To The Lovely You

  Because she can't drive, Lan Xier had to take the bus and subway when she was working.

   It’s just that in a sparsely populated place like Adelaide, public transportation is not as convenient as China. Sometimes, even waiting for a bus can take up to an hour.

   In this way, she spends most of her time on the road. In addition, the intensity of part-time work is very high, and I work two or three jobs at the same time, and sometimes I don't sleep for a few hours a day. After a long time, her body, which was not very good, gradually became unbearable.

  It was during that time that Alex noticed her weakness and asked with concern what was going on. When he learned that Lan Xier had to wait for an hour every day for the bus, he took the initiative to offer to pick her up to and from get off work.

   "No, you also have your own affairs to be busy with." Lan Xi'er knows that it is not easy for every international student here - except for the rich second generation.

  A foreigner like Alex became completely independent when he was 18 years old. No matter how rich his family was, he would not give him a penny. All living expenses depended on his own work.

But Alex insisted: "Xi'er, don't be polite to me, I'm on the way anyway. Your working time is similar to mine, and the location is not far away... Besides, you are a girl who leaves early and returns late. It’s not safe, and it’s not good if someone is staring at it.”

   In the face of his insistence, Lan Xier was not too embarrassed to refuse. And the latter safety factor that Alex mentioned was indeed what she was worried about. Sometimes she would be alone at the bus stop after get off work at night, especially in the middle of the night in winter, she was really scared.

   "Then... I'll trouble you." Lan Xi'er finally accepted his kindness.

   Unexpectedly, something happened just a few days later...

   It was an early spring night, and that night Lan Xier worked in a bar that was well-known among foreigners. Usually, she is responsible for serving drinks and so on. Although she has to stay up late, her work intensity is not too high.

   That night she felt that something was wrong with herself, she always made mistakes, and she was groggy. She didn't remember a single thing the guests ordered.

   Fortunately, those were regular customers, and they didn't care too much about her, just complained a little bit. Lan Xier smiled and apologized to them again and again, and it was all over.

   But when she was about to get off work, she was about to go home after serving the last table of customers, when she encountered a group of gangsters.

   Those gangsters looked like they had just finished drinking or smoking du, and were very excited. Singing and dancing in the bar, it's like it's wound up and can't stop.

  Usually Lan Xier would deliberately lower her gaze when she met this kind of guests, and try not to look at them, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble.

   She was the same that night, but even so, the trouble came to her.

   "Hey, it doesn't seem like this is what we just ordered!" A boy with a braided head blocked her way, with a malicious smile on his face.

   "I'm sorry, maybe I made a mistake." Lan Xi'er took a step back alertly and apologized very sincerely. Because she knew that in this place, such a teenage rebellious youth was the last thing to mess with.

   "Is it okay to apologize?" The boy leaned closer to her, looked at her carefully, and his tone became more frivolous, "Unless you accompany us for a few drinks, then forget it."