Lu's mother was also somewhat vain. The thought of being ridiculed like this if she had a commoner daughter-in-law made her feel inferior to others.
She pursed her lips and after a long while, she said, "That was just a photo. It's not enough to make her a daughter-in-law. Perhaps Yan Ting took the hat endorsement and just snapped a picture."
Xu Jingyan and her mother exchanged a glance, quite satisfied with Lu's mother's attitude; they had achieved their goal for the day!
All they wanted was this one sentence from Lu's mother!
After getting off work on Monday, Ji Lun didn't go out to deliver food as usual. Instead, he met up with Xiao Tang, a colleague he was on good terms with, for drinks.
Xiao Tang asked in surprise, "Jilun, you're not delivering food anymore and not earning extra money? Didn't you say you were going to work hard to save money to get married?"
Ji Lun waved his hand dismissively, "I'm not marrying you! I'll just live like this from now on! I'm fine on my own!"
Xiao Tang looked incredulous. Ji Lun's eyes used to light up when she talked about her girlfriend, but today, they were devoid of that light, only a dull gray remained.
Tang couldn't help but sigh and asked, "Huh? Why is that?"
"It's not her fault, it's because I'm too poor to keep her. She ran off with someone else!" Ji Lun looked up at the sky, the loneliness in his eyes gradually replaced by relief.
Just then, President Sun and Tian Jingjing walked out of the office building behind them.
Xiao Tang, with his sharp eyes, spotted the two immediately and exclaimed indignantly, "Mr. Sun, look at this! It's outrageous! Xiao Ji is such a good person, and his girlfriend ran off with someone else! This is too much! That woman has no taste at all!"
Upon hearing this, a hint of embarrassment instantly appeared on the faces of both President Sun and Tian Jingjing.
Tian Jingjing looked away, as if she didn't recognize them.
Mr. Sun then clenched his right fist, gently pressed it to his lips, coughed twice, and said, "Little Tang, I don't really understand these things about young people breaking up and getting back together. I have other things to do, so I'll take my leave first."
As he spoke, he looked at Tian Jingjing and said, "Xiao Tian, we're going the same way, I can give you a ride."
After saying that, the two hurriedly left, their backs looking as if they were fleeing in panic.
"Hey, Mr. Sun, don't go! Xiao Ji broke up with his girlfriend, and we were just about to go get a drink. Would you like to come along?" Xiao Tang, oblivious to the situation, shouted at the top of his lungs.
"Xiao Tang, stop shouting, let's go by ourselves." Ji Lun stretched out his long arm and put it on Xiao Tang's shoulder.
The two found a barbecue stall, ordered some barbecue, and a few bottles of beer. Looking at the table full of fragrant barbecue, Xiao Tang immediately began to eat with gusto.
"In my opinion, living alone is quite nice. Look at me, I can eat my fill and the whole family isn't hungry." After saying that, Xiao Tang picked up a can of beer and took a big gulp.
"Yes, it's nice to be alone. From now on, I won't date anyone." Ji Lun sighed, then casually pulled the tab on a can of beer and clinked glasses with Xiao Tang.
After finishing his drink, Xiao Tang looked up and saw a lottery shop across the street.
Xiao Tang jokingly teased, "Jilin, there's a saying that 'when you're down on your luck in love, you're on your luck in gambling.' I think if you went to buy a lottery ticket right now, your chances of winning would be much higher than the average person's!"
Ji Lun took out a cigarette, lit it, and the grayish-white smoke instantly swirled up, blurring his face.
Seeing this, Xiao Tang looked surprised. "Hey Ji Lun, you weren't a smoker before. Last time I let you have a couple of puffs, you looked like you were going to die. How come you're carrying cigarettes with you now?"
Ji Lun slowly exhaled a smoke ring and said softly, "Let's go."
"Go? Where to?" Xiao Tang looked bewildered.
Ji Lun patted him on the shoulder and pointed to the lottery shop across the street: "Isn't it said that if you're unlucky in love, you're lucky in gambling?"
Xiao Tang suddenly realized what was happening and said with an embarrassed smile, "I was just joking."
"It doesn't matter, I'll just buy it for fun, consider it a donation." After saying that, Ji Lun strode across the street.
Inside the lottery shop, Ji Lun stared at the charts analyzing the trends on the wall, slightly taken aback.
"Young man, is this your first time buying a lottery ticket?" The clerk couldn't help but ask when he saw Ji Lun's blank expression.
"Hmm, it's my first time, I don't quite understand the rules," Xiao Tang quickly replied.
The shop assistant deftly took out a few scratch cards from the counter: "This is the simplest way to play. You'll know immediately whether you've won or not after scratching it. Want to give it a try?"
Xiao Tang beamed: "Okay, give me two."
After receiving the scratch-off lottery ticket from the shop assistant, Xiao Tang started scratching it with great enthusiasm.
Ji Lun picked up a piece of paper and a pen from the counter, quickly wrote down a few numbers, and then handed them to the clerk: "Buy these eight sets of numbers."
The shop assistant took the slip of paper and asked, "How much do you want?"
Ji Lun took out his phone, scanned the QR code for payment, and a crisp notification sound rang out in the store: "Alipay payment received, 30,000 yuan!"
The sales clerk was taken aback: "Young man, are you so confident in these numbers? Why are you buying so many?"
Ji Lun's gaze fell on an advertisement posted on the wall. In the picture, children in a poor mountain area were barefoot and attending classes in a dilapidated classroom.
"I wouldn't say I'm confident, I just want to make some contribution to impoverished mountainous areas."
"So you just wrote these numbers down randomly?" This was the first time the shop assistant had ever encountered someone doing charity in this way.
Ji Lun toyed with a pen in his hand and said slowly, "It's not exactly random writing. Every set of numbers here is meaningful, including anniversaries of the founding of the country..."
The clerk was taken aback, thinking to himself, "Buying lottery tickets this way, and you're actually quite patriotic!"
"And also, the anniversary of our alma mater's founding, the day my parents divorced, the day they abandoned me and left home, my grandmother's birthday, the anniversary of her death, and..."
Before Ji Lun could finish speaking, the shop assistant felt a chill run down his spine. The first part sounded normal, but the more he listened, the more creepy it became.
"Alright, alright, I don't want to know anymore. Just tell me how much for each number," the clerk quickly interrupted him.
Ji Lun looked calmly at the shop assistant: "You can decide how to allocate this 30,000 yuan."
Tang, who was scratching a lottery ticket, suddenly froze, looked up at Ji Lun, and said, "Ji Lun, that's 30,000 yuan! You just broke up with your boyfriend, you... you shouldn't do anything rash!"
Ji Lun shook his head with a wry smile: "What's there to be upset about? Anyway, I have nowhere to spend this money now, so I might as well donate it to people who need it more."
Xiao Tang had already scratched off a lottery ticket. He glanced at it and frowned. "What the hell? I only won five yuan!"
Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, Xiao Tang turned to the shop assistant and said, "Make me a copy using the number he just gave me, but I'll only buy the three hundred yuan one."
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