[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-daily-intelligence-system-financial-independence":3,"chapter-daily-intelligence-system-financial-independence-daily-intelligence-system-financial-independence-chapter-4":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Daily Intelligence System: Financial Independence",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},498306,752,"Chapter 4: The Women’s Watch in the Down Jacket Lining!","daily-intelligence-system-financial-independence-chapter-4",4,"\u003Cp>Had a video call with my wife and child for over an hour.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The whole family was very excited because of the lottery win.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After ending the video call, Jiang Tao started preparing tonight’s dinner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’s living in Beijing by himself, so he doesn’t care much about his everyday needs, getting by with whatever he can.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cooked a pack of instant noodles in an electric pot and made a poached egg.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the noodles were ready, he poured them into a retro-style yellow enamel bowl he often used.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then took off the pancake he kept warm on the radiator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Added some Lao Gan Ma sauce.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simple and easy, the dinner was ready. Let’s go!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With soup and water, after a full meal, Jiang Tao went to the communal sink outside to wash the pot and clean the dishes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After being full and cleaning up, Jiang Tao went back inside, lay in bed, and started listening to an audiobook.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Tao rarely goes out unless necessary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After work, the routine is to have a video call with his wife and child, then eat dinner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After dinner, he stays home to listen to books, read novels, and browse short videos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides that, he has no other hobbies, very much a homebody.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Near midnight while listening to the audiobook, Jiang Tao had a thought and opened the Daily Intelligence System to have a look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Time left until the next intelligence refresh: 00:06:51!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saw that the next piece of information would refresh in over 6 minutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Tao couldn’t focus on the novel in his ear; his mind started guessing what the next piece of information might be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Would it be another jackpot notice like the first one?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or perhaps give him the winning numbers for a first prize in the lottery!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Staring intently at the countdown on the virtual panel, he watched for over 6 minutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the countdown hit six zeros, the new information finally popped up!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Today’s Intelligence]: This afternoon, as you pass by the village square in Xiaoshanhe Urban Village, you received intelligence—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the first trash can on the west side of the village square, within the lining of a light green women’s down jacket,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>there is a Longines Mini Détourage women’s watch valued at 13,300 yuan!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the latest intelligence refresh, once again related to a trash can, Jiang Tao couldn’t help but have mixed feelings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This system must have a thing for trash cans!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, when he saw the intelligence mention a watch valued at over 10,000 yuan, Jiang Tao’s heartbeat quickened!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Better go check now! The longer you wait, the more likely someone else will snatch it up!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that thought, Jiang Tao immediately started putting on his clothes and hat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He put on a long military coat full of stains, wore a Lei Feng hat, put on cotton gloves, and grabbed a flashlight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fully geared up, Jiang Tao pushed the door open, went down the stairs, and exited the building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh, whoosh~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snowflakes danced in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The snow in Beijing fell from evening until now, past midnight, accumulating about six or seven centimeters on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His steel-toed work boots crunched in the snow, leaving a trail of footprints.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Tao trudged through the snow for more than 8 minutes and finally arrived at the Xiaoshanhe Village Community Activity Square on the west side of the village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes immediately locked onto the four trash cans on the west side of the square.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Tao strode forward, and a few stray cats scavenging for food in the trash cans meowed and jumped away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The first trash can, is it the first from the left or the first from the right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh well, I’ll start with the right one!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With just a few trash cans here and no one around, Jiang Tao didn’t need to rush.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Putting on a pair of work gloves, Jiang Tao started rummaging through the trash can on the right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From top to bottom, this trash can was full of all kinds of miscellaneous trash, old clothes, broken cans, bricks, and tiles...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finished searching but didn’t find the light green women’s down jacket mentioned in the intelligence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Next one!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After failing to find anything in the first trash can, Jiang Tao wasn’t discouraged, moving on to the next one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He dug through the top with express mail boxes, broken plastic bags, and a pile of leaves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Got it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After moving a black delivery packaging bag, the flashlight’s beam revealed a hint of green!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, Jiang Tao pulled out a light green women’s short down jacket from the trash can.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This should be the women’s down jacket mentioned in the intelligence!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Tao rummaged through both outer pockets and an inner pocket of the down jacket but still couldn’t find the women’s watch mentioned in the intelligence!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This result made Jiang Tao sweat bullets on his forehead!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It shouldn’t be wrong. The intelligence system shouldn’t be mistaken!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Tao thought, opening the intelligence system again to read today’s intelligence word by word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, Jiang Tao noticed that the intelligence mentioned the watch was inside the lining of the down jacket!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The lining of the down jacket?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time Jiang Tao didn’t just empty the pockets; he started exploring along the hem of the down jacket with his hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling around, he did find something!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was an inconspicuous foreign object at the left hem of the down jacket!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This should be the women’s watch!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking about the value of this watch, Jiang Tao’s excitement surged again!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s over 10,000 yuan!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whose profligate woman threw this away!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, his own woman wasn’t so wasteful!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Tao checked all three pockets again, finding no holes, his big hand couldn’t reach in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he didn’t have any tool handy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he just stuffed the down jacket inside his military coat, deciding to bring it home first!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time he retraced his steps back to the rental house, it was already past half-past midnight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Usually, Jiang Tao would be having a rendezvous with the daughter of Zhou Gong at this hour.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But today, he was feeling energetic, not sleepy at all!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Entering the door, he took off the military coat, took out the green women’s down jacket, and found a pair of scissors from a drawer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snip, snip, snip...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Tao, without saying a word, directly cut open the lining of the down jacket near the foreign object.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a reach, he pulled out a small square watch face with a red alligator leather strap, looking dainty and exquisite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This watch looked brand new, almost like it was just bought!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And, Jiang Tao saw that the hands on the watch face were moving normally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The time displayed matched that on Jiang Tao’s phone!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This indicates the watch was intact and working perfectly!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flipping the watch over to check the back, the model number L5.200 was written on it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having lived for thirty years, Jiang Tao knew nothing about watches except drawing them on his wrist with a ballpoint pen as a child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The intelligence system said it’s valued at 13,300, so it must be right!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Judging by the condition, it should be more than 98% new. If I put it up on Xianyu, how much should it go for...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let’s see if there’s a similar one on Bilibili to refer to the price!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When it came to areas he wasn’t familiar with, Jiang Tao didn’t pretend to know and cross-checked multiple times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Opening Bilibili, he searched for several videos, and Jiang Tao got a rough idea about the price of the watch he found today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The retail price of this Mini Longines Détourage women’s watch is 13,300.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although this series is a relatively classic one, the brand’s value retention isn’t great.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, selling second-hand usually means offering a 30% or even 40% discount!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"60% of 13,300 is 7,980...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Tao calculated the price on his phone calculator and was totally fine with it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finding 8,000 yuan for free, what more can you ask!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since he didn’t buy it, he didn’t feel much need to dwell on it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Tao immediately snapped several photos of the watch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Logged into his Xianyu account and listed it for sale at 8,000 yuan!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After listing it, Jiang Tao glanced at his phone, noticing it was already half-past one!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Geez, it’s so late! Sleep, sleep, gotta sleep now!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He filled the washbasin with hot water for a quick wash before heading to bed, turning on the electric blanket to fall asleep!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was asleep in less than ten minutes after hitting the pillow.\u003C\u002Fp>",1436,"2026-05-30T11:56:10.692Z","2026-06-01T04:31:10.297Z",1,"novelbin.me","d18d49c953380005552c6870334e8cd2598dd0a543a7d452d17df97ab50cbba2","daily-intelligence-system-financial-independence-chapter-5","daily-intelligence-system-financial-independence-chapter-3",544,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdaily-intelligence-system-financial-independence-cover.jpg"]