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I See Luck Bars Above Their Heads

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By:  Evil SILCompleted
Language: English
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Golden Finger

Male POV

Independence

Bias

Feel-Good Story

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On the first day the real heir, Kyle Snider, reunites with the Snider family, he slashes his arm on purpose and frames me for doing it with red-rimmed eyes. My adoptive dad, Jeremy Snider, doesn't hesitate to slap me without even getting to the bottom of the incident. When I turn my head, I can see the fortune score above everyone's heads. The score above Jeremy reads, "Fortune score: 8%. In three days, his investment will implode, leaving him saddled with a ten-million-dollar debt." Then, I turn to look at Kyle, whose eyes are still reddened. He lowers his head afterward. "Surely Nathan didn't do this on purpose. Please don't cast him out. I'm fine suffering from a little grievance…" Meanwhile, Jeremy, who used to view me as the apple of his eye, has nothing but disdain toward me. "You've stolen 20 years of Kyle's life, and yet you have the guts to slash him with a blade? Just how vile are you, Nathan?" As for Lilian Snider, my older sister who used to dote on me the most, throws my suitcase out of the front door. She roars at me, "Get lost right now! Ingrates like you don't deserve to stay here!" I don't say anything. Instead, I just look at the row of words floating above Lilian's head quietly. "Fortune score: 5%. In two hours, she will get caught in a multi-vehicle collision, leading to her legs getting amputated." I caress my cheek, which has gone numb from Jeremy's slap. Then, I slowly rip up the protective charms I've just gotten for them into pieces. After that, I pick up my suitcase. "Fine. I'm leaving." As soon as the front door is closed, I see the number above Kyle's head flickering once. "Fortune score: 85%. In the middle of absorbing the Sniders' fortune luck."

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Chapter 1

Chapter 1

A torrential downpour hit the moment I stepped outside the gates of Snider Manor.

The rain soaked me to the bone instantly as I dragged my suitcase down the roadside.

Suddenly, an engine roared behind me.

My adoptive sister, Lilian Snider, tore past in her sports car. Her tires hit a puddle and sprayed me with muddy water.

She slammed on the brakes right in front of me and lowered the window. Her face was twisted into a mocking sneer.

"Nathan, you can't feed yourself without us! Even if you freeze to death on the streets tonight, don't come begging me to let you back in!"

The moment she said that, the glowing stat above her head—"Fortune score: 5%"—flickered violently and plummeted to 1%.

Death was staring her in the face, and she didn't even know it.

"Don't worry. Even if you begged me, I wouldn't come back," I said.

Lilian scoffed, stepped on the gas, and sped off.

I turned around and headed straight for the antique street.

Suddenly, a cracked boulder used to prop up a shaky table at a corner stall caught my eye.

It was caked in dirt and mud, but to my eyes, it radiated a blinding glow.

"Fortune score: 99%. Contains top-tier emeralds."

I walked over, slapped my last 80 dollars onto the table, and said, "Sir, I'll take this stone. Cut it right here."

The bystanders burst into laughter, mocking a beggar like me for trying his hand at stone gambling.

But as the blade of the saw sliced down, a streak of vibrant green exposed itself.

"Holy shit! Emerald! It's solid green!"

The crowd erupted, and the people who had just been laughing looked like their eyes were about to pop out.

Ten minutes later, after a local jeweler wired one million dollars into my account, I slipped my brand-new black bank card into my pocket.

With this money, I could finally cut ties with the Sniders and start over.

As I stepped out of the antique street, three cars suddenly roared up and blocked my path, boxing me in.

The doors flew open, and my adoptive father, Jeremy Snider, stepped out with several bodyguards.

His eyes were bloodshot as he shrieked, "You jinx! Lilian just got into a car crash and lost her legs! You did this to her!

"Tie him up and get him to the hospital! Even if we have to drain every drop of his blood, he's going to save Lilian!"

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10 Chapters
Chapter 1
A torrential downpour hit the moment I stepped outside the gates of Snider Manor.The rain soaked me to the bone instantly as I dragged my suitcase down the roadside.Suddenly, an engine roared behind me.My adoptive sister, Lilian Snider, tore past in her sports car. Her tires hit a puddle and sprayed me with muddy water.She slammed on the brakes right in front of me and lowered the window. Her face was twisted into a mocking sneer."Nathan, you can't feed yourself without us! Even if you freeze to death on the streets tonight, don't come begging me to let you back in!"The moment she said that, the glowing stat above her head—"Fortune score: 5%"—flickered violently and plummeted to 1%.Death was staring her in the face, and she didn't even know it."Don't worry. Even if you begged me, I wouldn't come back," I said.Lilian scoffed, stepped on the gas, and sped off.I turned around and headed straight for the antique street.Suddenly, a cracked boulder used to prop up a sha
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Chapter 2
I was dragged to the hospital, where Lilian was still in the ER.Jeremy's biological son, Kyle Snider, spotted me and walked over, feigning terror. But as he brushed past, he whispered in my ear, "Nathan, you're nothing but a blood bag to us."I looked up and locked eyes with him, but he instantly reverted to his victimized facade."Nathan, you can hate me all you want, but why would you lie and say I forced you to give blood?"Hearing this, Jeremy exploded. "Nathan, Kyle is so much kinder than you! You're pure malice!"With that, he turned and ordered the nurse to start drawing my blood.Two bodyguards pinned me down so hard that I couldn't move. The needle plunged into my arm.Having endured years of hardship in the countryside, I was already severely anemic.As the blood drained out of me, my vision began to blur.Jeremy noticed how pale I was getting and wavered for a split second.But Kyle interjected, saying, "Dad, Lilian lost so much blood. It's horrible. She shouldn't
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Chapter 3
"What?" Jeremy snatched the black bank card out of Kyle's hand.He stared at the gold embossing on the card—a symbol of a seven-figure net worth. When he turned to me, his gaze was filled with pure contempt."Unbelievable, Nathan! Not only did you ruin Lilian, but you actually had the nerve to steal our emergency funds! I knew you had that rotten, low-class streak in your blood. 20 years of raising you, and you're still the same!"Staring at Jeremy's bitter face, I disassociated for a second.Just six months ago, on my 20th birthday, he had gently slipped a supplementary credit card into my hand and patted my shoulder."Nathan, you're my pride," he had said. "Spend whatever you want. As long as I'm around, no one will ever bully you."But the moment Kyle returned, 20 years of love were instantly torn to shreds.I struggled to my feet and said coldly, "I didn't steal your money! I made that money from stone gambling on the antique market. Give it back!""Stone gambling? A countr
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Chapter 4
A wry smile touched my lips as I walked out of the ward without looking back.The moment I stepped through the main entrance, my knees buckled, and I crashed straight into someone.An overwhelming scent of cold fir immediately enveloped me.I forced my heavy eyelids open to meet a pair of deep, icy eyes.The woman was tall, striking, and surrounded by a group of bodyguards.She steadied me with a firm grip and looked me over. Her red lips curled slightly as she spoke with a hint of amusement. "Well, if it isn't Nathan, the fake heir who just got kicked out of the Snider family."I narrowed my eyes, finding her incredibly familiar.But what shocked me more was the text hovering above her head.…The moment I left, the Sniders decided to throw a party.They wanted to shake off the dark cloud of Lilian's car accident and officially introduce Kyle as the real heir.I showed up too.Because back at the hospital entrance, that woman and I had made a deal.I had just taken a glas
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Chapter 5
The Sniders' sinking ship was about to go under, yet they were blowing the last of their cash on a lavish party.I took a slow sip of champagne and laughed out loud at their pathetic little circus."You're laughing?" Enraged, Jeremy raised his hand to slap me again.Right then, the doors to the ballroom swung open, and the entire room fell into a dead silence.The woman who walked in possessed a commanding presence. It was Yvonne Porter, the famously ruthless heiress to the Porter family in Caldoria.She was also the very same woman I had run into at the hospital.Lilian gasped so hard that she nearly tipped her wheelchair over. She squealed in delight, "Ms. Porter! I-I can't believe you're actually attending our party!"Her heart pounded with excitement. She instantly assumed that Porter Group had recognized the Snider family's potential and wanted to discuss a business deal.Kyle's ears flushed as his heart raced.He had heard stories about Yvonne for years. He believed that
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Chapter 6
Jeremy froze completely.His phone slipped from his hand, hitting the floor and shattering the screen to pieces.His face turned deathly pale, and his legs buckled, sending him collapsing onto the floor."No… That's impossible! My money…"Suddenly, he snapped his head up to glare at me. His eyes were bloodshot as he roared, "It was you! Nathan Snider, you did this, didn't you? You did that countdown on purpose to curse me! You ingrate!"Seeing that, Kyle immediately rushed over to support Jeremy.He looked up at Yvonne, his eyes pooling with tears as he spoke in a deeply wronged voice. "Ms. Porter, Nathan was so unstable after finding out he was the fake heir that he resorted to these kinds of parlor tricks just to draw a crowd."He went through all the trouble of sneaking in here tonight and even harassing you shamelessly just to find a backer so he could get revenge on us. Please don't let his innocent appearance fool you. I just can't bear to see someone as noble as you being
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Chapter 7
[Third-Person POV]Kyle excitedly pulled out the black bank card. "We still have that one-million-dollar black card Nathan stole. If we withdraw the cash, we can pay off part of the debt and get Lilian's legs treated."Jeremy snapped out of his daze, a spark of hope reigniting in his eyes.He snatched the card from Kyle and dragged him to the bank while Lilian was sent to the hospital for her leg treatment.…"Withdraw one million dollars in cash right now!"Jeremy slammed the black bank card onto the counter arrogantly, acting as though he were still a wealthy corporate tycoon.When the bank manager saw the top-tier black card, he personally rushed out to assist them.However, when he slid the bank card into their high-security terminal, the machine didn't spit out cash. Instead, a piercing alarm echoed through the lobby.The manager's expression instantly hardened.He coldly pressed the silent panic button beneath the desk. "Sir, this is a Soryn bank black card of the highe
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Chapter 8
[Nathan's POV]"What?" Jeremy almost dropped his phone from the shock of the news.Lilian was his pride and joy. His obsession with harassing me vanished in an instant.He whipped around and grabbed Kyle with a desperate grip."Kyle! You're Type A too! Come to the hospital with me and save Lilian!"Without saying another word, Jeremy dragged a visibly panicked Kyle along as they stumbled out of the building and sprinted toward the hospital.When they arrived, Lilian was lying on a gurney in the hallway, her face a sickly, sallow yellow.The gauze wrapped around her thighs was completely saturated with crimson blood. She was on the brink of death, her breathing shallow and ragged."Lilian! My baby girl!" Jeremy threw himself over her, weeping hysterically.Seeing her eyes flutter shut, he grabbed Kyle's hand. "Kyle! Didn't you say before that you'd gladly let them drain you dry to save Lilian? Quick, go with the nurse and donate your blood! Save her!"But Kyle let out a sharp
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Chapter 9
Two weeks later, the underground antique auction in Caldoria was underway.Dressed in a tailored suit, I walked into the venue shoulder-to-shoulder with Yvonne.The moment we took our seats, I felt a burning gaze locked onto me.I turned around and found Kyle.He was dressed in a garish, over-the-top outfit, busy brown-nosing a bloated, nouveau-riche older woman.After the Sniders went bankrupt, he had hitched himself to this mining tycoon, Bella Kemp, just to sneak his way back into high society.Seeing me sitting in the front row, right in the center of the action, Kyle looked ready to spit blood from jealousy.He gritted his teeth, silently vowing to humiliate me at the auction and reclaim his pride.Halfway through the event, the staff wheeled out a massive, waist-high rough stone.The auctioneer hyped it up to the moon, claiming it was freshly imported from an ancient pit in Myrcadia and had a massive chance of containing premium emeralds. The starting bid was at one mill
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Chapter 10
The Snider family was entirely destroyed.Because she missed the critical window for treatment, Lilian's untreated wounds caused a severe case of sepsis.To save her life, the doctors had to perform a high-level bilateral amputation from the hip.She was left a complete cripple. Trapped in a rental room all day, she would stare at her empty pant legs and throw hysterical tantrums, cursing the world day and night like a lunatic.Jeremy couldn't handle the relentless onslaught of devastating blows. Combined with the loan sharks painting his door red and terrorizing him daily, he suffered a massive stroke late one night.Although the ER department managed to save his life, he was left completely paralyzed.His face was permanently contorted, unable to utter a single coherent word except for pathetic, garbled groans.He spent his days lying right next to Lilian. In that foul-smelling room, they tortured each other endlessly, trapped in a living hell.Kyle didn't fare any better.B
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