As she spoke, Liu Xiaoli suddenly recalled something.
“By the way, Wanwan, how many entries did you buy?”
Hearing Liu Xiaoli’s question, Lin Wanwan wasn’t surprised in her heart.
She had long considered this issue; saying 100 entries would be way too eye-catching.
Whether it was the purchased quantity or the corresponding prize money, both were far too outrageous.
If she told the truth, even if Liu Xiaoli didn’t get suspicious, it would very likely cause her to harbor resentment.
After all, this set of numbers was provided by Liu Xiaoli.
Lin Wanwan smiled and pulled a lottery ticket out from her bag.
“I just casually bought 10 entries to test the waters.”
“Mainly because it’s my first time playing, so I didn’t dare buy too much.”
When she purchased the lottery tickets back then, she had already considered this situation, so the 100 entries were purchased separately.
Liu Xiaoli glanced at the lottery ticket, her tone filled with pity:
“Only 10 entries?”
“That’s a bit of a pity, this is my first time winning the third prize.”
“If only you had followed me and bought 20 entries.”
“Still… 10 entries isn’t small either!”
“After tax, it’s a whole 8,000 bucks!”
Lin Wanwan also smiled and chimed in:
“I’m completely satisfied with having 8,000 bucks!”
“This time I consider myself leeching off Sister Li’s good luck, so this meal is definitely on me!”
Since it was something agreed upon before dinner, Liu Xiaoli didn’t refuse either.
Amidst chatting and laughing, dishes of Thai food were served onto the dining table.
Although the per capita price at this “Thai Delicious” was high, both the output quality and service were quite excellent, making it truly worth every penny.
The meal between the two lasted for a full hour before they said goodbye and parted ways.
Passing by a lottery shop, Lin Wanwan didn’t hesitate either, hurriedly pulling out the lottery tickets on her person to redeem the prizes.
Because the third prize was a fixed award and the amount was relatively small, the winner didn’t need to go to the lottery headquarters to redeem it.
This lottery shop was quite sizable; after verifying that the purchase information and lottery tickets were correct, the shop owner very straightforwardly transferred the post-tax amount of 80,000 yuan to Lin Wanwan’s phone.
Looking at her WeChat Wallet balance instantly jump from the original 4,300 yuan to 84,300 yuan, seeing the five-digit balance, Lin Wanwan could no longer suppress the smile at the corners of her mouth.
Getting 80,000 yuan in her account all at once—this feeling was simply awesome!
No wonder so many people liked buying lottery tickets; this feeling of a massive dopamine rush in the brain after winning was truly marvelous.
After being excited for a while, Lin Wanwan quickly calmed down.
“80,000 bucks is still quite far from financial freedom!”
This was also one of the reasons why Lin Wanwan didn’t resign immediately after obtaining the golden finger.
Her current job was actually pretty good.
A monthly salary of 6,500, five social insurances and one housing fund covered by the company, plus meal and housing allowances; most importantly, this job had two days off on weekends.
Even more importantly, after passing the internship period, her salary would increase, and backed by ByteDance, as long as she did well…
Apart from occasional overtime, this job could be considered almost perfect for a fresh graduate like her.
Suppressing the excitement in her heart, Lin Wanwan returned home.
Binge-watching shows as usual, it soon reached 12 o’clock.
[Time Mailbox: You have a letter from September 18, 2025]
With the experience from previous times, Lin Wanwan’s mindset at this moment was more of anticipation than excitement.
“Thank goodness I took first aid as an elective back in college!”
“Originally I just wanted to scrape together some credits, I didn’t expect it would actually come in handy!”
“Saving someone for the first time feels so amazing!”
…
“Yesterday, Sister Zhang and Zhou Wenbo were both terrified out of their wits, thanking me endlessly!”
“Just yesterday Sister Zhang said she’d help apply for my official employment status!
Today I received the company’s official employment notice, this efficiency is way too fast!”
…
“My fortune with unexpected money lately seems a bit too good!”
“Evans is truly generous; not only did he give me a 100,000 check as a reward,”
“He also helped me apply for a lifetime Platinum Card!”
…
Lin Wanwan wasn’t too surprised by the earlier contents of the email.
Just like the information she had researched before, most allergic reactions could be mitigated to a great extent as long as they were handled in time.
The contents at the back of the email gave her quite a pleasant surprise—she actually gained official employee status ahead of schedule!
According to the standard process, new employees needed to complete three months before becoming official.
She was ahead of schedule by a full month or more.
From this, it could be seen that the company attached great importance to a major client like Evans.
In addition, the benefits brought by saving someone were far more than she had anticipated.
A 100,000 reward plus a lifetime Platinum Card.
Lin Wanwan had looked up information on Boyu Company yesterday.
This lifetime Platinum Card belonged to the highest membership tier of Boyu Beauty.
Owning this membership card allowed one to receive a set of exclusive cosmetics customized by the company specifically for the client every quarter.
Lin Wanwan didn’t have high demands for cosmetics; with this Platinum Card, she probably wouldn’t even need to buy extra cosmetics in the future.
The next day, 6:50 AM.
Lin Wanwan specially appeared at the company entrance 10 minutes early.
Two black Alphards were already parked in the parking lot downstairs from the company.
Beside the Alphards was Zhou Wenbo, who was smoking a cigarette.
Seeing Lin Wanwan appear, Zhou Wenbo dropped the cigarette in his hand to the ground and stomped it out.
Exhaling the final puff of smoke from his mouth, he spoke unhurriedly:
“Just waiting for you, hurry up and get in!”
Lin Wanwan didn’t expect that even though she had specially come to gather early, she was still the last one, so she hurriedly apologized:
“Sorry, I’m late.”
Zhou Wenbo waved his hand nonchalantly:
“You’re not late, it’s just that we’re used to being a bit early.”
“After all, as reception staff, we can only be early, not late.”
“Alright, get in!”
As Lin Wanwan sat in the vehicle, she saw Liu Ziyu holding a bouquet of flowers.
She hurriedly greeted:
“Sister Ziyu! Good morning!”
Liu Ziyu shifted her gaze away from her phone and nodded with a smile toward Lin Wanwan:
“Little Lin, good morning.”
Liu Ziyu was the assistant in charge of this reception.
Taking a quick glance: tulips, Casablanca lilies, sunflowers, baby’s breath—a very classic bouquet combination.
No words were exchanged along the way, and no accidents occurred in between; the two Alphards arrived at Baiyun Airport right on time at 8:30.
After confirming that the flight was neither delayed nor early, the three arrived at Exit 2 in advance at 9:50.
“Attention passengers, Flight CA1234 from Beijing Capital has landed safely…”
Hearing the announcement’s reminder, Zhou Wenbo and Liu Ziyu put away their phones at the same time.
Zhou Wenbo brought out the greeting sign prepared in advance, while Liu Ziyu brought out the bouquet.
Seeing this, Lin Wanwan also immediately put her phone back into her bag.
After waiting for about another 10 minutes, the crowd began surging out from the exit channel.
Seeing Evans appear, the three hurriedly went up to greet him.
Looking along the flow of people, Lin Wanwan quickly locked onto the target person.
He was around forty years old, tall and erect in stature, at least 185 cm, making him extraordinarily conspicuous in the crowd.
His light blond hair was styled impeccably, and his facial features were very prominent, though paired with a long horse-like face, it brought his looks down quite a notch.
He wore a well-tailored dark gray suit, with a low-key Patek Philippe watch on his wrist; every gesture exuded the calm aura of a mature businessman, except that under his eyes lay a hint of exhaustion from the long-haul flight.