Rebirth After Divorce

The brief winter vacation passed in a flash. At the same time, Luo Xiao officially welcomes his new semester in elementary school. Fixing his eyes on the two bustling figures inside, a smile appeared on his face and his eyes turned into a crescent shape. He yelled in a good mood, “Mom, godmother, I’ll take my leave now and go to school.”

 

“Alright, be careful on the way.” Luo Qian unhurriedly turned her head to him and said. Xu Yan also did the same after hearing his voice and bid him goodbye.

 

That’s right, thanks to Zhou Qiang’s fast work in handling things, Old mangy-head, who has always been a scrounge and liked to take advantage of women, bowed down his head in defeat at the next second. Later on, without needing anyone to tell him what to do, he approached Xu Yan’s younger brother Xu Lin, and demanded him to give back the money he had paid to him as a payment for his request before.

 

But who would have thought that money would be all spent cleanly by this guy Xu Li? So he couldn’t give back any money to Old mangy-head.

 

This is good, Xu Li has no money to give back to Old mangy-head. Aside from this, Luo Xiao also learned that those punks hadn’t received their payment yet from him, so the situation became even worse. In Xu Lin’s mind, he gnashed his teeth hard as his resentment towards Xu Yan intensified.

 

It was a pity for him that he was the same kind of person as Yu Jun, who is only tough on the outside but cowardly on the inside. After getting the news that Xu Yan is now staying at Luo Qian’s house and that Luo Qian’s brother-in-law is a police officer, the anger in his heart rose even more. If he had known beforehand that Xu Yan was friends with those kinds of people, he wouldn’t have needs to come to this point. As the saying goes, as one person achieve Dao, that person’s chickens and dogs also rise to heaven.1Riding on to some else’s success

 

That woman even had the guts to purposely not let him know about this thing. His parents were so good to take Xu Yan as their own daughter because they still didn’t know good back then. This is simply raising a white-eyed wolf!

 

Not bothering about Xu Li’s discontented feelings, Xu Yan is so happy that she decided to hide her friendship with Luo Qian from her family, or else she wouldn’t know what would happen to her now.

 

Xu Li also didn’t have the courage to go against Zhou Qiang, so he could only opt for the option of selling things inside the house in secret, which helped him pay off the money he owed to Old mangy-head and those punks.

 

Back to Xu Yan, she now felt at ease and no longer rejected the proposal of the two to stay in Luo Qian’s house after they kept persuading her several times. Since she has no son or daughter and is very fond of children, she easily called Luo Xiao good son too. Recognizing Luo Xiao as her godson, it goes without saying how peaceful and warm the life of the three of them have.

 

Taking into account of the chaotic things that happens for the past few days, Xu Yan was forced to quit her job. She is now jobless and is searching for a new job. The problem is, she couldn’t find a right job for herself.

 

Luo Xiao looked at the frowning appearance of Xu Yan, and having been determined what kind of personality she have after spending time with her for the past few days, so at seemingly accidental timing, he spoke to Luo Qian with a hidden meaning, “Mom, what are you doing? Godmother’s cooking is superb, and it tastes so good when compared to the snacks and the likes my little uncle and I got from the City S!”

 

“This, I really didn’t notice it until you mentioned it.” Luo Qian picked it up with chopsticks and tasted it carefully, “It really tastes good, how did you cook it?”

 

“Aiyo, you mother and son, don’t tease me. How could it be so good?” Even though Xu Yan was very happy to hear them praise, she didn’t take it seriously.

 

Luo Qian contemplated about it at the right time and thought of how much money her little brother spent to buy those snacks from City S. Although the brand is well known, the taste is not as good as Xu Yan’s cooking in her own opinion. Starting from the time she got a divorce, her horizons had broadened by a large margin. So after hesitating for a bit, she still made up her mind.

 

“Yanzi, I have one thing I want to talk to you about.” Luo Qian spoke to Xu Yan in a solemn manner.

 

Xu Yan took a look at her solemn face and quickly responded, “Qian, just say it directly. You don’t have to worry about me.”

 

“I am planning on opening a shop with you.”

 

“Opening a shop?” Xu Yan was taken aback upon hearing her words, “But, with just us two women?”

 

“Yes, what’s wrong with us being women? We can also become successful!” Luo Qian was not convinced. “What do you think? Do you want to come with me to do it and show those people who want to see us make a fool of ourselves that women are not inferior men!”

 

“…Good!” Xu Yan hesitated for a few seconds, but gnashed her teeth and nodded as a response. In the next second, she said with concern, “But, Qian, opening a shop needs a lot of money. With only us two…”

 

“This money, I have to think of a way to get it.” After hearing what she said, Luo Qian calmed down quickly. What Xu Yan said is right. Judging from their present condition, it is really impossible to pull out that kind of money to open a shop.

 

Luo Xiao watched things unfold in the direction he expected without saying a sound from the side. When he saw them worrying about money, he knew it was the time for him to step in.

 

Luo Xi straightened his feet and moved closer to Luo Qian’s side purposely in a coy manner. Then he pulled the corner of her clothes, saying with hesitation, “This, mom, I, I have money.”

 

“What?” It is clear that Luo Qian didn’t believe his words, “Xiaoxiao, don’t join in to joke on mom, okay?”

 

The corner of Luo Xiao’s mother hooked up upon hearing this. How come he has no idea that he has the ability to joke?

 

“Mom, I’m not joking around. I really have money.” Luo Xiao once again said.

 

“Are you telling the truth?” Luo Qian still couldn’t believe it but a thought flashed through her mind, and her heart skipped a beat. “Xiaoxiao, answers mom honestly, did you go out to steal money or do bad things?”

 

“Mom!” Luo Xiao felt helpless at this moment. Although he knows that words from a kid like him are not convincing and authoritative, there is no need to think of him like this, right?

 

“Uh, it’s mom’s fault for saying something bad.” Looking at her son’s defensive eyes, a slight guilt struck Luo Qian. Luo Xiao is her own son. Isn’t she the most clear about her son’s virtue? So she quickly shifted the topic, “That, Xiao Xiao, where is your money?”

 

Noticing his mother’s perfunctory tone while asking him, Luo Xiao still led them inside his room although he felt helpless. He intentionally inched under his bed, and then took the chance to take out the things he had wanting to take out of the space long ago.

 

“Mom, godmother, look.” Luo Xiao raised the object held in his hand and showed it to the two of them.

 

Luo Qian and Xu Yan went up to take a closer look, and both of them looked at the thing in extreme surprise at the same time: this is…

 

“Xiaoxiao, speak to mom, where did you get this gold bracelet and how did you get it?” Luo Qian lowered her upper body, both of her hands were holding Luo Xiao’s shoulders, and she was looking at him with a pair of earnest eyes as she asked word by word.

 

Meanwhile, Xu Yan hastily moved towards the window on the side and pulled down the tightly lifted curtain at one stroke. Looking at the dim room inside, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

 

Two pairs of eyes were staring at him, but at this moment Luo Xiao couldn’t help but twitch the corner of his mouth. Inwardly, he was rejoicing. Luckily, they didn’t know the existence of the treasures hidden in his space that were worth about hundreds of millions, or else they might faint in shock. It must be known that the thing he took out this time was the cheapest thing he found after searching through the piles of treasures.

 

“Mom, I picked it up.”

 

“Picked it up?” Luo Qian clearly didn’t believe his words, “Xiaoxiao, this thing is not cheap.”

 

Luo Xiao nodded, “I’m aware that thing is not cheap. That’s why I picked up this thing and brought it back home after I saw it.”

 

“This is not good. A valuable thing like that must’ve been dropped by someone accidentally, and we have to give it back. You know, the person who lost is certainly very worried right now.”

 

“But mom, I picked this thing on the town’s west mountain. Besides, I picked this up a long time ago, but no one came to find me looking for it so far.” Luo Xiao added, “Another thing, there’s no news that someone has lost a valuable thing like this thing recently.”

 

“What you said is right, however…” Luo Qian still can’t get over it in her heart. She lacks money now, but she can’t be righteous to use this money that came from an unidentified source for her own benefit ah.

 

At Xu Yan’s side, she gnashed her teeth and spoke to Luo Qian, “Qian, you are also aware of how the living standards of people living in our town are in the end. I personally think that this thing is not lost by one of the people in our town.”

 

“Besides, Luo Xiao had also given his statement that he got this thing from the town’s west mountain. Both of us knew that this mountain was known to all the people in the town as a deserted place. So it goes without saying that no one goes there at normal times. In my own opinion, since this thing was picked up by Xiaoxiao, it was fated to happen by God, and we’re lucky to get on this kind of blessing.”

 

Luo Qian carefully thought about it. This gold bracelet looks like it doesn’t belong to any of the people inside the town and no foreigners also come to their town these days. On top of that, if a person from their town had the intention of going to the west mountain, they have to pass along the east side of the town’s main road. And if a person passes through it, the whole two will immediately know about it in less than a day’s time. So from the looks of it, this was indeed picked up by Xiaoxiao by luck!

 

“Mom, I know this is not cheap, but do you have any idea about its price value?” Luo Xiao deliberately took out the gold bracelet and asked with a false, clueless look.

 

Luo Qian received the gold bracelet from Luo Xiao’s hand with a tensed expression, attentively weighted it, and then gulped subconsciously. She spoke with a trace of eagerness in her voice, “Conservatively estimating it, this gold bracelet should be about three to four hundred dollars.”

 

“Huh? Is that true?” Xu Yan listened and was startled by the price, “If it’s really worth about three or four hundred, then our shop…”

 

“Mom, is this gold bracelet enough to help you open a shop?” Luo Xiao tilted his head and inquired.

 

“Enough, enough, enough.” Luo Qian nodded her head vigorously.

 

Later on, Luo Qian and Xu Yan quietly took time to see a tractor and visit the City S in search for many days. At last, they finally settled in a gold shop with the fairest price to sell the gold bracelet.

 

Unexpectedly, the gold bracelet was sold off for a higher price, about fifty or sixty yuan higher than their initial conservative estimation.

 

Having this kind amount of money in hand, Luo Qian and Xu Yan finally opened a shop after working hard. Because the money used to open the shop was Luo Xiao’s, the two decided that the shop would belong to Luo Xiao when he becomes an adult.

 

Although Luo Xiao rejected it again and again after knowing their decision, it was still a done deal. So just like that, he got his first asset before the new school year could even begin.

 

After Luo Xiao got into school, everyone in the classroom was almost there. His good friends Hao Ren and Fan Lie were the ones to notice him first after he entered the classroom. Looking at his friends who had changed slightly, a faint emotion appeared in Luo Xi’s heart for a moment.

 

Accompanied by the sound of a ringing bell, the class teacher entered the classroom with a transferee student. Setting his eyes on the person who was standing in front of the podium, Luo Xiao has a feeling: his future school life will be not peaceful…

 

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