"Hmm, won the lottery, all thanks to your two yuan, Leyao," Qin Yun said with a smile.

At this moment, the boss nodded and said to Qin Yun, "Give me your ID, and I’ll redeem the prize."

"Uh..." Upon hearing this, the smile on Qin Yun’s face faded slightly.

Even for a five thousand yuan prize, you need an ID?

His heart sank slightly, but Qin Yun looked at the boss and without any hesitation said, "Boss, I forgot my ID at home, I’ll go get it and come back to redeem the prize."

The boss nodded and said nothing.

At this moment, a hint of urgency seemed to appear on Qin Yun’s face, and he mumbled words like "my home is quite far."

He looked at the sisters Wang Xiaoya and Wang Xiaoyue beside him, and suddenly his eyes lit up as he said, "Hello, can you use your ID to help me redeem the prize? I’ll give you a hundred yuan as a reward."

In this time and space, Qin Yun didn’t have an ID at all, so if he won a big prize, he couldn’t redeem it. Therefore, he needed someone else’s help.

"Ah... Uh?"

Wang Xiaoya was full of envy. Hearing Qin Yun’s words, she was taken aback for a moment before suddenly realizing it and said, "I can do that."

The handsome guy in front of her won a big prize. Since he forgot his ID, he wanted her to help redeem it. Plus, there was a hundred yuan reward.

This was something she wouldn’t hesitate about. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

The boss said nothing, as the prize redemption requirements here were not strict; they only recognized scratch-off cards and nothing else.

Wang Xiaoya used her ID, and five thousand yuan in cash was taken out.

Qin Yun took out a hundred yuan and handed it to Wang Xiaoya, saying with a smile, "Thank you."

"It’s nothing." Wang Xiaoya hurriedly shook her head.

Holding the hundred yuan, her face was filled with immense joy.

"Sister, we have money now." Beside Wang Xiaoya, her sister Wang Xiaoyue was also very happy, saying, "I want to buy ten packs of spicy sticks!"

Ignoring them, Qin Yun took the money and said to Little Yu Leyao, "Leyao, now we have money, let’s go eat something."

"Mhm."

Little Yu Leyao nodded vigorously, looked at Qin Yun, her face brimming with happiness, and said, "Brother, you’re amazing, you won the lottery so quickly, and won so much money too."

She looked at Qin Yun, and there was a hint of admiration in her eyes.

With a smile, Qin Yun held the little girl’s hand and said, "What would you like to eat?"

"Hmm..."

Little Yu Leyao thought for a moment and said, "I want to eat KFC."

"Okay, then let’s go to KFC," Qin Yun nodded and took the little girl to a KFC store.

Although they came to eat KFC, once inside, Little Yu Leyao became reserved, looking at the people in the store with a hint of trepidation. She leaned closer to Qin Yun, seemingly seeking a sense of security from him.

It was clear that she seldom came here, maybe even never.

"What do you want to eat?"

Qin Yun thought for a moment, picked up Little Yu Leyao, pointed at the various set menus displayed, and asked, "The money brother just won was all thanks to your two yuan, otherwise, brother couldn’t have bought the scratch-off. So whatever Leyao wants to eat, we can have it, let’s celebrate properly."

"Besides, brother doesn’t know what to choose."

Hearing Qin Yun’s words, Little Yu Leyao curiously asked, "Brother, you don’t know what to choose?"

"Yeah, so I let Leyao help me choose." Qin Yun patted Little Yu Leyao’s head with a smile.

"Oh."

Little Yu Leyao thought for a moment, nodded her little head, and said, "Alright, I’ll help brother choose."

She pointed at the pictures of the food and said, "I want this, this, and that..."

After choosing a bunch of food items, Qin Yun added two cups of hot milk and took Little Yu Leyao to a table to wait.

The food was ready soon enough, and the two started eating.

"Delicious." Little Yu Leyao was delighted. Looking at the heap of food in front of her, her eyes squinted happily.

She looked at Qin Yun and asked, "Brother, what’s your name?"

Hearing this, Qin Yun smiled and said, "My name is Qin Yun."

Little Yu Leyao repeated Qin Yun’s name and then asked, "Brother, where do you live?"

"Home?"

Qin Yun thought for a moment and said, "Very far away."

He thought of Qingwu County and his parents.

Fifteen years ago, he was only five, and his elder sister Qin Xuan was only eleven, wasn’t she?

"How far is very far?" Little Yu Leyao asked like a curious child, showing more and more openness towards Qin Yun.

"Very far means even by car, it takes a long time." Qin Yun smiled, looking at the little girl, and said, "Leyao, where do you live, and after we finish eating, I’ll take you home."

"I don’t want to go home." Hearing this, Little Yu Leyao shook her head immediately, feeling despondent, and said, "Mom and Dad don’t want me, and no one likes me."

"How could no one like you?" Seeing the look on Little Yu Leyao’s face and that she seemed about to cry, Qin Yun quickly stopped himself and said, "Brother really likes Leyao."

"Really?" Little Yu Leyao asked expectantly.

"Of course, it’s true; Leyao is so cute," Qin Yun said with a smile.

He thought for a moment and said, "Do you have any other family members? I can take you to them."

He knew that Professor Zhao, Yu Leyao’s relationship with her parents was not good, but she was very close to her grandmother, Professor Zhao.

This time, Little Yu Leyao replied immediately, "I have a grandma."

"That’s right, even if mom and dad don’t want you, your grandma cares about you, doesn’t she?" he said with a smile.

He pondered for a while and asked, "Besides grandma, do you have any friends?"

Little Yu Leyao tilted her little head, thought for a moment, and said, "I have a friend named Bai, we play together when she’s on vacation."

Hearing what Little Yu Leyao said, Qin Yun thought to himself, does young Yu Leyao have so few friends?

Thinking that in his mind, Qin Yun smiled and said, "Leyao, look, you have grandma loving you, a good friend named Bai, and brother now too — there are already several people who like you, right?"

"If you don’t go back, your grandma won’t find you and will surely be worried. And your friend Bai, if she can’t find you during the holiday, she’ll be worried too, won’t she?"

Little Yu Leyao thought for a few seconds, then nodded.

Seeing her nod, Qin Yun smiled and said, "No matter who a person is, there will be people who like them and people who don’t. We can’t be sad just because some don’t like us."

Hearing his words, Little Yu Leyao nodded in a bit of a daze, and her eyes gradually brightened.

She thought for a moment and said, "Brother, I want to find my grandma."

"Alright, I’ll take you to see her," Qin Yun said with a smile.