Ten Days End

"Guest!" a voice slowly sounded, "Wake up!"

Qi Xia slowly opened his eyes and found that he was still sitting in the taxi, which was now running on the road.

He sat up blankly, and took a look at the blue sky for the first time. He was shocked.

"Guest, what's wrong with you?" the voice beside him continued to ask.

Qi Xia ignored him, but reached out and touched his shoulder. There was no wound.

He hurriedly rolled down the window again.

A sweet and fragrant smell directly poured into his nose unreasonably, and the unique sound of high-speed driving blew wildly on his face.

It was fresh air.

It was a cool breeze.

"I escaped?!" He shouted uncontrollably, with an irrepressible joy on his face.

Could it be that this taxi is the key to breaking the deadlock?

It is like a "boat on the Styx", able to take people in and out of the strange "end of the world" freely, and this woman named "Xu Liunian" is like the Styx ferryman "Charon", responsible for transporting people on the car to and from the living world...

Qi Xia turned around and was inadvertently stunned. Where is Xu Liunian in front of him?

Beside him is a big man wearing sunglasses. Due to his job, his skin is burned dark and shiny by ultraviolet rays.

"Why are you so startled, sir?" The big man looked at Qi Xia with some fear, "You are not taking drugs, are you?"

"You...I..." Qi Xia felt as if he had seen this big man before, but when he thought about it carefully, he had no impression of him, "Where are we going?"

"Don't scare me, sir." The taxi driver looked big and strong, but he still swallowed nervously, "Don't you want to take a taxi to Jinan? We have been driving for more than 300 kilometers, don't make me lose my memory."

The big man pointed to the price list in front of him, which had already reached more than 900 yuan.

"What?!" Qi Xia looked at the sign above the road in shock and found that the car was indeed about to enter Jinan.

He instantly recalled everything, and he had indeed seen this big man before.

Because one day before the earthquake, he took his car and went to Jinan without hesitation.

"I went back to the day before?" Qi Xia touched his pocket and took out his cell phone. He glanced at it and immediately showed a puzzled look, "September 27th... It was indeed the day before the "earthquake"... What's going on?" Thinking of this, he hurriedly touched his chest pocket, where there was a small piece of paper. "Fortunately... it's still there." "Customer... what's wrong with you..." The driver didn't know what to do, so he could only fumble for his cell phone from his pocket, his thumb always on the emergency dial. "Master, the round-trip fare is 2,000 yuan, I will give you every penny." Qi Xia suddenly began to feel relieved. Although he didn't know what happened, everything seemed to start over again. "Really?" The driver saw that Qi Xia's behavior was a little normal, and he also relaxed his vigilance a little, "You are so startled, I thought you were taking drugs..." "No, I just had a very terrible nightmare." Qi Xia opened the window and kept blowing the September wind, feeling very comfortable, "Fortunately, I woke up from the dream now. ”

“Hey, do young people like to stay up late?” The driver said very maturely, “If you don’t sleep at night and sleep all day, how can you have a good dream?”

“Master, you are right.” Qi Xia answered casually.

For Qi Xia, now he has a second chance.

Although the earthquake will come at noon tomorrow, the top priority now is to get the money, after all, today is the "deadline".

After about an hour, the taxi finally arrived in Jinan City.

The driver also turned on the navigation and headed to the Second Ring East Road in Lixia District.

“Young man…the place you are going to…” The driver looked at the navigation carefully, “It seems to be the provincial lottery center?”

“Drive your car well, master.” Qi Xia began to close his eyes and rest again.

Not long after, the car stopped at the entrance of the lottery center. Qi Xia decisively counted out a thousand yuan from his pocket and handed it to the driver: "Master, please wait for me here. I have no objection if you are willing to return with an empty car."

"That's right... I must wait for you here."

Qi Xia went downstairs of the lottery center, where a staff member was already waiting to greet him.

"Mr. Qi, right?"

"It's me." Qi Xia nodded.

"I have been waiting for you for a long time. Please come this way." The staff waved at Qi Xia and led him into the lobby. After walking a few steps, he patiently explained, "The current lottery collection process has been simplified. A staff member will be there in a while.Your lottery ticket will be verified for authenticity, and then a bank check will be issued to you on the spot. Please wait a moment. "

"I'm in a hurry, please hurry up." Qi Xia nodded and followed the staff to the lottery inspection office.

"Um... can you give me the lottery ticket?" said the staff.

Qi Xia took out the crumpled little paper from his chest pocket and handed it to the staff, who turned around and handed it to the inspector at the window.

The other party took it very seriously and immediately began to check the authenticity.

"The prize money is 1.9 million, please wait a moment." The inspector began to take out the instrument and scan the numbers on the lottery ticket.

Qi Xia waited quietly by the side, which made the staff who led the way earlier a little confused: "Mr. Qi, why do you look unhappy?"

"Happy?"

"Yes, you should be happy after winning nearly 2 million in prize money."

"Maybe." "Qi Xia nodded.

"Hey, let me tell you, a few days ago someone won a million, but it was August, and the man came wearing a down jacket and a big mask. Who in today's society still treasures a million?" The staff member laughed at himself, but Qi Xia didn't react at all, and the scene was quite embarrassing.

"How long will it take?" Qi Xia asked.

"Uh... don't worry..." The staff member waved his hand, "Recently, cases of fraud using fake lottery tickets have occurred from time to time, so we have to check carefully."

"What do you mean?" Qi Xia was stunned and looked at the other party.

"Hey? Don't get me wrong..." The staff member hurriedly smiled, "I'm not saying that the lottery you brought is fake, and Mr. Qi doesn't look like the kind of person who would commit fraud."

Qi Xia didn't answer and continued to wait on the side.

Not long after, the inspector put away the instrument and smiled: "The inspection is completed, there is no problem with the lottery ticket, and the check can be issued. "

Qi Xia sneered in his heart.

Of course there is no problem with the lottery.

This lottery ticket with a prize of 1.9 million was bought by himself at a cost of 2 million in cash. It is a genuine winning lottery ticket.

Although I have to pay 380,000 in taxes, the remaining money is "clean".

This is one of the easiest ways to make the 2 million obtained by fraud normal.

"Congratulations, Mr. Qi..." The staff continued to smile, "I will arrange for someone to write a check for you. Do you want to donate?"

"Donate? Is it mandatory?" Qi Xia asked.

"That's not the case. It's just that most people who win the lottery will donate."

"Since it's not mandatory, I won't donate a penny."