Chapter 006: Scratch Card

The light in the café was dim, and the small space was divided into small compartments resembling pigeon cages. Jiang Shaoyou chose the innermost compartment, spending 58 yuan on a cup of Bluebird coffee. After taking a couple of sips, he found it rather tasteless, seemingly not as good as instant coffee that costs less than one yuan per packet. Thus, Jiang Shaoyou pushed the remaining coffee aside, leaned his body, and curled up on the bench in the small compartment, dozing off for a short nap.

Jiang Shaoyou had previously visited the café twice, of course, during his romantic relationship with Zhou Rui. However, the expenses at this place were still too high for a poor student like Jiang Shaoyou, and he did not want to spend Zhou Rui's money, so the two of them only came a few times occasionally

Since he was already there, he couldn't leave empty-handed. Therefore, Jiang Shaoyou took out the two lottery tickets with prizes exceeding 100, along with a few tickets that didn't even win consolation prizes. He pretended to scratch them off for a while, and in the end, he bought a 50 yuan lottery ticket, winning a prize of 700 yuan, netting a profit of 650 yuan

Although the prizes for scratch-off lottery tickets are relatively modest, it is said that some of the top prizes can reach as high as one million. Jiang Shaoyou is not very greedy; he only hopes to win a prize of thirty or fifty thousand, which would alleviate his urgent financial situation and allow him to get through this summer in peace. Otherwise, he only has five hundred yuan on him, and with the need to stay in a hotel, how long can he manage?

It was only when Jiang Shaoyou sat up, stretched lazily, and rubbed his eyes that he realized he had fallen asleep in the coffee shop, and the enchanting sounds were coming from the private room next door

Seeing this, Jiang Shaoyou couldn't help but let out a bitter smile, realizing that the method for making a fortune he had come up with with great difficulty was likely not very reliable after all

If one could earn six to seven hundred yuan every day, then by the end of the month, it would seem possible to accumulate twenty to thirty thousand yuan. However, Jiang Shaoyou understands that this is not a long-term strategy. Although there are many lottery sales points in Shamen, he will eventually visit them all. If he repeatedly wins large prizes at the same lottery stall, it will certainly attract the attention and suspicion of others. While these individuals may not be able to take any action against Jiang Shaoyou, if they discover that he wins large prizes every time he buys a ticket, the next time he selects a ticket, they might refuse to sell it to him, keeping it for themselves to scratch. What recourse would he have? If he repeatedly wins large prizes at the same lottery stall, it will certainly attract the attention and suspicion of others. While these individuals may not be able to take any action against Jiang Shaoyou, if they discover that he wins large prizes every time he buys a ticket, the next time he selects a ticket, they might refuse to sell it to him, keeping it for themselves to scratch. What recourse would he have?

After thinking it over, Jiang Shaoyou could not come up with a reliable way to get rich, which left him feeling quite dejected. He had originally thought that with this skill in hand, he could conquer the world, but he did not expect that this ability to see through things, upon closer examination, was not as impressive as he had imagined. If only he had a power to foresee the future, that would be wonderful. At that point, he would not need to do anything; he could simply predict the winning numbers for tonight's lottery and casually place a few bets to rake in tens of millions.

Jiang Shaoyou tucked away the stall at www.hetushu.com. The boss gave him the money, and as he walked along, he contemplated his future. His mind was in a haze, and he increasingly felt dizzy, even finding it somewhat laborious to walk. This made him more vigilant; it seemed that he needed to exercise greater control over his ability to see through things in the future, as it could no longer be used indiscriminately

Feeling extremely fatigued, Jiang Shaoyou wished he could immediately sit down on the ground and rest for a while. At that moment, he looked up and saw a café named "Hualu Yusi" nearby. After hesitating for a moment, he lifted his foot and walked inside.

Moreover, how can Jiang Shaoyou not be considered a person with superpowers? Yet, he can only use his abilities to earn a meager sum of 320 on the streets. Jiang Shaoyou feels somewhat embarrassed about his own face.

Moreover, although those instant lottery tickets advertise grand prizes amounting to several hundred thousand, the reality of whether such grand prizes truly exist is known only to the lottery issuers. Furthermore, these types of lottery tickets are generally issued at least province-wide, and a typical lottery stall may have a maximum stock of only a few hundred tickets for the same type. Therefore, even if such grand prizes do exist, it is impossible to know where they have been allocated. Even if Jiang Shaoyou had x-ray vision and wanted to find such grand prizes, it would be no different from searching for a needle in a haystack.

However, when Jiang Shaoyou actually arrived at the stall selling scratch-off lottery tickets, he realized that things were not as simple as he had imagined

Oh ...? Right, isn't there also that kind of instant lottery called scratch-off tickets? This should be able to utilize the ability of透视.

The variety of instant lottery tickets available on the market is truly diverse, and there are hardly any simple tickets that directly reveal whether one has won the first or second prize upon scratching. Often, it requires navigating several twists and turns to determine if one has won or not

Upon thinking of this, Jiang Shaoyou immediately felt invigorated, disregarding sleep, and hurriedly dressed before rushing downstairs

In this way, even if Jiang Shaoyou possesses the ability of clairvoyance, it is fundamentally impossible for him to determine within a short period which lottery ticket will win the grand prize. Moreover, his clairvoyant ability is not limitless; prolonged use will lead to symptoms such as dizziness and eye strain.

Although Jiang Shaoyou is still a poor man, he has just won over 600 yuan from the lottery, so he no longer considers spending dozens of yuan as a significant matter

After approximately two hours, Jiang Shaoyou was awakened by a series of suppressed yet excited humming sounds. In his dazed state, Jiang Shaoyou mistakenly thought he was in the dormitory at school, and naturally assumed that the sound was coming from the fourth roommate, Wang Yi, who was once again watching an adult film from Japan.

After all, Jiang Shaoyou spent half a day’s effort, to the point where his eyes were sore and his head felt numb, and he only found one lottery ticket with a prize of 500 yuan and another with a prize of 200 yuan among the pile of tickets. The remaining tickets, even if they had prizes, were at most small prizes of five or ten yuan.

Thinking of the lottery, Jiang Shaoyou suddenly had a brilliant idea