Chapter 73: Hehehe, I Love the Heroine’s Halo
Gu Zhao fell silent, watching the Big Eagle hide its head in the bushes.
’For the first time... I’m being snubbed by an animal.’
’I’ve been so wronged!!’
She had just lifted her foot to go and console her eagle friend from a second ago, but her left foot tripped her right, and she fell over.
Gu Xulin jumped in alarm. "Gu Xiao Zhao, have you forgotten how to use your legs?"
Gu Zhao replied, "Brother, you’re being mean. Stop talking."
Gu Zhao was sulking when she felt a smack on her butt. She heard Gu Xulin’s cold voice, "Then you’ll get a spanking."
"You’ve got some nerve! Flying into the sky, diving into the water! Why don’t you just come visit my grave next!" Gu Xulin felt like his heart had just been about to leap into his throat!
Gu Zhao struggled weakly. "Brother, maybe you should let me go first... I’m a bit unlucky right now."
Gu Xulin laughed outright. "Don’t even think about it! I am your retribution!"
However, the next second, lightning flashed across the sky, and a bolt struck the ground directly across the floodwaters.
They had been just a hair’s breadth away from a total party kill.
The animals were frightened and scattered in all directions.
In the chaos, a few stampedes even occurred.
Gu Xulin quickly scooped up Gu Zhao. Song Zhe and Zhong Siqi also hurried to pick up their own younger brothers and move away from the animals.
[What just happened? So bright.]
[!!! That lightning bolt struck the grass on the other side directly, right? The white light was so bright it dazzled my eyes!]
[Holy crap, the guests’ ancestors must have kowtowed their heads raw in the afterlife to save them! That was almost a total party kill!]
[Several animals were trampled to death... This is way too dangerous...]
But fortunately, the animals quickly calmed down and ran to Gu Zhao’s side, wanting to take her away from there with them.
"Xiangxiang! Quick, come with us!"
"Big Sister! Let’s go, quickly! This place is so scary for a fox!"
A few animals tugged at Gu Zhao’s clothes with their mouths, trying to pull her along.
Gu Xulin, holding Gu Zhao, followed the animals.
But wherever Gu Zhao went, bad luck followed.
Until Gu Zhao saw the heroine still hanging in the tree!! She was fine even in a tree, a high-risk area for lightning strikes!
’The heroine’s halo is freaking awesome!’
Gu Zhao excitedly climbed down from Gu Xulin’s arms. "Brother! I’m going to go ward off my bad luck! See you in an hour!"
Before he could say anything, Gu Zhao had already run under the tree.
"Big Sister~" Gu Zhao looked at Ye Zuiyi as if she were looking at a large, glittering gold nugget!
Ye Zuiyi was taken aback by Gu Zhao’s sudden change in attitude and couldn’t help but wonder what new trick Gu Zhao was trying to pull.
Ye Zexi glared angrily at the person under the tree. "What scheme are you trying to pull now! After letting those beasts bully us, what right do you have to call Zuiyi ’Big Sister’!"
Gu Zhao frowned when she heard him insult the animals.
But she quickly put her smile back on. ’Little Zhao will get her revenge; it’s never too late. First, I have to trick them down.’
"So are you coming down or not?" Gu Zhao asked, looking at them.
"Such a huge lightning bolt just struck nearby. It’s even more dangerous up in this tree. I was worried about you, and you actually suspect me like this." Gu Zhao lowered her head, trying to squeeze out a couple of tears, but just couldn’t.
Ye Zexi frowned, feeling that this act looked a little familiar.
Ye Zuiyi clenched her fists. ’That damn Gu Zhao! How dare she copy me!’
"Then make those beasts leave immediately," Ye Zexi ordered Gu Zhao coldly.
Gu Zhao met the wild boar’s gaze and fell silent.
’Sorry, I don’t understand.’
’Whatever, time for sign language.’
Gu Zhao started gesturing. The wild boar was very smart and understood. It glanced at the people in the tree, then left.
Only then did Ye Zexi and Ye Zuiyi breathe a sigh of relief and climb down from the tree.
The moment Ye Zuiyi felt her feet firmly on the ground, Gu Zhao clung to her arm.
Ye Zuiyi jumped, startled, and tried to pull her arm out of Gu Zhao’s grasp. But who knows what Gu Zhao ate growing up—she was even stronger than a wild boar.
Ye Zuiyi’s face turned red from the effort, but she still couldn’t pull her arm free.
She looked at Ye Zexi for help.
Ye Zexi frowned and glared at Gu Zhao. "Let go."
Gu Zhao: "No way!"
’Such a useful human-shaped tool! I’d have to be an idiot to let go!’
Gu Zhao clung desperately to Ye Zuiyi, and it actually helped her avoid the bad luck!
For example, while she was hugging Ye Zuiyi’s arm, a ’blessing from the heavens’ landed on Ye Zuiyi’s head.
’I’m safe!’
Another example: Ye Zexi, in a fit of anger, tried to slap Gu Zhao, but ended up slapping Ye Zuiyi in the face instead.
’I’m safe again!’
And she could even take the opportunity to make some theatrical noises at the red-eyed and red-faced Ye Zuiyi and the heartbroken-looking Ye Zexi.
"Tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk..." Gu Zhao’s face was full of odd glee, and she wore a strange smile.
"Vicious! Truly vicious!" Gu Zhao looked at Ye Zexi with admiration, then said to Ye Zuiyi, "He definitely has a problem with you. Look, your little face is all swollen."
Ye Zuiyi gritted her teeth.
’It’s all because I blocked it for you!’
’She felt that Gu Zhao was an absolute menace! She was clinging to my arm so desperately—could it be that she was stealing my luck?’
’My bad luck only started after Gu Zhao grabbed my arm!’
"You did that on purpose!" Ye Zuiyi glared at Gu Zhao.
Gu Zhao put on a look of complete incomprehension.
When an hour was up, Gu Zhao promptly used and tossed her aside. She even used sign language to direct the wild boar to ram Ye Zexi’s "chrysanthemum."
Gu Zhao felt satisfied. Just as she’d said, she doesn’t hold grudges overnight.
Humming a little tune, Gu Zhao left.
Leaving behind Ye Zexi, who was howling while clutching his butt, and a speechless Ye Zuiyi.
[Hahahahahaha, I can feel his despair even through the screen!]
[Is Gu Zhao the goddess of misfortune or something? How did she suddenly start having bad luck wherever she goes? Hahahaha.]
[Is there something wrong with Gu Zhao?!? It’s one thing for her to be unlucky, but she’s deliberately using Yibao as a shield! Is there something wrong with Gu Zhao’s fans, too?! How can you still laugh!]
[Yeah, we’re laughing! If you want to curse out Gu Zhao, then go ahead and curse out Gu Zhao! If that’s not enough for you, curse out Brother Lin, too! If that’s still not enough, you can curse out all those animals! Why are you cursing us fans?!]
Gu Zhao hummed a happy little tune, preparing to go and console the poor Hast Eagle.
"Hurry up, this should be the place. The client said the target is a five-year-old girl."
Gu Zhao’s steps faltered. She thought she heard some gibberish.
’Not sure. I’ll listen again.’
"In a bit, we’ll pretend to be explorers. The client said the kid who speaks English isn’t the one. The one who doesn’t is."
Gu Zhao didn’t understand the words, but she saw them: three foreign men, each carrying a large backpack.
Gu Zhao gave them nicknames: Little Black, Little Huang, and Xiao Lu.
Little Black was a black man. Little Huang was a white man but had yellow hair. Xiao Lu was Gu Zhao’s favorite—he had a turtle tattooed on his face. One look and you could tell he was a gangster.
It was fine that she didn’t understand. She would go find Hua Baozi.
But when she turned around, she found the two Big Eagles squatting behind her.
"Fuck..." Gu Zhao jumped. She hadn’t died from bad luck, but she was almost scared to death by the Big Eagles.
"You owe me a kiss," the bald Hast Eagle said with an accusatory look.
The other one was a bit more mature—but only a bit. "Sweetie, I can understand what they’re saying! I’ll translate for you if you take me home, okay?~"
Ever since they had been targeted by humans, they had to move to a new home every so often. The last time they moved, they met a black-and-white bear that was going to go live with humans.
That bear said humans provide food and shelter, and even find you a partner.
They even help you raise your kids!
The two of them were tempted! But if they were going to follow a human, it had to be one they liked! They asked all over the forest, even went to a zoo in the middle of the night to do some research, and one person was recommended to them: Xiangxiang!
They had flown here overnight! Opportunity favors the prepared eagle!!
"I guess that’s fine." Gu Zhao figured that raising an eagle shouldn’t be a problem. ’If my estranged older brothers can’t even grant me this, I’ll just raise rats!’
’Or cockroaches!’