The Lottery Wheel

In Shrek City, a red-haired girl sat in a refined little courtyard, her eyes already rimmed with red.

The woman in front of her gently comforted her. "It's all right. Nothing like that will happen. Mom will make all the necessary preparations before breaking through to Titled Douluo."

Her voice was full of warmth, but the girl was already choking back sobs.

"It won't help, Mom. Father and Grandpa don't want to believe us. In this situation, you could easily have an accident."

"If so many people die because of you, Grandpa won't let you off."

The girl clenched both fists, her eyes red. But just then, the Diary in her mind suddenly flipped open to the next page.

A sentence appeared in the blank Diary. When Yuanen Yehui saw it, her face turned deathly pale.

"How is that possible? It can't be true! You must be lying to me!"

"How could my mom die? She won't die!!!"

"She'll only fail her breakthrough. How could she die? Even if the passage to the Demon World really opens, she's a Soul Douluo. How could she be killed so easily?"

Yuanen Yehui stared fixedly at the Diary in her mind, but it made no further movement. It simply added another sentence beneath the first:

[The woman caused numerous casualties among her family by opening the Demon Passage. In the end, she chose suicide out of guilt.]

[She killed herself so that her daughter could live. Otherwise, if she didn't die, the two of them might die together.]

Yuanen Yehui stared at the words in the Diary, her eyes bloodshot.

She instinctively tried to touch it with her mind, but this time she wasn't attacked. Instead, a pen appeared in her mind.

She stared blankly at the pen that had formed in her mind, then, without hesitation, wrote a line:

[You're lying. How can you prove you're real? How can I believe you?]

Chen Family, Eastsea City.

Chen Ye sat on his bed, looking at the sudden message beneath his Diary. He was a little stunned. "This Diary's pretty smart. It can even communicate."

[Believe it or not. What does it matter to me?]

The words in the Diary were casual, almost indifferent. Of course, Chen Ye had written them that way on purpose.

As the Diary's owner, he had to maintain its mystique.

Otherwise, if the Diary lost its mystique, they might grow suspicious.

After all, only if he spoke from a completely neutral standpoint would the female characters not doubt the things he said later.

They wouldn't believe an ordinary person who claimed that "liking Chen Ye could make you the Dragon God or save the world."

[I believe you! I believe what you said. Please, tell me how I can save my mom. How can I change her fate?]

[Please, I believe you, but my father and grandfather don't. They don't think my mother will open the Demon Passage, either.]

[I need to say something that will make them believe me! I'll do anything if you help me!!]

[Yuanen Yehui's trust level in you has reached Level One. You have received one chance to use the Lottery Wheel.]

Seeing the notification in the Diary, Chen Ye fell silent for a moment. After thinking it over, he decided not to refuse.

He was so far away that he couldn't help her directly, and he wasn't strong enough to do so anyway. The best option was to prevent this tragedy.

Her mother had only chosen to kill herself because, after failing her breakthrough, she had caused many deaths. It wasn't the failed breakthrough itself that killed her.

So, to prevent her death, they had to change the outcome of what happened.

[Very well. I believe in equivalent exchange. The price is that, whenever I need you to do something, you must carry it out unconditionally.]

[All right. If you can find a way to save my mom, I'll agree to any condition, no matter what you ask me to do!] Yuanen Yehui replied earnestly.

The woman outside looked at her daughter, who had closed her eyes and rested her head on her lap.

She smiled gently. "Sleep. A good nap will make you feel better. There's no worry that can't be put to rest."

"Be good, sweetie. Have a nice dream every day."

The woman gently patted Yuanen Yehui. She didn't notice that her daughter had quietly clenched her fists.

[Tell your grandfather about this. Isn't he the Clan Leader of the Yuanen Family?]

[I know he definitely won't believe you. To help you, I can tell you a secret...]

[Your family's bloodline comes from the Ferocious Beast, the Titan Giant Ape. You carry the bloodline of the Titan Giant Ape.]

[In your family, the purer one's soul beast bloodline, the more powerful the Titan Giant Ape Martial Soul they awaken.]

[That's why, no matter which family yours intermarried with, most of your descendants still awakened the Titan Giant Ape.]

[For your family to awaken its Martial Soul, a special ceremony or special bloodline treatment is required.]

Chen Ye wrote this all very casually. A shocking secret tied to a family's survival didn't seem like much to him.

At his words, Yuanen Yehui fell silent.

The girl focused on her Spirit Sea, and her eyes suddenly lit up.

She didn't know whether any of this was true, but she could find out by telling her grandfather.

If the mysterious Diary was telling the truth, she could change her mother's fate and reduce the damage to her family.

If the Diary was lying, then she had nothing to worry about—and that would also mean her mother was safe.

Either way, she had nothing to lose. With that thought, Yuanen Yehui opened her eyes.

She looked at her mother, but the gentle woman was already asleep, lying on her side on the sofa.

The girl didn't disturb her. Instead, she quietly slipped off her shoes and ran barefoot toward the family home.

Meanwhile, Chen Ye yawned.

Yuanen Yehui had already gone to see her grandfather. It wouldn't be long before she learned whether the secret was true, and her trust level would surely rise again.

But the Lottery Wheel had him itching to try it.

After all, he was curious about what he might get.

"Please! Give me a gold reward! That Third Martial Soul is awesome!"

Muttering to himself, Chen Ye took a deep breath. A chance to use the Lottery Wheel appeared on the page in his mind.

He slowly reached out and tapped the wheel. It turned gently, then began spinning wildly.

The gold rewards blazed with golden light, the black rewards shimmered with dark radiance, and the red rewards glowed a deep, dusky red.

Chen Ye pressed both hands to his forehead and bent forward slightly, waiting for the wheel to stop.

He cautiously opened his eyes. A deep red glow reflected in them.