Chapter 17: Necessary Evil

It didn't take long for Wendy's prediction to come true, and the failure of the Melbourne Star, the only entertainment facility in the area, was undoubtedly a fatal blow to the nearby shopping street. The crowds of the past are a thing of the past, and now the shopping streets are full of people and shops are closing.

For Zhang Wendi and Chen Hui, the closure is not the most difficult thing, but also the multi-year lease of the store and the backlog of goods in the warehouse. If not handled properly, the two will suffer huge losses. Wendi, who had just made achievements in his career, once again fell into the abyss from which he could never recover.

The negotiation with the landlord failed, the rent had to be paid in full, and the backlog of clothes was not accepted by the next family, so Chen Hui and Wendi could only lose money to pay off the debt. Seeing that Wendi was worried, Shu Ya was very worried, and the kind words comforted but had no effect, in order to prevent Wendi from being crushed by the pressure, Shu Ya decided to ask her father for help.

"Hey, Dad, there's something I'd like to ask you for help with lately."

"I'm your father, what do you want between father and daughter, say it!"

"Hmm...... I want to borrow $50,000 from you for emergencies. ”

"No problem, but you're going to tell me why."

Shu Ya was forced to be helpless and told the truth, and Chen Yanqing had a lot of complaints about Wendi's approach after hearing it:

"Such a young man should not unrealistically always want to be a boss, he should start from the grassroots level, have more experience, and there will be no mistakes in contracts and costs."

"Oh Dad, is this a natural disaster? Do you borrow or not? ”

Chen Yanqing was worried that her daughter would turn her face again, so she immediately agreed.

Two days later, Chen Shuya took a check for 50,000 Australian dollars and handed it to Wendy, saying:

"Oh, 50,000, take it and pay off the debt."

"Where did you get all this money?"

"Ask my dad."

When Wendi heard the origin of the money, she felt ashamed and rejected Shu Ya's kindness.

"Give the money back to your dad, I know in my own heart that I can't use this money."

"Zhang Wendi, can you change your stinky problem of saving face, if you know it in your heart, you still can't do anything if you don't sleep every day? A man should be able to bend and stretch, and face is not worth a few dollars. This money should be borrowed from you, and I can't pay it back later? ”

Wendy didn't want to ask his future father-in-law for money anyway, but unfortunately he really had no solution to the financial deficit this time, so he had to bow his head to reality.

"Thank you, uncle, for helping me, and I'll give him three cents of the money."

"Oh, don't talk nonsense, let's put the check away." Shu Ya was relieved to see Wendy accept the check.

With this money, Wendi and Chen Hui paid all the rent they owed, and sold the remaining goods to the online shopping seller at a low price, and the remaining money repaid the bank loan at the beginning, leaving little money left.

On April 1st, the ill-fated clothing store will close today, and Wendy feels that the closing of the store on this day seems to be a joke played by God and herself, or that God is destined to be a fool. The sky was drizzling, as if it was a funeral for a dying clothing store. At this time, there were few shops left in the commercial street, and it almost became a "dead street".

"Excluding all expenses, our remaining funds are fourteen dollars and five cents." Chen Hui looked at the account book and said with a wry smile.

"Let's spend it and buy pizza to eat." Although Wendy made this suggestion, he himself was sad and couldn't eat anything.

Zhou Wei also made a suggestion:

"Why don't we just use this money to buy lottery tickets, you can buy a dozen bets, I heard that this week's prize is very rich, in case you win the lottery, this clothing store can continue to operate."

Although Australia is a country where "everyone is colored", Wendy has been here for so long and has never bought a lottery ticket, first, he feels that wealth must be fought for by himself; The second is that he feels that he has not had such a good life at all.

"What lottery ticket and how to buy it?" Wendy asked.

Zhou Wei pointed to the lottery ticket sales office opposite, and said:

"It's simple, go across the street and get an 'Aussie Lotto' table, pick seven numbers in each table, and if the numbers drawn tonight are the same as the numbers you picked, you've won."

Wendi looked in the direction of Zhou Wei's finger, and saw a huge poster posted at the door of the sales office, which was written in large green letters: Australian Lotto, the cumulative amount of this week is 20 million, the lottery will be held on Tuesday, and the winner may be you!

Wendi wanted to ask Chen Hui's opinion, but Chen Hui had just informed his father, who was far away in China, of the news of the closure of the store, and of course he was scolded for it. I saw Chen Hui put down the phone and said with a dead face:

"You two are so naΓ―ve, with the current luck of the three of us, it is estimated that we will not even win the final prize."

"Oh, it's important to participate, otherwise it's not interesting to divide a dozen dollars."

Seeing Zhou Wei's repeated requests, Chen Hui had no choice but to agree.

"Okay, but Wendi, you go buy it, I can't trust Zhou Wei's stinky hand."

Wendi walked across the street, took a form, filled in ten notes at random, and thought about it after payment, April 5 was Shu Ya's birthday, and he didn't have any extra money to buy a decent gift for Shu Ya, so he picked up another form, filled out the payment, and carefully received it in his pocket, ready to give it to Shu Ya, which was a small thought.

Wendi returned to the store and handed over the lottery ticket shared by the three of them to Chen Hui, and Chen Hui, who was anxious, didn't look at it, and threw it directly into the cash register on the table, and said:

"More than ten dollars were wasted by the two of you."

At five o'clock in the evening, Chen Hui pulled down the door of the store, and the trio's venture ended in failure, and Wendi proposed that the three of them stand in front of the store and take a group photo to commemorate the experience. I saw three people standing together, without the fighting spirit of the past.

"Oops, the lottery ticket is still in the store." Zhou Wei shouted.

"Why are you in a hurry, before you hand over the keys tomorrow morning, the three of us will see the results together, if you don't win, let's hand over the keys and go back to our respective homes, if you win...... Don't think about it, it's impossible. Chen Hui said desperately.

When Wendy returned home, Shuya had already prepared a meal waiting for him. Wendi knew that the recent troubles had made the atmosphere at home very depressing, so he took out the lottery ticket he bought, handed it to Shu Ya, and said:

"You had a birthday this weekend, and I didn't know what I could buy you, so I bought a lottery ticket and gave you this little money fan."

Shu Ya took the lottery ticket and said happily:

"This gift is very special, whether I win the lottery or not, I will treasure it, no matter whether we live rich or poor in the future, the most important thing is to be together!"

The recent experience made Wendi feel very tired, and after dinner, he went into the bathroom to take a shower, and after washing, he found Shu Ya holding a lottery ticket in her left hand and a tablet in her right hand, checking the results of the lottery ticket that had just been released.

"How's it going, did you win the lottery?" Wendy asked Shuya while wiping the water on his head with a towel.

"I thought about it beautifully, but I didn't even win the final prize." Shu Ya looked at Wendi, pursed her lips and said.

Wendy reached out and took the computer, looked at the winning results, and said:

"I won't carry it like this, at least ten yuan will be a consolation prize!"

But the facts cannot be changed, and the winning numbers are displayed on the website

3721718294521

Wendi bought ten bets for Shuya, but unfortunately he didn't win a single bet.

Wendy stared at the lottery website, biting his lip tightly, stunned for a long time. Shu Ya saw Wendi's frustration, so she comforted:

"It's okay, it's so easy to win the lottery, but I like this birthday gift very much, don't be sad."

Wendy ignored Shu Ya's comfort, picked up his coat, and left a sentence:

"I'm going out and chilling out on my own."

He closed the door and walked out.

Shu Ya knew that Wendi had been worried about how to repay the mortgage after the business failed, so she didn't continue to ask, so she had to let Wendi cool down and digest it herself. But the wait was an hour, more than eleven o'clock in the evening, Wendi had not come back, Shu Ya was a little flustered, so she picked up the phone and called Wendi, but what she heard was the prompt sound of "the owner has turned off the phone". Seeing this, Shu Ya immediately threw herself into Wendi's arms and asked:

"Where have you been? Don't talk to me at such a late hour, do you know how anxious I am...... Don't stress too much about paying off the mortgage, my salary is enough to cope with it for a while......"

I saw Wendy hugging Shu Ya tightly and saying:

"I'm sorry, I was wrong, forgive me this time, I'll tell you anything in the future!"

Wendi didn't close her eyes all night, Shu Ya occasionally woke up at night and saw Wendi sitting by the window meditating, feeling as if she had returned to China The night before the two broke up, when Wendy also meditated like this all night. This time, Shu Ya still didn't bother him, hoping to give her boyfriend enough space to untie the knot in her heart by herself.

When Shu Ya woke up again, it was already eight o'clock in the morning, Wendi asked the others to return the store key at nine o'clock, and after he washed up, he didn't even eat breakfast, so he hurried to the clothing store. When he came to the door of the clothing store, he found that Zhou Wei, who was often late, came unusually early, and was checking the lottery ticket in the cash register, and Chen Hui was also chatting with the owner who came to pick up the key. When Zhou Wei saw Wendi, he complained:

"I said, big brother, how did you choose the number yesterday, why didn't you even win the final prize, your luck is really worse than mine. Alas, I don't know if any bastard can be struck by lightning and get a prize of 20 million Australian dollars! ”

Wendi ignored it, walked straight to Chen Hui's side, and handed over his shop key to the owner. Chen Hui glanced at the two deep dark circles under Wendi's eyes and asked:

"Didn't you sleep well last night, like a panda!"

"How can I sleep well, the business is closed, and I don't have any thoughts. But there will be time to sleep in the future. ”

After the three of them finished liquidating, handed over the keys again, and walked out of the store, Chen Hui said:

"Okay, the keys are handed over, the lottery ticket has been checked, and the three of us will have nothing to do with this clothing store in the future. This time, my brother is really planted, but in the future, we will have the opportunity to make a comeback! ”

Hearing this, Wendy's nose was sour, and two lines of hot tears flowed out of his eyes.

"It's all my fault, I'm sorry for you!"

Seeing this, Chen Hui hurriedly came over to comfort:

"Don't take the responsibility on your shoulders, you don't have that much ability, you can single-handedly close down the store, this is obviously a natural disaster, you can't hide it, if you want to reflect, the three of us will reflect together."

"Chen Hui is right, don't carry the failure yourself, you will get sick." Zhou Wei was also on the side to appease Wendi's emotions.

Who knew that Wendy cried more and more, and he couldn't speak with a whimper.

Chen Hui rubbed Wendi's head vigorously and said:

"Okay, I'm the boss, I'll tell you to stop crying. A manly man, who is almost thirty years old, why is he still crying like a little girl? It's not early, go home quickly, I'll send Zhou Wei home first, and we'll get back together after a while. ”

After sending Chen Hui and Zhou Wei away, Wendi got into the car, put his hands on the steering wheel, his eyes were already red and swollen from crying, and his body was shaking constantly. He wiped the tears from his face and pulled out an Australian Lotto ticket from his pocket, which was not the one he gave to Shu Ya last night, because the ninth bet of this ticket was clearly printed with a column of numbers:

3721718294521

Exactly the same number as yesterday's jackpot on the site!

Wendy held the lottery ticket tightly in his hand, looked up at himself in the rearview mirror, and said to himself:

"Zhang Wendi, you can't turn back. Since you have chosen this path, even if you end up betraying your relatives, you must go on! ”

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