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Pushing open the shop door, Lu Chen found that although it was still early, there were already two or three customers sitting inside, studying their tickets.

Lu Chen casually walked up to the counter, where all sorts of scratch cards were displayed.

"Let me try two scratch cards first. Boss!"

Seeing no one at the counter, Lu Chen raised his voice.

"Coming!"

A reply came from the back room.

The door opened, and a girl about Lu Chen's age came out. She had a sharp, capable air about her.

The instant they saw each other, both froze.

"Lu Chen?"

"Deng Jiajia? What are you doing here?"

Deng Jiajia shut the door behind her and smiled. "Shouldn't I be the one asking you that? What are you doing here?"

As she spoke, she pointed behind her. "This is my family's shop."

"Your family's shop?"

Lu Chen was greatly surprised.

The girl before him had also been his classmate, but two years ago, she had transferred from Jiangdu No. 3 Middle School to another school.

He had never expected to run into her here today, much less end up buying lottery tickets at an old classmate's family shop.

"You came to buy lottery tickets this early in the morning?"

"Yeah. Give me two scratch cards. How much?"

"Which kind?"

"Any kind. Just give me the one with the highest prize."

Deng Jiajia pulled out two scratch cards. "Here. The top prize is one hundred thousand. Twenty yuan each."

Lu Chen said, "Only one hundred thousand? That little?"

Deng Jiajia laughed. "Old classmate, that's quite the big talk. You think one hundred thousand is too little?"

Lu Chen grinned. "Fine, one hundred thousand it is. I'll try it first."

Deng Jiajia burst out laughing. "Listen to that tone—you sound like victory is already in the bag. If you really win, I'll refund your scratch card money. My treat."

Lu Chen waved his hand. "No, no, no. I'll pay for it myself."

After paying and taking the scratch cards, Lu Chen immediately bent over the counter and began scratching with a coin.

The game was simple. As long as a card revealed three "Fortune" characters, it won a prize of one hundred thousand yuan.

Two Fortune characters won fifty thousand yuan.

If there was only one, then whatever amount was printed beneath that [Fortune] character was the prize.

Deng Jiajia stood nearby and watched Lu Chen scratch.

"How is it? Any characters?"

He had scratched off two-thirds of it.

Yet not a single [Fortune] character had appeared.

Lu Chen smacked his lips. "That shouldn't be right. How can there not be even one?"

Deng Jiajia laughed. "Not getting one is normal. If every card had one, the company would have gone under long ago."

"No rush. There's still one last box left!"

Lu Chen took a deep breath and slowly scratched open the final square.

As the strokes of the character emerged,

Deng Jiajia's previously relaxed body suddenly tensed.

"Huh? This last one looks kind of similar!"

Lu Chen's heartbeat quickened as well.

He continued scratching slowly.

When half the character had been revealed,

Deng Jiajia cried out, "It looks like it! It really does!"

The other customers in the shop heard the commotion and unconsciously crowded over.

With a hard scrape from Lu Chen, the last of the coating was completely removed, revealing the character beneath.

"Holy shit, it really is [Fortune]!"

"It hit, it hit! One thousand yuan!"

"Lu Chen, not bad! You really called it—you won on the first card!"

Deng Jiajia and the customers were all quite excited.

Lu Chen, on the other hand, was somewhat disappointed.

"Only one thousand."

"One thousand still isn't enough?" Deng Jiajia scolded with a smile.

"Yeah. Twenty yuan for one thousand, kid—you're lucky enough already."

Lu Chen took a deep breath and picked up the other ticket. "Hope this one delivers."

Deng Jiajia said, "You already won on one and you still want to win again? Old classmate, if you really hit two in a row, I'll have my dad hang up a banner for you."

Lu Chen said, "Your words, not mine."

Deng Jiajia patted her chest. "My words."

"Alright! Then I'll give it a try!"

Lu Chen picked up the coin and kept scratching.

The moment he scratched open the first square,

A glaring [Fortune] character immediately came into view.

Corresponding prize: 5,000 yuan.

"Holy shit!!!"

"He won again!!!"

"The first one is Fortune! Little brother, isn't your luck too heaven-defying?!"

The surrounding customers were all dumbfounded.

Even Deng Jiajia's eyes widened.

"That's mystical. No way, could it be..."

Only then did everyone realize it, and they all turned to look at Lu Chen.

"Blessed by the Wealth God?"

Lu Chen made a shushing gesture, signaling them not to speak yet.

The people around him tacitly shut their mouths and continued staring.

When the second scratch card was halfway uncovered, another [Fortune] character appeared.

"He won again!"

"Another Fortune!"

"Holy shit, fifty thousand is in the bag!"

"Hold steady, kid! One more Fortune and that's one hundred thousand!"

The people around him cried excitedly.

Lu Chen gave a loud shout. "Fortune, come!"

The people behind him also shouted in unison, as though by prior agreement, "Fortune, come!"

When all the remaining coating had been scraped away,

Everyone focused their eyes on it.

Then they all let out disappointed cries.

"Still just a little short on luck."

"Yeah."

The third [Fortune] character had not appeared.

"Still not bad. Fifty thousand!"

"Yeah, no matter what, it's second prize. His luck is already heaven-defying."

"Handsome guy, were you blessed by the Wealth God? Which temple? Which Wealth God is this effective?"

The surrounding customers could not help asking.

Lu Chen held out a hand to ward off their enthusiasm and smiled. "Everyone, I'll buy two more. If I really uncover three Fortunes, I'll tell you where to worship. If I can't, then it means Heaven's will cannot be defied."

"Alright, no problem."

"Jiajia, hurry and get two more for your old classmate."

Deng Jiajia gave an "oh" and took another two scratch cards from the counter. "Lu Chen, just which immortal did you worship? How can they be this effective?!"

It was not unusual for their shop to have winners of several thousand yuan, and there had been winners of ten or twenty thousand too.

But this was the first time they had seen someone win second prize.

And the key was that this person had once been her classmate.

Lu Chen merely smiled.

If he really told these people that he worshipped Lord God of Wealth, he truly had no idea what their expressions would be.

Taking the scratch cards, Lu Chen was just about to start scratching again.

When he suddenly twitched for no reason, as though something invisible had been taken from him.

"This is... my fortune leaking away."

The realization came to Lu Chen in a flash.

Although Lord God of Wealth had said he would bless him with two days of financial fortune,

That fortune was not actually measured by duration, but by the "amount" of fortune itself.

Fifteen thousand yesterday, and another fifty-one thousand now.

Lu Chen had already gained more than sixty thousand from the blessing.

Clearly, a considerable portion of his fortune had already been used up.

So be it. Keep up the effort and strike while the iron is hot!

Lu Chen began scratching the third card.

Everyone widened their eyes and watched.

As the coating was slowly scraped away,

"It hit, it hit! Another Fortune appeared!"

"Holy shit, another two Fortunes!"

"There's hope! This time there's really hope for three Fortunes!"

"Handsome guy, you're too fierce! Another guaranteed second prize."

Seeing Lu Chen score three times in a row with such ferocity,

The customers behind him were thrilled beyond words.

There were only three coated squares left.

Lu Chen took a deep breath. "Don't rush. Nobody make a sound!"

Everyone immediately covered their mouths, staring wide-eyed.

Lu Chen scratched open the first one. Nothing!

He scratched open the second one. Still nothing.

"Oh no, there's only the last one left."

"Come on, pull through! You absolutely have to pull through this time!"

At that moment, time seemed to slow, and even the air froze solid.

Lu Chen closed his eyes. "Life or death—it all comes down to this!"

He scraped hard.

"It hit!!!!!!"

"Three Fortunes!!!!!!"

Yet the first response came from the several men behind him, whose hysterical, exhilarated screams rang out!

Lu Chen abruptly opened his eyes.

In the final square, the character "Fortune" stood tall, touching heaven and earth!

"Mother of god! It really is the grand prize—the grand prize is here!"

Deng Jiajia felt her head buzz.

For the first time ever, their shop had produced a grand-prize winner!

"Little brother, your Wealth God is too fierce! Can you tell us where to worship now?"

"Yeah, share it already! Which God Temple?"

Lu Chen made an OK gesture. "Don't worry, don't worry, I'll definitely tell you. But let me finish scratching the last card first."

With one hundred and fifty thousand in hand, Lu Chen felt much more relaxed than before.

After all, to him, this money was unquestionably an enormous windfall!