Bad Luck Clung to Him
The middle-aged man gave an embarrassed chuckle.
"Sorry, sorry."
"I won't take up too much of your time."
"I just suddenly thought of some things and wanted to talk to someone about them..."
"Thanks, young man."
Xiao Xiao shook his head slightly.
The middle-aged man rubbed his neck.
He gave a few light coughs.
"...I don't know what came over me..."
"Some things just suddenly came back to me..."
"Maybe today's events brought them to mind?"
The middle-aged man gazed ahead.
His eyes were a little unfocused.
"Didn't I just tell you..."
"The last time I was this unlucky was back in elementary school..."
"...I was really unlucky back then..."
The middle-aged man clicked his tongue and shook his head.
"I tripped over something while walking down the road... got locked inside the equipment room..."
"I lost the money I had on me while out shopping..."
"My umbrella broke when it started raining..."
"I forgot the homework I'd finished at home..."
"I clearly remembered bringing it..."
"In short..."
The middle-aged man gave a bitter smile. "You name it, and I've had some kind of bad luck."
"...You mean other things..."
The middle-aged man shook his head. "Like being in poor health, getting bad grades, being bad at sports..."
"You can do something about those..."
"At least you can improve, right?"
"But when it comes to luck..."
"What can you do?"
"Pfft~"
The middle-aged man suddenly let out a laugh.
"My family felt so bad for me..."
"So they took me to a temple to pray."
"They even asked a master to bless an amulet for me."
"Anyway, my family tried all sorts of things to keep me from being so unlucky."
The middle-aged man twisted his lips.
"But