Chapter 706 - 337: A Close Call, Just in Time!
Qiu Lizhen’s mood was as bright as today’s weather.
As she entered, she hummed an unfamiliar tune softly.
The lottery ticket that Jiang Tao bought from Liu Qiang yesterday, she also noted it down.
She went out drinking with her girlfriends last night and didn’t get a chance to check the winning numbers.
This morning she checked.
Hey, guess what?
It won!
And it was not a small prize, at least four second prizes!
Plus, the amount for the second prize this time was as high as over 250,000.
That means, the lottery ticket Jiang Tao spent over 10,000 yuan on now guarantees at least over a million!
Although she hasn’t known Jiang Tao for long, Qiu Lizhen truly liked Jiang Tao.
Of course, this liking wasn’t the kind a woman has for a man.
It was more like a big sister liking a little brother.
Jiang Tao picked up over a million for nothing, and Qiu Lizhen as a big sister was genuinely happy for him.
"Boss! Finally, you’re here! Quick, quick, quick! Call the person who bought my lottery ticket yesterday!"
After hearing Liu Qiang’s muttering at the entrance, as soon as Qiu Lizhen looked up and saw Liu Qiang coming in, her good mood was immediately ruined.
"Liu Qiang? What do you mean?"
Qiu Lizhen stood up from her seat, her neatly shaped eyebrows slightly furrowed, her expression a bit displeased.
"Quick, call the person who bought my lottery ticket yesterday. The deal from yesterday is canceled!"
"I’m not selling that lottery ticket anymore! I’ll refund all the money to him!"
Liu Qiang was somewhat emotional at this moment, speaking loudly, and the remains of breakfast he sprayed out landed on the counter in front of Qiu Lizhen.
Upon hearing Liu Qiang’s words, the fire in Qiu Lizhen’s heart flared up instantly, and any initial sympathy disappeared without a trace.
"Liu Qiang, isn’t what you said a bit unethical?"
"Who was the one begging me to sell that lottery ticket in my store yesterday?"
"Now that the lottery is drawn and you won, you come running to say the deal is off? Where in the world does such a good thing happen!"
The more Qiu Lizhen spoke, the angrier she got, and her pitch rose a few notches:
"So all the risk is borne by others, if it loses it’s on them, but if it wins you want to pick the fruits?"
"Your plan is too shrewd! I’m telling you, that logic won’t fly!"
"You two signed an agreement yesterday; I’m the witness. How can you conduct yourself like this!"
Bang!!
Liu Qiang slammed the counter hard, causing the pen holder on top to jump:
"I don’t care about any agreement or whatever!"
"I was out of my mind back then! I was tricked by him! You all conspired to trick me!"
"That lottery ticket was originally mine! It’s my luck! It’s my money! Why should he get to pick it up for nothing?"
"We conspired to trick you? Ha~ "
Seeing Liu Qiang’s unreasonable, black-and-white-reversing behavior, Qiu Lizhen felt a vigorous rise and fall in her chest, feeling a bit suffocated.
"Liu Qiang, you’re truly a thankless wretch! Yesterday I asked dozens of people about that ticket for you, and no one wanted it, you were desperate, now say isn’t that true?"
"Jiang Tao also wanted to help you because he saw you struggling, and now you’re turning around and accusing us of cheating you!"
"You can’t be so heartless!"
Liu Qiang suddenly interrupted: "Stop wasting time with me!"
"You all just see me as easy to bully! See me unlucky! Conspired to cheat me out of my lottery ticket!"
"I’m telling you, I have nothing now but this lottery ticket to turn my life around! You all must give it back to me!"
In the face of millions, Liu Qiang could care less about conscience, what’s conscience worth?
He panted heavily, his gaze ferociously scanning the small lottery shop, finally fixing on Qiu Lizhen’s face, his tone carrying a kind of desperate threat: "I’m a worthless life! Barefoot isn’t afraid of shoes! What about you all? You, Boss Qiu, have this shop, and that Jiang guy doesn’t seem like he lacks money, you all have great lives ahead of you, right? Push me too far, and we’ll go down together! I’m a worthless life, swapping for you two, I’ll take it!"
"Liu Qiang! You, you, you!!"
Qiu Lizhen was shaking with anger at Liu Qiang’s malicious and shameless rhetoric.
In all her years of life, having met numerous people, she had never seen someone as Liu Qiang—distorting facts at such an old age, biting the hand that feeds him, such a rogue!
This is a petty rascal, an old thug!
"Liu Qiang, you are simply unreasonable! I have nothing more to say to someone like you!"
"If you think we cheated you, then call the police! Let them handle it!"
"Let’s see if the police say you’re making a fuss, or if they say we’re guilty of fraud!"
Qiu Lizhen crossed her arms, not even bothering to argue with Liu Qiang, knowing that even if it went public, she and Jiang Tao were in the right.
"Call the police? Call them for what! This is a civil dispute! What use are the police! I just want my lottery ticket!"
Liu Qiang, having lived half a life, had never dealt with the police. Hearing Qiu Lizhen mention calling them, knowing he lacked justification, he instantly became more anxious.
"You’re not calling, are you? Then I will!"
Seeing Liu Qiang still being unreasonable, Qiu Lizhen picked up the phone on the counter to dial the police.
"Don’t force me!"
Liu Qiang, who hadn’t slept all night, was already unstable emotionally.
Provoked once again by Qiu Lizhen, he hurriedly pulled out a fruit knife he’d bought earlier from his pocket!
The blade was not long, but under the bright indoor light, it reflected a dazzling cold glow!
"You’re not allowed to make the call! Put the phone down!"
Pointing the knife at Qiu Lizhen, Liu Qiang threatened her with a grim expression:
"If Jiang Tao doesn’t come today, if my lottery ticket isn’t returned to me, no one will leave here easily!"