This Bad Luck is Awesome!

Chapter 102: Chapter 90: First Prize! Chen Mo Stole the Boss’s Life?

"Boss, I’m from the 15th floor. I just bought ten sets of numbers."

Chen Mo first introduced himself to Old Liu.

"Oh, it’s you! I was just waiting for you to pick up your tickets so I could close up, haha."

Old Liu said with a laugh after hearing Chen Mo’s introduction.

Old Liu was a bald, middle-aged man with glasses. He was a bit overweight, with a noticeable potbelly.

As he spoke, he handed Chen Mo the ten lottery tickets.

"Thanks, Boss."

Chen Mo took the tickets and looked them over one by one, quickly spotting the one he suspected was the big winner.

"Huh? Boss, did you print one of these wrong?"

Chen Mo put on a surprised expression, pulling that ticket out and handing it to the shop owner.

"No way."

The boss froze for a second, taking the ticket with a look of bewilderment.

He pulled up the numbers Chen Mo had sent him on his phone to compare and found that he really had made a mistake!

He could see it, too. He had mistakenly mixed two sets of numbers, printing a completely new one.

"Young man, my apologies, really. I printed it wrong for you."

An embarrassed look appeared on Old Liu’s face as he hurriedly apologized to Chen Mo.

It was definitely his mistake. There was no way to spin it.

"The sales period for this drawing has already closed, so I can’t print a new ticket for you."

"How about I just refund you the two yuan?"

Old Liu thought for a moment and said to Chen Mo apologetically.

If the sales period hadn’t ended, he could have just printed a new ticket for Chen Mo.

It would have only cost him two yuan.

But now that it was too late to buy one, all he could do was give Chen Mo a refund.

"Forget it. The ticket’s already printed, no need for a refund. Let’s just let this one ride."

Chen Mo smiled, feigning nonchalance.

"You’re a real sport, young man."

Seeing that Chen Mo wasn’t pursuing the matter, Old Liu breathed a sigh of relief.

No matter how you looked at it, he had printed the customer’s numbers incorrectly. It was ultimately his fault.

If the number the customer originally wanted ended up winning, he would be in big trouble.

"However, I’m a law student, and I like to have evidence for everything, so it’s better if we’re a bit more rigorous about this."

Chen Mo gave a slight smile and said to Old Liu, casually inventing a background for himself.

’Finance and law are practically cousins. I study finance, so if you round up a bit, saying I study law isn’t that much of a stretch.’

"What are you getting at?"

Old Liu was taken aback. ’Why is he bringing law and evidence into this?’

"Send me a WeChat message explaining the cause and process of this incident, and state that this lottery ticket and its set of numbers belong to me. That’ll be enough."

Chen Mo thought for a moment, then looked at Old Liu and said.

Although the lottery ticket was already in his hands and there shouldn’t be any issues,

he didn’t want any risks or disputes later on, so he wanted to handle the matter more securely.

"Fine."

Old Liu was completely baffled. ’It’s just one lottery ticket, right? Why get so formal about it?’

’Does Chen Mo actually think this mixed-up set of numbers could win?’

’Chen Mo doesn’t even look like a college student. How can he be even more naive than one?’

However, since Chen Mo wasn’t holding him accountable for printing the wrong number, he naturally wouldn’t refuse Chen Mo’s request.

After all, while Chen Mo’s request was a bit formal, there was nothing wrong with it.

"I received 20 yuan from you to help buy ten sets of numbers. Due to my personal error, I printed one of the sets incorrectly, printing it as..."

"I was going to refund you two yuan, but you chose to take this ticket, so this ticket and this set of numbers belong to you and have nothing to do with me."

Soon, Old Liu sent him a message with that explanation, just as he’d requested.

"Okay, received."

Chen Mo also replied very formally.

With that, an irrepressible smile finally spread across Chen Mo’s face.

’Now things are completely airtight, absolutely flawless.’

If this number really won the jackpot after the drawing, the prize would have nothing to do with Old Liu.

Old Liu would have no reason to fight him for ownership of the ticket.

After all, WeChat chat logs and transfer records were evidence recognized by the courts.

"So, we’re good now, young man?"

Old Liu looked at Chen Mo, completely bewildered, thinking that this guy must have studied law until his brain went soft.

"We’re good. I’ll be heading out then."

Chen Mo smiled and left with his lottery tickets.

"Alright, then I’m heading home too."

Old Liu tidied up, locked the door, and also left.

After returning home, Chen Mo checked the time. It was around 8:30 PM.

’The drawing is at 9:15 PM. I’ll wait for the live stream.’

Chen Mo was filled with anticipation. He estimated that this ticket was likely to win.

But would it be the first prize, second prize, or maybe third prize?

’It has to be at least second prize,’ he thought. ’Otherwise, it wouldn’t be worthy of my activated constitution.’

Normally, time passed quite quickly, but now, waiting for the live stream, it felt like time had slowed down considerably.

After scrolling through some short videos for a while, the time came to 9:15 PM.

He entered the official lottery’s online live stream room to watch the drawing.

Skipping past the introductory segments, it soon came to the exciting moment of the drawing.

Soon, the first red ball was drawn.

Chen Mo immediately looked at the ticket in his hand, at the first number of the red balls.

It was also 06!

Next was the second red ball, 10.

Same.

The third red ball, 17.

Still the same.

The fourth, fifth, and sixth.

19, 25, 31.

All six red ball numbers had been drawn.

They were identical to the six red ball numbers on the ticket in his hand!

"At worst, it’s a second prize win."

A happy smile appeared on Chen Mo’s face.

Matching all six of the first red ball numbers, even without matching the final blue ball, was still a second prize win.

Based on this drawing’s prize pool, the second prize winnings would definitely be over 1 million yuan.

’Now to see if the blue ball is a match.’

Chen Mo’s eyes were also filled with anticipation.

If the blue ball number also matched, the prize money would definitely be over 5 million.

Soon, the blue ball number was also revealed.

06.

Thus, the complete set of numbers for this drawing was 06, 10, 17, 19, 25, 31, and 06. (These were the first-prize numbers from the previous drawing; don’t buy them, you won’t win.)

"It’s a winner!"

He didn’t even need to look at the ticket in his hand; he just clenched his fist and threw a punch in the air.

He had already memorized the blue ball number—it was the exact 06 that had just been drawn.

Including the six red ball numbers from before, that meant he had matched all seven numbers!

His ticket wasn’t some second prize.

It was the first prize!

Speaking of which, he hadn’t just won the first prize.

He had another ticket in his hand, the one that Old Liu had mixed up.

That one had matched three red ball numbers and one blue ball number.

It won the fifth prize!

Ahem, a grand prize of 10 yuan.

After the drawing ended, the live stream also announced this drawing’s prize money.

It showed that a total of eight first-prize tickets were sold nationwide for this drawing.

After calculations based on the prize pool, number of winning tickets, and various other factors, it was determined that this time, a single first-prize ticket was worth 6.97 million yuan!

It was won by lottery players in Modu and... other regions.

When Chen Mo saw "1 person in Modu" listed, he couldn’t help but laugh.

That person was him.

"I’ll go claim the prize tomorrow!"

Chen Mo was in a great mood. He carefully placed the lottery ticket on the table.

He planned to claim the prize the very next day. Anyway, it could be claimed right here in Modu.

If it were in another province, he’d have to go to the provincial capital to claim it.

6.97 million yuan in prize money. Even after the 20% personal income tax, there would still be 5.576 million left.

But he’d also have to make a donation.

If he donated 76,000 yuan as a gesture, he’d still be left with a cool 5.5 million!

’Bad luck really is the fastest way to make money.’

Chen Mo couldn’t help but sigh with emotion.

A few days ago, Ai Yikun had compensated him 6.5 million, plus 400,000 for an autographed photo, adding up to almost 7 million.

That had brought his total assets directly to around 26 million.

Now, after winning the lottery, his assets would immediately break the 30 million mark!

He was officially an A8.3-level powerhouse.

...

The night passed without incident.

The next day, Chen Mo woke up bright and early.

Since it was still early, he disciplined himself with a short morning workout.

After eating breakfast, he went downstairs with his lottery ticket, ID card, and bank card.

He arrived at Old Liu’s lottery stand and found Old Liu sitting on a chair, staring blankly with a miserable expression.

"Boss Liu, I’m here to redeem a prize."

Chen Mo took out the fifth-prize ticket.

Ten yuan was still money. What was his, he would claim.

"Young man, you stole my life..."

When Old Liu saw Chen Mo, he couldn’t help but let out a mournful sigh.

The luckiest thing that had ever happened in his life was picking a first-prize number.

But the unluckiest thing that had ever happened in his life was giving that first-prize ticket to Chen Mo.

If he had just refunded Chen Mo the two yuan yesterday, that first-prize ticket would have been his!

A 6.97 million yuan prize!

It should have been his.

But now it was all Chen Mo’s, and he wouldn’t get a single cent.

Isn’t that the same as Chen Mo stealing his life?

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