earned $320. The money has been sent to your bank ount]


    Immediately, Ss felt his phone vibrate slightly in his pocket, an indication that he has received a message.


    He didn''t feel the need to check it as he already knew the content of the message.


    *****


    The door of a small clothing mall opened and Ss walked inside.


    Immediately, he was approached with a smile by the female salesperson.


    "Wee to our store, sir. How may I be of help?," She asked him.


    "I would like to buy some clothes. Give me the best but nothing too shy or loud," He replied.


    "Sure, we have exactly what you''re looking for," She said when she heard what Ss said, "Please wait, I will go get some for you to check," She added and walked towards a clothing rack, and started selecting some clothes.


    Though the female salesperson saw how shabby Ss'' clothes was, she didn''t say anything or think much about it. As someone who has been working the job for a long time now, what has she not seen?.


    Few minutester, the female salesperson came back with some clothes in her hands.


    When she got to where Ss stood, she started showing him the clothes, to which he approved of.


    Ss'' fashion sense could be described as nd. Maybe it was because of his financial situation but he never really cared about what he wore. As long as it covers his body and he''s not naked, he''s fine with it.


    After Ss was done choosing the clothes he wanted, he asked the female salesperson if the store had a changing room, to which she told him, yes.


    Hearing her response, he picked one of the clothes and went to the changing room.


    ...


    Few secondster, Ss walked out of the changing room after changing into the new clothes.


    Aftering out of the changing room, Ss felt a little bit different. He felt like the clothes he was wearing gave him a little bit of confidence.


    During his walk from the restaurant to the store, he could feel the judging gaze of people who saw him, and which made him lower his head subconsciously, but after changing into the new clothes, he felt confident in himself.


    He thought of this and smiled as he walked towards the female salesperson.


    "How much is everything?," He asked when he got where she stood.


    "$499.99," She replied.


    ''$499.99? What''s the 99.9 there? Why not just make it $500?''


    "Here," Ss said as he gave her his bank card.


    Thedy smiled when she saw this, and walked towards the counter to swipe the card.


    Immediately after she swiped the card, Ss received a notification from the system.


    [Ding!]


    [You spent $500. You received a 10x rebate of expenses made. You earned $5000. The money has been sent to your bank ount]


    Ss nodded in satisfaction when he saw this.


    "Do you do home delivery?," he asked the female salesperson.


    "Yes, but that will cost you more," She replied.


    "That''s fine. I want to buy more clothes for myself and a ten year old boy. Do you have kids'' clothes," He asked.


    "Yes, we do."


    "Okay, let me see what you have."


    The female salesperson nodded and immediately went to bring out the kids'' clothes avable, and more of the clothes that she felt Ss would like.


    ******


    Few minutester, Ss walked out of the store after paying for the clothes and dropping his address for the home delivery.


    The second set of clothes he bought cost him $3000, and this was including the cost of home delivery and the tip for the female salesperson.


    Walking out of the store, Ss made his way to his next destination, the office of a real estatepany.


    On the way, Ss saw an Apple store and walked in. Though as a person, he''s not a fan of Apple and their shenanigans but who says he can''t buy their product.


    Also, he needs to spend to receive rebates, which means the more expensive things are, the better the rebate he receives.


    Ss walked into the store and went to a stand that has an iPhone 15 pro on it. He picked up the phone and gave thedy standing behind the stand his bank card, indicating that he wants to pay for it.


    Ss also decided to buy a MacBook Pro 14. After Ss was done picking what he wanted, thedy swiped the card and gave it back to him, before she started packaging the items for him.


    While thedy was busy with what she was doing, Ss was smiling from ear to ear. The reason?


    This:


    [Ding!]


    [You spent $1199. You received a 10x rebate of expenses made. You earned $11,990. The money has been sent to your bank ount]


    [You spent $3499. You received a 10x rebate of expenses made. You earned $34,990. The money has been sent to your bank ount]


    Who said that money doesn''t give happiness? Ss would love to see that person right now and give him/her a very good beating.


    "Here you go, sir," Thedy said after she was done with the packaging.


    "Thank you," Ss said as he collected it and left the store.


    Ss'' n was to go to the real estatepany and buy an apartment or a house, but he decided to put it on hold, as he decided to go to a car dealership shop and get himself a car as a means of transportation, since the office of the real estatepany is still a very long distance.