Lei Wujie had no idea what Xiao Se was thinking. When he came closer and saw Xiao Se's grim expression, he hurriedly forced out an explanation. "Xiao Se, this is the Divine Calculator. I hired him as our guide!"
Hearing the title Divine Calculator reminded Xiao Se of the rumors they'd heard nearby. He immediately guessed what had happened and said sourly, "You didn't go ask him to tell your fortune and end up owing him money again, did you?"
Lei Wujie hadn't expected Xiao Se to figure it out at a glance, so he tried to keep his composure as he replied, "I did owe him money, of course, but I really did hire him to guide us, too. Neither of us knows the way, and in all this snow and ice, who knows how long it'll take us to reach Snow Moon City? Who could know the roads better than the Divine Calculator?"
Xiao Se was left speechless. He simply asked, "All right, how much silver do you have this time?"
Lei Wujie held up one finger and said sheepishly, "Guess how much?"
Seeing the smug look on Lei Wujie's face, Xiao Se asked suspiciously, "Ten taels? You managed to hire a guide for ten taels? You've got a pretty quick head on your shoulders this time."
Lei Wujie nearly choked on the cold air and started coughing. After catching his breath, he hurriedly said, "It was a hundred taels! That was for the fortune-telling. I still have to pay him separately to guide us."
Hearing that Lei Wujie had spent a hundred taels on a fortune, Xiao Se said in exasperation, "You spent a hundred taels to have your fortune told? Even the Taoist priests at the Imperial Observatory in Tianqi City wouldn't dare charge that much."