Chapter 88: Unlucky Monday

  After some small talk, Mrs. Zhao gave a few more instructions and despite Mrs. Hu's attempts to persuade them to stay for lunch, they left without eating.

  Back home, everyone was overjoyed. Zhao's father made an exception and had a few small cups of wine with Zhao Tong. Normally, Zhao's father wouldn't touch a drop unless it was a happy occasion.

  Zhao Tong came back this time also with something to tell, otherwise, with his busy feet not touching the ground, where would he have the energy to come home and sit for a long time?

  "Dad, I came back today to discuss something with you." Zhao Tong's tone was rare with a lack of confidence.

  "What's going on?" Zhao's father put down his wine cup and looked at his son who was already taller than him.

  "This year during Chinese New Year, I wanted to go to Yu Qian's hometown and take a look around, and meet her parents." Zhao Tong said in a low voice.

  Song Jie's ears perked up quickly on the side, and her younger uncle's long-running marathon was going to end this year, how exciting.

  "You should have gone too, it's been delayed for so long. Yu Qian is a good girl, don't let her wait too long."

  "I knew I was going with a determination to die this time. If I didn't succeed, I would sacrifice myself," Zhao Tong said, summoning up his courage.

  "How can you be so listless? Your parents aren't tigresses, come on and show some spirit! What's gotten into you? You don't have any fighting spirit at all, not like the people from our old Zhao family." Father Zhao was somewhat angry.

  Zhao Tong puffed out his chest and said viciously: "How can you not be like the Zhao family? I'll go to the south and bring Yu Qian back for you to see, I mean what I say." His eyes were slightly red from drinking, but his gaze was piercing.

  "Good boy, come on, let's have a drink together. I wish you success and hope you'll bring your bride back to me soon." Zhao's father was also getting drunk and feeling quite merry.

  His father's words were like a reassurance to Zhao Tong, giving him infinite courage. His father had always been like that, like a great mountain for him to rely on, driving him forward.

  In the afternoon, Zhao Tong slept for a nap and left without even staying for dinner. There were too many things to do in the store due to business expansion, with branches already developing into surrounding cities. He was busy like a spinning top. 123456789

  But what if he doesn't work hard? Is he going to let someone else take his wife away from him? He can't do that!!!!!

  Seeing her little uncle's morale boosted, Song Jie's heart was also filled with anticipation. Her little uncle's emotional journey had been too bumpy, but it would definitely get better and better in the future.

  She had a premonition that during the New Year, Yu Qian's parents would not agree to them being together. At least they wouldn't oppose it, which meant Little Uncle had a competitive edge, and with Yu Qian's feelings for him, Little Uncle was sure to win this battle of his own and return triumphantly.

  Haha, little student Song Jie has to go back to school on Monday again. The feeling of not being able to sleep in is really painful! When she was getting dressed, it was chilly outside, and even though Song Jie cast a warming spell on herself, she still felt a hint of coolness.

  After finishing breakfast, Song Jie put on her backpack and headed to school. For some reason, her right eyelid kept twitching. "Left eye jumping wealth, right eye jumping disaster", having lived two lifetimes, Song Jie couldn't help but mutter this phrase to herself.

  Suppressing the strange feeling in her heart, Song Jie reminded herself that she mustn't be superstitious. She then hurried off to school.

  What bad luck! On the way, she didn't notice a stone and tripped, losing her red scarf. She had to turn back and search for it with great difficulty.

  Next, Song Jie was even more careful, but still almost got hit by a bicycle. She had to face the fact that she might be very unlucky today. What bad luck! Why didn't she learn divination and cast a fortune for herself earlier? Song Jie regretted it now.

  Song Jie arrived at school safely without any surprises. She had made up her mind that if there was nothing important, she would absolutely not take a step out of the classroom door, or else, who knows what bad luck might happen to her again.

  When class was over, Zhou Muya wanted to go to the bathroom with Song Jie, but Song Jie didn't move, sitting still in her seat as if she had been glued there by 520 glue.

  Zhou Muya found it strange and asked Song Jie, but Song Jie didn't say anything. She wouldn't say anything anyway, how could she tell others about such an unlucky thing? Zhou Muya would definitely laugh at her.

  As expected, nothing unusual happened in the morning, and Song Jie thought she had overthought it, it was just a coincidence, probably because she got up early and wasn't fully awake yet, how could she be unlucky all day.

  Song Jie, who thought she wouldn't be on edge, put down her backpack and headed home after school. Nothing happened along the way, so she was able to put her mind at ease.

  With nothing to do in the afternoon, Song Jie completely forgot about what happened that morning.

  Unexpectedly, the lucky god was off duty today and didn't bless Song Jie, her bad luck came again.

  At four o'clock, school was over, and the sun still lingered, unwilling to set in the sky. Song Jie walked home with Zhou Muya, her shadow keeping pace with her, as they happened to be going in the same direction.

  Turning a corner into a small alley, she was suddenly blocked by several senior classmates. Song Jie's eyes narrowed, had she encountered the legendary protection fee?

  "Are you Song Jie?" a tall boy asked.

  Song Jie was stunned for a second, and it wasn't about collecting protection fees? What's the deal with that one second of disappointment, Song Jie refused to admit that she had just zoned out.

  "I'm not." Song Jie suddenly came up with a sentence out of nowhere, she really wanted to bite her own tongue, what was wrong with her today, why was she so off the rails, people had come looking for her and naturally knew she was Song Jie, yet she still said something so stupid, was she trying to get herself killed...

  "Hum, stop lying, I've seen you before, dare not tell the truth... Hum."

  Song Jie wanted to say "Your Majesty, spare my life", but at the critical moment she closed her mouth. Behind her, Zhou Muya had already tightly grasped her sleeve, and her body was slightly trembling.

  She let out a quiet sigh. After all, she was still just a little girl. No matter how bold she usually was, at critical moments, she would always be scared to death. Song Jie shook her head in her heart.

  "Speak up, who brought you here?" Song Jie's face was full of fearless spirit.

  The tall boy who led the way was startled, and said that even if he was in a higher grade than Song Jie, he was only a few years older, still just a little kid, how dare he come out and threaten people.

  "No one told us to come, it's just that we don't like the look of you, so hand over all the money in your pockets." A small chubby boy said with a snotty nose.

  "How come we still have to pay? Song Jie stood there motionless, while Zhou Muya tugged at her clothes and whispered: "Song Jie, why don't you just give them the money, it's not like it's a lot anyway."

  Song Jie whispered in Zhou Muya's ear: "Don't give it to them, they just want to pick on me today, giving it to them would be a waste."

  "What should I do?" Zhou Muya was so anxious that she almost cried.

  Look at others, this is what a girl should be like, crying when it's time to cry and being happy when it's time to be happy. Being as calm and composed as you are just doesn't seem like a girl at all. Song Jie rolled her eyes again, and for some reason, she just couldn't take these little brats seriously.

  She gave Zhou Muya a reassuring look to calm her down, and then Song Jie took a step forward and said, "Alright, don't want any money either. Tell me, what's going on with you two? Did you skip school or something? Who taught you to be so bad, thinking of calling your parents?"

  "Don't want to call parents..." The little fatty's brain is obviously not enough, and he was deceived.

  "Fatty brain, no wonder you're so fat!" The tall one slapped the little fatty's head with a loud slap, and the little fatty let out an "ouch".

  "How can you treat your classmate like that, haven't you seen how much pain he's in? You're too cruel!" Song Jie showed sympathy to Xiao Pangzi and received a grateful look from him.

  "Classmates, I know you didn't do it on purpose, he must have led you to do bad things, right? Don't learn from him, the teacher will definitely scold you, and when they call your parents, you'll get beaten, it hurts a lot."

  After hearing Song Jie's words, a hint of fear flashed in Xiao Pangzi's eyes. He sniffled and said: "I'm not doing it anymore, I want to go home." Then he turned around and ran away.

  "Oh yeah" successfully turned against, Song Jie added a point to herself in her heart. The little fatty with the highest combat value is gone, let's see what these little bamboo sticks do now.

  "You stinky girl!" The tall one was about to get angry to death, and the two little brothers next to him were also clearly deceived, where could he put his face?

  "Want to get beaten up? Brothers, come on, hit her."

  After hearing the boss's words, the two younger brothers looked at each other in dismay. One of them walked forward and whispered: "Boss, didn't we agree to just scare her a bit? Why did you take action? I've never hit a girl before."

  That old man was furious, didn't expect this dead girl to be so troublesome, hitting her isn't an option and not hitting her isn't either, it would make him lose face. If he hit a girl, how could he still hang out in this area?

  The little brat was at a loss, but Song Jie was getting annoyed: "Are you going to hit or not? If not, I'm going home." After finishing speaking, she turned around and wanted to leave. She didn't even care who the person was looking for, and judging by this fighting ability, that person is probably also trash!!

  As soon as Song Jie was about to leave, the tall one flashed a hint of difficulty and blocked Song Jie's way.

  "What's wrong with you, you don't even dare to fight back. You were told by someone but you won't say who it is. If you tell me, I might be able to give you some good advice." Song Jie said somewhat impatiently.

  Next to her, Zhou Muya stared at Song Jie with sparkling eyes, Song Jie was too awesome, so amazing, she made the senior students speechless, so admirable, if only I could be like her.

  The tall one who lacked courage said: "From now on, you're not allowed to study better than Zhang Yao, and you're not allowed to cause trouble for Zhang Yao."

  It's Zhang Yao again, Song Jie also felt a bit powerless: "Was it Zhang Yao who instructed you to come?"

  A suspicious flush appeared on Gao's face, and he shook his head: "Of course not."

  Song Jie is absolutely right, it seems that this is just a single dog, wanting to clear the way for his own goddess. Nowadays, kids are really mature, and you can't help but admire them.