In an instant, he understood the principle behind it. Because he knew about the narration's issues, every matter had two sides for him. The narration could only predict things that were definitely going to happen, while he himself was the uncertain factor. Hence, when he paid, the matter became certain, and the narration was applicable.
Thinking about it carefully, it really was like this. He could not interfere with others' actions, so he could only pre-judge to change the outcome, but he couldn't stop the process from happening, whether it was Wang Qiang's revenge, Li Zijun's danger yesterday, or that car accident.
Even the leftover meal he hadn't eaten was essentially rotten food, and it wasn't because he didn't eat it that the leftovers didn't spoil.
But now, his dream of winning a few million was shattered. Sure enough, he thought things were still too simple.
"Xing, if you don't believe it, with these two tickets, I can win 25 bucks!" Su Qing said, holding an unscratched lottery ticket, smiling at Wang Xing beside him.
Based on the narration, he already knew this action would earn him a small profit of fifteen dollars, plus his ten-dollar capital, making the prize twenty-five.
Hearing this, Wang Xing gave a dismissive laugh and then snatched the two scratch tickets from his hand: "Believe my ass, just now you hit a lucky streak. If you can guess it right this time, I'll call you Daddy!"
To this, Su Qing shook his head helplessly and laughed: "Forget it, if I had an ungrateful son like you, I'd have plastered you against the wall long ago. How could you still annoy me?"
But Wang Xing didn't care and started scratching with a coin. The first ticket got five bucks; but when he scratched the second one and saw it showed he won 20 bucks, Wang Xing was dumbfounded.
"Hey, you really won. Young man, your guess was spot-on," the shopkeeper grandpa beside them laughed.
Upon hearing this, Su Qing handed over the two scratchers: "Just lucky, just a blind guess, haha!"
"Just give me cash!"
"Alrighty."
Soon, the grandpa handed him the prize money, and Su Qing took it, turning around to find Wang Xing still in a daze, mouth agape, eyes wide.
"Xiao Wang, close your surprised mouth, didn't you just win 25 bucks, let's go!"
Having said that, Su Qing was about to leave, as after all, they couldn't get rich off this.
As a man, either study cars, houses, and how to make money to be a groom, or study food, drink, and which woman to snuggle with.
Clearly, the lottery shop could not fulfill any of these.
But before he could take a step forward, he felt his thigh being tightly hugged by someone.
"Daddy!!!"
"Daddy, teach me!"
"If not, at least break some misfortune for me, so I can be lucky today and win a hundred or eighty grand!" Wang Xing sat on the ground and shouted excitedly, clearly having no sense of shame.
"Are you crazy? Let go, let go!" Su Qing struggled while awkwardly laughing at the puzzled grandpa.
Instead, the grandpa stayed calm, glanced at them, then turned away and muttered, "Damn, these young people today!"
Su Qing: ...
"You really believe a blind guess? With your IQ, no wonder you've been a backup for so many years, let's go!"
"But..."
"Just go!"
Both returned to the car, with Wang Xing sitting in the passenger seat, excitedly asking, "Qingzi, can you break it? I know, in your line there are many rules like Three Noes and Five Lacks or something. It's okay, change my luck, I make money, we split fifty-fifty, no, seventy-thirty, even eighty-twenty is fine!"
Hearing this, Su Qing realized his bluff had worked, responding with a smile: "What? You believe it now?"
Wang Xing nodded: "I believe, there's no harm anyway!"
"By the way, can you predict the numbers for the next lottery? I want to go all in!"
Su Qing: ...
What is this person thinking? All in, if I could really do it, why would I still be making short videos? Wouldn't good things come to me first?
"Do I look like an idiot to you? Wouldn't I do it myself if it were possible?" Su Qing glared at him and said.
Wang Xing: "Come on, can't you break a few?"
"Hell no, do you really take me for some half-god? I haven't learned anything like that, and besides, don't smoke in the car!" Su Qing snatched the lighter from him.
To this, Wang Xing gave a couple of dry laughs: "Well, the lottery stuff is negotiable, but bro, there's one thing you must help me with."
Su Qing: →_→
"Hey hey hey, what's with your look?" Wang Xing immediately got flustered at seeing this, as he felt a dog-like essence in Su Qing's expression.
"What do you think? If I guess correctly, you want to ask about love, right?" Su Qing sneered.
"Damn, you said you're no fortune-teller! Genius!"
Su Qing: -_-|||
"Genius, my ass. Next time you talk about that girl, can you hide your puppy-love face a little? It's disgusting to watch."
"Given her obvious sea queen vibe and you're still in her fishpond, that means you're not even a fish, just a shrimp!"
When it came to Wang Xing's goddess, Su Qing didn't even need the narration's help to guess what was on his mind, as the heart of a lapdog was just that evident.
"Mengting is not like that, Qingzi, you misunderstood her, she's a good girl!"
Su Qing: "Stop, you can love whoever you want, it's none of my business."
"Come on, help me figure out when we can be together. If you help out, this month's foot massages are on me. Otherwise, I'll have to chat with Sister Jun about last night's incident." Wang Xing grinned cheekily.
Even knowing there were problems with his so-called Feng Shui Divination, he chose to believe it. Gotta admit, love can make people dumb.
"Threatening me?"
"No, no, no, I wouldn't dare, listen to you!"
"Still, I can't do it."
"Why?" Wang Xing asked, puzzled.
Upon hearing this, Su Qing took a deep breath, really wanting to give him a smack: "I need to see the real person, face-to-face for a chance to succeed."
"Also, take my advice, even my gut tells me you two won't make it, unless you suddenly become a rich second-generation."
And when Wang Xing heard this, he immediately beamed, completely ignoring the latter part of his words: "As long as it works, great! I'll find some time tomorrow noon to bring you to meet her."
The company he worked for was quite close to his goddess's residence, just a community away.
"Tomorrow? I'm busy tomorrow!"
"Why? You don't have a steady job, you can make your videos any time, are you just not willing to help me!" Wang Xing grabbed his arm and interrogated.
"I have something on tomorrow, attending my sister's parent-teacher conference."
Wang Xing: →_→
"I don't believe it. I remember 'Sleeping Pill' is currently your sister's homeroom teacher; would you really walk into his trap?"
'Sleeping Pill' referred to their high school math teacher and homeroom teacher, as his mere presence made everyone sleepy.
"What do you know, yesterday I saw my sister's English teacher, she's really pretty, I heard she just graduated not long ago," Su Qing smiled knowingly.
Hearing this, Wang Xing frowned: "Teacher?"
"Yeah, why?"
"Bro, you forgot, in your freshman year, you hit on a girl on the field, and it turned out to be a teacher at our school, nearly costing you your degree?"
Su Qing: ...
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