"..."
Tang Xiaoxiao stared blankly at the unfamiliar young man.
Confused. Stunned.
Every word he said struck at the secrets buried deepest in her heart.
Other than remaining silent, she had no idea how to express what she was feeling.
This young man had laid out her past with perfect clarity.
He knew her better than her college roommates did, better than her father did!
Had he really divined all of that???
At that moment, Xiao Yu seemed utterly unfathomable to her.
"Judging by your expression, you should believe me enough now. We can return to your original question. You asked about love, but what I want to tell you is..."
"You're about to die, so there won't be any love."
"What?"
Tang Xiaoxiao stared incredulously at the streamer on her phone.
"How dare you curse me to die!?"
"I'm not cursing you. Tang Xiaoxiao, you're about to get off work, aren't you?"
"Yeah? So what?"
"Still don't understand? You're about to face a fatal calamity. If you don't believe me, go watch from the window. In a moment, there'll be a car accident downstairs from your company. If you leave the office you're in, no matter where you stand, a shard of glass will 'definitely' pierce your throat! The office you're in is where you can avert it."
Tang Xiaoxiao stood by the window, her feelings a tangled mess.
The streamer's expression was so grave, his words so earnest, that she couldn't help believing him.
Whether it was true or not, better safe than sorry. She would wait a little. She wasn't in any hurry to get home anyway.
"Hey, streamer, if you're scaring me just to mess with me, I'll make you pay!"
Seeing her put on a fierce front when her voice clearly betrayed how terrified she was, Xiao Yu chuckled. "Just stay right there and be good. I'll be waiting for your Rocket."
"Hmph, we'll see if you're messing with me. Let me tell you, I'm a small-time streamer too. Sure, I only stream single-player games, and I'm not popular, but I still have over two thousand followers. If you're messing with me, I'll dox you, then bring people over to beat you to death!"
Watching her bare her teeth and wave her fists as she threatened him, Xiao Yu smiled in amusement.
The Fortune-Transfer Spell really worked. Right off the bat, it had brought him a chance to alter someone's fate and turn death into life.
And since she was a streamer too, she could help bring in at least some traffic.
Neither of them spoke again.
Tang Xiaoxiao focused on the traffic passing back and forth below her company's building.
Her expression was grave, her face tense.
Without even realizing it, she was drenched in sweat, her fists clenched tight.
"Hey, streamer, you said there'd be a car accident. Can you tell me which car?"
"A Land Rover will run a red light and collide with a bus, causing the bus to tip over. Then..."
Hooonk-
Boom!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
"...then there'll be a chain of rear-end collisions. The bus windows will shatter, sending shards flying toward you. But because of where you are now, the glass can't kill you. So congratulations, you've successfully changed your fate."
Thud.
"Ah!"
The sound of glass striking right in front of her frightened Tang Xiaoxiao into a scream. Her face instantly went deathly pale, and her phone clattered to the floor.
Trembling all over, she collapsed onto the floor as well.
He had been right. Right about everything!
Everything had happened exactly as he had said!
It was as though he had personally arranged it all!
Even that shard of glass flying straight toward her face!
If it hadn't been for the building's tempered glass, if the windows could have opened all the way, she would have died!!!
"S-streamer! Y-y-you were right! You were right about everything! The Land Rover, the bus, the pileup-oh my god, oh my god! All of it! Wait, if you knew everything, why didn't you warn me not to open the window? Sob... if I'd opened it, wouldn't I still have died??"
She was so agitated that her words tumbled out in a jumble, barely making sense.
She had escaped death, survived the disaster!
Fear, relief, shock!
Until just now, she hadn't fully believed that Xiao Yu could really tell fortunes. Even his account of her past had only left her half convinced.
However uncanny it was, those things were still in the 'past.' There were always ways to investigate them, weren't there?
But now she believed him.
There was no way she couldn't.
Because this had been the 'future,' and it had happened right before her eyes!
"Calm down, Tang Xiaoxiao. You're safe now. You've survived your fatal calamity. Like I said, the office you're in is where you could avert it. As long as you didn't leave, you were 'destined' to survive."
"Wah! I was so scared! I almost thought I really was going to die... thank you, streamer. Just then, I was really terrified!"
"Go home. And don't forget my Rocket."
Without another word, Tang Xiaoxiao sent him two Super Rockets.
"Hey, streamer, I only have a little over four thousand in my account right now. This is to thank you for saving my life, so please don't think it's too little. But can I really go home now? I don't want to stay here another second!"
Normally, Tang Xiaoxiao couldn't bear to spend money on something as intangible as the internet, but this time, she had voluntarily turned a 500-yuan Rocket into 4,000 yuan.
That showed just how overwhelmed she was!
"Go home. You'll be fine."
"Great! Oh, wait a moment. I'll introduce you to my followers! I want to watch you tell other people's fortunes too!"
Tang Xiaoxiao was beside herself with excitement.
She couldn't wait to tell everyone she knew about this incredible experience!
A Penguin chat group.
This was her group for devoted fans. Though it only had a little over eighty members, she could count all of them as friends!
"Guys and girls, let me tell you something that really just happened to me. I nearly died!"
Tang Xiaoxiao explained the whole story from beginning to end.
"So you're saying that streamer saved you because he could tell fortunes?"
"Yes!"
"???"
"You've got to be kidding!"
"A random fortune reading, a random car accident, and he just happened to save you??? How could there be a coincidence like that!"
"Xiaoxiao, you probably ran into a scammer. It was just a coincidence! If it were real, it'd be way too ridiculous."
"I think it's ridiculous too. Even novels don't go that far! Maybe it's some incredible new kind of scam?"
"Everything I said is true. I didn't believe it at first either!! Anyway, I just wanted to tell everyone. If you don't believe me, come straight to his livestream with me and get your fortune told. If he's wrong, it's free, and if he's right, it only costs one Rocket!"
"Let's go. I don't believe anything that bizarre could happen!"
"Xiaoxiao got taken in because of the accident, but we're the rational ones. Guys, let's go expose him together!"
"Yeah! I don't know how he pulled off that trick, but it has to be fake. Let's go expose him! Didn't he say it's free if he's wrong? What the hell is there to be afraid of!"
"Even if he's right, I won't admit it. I'll refuse to pay, just for kicks!"
Tang Xiaoxiao thought, That's exactly what I was thinking earlier...
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