Seeing that nothing she said had any effect, Chen Yuanyuan realized that Lin Fan was truly determined to divorce her this time. She wiped the tears from the corner of her eyes and said sharply, “Lin Fan, let me tell you this! You want a divorce? Then all the property in this household, including the apartment, must be split evenly. Otherwise, forget it!”
Where was that pitiful, tearful look from just moments ago?
Seeing this, Lin Fan let out a cold laugh. So, your true colors are finally showing.
“Chen Yuanyuan, stop dreaming!” he said coldly. “The apartment was bought before our marriage. The mortgage has been paid with my salary, and the property deed only has my name on it. Most of the furniture in this house was bought by my parents. It has nothing to do with you!”
“You want property? The pots and pans in the kitchen are what you brought from your home. You can take all of those.”
“As for anything else—try touching it if you dare.”
“You… you bastard!”
Hearing that she would get nothing from the divorce, Chen Yuanyuan immediately flew into a rage, cursing loudly, “Lin Fan, this isn’t over!”
“I gave you three years of my youth, and you think you can just send me away like this? Not a chance!”
“Let me tell you, as long as I don’t sign the divorce papers, half of your income belongs to me!”
With that, she stormed out of the court in fury.
Watching her retreating figure, a cold glint flickered in Lin Fan’s eyes.
He knew she wouldn’t agree to the divorce so easily. He had expected this from the very beginning.
He understood this woman far too well—she would never do anything that didn’t benefit her. When it came to divorce, unless the division of assets satisfied her, she would never sign willingly.
But would Lin Fan compromise because of this?
Of course not. He had already thought of a way to deal with it.
“Chen Yuanyuan, you won’t be able to suck a single drop of blood from me ever again!”
“Let’s see who can outlast whom!”
…
Instead of going home, Lin Fan headed straight to his parents’ place.
Because on this very day in his previous life, something big had happened at the lottery shop downstairs in his parents’ neighborhood.
Someone had won the top prize on a scratch-off ticket: 2 million yuan!
This was the first 2 million yuan jackpot since the national scratch-off upgrade, and it had caused quite a stir locally.
Lin Fan remembered it clearly.
He checked the time. It was 2:30 p.m., and in his previous life, the winning ticket had only appeared at 5 p.m. There was still time.
Arriving at his parents’ home, he immediately grabbed his father, Lin Zhigao, and pulled him downstairs toward the lottery shop.
“Lin Fan, why are you suddenly dragging me out to buy lottery tickets?” Lin Zhigao complained. “Is that something ordinary people like us can win?”
He was a simple and honest man who had spent his entire life working hard, never indulging in fantasies of sudden wealth.
Of course, Lin Fan couldn’t tell him that he had been reborn, so he could only make something up. “Dad, just trust me this once. My right eye has been twitching all day. I’ve got a feeling we’re going to strike it rich today!”
There was an old saying in their hometown: a twitching left eye meant misfortune, while a twitching right eye meant incoming wealth.
Lin Fan, having received higher education, naturally didn’t believe in such things. But someone as straightforward as Lin Zhigao believed it wholeheartedly.
“Alright, I’ll trust you this time,” Lin Zhigao said with a chuckle.
As soon as they entered the lottery shop, Lin Fan called out, “Boss, do you still have scratch-off tickets?”
The shop owner raised his eyelids lazily. “There’s one last pack left, unopened.”
Hearing this, Lin Fan felt a surge of excitement. He knew the ticket with the 2 million yuan jackpot had to be in that unopened pack—he just didn’t know which one.
Turning to his father, he said, “Dad, let’s buy the whole pack!”
Lin Zhigao frowned. “Xiaofan, that’s going to cost quite a bit, isn’t it? Why don’t we just buy a few tickets? Whether we win or not, we’ll just treat it as a bit of fun.”
But Lin Fan insisted, “Dad, just listen to me this time. I have a strong feeling we’re definitely going to win.”
“Alright, I’ll trust you once,” Lin Zhigao said at last. “Boss, I’ll take the whole pack. How much is it?”
The owner’s face lit up instantly. A big customer had arrived.
“Each ticket is 20 yuan. There are 50 tickets in a pack, so that’s 1,000 yuan in total.”
Hearing the price, Lin Zhigao hesitated for a moment before finally scanning the code to pay.
Seeing his father successfully buy the entire pack, Lin Fan finally let out a breath of relief.
He then brought over two chairs and sat beside his father. “Dad, you scratch them.”
Lin Fan’s gaze briefly shifted toward the surveillance camera behind the door, and a faint cold smile appeared on his lips.
Originally, if he had managed to finalize the divorce today, he would have bought the tickets himself.
But since Chen Yuanyuan refused to divorce, it didn’t matter. Having his father buy them worked just as well.
The money was paid by his father, and the tickets were scratched by him personally. Even if they won, Chen Yuanyuan wouldn’t get a single cent.
At that moment, Lin Zhigao rubbed his hands together, a hint of excitement on his face. This was his first time playing scratch-off tickets.
The first ticket—5 yuan.
The second—no win.
The third—10 yuan.
…
After scratching about half the pack, they had only won a little over 200 yuan.
The commotion soon drew the attention of others in the shop.
The owner even comforted him, “No rush, big brother. Usually, there’s at least one or two tickets with bigger prizes in a pack. The next one might be it.”
Lin Zhigao smiled awkwardly.
When he scratched the next ticket, a large “888” appeared before his eyes.
Before he could react, the shop owner behind him shouted excitedly, “You’ve won!”
“888 yuan!”
“See? You’ve already made your money back!”
Lin Zhigao had spent 1,000 yuan on the tickets. With this 888 yuan win, plus the earlier 200 or so, he had already broken even.
The surrounding crowd began congratulating him, praising his luck.
Only Lin Fan remained calm. He knew the real prize was still ahead.
Lin Zhigao scratched a few more tickets, all small wins of 5 or 10 yuan. As the number of remaining tickets dwindled, Lin Fan’s heart began to pound in his chest.
When they reached the fifth ticket from the end, Lin Fan’s eyes suddenly lit up. He abruptly stood up, his gaze locked onto the numbers in the prize area.
The jackpot had finally appeared.
The shop owner behind him rubbed his eyes in disbelief. “Good heavens… how many zeros are after that ‘2’?”
“Ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, ten thousand… a hundred thousand… a million…”
“Holy shit! Is that 2 million yuan?”
One of the onlookers shouted in excitement.
Lin Zhigao was completely stunned. He turned to his son with a blank expression. “Xiaofan… did I win?”