A Happy Life Beckons Me

A Happy Life Beckons Me

"Hello, this is our latest smartphone. It's great value for money, with excellent gaming performance and camera quality. There's also a brand promotion today—200 yuan off, only 2,099 yuan!"

"I'll take it!" Luo Jun did not waste any words. He immediately paid by card, took the new phone without even checking the box, and hurried straight to the service counter with the receipt.

After exchanging it for ten Raffle Tickets, he rushed to the Lottery Stage as fast as he could. It was nearly noon, and since it was the weekend, plenty of customers had come shopping because of the promotion. A long line had formed in front of the Lottery Stage, winding around several corners.

Luo Jun stood at the back of the line, his eyes fixed on the stage as he prayed, Don't let anyone else win the grand prize first.

After all, there were too many tickets in the prize pool. Most people could only win things like umbrellas and towels. Occasionally, someone got an air fryer, but no one had won anything above second prize yet.

As long as no one wins it, I still have a chance!

Luo Jun followed the line forward, and at last reached the second-to-last turn.

There was only one fold of the line left in front of Luo Jun. He was now very close to the Lottery Stage, separated only by a barrier, and could clearly see what was happening onstage.

A frail-looking Young Man wearing glasses handed over five Raffle Tickets and stepped onto the platform.

The Young Man did not shake the drum at all. He simply reached inside, plunged his hand deep into the pile of tickets, and began feeling around.

There was nothing particularly strange about that. Many people liked drawing from deeper inside, believing their odds were better. But Glasses Man groped around for ages without pulling out a single ticket.

"Are you going to draw or not? Hurry up! There are so many people waiting behind you!"

At last, the people in line lost their patience and began urging him on. Glasses Man smiled apologetically at them before finally drawing... one ticket.

Most people drew several tickets at once to save time. This guy had spent forever just drawing one, and another wave of complaints rose from below the stage.

After drawing one ticket, Glasses Man put the lid back on. While apologizing to the people below, he grabbed the handle and spun it a few times. Then he reached inside again, felt around for a long time, and only then pulled out another ticket.

"What's taking this guy so long?"

"What a hassle. He feels around forever every time, then has to shake it after each draw. Why is he making such a big production out of it?"

The dissatisfied voices below grew louder, but Glasses Man only kept nodding and apologizing. His hands did not speed up in the slightest.

His unusual behavior caught Luo Jun's attention.

For an Ordinary Person, no matter how they shook or felt around, the prize they drew was still entirely dependent on luck... Yet this guy put in so much effort every time. Could there be some trick to it?

In the past, Luo Jun would probably have just thought the man was being fussy. But now that he had the Dice of Heavenly Secrets and had come into contact with Vital Energy, he saw things very differently.

At last, Glasses Man finished all five draws and stepped down to claim his prizes.

Out of five tickets, he had won three third prizes, one second prize, and one first prize!

When the staff announced his results, the entire venue erupted!

Winning one major prize, even a first prize, would only have been surprising.

But all five tickets had won limited high-tier prizes. It was simply unbelievable!

There were only a little over a hundred prizes above third prize combined, while there had to be tens of thousands of tickets in the drum. That meant the odds of winning a major prize were only a few in a thousand. Yet all five of his tickets had won major prizes? How had he done it?

As for Luo Jun, seeing this suddenly made him think of Old Yuan.

Back then, Luo Jun had been wearing pants, yet Old Yuan had seen at a glance that there was a hole in his underwear. If that ability were used for a lottery draw, could he tell whether a ticket was a winner before it was even scratched?

He was not the only special person in this world.

Glasses Man was definitely a Vital Energy Cultivator!

As he watched the mall staff wheel away the man's prizes, Luo Jun quietly memorized Glasses Man's appearance. He reminded himself that many things were hidden in this world. He was only a novice who had just come into contact with the mysterious. He could not think too highly of himself just because he had the Dice of Heavenly Secrets. He still needed to be careful in everything.

But because of Glasses Man, the contestants after him began copying his approach, drawing one ticket at a time and feeling around for ages before each draw. After seeing him walk away with major prizes, everyone assumed it was some useful trick. The people who had cursed him the loudest earlier were now drawing the slowest.

With all that delay, the line moved much more slowly. By the time it was Luo Jun's turn, it was nearly evening...

Comparing it against his remaining chances, Luo Jun handed over four Raffle Tickets.

Naturally, he did not believe in Glasses Man's method. He simply used his own, stepping onstage, shaking the drum a few times, then activating the Dice of Heavenly Secrets.

"Draw the Special Prize!"

One black die and one white die appeared and began spinning, quickly producing a result.

Event Difficulty 100, Final Points 14+10, Event Failed.

The first ticket did not win. On to the next!

Event Difficulty 100, Final Points 68+10, Event Failed.

Event Difficulty 100, Final Points 23+10, Event Failed.

Event Difficulty 100, Final Points 91+10, Event Success.

It worked?

Luo Jun froze for a moment, then an uncontrollable smile spread across his face.

He had not expected to succeed on the fourth ticket. He was seriously lucky today!

Luo Jun reached in and drew the ticket. He eagerly scratched it open, and when he saw the words "Special Prize" beneath the coating, both his hands began to tremble.

That was fifty thousand yuan!

And that Raffle Ticket brought him more than just that.

Event Difficulty 100, Severity Coefficient 1 x2, Final Experience Value 200 points.

The Prompt Sound left Luo Jun slightly stunned. Only two hundred Experience Points? Without the Wealth Ring's doubling effect, the Severity Coefficient was only one?

This is fifty thousand yuan. Is it really that insignificant to me?

Luo Jun questioned the Dice of Heavenly Secrets' assessment of the Severity Coefficient, but soon understood why.

The Severity Coefficient was not fixed. As he continued growing stronger, things that had once been serious would gradually become insignificant.

For example, when he had been an Ordinary Person, getting slashed with a knife would have injured Luo Jun even if it was not fatal. The Severity Coefficient would definitely have been high. But now? With Strength six times that of an average person, and after being tempered by Vital Energy, Luo Jun's muscles and bones might not have been forged from steel, but an ordinary person's wrist strength would not find it so easy to cut him. Getting slashed then would naturally have an extremely low Severity Coefficient.

The same applied to money. Fifty thousand yuan had indeed been a huge sum to the old Luo Jun, but now that he possessed powerful abilities, making money was no longer difficult. Together with the prize money already in his account, fifty thousand yuan was no longer such a large amount to him. It was only that his mindset had yet to change.

This also made Luo Jun realize something. As he grew stronger, the Severity Coefficient of the everyday events he encountered would become lower and lower, and the rate at which he gained Experience Points would slow down...

It seemed the only way to obtain large amounts of Experience Points again was through Chaos Missions.

Thinking that, Luo Jun sighed and shook his head as he walked off the stage, showing his ticket to the staff.

Seeing him scratch the ticket, shake his head, and sigh, the audience below assumed he was another unlucky guy who had won nothing. But when the staff saw the ticket Luo Jun handed over, they could not help crying out.

"Special Prize?!"

Those three words instantly sent the place into an uproar. The people in line began chattering, and everyone turned their eyes toward the lucky Young Man.

"He won the Special Prize and still looks unhappy. Does he not treat money as money?"

"Maybe he's a rich second-generation heir. Fifty thousand yuan means nothing to him."

"If it means nothing, why did he wait in line so long for the draw?"

"Maybe some young master is out experiencing ordinary life?"

The attention made Luo Jun somewhat uncomfortable. After all, one should not flaunt one's wealth. He took the prize check, tucked it into his bag, and hurriedly left the mall.

After cashing the check at the bank, Luo Jun found an upscale tobacco and liquor supermarket and bought two bottles of good liquor and two cartons of cigarettes. He spent over three thousand yuan. Including the two thousand for the phone, he had set a new personal spending record today... Well, not counting when he had paid Grandfather's surgery fees.

After running around all day, he was getting hungry. Luo Jun stood by the roadside carrying his things, habitually looking for something he liked to eat. His eyes swept around, then his brows suddenly rose and he slapped his thigh.

"I'm an idiot! I'm this rich now, so why am I still eating Jianbing Guazi? It's time to splurge for once!"

With that, Luo Jun's eyes lit up. He looked toward a bustling open-air food stall across the street, strode over, and walked in confidently.

"Boss, two skewers of lamb kidney, fatty ones, grilled dry!"

"Twenty lamb skewers too, plus fried rice and a fried egg!"

"And pour me some hot... no! I want cola! Ice-cold cola!"

The food arrived quickly. Luo Jun found a small table and wolfed down fried rice with the kidney and meat skewers, chugging cola straight from the bottle until his mouth was slick with grease.

He had not dared to eat meat at the Midnight Hotel yesterday, so today he let himself go.

If he remembered correctly, this was the most satisfying meal he had eaten since starting high school.

When it came time to pay, Luo Jun saw the bill had reached three digits and reflected that he had been a little too extravagant. After failing to get them to round down the total, he asked for an invoice and received a large bottle of cola.

With cigarettes and liquor in his left hand and cola in his right, Luo Jun walked out of the small restaurant, savoring the lingering flavors in his mouth. If I hadn't used up my Dice of Heavenly Secrets chances, I'd show you what real haggling looks like!

It was a little far from home. Looking at the taxis passing by, Luo Jun ultimately scanned a shared bicycle.

Having money did not mean he could squander it like this. Grandfather had been right back then: eating would not make you poor, dressing would not make you poor, but poor planning would keep you poor for life...

Back at the Rental House, Luo Jun set the cigarettes and liquor by the door, put the cola in the refrigerator, washed up, got into bed, set up his new phone, and played with it while it charged.

Just then, his phone continuously popped up notifications. Luo Jun picked it up and saw that they were all messages from the WeChat class group.

WeChat was the most popular social app in this world. It combined messaging, blogging, short videos, and a digital wallet. It was convenient to use, and almost everyone had an account.

They were all energetic Young Men and women, so the class chat group was active almost Twenty-four Hours a day. Still, only around a dozen people spoke regularly, and Luo Jun usually kept it muted.

The fact that it kept making Prompt Sounds today meant someone had tagged him.

Curious, Luo Jun opened the class group and found several classmates tagging him in rather sarcastic tones, all pointing to a post Gao Qiang had forwarded.

Gao Qiang was the biggest guy in the class. Luo Jun remembered him as Han Yuri's lackey. Aside from his size, he was not particularly noticeable. What had he forwarded?

Out of curiosity, Luo Jun opened the post and found that it was a short video titled: "This Is Probably the Unluckiest Scalper in the World."