Chapter 200

Amaze All Who See (1)

Jiang Xiaoman cried as she exited the barbershop. Zhang Xinhua had gone home with his father, and now only she and Yu Qingshi were left.

The little girl cried amidst the wind. Her eyes and nose were red, and her eyelashes were trembling from bean sized teardrops. She looked very pitiful.

Yu Qingshi looked at her for a while and said, “Don’t cry.”

“Wuu wuu wuu!” Her nose wrinkled and she kept on crying. She couldn’t control herself at all!

“Be scientific, don’t be so superstitious.” Yu Qingshi said, “This is what the teacher taught us, and it’s also mentioned on the school bulletin. Why would you be afraid?”

Jiang Xiaoman wiped her tears and explained, "But my uncle and my grandma are superstitious."

Yu Qingshi fell silent.

Jiang Xiaoman said again, "I don't want my uncle to meet a disaster."

Yu Qingshi looked at her with pity and took her hand to comfort her, "Don't be afraid, as long as your uncle comes home safely today, that means that this is not true at all. Adults are very strange, and they always have many strange taboos."

"That's all the rules laid down by the ancestors."

"There are so many ancestral rules."

"Yes." Jiang Xiaoman looked at him, feeling that she had met a soulmate, but she still wanted to cry.

Uncle would most likely be fine, but she was the one who would come across a disaster.

Jiang Xiaoman said in a low voice, "But I don't want to come across a disaster myself."

Seeing her worries, Yu Qingshi was willing to take a knife for a friend again.

"Don't be afraid, if your grandma beats you, just say that I cut your hair. This way you won't be beaten."

What he said was right.

"..."

Jiang Xing was so surprised that he almost fell off his chair.

Jiang Xiumei was the most superstitious person in the Jiang family. She also put down her chopsticks immediately and her heart was beating faster. She clutched her chest and said aiyo twice.

"Xiaoman, tell me, when did you have it cut?"

"Just today..."

Jiang Xiumei choked, and Jiang Xing immediately went silent.

At this moment, many thoughts flashed through Jiang Xing's mind.

He thought of the hair that he had sent to be tested. If the result came out right now and they turned out to not be related by blood, would he be spared from the calamity?

No no, that’s not right. The result wouldn't come out so quickly, he needed to wait at least one or two months.

Jiang Xiaoman was already crying wuu wuu wuu, but unexpectedly, Grandma didn't hit her this time.

Jiang Xiumei and Jiang Xing whispered, "It's okay, don't be afraid. They have no blood relations anyways... "

Jiang Xing nodded with all his strength, but his hands and legs were still shaking.

After eating, the mother and son launched an emergency response to the incident.

The superstitious Jiang Xiumei grabbed a handful of ash from who knows where and sprinkled them in the yard. She drew a random abstract pattern and lit a stick of incense, her mouth mumbling, chanting who knows what.

Jiang Xing was a bit more scientific.

He took Jiang Xiaoman and went to a barber shop again to get her hair reconnected.

Jiang Xing looked at Jiang Xiaoman and said, "Don't be afraid, it's okay. We need to be scientific, don't be superstitious. Just reconnect the hair, and the matter can be considered as if nothing happened.”

Jiang Xiaoman nodded.