Heroine App 65

Chapter 65 – Lotto Girl (1)

Yoon Da-jung stared at the lottery ticket.

Six numbers were lined up on the smooth paper.
Just one combination worth a thousand won.

When she asked her older brother for 5,000 won worth of automatic picks and gave him 6,000 won, he said he couldn’t take money from a kid and gave her a manually picked number instead.

‘I’m not a kid…’

Tch.
Her lips suddenly pouted.

It was just one time she had seen him, but…
Her sister, her mom, too.

Adults seemed to have a tendency to treat her like a child. The other people she had asked to buy lottery tickets for her were the same.

Once, she had even been lectured for about five minutes, being told that kids shouldn’t do things like that.

I’m a grown adult now…

‘But that’s not the problem!’

Right.
The problem was somewhere else.

‘What if I run into that older brother again next time I go to buy a lottery ticket…?’

Even though she had won, Yoon Da-jung felt a little uneasy.

That older brother also knew the results of this lottery and there was a possibility.

What if they met again, and he knew that the lottery ticket he gave her had won third prize?

And what if he asked for the money since she was the one who picked the numbers?

‘Oh, no…!’

Yoon Da-jung shook her head.

That wouldn’t do!

Even though it was the number her older brother had picked… this lottery ticket was hers now.

‘If I get the money… I should give it to Mom first so she can be a little more comfortable.’

Thinking that, Yoon Da-jung carefully held the lottery ticket and tucked it away in her wallet.

The 5,000 won automatic ticket that had all the wrong numbers was, of course, destined for the trash can. Of course, she checked two or three times to make sure she hadn’t missed anything.

‘Still, that older brother didn’t really seem like the kind of person who would do that…’

Rather, if you were to divide it into two categories, he seemed like a nice person. That’s why she had asked him to buy the lottery ticket for her in the first place.

Come to think of it, he was also handsome.

Of course, you shouldn’t judge people by their looks.

“Hahaha! Look at this guy’s hip movements.”
“Ahahahah.”

Looking at the boys in the hallway making suggestive poses, they seemed like a completely different species.

“Okay~ everyone, take your seats~.”

Before she knew it, the last class of the day, sixth period, was over and it was almost time for the end-of-day meeting.

“The weather is getting warmer these days. It’s the change of seasons, so everyone be careful not to catch a cold~.”

The teacher gave a few reminders and announcements before finishing up.

After a few minutes of talking, the kids’ reactions became bored, so the teacher chuckled and finished the meeting.

“Cheer up a bit. Anyway, everyone did a good job today. Class president?”
“Yes! Attention~! Bow to the teacher~.”
“Goodbye!”
“Okay. Don’t stray off the path and go straight home~.”

As soon as the teacher left, the classroom instantly became noisy.

Some kids were in such a hurry that they immediately packed their bags and rushed out, while others were like ghosts, quietly escaping without doing their assigned duties.

Yoon Da-jung was in a category that didn’t belong to either of those.

“Hey. What are we doing today?”
“This guy’s asking the obvious. PC bang, go.”
“Go? Go?”
“Gigi! Hey, you wanna come too~?”
“I have tutoring, you jerk.”
“Ooh~ what’s this. Is this guy trying to succeed in life all by himself? That’s so annoying.”
“Hehehe.”

The students formed their own groups, going to PC bangs or karaoke rooms, and leaving school in groups.

But Yoon Da-jung didn’t hang out much with her friends and went home alone.

Even when she walked alone, there weren’t many friends who talked to her anymore.

It wasn’t like she was being bullied or anything.

There was no harassment, and she talked normally when she talked to her friends.

However, from the beginning of the semester, she had refused the other kids’ offers to hang out and had been living separately, so now she was an outsider who didn’t belong to any group.

‘Hing. I want to hang out too…’

Yoon Da-jung was also an ordinary high school girl. Of course, her true desire was to have fun as much as she wanted.

She wanted to go to a karaoke room and sing her heart out, and she wanted to enjoy a leisurely time at a delicious shaved ice shop and eat something sweet.

Oh, and playing games also looked quite fun.

But she couldn’t do that.

‘I have to work hard…’

Her mom and sister were cheering her on in her dreams.

The two of them were working hard, and she couldn’t waste both money and time by playing alone.

She couldn’t betray her family’s expectations.

“Hoo.”

She stood in front of the bus stop, waiting for the bus.

There was a bus that went straight home, and there was a bus that went to the lottery store she went to every week.

If she chose the latter, she would have to get off at the lottery store and then transfer to another bus.

‘Ah. Come to think of it, there was a Nonghyup bank near that lottery store…’

After searching, she found out that for third prize and higher, you had to collect the money at a bank. Well, it was strange to get over a million won directly from the lottery store.

‘Hehe.’

Even thinking about it again, she couldn’t believe that she had won third prize.

Her sister and mom were both out working, but… wouldn’t they be surprised if she showed them the money when they got back?

Her mom worked at a restaurant, and her sister worked part-time at a convenience store, so they would both be back a little late.

Yoon Da-jung got on the bus to the lottery store.

‘I’m going to be cutting it close.’

The bank was only open until 4 PM, so she had to hurry.

Only after getting on the bus towards the lottery store did Yoon Da-jung realize one thing.

‘Ah, but wait a minute… come to think of it, can’t I collect the lottery winnings myself…?’

Yoon Da-jung was not yet an adult.

‘Ugh. Idiot.’

Because the bank closed early, she thought she would get the money right away and give it to her mom, but when she thought about it, she couldn’t collect the money by herself.

‘I’ll just have to go with Mom or my sister next time.’

Thinking that, Yoon Da-jung looked out the window.

Since she had already taken the bus, she had to get off at the bus stop in front of the lottery store and transfer to another bus to get home.

Cheek-

Finally, the bus stopped at the bus stop in front of the lottery store, and Yoon Da-jung swiped her card and got off the bus.

“Huh?”

And as she got off the bus, she made eye contact with a man standing in front of the bus stop.

“Huh?”

The man who made eye contact with her also looked surprised, his eyes wide as he looked at Yoon Da-jung.

“Mister?”

The age difference didn’t seem that big, but the word “oppa” didn’t easily come out of Yoon Da-jung’s mouth.

The title “mister” naturally came out.

The man who made eye contact with her.
He was the man who had given her the third-prize winning lottery ticket.

“You’re… the kid who asked me to buy a lottery ticket last time, right?”

The man also remembered Yoon Da-jung. Yoon Da-jung nodded at the man’s words.

“Yes, that’s right.”
“Did you come to buy a lottery ticket again today?”

Yoon Da-jung shook her head at the man’s question.

“Ah~. No. I just got on the wrong bus today.”
“Hmm. I see.”

The man nodded.
Then, as if he had remembered something, he asked Yoon Da-jung.

“Oh, right. By the way, how was the lottery ticket I bought for you? Did you get a good result?”

‘Gasp.’

Yoon Da-jung’s heart pounded.

The man’s refreshing smile felt scary for some reason.

‘Oh, what do I do?’

In her confused mind, Yoon Da-jung slightly averted her gaze and said.

“I, I, it didn’t turn out well?”

What!
Why did my words come out like that!

It seemed that she didn’t have much talent for lying.

“Oh? Really?”

The man asked again with an unbelievable expression.

Her heart was throbbing.

‘Is, is he perhaps aware!?’

But if he was asking, then lying wouldn’t work.

Yoon Da-jung lowered her eyes and answered.

“W, well, actually, I won…”
“Oh. Really? What prize?”
“……Third prize.”

Glancing.
As she said the result, Yoon Da-jung glanced up at the man’s eyes.

Was he perhaps looking at her with greedy eyes, wanting the money!?