Chapter 5: You Rig It, I Have Cheats

Welfare Lottery Issuance Management Center, one hour before the draw.

Supervisor Yang Kai sits in the spacious office, legs crossed, a cigarette between his fingers, speaking softly into his phone.

"After this one, the prize pool will reach one hundred million." He exhales a smoke ring, squints and smiles:

"Who's up this time? Lao Zhang's share is still the old rule, the others can't be left out, everyone drinks soup and eats meat together."

A burst of laughter comes from the other end; the other party seems satisfied, makes a few small‑talk lines before hanging up.

Yang Kai puts down the phone, leans against the leather seat, fingers lightly tapping the desk, a hint of greed flashing in his eyes.

"Save another few tens of millions, and we can immigrate to America…"

He murmurs, "Even if they investigate later... they can't do anything to me."

He glances at the wall clock; there are fifty minutes left before the live draw.

"Xiao Chen!" he calls toward the door.

Soon, the office door is pushed open, and a hot‑bodied, finely made‑up woman walks in.

She wears a tight professional suit, black stockings hugging her long legs, high heels clicking crisply on the floor.

"Yang Ge, any orders?"

Chen Yuanbing steps before him, red lips slightly upturned, voice sweet.

Yang Kai pats his own thigh, indicating for her to sit.

Chen Yuanbing giggles, smoothly sits on his thigh, arms naturally wrapping his neck.

"Ready for tonight's draw?" Yang Kai's hand rubs her waist, his tone carrying a hint of seriousness: "The next one is already arranged."

"If we hit the first prize this time... we won't be able to walk away with it."

Chen Yuanbing leans to his ear, breath like orchid: "Don't worry, it's happened so many times, Zhang Jie and Huang Ge are watching, no problem."

Yang Kai nods satisfied, fingers lightly sliding over her thigh, provoking a coquettish whine.

"Tonight... want to come to my place?" Chen Yuanbing whispers into his ear, voice seductive.

Yang Kai shakes his head, "No, I have to go home tonight to be with my wife and kids."

Chen Yuanbing feigns plaintive sigh, "Boss Yang really is a family‑caring good man, I'm jealous of your wife."

Yang Kai smiles, says nothing, just pats her butt.

"Alright, get up, it's time to go to the draw."

Chen Yuanbing plants a kiss on his face, then rises, tidies her slightly disheveled collar, swivels her hips and walks out of the office.

Lottery Drawing Live Room.

Lights come up, cameras in place, the host smiles standing before the Lottery Drawing Machine, Chen Yuanbing stands beside supervising.

"Dear viewers, welcome to this episode's Double Color Ball draw live…"

The first five Red Balls came out smoothly, matching the internally arranged numbers exactly. Chen Yuanbing exhales, thinking this time is stable again.

However, just as the last Blue Ball is about to roll out—

Ka!

The machine suddenly emits an odd sound, the ball that should have popped out per settings gets stuck!

"What's happening?!" Chen Yuanbing's face changes, she steps forward quickly.

"Pause first, we..........."

"Yes." Staff frantically shut off the machine's power, just as they were about to inspect.

The machine suddenly runs on its own, a completely unplanned Blue Ball rolls out with a "Pa!" sound!

"07?!" Chen Yuanbing's pupils contract sharply, her heart nearly stops.

—That number was never in their arrangement!

The live broadcast continues, the host maintains high professionalism, still smiling as he announces:

"This episode's Double Color Ball numbers: 03, 09, 12, 21, 28, 33, Blue Ball—07!"

Chen Yuanbing's face turns deathly pale, fingers clenched hard, nails almost digging into her palm.

She turns her head, whispers to the assistant beside her:

"Check whether this number has won!"

The assistant quickly turns and leaves.

But when she returns, her complexion is already a ghastly white:

"Supervisor Yang asks you to come over, also the station chief, deputy chief..........."

Chen Yuanbing bites her lip, grits her teeth, and strides forward hurriedly.

Just upon entering the room:

Yang Kai's face darkens as he shuts off the live replay, roaring angrily:

"What's going on?! How could an accident happen? How could an accident happen?!"

"Someone bought four hundred bets!"

"We have to pay him two hundred million! A full two hundred million!"

Inside the rental house.

"03, 09, 12, 21, 28, 33.........."

"Finally, 07!"

"Rigging? Tell my Miracle about it!"

Yu Lin leans on the bed, legs crossed, looking very relaxed and content.

If they didn't rig it and let Double Color Ball be a true luck draw, then this Miracle of his might actually be impossible to achieve.

But now they've turned the luck choice into a human choice, turning possibility into impossibility........... so don't blame his cheat from working!

Yu Lin opened his phone and calculated.

After deducting taxes, what he could actually receive is between 100 million and 200 million, mainly because he doesn't know the current sales figures, so he can only estimate based on previous periods.

However, even if it's only a few tens of millions, that's enough; at least it would let him not worry about food, drink, and expenses for a long time.

Even big consumption.

Just as he was thinking about how to claim the prize.

Beep beep beep

A phone call came in.

The phone screen lit up, an unknown number flashing.

Yu Lin stared at the caller ID, the corner of his mouth slightly raised, as if he had already anticipated this.

He pressed the answer button, tone calm: "Hello?"

From the other end of the phone came a low male voice, with a hint of superiority:

"Mr. Yu, congratulations on winning."

Yu Lin gave a light laugh, didn't speak.

The other party continued: 'We are willing to buy your lottery ticket for 200 million.'

"Oh?" Yu Lin raised an eyebrow, "But after tax, my prize might be less than 200 million."

"You're willing to take a loss? And how would you legally give me the money?"

"That's not something you need to worry about." The man's voice remained calm:

"Since we can come up with 200 million, we naturally have a way to make it reasonable and legal to get it to you."

Yu Lin leaned against the headboard, shifted to a more comfortable position:

"Sounds tempting."

The man gave a faint smile: 'Mr. Yu, you're a smart person, you should understand—some money isn't that easy to get.'

"Is that so?" Yu Lin's tone unchanged:

"Then what if I refuse? I am a law-abiding good citizen."

The other end fell silent for a moment, then a low laugh: 'Law-abiding? Heh, wealth is sought in danger.'

"Before you go claim the prize tomorrow, you'll have considered it clearly."

"Beep—"

Yu Lin got up, came to the window, looking at the neon-flashing city.

"The probability of you being caught tonight is small, but definitely not zero."

After he lowered his head and searched some stuff on his phone.

He turned around, went downstairs, came to the public phone booth:

"I want to report Yang Kai of the Welfare Lottery Issuance and Administration Center............"