Shen Nanyi was not panicked at all. She smiled back at Li Li, looking innocent and harmless.
"What a lovely child! It's about time for school, isn't it?"
Seeing that Shen Nanyi's behavior was no different from that of an ordinary child, Li Li immediately felt relieved. She tried to make her tone sound gentle, hoping to smooth things over.
It was already embarrassing enough for things to turn out like this today. If she had to apologize to Shen Nanyi's family, they would really be unable to hold their heads up in the neighborhood in the future.
"Pretty sister, our teacher told us that well - behaved kids should keep their promises."
Still with a sweet voice, Shen Nanyi didn't intend to let Li Li smooth things over so easily.
There was no reason for her to forgive those who had bullied her family.
Li Li forced an awkward smile. She didn't expect Shen Nanyi to be so clear - minded. So she could only turn her gaze to Zhao Shuyan.
"You just said that whoever was wrong should apologize. There are so many people in the neighborhood watching. You're not going to break your promise, are you?"
It was true that Zhao Shuyan was usually easy - going, but she also had her bottom line. Just thinking about how helpless Zhao Fang had been in front of so many people made her feel bad.
"Sorry."
Under everyone's gaze, Li Li lowered her voice and almost buried her head in the ground.
"Pretty sister, what did you just say? I didn't hear you."
Zhao Shuyan's attitude made Shen Nanyi feel more at ease, and she fittingly added fuel to the fire.
Finally, Li Li apologized reluctantly and then quickly left the crowd. She just couldn't bear the shame any longer.
In this farce, the Shen family finally won an overwhelming victory. However, Zhao Fang was not happy at all. She was in a very low mood.
Having lived through three lifetimes, Shen Nanyi somewhat understood Zhao Fang's feelings, but she didn't know how to comfort her.
Fortunately, Zhao Qingyuan was very considerate. He took Zhao Fang for a walk in the park outside the neighborhood, while Shen Nanyi went to school.
Throughout the day, Shen Nanyi was thinking about one question: what could she find for her grandparents to do to kill time? It wasn't good for them to always stay at home.
By the time school was over, Shen Nanyi still hadn't come up with a satisfactory answer. She walked out of school in line with a serious look on her face.
"A random task has been initiated. Go to the lottery store next door and buy a scratch - off ticket. Spend the winning amount within ten minutes. The time starts counting after the prize has been successfully claimed."
Just as she stepped out of the kindergarten gate, the system's voice rang out. Shen Nanyi stopped in her tracks and took about a minute to react.
This was just the first random task, and it was such a big deal! The problem was that she had no idea how much the winning amount would be.
She quickly sized up her surroundings, slowed down her steps, and started to think about where she could spend money nearby.
The kindergarten was located on a school street, where there were primary, junior high, and senior high schools. There were mostly small grocery stores and stationery shops, and few other kinds of stores.
She walked slowly to Zhao Shuyan's side. When Shen Nanyi saw a storefront, she immediately had an idea.
Zhao Shuyan had no idea what was going on. She was still looking confused when Shen Nanyi dragged her into the lottery store next to them.
"The third one in the bottom - left corner."
Following the system's voice, Shen Nanyi quickly picked out a scratch - off ticket with a picture of turning stones into gold on it. The ticket was worth two yuan.
Even though she didn't know what her daughter was up to, based on recent events, Zhao Shuyan thought that Shen Nanyi must have a plan. So she quickly took out two yuan to pay for the ticket.
The lottery store owner was curious and sized up Shen Nanyi. It was the first time he had seen a child leading an adult into a lottery store.
Not knowing the rules of scratch - off tickets at all, Shen Nanyi quickly scratched the ticket and handed it to the owner.
"Excuse me, how much is this?"
To Shen Nanyi, there were just some colorful patterns on the ticket, and she couldn't make any sense of it.
"……！！！"
The lottery store owner first took a casual look, then suddenly picked up the scratch - off ticket. He almost used a magnifying glass to examine it carefully several times.
"The grand prize. Give me your bank card number."
After running the lottery store for so many years, the owner had seen a lot. There had been a few first - prize winners of the Double - Color Ball in his store, but he had never seen anyone this lucky.
On her first visit, spending just two yuan, and winning 88,888 yuan! What an incredible stroke of luck!
When the owner told Shen Nanyi and Zhao Shuyan the winning amount, Zhao Shuyan's expression didn't change much.
Compared to casually getting millions in windfalls, Zhao Shuyan thought that a few tens of thousands of yuan was quite acceptable.
Shen Nanyi was even calmer. After all, she had the glorious experience of spending tens of millions in just a few hours. A few tens of thousands of yuan meant nothing to her.
In an eerie silence, the lottery store owner transferred the prize money to Shen Nanyi's card.
This was probably the calmest winner the owner had ever seen. Their calmness even made the owner feel confused, and he began to doubt the current price level.
It felt as if they had won just a few yuan instead of more than 80,000 yuan.
The moment the money was transferred to Shen Nanyi's bank card, the timer in Shen Nanyi's mind started counting down.
Ten minutes was not a long time. Shen Nanyi trotted to a nearby store. It was a stationery shop with a "For Rent" sign on it. She rushed in so quickly that Zhao Shuyan almost couldn't keep up.
"Boss, I want to rent this store!"
Time was running out. Shen Nanyi rushed in and blurted out her request, hoping to complete the task as soon as possible.
"Whose kid is this? Do you know how much it costs to rent a store?"
After entering the store, Shen Nanyi found that there was a middle - aged man besides the store owner. They were sitting at a table, probably discussing the rental.
"I know you're in a hurry for money. I can reluctantly take it for 30,000 yuan a year. Otherwise, you'll have to pay the landlord a penalty."
Having observed the situation in the store for some time, Feng Qiang knew the store owner's situation very well.
The owner's son had been in the hospital due to a car accident, and he was in urgent need of money. Feng Qiang had been hanging around the neighborhood for several days and had driven away anyone who came to look at the store. He wanted to get it at a low price.
The average rent for a store near the school was about 6,000 yuan per month. Feng Qiang's offer of 30,000 yuan a year was really excessive.
The store owner didn't look happy. The man in his fifties clenched his fists tightly, looking helpless.
He knew that Feng Qiang was deliberately lowering the price, but he had no choice. His son was still lying in the hospital. What could he do?
"Boss, why don't you consider me? I'll rent this place."
Shen Nanyi was very helpless. She was really not joking.
When Zhao Shuyan walked in and heard Shen Nanyi say that she wanted to rent the store, she even thought that Shen Nanyi had been quite low - key.
She might have really gotten carried away recently.
"Sure. Do you have the money?"
Feng Qiang sneered. He didn't take Shen Nanyi's words seriously at all.
At this moment, Feng Qiang had no idea what it meant for the slap in the face to come as fast as a tornado.