"They told Uncle Zhang Chen..."
"The so-called old man was just a hallucination Uncle Zhang Chen had created himself."
Zhang Lei smiled.
"Isn't that a little like what happened to you?"
The little girl stared blankly, eyes wide.
Only after a moment did she seem to understand and nod.
Mm.
It was a little like that...
"After Uncle Zhang Chen started hallucinating, his bad luck stopped."
Zhang Lei's lips curled into a grin.
Whether it was just a coincidence or not...
It was too much of a coincidence.
He had happened to run into Zhang Chen today, and happened to hear the full story of what had happened all those years ago.
Then he'd heard his niece tell him about something somewhat similar.
The details were completely different, of course.
But the suspicion that it was a hallucination...
That was exactly the same.
Was this a hint from God?
Zhang Lei didn't know.
He decided to take it as a hint from God.
"Tián Tián will be just like Uncle Zhang Chen."
That was what Zhang Lei hoped, too.
"After this hallucination, your bad luck will stop."
"Really?"
The little girl's eyes widened.
Would she really stop having bad luck from now on?
A faint glimmer lit up in the little girl's eyes.
"Very likely."
Zhang Lei nodded.
He thought children needed hope.
Otherwise, a child who kept thinking she was unlucky would never have any luck.
The little girl's whole face lit up.
Her constant bad luck had almost driven her to despair.
No matter how careful she was, she couldn't avoid it...
It felt awful.
Now, her uncle was telling her...
That her bad luck was about to end.
After imagining this outcome countless times, now that it had finally come,