Chapter 197
Joking about having their wives perform an ’inverted golden hook’ for Chenyang showed just how impressed these people were. They genuinely wanted to learn some of his prize-winning techniques.
He bought six tickets.
He won on all six.
They would never believe it was just dumb luck.
They were all veteran lottery players who had haunted these shops for years. They’d tried countless strange techniques, but for all their efforts, they had only ever succeeded in lining the shop owner’s pockets.
Naturally, now that they’d run into a badass like Chenyang, they were tripping over themselves to learn something valuable.
But Chenyang paid no mind to their fawning and flattery, just as he had ignored their earlier mockery.
His expression calm, he handed the scratch-offs to the owner. "Cash these out!"
"So, after deducting the cost of the tickets, I owe you 12,210, right?"
"That’s right. Just give me 12,200. Consider the last ten bucks my treat for a milk tea."
"Alright!"
The owner grinned, pulling cash directly from the small safe under the counter and handing it over.
Chenyang took the money and walked out, the envious eyes of the crowd following him.
He was gone, but the legend of his visit to this lottery shop would likely live on for some time.
"I’m bricked up with envy. Twelve thousand in less than ten minutes!"
"He wasn’t just favored by Lady Luck. He clearly screwed her!"
"Twelve thousand... how many bricks would I have to haul to earn that much? Shit, if I’d known, I would’ve started sucking up to that kid the second he walked in."
"Boss, give me a few of those same tickets. I’ve got a feeling I can hit a streak, too..."
"I’ll take a few, too..."
The reason lottery shops attracted a constant stream of people wasn’t just the fantasy of getting rich overnight and the thrill of scratching off a ticket. It was also due to basic human herd mentality.
Zhang San, who never plays the lottery, sees Li Si win a prize and immediately pulls a couple of bucks from his pocket and rushes in.
He might not win the first time, but he’ll dream of winning the next. After three or four losses, Zhang San becomes another regular customer.
When these people saw Chenyang win, their envy was mixed with a renewed sense of confidence and hopeful fantasy for themselves.
They all started to imitate Chenyang, using their intuition to pick the tickets they believed would be winners from the various stacks.
But what they didn’t know was that Chenyang’s winning streak had nothing to do with so-called intuition or skill. It was all thanks to his eyes, which could see through anything!
After what had just transpired, Chenyang was certain he had gained a miraculous X-ray vision ability. He was also more convinced than ever that the Twelve Zodiac Diagram was the source of many great benefits!
However, in the process of confirming his new power, Chenyang also sensed that it had its limits.
Just by looking through a single stack of scratch-offs, his eyes had begun to sting slightly.
If he pushed it any further, he might cause some irreversible damage.
Chenyang briefly analyzed the situation. He figured there were two likely reasons for this limitation.
First, the ability itself might have inherent limits, meaning it couldn’t be used without restraint.
The second was that he hadn’t truly been with Qin Fei’Er yet, so the X-ray vision he’d gained wasn’t yet perfected!
The exact reason would become clear after he and Qin Fei’Er had a "heated battle."
Of course, even if the ability had its own inherent limits, it was still a welcome surprise for Chenyang.
After all, even if he could only use it once a day, the benefits would be immense.
Besides, this was just one ability.
If he could find the other women who corresponded to the Zodiac Diagram and sleep with them, he would definitely gain more abilities. The benefits would go far beyond what he had now.
Chenyang couldn’t help but feel a secret thrill of excitement as he grew more and more hopeful about the future.
’Who is the next woman who can awaken the Zodiac Diagram?’
Although Chenyang had no way of finding a specific woman, his intuition told him that among the beautiful women around him, Qin Fei’Er surely wasn’t the only one who could awaken the Zodiac Diagram!
’If Sister Liu is one of them, that would be perfect. Then I could awaken the second diagram tonight.’
’I’ll ask her what her zodiac sign is in a bit.’
Muttering to himself, Chenyang started back toward the car to wait for Liu Yun.
But he had barely taken a few steps forward when a sudden, excited cheer caught his attention.