After such a big incident, Hua Xiangyun thought Zhou Xiaolan wouldn't come to school, but she didn't expect to run into her in the classroom again.
Zhou Xiaolan was also suffering. Facing the gazes of these people, she wanted to hide at home, but her home was in a mess, so she could only use studying as an excuse to run away.
Some people mocked her, some people sympathized with her, but these were things she didn't want.
I carefully made my way to my seat, and once I was seated, I breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that my bad luck wasn't as bad as it was yesterday.
He was also wondering if it was because he had been having particularly bad luck lately that he had gotten involved with a scoundrel like Liu Qingshan.
She could accept that the marriage didn't go through, since she didn't want to marry Liu Qingshan anyway. What she couldn't accept the most was that her reputation was damaged again.
Judging from the whispers among her classmates, she's become famous again.
Sitting next to her, Cao Xuan carefully looked her over. "Are you alright?"
Cao Xuan felt sorry for this classmate and, unusually, wanted to offer some words of comfort.
Zhou Xiaolan didn't appreciate the gesture and thought the other person was mocking her. "I'm fine, you don't need to worry about me. If you want to watch the show, stay away from me."
Cao Xuan said, "...They don't appreciate kindness. It seems that it takes two to tango; both sides bear responsibility."
When she first heard the news, she thought Liu Qingshan was being a bit aggressive, but now it seems that the Zhou family might not have done anything excessive to anger him.
Zhou Xiaolan was furious. She slammed her hand on the table, stood up, and shouted, "What does this have to do with you? We may be deskmates, but we're not close."
I'm not like some people who let you take advantage of me, so don't even think about mocking me.
Not to be outdone, Cao Xuan slammed her hand on the table and stood up, shouting, "What did I say? I just asked if you were alright. Was it necessary to make such a big deal out of it?"
"By the way, I think you're just feeling guilty. Comrade Yang Qingshan's dowry was already quite generous; your Zhou family is far too greedy."
"If you like it, go and marry him."
"Unlike some people who start thinking about getting married right after graduation, we are not like some people who avoid going to the countryside to escape labor."
"I'll go be a sent-down youth in a few months, unlike you, a coward who not only avoids going to the countryside but also keeps picking and choosing."
Zhou Xiaolan was furious and tried to push Cao Xuan, but the other woman turned to the side and she missed, her face hitting the corner of the chair before she fell flat on the ground.
Cao Xuan was also startled and screamed, "It's not my fault! All the classmates saw it. She tried to hit me, but she lost her balance and fell."
"..."
Wu Yanxin stepped forward and said, "I saw it; she definitely fell down on her own."
Hua Xiangyun: "I saw it too."
Soon, other students echoed, "We all saw it..."
Cao Xuan kept thanking the classmates around her, because she was really afraid that Zhou Xiaolan would try to extort her.
Zhou Xiaolan covered her face and stood up; she felt her face was really swollen now.
She had fallen countless times these past few days, but instead of rushing to the hospital, she took out the liniment the doctor had prescribed for her, poured some into her palm, and rubbed it in herself.
Because of this scene, many classmates felt sorry for her. "It's not good to keep falling down. Why don't you go to a big hospital for a checkup? Is there something wrong with your body?"
I heard that he seems to have a brain problem and can't maintain his balance...
The kind-hearted classmate didn't dare say what came next, but if someone fell like that, even a perfectly healthy person could get seriously injured.
Hua Xiangyun felt a little guilty, but she could also tell that the bad luck was almost over and things would gradually return to normal in a couple of days.
Zhou Xiaolan refused to accept this hypocritical gesture. After rubbing her face, she lay down on the table, deciding to skip class and rest until school was over before going home.
"Actually, she's had a pretty tough time too," Wu Yanxin said, having witnessed Zhou Xiaolan fall several times. If it happened to her, she wouldn't be able to accept it even once.
Hua Xiangyun felt a little regretful, realizing she had gone a bit too far. But there was no going back, so she decided to consider it compensation for the hurt she had caused her, and that they would be even from now on.
As long as she stops trying to get close to the Hua family, she won't cause them any trouble.
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Hua Xiangyun gently patted the dust off Hua Baoguo's body, and Hua Baoguo instantly felt much more comfortable. The heaviness he had felt earlier disappeared, and he felt relaxed all over.
He glanced at Hua Xiangyun, then pointed to Xun Liangfen, who was busy in the kitchen, and said, "Go and say hello to your mother. She brought you some steamed buns, which your aunt made herself."
Hua Xiangyun understood his meaning and followed the same method to help Xun Liangfen remove the yin energy she had been tainted by.
When she turned around to look for Hua Baoguo, Hua Baoguo said directly, "I've walked that road dozens of times, but I don't know why this time the forest is unusually cold and gloomy."
"Luckily you prepared things for me to protect myself, otherwise I really wouldn't have had the confidence to leave that place."
Hua Xiangyun pursed her lips, having some guesses in her mind. "Dad, let me see the good luck charm I gave you before."
Hua Baoguo tried to take the talisman out of his inner pocket, but unexpectedly, he only touched a pile of ashes.
When he reached out his hand again, his fingers were covered in dust, and the talisman that had been there was gone.
"It's gone," Hua Baoguo said nervously. "I clearly saw it when I left this morning. Could it have fallen on the road?"
Hua Xiangyun knew that the talisman had already fulfilled its duty, so she quickly reassured her, "It's alright, I'll draw a few more for you later."
I remember the last time I went to Rongnao Laogui's place, I got a lot of stuff, including some jade pendants. It's about time to prepare some jade talismans for my family.
However, making jade talismans requires an absolutely quiet environment, and this courtyard is too noisy, so it seems I'll have to borrow a place next door.
"So, what I encountered in the woods was really that dirty thing?" Hua Baoguo also realized what had happened, took the dust out of his pocket, and was a little scared. "At the time, I just felt a chill down my back. I've walked here often before and never encountered these things. Why was I so unlucky this time?"
Hua Baoguo then remembered something else, "Oh right, your second uncle asked me to thank you. His life has returned to normal now."
He said he'd cook something delicious for you next time you visit.
I reckon my brother-in-law was so unlucky before because he must have encountered those things, but he was lucky enough to have a protective charm given to him by Xiangyun.
Hua Xiangyun: "Then forget it. I can accept it if my second aunt does it."
Hua Baoguo was amused by the disdain in her tone. "Your second uncle isn't that bad at cooking. He was one of the cooks when the village used to have communal meals."
Hua Xiangyun was genuinely unaware of this news. "But I've never seen him cook."
Hua Baoguo said, "That's your maternal grandmother. If any of the men in this family did any housework, she would scold them terribly."
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