Chapter 997: Third place Shi Suo

Although Zhang Lei was very dissatisfied with Shi Suo challenging him, the rules were the rules, and Zhang Lei was helpless.

Consequently, Shi Suo and Zhang Lei set up their stances and began to spar.

You have to say, although Shi Suo hadn't fully recovered, he was still not someone Zhang Lei could deal with.

The main thing was that Zhang Lei hit Shi Suo, but Shi Suo had no reaction, but when Shi Suo hit Zhang Lei, Zhang Lei couldn't take it.

Zhang Lei also used a move of "Flash Body Flick the Crotch," also known as "Black Dragon Wags Its Tail," wanting to kick Shi Suo's crotch, but Zhang Lei's kicking speed wasn't fast enough, and on top of that, Shi Suo was already prepared, so Zhang Lei's foot was grabbed by Shi Suo.

Seeing Shi Suo exert force to lift it up, he knocked Zhang Lei down.

Immediately after, Shi Suo threw Zhang Lei down two more times without much effort, and the entire challenge was over.

To tell the truth, the sparring between these two had no watchability at all; the moves were not only not flashy, but there was also no exciting feeling that made people's blood boil.

So although Shi Suo succeeded in his challenge, the crowd watched with dull expressions, and there wasn't even a sound of cheering or applause.

Just like that, Shi Suo successfully replaced Zhang Lei and became the third place in the defense personnel group.

After the top three of all three groups were determined, Zhang Shuya had Director Liu distribute the prize money and prizes to Wang An and the other 9 people, and the entire selection tournament ended.

Wang An found Shi Suo, handed him 25 yuan, and said with a smile:

"Our brothers' words are like nails on a board; if I said I'd share half with you, I must share half with you. Hahaha, how about it? Am I a man of my word?"

Shi Suo looked at the money in Wang An's hand, swallowed his saliva, but didn't take it, and refused, saying:

"You also fought hard to win it, why share it with me? Really no need."

Although he said this, Shi Suo's gaze on the money never moved away. It could be seen that Shi Suo was truly short of money, as if he needed money to solve some problem.

Wang An directly stuffed the money into the pocket on the left side of Shi Suo's chest and laughed indifferently:

"When a man does things, he must do what he says. Besides, I don't lack this 25 yuan, hehehe. I came here to work just for this identity."

Shi Suo looked down at the pocket on his left chest and suddenly said very seriously:

"Alright, brother, I accept this favor, but this money... I really don't know when I can pay you back. In the future, if you have anything, brother, just give me a shout, and I will definitely risk my life to..."

Before Shi Suo could finish, Wang An interrupted with a laugh:

"Pay back what? This is the money I agreed to share with you, just take it and that's it."

As he spoke, Wang An patted Shi Suo on the shoulder and laughed again:

"You even said 'risk my life,' hehehe. You made it sound so serious."

To tell the truth, Wang An didn't expect he could win the championship, so when he promised to share the money with Shi Suo before, it was like a casual promise, and he didn't think that much about it.

But now that Wang An had won the championship, according to the traditional customs of the Chinese people, after a promise is made, if the matter is achieved, then the promise must be fulfilled afterwards.

Of course, no one could do anything to Wang An if he didn't fulfill the promise, but if that happened, Wang An's mind wouldn't be at ease, and Wang An felt that he would continue to have bad luck in the future!

Besides, in his past life, Wang An had witnessed with his own eyes people who didn't fulfill their promises and eventually suffered retribution.

Before Wang An went to the detention center in his past life, he knew two people, and the relationship between these two people was very good.

One of them had a hobby of playing the lottery and was absolutely a serious lottery fan.

Then one day when this lottery fan went to buy a lottery ticket, he promised the other person that as long as the lottery ticket he bought today won the grand prize, he would definitely share half with the other person, and it was the kind where he had to share it.

But winning the lottery is, after all, a very mystical thing, so the other person just responded and didn't take it seriously.

But the most awesome thing was that on the day the lottery fan said this, the lottery ticket he bought really won the prize, totaling over 230,000.

You have to know that was 230,000 in 1994, which could definitely be called a huge sum of money.

So, this lottery fan directly threw the promise he made during the day to the back of his mind.

The other person just jokingly said, "You said during the day that if you won the prize, you'd share half with me. Does that still count? If not, sharing a little less is fine too," or something similar, just looking for good luck.

But this lottery fan directly denied it.

Seeing this lottery fan's attitude of not giving a single cent, the other person smiled and didn't care, just assuming the lottery fan was joking before.

And this matter just passed like that.

Not long after, this lottery fan's business kept having various shitty problems.

Not only did he lose the 230,000 he won, but after losing another 690,000, the various shitty problems finally disappeared.

However, among the 690,000 lost later, 230,000 was borrowed.

That is to say, after this lottery fan owed 230,000 in external debt, all the shitty things came to an abrupt end!

The whole thing revealed a kind of weirdness.

Not to mention anything else, just the fact that after he lost the 230,000 he won, he lost another 690,000, and the 230,000 in external debt he owed—these numbers were truly a bit mind-boggling.

Of course, this might indeed just be a coincidence.

But with so many coincidences happening to one person, damn it, who wouldn't be confused?

So in Wang An's view, if a promise is made and it comes true, it's best to fulfill your promise; otherwise, this kind of weird thing is truly quite evil.

After Wang An finished speaking, Shi Suo sighed and said:

"Alright then, brother, thanks."

Taking advantage of the fact that it wasn't off-duty time yet, Wang An chatted with him for a while.

In the chat, Wang An learned that Shi Suo was a defense personnel at the West City District Police Station and had been in this position for several years.

But what was annoying was that because of his active assumption of responsibility in an operation, he had always been under disciplinary action, so he had never been able to become a regular.

And the reason he was so short of money was because his wife was in poor health, sick every day, and had to take medicine every day. The 14 yuan and 25 cents he earned a month basically all went to buying medicine.

That's right, he earned 14 yuan and 25 cents a month because his seniority was long.

This time, it was because he had no money to buy medicine that his wife's medicine was cut off.

However, Shi Suo revealed a piece of news, which was that their station chief promised him that as long as he could pass the selection tournament and DJ County defeated LQ County in this competition between the two counties, he could be promoted to a regular position.

It could be seen that he was full of hope.

Because as long as he became a regular, he could earn a salary of 37 yuan and 50 cents a month, and if he worked more and made contributions, he could get over 40 yuan a month.

One has to admit that no matter when, as long as there is someone sick in the family, it can definitely crush a family to the point of being unable to breathe!

Thanks to "Emperor of the Great Empire" for the tip, thank you, thank you!

Wishing you, big brother, a bright future and your career to be smooth!

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