Chapter 955: You Can Make a Little Fortune

The Shi Family.

"Daddy, time to eat!"

"Daddy, time to eat!"

"Daddy, time to eat!"

Shi Yuke, Yulong, and Meiyin were sitting around the dining table.

One adult and two children were tapping their chopsticks, their shouting perfectly in sync.

"Coming, coming!"

Gu Zhihao came out of the kitchen, looking like he was performing a juggling act with four plates in each hand, lined up steadily on his arms as he ran out from the kitchen.

Eight plates were set on the dining table, complete with color, aroma, and taste, with a reasonable balance of meat and vegetables.

"Wow, Daddy is amazing!" This was shouted by Shi Yuke.

Gu Zhihao was helpless: "Wife, 'Daddy' is what the children call me; you should call me 'husband'."

Shi Yuke was unconvinced: "That's not right, I see in anime that husbands and wives call each other 'Daddy' and 'Mommy'."

Gu Zhihao:...

He explained patiently: "Wife, the anime you watch is about foreigners; we are people from Jiangzhou, and in Jiangzhou, we don't call each other that."

"If you always address me like that, people will misunderstand." The fact was indeed so; although there wasn't much of an age gap between the couple, Gu Zhihao looked old for his age.

Shi Yuke looked young, always liked to wear pinkish, tender-colored clothes, and wore her hair in twin tails, making her look much younger than her actual age, so when the two went out together, they were often mistaken for "father and daughter."

Being misunderstood was already stifling enough; being called "Daddy" by his wife made it even easier to confirm the misunderstanding.

"Okay husband, I'll listen to you."

She was listening now, but it wasn't certain when she would change it back.

"Daddy, Meiyin is hungry."

"Yulong is hungry too."

The couple had been so busy talking that he only just remembered he hadn't served the rice yet.

"Alright, Daddy will serve you rice right away."

Once the rice was served, the family of four ate their lunch happily.

Lao Qi was Sheng Hanyu's capable assistant; going to L Country wouldn't work without him.

Nianyin ate at the bodyguard company at noon, so only the Shi Yuke couple and the two children were eating lunch.

After the meal.

The children went for a nap, watched by a nanny, and the couple walked out hand-in-hand, carrying a vegetable basket to go grocery shopping.

As a top-tier chef, he was very particular about the requirements for ingredients.

In the morning, one could buy the freshest meat, seafood, and a portion of the vegetables.

But there was another portion of vegetables and fruits that had to be picked in the morning, and with the transportation time, they would hit the market just after lunch.

Gu Zhihao had to go out to buy groceries twice every day, once in the morning and once at this time.

"Husband, can you let me have a lollipop today?" Shi Yuke asked, hopping and skipping.

Gu Zhihao:...

He refused: "No, lollipops are only liked by children; you aren't a child anymore, you can't have one."

Many times, he felt that it wasn't a couple raising two children, but rather him raising three children by himself.

"No, no, I want to eat it, I really want to eat it, if you don't give me one, I'm not leaving."

Shi Yuke sat down on a bench by the side of the road and simply started acting like a rascal.

"Are you going or not? If you don't go, I won't take you out anymore."

Shi Yuke pouted aggrievedly and started negotiating: "Just one tiny one, okay? A tiny, tiny one!"

Gu Zhihao:...

This trick again?

Every time she didn't get what she wanted, his wife would make this expression, and then his heart would soften, and he would compromise!

This time was the same.

"Fine, I promise you, let's go."

"Mm, husband is the best!"

Shi Yuke was happy and continued hopping and skipping as she walked.

It was the same when they got to the vegetable market; she couldn't behave herself at all.

"Ouch!"

"Ahhhhhhh, it hurts so much!"

The vegetable market was crowded, and Shi Yuke wasn't walking properly, so she bumped into someone.

The person she bumped into was a young woman, who looked gentle and refined, wearing black-rimmed nearsighted glasses on the bridge of her nose, and she was tall and thin.

"I'm sorry, miss, are you alright?"

Gu Zhihao apologized hurriedly.

"I'm fine, is this lady alright?"

Not only was the young woman not angry about being bumped into, she even asked with concern if Shi Yuke was alright.

"Sob sob sob... it hurts so much! I'm not alright, it's a very serious matter, I need at least two lollipops to get better."

The girl:...

"Yuke, stop messing around." Gu Zhihao hurriedly stopped her.

It was clearly her who bumped into the other person, and the young woman was fine, so what could possibly be wrong with her?

The young woman smiled slightly: "What a pity, you originally could have had a life of great wealth and status, but unfortunately, you ruined it yourself."

These words were spoken without head or tail, but Gu Zhihao was alert: "Do you know my wife?"

He was very sensitive about the past of Shi Yuke.

He did not want others to bring it up, nor did he want others to know.

The girl shook her head: "I don't know her. Sir, you will have a small windfall today; it won't be much, but it will be enough to live on for a while."

He smiled and did not take it to heart.

Every day, aside from the vegetable market, it was home; aside from cooking meals, it was tending to the vegetable garden. He did not know how to do business, nor did he know how to manage money.

All the household expenses were covered by Nianyin, his father-in-law would remit a sum of money every month, and his sister-in-law Shi Youxuan would also send household funds every month; although calculated this way, it could be considered a "hefty income."

But it was all a fixed amount of money, so it could not be counted as getting rich.

"If you don't believe it, then forget it."

The girl turned and left.

After buying groceries, while passing by a lottery shop on the way back, Gu Zhihao suddenly remembered what the girl had said just now.

Getting rich today—could it be by buying a lottery ticket?

Aside from buying a lottery ticket, he really could not think of any other reason to get rich.

"Wife, wait for me here for a moment, I'm going in to buy a few lottery tickets."

"Okay, but don't take too long."

"Mm, I'll be out very quickly."

Sure enough, it was quick; Gu Zhihao came out holding the lottery ticket.

Two yuan per entry, he only bought one entry.

As someone who had been accustomed to a life of hardship since childhood, he would not spend money lavishly; buying the lottery ticket was just to give himself a glimmer of hope, to see if what that girl said was accurate.

If it wasn't accurate, spending two yuan was nothing.

Six o'clock in the afternoon.

The lottery drawing officially began; Gu Zhihao clutched the lottery ticket in his hand, staring at the television screen.

Colored balls about the size of ping-pong balls, with different numbers written on them, spun rapidly in the drawing machine; very quickly, the first number came out—07.

In an instant, the second number also came out—02.

The third—21.

The fourth—23.

The apple in Gu Zhihao's hand dropped to the floor.

When the fifth number—17 came out, he could no longer control his hand from trembling slightly.

Very quickly, the sixth number—13 also came out; it was exactly the same, only one off, just one number away from winning the first prize!

He could already hear the sound of his own heartbeat.

"Thump!"

"Thump-thump!"

"Thump-thump-thump!"

It was so fast it was almost going to jump out of his chest.

"Swish!"

At such a critical moment, the television suddenly changed channels.

His wife sat down beside him, holding the remote control, and tuned it to the children's channel.

On the screen, before being kicked away, Gray Wolf shouted: "I will definitely be back!"

"What are you doing? Don't touch the TV."

For the first time, Gu Zhihao was this fierce toward his wife; he snatched the remote control from her hand and tuned it back.

Shi Yuke was stunned for three seconds.

Suddenly, she let out a "Wah—" and began to cry loudly.

While crying, she accused him: "Sob sob sob, you were fierce to me? You actually were fierce to me? I am so heartbroken, so sad, I don't want to be with you anymore, I'm going to run away from home!"

Usually, if she acted spoiled like this, her husband would be the first to coax her.

But today, he did not.

Her husband ignored her and tuned the channel back to the previous one, but the drawing had already ended.

The notary personnel in front of the screen were in the middle of announcing the list of winners...