This time, not only were Luo A'man and her brother stunned, but even Luo Zhong looked up at her.
Jiang Jin's face remained expressionless. "Therefore, for those who join my team, life, death, and whether you stay or leave will no longer be up to you. You must obey orders; military orders are absolute."
"In other words, if you disobey orders or violate discipline, I have the right to decide your life and death."
Luo A'man and her brother exchanged a glance. They didn't fully grasp the depth of Jiang Jin's words, but they understood the core message.
The two hesitated for a moment before deciding to follow Jiang Jin.
As long as they were obedient, they would have enough to eat. Where else could they find such a good deal? As for fighting in a war, they weren't really afraid of it.
Not to mention, they could even bring their parents along.
If their previous motivation for becoming guards was just to eat their fill and live a better life, they now felt a sense of belonging to this team.
Remembering something, Luo A'man hesitated but still spoke up, "My lady, there is one thing I must make clear. I... I..."
She gritted her teeth, closed her eyes, and blurted out as if risking it all, "I am a jinx. I have been incredibly unlucky since I was a child."
Jiang Jin raised an eyebrow slightly, intrigued. "Tell me about it."
Back in the 25th century, she had a comrade who was also a jinx—the type who would eat instant noodles only to find no fork, or go to the bathroom and find no toilet paper.
Put it this way: whenever this unlucky comrade bought electronic products, they never lasted more than three days because they were guaranteed to break within that time.
She had never won a lottery. Not believing in this bad luck, everyone once specially organized a lottery with a 100% win rate. In the end, she drew a blank slip.
Everyone was dumbfounded at the time, not understanding where the blank slip came from. After an investigation, they discovered that a blank slip had accidentally been mixed in when the lottery tickets were put into the box, and then...
Luo A'man had already started talking about her unlucky constitution. "I trip while walking on flat ground, and when I go up the mountain, I accidentally run into venomous snakes or hornets."
"However, it's not too serious. After all, I've grown this big and am still safe and sound," she quickly promised with a wide grin, revealing her half-missing front tooth.
Jiang Jin asked, "...Your front tooth?"
Luo A'man explained nonchalantly, "Oh, this. About half a year ago, I was squatting in the yard eating wild vegetable paste. For some reason, a bird flew over and dropped a turd right into my bowl."
"That was wild vegetable paste! Back then, my family still had some coarse grains, so it was wild vegetable paste mixed with coarse grains. With a turd dropped in the bowl, tell me, should I have eaten it or not?"
"I was so angry that I picked up a stone and stood up to throw it at the bird. But I stood up too fast, accidentally tripped, and coincidentally smashed my front tooth against the bowl."
She looked heartbroken as she spoke. "It's a pity my bowl broke. It was a bowl with only two chips in it, the best bowl in my house."
Jiang Jin was speechless. Shouldn't the focus be on her tooth?
Just as she was thinking this, an unidentified object suddenly landed on Luo A'man's head with a splat.
Everyone looked up and saw a flock of wild geese flying across the sky.
Everyone was speechless. Could this unlucky constitution be any more ridiculous?
With a dollop of bird poop on her head, Luo A'man remained very calm. "It's fine, it's fine. Someone has already suffered my worst bad luck for today."
She completely ignored the bird poop on her head, having gotten used to it anyway, and planned to wash her hair in the river later before going home.
The crowd didn't understand what she meant by that.
Jiang Jin, however, vaguely understood. "The hornets?"
Luo A'man nodded. Now she was truly a bit anxious. It would be one thing if only she were unlucky, but the problem was that her bad luck was contagious!
For a person like her, growing old alone would be the best protection for others. The woman in front of her probably, possibly, maybe wouldn't want her anymore.
But Jiang Jin became even more interested. "Tell me the details."
Luo A'man bit her lip. "Well, if you're more than three feet away from me, you'll be fine. Within three feet, it's usually just minor bad luck. If there's physical contact, then... I can't guarantee you won't end up with a broken arm or leg."
Saying this, she quickly promised, "Rest assured, it has never cost anyone their life!"
Everyone was speechless. A broken arm or leg could very well cost someone their life!
Everyone silently took two steps back, putting more distance between themselves and Luo A'man.
Although they didn't know if it was true, the dollop of bird poop was still on her head, making her claim highly credible.
Luo Zhong suddenly let out a gasp of realization. "No wonder ever since Luo Jian and Zhang Yue moved into your house, accidents have been happening one after another."
"Luo Jian's mother broke her leg, Luo Jian broke his arm, Zhang Yue smashed her forehead earlier and got stung by hornets today, and her parents and younger brother are all either injured or sick!"
He knew Luo A'man had been unlucky since childhood, but he truly didn't know it was contagious. No wonder her parents and brother always stayed far away from her.
She rarely had close contact with others in her daily life either. He used to think she just had a withdrawn personality, but it turned out this was the reason!
Luo A'man waved her hands to explain, "My bad luck isn't an everyday thing. Look, their two families have been living at my house for over two months, and only five of them have gone down. Sister Zhang Yue is still perfectly fine!"
Everyone was speechless. It would have been better if you hadn't explained.
With Zhang Yue's face swollen like a pig's head, how did you have the nerve to say she was perfectly fine?
Jiang Jin couldn't help but ask, "Do you hold a grudge against them?"
If she was harming people for no reason while fully aware of her condition, that would be morally problematic.
Luo A'man looked a bit embarrassed. "I suppose you could call it a grudge. Luo Jian is my fiancé, but he and Zhang Yue love to hug and cuddle, and they always tell me they just see each other as brother and sister. It disgusts me to death."
"Especially Sister Zhang Yue. She loves being intimate with Luo Jian right in front of me, as if she's afraid I wouldn't know they are having an affair."
"I asked to break off the engagement, but he refused. Hah, it's nothing more than him and his widowed mother wanting my family's support."
Over two months ago, Luo Jian brought his cousin Zhang Yue to Luo A'man's house, claiming that having more people around meant they could look out for each other.
At that time, Luo A'man had already noticed Luo Jian and Zhang Yue making eyes at each other, so she proposed breaking off the engagement.
But Luo Jian stubbornly refused. "A'man, you need to be more magnanimous as a person. Cousin A'yue is so fragile and pitiful. I just see her as a sister and take extra care of her, that's all. Stop being unreasonable."
It thoroughly disgusted Luo A'man. Now he was pushing his luck even further by bringing his cousin's entire family to live at her house. Where did he get the audacity?
Since that was the case, they couldn't blame her for being ruthless. She might as well use their two families to share the burden of her unlucky constitution.
Speaking of which, over these past two months, she hadn't gotten injured much. She felt like life finally had something to look forward to.
The medical fees for Luo Zhong to treat their broken legs and injuries from their bad luck were even paid by her family. She felt she was being incredibly merciful, kind, and magnanimous.
Jiang Jin couldn't help but twitch the corner of her mouth. "If no one takes the fall for you, wouldn't you frequently break your arms and legs?"
If what Luo A'man said was true, then Luo Jian and Zhang Yue deserved no sympathy. Scum like them who tried to have it both ways while playing innocent probably wouldn't be liked by anyone.
She thought Luo A'man handled it quite well. Since they were bullying her right to her face, there was nothing wrong with recycling trash to her advantage.
Luo A'man shook her head. "No. I am unlucky myself, but it usually doesn't reach the point of breaking arms or legs."
Jiang Jin nodded at this. That was fine then.
She looked at Luo A'man, feeling more and more satisfied the longer she looked. If this unlucky constitution were placed right in front of the enemy, the power of it?!
It would be comparable to a biological weapon!
