This Bad Luck is Awesome!

Chapter 103: Chapter 91: Xia and Pan Zhi’en, Chen Mo’s Repayment

"Boss Liu, this is just fate."

Chen Mo smiled and said meaningfully to Old Liu.

Old Liu felt as if Chen Mo had stolen the life that should have been his.

But he never considered that if not for Chen Mo’s constitution activating, that set of numbers might have just been an unremarkable combination.

It wouldn’t have been the first-prize winner at all.

You could say that Old Liu should actually be thanking him; he was the reason that set of numbers won first prize in the first place.

After all, Old Liu could use this to brag.

It might even attract more lottery players to his shop, which would help him increase his sales.

"Yeah, that’s fate for you. I guess I just wasn’t born with that kind of luck."

Old Liu shook his head with a sigh. He was a true believer in fate now.

He’d found out last night that Chen Mo had won first prize.

After all, Chen Mo had bought the ticket at his station, and the station gets a notification when one of its tickets wins.

He remembered the number, and coupled with the chat history he’d sent to Chen Mo on WeChat, he was certain Chen Mo was the winner.

At that moment, he was sick with regret, practically slapping his thigh raw.

He regretted not just giving Chen Mo a two-yuan refund and keeping the ticket for himself.

But now, the first prize belonged to Chen Mo, and he had no claim to it whatsoever.

To be honest, for a moment there, some devious thoughts did cross his mind.

Like claiming the number was his and trying to get the ticket back from Chen Mo.

Or finding Chen Mo and demanding a cut of the money, claiming he had been the one to pick the numbers.

However, he quickly realized that Chen Mo had deliberately had him send that WeChat message confirming that the ticket and numbers belonged to Chen Mo and had nothing to do with him.

Having run a lottery station in a prime Modu location for so many years, he was no legal amateur.

He knew that chat logs could be used as evidence.

So he quickly dismissed all those devious thoughts.

Chen Mo already had a solid case just by possessing the physical ticket.

With the chat history on top of that, there was no way he could squeeze a single penny out of Chen Mo.

It couldn’t be helped. He had to accept reality.

This was fate. He had to believe in it.

"If there’s a first time, there’ll be a second. Boss Liu, you’ve got this kind of luck, so you have to believe in yourself."

Chen Mo offered a comforting smile as he began to subtly manipulate him.

Old Liu had been telling everyone in the property owners’ group chat to buy lottery tickets, so Chen Mo decided to turn the tables and encourage Old Liu to buy more himself.

After all, he ran a lottery station, so it was convenient for him to buy tickets whenever he wanted.

"You’ve got a point!"

Old Liu seemed to regain his confidence after hearing what Chen Mo said.

"Young man, I can redeem your other ticket for you here, but for the first prize, you’ll have to go to the Modu Welfare Lottery Center."

"Look, I’m not in the mood to do business today anyway. How about I go with you?"

Old Liu handed him 10 yuan and took the fifth-prize ticket from Chen Mo.

He then offered to go with Chen Mo to the Welfare Lottery Center to claim the main prize.

"In that case, thank you, Boss Liu."

Naturally, Chen Mo didn’t mind having Old Liu accompany him.

After all, he’d never won a major prize before and wasn’t familiar with the redemption process.

If Old Liu was willing to go with him, it would be a huge help.

"I’d love to go! It means my station sold a winning ticket. More people will come to buy from me now."

Old Liu said, locking up the door to his shop.

His income was based on a commission from his sales.

The more he sold, the more he earned.

Then, Chen Mo drove Old Liu to the Welfare Lottery Center.

The Welfare Lottery Center wasn’t crowded. Besides the staff, there were only a few other people there to claim prizes.

He was the only first-prize winner in Modu from yesterday’s drawing, although there were a few second-prize winners.

All in all, there were fewer than ten of them.

"Old Liu, is this our first-prize winner?"

A staff member at the lottery center spotted Old Liu and immediately guessed that the young man next to him was likely the first-prize winner.

"That’s right. I came with him to claim his prize. Could you help us get the process started?"

Old Liu seemed to know the staffer well. After a quick greeting, he got right down to business.

"No problem."

The staffer turned to Chen Mo and asked with a smile, "Did you bring the original ticket and your ID?"

"I did."

"Right this way to fill out the paperwork."

Before long, the staffer had completed the prize-claim procedures for him.

They also took the original ticket.

"Your prize money is 6.97 million yuan. After deducting the 20% personal income tax, that comes to 5.576 million yuan."

"Do you have any plans to make a donation? It’s not mandatory, of course, but we do encourage all our winners to be charitable..."

The staffer explained the post-tax amount and brought up the subject of donations.

"I’ll donate. 76,000."

Chen Mo agreed immediately, offering to donate the 76,000.

’Even though they say it’s not mandatory, just try not donating and see if you can walk out of here with your prize money today.’

"Thank you for your support of our charitable causes. Here is your prize check."

The staffer handed him a check.

There are two ways to claim lottery prizes.

One is a direct deposit to a bank account; the other is a cashier’s check that you cash at the bank yourself.

"Thank you."

Chen Mo said his thanks and took the check.

’To be honest, he’d only ever seen things like checks on TV.’

’Like that classic scene where the male protagonist’s mother finds his girlfriend, pulls out a check for a million, and tells her to leave her son.’

’Or the domineering CEO who gives Cinderella a blank check and tells her to fill in any number she wants.’

Chen Mo smiled and shook his head, looking at the check in his hand.

The check was a cashier’s check from the Bank of China.

Below that was the date, written out in formal characters.

For example, "Year Two-Zero-Two-Five, XX Month."

Prize Amount: Five Million Five Hundred Thousand Yuan Only, ¥5,500,000.00

Below that was a memo with the three words: Lottery Prize Redemption.

And it was stamped with a red official seal: The special financial seal of the Modu City Welfare Lottery Management Center.

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