The Forty-Second Chapter

"How do you want to calculate it?" Xu Yonglin asked with a smile.

Liu Mumu placed three coins in his hand and said, "Just shake them."

Xu Yonglin clicked his tongue and shook his head. This was too perfunctory, but he still shook the coins and spread them out for Liu Mumu to see, asking, "Don't you need to shake them a few more times?"

He remembered that Three Coins should be shaken six times.

"Just a casual calculation, no need to be so formal," Liu Mumu replied casually. She nudged the coins in Xu Yonglin's hand. "Let's see your recent luck."

Xu Yonglin waited to hear her fortune-telling.

"Hmm... your luck hasn't been very good lately."

Here it comes, the most basic routine, starting with a setback to build up. Whether this girl is good at fortune-telling or not, she's certainly skilled at routines.

"How so?" Xu Yonglin asked cooperatively.

Liu Mumu tapped the coins with one hand and looked up to meet his gaze. "Imprisonment is imminent."

The moment he met her empty eyes, devoid of any emotional fluctuation, Xu Yonglin couldn't help but shiver. He instinctively took a step back, a grown man startled by a little girl.

"What, what do you mean?"

Liu Mumu withdrew her hand, her expression showing no unusual behavior.

"Isn't it obvious? You're going to be arrested. Not only will you face imprisonment, but your life will be short. I'm afraid you won't make it out of prison alive."

Even though he was convinced Liu Mumu was just using a routine on him, anyone would feel uneasy hearing such words.

Besides, the work he did with his brother was the kind that could cost him his head. The possibility of being arrested wasn't entirely unfounded.

Xu Yonglin's Adam's apple bobbed. He let out a dry laugh, "Is there any way to break this?"

Liu Mumu stared at him for a few seconds, thinking he had a good temper.

If it were someone else she didn't know, they would probably try to hit her after hearing such words.

"Yes," Liu Mumu smiled. "But as I said, you might not believe me anyway. Why don't we talk about your imprisonment?"

"Okay, tell me."

"You're not being arrested for a crime you committed yourself, but you're implicated. However, the charges are serious, and you'll basically spend the rest of your life in prison. Unfortunately, your fate is poor; your remaining life will be pitifully short." Liu Mumu glanced at him, her tone neither sympathetic nor mocking.

"Is that all?"

This kind of statement wasn't excessive. The more sensational the prediction, the higher the price would be when it came time to offer a solution.

Xu Yonglin believed he had seen through her routine.

Liu Mumu could tell he didn't trust her, and she continued, "Not long after you're arrested, your younger sister will die."

Xu Yonglin chuckled, "I don't have a younger sister."

Liu Mumu tilted her head and asked, "Do you really not have a younger sister?"

As their eyes met, Xu Yonglin felt as if she could see into his mind. His heart skipped a beat, and the smile on his face gradually disappeared.

His only blood relative was his brother, Xu Yongshuang.

However, he did have a younger sister.

She was the daughter of his adoptive father and mother. He had lived with his adoptive parents and younger sister for over ten years.

"An-and then?" Xu Yonglin's voice trembled slightly.

"She has no other relatives. She was discovered days after her death. Eventually, someone contacted you, who had already been arrested. You were desperate and full of regret, wanting to confess everything, but you suddenly died."

"That's it?"

"You still don't seem to believe me," Liu Mumu said.

Xu Yonglin remained silent. This time, he dared not believe.

Liu Mumu pulled out the wooden plaque hanging around her neck and dangled it in front of him. "Do you think this makes my words more credible?"

His gaze sharpened. "Diviner's... License?"

When he was adopted by his adoptive parents, he actually had some childhood memories. He had been raised in a large family before, and during festivals, people would come to pay their respects. He had seen this wooden plaque with his own eyes.

The elders in the family told him it was called a Diviner's License, and anyone who possessed this license was a very powerful fortune teller.

The reason he remembered it so clearly was that the guest at the time had glanced at him and said to his elder, "This child's fate is not very good."

Later, the family fell into ruin, and he was sent to be adopted by his adoptive parents. Then, he was arrested for defrauding people for money. He thought his life was proof enough that his fate was bad.

So... it wasn't just that?

"Are you a diviner?" A chill crawled up Xu Yonglin's spine.

This Diviner's License meant that what she had just said wasn't a scam to get money, but the truth.

"Are you one of them?" Xu Yonglin suddenly asked.

"Huh?" Liu Mumu looked bewildered. "Who are they?"

"...The police?" Liu Mumu's expression made Xu Yonglin hesitate. Was he wrong?

"Do I look like a police officer? I'm so young, how old do you think I am?" Liu Mumu was particularly unhappy. Did she look that old? She hadn't even graduated yet!

Xu Yonglin leaned back slightly. There was no need to get so excited; he was just guessing.

"You weren't specifically waiting for me?"

"I live there," Liu Mumu pointed to the residential area that had thwarted Xu Yonglin's previous attempt. "Didn't I tell you?"

"Then why did you tell my fortune?" This was what Xu Yonglin couldn't understand. The chance of meeting a diviner just by going out these days was as low as the chance of a discus falling from the sky.

"Do I need a reason to tell fortunes?" Liu Mumu retorted righteously.

Xu Yonglin thought about it. When they, Gu Masters, placed Gu on someone, they still needed a reason. But for diviners, if they were in a good mood, they'd cast a divination; if they were in a bad mood, they'd also cast a divination. There really was no logic to it.

He decided not to dwell on the issue and sincerely asked, "Then... Master, is there any hope for my situation?"

He paused, then added, "Even if you can't save me, saving my sister would be fine."

"The only one who can save her is you. I can't help. Before that, you should be thinking about how to save yourself. If you die, your sister definitely won't survive."

"I..." Xu Yonglin hesitated.

Just then, his phone rang again.

He picked it up and glanced at it. The name Xu Yongshuang flashed on the screen.

Liu Mumu glanced at the screen and said to him, "You only have one chance to choose. If you miss it, there won't be another."

Xu Yonglin gripped his phone. At this moment, he seemed to have made a decision. "I understand."

Liu Mumu extended her hand to him. "Divination fee."

Xu Yonglin placed the crumpled ten-yuan bill in her hand. Looking at the amount, he felt a bit embarrassed. "Um, I didn't bring more money with me when I went out."

He understood the rules. For a diviner to cast a destiny, ten yuan wasn't even enough for a punctuation mark.

"It's fine," Liu Mumu looked at him and said meaningfully, "There's plenty of time in the future. Whatever you're thinking of, it's best to do it now, lest it be too late."

Xu Yonglin nodded heavily. "Master, I have an urgent matter, so I'll take my leave. If... if there's a chance, I'll visit you again."

Making this decision was difficult, but as he turned, he felt a sense of relief.

The few words from this young master who appeared out of nowhere had solidified his resolve.

Watching Xu Yonglin leave, Liu Mumu turned and slipped, falling directly to the ground.

Fortunately, she was wearing thick clothes in winter, so it didn't hurt much.

Home was within reach, but the road home felt impossibly far.

By the time Xu Yonglin appeared outside the residential area of Dong Zhenghao's home, the news had already been relayed back.

The police officer who was supposed to continue monitoring him for a while discovered Liu Mumu approaching.

This officer was under Fang Chuan. Everyone in their department knew Liu Mumu. She was the one who had boldly declared she would handle their Consultant Yan, yet she wasn't rejected and could even stroll into Consultant Yan's office whenever she pleased. She was highly respected.

Thus, the news of Liu Mumu contacting the suspect was immediately sent to Fang Chuan.

"Did you tell her last time to find the police immediately when encountering dangerous individuals?" Fang Chuan was utterly bewildered when he heard Liu Mumu's name.

Why her again? Why always her?

Yan Xiu gave Fang Chuan a cold look and remained silent. The air pressure in the car continued to drop.

Fang Chuan shut his mouth. He definitely told her, but the young lady didn't listen.

While Liu Mumu was telling fortunes for ten yuan, Yan Xiu's car was already very close to her home.

As Xu Yonglin left and Liu Mumu struggled to walk home, Yan Xiu had just gotten out of his car.

"Consultant Yan, the person just left," the police officer reported to Yan Xiu.

"Understood. Continue the follow-up and report to your captain at any time," Yan Xiu pressed his earpiece and cut off communication.

Yan Xiu found Liu Mumu prostrate at the entrance of the residential area, being "trampled" by a Husky. She had clearly reached the gate when a Husky suddenly rushed out from somewhere and used a "war stomp" on her, sending her sprawling.

She figured the glass in the guardhouse was about to explode and preemptively covered her head.

She felt she shouldn't have been so stubborn and insisted on walking back. She should have asked Old Dong to carry her home earlier.

Before the glass could explode, a large hand covered her face. She felt the person's fingers tap her forehead with a slight chill.

She instinctively tried to reach up and touch it, but her wrist was grasped, and a deep, magnetic, familiar voice sounded from above her head, "Don't touch it."

Liu Mumu looked up, her gaze meeting the handsome face so close to hers. "Why are you here?"

Yan Xiu pulled her up, his voice indifferent. "Because the criminal suspect appeared here."

Liu Mumu stammered, feeling like she knew who he was talking about.

Yan Xiu's dark eyes stared intently at her. "I remember telling you yesterday not to go out recently."

"I was just going out for breakfast," Liu Mumu said with an innocent face.

"And happened to go chat with a criminal suspect?" Yan Xiu was almost amused to the point of anger. "Didn't I remind you not to handle such situations yourself? You even told him his fortune."

"He gave me a divination fee, and I couldn't refuse," Liu Mumu retorted softly, knowing she was in the wrong. She showed Yan Xiu the ten-yuan bill in her hand.

Yan Xiu closed his eyes, afraid he might lose control and do something to her. "And you even had financial dealings with a criminal suspect."

Liu Mumu puffed out her cheeks. "You're framing me."

Yan Xiu ignored her and, with a cold expression, dragged her outside. Just then, his phone rang.

The call was from Fang Chuan.

Fang Chuan's voice was so loud that even Liu Mumu could hear it. "Xu Yonglin just called the police to surrender himself, and he also said he wants to report his brother. What kind of bizarre development is this? What did Liu Mumu do to him?"