RBCT Chapter 12 Fate?
Chapter 12 Fate?
According to the rules, whether it's a lottery or a scratch-off ticket, once the winnings exceed a certain amount, you need to go to the original lottery redemption center to claim your prize.
At this moment, although Chen Jiang was happy, he seemed rather calm and had no intention of rushing to claim the prize.
There's no need to do any more tests. Whether a person's luck changes is a very difficult question to measure, but in his case, there's no doubt about it—his luck has turned around!
Perhaps, at this moment, someone with a strong sense of curiosity would be thinking: "Where did this good luck come from? Will this good luck come at a price? Can I keep having this luck forever?"
But Chen Jiang was a carefree person. In his view, these problems were not important. The only thing that mattered to him was that good luck was on his side, and that was enough.
Just as he had thought before, if a bug can run, then don't touch it. As a programmer, this is not a difficult thing to understand.
"Besides, at least for now, I've already reaped plenty of benefits, so why worry so much?"
Shaking his head, Chen Jiang chuckled and accepted his change of fortune with a clear conscience.
Step on the gas, turn on the navigation, and head to the prize redemption hall to collect your newly acquired million and deposit it into your card!
......
One million is quite a large sum.
A few days ago, Chen Jiang would have been overjoyed, but now that he had confirmed his good fortune, he didn't feel anything special. He simply remarked that his pockets were a little fuller after the money arrived in his account.
Then he drove home.
One reason was that he had expended a lot of energy last night, and the other was that he wanted to calm himself down first, so that he wouldn't do anything irrational just because he suddenly had good luck.
Putting everything else aside, this trick is indeed useful, but not very often.
Chen Jiang's method of suppressing his chaotic thoughts was to force himself to watch live streams of pretty girls. As a result, the price he paid was that he did stop having random thoughts after watching them, but now his mind was completely focused on unhealthy things.
Chen Jiang glanced at the time, took out his phone, and called Nina. The call was quickly answered.
"Hi, darling."
Chen Jiang is straightforward:
"When do you get off work?"
Nina seemed to be confirming something, and then replied:
"Um, it seems like it will take a little more time... I have a training course arranged by the company. Since we are new, it seems like we need to do a lot of training. It will probably be over after eight o'clock."
"Will you come pick me up then?"
Chen Jiang readily agreed:
"Okay, give me your address when the time comes, and I'll come pick you up."
Chen Jiang hung up Nina's call, his mind still lingering on her gentle voice and graceful figure, leaving the pretty girls in the live stream feeling utterly bored.
I simply closed the webpage, sat down at the computer, and clicked the mouse to open the League of Legends client.
The familiar login screen popped up. He entered his account and password, and the screen flashed as he entered the entrance to Summoner's Rift.
His game ID "Jiang Liu Bu Xi" lit up. This was his original online name, which he had been using ever since because he was too lazy to change it. Most of his accounts used this name, as it was easy to recognize and remember.
"Let's try it out today and see if this luck-changing technique works in the game."
Chen Jiang smiled slightly, selected the AD position, and clicked on Ranked Match.
His rank was Platinum III, a significant drop from his peak Diamond rank, but he didn't care. He had been busy with family matters and hadn't played for a long time. Besides, if his luck hadn't changed, he would probably be worrying about finding a job right now, and wouldn't have the time or inclination to play games.
The ranked matchmaking was quick; less than a minute later, a "ding" sound rang out, and the game entered the character selection phase.
Before Chen Jiang could even see his teammate's ID, a message popped up in the chat box:
Rampaging Minion: "Fifth floor AD, give it to me or I'll feed!"
Chen Jiang frowned, a cold laugh escaping his lips.
It's not uncommon to want a position, but not many want the AD carry position. However, someone with that attitude would be crazy to give it to him. If you don't tolerate that, just type it out:
"Whatever, you give me yours, I'll take mine."
At this moment, another teammate chimed in; his ID was "Blinking Deer," and he played mid lane.
Winking deer:
"No! Support, don't worry, I can switch positions. I play mid, I'm not very good at support, so don't blame me if I drag you down. AD, how about I support you? I'll try my best not to hold you back."
The berserker didn't reply, but it pre-selected a mid-lane hero, which seems to indicate that it agreed.
Chen Jiang glanced at it, somewhat surprised.
This "Winking Deer" had a soft tone and a name that sounded like a girl's; otherwise, he probably wouldn't have given up his seat. He responded nonchalantly:
"It's okay, just play casually. It's just a game, winning or losing doesn't matter."
In the blink of an eye, Little Deer quickly switched heroes, choosing a simple support hero, Soraka, a healer who can heal but doesn't require high skill.
The game has finished loading and you are now in Summoner's Rift.
Chen Jiang played Ezreal in the bottom lane, with Soraka, who played Enchantress, following behind somewhat clumsily. It was clear that he wasn't very good at playing support. Less than three minutes into the game, a small-scale team fight broke out in the bottom lane.
The enemy jungler came to gank, but Chen Jiang was in incredibly strong form today. His skills were so accurate it was like he was using a script. As long as he didn't intentionally miss, every shot hit its mark, and he was also very agile in dodging skills.
In a simple two-on-three situation, they successfully turned the tables and secured three kills.
"I feel like my 'Q' is really accurate today..." Chen Jiang muttered.
They quickly reached level six and engaged in another skirmish, easily bringing down two enemy bot laners, but unexpectedly failed to kill them, and they ran back to their tower and disappeared from sight.
Chen Jiang found a good spot and unleashed his ultimate move, but unexpectedly his hand suddenly swiped, and the move went astray!
What was even more unexpected was that the ultimate move flew into the jungle the next moment, taking down the jungler who was low on health while farming jungle monsters, resulting in a triple kill!
The little deer cheered in the chat box.
Winking deer:
"Wow! AD carry is amazing! How did that ultimate hit? I didn't even see it!"
"This isn't playing a game, it's practically stomping noobs," Chen Jiang thought to himself, glancing at his hand holding the mouse.
He looked at the screen and thought his skill accuracy was ridiculous—when he used to play AD, his skill hit rate was at most 30%, but today it was probably over 95%.
With good luck on his side, he was like a god of war, leading his team to push towers and take dragons. Although his Soraka was clumsy and his timing for healing was off several times, Chen Jiang was in such a strong state that he carried the whole team.
Finally, at 22 minutes, a team fight ended, with Chen Jiang's Ezreal securing a pentakill, the enemy crystal exploding, Victory being ejected, and the game won.
The results screen popped up, and Chen Jiang was undoubtedly the MVP. In the blink of an eye, Xiao Lu sent a message.
Winking deer:
"Wow! You're amazing! You're practically a pro! Can you help me out? I've been stuck in Platinum for ages, I'm willing to pay you!"
Chen Jiang glanced at it, amused, and typed a reply:
"It's free, just for fun. Let's add each other as friends and duo queue to rank up."
The little deer replied instantly in a blink of an eye: "Really? Thank you so much! I'll add you as a game friend right away."
Chen Jiang accepted the invitation, and the two teamed up for the next ranked match.
Blinking Deer is quite skilled; at least she's not a liability. In the following games, Chen Jiang maintained his form, and with a bit of luck, he almost always crushed his opponents, easily achieving a five-game winning streak.
Feeling a bit tired, I typed to Blinking Deer:
"That's about enough for today. Let's hang out together again sometime."
"OK!"
The little deer immediately typed a reply in the blink of an eye:
"Wow, you're amazing! Let's add each other on QQ, I'll let you know if I want to play!"
"Adding me as a friend is out of the question, I..."
Chen Jiang was about to refuse. He had never liked adding strangers' contact information, especially online friends he met in games.
But as his fingers hovered over the keyboard, he suddenly stopped, remembering something.
I've played games for so long and never met a girl who would ask me to help her out. But today, as soon as I logged on, I met one who has a great temper and a sensible personality.
So... could this be part of luck taking effect?
Delete the text you just typed and resend:
"Okay, add me. My QQ number is xxxxxxxx."
The little deer replied instantly in a blink of an eye:
"Okay! I've added you. Your ID is still Little Deer."
Chen Jiang switched to QQ and, sure enough, received a friend request. The profile picture was a cute cartoon girl with deer antlers.
He clicked "accept," and less than ten seconds later, a video call invitation popped up in the QQ window.
"So urgent?"
Chen Jiang raised an eyebrow, but he was genuinely curious whether his luck had turned around, so he casually answered the call.
The next moment, with a little noise coming from the headphones, a very pretty young girl appeared in the video chat.
"Hello? Can you hear me, expert? This is Little Deer!"
Her voice was lively, but she was clearly quite young.
Chen Jiang was a little puzzled. He thought he was going to meet some gaming goddess, but it turned out to be just a little blonde girl. However, he was still a bit unwilling to give up.
"How old are you?"
"I'm 16! Just started high school, and I play games in my spare time." Xiao Lu's voice was cheerful: "And you, pro? You look really handsome!"
Chen Jiang's smile froze instantly, and the unhealthy thoughts he had while watching the live stream were immediately forgotten.
Just kidding, 16 years old, a minor!
Although he's become a bit more cunning now, he still has his bottom line: he would never do anything like harming young girls.
Besides, he's not that thirsty. Even if he were, he still has Nina. It's better not to get into this trouble.
"Oh...16." Chen Jiang's tone turned cold: "I'm not young anymore, almost thirty. Let's talk about things in the game in the game, no need for video chat. Let's delete each other later, so as not to interfere with your studies."
He was speaking as he prepared to hang up.
"No way! Your voice is so magnetic, like a radio host."
"When should we hang out together next time? By the way, which city are you from? Maybe we can even meet up in real life?"
The fawn seemed oblivious, still chattering away, then suddenly turned and cried out:
"Sis, sis, look! I knew this genius had such a good temper, he must be handsome!"
Chen Jiang had already wanted to hang up, but the little girl suddenly shouted, and he stopped holding the mouse. He looked at the video window, which wasn't very high quality, and saw a hot-bodied woman in casual clothes walking over from the side.
Of course, just one beautiful woman wouldn't be enough to stop him; it's mainly because this woman looks... kind of familiar?
"Oh, it's you?"
The beautiful woman walking across the video call paused for a moment upon hearing Chen Jiang's words, then looked at him closely and also appeared surprised.
"Is it you?"
"What a coincidence... By the way, beautiful lady, this is our third meeting already, so at least tell me your name, okay?"
Chen Jiang laughed. He knew that his luck would indeed be on his side.
He had been wondering what kind of good luck he could have encountered while playing a game, but then he actually ran into this beautiful female mounted police officer. He wouldn't believe it wasn't just bad luck. With tens of millions of people in Shenzhen and hundreds of millions of netizens online, how could it be such a coincidence that he would run into her?
"What a coincidence... My name is Zhang Meiyu, and this is my cousin Liu Lulu."
Zhang Meiyu pulled her cousin aside, ignoring her pitiful expression, and looked at Chen Jiang incredulously, asking, "How did you do that? You weren't trying to get close to me, were you?"
Chen Jiang was initially quite pleased, but who would have thought that the other party would immediately slap such a huge label on him, leaving him speechless:
"Are you kidding me? I met your cousin through video games. If I could control who I meet in the game, would I even need to go to such lengths to get close to you?"
"Oh, that's true, it really is luck." Zhang Meiyu looked incredulous, but after sorting out the logic, it really was true. Even if she didn't believe it, she had no choice but to believe it.
Chen Jiang then said with a smile:
"There's a saying that goes, 'A single encounter requires several lifetimes of brushing shoulders.' These three meetings of ours feel like they've been connected for at least ten lifetimes. So, how about we add each other on WeChat, Miss Zhang?"
Zhang Meiyu's feelings were somewhat complicated at this moment, a mixture of curiosity and doubt. The main thing was that she was certain that the other party would not be able to approach her using such methods, which meant that these encounters were really just luck.
Then maybe she really did have some kind of connection with him... After hesitating for two seconds, she nodded:
"Okay, I'll add you."
After saying that, he took out his phone to add Chen Jiang as a WeChat friend.
Just after adding them as friends, Xiao Lu, who had been watching the commotion, came over again. After overhearing their conversation, she finally understood what was going on: "Wow, sis, you've encountered a scene straight out of a TV drama! I feel like you two are really destined for each other!"
Upon hearing this, Chen Jiang, who had initially disliked the little girl, suddenly felt that she resembled his own younger sister, and immediately smiled and said:
"Little Deer, when I have time, I'll take you under my wing and teach you how to become a master, okay?"
The deer's eyes lit up immediately:
"Really? If you help me reach the Master level, you'll be my brother-in-law from now on!"
"ah!!"
No sooner had she finished speaking than Zhang Meiyu grabbed her ear, threw her aside, and then turned to glare at the screen with annoyance.
"Alright, I'm going to teach this little brat a lesson. She actually betrayed her sister for personal gain!"
"I'm hanging up now. We can talk later!"
After saying that, he hung up the video call without waiting for Chen Jiang's reaction.
"Oh, I haven't finished yet!"
Chen Jiang was speechless, but there was nothing he could do.
Shaking his head, he picked up his phone and glanced at it. It was almost time for Nina to get off work, so he got up, put on his coat, and went downstairs to pick her up.