The three of them were walking, not taking a bus.
Xu Lin and Yu Xinyan walked in front, while Lei Haolong followed behind.
They walked for a while.
The trio passed by a scratch-off lottery shop.
Quite a few young people were playing scratch-offs there.
Lei Haolong said, "Xu Lin, why do you think scratch-offs attract young people? Every time I see a scratch-off shop or stall, there are many young people. Do they all want to get something for nothing?"
"Maybe it's your illusion, it's not just young people."
Xu Lin glanced at the scratch-off shop.
[An ordinary scratch-off lottery shop.]
Hmm.
Nothing special.
Xu Lin looked at the scratch-offs again.
[Here's a scratch-off that can win you three thousand yuan.]
!
Xu Lin's foot had just lifted when it froze mid-air, and then he stepped back swiftly.
He quickly found that scratch-off ticket and bought it from the owner.
Almost let that young person next to me take it!
What a close call!
"Xu Lin, why are you playing scratch-offs too?"
Lei Haolong was quite puzzled.
Xu Lin said, "Because I want to get something for nothing too!"
"Xu Lin, scratch-offs are a scam," Lei Haolong continued.
Yu Xinyan returned and looked at Xu Lin, "Lei Haolong is right."
But Xu Lin told her, "Yanyan, you're lucky, help me scratch it off. Maybe we'll win?"
"You won't win anything!"
Yu Xinyan thought scratch-offs were a kind of gambling and shouldn't be touched. She pouted, wanting to give Xu Lin a lecture.
But seeing Xu Lin's expectant eyes, Yu Xinyan's heart softened and she took the scratch-off ticket from his hand.
"I'll help you scratch it, but no matter what, don't touch these again in the future!"
"Yanyan, you care about me the most!"
"Xu Lin, you're the least serious one!"
Yu Xinyan glanced at him, then began to scratch the ticket, thinking she shouldn't let Xu Lin play with such things in the future.
But after scratching for a while, Yu Xinyan saw the words "3000 yuan" on the ticket and froze.
Huh?
Did we win?
The nearby Lei Haolong exclaimed, "Wow! We really won!"
Three thousand yuan is undoubtedly a huge sum for most freshly graduated high school students, unless they come from wealthy families. Otherwise, who wouldn't care about three thousand yuan? Like Lei Haolong, who only gets two hundred bucks of pocket money a week. Some who live on campus have all three meals at school and have even less pocket money.
With Lei Haolong's shout, everyone nearby looked over.
"Wow! Amazing!"
"Won three thousand just like that!"
"So envious!"
Everyone exclaimed, incredibly envious, and some even gnashed their teeth, feeling they missed out on a huge sum themselves.
Xu Lin ignored the crowd, just smiling at Yu Xinyan, "Yanyan, you're truly my lucky little angel!"
"No more playing with these in the future!"
Yu Xinyan was quite happy. Xu Lin called her his lucky little angel, and she didn't even realize she was a bit lost in herself.
Do I really have good luck?
But what made Yu Xinyan the happiest was helping Xu Lin win three thousand.
"Hehe!"
"No more hehe-ing! No more playing in the future!"
Soon, Xu Lin exchanged the three thousand at the shop. For such a small amount, unlike big prizes, it could be exchanged on the spot.
"Yanyan, what do you want to eat? It's my treat."
Having just received a large sum, Xu Lin was in a very good mood.
"We ate our fill at the graduation dinner, what else can we eat?"
Yu Xinyan advised, "Keep the money safe, you'll need it in the future, don't spend it recklessly!"
"Yanyan, you really look out for me! But since you helped me win three thousand, I have to do something. Why don't I treat you to ice cream?"
"Ice cream's fine too!"
Yu Xinyan walked with her hands behind her back, appearing quite happy.
Xu Lin might not have noticed anything.
But Lei Haolong was really envious.
For the three years of high school, Yu Xinyan was so aloof and distant to others, matching the books' description of the cold beauty who keeps people at bay. But with Xu Lin, she was lively and radiant, youthful and full of energy.
Lei Haolong really admired Xu Lin.
He thought Xu Lin was really skilled.
Lei Haolong tried to analyze it: from exchanging the ticket to having Yu Xinyan scratch it off, wasn't it all Xu Lin trying to flirt? Yu Xinyan was literally amused by him.
Oh my!
Lei Haolong suddenly realized and quickly took out his phone, opened the memo app and started jotting down notes, afraid he'd forget later.
Before long, the three of them passed by a convenience store.
They went inside, and he insisted on treating Yu Xinyan, so he bought her the biggest ice cream.
As for Lei Haolong, the third wheel, he also got something, but it was a mung bean popsicle without any mung beans.
Yu Xinyan happily ate the ice cream along the way.
Half an hour later, the three of them reached a small community.
Xu Lin and Yu Xinyan both lived in this community, Xu Lin in building eight, Yu Xinyan in building ten.
"Xu Lin, Lei Haolong, goodbye!"
Yu Xinyan said goodbye to Xu Lin and the others.
Lei Haolong: "Goodbye, Yu Xinyan."
Xu Lin was more straightforward, giving an OK hand sign.
"Xu Lin, say something!"
Yu Xinyan raised her voice slightly.
"Yanyan, don't go! How will I live without you?"
Xu Lin instantly put on a face like he was about to cry.
"You're such a clown, I'm heading upstairs!"
Yu Xinyan giggled.
Watching Yu Xinyan's joyfully leaving figure, Lei Haolong said, "Xu Lin, you're amazing!"
"Amazing how?"
"You managed to win over Yu Xinyan. Isn't that amazing? In high school, she barely spoke to any boys, such a cool and aloof person!"
"I don't really understand either!"
Xu Lin thought for a moment, he hadn't paid attention to it.
Did Yu Xinyan not talk to boys before?
But Xu Lin and Yu Xinyan were in the same community, and they would banter a bit seeing each other going to and from school.
Xu Lin always found it quite fun.
Looking back, from middle school to high school, watching Yu Xinyan grow up, he really developed a lens for her.
He remembered when Yu Xinyan was in the first year of middle school, their family just moved here, she was quite pretty but pretty short, and she was this little flat-chested girl. Later, she blossomed, grew to over 170 cm, with a great figure and long legs.
The transformation of a girl indeed.
"Xu Lin, teach me how to flirt with girls!"
Lei Haolong said excitedly.
"Flirt with what? I don't even have a girlfriend."
"Xu Lin, isn't it easy for you to find a girlfriend? A bunch of girls at school like you!"
"But I really don't have a girlfriend."
"Xu Lin, when we go to college, I'm definitely going to find a girlfriend!"
"What kind of type?"
"Um, someone slightly older than me...uh, I mean a senior, nothing else."
Lei Haolong quickly corrected himself, looking quite serious.
Xu Lin glanced at him.
[A shy, adolescent boy who likes pretty girls, but prefers women older than him.]
Indeed, shy!