A black card and the latest-model Bugatti Chiron.

In this matriarchal world, Quinn Hilton was giving Chrome something that many other men would kill for. Most men didn’t even like to work in this society because simply learning how to cook and maintaining good manners was enough to make you highly desired by powerful women.

But Chrome just hit the ultimate jackpot.

Quinn Hilton was a top beauty who belonged at the top tier of women in Dragon Ridge City. Her presenting this gift was clearly a public proposal.

The students around staggered on their feet like they’d collapse from the shock of such an amazing woman wanting a basic, low-tier man like Chrome!

The crowd couldn’t hold down their gossip.

"Is Goddess Quinn insane? Why him?!"

"He’s a broke nobody! This friggin’ loser doesn’t even have a pot to piss in!"

"I don’t get what Goddess Quinn sees in him. Look at his clothes, they look like they cost five dollars at a flea market."

"Quiet! In our world, a woman with her wealth can choose whatever little bird she wants to cage."

Quinn ignored all their voices. Her cold eyes stayed pinned with desire on the only man she cared about. She raised a slim finger and pointed at him.

"Chrome Langley, I know all about your family’s financial situation. I know about your mother’s massive debts. You don’t have to suffer anymore. Just sign this contract and become my exclusive partner. This black card has no limit. The Bugatti behind me? It’s yours. Your family’s debts will be gone with a single phone call from me. I will take care of you for the rest of your life."

The plaza went silent as a graveyard at night.

Before, they were ruthlessly insulting Chrome, but now they had to shut up and think smart. A loser like Chrome would obviously jump at the chance to become Quinn’s dog, which meant he’d suddenly have access to an amount of wealth that was unimaginable. If they shut up now and let things be, they could try to make friends with him later and gain a lot of benefits like cash and expensive gifts.

Still, many male students in the crowd looked at Chrome with 100 degrees of pure envy!

The campus belle was a symbol of absolute purity to them; she had never dated a single man in the university before. For her to suddenly propose to Chrome made them feel like they were getting cucked.

"YOU’RE DEAD, LANGLEY!"

With how many boys were screaming it, you’d think it was a trending new music album.

In their eyes, they were getting cucked! How could they not be angry? To be spoiled by Quinn Hilton! To never have to work a single day in their lives! It was the ultimate dream in this women’s world.

Goddess Quinn held out a gold pen, waiting for her sweet and feminine Chrome to fall into her arms and weep in gratitude like a good boy. She’d take care of him, so there was no worry. He would be her sweet boy.

Chrome looked at the pen.

Then he looked at the panel floating in his face.

[WARN: High-Status Proposal Detected!]

[Target: Quinn Hilton (Tier 1 Campus Belle / Business Empire Heiress)]

[Condition: Accept her terms and become a dog born from financial dependency.]

[Mission: Host must reject her aggressively to unlock Starter Pack Rewards!]

If Chrome hadn’t met Lana earlier, he probably would’ve taken her terms without a second thought.

In his past life, he’d built himself up from nothing by being a corporate dog that listened to everything his superiors said, enduring their constant insults. In this life, he was flat broke, but the system and Lana had just given him a solid reason to do something he was always too scared to do: say NO to the man... well, in this world, the woman.

Chrome chuckled lightly and raised his hand.

But it wasn’t to take the gold pen.

Smack!

He lightly flicked Quinn’s wrist and knocked the gold pen right out of her sylph-like hand.

It clattered loudly onto the concrete ground.

Starter Pack cash rewards are the cream of the crop in wealth system journeys! He had to be a brutal devil to this charming woman.

Chrome pointed a finger at the upperclasswoman of great beauty before him.

"You think because you have a fancy car and a piece of plastic, you can just buy a man’s dignity? My family’s debts are my own to pay, and my life is my own to live."

He walked forward briskly and stared down at her.

"Keep your toys, Ms. Quinn. I’m not some pet you can buy and put in a cage."

The afternoon sun was burning hot, but the entire plaza instantly went ice-cold.

Students froze in place with their mouths wide open.

"Did he... did he just reject the campus belle?"

"He slapped the pen away! Is he insane?! He’s a nothing but a broke peasant!"

"He has absolutely nothing, and he dares to reject THE Quinn Hilton?!"

"Is he out of his mind?!"

Quinn stood perfectly still, looking like a block of ice.

"What...?"

Her heart pounded painfully against her ribs.

For the first time in her entire life, a man looked down on her wealth and status, and ruthlessly rejected her straight to her face.

The humiliation was blinding.

It felt like a sledgehammer smashing against the high walls of her pride and superiority that she’d built over 23 years of answering to the prestigious Hilton name.

’He rejected me... he actually rejected me!’

A thought that was confusing... and more.

Her chest was heaving as she breathed heavily.

The surrounding students got scared, wondering what kind of terrible vengeance she would unleash upon a weak man like Chrome. If only they could see past her frozen exterior to the intensely aroused smile and deep redness warming her tender cheeks.

’Chrome Langley... you really are different from those parasitic men. I will have you.’

Not MUST, she WILL.

Hilton women don’t take "no" for an answer.

Her capable mother taught her that.

Staying true to the aggressive rejection, Chrome didn’t stay around to watch her reaction. He turned around on those cheap, dirty sneakers covering his feet and walked away with his own heart banging in his chest.

He rejected a black card and his dream car.

That, along with a big-chested, rich blondie.

Even the strongest man would cry.

[Ding! Host has saved the system’s life by fulfilling the final requirements for full system binding!]

[Ding! Congratulations to the Host for completing a Tier-1 Public Rejection!]

[Target: Quinn Hilton has suffered severe psychological shock and deep romantic fixation!]

[Calculating Rewards...]

[Reward 1: $10,000,000 USD (Cleaned, Tax-Free, deposited into a secure Swiss account!)]

[Reward 2: Cold Crypto Wallet holding 500 Bitcoins!]

[Reward 3: Mythic Active Skill Unlocked: Emperor’s Aura (Rank A) - Grants the Host great spiritual pressure that suppresses the willpower of those around him!]

[Reward 4: Golden God Body Fruit - A mystical fruit that, when eaten, will clear all impurities in the Host’s body and optimize him to peak human performance!]

Buzz.

A bank notification popped up on his smartphone:

[Your account ending has received a wire transfer of $10,000,000.00. Current Balance: $10,000,003.50.]

Chrome couldn’t believe his eyes.

Ten million dollars cash. Five hundred Bitcoins.

And all he had to do was tell a beautiful, rich woman to get lost.

He smiled at the system panel in his vision.

’Perhaps I treated you too harshly.’