Within a minute, Beibei was transported from the One city precinct to the headquarters in Beijing. Liwu was frankly relieved to see Beibei and her mother gone.
By the time she returned to the beach, word of her suggestion to Beibei had already spread and her colleagues were laughing.
"Only you Bad Luck Tai, only you." Xuanji giggled.
Liwu rolled her eyes. "Hey, its not like I handed her a list of assistants to hire. It just seemed to me like she was struggling to balance everything on her own."
The officer that had replaced her got up and she sat down. For a second, she crossed her fingers and whispered, "No red systems, no systems."
Somewhere in the back of her mind, Liwu heard the universe laughing loudly. She could feel it in the air, her bad luck was churning like butter. A furious mother shoved a ten year old boy forward, practically planting him in the chair opposite Liwu.
