Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
“College entrance exam students mysteriously missed the exam, such bad luck is rare! City B has cracked a major armed robbery!”
“News from City B: Yesterday, the Public Security Bureau of City B announced that they had officially cracked a case of armed burglar and robbery that involved a criminal gang of 10 suspects, including Wang Gongping and Li Qiu.”
“On a particular day early morning of July, several men broke in with guns… Currently, the case is under further investigation.”
“In this case, the Yang family, which was chosen as a temporary base by the robbers, also suffered an unexpected disaster. Not only were they robbed of 115 dollars in cash, watches, jewelry, and other valuables worth about 1500 dollars, but the three members of the Yang family were also gagged and tied to the bed for three days, causing serious physical and mental damage. More importantly, the only son of the Yang family, Yang Hua, was on the last day of his college entrance examination. Because of this unexpected disaster, Yang Hua had no choice but to miss the exam that day.”
“Yang Hua’s bad luck is already rare in City B for missing the exam for such a reason. However, our reporter has learned that Yang Hua’s bad luck is far more than that. As a student with excellent academic results and good psychological quality, Yang Hua is already taking the college entrance examination for the third time.”
“According to our reporter, Yang Hua took his first college entrance examination two years ago. However, on his way to school, he was knocked down by a drunk driver and spent the entire exam time in the hospital.”
“Last year, Yang Hua, who had studied for an extra year, took the second college entrance examination with full confidence, but an accident happened again. The night before the second college entrance examination, a small earthquake occurred in City B. The impact of this earthquake was relatively small, and there were almost no casualties in City B. However, Yang Hua’s chandelier shook and fell, breaking his right hand, forcing him to give up the college entrance examination that year.”
“And this year, Yang Hua, who refused to admit defeat, signed up for the national college entrance examination for the third time and successfully completed the first two days of the examination. However, on the last day, disaster struck again. This time, Yang Hua was not in a hospital bed, but in his own bed at home, anxiously watching the examination time slip by.”
“As the saying goes, a person has three downfalls and six upheavals. A moment of bad luck is inevitable. However, such long-term bad luck can be considered rare in ancient and modern times…”
Looking at the old newspaper that he had accidentally flipped through, Yang Hua could not help but smile bitterly. He did not expect that he would be featured in the newspaper just because of his bad luck. Unfortunately, the reporters did not know about his other unlucky events. Otherwise, based on the fact that he had been burned, almost drowned, hung by a rope, chased by a dog, and bitten by a snake… Wouldn’t he be on TV?
After the college entrance examination, Yang Hua managed to get into a third-rate university with high scores in the first few subjects. He thought his luck would change, but a series of facts proved that his luck did not improve. Perhaps it was because he was not accustomed to the environment after leaving home, Yang Hua fell seriously ill twice in college, resulting in a lot of classes being delayed. Moreover, Yang Hua did not enter a good university, so not many of his roommates liked to study.
His roommates, who always played games outside under the banner of “Enjoying Life in University”, were nowhere to be seen almost 24 hours a day.
Yang Hua had always been an easygoing person. At first, he always stayed in the dormitory because he was sick. On the one hand, because he had nothing to do, and on the other hand, because he was not used to living in a messy environment, he often helped his roommates deal with their “personal problems”. As a result, his roommates developed a habit. Later, every time they left the dormitory, they would not forget to ask Yang Hua to help them make their beds and wash their sweaty clothes. If there was a time when Yang Hua forgot to tidy up, they would complain collectively and sometimes play pranks on him.
However, as time passed, Yang Hua got used to this kind of life. The large amount of time he spent dealing with his roommates’ personal problems made Yang Hua unable to get enough time to catch up on the classes he had missed. Later on, when Yang Hua could start to skillfully deal with his roommates’ personal problems and had a lot of free time, it was too late for tuition. No matter how good his later results were, his previous results were already set in stone. The school would not let him take the exam again.
Four years in university passed in the blink of an eye. Now, Yang Hua was already a fourth-year student who was about to graduate. His roommates who loved to play still lived a carefree life every day, but Yang Hua, whose family conditions were very difficult, faced the pressure of employment.
Yang Hua’s university was not a good one, and his grades were not ideal, so when he was looking for a job, he was almost constantly rebuffed. However, Yang Hua was not someone who would give up easily. In the past, he could survive natural and man-made disasters. Now, he could endure the pain of being despised and ridiculed by others and keep calling for a job.
On this day, Yang Hua was alone in the dormitory, holding the job application materials sent by the school, trying one company after another.
“36784762..” Yang Hua dialed the number while reading the numbers. When the other end of the phone picked up, he immediately introduced himself enthusiastically, “Hello, is this Futai Trading? I see that you need an office assistant. I’m from Lianhua University… What? You have found the person for that position? Okay, okay, I understand.”
This wasn’t the first time Yang Hua had been rejected by the other party when he mentioned the name of the university he was studying. Although he knew that the other party’s “already hired someone” was just an excuse, he could only hang up helplessly and turn the page of the job introduction in his hand.
This time, a private insurance company called Lucky Peace appeared on the job application. Its phone number was very interesting. It was actually 3888888. Other than the first number, all the other numbers were eight. It seemed that the boss of this private company must have spent a lot of money on the telephone company in order to make people believe that it was really lucky.
Picking up the phone, Yang Hua followed the old rules and dialed the number while reading. “388888…”
Eh? How many eight did I say just now? Yang Hua stopped reading halfway. There were too many eights in this number. As he read it, he felt a little dizzy.
Four? Yang Hua thought about it and remembered a number wrongly. However, he was already prepared to dial the wrong number. In his opinion, it didn’t matter if he dialed another number because, with that kind of phone number, the call most likely wouldn’t be able to get through.
“…888.” Yang Hua pressed eight three times on the phone.
Beep-beep-beep-the phone really rang.
“Oh, I dialed the right number! It’s really rare. I didn’t expect that I would be able to guess correctly in this life.” Yang Hua mocked himself in his heart.
“Hey! Hello! This is the Luck Management Center. Who are you looking for?” The voice on the other end of the phone was a woman’s voice that Yang Hua felt was unbelievably beautiful.
Although the company name that the other party mentioned was different from what Yang Hua saw on the job application materials, he did not care too much. Following his usual routine, Yang Hua picked up the phone and introduced himself confidently, “Hello, my name is Yang Hua. I’m a student at Lianhua University. I heard that you guys…”
“What?” The voice on the other end of the phone suddenly sounded surprised. “What did you say? Who are you?”
It was the first time he had encountered such a situation when applying for a job. The other party did not ask him to report his results and information, nor did they directly refuse. Instead, they asked who he was. However, when he thought of the strange tricks that private companies often used when inspecting candidates, Yang Hua still dealt with them very carefully. He was afraid that he would lose this rare opportunity if he said something wrong.
“My name is Yang Hua. I’m a student at Lianhua University,” Yang Hua repeated what he had just said.
“What is it? A student?” The voice on the other end of the phone could only be described as shocked.
What was so strange about students? Even if they didn’t plan to recruit students, they didn’t have to be so surprised! That surprised female voice questioning made Yang Hua feel inexplicable. However, for work, he still held the phone carefully and waited for the female operator to ask after she was surprised. According to Yang Hua’s experience, the other party would either ask him to send his resume to their company or ask him to get lost.
However, this time, Yang Hua’s waiting time for the verdict was exceptionally long. After a full minute, the female operator’s voice came again. “I’m sorry, please wait a moment!” The female operator’s words once again made Yang Hua confused. She did not ask him to leave, nor did she ask him to stay. Instead, she asked him to wait for a while.
After the operator said “wait a moment”, she stopped talking. But no matter what, Yang Hua felt that compared to the direct rejection in the past, he had finally made great progress with this company’s attitude. With the last bit of hope, Yang Hua waited by the phone with anticipation.
Yang Hua had no idea how much of an impact his phone call had on the Luck Management Center. As the name suggested, the Luck Management Center was actually a place that managed the luck of all humans in the world. Since immortals and ghosts did not have luck problems, the position of the Luck Management Center traveled outside the jurisdiction of the Heavenly Court and the Netherworld. It was a branch organization that was only responsible for the human world. However, its office was located in the netherworld, so King Yama managed it.
“King Yama, King Yama!” The operator who received the call panted as she floated into King Yama’s office. What? Why did she float? She was a ghost, so, of course, she would float!
Cough cough, back to the main topic. The operator lady floated into King Yama’s office, but at this time, our respected King Yama was holding an official seal in front of a mountain of official documents.
“Hey, damn it, there was another earthquake yesterday. Hundreds of thousands died in one go. Those grandsons from the accident department said they were going home to visit their relatives, so they pushed everything onto me. I’m so busy! Next time, we must deduct all their wages!”
When King Yama saw the operator float in, he thought it was his secretary, so he continued to stamp and complain.
“King Yama, bad news!” The operator was still shouting in a panic.
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