xx Lottery!!!
Qiu Xi had indeed gone, and had Xiaohua use the lucky charm on the way.
This was all planned by her; she would only bring Qiu Ge along, otherwise her parents wouldn't have allowed her to go.
If this lucky charm proved effective, it would greatly help her parents.
Thinking of this, Qiu Xi had already entered the shop.
"Boss, scratch-offs."
"How many?"
"10."
"Here you go."
As soon as she received the scratch-offs, Qiu Xi began scratching.
"Bo...Boss! Did I win!!!" Qiu Xi, doing this for the first time, could hardly believe it and wasn't quite sure, even with the lucky charm's boost.
"Let me see," the boss lazily got up from his lounge chair.
"Wow! You, young lady, are amazing." Looking at the scratch-off worth a total of 1 million, the boss was stunned.
What luck was this!
From which fortunate family did she come? Had she accumulated blessings for generations?
"Boss! Boss!"
"Ah!" The boss snapped back to attention as the young lady in front of him waved her hand.
"Boss, can I cash this?" Qiu Xi knew the answer from the boss's reaction.
"Yes, yes, I'll need your ID."
The boss, having regained his composure, was still excited. This was the first time for his shop; he needed to put up a banner for good publicity.
"Here," Qiu Xi handed over her ID.
"Young lady, you're still a month shy of being an adult."
"..." Qiu Xi had only thought about buying, and forgot about this detail.
"Then I'll ask my dad to cash it in."
"Certainly, you can make a call."
Having no other choice, Qiu Xi took out her phone and called her father, Qiu Ba.
Meanwhile, on the other end, Qiu Ba, upon receiving the call, doubted if his ears were malfunctioning.
"Xi Xi, what did you say? Won the lottery? 1 million? Are you kidding your dad?"
"Our family doesn't do this sort of thing. You can't waste money." Qiu Ba spoke to himself as if he hadn't heard her.
"Dad, it's true! Bring your ID over, to Huajin Plaza Mall."
"I'm not lying to you."
"..."
"Then... then wait for me, I'll be right there."
After much persuasion, Qiu Xi finally convinced her father.
Hanging up the phone, Qiu Xi waited in the shop, completely unaware of what she had forgotten.
Over at the mall entrance, Qiu Ge was still pathetically guarding a pile of belongings.
He stared at the shop entrance, but his sister didn't appear.
After waiting for a long time, just as he was about to get restless, he saw his father's car.
Ignoring the fact that he was still at the mall entrance, Qiu Ge shouted, "Dad, Dad, over here."
Qiu Ba, driving, seemed to hear someone calling him and looked around.
He saw his foolish son guarding a pile of things.
He drove over, "Where's your sister?"
"Sis, sis, she went to..." Qiu Ge stammered, not yet sure if he should say.
"Alright, don't stutter. She already told me. Just tell me where the lottery shop is."
Seeing his son like this, Qiu Ba knew what was going on without thinking.
"Oh, it's over there," he said, pointing.
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the back of Qiu Ba's car.
"No, Dad, you should at least wait for me to get in the car first." Qiu Ge shed a tear in his heart. He might not be his biological son.
This was too difficult.
That said, it couldn't be blamed entirely on Qiu Ba. 1 million was simply too shocking.
In his entire life, he only earned ten thousand dollars a month. Suddenly, 1 million...
Qiu Ba was still in disbelief and shock.
Upon arriving at the shop, he saw his daughter by the entrance.
"Xiao Xi!"
"Dad, you're finally here." Qiu Xi breathed a sigh of relief.
She grabbed Qiu Ba's arm and walked in, "Did you bring the things? Let's go in."
Thus, somewhat stiffly, Qiu Ba walked in.
Seeing the young lady lead someone in, the boss immediately greeted, "Here you are!"
"Mm, this is my dad."
The prize-claiming process followed.
Finally, Qiu Xi rejected the boss's suggestion to publicize and take photos, and left with Qiu Ba.
"No way, this is real!" Qiu Ba, who had already walked out of the shop, looked at the 800,000 he had after tax and found it unbelievable.
"It's real! Dad, let's go back first." Qiu Xi thought it would be best to return as soon as possible.
"Alright, let's go back."
"Oh right, and Xiao Ge, he's still waiting for me there."
Qiu Ge's inner thoughts: You finally remembered me!
Qiu Ba felt a bit guilty, "Let's go. I saw him just now."
As soon as Qiu Xi walked over, she saw her brother squatting there, a perfect picture of a pitiful child.
It was as if a gust of wind would blow away fallen leaves.
Qiu Xi walked over, "Xiao Ge, get in the car."
"You finally remembered me." Qiu Ge dragged the pile of shopping bags into the car.
Next time, he would never go shopping with his sister again.
No, not next time!
Little did he know, there would be many more "next times."