Just as I was about to sign the contract for a hundred-million-dollar project, my brother came over and started telling cringe jokes

Summary

When I blinked again, that string of golden numbers was already gone.

But I knew it wasn’t an illusion.

Last night, I pulled an all-nighter for the project, while he sat there watching Hachimi videos on his phone, laughing so hard he nearly fell over.

Today, my project went down in flames, and he was still grinning as he told me cringe jokes to cheer me up.

My life always seemed to be under a dark cloud. Whatever I invested in, I lost money. I was still young, yet already buried in debt.