Chapter 157: This Time We Went Too Far
"Quick, scratch it off and see how much you won!"
Seeing Bai Shishi hesitating, Lin Tian urged her.
"What’s the rush!" Bai Shishi truly didn’t dare to scratch off that number.
While others scratch lottery tickets hoping to win big, Bai Shishi was quite the opposite; she really hoped not to win, and if she did, hopefully only five bucks.
Bai Shishi scratched off a bit of the coating and revealed a zero, then scratched a bit further and revealed another zero.
"Oh no!" This was Bai Shishi’s thought after seeing two zeros: "The winning amount definitely isn’t small!"
Once she scratched off the entire coating, Bai Shishi’s vision darkened and she wanted to walk away—she actually won another five hundred bucks.
One lottery ticket, won two five hundred bucks.
"Oh dear, my memory is terrible!"
Lin Tian rubbed his temples: "I remember someone just saying, if I win a thousand bucks, they would spend the night with me."
"Oh no!"
Bai Shishi suddenly regretted why she made such a big joke. She initially thought Lin Tian wouldn’t be that lucky, but reality went against her wishes; one lottery ticket and he won a thousand bucks.
"But what if I actually spend the night with him?"
Bai Shishi felt conflicted. She joked because she thought Lin Tian was unlikely to win, so it didn’t matter how huge the joke was—like saying if you win, I’ll drop dead for you.
Overconfidence made her say anything.
But her confidence went too far.
Even though Bai Shishi’s friendship with Lin Tian was growing stronger, just a little kiss would scold Lin Tian.
Now, spending the night at a hotel seemed too much.
And it made her seem too frivolous.
"No way, I absolutely can’t spend the night with him!"
Bai Shishi looked at the lottery ticket in Lin Tian’s hand and had a clever idea.
"This ticket was scratched by me, even if it’s a win, it’s my luck; how can it count as your win?"
Bai Shishi thought of a brilliant idea.
"Our bet was that you win a thousand bucks, not that I helped you win a thousand!"
Bai Shishi proudly lifted her pointed chin.
"I knew you’d say that!"
Lin Tian seemed like he expected Bai Shishi to say that: "That’s why I still have another lottery ticket!"
"This one definitely won’t win!"
Bai Shishi insisted.
Buying two lottery tickets and winning one, and winning a thousand bucks, seemed incredible to everyone around.
Absolutely impossible to win prizes from two scratch cards, even if there was a win it wouldn’t be a big prize, likely only five or ten bucks.
"That might not be the case!"
Lin Tian wasn’t really making Bai Shishi spend the night with him; he just wanted her to admit defeat sincerely.
Finding a chair to sit in front of the glass cabinet, Lin Tian leaned on the glass cabinet and started scratching the lottery ticket.
With 8 chances to win, Lin Tian had scratched off 6 chances, all resulting in losses.
Bai Shishi felt a bit gleeful: "Haha, what did I say?"
"Don’t rush!"
Lin Tian pointed at the remaining square covered with coating: "There’s still one chance!"
For the one remaining chance, Lin Tian gently scratched it, revealing a striking number 88!
"I won!"
"Another win!"
"How is that possible?"
Three voices suddenly rang out, belonging to Lin Tian, the store owner, and Bai Shishi!
The voices carried three different emotions and instantly spread through the small lottery store.
"How much did you win?"
"This young man has such good luck!"
Many people stopped analyzing their own tickets and crowded around to see how much Lin Tian won.
A bet that makes men envious; just won a thousand bucks and now another win...
Various factors combined made everyone gather around involuntarily.
"Just let’s see how much it is!"
Lin Tian said casually, although he already knew how much he won.
One zero, two zeros, three zeros; Lin Tian scratched backward, revealing three zeros.
After Bai Shishi saw three zeros, she sighed—this had already proved she lost.
Three zeros definitely meant the prize amount exceeded three digits; even if the fourth digit was a one, she would lose.
"Looks like I’m winning!"
Lin Tian continued scratching proudly, and shockingly, it was another zero.
Four digits, all zeros, what does this mean?
It means the prize money exceeds ten thousand.
"This young man is really impressive!"
The store owner couldn’t help but admire Lin Tian’s luck now, winning from both lottery tickets, and winning big prizes—this kind of luck is unheard of.
"Keep scratching!"
"Hurry up, scratch it!"
People around were also very excited.
Lin Tian lightly scratched again with his fingernail, and it was still a zero.
"Whoa, hit the jackpot!"
The store owner blurted out.
Five digits, all zeros, indicating the prize money is over a hundred thousand.
The onlookers realized this wasn’t just about watching the fun anymore—Lin Tian scratched off such a huge prize, and some felt a budding greed.
A hundred thousand bucks, nearly the yearly salary—who wouldn’t be tempted?
"This is getting big!" Bai Shishi chuckled wryly. She was betting with Lin Tian on winning a thousand bucks?
But now look, the prize money far exceeded a thousand bucks.
Lin Tian scratched off the entire coating, and the string of numbers astonished everyone’s eyes.
One hundred thousand bucks, ten bucks per scratch card, and actually won one hundred thousand bucks.
This was indeed a huge prize, causing the entire lottery store to boil over.
"Boss, give me ten scratch cards, let’s borrow some luck!"
"Give me two!"
"I want some too!"
Onlookers eagerly took out money to buy scratch cards, both envying Lin Tian’s winnings and wanting to borrow some luck, hoping maybe they could win a big prize too.
"Boss, how do I redeem the money?"
Lin Tian held the two lottery tickets tightly due to the large crowd.
"You can redeem a thousand bucks here, but for a hundred thousand bucks, you need to go to the city lottery center!"
The store owner took ten hundred-yuan bills from the drawer.
"Alright!"
Upon understanding how to redeem, Lin Tian cashed in the thousand buck winning ticket on the spot.
"Let’s go!" Lin Tian patted Bai Shishi, who was still in a daze.
Upon leaving the lottery store, Lin Tian felt how fresh the air outside was—the store was small and crowded, packed with smokers, and the weather was hot; it was incredibly uncomfortable.
"Are you in shock?"
Seeing Bai Shishi looking as if she lost her senses, Lin Tian waved the hundred-yuan bills in front of her: "This thousand bucks is your reward for spending the night with me!"
"You’re annoying!"
Bai Shishi finally snapped out of it: "You’re bullying me!"
"How am I bullying you?"
Lin Tian felt innocent, the bet was your idea, you set it, how can you blame me?
"You must be cheating, otherwise how can both tickets win?"
Bai Shishi previously spaced out trying to understand why with the same lottery selections, her tickets didn’t win anything but Lin Tian won so much money?