Chapter 7 Wins the Lottery Again
Chapter 7 Wins the Lottery Again
As they left the company, neither of the two Russian girls made any move to speak, as they were in an unfamiliar place with unfamiliar people. They simply followed Chen Jiang and got into his car.
Once inside the car, the space suddenly felt enclosed, and Chen Jiang unconsciously felt a little awkward. He coughed and took the initiative to ask:
"Your names are... Nina, and..."
The blonde girl replied:
"My name is Margarita, and her name is Nina."
"Hmm..." Chen Jiang actually wanted to say something more, but seeing that the two of them were just responding and had no intention of continuing the conversation, his already limited desire to talk also dissipated: "Alright then, I'll take you there first."
Silence continued to emanate from the back seats.
Chen Jiang didn't care anymore. He sighed, opened the navigation on his phone, and drove there according to the location on WeChat.
Although Xu Ruirui's company isn't exactly in the city center, it's still in the core urban area where land is incredibly valuable. Of course, they wouldn't put their employee dormitories there, so the location on the navigation app isn't exactly close; it takes about twenty minutes to drive there.
Fortunately, there were no red lights along the way, and at exactly 18 minutes past the hour, Chen Jiang parked the car in front of an apartment building.
However, even though they had arrived at their destination, Chen Jiang still needed to help them settle in. So he first went to the apartment's property management office, gave Zhang Jie the lease certificate for his company, and got the keys and other things sorted out. Then he went downstairs and carried all of their luggage upstairs before it was all done.
Even so, he was exhausted... This wasn't a perk, it was like being a beast of burden.
Fortunately, everything was prepared and there were no major problems; everything went relatively smoothly.
"Things are all taken care of, I'll be leaving now."
After getting everything settled, Chen Jiang said goodbye to the two Russian girls and prepared to leave.
But unexpectedly, the two girls who hadn't said much stopped him together:
"Um... excuse me, where can we buy our daily necessities?"
Chen Jiang was taken aback:
"Household items?"
The girl named Nina nodded:
"Yes, we only brought some clothes and cosmetics, and there's only a bed in the room... We need to buy some things."
"Oh." Chen Jiang realized that although the staff apartment was furnished and ready to move in, you still needed to buy some essential items, especially since there were two women. "I saw a supermarket downstairs when we came here. You can walk a few dozen meters to get there."
Nina, however, wore an embarrassed expression:
"But...but we just arrived, and we haven't exchanged our money for this currency yet."
"No money?"
Chen Jiang then realized what was happening and was speechless.
After all that, they turned out to be two complete idiots. They knew they were going abroad, yet they didn't exchange any foreign currency. I really don't know what they were thinking.
Besides, Xu Ruirui's company doesn't seem very reliable. How could she forget something like this?
"If you're going to help someone, help them all the way through," Chen Jiang sighed and could only say.
"Alright then, I'll take you downstairs to buy some daily necessities."
"However, I'm just a friend of your boss, not an employee of your company, so you'd better contact your boss and sort these little things out, understand?"
Seemingly realizing they were in the wrong, the two Russian girls, who had initially seemed a bit aloof, finally softened their stance and obediently nodded.
"Okay, thank you..."
"My name is Chen Jiang, you can call me whatever you like."
Chen Jiang didn't care and simply pushed the door open and went out.
The two girls followed, and we took the elevator together. After getting off the elevator, we turned a corner and walked less than 100 meters to a fairly large supermarket.
I didn't notice it when I was driving by, but I noticed it when I got closer. It's a newly opened supermarket with a lot of people inside. There's a row of golden eggs at the entrance, and customers occasionally smash them. It must be part of the opening promotion.
Since the two girls couldn't speak the language and probably didn't understand much, Chen Jiang asked them what they wanted to buy. Then he led them around the supermarket, and after they bought everything they needed, they went to the supermarket exit to pay.
The cashier glanced at the receipt and then handed Chen Jiang a small card:
"Your Golden Egg Smash Card... Our supermarket is having a grand opening promotion. As long as you spend over 500 yuan in a single transaction, you can smash a golden egg once. The grand prize is a car worth 100,000 yuan, which can be redeemed for cash. You can give it a try."
"Oh, okay, thank you."
Chen Jiang casually took the card, thanked them, and walked over to the two Russian girls waiting at the door with his bags. He handed the items to them, saying, "I've bought everything this time. Take care of these. If you lose anything, you'll have to pay for it yourself."
"Thank you, Chen."
"I love you, Chen."
The saying "He who takes a man's money is bound to him" is indeed true. The two girls couldn't maintain their aloofness in front of Chen Jiang, their creditor, which revealed a bit of their true personalities.
"Then what is this in your hand?"
Margarita noticed the small card in Chen Jiang's hand.
"Oh, this is a promotion at this supermarket... you can smash a golden egg." Chen Jiang glanced down at the card in his hand and suggested, "Why don't you wait a minute, I'll go try smashing one?"
However, although it was a question, Chen Jiang didn't give the two a chance to answer. As soon as he asked the question, he turned around and walked to the shelf where the golden eggs were placed.
Hand the small card to the staff member next to you, pick up the small hammer and go to the golden egg.
"Chen, which one are you going to smash?"
The two girls naturally came over, and after looking around, Margarita asked a question.
Chen Jiang looked around but couldn't see anything different about the golden eggs. Hearing her question, he smiled:
"Just smash any one, it's just an event, there's no way you're going to win that easily..."
As he spoke, the hammer fell, instantly smashing the upper half of the golden egg to pieces, revealing something inside... and sure enough, there really was something there.
"Wow, it seems I actually won?"
Chen Jiang was taken aback. He reached into the golden egg, took something out, and saw that it was a car key...
Before Chen Jiang could react, a staff member on the side had an eye-opener, glanced over, and immediately shouted:
"Boss, this customer smashed up the car that won first prize!"
Upon hearing this, Chen Jiang immediately realized that the car key in his hand was the first prize in the golden egg smashing event.
However, usually they are just small pieces of paper. It is quite rare to see a key placed directly inside a golden egg. Moreover, according to the usual practice, isn't this kind of lottery just a gimmick, and you can't win the first prize at all?
And... how did he win the lottery again?
Could it be that God heard his complaints and his luck truly turned around?
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