I Just Want to Freeload on Your Luck - Chapter 67

Zhao Yuan returned to the company’s dormitory that day, all the while in a daze.

The dormitory was a room containing six girls. Zhao Yuan was lying on the upper bunk, very close to the chandelier on the yellowed ceiling.

She could see tiny flying insects coming in through the window and flying around the lampshade that hadn’t been scrubbed in a long time.

Zhao Yuan remembered when she used to live in the Zhao family’s villa. She had never seen any flying insects indoors. There would be some in the garden, but the gardener hired by Zhao Zhanhuai was very professional and would spray special insect repellent drugs, so in spring, even bees couldn’t be seen.

She endured the buzzing of flying insects, closed her eyes, and bent her legs.

But she turned over and kicked a pile of clothes again.

Zhao Yuan suddenly felt overwhelming resentment.

Her previous room was larger than the three dormitories combined and her walk-in closet was more than 10 square meters in size. The designer clothes and jewelry in it were all matched by herself.

At that time, she never knew what the word “struggle” meant, because as long as she wanted it, the Zhao family would buy it for her unless it was as expensive as an airplane.

But here, the wardrobe in the dormitory was less than half a meter wide, which was not enough at all. So, she had to pile most of her clothes on the bed.

The whole single bed was extremely messy. Some clothes became crumpled, and they had lost the previous temperament they had when she wore them outdoors.

Now she couldn’t even sleep with her legs straight.

Soon, some girls came back from the dance practice room. When they entered the dormitory, they closed the door with a clanging sound.

One of them had dyed their hair pink. They were already wearing sexy denim shorts and a tank top in the spring of March. Another girl had dyed her hair an indigo blue. She was dressed in neutral clothes and she had a cigarette in her mouth. She held a basin of clothes that had not been washed for a long time and were about to stink in the water.

Zhao Yuan closed her eyes tightly, facing the wall.

However, the smell of sweat in the air, fermented clothes crowded together in a dormitory by several people, nail polish, and a dozen yuan of takeaway all mixed together, formed a smell that made people want to dry heave, penetrated her nose.

Zhao Yuan tightly clenched the bed sheet as her stomach churned.

Everything was different from what she imagined.

It was only after leaving the Zhao family’s house did Zhao Yuan realize how difficult it was outside.

After she signed a contract with her agent, she thought she would be able to directly enter the entertainment industry and become a hit. But what she didn’t expect was that there were many girls like her under the manager’s purview, and there were even girls who were prettier and better at dancing than her.

Moreover, these trainees were unequal in age, and some of them had even only reached elementary school. For example, the pink haired girl liked to use the curse words “pig” and “b*tch” over and over again. The indigo-haired one was not talkative, but she was extremely unwilling to clean. She would soak her underwear for around 10 days before they were washed.

There were only three washing machines outside the dormitories, but more than a dozen trainees live in these crowded places.

After seeing someone throw 10 days old underwear into the washing machine at one time, Zhao Yuan could only start washing her underwear by hand.

She watched helplessly as her life fell in dire straits while Zhao Mingxi’s life was smooth sailing.

The unwillingness and resentment in her heart gradually accumulated, making the hatred in her heart more and more intense.

In April, Zhao Yuan went to Zhao Zhanhuai’s company to find Zhao Zhanhuai.

Among all the members of the Zhao family, Zhao Zhanhuai was of extraordinary significance to Zhao Yuan.

This was the brother she admired, adored and loved the most since she was a child.

When she was living in the cramped trainee dormitory, she even dreamed that Zhao Zhanhuai would drive over and take her home. She hoped that Zhao Zhanhuai could think of their old relationship and provide her with some help, even if it was some money, a greeting to her entertainment company, or a word of comfort.

But unexpectedly, for the 8 out of more than 10 times in a row that she went to find Zhao Zhanhuai, she was directly turned away by the company guards. As for the 3 times she almost caught up with Zhao Zhanhuai’s car, she didn’t know if Zhao Zhanhuai saw her, but his car that was directly in front of her drove away.

This continued until the last time Zhao Yuan met Zhao Zhanhuai in the underground garage.

Zhao Zhanhuai was almost annoyed by Zhao Yuan’s harassment. He didn’t understand why Zhao Yuan was looking for him now. If she had even an ounce of self-awareness, she would stay far away from his family.

After hearing that Zhao Yuan wanted money, Zhao Zhanhuai laughed angrily. “Zhang Yuan, please understand this: our family doesn’t owe you anything.”

“It was your mother who swapped the children. Your mother was the culprit who hurt our family and broke our whole family to pieces. The cost our family spent on you in the past 10 years was not tens of millions, but there were always millions, right? Also, our family cares about our old relationship, so we didn’t even ask you to pay back the debt! Under such circumstances, I don’t understand what mentality you have in coming to me to ask for money.”

Zhao Zhanhuai’s face was ugly. “A man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant. If you keep pestering and squatting at the company’s gate, I will call for security!”

Zhao Yuan burst into tears. She stopped in front of Zhao Zhanhuai’s car and said to Zhao Zhanhuai, “Brother, my mother was the culprit who changed the children, but what wrong did I commit?”

“Do you think we don’t know who sent the text message that made Zhang Yufen escape??”

Zhao Yuan turned pale.

Zhao Zhan was full of anger. He yelled, “Miss Zhang, please respect yourself. At least you have been educated in our family for more than 10 years. Don’t end up living like your biological mother!”

After he finished speaking, Zhao Zhanhuai stepped on the accelerator and said to Zhao Yuan, “Get out of the way!”

Zhao Yuan couldn’t believe that Zhao Zhanhuai would treat her like this. She didn’t move at first, but Zhao Zhanhuai’s car drove straight over. The blood all over her body rushed to the top of her head, and then she ran away in a panic.

So Zhao Zhanhuai turned a corner, and the car sped away.

Zhao Yuan stood there in a daze. In the early May weather, her whole body became colder and colder.

She saw the disgust in Zhao Zhanhuai’s eyes just now.

When Zhao Yuan returned to the trainee dormitory in a daze, someone in the dormitory heard that she went to speak to Zhao Zhanhuai. Someone taunted her in a strange tone, “Since you have a rich brother, why do you still come to fight and compete for the spot with us?”

Zhao Yuan dug her nails into her palm, resisting the urge to tear that girl apart.

After a while, the assistant agent under centralized management came to make rounds and scolded them, telling them not to make trouble, and not to use too many high-power electrical appliances, because it was easy to catch fire in this season.

If you want to dry your hair and the power of the hair dryer is too high, try to go downstairs to blow it.

It was said that an office building in this city burned up a few days ago. Although the fire was successfully extinguished in the end, the loss was worth millions. They still haven’t figured out how it caught fire.

“Fire?” Zhao Yuan asked in a daze.

She raised her head and looked at the tiny flying insects on the ceiling. She didn’t know what to think, and kept staring at them.

Seeing her act strangely, the people in the dormitory thought she had been triggered by something. They all felt goosebumps all over, so they simply walked around her.

*

Time flew by so fast in the second semester of high school. Once the winter, which could freeze every breath, was over, the spring was particularly short. Mingxi ushered in May directly amidst the busyness.

Several classes had very tight schedules. Although most of the International Class students will go abroad, they could also feel the urgency of the last semester from the pace of the Normal Class in the school cafeteria.

Starting from this semester, Fu Yangxi slept in class much less often. The pillow Mingxi gave him was useless. He washed it and threw it on the sofa at home.

While Mingxi was doing her homework every day, he would prop his head lazily, put on his silver noise-canceling headphones, flip through the book, or just stare at Mingxi stupidly, as if her face was blooming.

Although he was not studying seriously now, it was much better than last semester when he would sleep in class and cause trouble after class every day.

Last month, Fu Yangxi didn’t make trouble for a whole month, so Lu Wangwei got his first performance bonus in three years. He almost cried with joy.

The followers in the class were devastated.

Although Fu Yangxi was fierce and had a bad temper, he was the cohesive force of the whole class.

But now, it’s like a child king was gradually maturing, gradually no longer willing to be the boss who would lead them to misbehave, but gradually becoming a mature man who would buy ice cream for his girl in summer and ginger syrup in winter.

It would inevitably make them sad.

They were graduating soon. Zhao Mingxi might be able to be with Fu Yangxi forever.

But these people have to go their separate ways.

After school that day, someone even recited an impromptu poem to Zhao Mingxi and Fu Yangxi on the spot. “Ah! Youth!”

“…” Mingxi was startled. She turned to look at the follower.

The follower continued to yell heart-piercingly, “—is it always going to end?!”

Someone answered, “Just like the black gold skull chain on the boss’s neck, has it completely disappeared?”

“What the hell? Get lost!” Fu Yangxi looked disgusted. He grabbed a book and threw it at them. That boy quickly dodged, and the book hit the blackboard with a crisp “snap” sound. The whole class burst into laughter, and there was a joyful atmosphere in the air.

Mingxi laughed, and suddenly felt that this scene looked familiar.

She thought about it, wasn’t this the lively atmosphere when she returned to the class after she proposed to Lu Wangwei to sit at the same table with Fu Yangxi not long after the start of last semester?

It’s practically the same.

Memory really is a reincarnation.

For a moment, she thought it happened yesterday, but when she looked at the calendar again, half a year had passed.

Seeing Mingxi looking over, Fu Yangxi suddenly blushed a little. He quickly saved his image. “Don’t listen to his nonsense. What black and gold chains, is my aesthetic so bad?! It was mainly because for those two days, Ke Chengwen and the people not from our school made a bet on motorcycles. So if we didn’t dress more pompously, we won’t be able to crush each other in terms of momentum.”

Ke Chengwen came out from behind them like a turtle from a hole and poked his head over. “Wait, it was my bet? Why did I remember that it was you, Xi ge, who—”

Fu Yangxi glanced over coldly.

Ke Chengwen: …Fine.

Ke Chengwen said, “I remember now. It was me.”

Mingxi was about to laugh to death. She said, “Actually, it’s not bad. It matches you very well.”

“It matches me very well”? What does that mean? Does she mean that I’m the kind of person to sport cringy fashion?

Fu Yangxi became angry from embarrassment, and was about to speak when…

Mingxi said, “At that time, you were lying on the table, holding a sports coat. You raised your head impatiently, twisted your eyebrows, and for the first time you glanced at me, I thought you were cool and handsome. Do you understand this kind of feeling?”

Mingxi drew a small heart on the notebook, and drew an arrow through it.

Fu Yangxi pretended to glance casually, but almost choked himself. He coughed, and flicked through a few pages of the book in his hand, trying to make himself look serious, but he still couldn’t control the redness at the base of his ears.

Mingxi loved to tease Fu Yangxi too much. Seeing him like this, she laughed.

Ke Chengwen who was on the side: “—”

A woman’s mouth is as deceitful as a ghost’s.

He dared to bet that when Zhao Mingxi first saw Fu Yangxi, it was definitely not love at first sight.

Having said that, Ke Chengwen had a question in mind, so he had to ask.

He asked Zhao Mingxi, “Then when you switched classes, why were you always sticking your nose so close to Xi ge?”

Fu Yangxi also thought of this, and quickly raised his ears.

Mingxi took a look at the potted plants that had slowly grown to more than 600 small tender seedlings. Of course, she also wondered if she should tell the truth to Fu Yangxi, that she was actually approaching him for luck in the first place. But Mingxi thought about it later and realized that it didn’t really matter whether she told him or not.

Saying it out loud would only increase Fu Yangxi’s heartache.

She knew that Fu Yangxi would not lose his temper with her because of such a small matter. Even if he lost his temper, she could just coax him. He was always easy to coax.

But if he is sad, she will feel bad too.

Anyway, the important thing is that in the future, she will no longer be close to him because of luck.

She already liked him with all her heart.

So, Mingxi told a little white lie, and said, “Actually, during that time, it was because the shower gel on Xi ge smelled so good, so I couldn’t help but take a few more sniffs.”

Case solved. That’s what it turned out to be.

Ke Chengwen was amazed. “Xi ge, you should thank the shower gel you used those few days, otherwise Zhao Mingxi might not have liked you.”

“…???”

“Are you looking for death?” Fu Yangxi’s face turned foul all of a sudden. Is this what a person should say?

He jumped into a rage, picked up the book in his hand and threw it at him.

Thanks to Ke Chengwen, Mingxi had to hurry to coax him this afternoon and tell him that she didn’t like him because of the smell of shower gel.

#A murder caused by a bottle of shower gel#

But a few days later, Mingxi saw that Fu Yangxi bought back several boxes of the shower gel that he used at that time. After taking a shower at night, he was still pretending to be nonchalantly dangling beside Mingxi, with a face full of hesitation that said “why don’t you come here and sniff me?”.

Mingxi: “…”

Oh no, maybe he’ll use this shower gel for the next few years.

After the Labor Day holiday, Mingxi had accumulated 612 potted plants.

The more the numbers go up, the slower it accumulates. Many useful things at the beginning, such as sending text messages and sending desserts, are not useful to increase luck anymore.

She wondered if she had to marry Fu Yangxi to reach the last 999th tree.

But Mingxi was not in a hurry.

From the very beginning, her goal was just to fill her negative luck. She only wanted to become an ordinary person who would not be dragged down by negative luck.

She never thought that she had to have the aura of a heroine.

But as the tender seedlings gradually increased, Mingxi still felt that her luck now had changed drastically from the worst time before.

For example, when she was walking on the playground, a basketball was thrown straight at her – in the past, it would definitely cause swelling on her face once she is hit, but now, for no reason, she would be blocked by a physical education teacher running over.

Mingxi: “…”

Mingxi now knew what the heroine’s luck was.

Isn’t this smooth sailing? Even the basketball that was about to hit her couldn’t fall on her, she was so lucky.

*

May 13th was a Sunday, less than a month before the college entrance examination.

In late spring and early summer, it was slightly hot and vegetation grew wildly.

It has become a tradition for Mingxi to go to Professor Gao’s place every Sunday, but this time may be the last time before the college entrance examination.

After all, she had to concentrate on preparing for the exam.

“Professor Gao didn’t want the health care product I bought last time. Now it seems to have expired.” Mingxi squatted on the ground, searched out the present from the cabinet that Professor Gao threw out last time, and sighed. “What a waste.”

“That old man is really harder to take care of than me.” Fu Yangxi took a sip of water, walked over and said, “Last year, I told him that weeds grew wildly in the yard, and that the haystack was too dry and easy to catch fire. For that, he even scolded us and kicked us out. Later, I hired someone to remove all the grass in the yard while he was away, and when he came back he beat me out with a broom.”

However, this old man had helped Mingxi a lot in almost a year’s time.

Fu Yangxi said, “Why don’t we give him alcohol this time?”

Mingxi had an idea. She raised her head and said, “Also, let’s not say that we brought it for him. We’ll carry it when we go, and then pretend to forget to take it when we leave. He doesn’t know our address, so he won’t send it back to us.”

“Oh, and buy some summer shirts for his grandson. Summer is coming.”

“Little clever girl,” Fu Yangxi couldn’t help laughing and rumpled Mingxi’s hair. “Well, I’ll send you there first, and then I’ll go buy the shirts and wine.”

Mingxi replied, “Okay.”

Otherwise, if Mingxi is late, Professor Gao will be upset again.

Professor Gao’s house was remote and dilapidated. It was situated deep in an alley, surrounded by old men and women. But Professor Gao had a weird personality and didn’t get along well with his neighbors, so most of them stayed behind closed doors.

It was a hot day. When Mingxi passed by, he was playing chess with himself, while his grandson sat watching the ants in the hole in the wall.

Mingxi put down her things, and asked with difficulty what his little grandson wanted to eat. Then, she planned to go shopping for groceries.

Professor Gao glanced at her. Although his face was still as cold as before, he was actually a little bit reluctant.

For more than half a year, it was only when Zhao Mingxi came over every weekend, there would be a little life in this dilapidated house.

As soon as she left, the house returned to its desolate and dead silence.

Soon Zhao Mingxi will take the college entrance examination. After the college entrance examination, she will definitely not stay in the local area. There is a high probability that she will go abroad to study. Then, the days to come will return to where he and his grandson can only depend on each other.

“I’ll go shopping with you.” Professor Gao patted the ashes on his trousers and stood up.

Mingxi hurriedly said, “I’ll just go on my own.”

Professor Gao said impatiently, “The rice is gone, and you, a little girl, can’t carry it. You can go and buy vegetables, while I go and buy rice. Our journey to and fro will only take 20 minutes. My grandson is autistic, not a fool.”

Mingxi had no choice but to shut up.

Before leaving, Professor Gao asked his grandson to play in the room, and then locked both doors of the room. The front door was locked from the inside, and the back door was a small door opened from the kitchen.

He and Zhao Mingxi walked through the vegetable field behind the small gate together, and went to the vegetable market from the back mountain path.

In the quiet afternoon, the hot sun was like a heat wave.

Zhao Yuan watched Zhao Mingxi enter the dilapidated house, but did not see Zhao Mingxi come out. The room is dead silent, are they taking a nap?

Zhao Yuan stood in the alley, looked up at the narrow sky, and then looked around – she had been here several times, and confirmed that there were no surveillance cameras around.

Zhao Yuan’s hands and feet trembled.

If you set a fire, the crazy flames will burn along all the fabrics in the house. This kind of old house will be completely helpless under the crackling fire.

It’s not a house with an elevator either, so there wouldn’t be fire hydrants in it like schools would.

She didn’t know whether the fire was burning fast enough or whether it could last until the fire truck arrived, trapping Zhao Mingxi inside and burning her to death. But in this place, deep in the alley, it would be very difficult for fire trucks to drive in.

She read a lot of news recently and knew that a fire may not burn that fast. Something needs to be added——Zhao Yuan glanced at the oil tank she got.

But what if the people inside break through the window?

Do the windows and doors still need to be locked from the outside?

In that case, Zhao Mingxi will disappear.

If she doesn’t disappear, burns are fine too. If her face is ruined, will anyone still like her?

Fu Yangxi will definitely not stay by her side anymore.

Zhao Yuan’s heart was beating fast as blood rushed to her throat.

She remembered that when she was 15 years old, before Zhao Mingxi came to this city, everything in her life was obviously fine.

She was sitting on a swing in the garden. Madam Zhao was sitting while reading a book with a smile on her face, and the nanny brought two cups of English black tea for them.

There were countless beautiful skirts in the closet for her to choose, and she was studying in the best school, surrounded by friends.

Zhao Zhanhuai was gentle and considerate. He would come to pick her up on the weekends, which made all the girls envious of her.

…

Those were clearly such beautiful days.

Then after Zhao Mingxi came, these moments turned into Zhao Zhanhuai’s disgusted eyes, and the bug flying on the lampshade in the crowded dormitory.

Buzz. Buzz. Buzz. Buzz.

That bug kept Zhao Yuan from getting a good night’s sleep for several months.

She was going to have a nervous breakdown.

How could she live like a bug all her life?

If she couldn’t get up again, then at least she would drag the person she hated the most down with her.

At least, let her experience hell with herself.

The more Zhao Yuan thought about it, the crazier she became. Her hands and feet were cold, but her face was distorted and flushed.

She walked softly into the yard.

*

Mingxi came back first with the vegetables. Professor Gao might be a little slow carrying the rice.

Before she reached the entrance of the alley, she heard screams, and many old ladies and old men ran out in fear. Then, she saw a fire coming out from one direction, reflecting red on the bungalows next to her.

Something is burning somewhere.

Looking again, it was the direction of Professor Gao’s house. The flames were very large, and the whole house was like a huge furnace, steaming and roasting the people inside. Thick smoke billowed and circled upwards.

Mingxi was startled, the vegetables in her hand rolled all over the floor. She quickly ran over there. “Did someone call 119?”

“Y-Yes, the fire truck is on its way, but, but—” The fat old lady who ran out sat limply on the ground.

Professor Gao’s grandson was still inside.

A normal person would cover his mouth and nose, break the glass, and escape from the window, but that child must have been at a loss.

Moreover, Professor Gao locked the door before leaving.

By the time the ambulance arrives, it will be too late.

Mingxi’s heart was pounding. She vaguely felt that something was wrong with this matter. It was impossible for a fire to ignite without reason. It was more like it was caused by herself.

But at this moment, how could she care so much? She snatched a soaked sheet from an old man who had just rushed out, covered her mouth and nose, and rushed in.

10 meters.

She just had to rush in and bring him out.