She stared blankly at her own hands, somewhat incredulously saying, "What's happened to me? How could I have so much strength?"
Xu Hao smiled and told her about what had happened last night, and after listening, her eyes filled with astonishment and she repeatedly marveled at how magical it was.
"Humph! I knew you did it on purpose, not telling me earlier, just to laugh at me," Xiao Lan said, pouting with annoyance.
Xu Hao smiled and played around with Xiao Lan for a bit. After breakfast, he drove her to Guo Lan's home, leaving the matters of the orphanage to two new aunts they had hired.
Xiao Lan wanted to stay at the orphanage forever to take care of the children, but Xu Hao knew very well that there was something peculiar about Xiao Lan's body, showing she was not as simple as she appeared. She would definitely have to leave the orphanage and move on to a bigger stage in the future.
Therefore, since Xiao Lan herself couldn't let go, he decided to help her let go in advance, to get her used to life outside the orphanage.
North District Four, an ordinary residential area.
Originally, Xu Hao wanted to buy Guo Lan and her daughter an apartment in a high-class residential area, but Guo Lan refused, and only after much persuasion did she agree to live in this ordinary residential area.
However, Xu Hao could understand her thinking. High-class areas were inhabited by rich people. Although Xu Hao gave her some money out of gratitude, she still couldn't compare with the truly rich. Living here brought less pressure indeed.
Moreover, this residential area was very close to The Eighth Elementary School, almost like a school-zone home, which also made it convenient for her commute.
However, what no one expected was that she had been fired.
In the morning, Guo Lan, carrying her daughter Qian Youyou, went out to the market to buy groceries.
However, before she reached the market, she saw two familiar figures.
They were two thugs with explosive, colorfully dyed hair, smoking cigarettes, wearing thick gold-plated necklaces, and strutting around arrogantly as if they did not care about anyone else.
When Guo Lan saw them, her body shuddered, and she tightened her grip on her arm, holding Qian Youyou even closer, then lowered her head, intending to head back home. Need character sheets and glossaries? Visit *.
But those two men had sharp eyes and had spotted Guo Lan and her daughter from afar. After exchanging glances, they walked over here.
Guo Lan's face turned extremely ugly all of a sudden, and she quickened her pace, trying to leave the area.
Just then, one of the thugs shouted, "Guo Lan, stop there!"
All eyes suddenly turned toward them, but Guo Lan ignored it, clutching Qian Youyou and running towards her home.
The thug coldly snorted, "Guo Lan, when are you going to repay the money you owe?!"
Upon hearing the thug slander her, Guo Lan almost stopped to argue with him, but she knew she shouldn't, otherwise, she would fall right into the thug's trap and be stuck here. So she continued toward her home.
At this moment, the crowd, hearing that Guo Lan owed the thug money and was not paying it back, even seemingly trying to flee, immediately someone pointed at Guo Lan and said, "Ah, people these days are really hard to say. This young lady looks quite pretty and is even holding a child. Who would have thought that she would be someone who doesn't repay her debts?"
"Exactly, paying debts is a matter of principle, nobody should be able to escape it! If the adult behaves , what kind of children can she raise?"
"Ah, the morals of society are declining, it really is unfortunate for this little girl to have such a mother," another chimed in.
The crowd started discussing animatedly, all blaming Guo Lan, thinking she was just trying to avoid repaying her debts.
Guo Lan immediately stopped in her tracks, desperately argued, "I don't owe him any money at all, he's just making it up! He's trying to extort me!"
Someone immediately retorted, "That's a bit too much to say, isn't it? He even came here to ask you for the money, and you still won't pay and even accuse him of framing you, whoever lent you the money is surely unlucky!"
The thug immediately said, "Exactly, she borrowed so much money from me a while ago, a whole one hundred thousand, but when it came to settling, she wouldn't pay back, no matter how I asked. You tell me, shouldn't I be angry?"
"It's indeed a reason to be angry. I despise people who don't repay their debts the most. This woman doesn't deserve to be a mother!" someone angrily said.
Guo Lan was so anxious she was almost in tears, she sternly said, "I really don't owe him any money, he's just trying to blackmail me! If he's so sure, let him show the IOU!"
The thug sneered, "Oh? You really think I don't have it? You tore up the IOU a while ago, but you probably don't know, that was just my spare. I still have the original IOU at home."
Guo Lan was furious inside, there was no such thing at all, but he insisted on slandering her for owing him money; this was clearly extortion!
The main problem was, she thought the people around would help her, but unexpectedly, they all sided with the thug!
This was clearly a deliberate distortion of the truth, designed to confuse the listeners!