They say your zodiac year brings bad luck. But at the New Year’s ancestral ceremony, I tossed eighteen divination blocks in a row and got a perfect answer every time. The Chaoshan business tycoons went wild with excitement! Every one of them wanted to become my godparent. The clan elders treated me like a precious treasure, saying, “Our ancestors have answered our prayers! Girl, from now on, all of Chaoshan will have your back!”
I’d grown up far from home. I just thought the old folks were superstitious, so I smiled, bowed my head, and didn’t take it seriously.
Then, after the holiday, I went back to work and ran into the unspoken rules of the workplace. My boss’s nephew got drunk on a business trip, trapped me in a room, and tried to force himself on me. I’d rather die than give in. Screaming, I grabbed the man and plunged with him from the balcony. When I woke up, I’d been taken straight to the police station. The boss arrived with a top lawyer, looking so furious he seemed ready to kill me on the spot. With nowhere else to turn, I finally called that number through my tears. “Grandpa, please save me...”
