Li Yu rolled his eyes speechlessly at Huizhong.
"You're too dirty-minded." Gu Zhalan said irritatingly to Yuan Huizhong.
"I don't know what you're always thinking with that fish brain of yours." Li Yu also added.
Scratching his round and small head embarrassment, Huizhong defended himself.
"Aren't you the one weirdly looking at me."
"You know what let's just forget about it."
"Guys, should we go play outdoor?!"
"YES, bro!! Let's go play outside, staying indoors all day would be too boring."
Huizhong immediately became happy when he heard 'play outdoor'.
"No, no big brother, how can we play outdoor when you're only just getting better, have you forgotten you've just been discharged from the hospital?"
The only rationale one, Zhalan rebuked instantly.
What the f*ck is that for? How dare you try to foil my perfect plan?
Li Yu thought angrily but showed nothing on his face.
"What are you talking about Little girl? Who told you I've not felt better enough?"
"I'm warning you big brother, stop calling me Little girl every time, do you want me to fight it out with you? And also, there is only two years difference between us."
Zhalan always became unhappy every time Li Yu called her little girl.
"Okay, Okay. I'm sorry dear elder sister, I would call you little girl no more."
"better."
Zhalan immediately smiled when she saw she had won.
"Hai what a stubborn girl"
Li Yu sighed but became released that Zhalan had given in.
"I will report you to aunt if you dare so much step out of this building." Zhalan continued, not giving in at all.
Li Yu was immediately frustrated again when he saw that this little girl would not allow him to achieve his aim.
All of a sudden, as if he got enlightened, Li Yu remembered one of the memories which he had forgotten.
"If you agreed to let us go play outdoor, I will buy you that Barbie purse you've always wanted."
Li Yu threw the bait.
And true to what he had expected, Zhalan immediately had stars shining in her eyes when she heard Li Yu's promise.
"Do- do you mean what you just said?!"
Happiness rushed into Li Yu's brain when he saw the little girl picking up his bait.
"Would I joke with such a thing?!" Li Yu asked.
"Hai… Big brother is the best." Zhalan instantly became happy and she began to make plans on how she would show off HER bag to her friends the next day in her head.
Li Yu who had finally achieved his aim turned his head to look at Huizhong.
"Don't- don't tell me you would be using our savings to buy her the bag, please." Huizhong muttered quietly to Li Yu with a look that said; 'I would rather die than give in'.
"Who told you I would be using our savings?!" Li Yu rolled his head speechlessly.
….
Outside the house, Zhalan and Huizhong were currently following behind Li Yu.
"Where are we going, big brother?" Zhalan asked curiously.
"I don't know yet." Li Yu replied as a matter of fact.
"wait, what?! You don't know?!"
Zhalan and Huizhong were both stunned as they did not expect to follow behind someone that doesn't have a particular destination.
"Yep, I don't know." Li Yu replied.
"Guys, do you know any lottery or casino shop in this area?" Li Yu suddenly asked the two.
"Hun, why are you asking such a question?" Zhalan asked curiously.
"wait a moment, wait a moment. Don't tell me that's where you intended to go all along?" Huizhong suddenly answered the question, not wanting to believe what he said himself.
"Is that true big brother?"
"Yep, I wanna try my luck with the money mother gave me." Li Yu answered so naturally.
"Big brother are you crazy?"
"Yu bro, are you crazy?"
Zhalan and Huizhong asked in unison.
Looking at their expressions, Li Yu was not surprised at all as he had already expected something like that.
"Why would I be crazy, I was only going there to try my luck."
"No, no. I definitely will not follow you to such a place." Zhalan stopped on her track, which also made Li Yu and Huizhong stop.
"Yu bro, how did you even learn of Lottery?" Huizhong asked curiously.
Li Yu was speechless by such a question.
"What do you mean by how did I learn of lottery? How do you learn of the lottery?"
"No, no Yu bro, everybody has heard one thing or the other about the lottery, but what made you get interested in it?!"
"Oh, I heard some guys talking about it a few weeks ago. They said they won hundred dollars with just one dollar, so I thought I should also try my luck, who knows, I might also hit the jackpot."
"Wait… what? Someone won 100 dollars with $1, that's like quite a lot, isn't it?"
Huizhong suddenly had stars shining in his eyes as he began to do the calculation with his chubby fingers.
"That's like 100 times the initial stake, what are we also waiting for, let's also go try our luck."
"What the goodness of the lord is into you two today, how can you even get interested in the lottery, do you two know what would happen if you lose??"
Zhalan looked at the two as if they were not the ones she had known all her life before she continued.
"you will say goodbye to the money you staked, you know."
Hearing what she said, Li Yu was suddenly stunned.
"You- you, how did you know so much about the lottery?! Don't tell me you've played it before." Li Yu asked with a fake surprise.
"You are really stupid. How would I, your elder sister play a lottery?! I only knew it because we were taught that in school."
"Hahaha, I was only making fun of you, how would a pretty and innocent girl like you play a lottery."
"Will you please let's try this once?!" Li Yu gave Zhalan a puppy face.
This elder sister is so hard to confuse, why was she even around today? Please don't foil my perfect plans.
Li Yu thought with a funny angered face, but deep inside, he was grateful for the type of person she is. He knew she was only looking out for him.
"No means no."
"Common now, elder sister, please."
Huizhong who had already been blinded by the return of the money he's yet to win also began to beg.
"Why are you two acting as if I was the bad person here?!"
Zhalan immediately got angry.
"Just allow me to play it this once, okay? If I lose, then I definitely would stop. Isn't it a few cents?! And if I win, we would become happy and I would be able to buy you your Barbie bag."
Li Yu tried to hypnotize her.
Zhalan thought of what Li Yu said and felt there was nothing wrong with it, isn't it just a few cents?! so she agreed reluctantly.
"You're the best…"
Li Yu and Huizhong jubilated.
"So who knows where a lottery or casino shop is located nearby?!"
Li Yu asked again.
"I think I saw one few streets away from here some weeks ago," Huizhong said thoughtfully.
"Nice, let's go there." Li Yu said happily.
"Okay let's go there." Huizhong also said happily as he began to lead the way.
Zhalan shook her head in frustration and followed behind.
...
"Aren't we there yet?"
With a hard breath, Zhalan asked for the tenth time today."
"We are almost there." The fat Huizhong who was already sweating as a goat replied with almost all his strength, breathing like someone who had just finished running around the whole of China.
"That's what you've been saying since more than thirty minutes ago." Li Yu also replied while feeling an urgent need to get everything done and return home before his mum.
"Look, that's the place." Huizhong suddenly raised one of his chubby fingers and pointed.
Li Yu turned his head to look at the place Huizhong was pointing at.
It was a huge building that had a board hanging above its roof that read; "JJ lottery shop."
There were a lot of people going in and coming out of the shop at the moment.
"What a glamorous and huge building?!" Zhalan exclaimed.
"Yeah, it truly is." Li Yu added but felt otherwise when he remembered all the huge skyscrapers that would be built in the future.
"Let's go in," Huizhong said urgently as he couldn't wait to get his hand on the reward they would win.
Even though it was still daylight, there was still a huge queue at the entrance.
Li Yu and co also joined the queue….
After waiting for what felt like forever and almost giving up, it finally reached Li Yu and co.'s turn.
At the door of this building, two muscular men stood expressionlessly.
"Are you alone or together?" One muscular man asked Li Yu emotionlessly.
"We are together good sir." Li Yu replied, not scared at all by the man's huge and scary look.
"How old are you?" the same man asked Li Yu coldly when he noticed that Li Yu seemed to be the group leader.