CHAPTER 128: CHAPTER 128: REWARDS UP TO 2.5 TIMES

"Let the celebratory confetti fly!"

"Sitting here waiting for the 1,000 mililiters!"

"Once these ten mililiters are gone, if he doesn’t win, this is pretty much over."

"Even though God Xia gets 1,000 mililiters if he loses, why do I still hope for a miracle?"

"+1..."

The livestream chat was buzzing with noise.

Xia Liang rubbed his hands together and began to scratch the ticket. The first five rows he scratched off revealed all different symbols. This proved he hadn’t won.

Beside him, Su Yi was already looking disappointed. She had started to feel bad for Xia Liang about the eight hundred thousand mililiters, because in her eyes, he wasn’t the kind of person who would lie.

But Xia Liang showed no sign of disappointment at all. In fact, he looked even more eager to continue.

When he scratched off three matching crowns, the festive mood in the livestream chat abruptly ceased.

"Holy crap! Did he win?"

"He did, but we don’t know for how much."

"No way, no way... Don’t tell me he actually hit the jackpot?"

"Are you kidding me? With these odds, you’d have better luck dreaming about it tonight."

...

Xia Liang slowly started to reveal the prize amount. When he scratched off the first digit, the audience grew restless. It was clearly a 2.

"Holy shit! With a number like that, did he actually win for real?"

"I’m totally floored! A ’2’ to start... what could that be?"

"It’s so small, could it just be twenty-five cents?"

"Damn, this is a real win."

...

Seeing these bullet comments, Su Yi’s heart began to pound. Generally, with scratch-off tickets, if the prize amount is small, the digits are physically larger. If the amount is big, the digits are smaller. After all, a large number wouldn’t fit in the prize area otherwise.

Could he have really won the grand prize?

Su Yi swallowed hard, her eyes glued to Xia Liang’s hand as it moved across the ticket.

25...

0...

0...

When two zeros appeared, Su Yi felt as if a hand was wrapped around her throat. She wanted to scream, but no sound came out.

250,000.

Finally, the entire ticket was scratched, exposing the prize amount to everyone’s gaze.

"Fuck me! Is this for real?!"

"I just slapped my wife, and she said it hurt. This is real!"

"Winning the lottery on a livestream! I’m going crazy!"

"Summer God Hao! Are you an actor or what?!"

"This has to be an inside job, right? Winning on a single ticket!"

...

In contrast to the livestream chat, which was absolutely exploding, Su Yi stared blankly for a moment.

Then, she screamed.

"Yay! This is amazing! We won! Xia Liang, we won! 250,000 mililiters! Which is like, twenty-five cents! Yay!"

Elated, Su Yi leaped into the air and even planted a kiss right on Xia Liang’s mouth.

Feeling the warmth on his lips, Xia Liang was completely dumbfounded. What the hell? I’m the one who won, so why is she so excited? And she just took advantage of me! Should I get her back?

As Xia Liang was contemplating, the other people in the store were startled by Su Yi’s outburst. They exchanged glances before gathering around.

"Damn! Look at this young man!"

"He really won!"

"Two hundred and fifty thousand mililiters!"

"Winning on a single ticket! That’s just fate for you!"

"Hey, I was just about to pick that exact ticket a minute ago."

...

In that moment, everyone looked at Xia Liang with pure envy.

Compared to the others, the store owner, though envious, quickly composed himself. Xia Liang winning at his store would surely attract a lot of new customers. He glanced at Xia Liang and the ecstatic Su Yi and gave them a word of caution.

"Young man, put that away quickly. You can’t cash a scratch-off for this amount here. You have to go to the official issuing center to claim your prize."

Only then did Su Yi remember the saying that one shouldn’t flaunt their wealth. She quickly nudged Xia Liang with her elbow.

"Xia Liang, put it away, quick! Let’s go claim the prize."

"Mhm," Xia Liang said, wasting no time as he stuffed the scratch-off ticket into his pocket. "Thanks, boss."

With that, he led Su Yi out the door. His casual action made the remaining group of lottery buyers want to howl at the heavens.

That’s a ticket worth 250,000 mililiters! And you just stuffed it in your pocket! What if you lose it! Even if you don’t, you can’t even let it get creased!

After leaving the lottery store, Xia Liang drove with Su Yi directly toward the Qingyun City lottery distribution center. It wasn’t far. Just half an hour later, 200,000 mililiters had been added to Xia Liang’s account. The 50,000 mililiters difference from the 250,000 mililiter prize was for taxes.

Xia Liang knew he couldn’t rely on luck to keep buying lottery tickets. If he kept winning like this, he’d probably be investigated as an insider sent to clean out the prize pool.

Looking at Su Yi, who had been running around with him for the better part of the day, Xia Liang felt a surge of generosity. "Come on, I’ll treat you to a bottle of green tea."

Hearing this, Su Yi couldn’t help but roll her eyes. "I say, Comrade Xia, you just won ’Twenty Cents’, and you’re only treating me to a milk tea?"

Su Yi’s comment immediately spurred the viewers to start teasing. Some even began to stir up trouble.

"Exactly! And those ten mililiters came from Su Sannian in the first place."

"If you ask me, half of that ’Twenty Cents’ belongs to Sannian."

"I agree! If it weren’t for Sannian’s ten mililiters, would he have won that ’Twenty Cents’?"

"Plus one!"

Seeing the chat getting carried away, Su Yi quickly waved her hands defensively. "No, no... I was just joking. Without Xia Liang’s luck, I couldn’t have won anything. Besides, we’re livestreaming his luck right now."

With just a few words, Su Yi successfully shifted everyone’s attention again.

"Oh, right! I almost forgot!"

"Hiss... my god! Don’t tell me Summer God Hao was serious?"

"He just won, so what do you think?!"

"It could have just been good luck."

"Agreed. If it were real, that would be too surreal."

...

The discussion continued, but Xia Liang had already returned with two bottles of Master Wang’s Iced Green Tea.

"Here," he said, casually handing a bottle to Su Yi before twisting the cap off his own. "GLUG, GLUG... Ah, refreshing!"

After chugging half the bottle, Xia Liang noticed Su Yi was just staring at him. "Go on, drink up! Why are you looking at me?" he asked, confused.

Su Yi was at a loss for words. She shook the phone in one hand and then gestured with the bottle of green tea in the other.

"Oh!" Xia Liang finally realized, slapping his forehead. "Sorry, sorry, my mistake."

He reached his hand out.

Su Yi’s heart skipped a beat. This blockhead is finally getting a clue today. She instinctively moved to hand him the iced green tea so he could open it for her, only to watch in disbelief as Xia Liang took the phone from her hand instead.

Su Yi’s hand, holding the green tea, froze mid-air.

"What’s wrong?" Xia Liang asked, looking genuinely puzzled as he shook the bottle in his own hand. "I already have one. You can drink yours."

Hmph! What an unchangeable blockhead! And to think I actually harbored a glimmer of hope just now!

Fuming, Su Yi twisted the cap off herself and started drinking.

This scene sent the viewers in the livestream into hysterics.

"Hahahahaha! I’m dying of laughter! Underworld Feiyu fans +1."

"The exemplar of our generation! Is this the pinnacle of being a straight-laced guy?"

"Summer God Hao, I’m already single. I don’t need you to teach me how to stay that way."

"Boohoo... why, why do I think there’s nothing wrong with what he did?"

"Let me guess, the person who posted above is single, right?"

...