Chapter 52: Lucky Draw and Misunderstanding

Chapter 52: Chapter 52: Lucky Draw and Misunderstanding

Late at night, at the Celestial Paradise Holiday Hotel.

Su Yunzhou looked at the sleeping beauty on the bed, his heart filled with complete satisfaction, though accompanied by a trace of exhaustion. He had been going at it a bit too hard lately, and his body felt slightly drained. It seemed he needed to buy some Jinshuibao or Six-Flavor Rehmannia Pill to give the old engine a tune-up.

Please note, it was just a "tune-up." Don’t overthink it.

(Of course, you upright gentlemen are welcome to try these two remedies. They are said to be quite effective for night sweats.)

Moving quietly, Su Yunzhou tip-toed into the bathroom. After taking a quick shower, he settled into a comfortable armchair.

A new module appeared in his mind. It was a slightly cheap-looking lottery wheel with a "Start/Stop" button next to it. The wheel itself was surprisingly large, featuring a slender pointer in the center and divided into numerous small slots around the edge. In the middle of each slot sat a miniature, pocket-sized prize.

Su Yunzhou narrowed his eyes. The prizes included miniature cars, houses, watches, and various Skills that appeared in the system shop. After searching for a long time, he finally spotted "Qingshui Jian’s Peak Stamina" in the bottom right corner of the wheel. This was the Skill he needed the most right now.

"God bless!" Su Yunzhou thought, shifting his intent. "Start."

The pointer spun rapidly.

He watched it for a long while but couldn’t find any pattern to its movement, until the system’s prompting chime sounded.

"Automatic stop in ten seconds," the system announced.

"Countdown begins.

"Nine, eight, seven..."

Since things had come to this, he could only go big or go home.

"Stop."

The pointer abruptly decelerated and came to a complete halt within a few short seconds. It stopped at least half a circle away from "Qingshui Jian." The miniature prize in that slot looked like a bicycle.

[Congratulations to the host for winning the ’Trick Road Rock Dragon Country Special Edition’ bicycle through the lottery.]

Ugh...

He had drawn a broken-down bicycle. And it was from a brand he had never even heard of.

Feeling a bit annoyed, Su Yunzhou thought to himself, "Come on! This is the last chance. It has to succeed."

"Start."

The pointer spun frantically. Just as it passed the "Qingshui Jian" slot, he commanded, "Stop."

The speed plummeted. The pointer began to slide, but ultimately, it failed again.

[Congratulations to the host for winning Skill Points +9 through the lottery.]

This result was still acceptable. Combined with his previous 1 point, he now had a total of 10 Skill Points, leaving him just 20 points away from Qingshui Jian’s peak.

Sigh...

Tonight, little Su had gotten a bit impulsive. After his emotions settled down a bit, he stopped fretting over his stamina. After all, he already had one special advantage. A person shouldn’t be too greedy. If worst came to worst, he could always exchange for something slightly cheaper, like some curved hook, Lao Ai’s Endowment, or Rasputin’s Vigor...

As his thoughts wandered, he gradually grew sleepy.

Yawning, Su Yunzhou lay down on the bed. His slight movements still startled the naked beauty beside him. She let out a soft moan, rolled over, and wrapped herself around his waist like an octopus. Nuzzling her head against his chest, she fell back into a deep slumber.

Faced with such a beautiful and tempting scene, Su Yunzhou remained entirely unmoved. A person had to learn to take care of the emotions and feelings of those around them. Just look at how soundly the beauty in his arms was sleeping—plus, she had to go to work tomorrow.

Having entered "Wise Mode," Su Yunzhou let his thoughts drift for a few minutes before he, too, fell into a deep sleep.

The next day.

At some point, a misty drizzle had begun outside. The pattering Yu fell, splashing into tiny droplets against the floor-to-ceiling windows.

A sudden, urgent phone ring echoed through the intimacy-scented room. Su Yunzhou woke up with bleary eyes. Yiyi had already left. After rummaging around, he finally found his phone on the messy sofa.

When he saw the caller’s name, his morning grogginess instantly dissipated by half.

"Mom! What’s wrong? Calling this early..."

Mrs. Su’s solemn and grave voice came through the receiver. "Son... are you... okay?"

The rare seriousness in her tone made Su Yunzhou’s heart skip a beat. Had something happened?

"Mom! What’s going on?"

Mrs. Su didn’t answer his question directly. "Son, tell me the truth. Did something happen to you?"

Su Yunzhou grew even more nervous and replied cautiously, "I... I’m fine. Everything’s great... Is something wrong at home?"

"Nothing’s wrong, your dad and I are doing fine. It’s about that package you mailed..."

Ten minutes later.

Su Yunzhou put down the phone, the misunderstanding having been cleared up.

It turned out to be the fault of the gold jewelry he had sent a few days ago. Mrs. Su had been extremely surprised upon receiving the package. After all, having such valuable items casually mailed back home gave the elderly couple a very strange feeling.

Consequently, she had called her son.

At that time, Su Yunzhou hadn’t figured out how to explain his sudden wealth! Hearing his mother’s inquiry, he could only make something up on the spot, claiming they were samples bought from a client who dealt in goldware—they looked real, but were actually just gold-plated. Only then did Mrs. Su relax. She hung up the phone after giving him a few nagging reminders.

What parents in the world wouldn’t like a gift from their children? They were just reluctant to see their kids spend money. Even if the items were sometimes useless or fake, the affection behind them was entirely genuine.

Mrs. Su was thrilled. She paired the jewelry with a beautiful floral dress and went downstairs for a stroll. After walking around the neighborhood, she garnered quite a few envious remarks.

"Your Yunzhou is so sensible."

"I could tell this child was smart from a young age. He’s really made something of himself now!"

"Yeah! Su is in Rongcheng, right? I have a pretty niece working as a nurse in a proctology hospital in Rongcheng..."

This round of flattery made Mrs. Su feel immensely sweet inside. Was there anything more joyous than seeing one’s children succeed?

At the same time, she harbored a faint worry. If people discovered these were just samples, it would be a bit...

Alas!

She only had her own vanity to blame. But since things had already come to this, as long as neither of them said anything, who would know it was just gold-plated?

Watching this unfold, Old Su couldn’t help but shake his head. His wife was wonderful in every way, except for her obsession with saving face.

However, her joy hadn’t even lasted half a day when an old bestie came over to hang out that evening. She ran a gold and jade shop down the street, and their two families were very close.

Not wanting her friend to make a joke out of her, Mrs. Su frankly admitted the truth.

The old friend weighed the gold chain in her hand, carefully inspecting its purity, details, and the brand’s small logo stamp. Feeling a bit confused, she said, "Sis, you’re messing with me, right?"

"About what?"

"I’ve been dealing in goldware for so many years. I can tell if it’s real or fake the moment I touch it. These pieces of yours are all the real deal."

"Ah?"

Mrs. Su was shocked and immediately called her husband over. "How could they be real? Yunzhou said they were gold-plated, bought from his client..."

Seeing the nervous couple, the old friend laughed and teased, "Isn’t it obvious? Your Yunzhou was probably afraid you wouldn’t accept them, so he told a white lie.

"Still, he really is generous, dropping tens of thousands on gold all at once to honor you two. Unlike that rascal son of mine, who only ever thinks about asking me for money..."

"Wait—" Mrs. Su stared at the glittering three-piece set and asked again, "Sister, how much did you say these three pieces cost?"

Her friend estimated, "These three are all classic styles with exquisite craftsmanship, and the Dragon Country Gold logo stamps are perfectly fine. With the current gold prices and crafting fees, they’d run for at least sixty to seventy thousand RMB no matter what."

"Sixty to seventy thousand!" Mrs. Su repeated the number, recalling how their son had told them during the New Year that he had painstakingly saved up eighty thousand RMB.

In an instant, the elderly couple felt sick with worry. They deliberated for the entire night and finally couldn’t hold back from making the call, only to hear the truth from Su Yunzhou’s mouth.

But somehow, that made it feel even more unreal to them.

Su Yunzhou claimed that he just hadn’t figured out how to tell his parents because even he found the whole thing unbelievable.

During college, he had taken a part-time job as a tutor and met a foreign teacher at the same training center. They got along very well. At the time, the foreign teacher was playing around with something called Bitcoin. Hearing his extravagant descriptions, Su Yunzhou was driven by curiosity and gritted his teeth, investing his entire month’s salary of 2,000 RMB. However, he lost it all without even a splash, and the foreign teacher lost terribly too, so the matter was eventually dropped.

It wasn’t until last month, when he saw news online about Bitcoin skyrocketing, that he opened his account with a skeptical attitude...

After a final round of trading, his two thousand had turned into five million RMB. That was why he had wanted to honor his parents, but he hadn’t known how to explain it.

Su’s Parents didn’t understand what kind of coin it was, but the five million RMB still gave them a huge scare. This was practically equivalent to winning the lottery!

They repeatedly urged him countless times not to spend his money recklessly, to remember to never flash his wealth, and that it would be best to buy a house early on. Only after that did they hang up.

Su Yunzhou let out a soft sigh of relief. Now that he had found a "reasonable" explanation and cleared up the misunderstanding, he went back to catching up on his sleep.

But he hadn’t been asleep for long before the annoying ringtone started blaring again.

Groggy, Su Yunzhou hung up the call, but it rang again a few dozen seconds later.

It was an unknown number, too.

Annoyed, he stabbed the answer button. "Who is it? Can’t you leave me alone?

"Disturbing people’s sweet dreams this early in the morning..."