Chapter 539: Chapter 539

"Your son?!" The old neighbors stared in shock. Of course, they all knew that the Gu Family no longer had a son. Gu Dad’s mention of "my son" was clearly referring to what had probably happened that morning since everyone had seen Gu Nuan bring a man home, hadn’t they?

So, that was the story, really.

"Old Gu!" the neighbors congratulated him repeatedly, "Your daughter is so fortunate to bring home such a handsome man." Tʜe source of this ᴄontent ɪs 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡·𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕖·𝔫𝔢𝔱

Gu Dad smiled without speaking, his smile noticeably strained.

Yebai was very handsome, so the first impression was, as Gu Dad had said, frivolous. After all, a man who looks too handsome is like a useless vase. What matters more in a man is the ability to earn money.

Finally, they arrived at the lottery station.

Gu Dad was about to speak to the lottery staff to ask for two tickets, one for himself and one for his son-in-law, so he began reaching into his pocket for money.

Little did he know, once the son-in-law stood beside him, he blurted out, "Give me all of these scratch cards."

Both Gu Dad and the staff members on duty were gobsmacked.

"Hey!" Gu Dad started lecturing his son-in-law, "Didn’t I just tell you? You should save your money!"

Besides, buying all the scratch cards would cost a fortune!

"Dad—" Yebai put his arm around his father-in-law’s shoulder and whispered into his ear, "Don’t worry, I’ve inquired about it. The grand prize is right here."

Gu Dad was completely dumbfounded by his words.

Was it true or false? Did the kid really get insider information about winning the lottery? Like many other old lottery fans, Gu Dad had always wondered if there was any fraud involved in lottery winnings.

The scratch cards weren’t cheap either, with the price of each card ranging from two to tens of yuan. The staff member counted the number of scratch cards at the station and calculated that it would total several hundred thousand yuan.

Good heavens, he must have encountered a madman today, someone willing to spend hundreds of thousands on scratch cards. The staff had this thought in their minds.

Xiao Yebai took out a bank card and began swiping it.

Gu Dad suddenly fell silent next to him, just watching Yebai’s movements with his eyes.

Then, the most painful thing turned out to be the drawing of prizes.

Piles of scratch cards accumulated like mountains on the table, and Xiao Yebai and Gu Dad could only bury their heads in scratching off the cards.

Gu Dad nearly broke his fingernails from scratching, never having imagined that buying lottery tickets could be this painful.

They scratched for three full hours, during which the staff provided them with more convenient scratching tools—two long rulers that could scratch several rows at once.

By the time they were done, not even halfway through, Gu Dad was already stunned. Just as his son-in-law had said, the top prize was within this pile of lottery tickets. Judging from the collected jackpot and smaller prize money, the son-in-law’s investment of several hundred thousand had already paid off.

The lottery station staff stood by, just as stunned as any bystander, completely unaware of what had just happened.

By the time they finally finished counting, night had fallen.

Unnoticed, a crowd of spectators had gathered around the station, all waiting for the final result. No more, no less, in the end, Yebai had earned a hundred thousand yuan, equivalent to winning the first prize.

Gu Dad looked up at his son-in-law.

Xiao Yebai showed his white teeth to his father-in-law and said, "Dad, let’s use this money to buy some gifts for Mom."

Regaining his composure, Gu Dad replied, "Okay, okay."

Together, the son-in-law and father-in-law left the lottery station with the hundred thousand prize money, with the father-in-law remaining silent to the end.

Gu Mom was waiting at home for the two men to return, and as evening approached without sight of them, she began to fret, worrying her husband might give the son-in-law a hard time again. She liked Yebai very much.

Finally, when the two men returned, they saw a small delivery truck from the supermarket bringing goods, which all arrived downstairs at the Gu Family apartment. It turned out Yebai had noticed that the household appliances at home were somewhat outdated. Thinking of sparing Gu Mom the hardship, he decided to replace them with better gadgets like a fridge and rice cooker, and had them delivered to the Gu home.

Gu Mom saw that after a single trip they had brought back so many things, and knowing the son-in-law wasn’t short on money, she said, "Yebai, all the things at home are usable, why buy all this?"

"Mom, this money is from the lottery prize Dad and I won at the lottery station this afternoon," Yebai explained.

Gu Mom looked incredulously at her husband; hadn’t it been many years since he won anything? How could it be that her son-in-law’s luck was so explosively good?

Gu Dad’s face was the epitome of silence, which only made Gu Mom sense that something was amiss.

Gu Nuan watched from the side, the corners of her mouth curling upward; she knew exactly what her husband had done. He had simply taken her dad to experience firsthand what the lottery was all about.

Faced with Gu Mom’s questioning, Gu Dad finally opened his mouth and, exhaling a long breath, he pointed at his son-in-law and said, "A person like him, absolutely cannot play the lottery. He would bankrupt the lottery station."