Just then, Shen Lei's phone suddenly rang.
Shen Lei put Li Xiao Yue down, picked up the phone, and smiled at her.
“I set an alarm for 9:00 PM, let's watch the Double Color Ball lottery results now.”
Li Xiao Yue was also interested, she always had a strong intuition that Shen Lei had undergone a complete transformation and change compared to before.
Especially after divorcing Xie Mei Lan, his whole life seemed to have taken a turn for the better.
Maybe he really had a chance to win, and not just a small prize of 5 or 10 yuan.
Shen Lei turned on the TV and then lay on the sofa.
Li Xiao Yue curled up in his arms like a lazy cat.
The moment of the lottery draw finally arrived, the air was filled with a tense and exciting atmosphere.
Shen Lei and Li Xiao Yue sat on the sofa in the living room, the lights were intentionally dimmed, only the light from the TV screen illuminated their faces.
They stared intently at the lottery ticket in their hands, then looked up at the numbers scrolling across the TV screen.
“The first red ball number is 03…” the host announced.
Shen Lei's fingers moved quickly across the lottery ticket, finding the corresponding number.
His eyes lit up, and he exchanged a smile with Li Xiao Yue, “It matches!”
As the second and third red ball numbers 08 and 15 were drawn, their excitement grew.
With each number that matched the numbers on the lottery ticket, their heartbeats quickened.
Shen Lei couldn't help but clench his fist, while Li Xiao Yue nervously bit her lower lip.
Finally, all six red ball numbers were drawn: 03, 08, 15, 22, 27, 30, they were exactly the same as the numbers on Shen Lei's lottery ticket.
Both of them exclaimed in surprise at almost the same time.
Li Xiao Yue even stood up excitedly, waving the lottery ticket in her hand.
“The blue ball number is…” the voice from the TV echoed again.
At this moment, they almost held their breath, waiting for the last number to be revealed.
When the blue ball number 06 also matched the number on the lottery ticket, they could no longer control their emotions and cheered loudly.
“We won! We actually won!”
Shen Lei hugged Li Xiao Yue tightly, and they jumped and cheered together.
On their lottery ticket, the lucky numbers were clearly printed: red balls 03, 08, 15, 22, 27, 30, and blue ball 06.
This set of numbers brought them a huge prize of 100 million yuan, an astronomical figure they could only dream of before.
In the living room, their cheers echoed, lingering for a long time.
At this moment, they seemed to be in a dream, feeling an unprecedented excitement and elation.
Li Xiao Yue was very happy for Shen Lei, she hugged him tightly, her face filled with joy: "It's great, Shen Lei ge, you're truly having a stroke of luck. You're financially free now. If your ex-wife Xie Mei Lan knew, she'd definitely die of regret.”
Shen Lei shook his head and said: “Why mention that unlucky person when we're happy?”
Although Shen Lei already had tens of millions, winning this lottery ticket worth 100 million yuan made him incredibly happy.
After all, before he crossed over, the highest prize he won from buying lottery tickets was a 20 yuan scratch-off ticket.
The highest prize he won from Double Color Ball was only 5 yuan.
Now he was truly having a stroke of luck, with the system ensuring his good fortune, such a huge prize was now within easy reach.
He couldn't help but think about Xie Mei Lan, his ex-wife who had once scorned him.
If she knew that he had turned his luck around and won such a huge prize, she would definitely be heartbroken.
Because, even though Lu Jie claimed to be worth over 100 million, most of his money was invested in various projects.
His actual liquid assets were probably only a mere 10 to 20 million yuan.
He was definitely not as wealthy as Shen Lei now, not to mention that if Lu Jie's investments failed, he could even lose everything.
Shen Lei was very happy, he took out a bottle of Bordeaux red wine from the wine cabinet, opened it, and enjoyed it with Li Xiao Yue to celebrate this winning moment.
Li Xiao Yue was also truly happy for Shen Lei, so happy that she forgot about drinking, especially red wine, which is particularly good for blood circulation!
They both drank and chatted about their bright future, and the more they drank, the more they wanted. In a short while, they finished two bottles of red wine!
Li Xiao Yue blinked her bright eyes and asked Shen Lei: “Shen Lei ge, you have 100 million yuan now, you're financially free, are you still willing to be that little clerk in the archives?”
Shen Lei said firmly: “Of course, I won't give up my position within the system.
In our country, the status of officials, farmers, workers, and merchants, the status of civil servants has always been the highest.
I still hope that I can become an official in the future, and benefit the people.
If I'm lucky, I can become a high-ranking official in the future, or even a member of the central government, then I can truly change the world, change this society.
At the very least, I can reduce some of the social inequalities.
Originally, Li Xiao Yue was a woman who preferred to live a carefree life, enjoyed indulging in pleasures, and didn't chase after fame and fortune, but at this moment, she was moved by Shen Lei's words.
She felt that the world still needed idealistic people like Shen Lei, who were upright and honest, who could bring a breath of fresh air to the officialdom and society.
Li Xiao Yue found herself admiring Shen Lei even more.
She felt that compared to the vulgar Na Jun, who was obsessed with money and worked himself to the bone for money, someone like Shen Lei, who was still willing to start from the bottom as a clerk even though he was worth over 100 million yuan and was financially free, and who aimed to change society and the world, was more worthy of her admiration, respect, and love.
She couldn't help but wrap her arms around Shen Lei's neck and gave him a reward kiss.
However, Li Xiao Yue still asked worriedly: “Having so much money, won't it affect your career path?
Even though you can explain that you won all this money from the lottery, won't the relevant departments still be hesitant to promote you because of this?”
Li Xiao Yue's concerns made Shen Lei ponder, this was indeed a big problem.
Although Shen Lei could say that it was purely his good fortune, that he won 100 million yuan, how would other officials, especially his superiors, think about it?
They would definitely suspect there was something fishy going on.
Even though Shen Lei was just a deputy section-level cadre now, with no real power, and not worth bribing, as long as this matter caused doubts in the minds of his superiors, it would definitely cast a shadow over his career path.
What should Shen Lei do now?
(There are too few comments, brothers, do you have any suggestions? I hope you can post them in the comments section, so I can improve if I have to, please. If the comment section reaches 100 floors, I'll definitely update it.)