Hu Jun’s lips curved into a smile; he had his own direction and goals in life and didn’t care about gossip.
He took out his phone and shared his girlfriend’s WeChat contact with his mom.
Far away in a small town, in a two-story house sowhere.
When Mrs. Hu saw the contact card, she was dumbfounded. The profile picture was a calm and serene lotus, paired with the nickna "Heart Like Still Water."
Hu Jun eagerly said, "Mom, she’s a really nice person. You should chat with her, maybe you two have common interests."
Mrs. Hu hesitated for a few seconds: "Son, I’m afraid."
Hu Jun frowned, "You’re my mom, what is there to be afraid of? She should be the one who’s afraid!"
Mrs. Hu finally voiced her concern: "Looking at this profile picture, I’m worried she might be my classmate."
Hu Jun was nonchalant: "Mom, even if she’s your classmate, it doesn’t matter. You both can talk about your own things, you call her an old classmate, and she’ll call you mom."
Mrs. Hu fell silent.
Guo Kunnan didn’t see Hu Jun’s chat record with his family; the more he looked at Hu Jun’s down jacket, the cooler it seed.
"Brother Jun, I don’t understand."
"Whenever I chat with a girl, after a while, her shoes are gone, her phone’s broken, her birthday’s coming up, it’s like I’m the one who left her with nothing."
Hu Jun pointed out, "Brother Nan, you can’t always pretend to be a gentleman. When you’re like , by the ti the chat’s over, her clothes are gone."
Guo Kunnan understood, but didn’t really understand.
...
During the street tour, Guo Kunnan posted on QQ Space, sharing the lively scene of their group.
Class 8 classmates were always active. Yu Wen liked and comnted: "You guys are at National Purchase Square, right? I’m nearby too!"
Guo Kunnan: "Too bad you ca late."
Yu Wen didn’t mind; even if she’d arrived earlier, she would absolutely not look for them, as she was currently on a date with her dear class leader.
Dong Qingfeng and ng Zi Yun walked to the fork in the road and took a taxi ho, while Guo Kunnan’s group headed towards the internet café.
Only Jiang Ning and the other two were left.
Seeing all the classmates leave, Tongtong finally relaxed. Back to her ho ground!
On the way to find an electric scooter, Tongtong spotted a scratch-and-win lottery shop. She glanced over, her eyes fixed...
"Chuchu, do you want to play an exciting and novel ga? I can take you to play."
Xue Chuchu replied instantly: "I don’t play gas with a gambling nature, like scratch-offs."
Xue Yuantong, having her intentions revealed, tried to cover up: "I didn’t an that. Why do you always think I’m so foolish?"
Xue Chuchu said nothing.
A few seconds later, Xue Yuantong pouted: "Why don’t you play?"
Xue Chuchu: "Because I don’t have money."
Jiang Ning looked at her, thinking, girl, you co out with without bringing any money? Planning to dine and dash, huh.
He stopped and said, "It’s been a while since I played scratch-and-win; I’m itching for it."
Xue Yuantong’s face imdiately brightened; she could finally earn back the lost Gold Coins today!
"Chuchu, later we can eat candied hawthorn while scratching cards—the joy will be doubled!"
Xue Chuchu sighed gently but couldn’t stop them.
Before the holidays, the teacher had talked to their class about the dangers of gambling, ntioning how it could make a rich boss in his thirties lose everything and eventually jump off a building.
As soon as they entered the store, a warm breeze greeted them, instantly lting the snowflakes on their bodies.
"Hey, Jiang Ning!" A surprised voice from Jiang Yanan ca.
Not only Jiang Yanan was there, but also Lu Qiqi, Yu Wen, and the forr class monitor Huang Zhongfei sitting on a high stool.
"Everyone’s here." Jiang Ning greeted them.
As he spoke, he handed the candied hawthorns in his hand to the four of them, exactly four sticks.
Xue Yuantong was stunned.
"Wow, thank you!" Jiang Yanan’s smile was especially bright. Unfortunately, she had single eyelids and slightly small eyes; otherwise, she would definitely be a great beauty. ng Gui wouldn’t change his affections and probably is still making an enemy of Cui Yu.
Jiang Ning used Divine Sense to scan the scratch-off ticket and said, "You two take a couple of tickets, I’m treating, I’ve got it covered."
Xue Chuchu quickly declined, "Not for ."
Xue Yuantong hooked Chuchu’s arm, "What are you afraid of!"
Yu Wen was originally scratching a ticket when she saw the two girls wanting to pick scratch-off tickets.
She received strawberry candied haws, and the heart is made of flesh, so Yu Wen began to reciprocate.
She walked over to them and whispered, "Let teach you a trick. You know scratch-off tickets have a minimum guaranteed payout, right? A book of $600 scratch-off tickets will at least give $260 back. Don’t act yet. Wait until others start scratching, and if the first half doesn’t win anything, then choose from the remaining ones. The odds of winning are bigger."
"So lottery shop owners operate like this; they have records of how much each book has paid out, precisely controlling the payouts, and then buy the remaining tickets themselves."
Xue Yuantong, hearing this insider information, imdiately put on a serious face and said, "Yu Wen, thank you!"
After Yu Wen shared the trick, Xue Yuantong wasn’t in a hurry to scratch. She casually bought a $10 ticket and then observed the other custors buying scratch-offs with her dark, twinkling eyes.
If not for her cute face, the shop owner might have thought there was a thief in the store.
Xue Chuchu was extrely embarrassed and couldn’t help but glance at Jiang Ning, as if to say, ’Aren’t you going to stop her?’
Jiang Ning didn’t mind, as Tongtong didn’t feel embarrassed, so he wasn’t concerned.
After waiting about fifteen minutes, Tongtong went all in, buying three tickets from a book that hadn’t won anything yet.
She slowly scratched the tickets with a beer opener, but suddenly heard a scream from the side.
Yu Wen was incredibly excited: "I won, I won!"
As soon as she spoke, everyone’s eyes in the store turned to look.
After the intense joy, Yu Wen quickly contained her excitent, though her flushed face betrayed her feelings.
Jiang Yanan and Lu Qiqi exchanged shocked glances. Especially Lu Qiqi, who felt incredibly conflicted and was in turmoil.
The rule of the scratch-off ticket Yu Wen bought was that if the number scratched was similar to the winning number, you get the prize under the corresponding number, and Yu Wen’s ticket had a prize of 300,000...
300,000! Lu Qiqi’s face went stiff. The profit from her usual antics to catch big spenders was far from this number. If she had 300,000, she couldn’t imagine how happy she would be!
Yu Wen’s hand holding the scratch-off was shaking. Seeing this, Huang Zhongfei ca to inquire about the situation.
Facing her beloved class leader, Yu Wen naturally didn’t hide anything: "Class leader, see this number is 15, and the one I scratched is also 15. Look at the prize amount."
Yu Wen’s hands were shaking so much, Huang Zhongfei, dazed, saw the identical numbers and a long string of prize amounts below.
Huang Zhongfei, being worldly-wise, kept calm: "Don’t rush, keep your ticket safe. The lottery center is closed for the day. Go claim your prize tomorrow."
Yu Wen kept her joy at bay, shivering as she stuffed the ticket into her coat pocket and carefully zipped it up.
She then walked outside, with Huang Zhongfei supporting her out of the lottery store.
Xue Yuantong, dumbfounded: "Aren’t you moving like an old lady?"
Yu Wen, just outside the shop, patted her pocket several tis, then suddenly shouted, "Qiqi has a bag, borrow her bag to hold the ticket!"
Yu Wen surprisingly broke free from Huang Zhongfei and instinctively rushed back into the lottery store.
In her ecstasy, people tend to do wild actions, and though Yu Wen wasn’t entirely crazy, she was close. She seed to have forgotten how to walk. After running a few steps, she stumbled and fell onto the shop’s floor.
Two custors, about to leave, were startled: "Sister, are you okay?"
Yu Wen, lying on the ground, replied, "I’m fine, you guys go ahead."
The two custors said, "As long as you’re okay, we’re leaving then..."
They carefully stepped around her.
Without waiting for Huang Zhongfei to help, Yu Wen propped herself up on her arms and struggled to stand.
Limping, she walked towards Lu Qiqi.
Only then did Xue Yuantong notice that she had lost a shoe and quickly reminded, "Yu Wen, your glass slipper is off!"
The next second, Huang Zhongfei bent down to pick it up.
Jiang Ningle: "The prince picked up the glass slipper."
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