After Becoming Financially Free, They Offered Their Loyalty - Chapter 46

Chapter 46: Your Name Will Be Recorded in the Book of Merits!

TL: YYang

Shen Heping looked at the lottery ticket and swallowed hard.

This was a first prize!

Although he used to be a boss and at his peak had a net worth of over ten million.

But that was all earned bit by bit. How could such a large sum of money appear out of thin air!

Thinking that his days of enduring the wind and rain on his little electric scooter were over, Shen Heping couldn’t help but sigh inwardly: The Shen family’s ancestral graves were emitting green smoke!

“What’s wrong?”

Li Hongjuan was washing vegetables and came out with them in her hand when she heard the commotion.

“Honey, we won the lottery!”

Shen Heping excitedly raised the lottery ticket in his hand and waved it at Li Hongjuan.

“Really?”

“I just checked the first prize for this round of the Double Color Ball, and all the numbers match.”

“How much is the first prize?”

Shen Yuan smiled and said, “I checked. This round is 6.8 million.”

“6.8 million!”

Li Hongjuan couldn’t help but exclaim, her hands unable to hold the vegetables anymore. She snatched the lottery ticket directly from Shen Heping’s hand.

But she had never bought a lottery ticket before and didn’t know how to read it. She turned it over and over but couldn’t understand it. In the end, Shen Heping had to use his phone to compare the winning numbers for her and also showed her the prize money for this round.

Li Hongjuan looked at the numbers on the phone, her face full of astonishment. “It’s really 6.8 million…”

“It is!”

Shen Heping slowly exhaled. Even after deducting the 20% income tax, the 6.8 million prize would still leave them with over 5 million.

With this money, not only could the family’s debts be resolved, but they could also get a bigger house.

And the remaining money could be used to start a new business.

Li Hongjuan took a deep breath to regulate her breathing.

Amazing!

This was 6.8 million!

With this money, not only could they pay off those debts, but the family’s living standard could also be greatly improved!

Li Hongjuan couldn’t help but look at her son, a hint of gratification in her eyes. Although Shen Yuan was usually a bit mischievous, this time he had really helped the family out in a big way!

Li Hongjuan felt a bit indebted to her son. The two-bedroom apartment they rented didn’t have a room for him, and she usually favored her younger daughter.

The old concept was to raise sons poor and daughters rich, and she always felt that Shen Yuan was a tough kid.

Now, she had to change her mindset.

Shen Heping, beaming with joy, took out a pack of cigarettes from his trouser pocket and offered one to Shen Yuan. After the father and son lit up, he waved his hand grandly:

“We’re not cooking lunch today. Let’s go out for a big meal to celebrate our family winning the lottery!”

“Okay, okay, no more cooking. I’ll put the vegetables back in the fridge now and go call that girl Shen Xuan back. The whole family needs to be together for this meal…”

Li Hongjuan was so excited she could barely speak, muttering nonstop. After entering the kitchen, she realized she had dropped the vegetables earlier and then came back to pick them up.

Shen Heping looked at Shen Yuan with gratification. “Son, well done. This time, your name will be properly recorded in our family’s book of merits!”

“That’s a must!”

Shen Yuan grinned, thinking that with this lottery ticket, his status in the family would surely rise to an unprecedented height.

Thirty minutes later, the family of three appeared happily in a private room at Nanjing Restaurant. Old Shen had booked it. His reasoning was that since it was a celebration, they had to choose a high-end restaurant’s private room.

Anyway, after cashing in the prize, the whole family could escape their current situation and move towards a comfortable life. There was no need to save this money anymore.

“Shen Yuan, what made you think of buying a lottery ticket?”

Li Hongjuan had calmed down a bit now. She was flipping through the menu and asked casually.

“One of my roommates often buys lottery tickets. I went with him to buy one a couple of days ago and bought one for myself on a whim. I didn’t expect to actually win.”

Before coming home, Shen Yuan knew they would ask this and had already thought of an explanation.

“Tsk tsk~”

Li Hongjuan couldn’t help but click her tongue in amazement, inwardly marveling at her son’s good luck.

Then, the door to the private room was pushed open stealthily, and a fair-skinned, pretty girl in a school uniform poked her head in. Seeing that she was in the right place, she walked in generously.

“Dad, Mom, what’s the big happy occasion that we have to eat here? I feel like it’s been years since I’ve been here.”

Shen Xuan said as she sat down next to Li Hongjuan.

“Our family can move to a new house. Don’t you think that’s worth celebrating?” Shen Heping said with a cheerful smile.

“Really?!”

Shen Xuan’s eyes lit up. Their family used to have a big house with a garden in the community. They could take the elevator every day, and her room was big too.

Compared to the current small two-bedroom rental, it was a world of difference.

“It’s true. Your brother won six million in the lottery,” Li Hongjuan added.

“Holy shit?! Six million!”

Shen Xuan was so excited she blurted out a curse, then quickly covered her mouth when she saw Li Hongjuan glaring at her.

“Brother, you won?”

Shen Xuan was still in disbelief and turned to ask Shen Yuan.

Shen Yuan said nonchalantly, “Basic stuff, no need for a 6.”

“Tch!”

Shen Xuan couldn’t help but roll her eyes, but she was still very happy. They could move into a big house, and her brother could come home to live too!

“Dad, Mom, I have something to tell you.”

“I’m a junior now, and I’ll be graduating in a year. I have fewer classes recently, so I was thinking of starting a small business outside to gain some experience.”

Shen Yuan thought that since his system daddy’s cash-back would be continuously deposited, and this money couldn’t be explained, he had to have a legitimate business on the surface to cover it up.

Although the 700,000 for the bar had already been invested, and he still had 300,000 in dedicated investment funds in his card, all this money was from his system daddy.

If Old Shen and Ms. Li Hongjuan found out about these businesses later, they would definitely ask where he got the startup capital.

So, Shen Yuan had to take a sum of money from this prize money so that they wouldn’t be suspicious in the future.

“Brother, it’s hard to do business now. What if you lose money?”

Shen Xuan was straightforward and was the first to raise a doubt. Li Hongjuan also expressed her concern: “But business is not good these days. Your dad has been doing it for so many years, and he still took a big fall.”

“How will we know if we don’t try? Everyone starts from scratch. You have to try to know if it will work, right?”

“Don’t you think so, Old Shen?”

Shen Yuan gave Shen Heping a look.

Shen Heping nodded with gratification. “It’s good that you have this idea. Young people do need to go out and explore. Anyway, you won this prize money, so you have the right to use it.”

Li Hongjuan wanted to say something but hesitated, feeling a bit worried. If the family hadn’t gone bankrupt, she might have agreed, but the current economic situation was really unstable. It was better to be cautious.

Another aspect was that she was also a bit worried that if her son Shen Yuan failed in his business venture, he might become self-deprecating and decadent.

Li Hongjuan’s mentality was actually understandable. Not everyone could get back up after falling.

Especially since they themselves had experienced bankruptcy once.

After experiencing such a setback, most people would inevitably be hesitant and cautious in their actions.

Don’t be fooled by the many inspirational success stories of people rising from failure in society. That’s entirely because those who failed have been buried by the dust of history and have no opportunity to speak up.

Having been his wife for over twenty years, Shen Heping immediately saw what Li Hongjuan was thinking and said slowly, “This kid Shen Yuan has a better mentality than me. He won’t lose hope no matter who does, so you don’t have to worry.”

“Besides, Shen Yuan is not a child anymore. He’s twenty-one. I was also starting to venture into society at his age. We can’t treat him like a flower in a greenhouse. It’s time to throw him into society to be tempered.”

“Honey, let’s do it this way.”

Shen Heping turned to Shen Yuan again. “But I have a suggestion. We’ll help you keep a portion of this money.”

“This way, even if you lose money in business in the future, the family can still be your safety net.”

Shen Heping also felt that to cultivate a child’s resilience and independence, he had to let him venture into society alone.

Since Shen Yuan had this idea, and they had the money now, they should let him try.

“I’ll only take 1 million. You guys can use the rest to pay off debts and buy a house.”

Shen Yuan said generously.

This 1 million was enough. No matter how much money he earned in the future, or how much the system returned, he would have a pretext to cover it up.

“Alright.”

Shen Heping nodded with gratification.

After hearing Shen Heping’s words, Li Hongjuan now also expressed her agreement. Moreover, her son was very sensible, proposing to take only 1 million and giving the rest to the family. This moved her a little.

“Son, go ahead and do it. Mom and Dad support you!”