Guan Xiaoya reached out to block her aunt's path. "You can't leave. Give me back my mother's bracelet. It was left to me by my mother. You can take anything else, but that silver bracelet! It was a token of love from my father to my mother. No matter how difficult things were at home, my mother never pawned it!"
Zeng Qin forcefully shook off her niece's hand. "Do you really think I'm easy to bully? Who do you think you are? If you dare to stop me again, I'll beat you up!"
Lu Zhixia reached out and grabbed her by the neck, "Watch your mouth and hand over the stuff right now!"
Zeng Qin was completely bewildered. What was wrong with this girl?
The pain in her throat told her that the girl was serious. Anyway, the silver bracelet wasn't worth much money, so she slowly took it out of her pocket and casually threw it on the ground.
"It's just a broken bracelet. What's so great about it? It's just a piece of junk!"
Upon seeing the silver bracelet on the ground, Guan Xiaoya immediately squatted down, picked it up, and pressed it to her chest. Then she broke down in tears, saying…
"Mom, I miss you so much!"
Zeng Qin remained unmoved, but instead glanced at it intently. In her view, useless things were just trash, but the pain in her neck told her otherwise.
If the girl didn't let go, her neck would break, so she quickly pleaded in a low voice.
"Let go! Let go!"
Lu Zhixia slowly released her hand. "I'm just teaching you a lesson today. I'll protect those siblings! If you try to take advantage of me again, don't blame us for being ruthless!"
Zeng Qin wanted to curse, but seeing that there were several of them, she had to hold back.
"Alright, I got it! Even if you hadn't said anything, I wouldn't have associated with them. They're just poor, down-on-their-luck people!"
Guan Xiaoya stood up, pointed at her, and said,
"From today onwards, you are no longer my aunt, and we will never see each other again!"
Zeng Qin snorted, "So what if we don't want to associate? What's the big deal!"
Then he pointed at them and said, "None of you come any closer! I'm leaving right now and I'll never come back to this awful place again!"
Lu Zhixia said coldly, "You'd better remember what I said, or you won't be able to leave as easily as you did today!"
Zeng Qin turned and left angrily. She had been busy for several days but hadn't accomplished anything. How could she not be angry?
There were just too many of them; she couldn't out-argue or out-fight them, so she could only slink away.
Guan Xiaoya said solemnly to Lu Zhixia, "Thank you, sister! If it weren't for you, we would have been bullied to death today!"
"Take good care of your younger brother, everything will be alright!" Lu Zhixia tidied the little girl's forehead, noticing that the child was quite pretty. "When you're out in the world, remember to hide your weaknesses. Avoid any confrontations until you have the ability to protect yourself!"
"Sister, I know what you're saying. The moment my mother passed away, I knew that no one would support me anymore!" Guan Xiaoya said with an adult's voice despite her childish face. "I believe we will definitely have good days ahead!"
Lu Zhixia knew the hardships of being alone far from home, so she told her...
"If you need anything, just write to me or send a telegram to this address."
Guan Xiaoya looked around and then said to her, "The house will be yours from now on. I'll bring my younger brother back to visit when I have time."
"You're welcome to come back anytime!" Lu Zhixia reached out and patted her younger brother's head. "When you're out and about, listen to your older sister."
Guan Xiaoming nodded firmly. He would definitely listen to his sister; that was what his mother had told him before she died.
To avoid losing face when he went out, the fat man pinned the thin man down and snatched his shoes. He struggled to put them on, unable to get them on no matter how hard he tried.
Lu Zhixia turned around and saw this scene. She thought to herself that these two were really a pair of clowns, so she said to them,
"Why bother with all that effort? You might as well just go out and buy a pair."
The fat man, realizing he was penniless, gave an awkward laugh and said, "Neither of us has any money on us right now."
Lu Zhixia took out some money from her pocket, thinking about how she had ruined their plans twice, so she gave them 10 yuan.
“Each of you buy a pair of shoes, then we’ll go out for a meal. Thank you for what you did earlier; you helped me get revenge!”
Upon seeing the 10 yuan, the fat man couldn't bring himself to refuse; instead, he reached out and took the money.
"Sister Xia, you're the second person, after the boss, to give us money."
Lu Zhixia thought of Ding Xueqing who had escaped, "If you feel bad about it, next time you run into someone surnamed Ding, teach him a good lesson!"
The fat man nodded firmly, "Sis, don't worry, we'll definitely teach him a lesson. This kid can't escape his fate!"
The skinny man continued, "He's just using his face to swindle people. Next time I see him, I'll beat his face to a pulp!"
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