Chapter 8: Buying the Lottery

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

“Mom, just go. Trust me.”

Lance took Helen’s hand tightly, afraid that she would turn around and leave the next moment.

His destination this time was the lottery station.

This time, Lance only asked Helen to accompany him because after interacting with Fred, he realized that Fred was slightly pedantic and would not easily agree to him buying the lottery.

As for Helen, she was relatively easy to talk to.

But now Helen looked hesitant.

She poked Lance’s little head and said, “You want to go to the lottery station at such a young age. Unreliable little fellow.”

No matter how much Helen trusted Lance, she felt that his visit to the lottery station was an act of mischief.

The lottery was not like stocks. Stocks could at least be judged according to the general situation in the country, but Helen absolutely did not believe that Lance could predict the winning numbers of the lottery.

When Helen rebuked him, Lance didn’t mind. He focused on taking Helen’s hand and heading for the lottery station.

Lance’s insistence left Helen helpless. She could only move forward slowly with him.

…

As soon as he arrived at the lottery station, the smell of smoke lingered around the nostrils.

Helen covered her mouth and nose and coughed slightly.

Although Lance was more or less affected by second-hand smoke, he was completely satisfied with buying lottery tickets and naturally ignored the environment.

Before he came, he had already investigated the lottery gameplay.

Manhattan just happened to launch a lottery event. The lottery price was only $2, but the lottery prize money could reach up to $1 million!

However, Lance had already thought it through. He was not going to take the million dollars. Instead, he was prepared to take tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands.

He could not stay high-profile and be at the center of the conversation topic.

While Lance was thinking, Helen visibly squirmed.

She had never been to the lottery station.

This environment made her feel uncomfortable all over. She wanted to leave, but seeing Lance’s serious expression, Helen sighed and decided to wait for Lance to buy the lottery before leaving.

After all, she had already promised her son. How could she go back on her word?

Enduring the discomfort, Helen rubbed Lance’s head. “Go buy it.”

With that, Helen handed Lance a hundred dollars.

Taking the money, Lance strode forward and carefully studied the rules this time.

According to the rules, if one wanted to participate in this event, one had to scrape out a set of words before they had a chance to participate.

This matter was a piece of cake for Lance.

It was just an event phrase. The system would give the correct answer.

Then, Lance first used the system to investigate which set of numbers had a high return and no risk value. Lance chose a few sets of numbers here.

After the selection, Lance thought briefly for a moment and casually wrote a few more sets of numbers, mixing them with the correct numbers just now to avoid causing too much commotion.

This way, even if he won the prize, the surrounding people would only think that he was purely lucky and would not think of anything else.

After writing down ten sets of numbers, Lance went to the owner of the lottery station.

The boss and Lance were separated by a thick glass cover. It would not have looked out of place if an adult had come, but because Lance was not tall enough, his small figure was mostly blocked by the counter when he went to the counter.

“Boss, I’m here to buy the lottery ticket.”

After Lance spoke, the carefree boss realized that someone had come to buy the lottery.

After staring ahead, the boss looked down and realized Lance was there.

He frowned slightly and looked Lance up and down.

Buying lottery tickets at this age?

The owner of the lottery station was going to refuse to sell him when he saw Helen standing behind Lance. As Helen looked like Lance, he realized that Lance had brought his parent, so he didn’t say anything.

The boss said slowly, “Little kid, tell me the numbers you chose.”

“Here.” Lance stood on a mounting block and placed the piece of paper on the counter where he’d just written down ten sets of numbers. He didn’t forget to add politely, “Sorry to trouble you, boss.”

The boss raised his eyebrows and took the ten sets of numbers Lance had written.

This little kid bought 10 sets in one go? The boss was a little surprised, but he did not say anything. He obediently printed the lottery tickets for Lance.

When the lottery tickets were printed, Lance held on to these and waited for the draw.

Lance sat obediently beside Helen, his feet not touching the ground as he swayed in the air. He looked out of place at the lottery station.

Naturally, it attracted the attention of many people.

“This kid came to the lottery station?”

“You’re too young to buy a lottery ticket. Haha, little guy, you’re quite addicted.”

“There’s no free lunch in the world. The probability of winning the lottery is low. You should save your pocket money to buy snacks.”

“…”

Adults who came to buy lottery tickets spoke one after another, making Lance the most eye-catching being in an instant.

Seeing that he had become the center of conversation again, Lance rubbed his eyebrows helplessly. Then he smiled sweetly and casually brushed off what those people had just said.

By the time Lance was done fooling around, there were still ten seconds left before the announcement of the winning numbers.

The countdown on the lottery station screen was jumping. Lance waited confidently.

As for the group of people just now, they did not have the time to care about Lance. Instead, they were focused on waiting for the winning numbers.

“Three, two, one!”

“The winning numbers for this season are as follows…”

The winning numbers appeared on the screen. While everyone was matching the numbers, Lance went straight to the owner of the lottery station.

“Boss, I want to redeem the prize.”

The boss looked confused.

As soon as the winning numbers appeared, Lance came to redeem the prize. Did he think this was a sure win?

However, seeing that he was a child, the boss took the lottery ticket and matched the numbers for him one by one.

At first, the boss’s expression was normal, but as time passed, the more he looked at it, the more he felt that something was wrong.

Isn’t the winning rate a little high?!

When the boss finished checking the winning numbers in shock, he swallowed and spoke mechanically.

“Only two of these 10 lottery tickets didn’t win.”

“The biggest winning amount is 8,000 dollars. Even the smallest winning amount is 500 dollars… Little kid, you’re too lucky.”

The boss had been running the lottery station for years. He had to admit that Lance had the best luck he had ever seen.

It was ridiculously good.

Hearing this, Lance was not surprised. He just nodded indifferently and calmly accepted the prize money from the lottery.

However, the boss’s words attracted everyone’s attention at the lottery station.

“This luck? It’s a little heaven-defying.”

“Amazing. I bought the lottery a few times and won a hundred dollars at most. This child must be blessed by the Goddess of Luck.”

“That’s nothing compared to me? I bought more than 10 tickets today. Other than a few small ones, I didn’t win a single one. What a loss.”

“The child is amazing. I want to buy the same numbers as him.”

“Haha, not to that extent. Children are just lucky occasionally.”

“That’s hard to say. Anyway, I’m not lucky. The little kid’s numbers can be used as a reference.”

“…”

They discussed animatedly, each with his idea.

Under the circumstances, Helen looked confused.

She had thought that Lance was just here to have fun. A hundred dollars would be wasted and he would leave when he was done.

But who would have thought that Lance would instantly multiply the original sum by so many times!