Divine Lucky Star
Chapter 409 - Chapter 409 Chapter 408 The Girl Next Door

Chapter 409: Chapter 408: The Girl Next Door Chapter 409: Chapter 408: The Girl Next Door “The name Wang Hao is like thunder piercing the ears!”

Could it be…

He didn’t pay attention to what they said next, but carefully examined Du Jialing’s face. After a few glances, Wang Hao finally confirmed–this non-mainstream girl was indeed his childhood friend, the girl next door he had grown up with!

This is something I have to intervene in!

“Hey, hold on a moment,” Wang Hao stopped Du Jialing just as she was about to fight back. After a closer look, he was certain it was her. Wang Hao asked, “Are you Du Jialing? Do you remember me?”

“Who are you?” Du Jialing was already in a bad mood, naturally not mincing her words: “Let go of me right now! Otherwise, I’m calling the police!” She struggled fiercely, but after she saw Wang Hao’s face clearly, she suddenly froze: “Wait, you are… you are… why do you look familiar?”

“I’m Wang Hao!” Wang Hao said urgently, “The one who used to play with you in the mud when we were kids! Do you remember? That time you got your clothes dirty playing with mud dolls, I accompanied you home because I was afraid you would get scolded, and I told Auntie it was me. I got a good beating from my dad afterward!”

“You’re Brother Hao?” Du Jialing was totally shocked this time. She vigorously rubbed her eyes and took another careful look at Wang Hao, finally confirming: “You are Brother Hao! What are you doing here?!”

“I was just having breakfast here,” Wang Hao carefully observed Du Jialing and then glanced at the two youths, asking, “What’s going on here? I haven’t seen you for years, and you’ve changed so much?”

“Brother… Brother Hao!” Now that she had someone she could really talk to, Du Jialing threw herself into Wang Hao’s arms, crying, “My family is about to go bankrupt, wooo wooo…”

It was as if she was releasing several years of grievances, burying her head in Wang Hao’s arms and wailing loudly.

Back when she was our neighbor, her family was very well off. Later, due to business reasons, they moved away, and we lost contact. Who could have imagined running into her here, and in such a terrible state?

“Hey, who the fuck are you?” Seeing Du Jialing catching up with Wang Hao like old times, the two young men suddenly grew agitated. The one who had mentioned taking over earlier said, “What, are you trying to steal her away? Let me tell you, I’ve set my sights on Du Jialing. Believe it or not, I’ll smash your head in right now.”

“Young man, don’t be so impulsive,” Wang Hao glanced at the man and scoffed, “You’re Jialing’s classmate, huh? Listen to my advice, the world is so wonderful, and yet you’re so aggressive. This isn’t good, you know…”

“Fuck, are you still here acting all high and mighty?” The man grabbed a soda bottle and squared up, “This has nothing to do with you. Get the hell out of here now, or I’ll bust your head wide open!”

It looked like there wouldn’t be a proper conversation until these two fools were dealt with.

Wang Hao let go of Du Jialing, stepped forward, and suddenly grabbed both men by the collar. With a pull, he lifted them both by their necks: “Young man, being too hot-blooded isn’t good. How about I throw you both out so you can have a proper think about your lives?”

Although he was only twenty-four himself, he spoke like a much older man.

Du Jialing, who had been crying her eyes out just moments before, suddenly burst out laughing.

“Let me go!” Both men, caught red-handed, began to struggle, shouting, “Put us down now!”

“Look at you two, acting like huskies,” Wang Hao held them up with a grin, “You only have one option now – sit down and behave, or else I can assure you things will get very unlucky for you!”

He was actually going easy on them, as from their conversation, these two fools seemed to be Jialing’s classmates. He could easily take them down himself, but he didn’t want to cause trouble for Du Jialing, so a good scare should suffice.

“Alright, alright,” they were just students after all, and quickly lost their nerve, “Brother, please just put us down!”

“That’s more like it,” Wang Hao nodded with satisfaction and let the two men down, finally having a chance to get to the matter at hand: “Jialing, what’s the actual situation? Talk to me, I’ll see if I can help somehow.”

“I… I’ll wash my face first,” Du Jialing’s makeup was now ruined from crying, and seeing her childhood friend, Brother Hao, she suddenly felt a bit shy, almost like she was from the Funeral of Love tribe: “Brother Hao, wait for me a moment.”

She said and went into the restroom. Quickly washing up and coming back out, Wang Hao looked at her and burst into laughter.

Well, apart from her hair, which couldn’t be helped at the moment, Du Jialing had finally regained her sweet and pretty look, truly beautiful. If one didn’t consider her non-mainstream hairstyle and looked just at her face, she was indeed worthy of being called a great beauty, almost rivaling Jiang Ruoyun, no wonder she attracted so much attention.

“Now that’s much better,” Wang Hao chuckled, “You can’t keep doing this, you know. I find you much more pleasant to look at now than before!”

“Ah, it’s just more pleasant, I suppose,” Du Jialing sighed lightly, finally starting to open up to Wang Hao, “Brother Hao, you know my family used to run that air conditioning manufacturing company, right? The market has been really bad these past two years, and we’ve barely gotten any orders. My dad even thought about dropping the prices, but that would mean even greater losses. This whole year, not only did our company not make a single penny, but we also ended up losing over five million. Sigh, it’s gotten to the point where my parents can hardly eat, and I’ve been worrying every day…”