"Of course, I can give you a warning. Your younger daughter may run into some trouble. As for you and the rest of your family, nothing will happen to you in the near future," Lin Fan said calmly.
He had already read Chu Tianxiong's fortune. His wife's terminal illness had been a calamity.
With that calamity averted, there would be no more bloodshed for at least two or three years.
At those words-
Chu Tianxiong's heart lurched. Was something going to happen to his younger daughter?
He hurriedly asked, "Master, what's wrong with my daughter?"
Lin Fan smiled faintly. "Telling you won't help. Just make sure you care for her properly, and never ignore how she feels in everyday life."
Some things were not set in stone.
Even if someone forcibly changed a calamity they were destined to face, something even more terrifying might take its place.
It was better to let things take their course and face the calamity head-on.
"All right."
Chu Tianxiong said no more. After thanking him repeatedly, he left with the Fortune-Attracting Talisman.
... After seeing his guest off-
Lin Fan deftly switched on his computer, officially beginning another day of livestreaming.
The moment the stream started, his viewer count soared.
His previous two streams had already made him well known. Within just three minutes, countless comments swept across the screen.
[Wealth and Glory: Master, please read my future. I don't want to be a beggar anymore!]
[Ragdoll Cat: Master, my girlfriend went to get her hair done yesterday. She still hasn't come back, and I can't reach her. Could you figure out where she is?]
[Money to Burn: Don't fight me for this. I'm sending ten rockets first. Master, pick me!]
[Twenty Years Searching for My Son in Vain: Master, could you tell me where my son is?]
[Kindhearted Soul: Is that Brother Duan above? His son has been missing for twenty years, and he still hasn't given up looking. It's so moving.]
[Money to Burn: I've heard about him too. Sadly, after so long, the chances of finding his son are practically zero.]
Watching the constantly refreshing comments, Lin Fan immediately noticed quite a few viewers discussing someone whose username was "Twenty Years Searching for My Son in Vain."
He had actually heard of this Brother Duan.
After all, news reports had kept helping Brother Duan search for his son over the years. He had even trended online last year.
But that publicity had done little good. Brother Duan's son remained missing.
"Since everyone feels so strongly about this, I'll connect with Brother Duan."
Following the viewers' wishes, Lin Fan invited Brother Duan onto the call.
A moment later, a weathered face appeared on the screen.
"Hello, Master. I'm Duan Dahai!"
Duan Dahai looked excited. Only yesterday, he had heard about a master whose predictions were uncannily accurate, but getting connected to him was entirely a matter of luck.
He had never imagined that Lin Fan would pick him.
"Duan Dahai, born in 1970. You had a son at twenty-three. When you were twenty-six, your son went missing. Since then, you've tried every possible way to find him, but to no avail."
Lin Fan directly cast his divination technique, seeing Duan Dahai's past at a glance.
He had not expected Duan Dahai to be only fifty. Judging by his appearance, he looked no different from a seventy-year-old man.
Sure enough, when someone exhausted their mind and agonized over something, they visibly aged, inside and out.
"That's right."
Duan Dahai nodded. None of this was a secret online, so he was not particularly surprised.
He looked at Lin Fan with a hint of pleading in his eyes. "Master, I know there's little hope. At this point, I only want to know whether my son is still alive."
In truth, he had suspected more than once that his son had long since passed away.
Lin Fan froze for a moment. He had not expected Duan Dahai to say something like that.
Just then, a cold voice rang out in his mind.
[Ding! Congratulations, host. New mission triggered: discover the whereabouts of Duan Dahai's son. Completing this mission will grant you advanced mastery of the Soul-Refining Canon.]
Another mission.
A gleam flashed through Lin Fan's eyes. Without another word, he immediately calculated the fortune on his fingers.
The next moment-
Lin Fan's expression shifted slightly. He had already discovered where Duan Dahai's son was, but he did not know whether he should reveal the truth.
[Money to Burn: This looks bad. Judging by the master's expression, could Brother Duan's son already be dead?]
[Ragdoll Cat: That's very possible. The master was always calm and composed during the previous streams. He's never looked like this before. I'm afraid the outcome isn't good!]
[Kindhearted Soul: May Buddha protect him. I hope Brother Duan's son is all right!]
As Duan Dahai read the comments, his heart sank. Could they be right? Had the son he had spent twenty years searching for already died?
[Dao One: Searching for his son has become his reason to keep going.]
[Poison for the Soul: If the son he's been searching for all these twenty years really is dead, that belief will collapse in an instant. He'll become a living shell!]
"Master, whatever the outcome, you can tell me straight. I can take it."
Duan Dahai drew a deep breath and dropped to his knees. Facing Lin Fan through the screen, he said earnestly, "Master, please tell me where my son is!"
Even if his reason to keep going crumbled, he still needed an answer.
He had waited twenty years for that answer.
A rope always broke at its weakest strand; misfortune always struck those who had suffered most.
"Your son isn't dead."
Lin Fan opened his eyes and sighed. "But his circumstances may not be very good. And the truth behind his disappearance may be something you won't want to hear."
He wasn't dead!
Duan Dahai froze, then excitement surged through him. He murmured, "As long as he's alive. As long as he's alive."
As long as his son was alive, there was still hope.
[Ragdoll Cat: He's alive, but what does the master mean by the truth?]
[Kindhearted Soul: Could there be more to Little Duan's disappearance back then? Master, please tell us the truth right away!]
[Money to Burn: Ten rockets to beg for the truth. Master, don't hold anything back!]
After quite a while-
Duan Dahai finally calmed down and hurriedly replied, "Master, no matter what my son has become, I'm willing to give anything as long as I can find him!"
"And I hope you'll tell me the truth as well!"
Lin Fan looked at Duan Dahai's head of white hair. This old man had sacrificed far too much to find his son.
He truly found it hard to bring himself to reveal the truth.
"Your son is in Pingyang County, Jiangzhou City..."
"As for the person who abducted your son, it was someone closest to you!"
Chapter 22: Searching for a Son!
"That person was your younger brother, Duan Dajiang."
With a calm expression, Lin Fan revealed the truth.
"Dajiang?"
Duan Dahai shook his head repeatedly, disbelief written all over his face. "When my son went missing, Dajiang was in the city and hadn't come home. There's no way he could have abducted my son!"
Had it been a cousin, he might have believed it a little.
But Duan Dajiang was his own brother, bound to him by blood.
He could not believe that his own younger brother would do something so monstrous.
[Number One Hater: Hahaha, this master is a scammer, right? He's actually calling the guy's brother a human trafficker!]
[Fraud Buster: So now even charlatans are livestreaming. Get out of this industry already! Stop scamming honest people here!]
[Ragdoll Cat: Master, did you make a mistake in your reading?]
[Money to Burn: Maybe the master made an accidental mistake. How could Duan Dajiang possibly sell his own nephew?]
Comments flashed across the screen, one after another.
Many new viewers who had only joined that day angrily denounced Lin Fan as a charlatan.
Even viewers from the previous two days began to doubt his miraculous divination abilities, wondering whether those earlier streams had all been scripted.
"If you don't believe me, call Duan Dajiang now and ask whether he sold the child to Lü Fang," Lin Fan said calmly.
At those words-
Duan Dahai did not hesitate. He took out his phone, called his younger brother, and switched on speakerphone.
"Hello, big brother. What do you need?"
"Dajiang, did you sell my child to Lü Fang twenty years ago? I've already found Lü Fang."
The other end of the line instantly fell silent.
Duan Dahai's expression changed slightly. His hands trembled uncontrollably. That silence was an admission.
Suppressing his disbelief and anger, he asked again, "Why did you do it?"
He could not believe that his own younger brother had abducted and sold his own nephew.
"Back then, I gambled away everything I owned and borrowed from loan sharks. My creditor gave me one day to pay him back. If I didn't, he was going to chop off both my hands."
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