"Who's next?"
A Lifetime Together: "Master Xiao, I don't need another reading for now. Let someone else go."
Lord Purple: "Me!"
"Connect your video."
Zhao Yan looked forlorn. "I just want you to marry me, Master Xiao, but you're not interested. You've already read my career prospects, so there's nothing else I need to ask about. Oh, Master Xiao, how about you tell me what we'll name our future child?"
"Wow, Her Majesty is confessing again! Master Xiao, just say yes already!"
"Her Majesty is rich, fair-skinned, and gorgeous! Master Xiao, you'd be losing out big-time if you turned her down!"
"Hey, you vixen! Get your claws off Master Xiao! Come at me instead!"
Xiao Yu said, "Are you sure you want me to read that? I'm afraid you'll be disappointed."
Zhao Yan's expression changed. "Then don't. How about checking my mother's health and mine?"
"You're both perfectly healthy. Neither of you faces any serious illness or disaster."
Zhao Yan said, "Then that's all for my reading. I'm not giving up that easily!"
"I'm really curious what kind of girl Master Xiao likes. His standards are way too high."
"Could Master Xiao keep rejecting Her Majesty because he's already foreseen his own love life?"
"Next."
Goddess Luo: "Me, me, me! Let me go! Dandan and I brought the scans home, but we haven't looked at them yet. We're going to look at them together in front of everyone in the stream!"
"Go ahead."
The video connected.
The background appeared to be a living room at home.
Three women appeared on-screen, sitting on a sofa.
They were Sun Luo, Wang Dandan, and a middle-aged woman with a hostile expression.
"Hello, Master Xiao."
"Hello, Master Xiao."
"You're that fortune-telling streamer? You cursed me with stomach cancer? You made me waste hundreds on a hospital visit!"
"Mom! That's so rude!"
"Ma'am, how could you say that about Master Xiao? He's saving your life!"
The middle-aged woman curled her lip. "Superstition. You're both superstitious. Even old people don't believe in that stuff anymore, but you youngsters have started believing it. I'm telling you, I'm perfectly healthy. There's no way I have stomach cancer. You've both been scammed. If I don't have stomach cancer, I'm making this fraud of a streamer pay me back!"
Xiao Yu rubbed his nose, unoffended. "Hello, ma'am. If there really is something wrong, wear the Heart-Clearing Talisman I gave you every day. If there isn't, that means my reading was wrong, and I'll reimburse you for the scans."
"Hubby, you're way too nice! Sob, sob! Hubby, when are you taking me home?"
"Mine! Hubby's mine! All you other women, get lost!"
"Master Xiao, she doesn't believe you at all. You meant well, but she's still slandering you. Aren't you even a little angry?"
"Exactly. Even if she's older, trampling all over Master Xiao's kindness like that is going too far. He even gave her a talisman. It's one thing not to appreciate it, but how could she call him a fraud?"
Wang Dandan hurriedly said, "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry! I apologize on my mom's behalf. Master Xiao, everyone, please don't hold it against an older person. She's just upset about spending those few hundred!"
Sun Luo said, "Ma'am, Dandan and I haven't looked at the scans either, so we don't know the results. I'm going to take them out now, and we'll all look at them together. If there really is something wrong, you have to apologize to Master Xiao!"
"Fine, fine. If I really have stomach cancer, I'll apologize."
"Front-row seat! Waiting for her to get proven wrong and apologize."
"Waiting for that apology!"
"Haha, waiting for the apology!"
"Hold on, everyone. She's about to find out she has stomach cancer. Why are you all gloating? That's awful! But I really want to laugh too."
"Exactly! She has stomach cancer, yet she still has to apologize-and even thank him? How miserable is that? Sorry, let me laugh for a bit too. I really can't help it. Hahaha!"
"With the master and his Heart-Clearing Talisman around, the stomach cancer is a sure thing, and so is the cure. All that's left is watching her get proven wrong. What's there to be nervous about? Everyone, let's laugh! I'll get us started! Hahaha!"
"Hahaha!"
"LOL!"
"Hahaha!"
"Hehehe!"
"Giggle, giggle!"
"What kind of laughter is that? You're not in sync at all. My OCD can't take this!"
At that moment, Wang Dandan was the most nervous of all.
If the scans confirmed an abnormal mass in her stomach, that would mean everything the master had said was true.
She would have neither a reason nor a way to keep deceiving herself.
But she still hoped it was false.
Then her mother wouldn't be ill, her boyfriend wouldn't be a murderer, and the police would have arrested the wrong person.
She could keep clinging to her fantasies and hopes.
Sun Luo took out the scans.
She held them up to the light.
The stream now had over a thousand viewers, and everyone watched anxiously.
Suddenly, time seemed to freeze.
Wang Dandan swayed.
Her mother's face went deathly pale.
Sun Luo let out a long breath.
The chat filled with neatly synchronized comments like "Just as expected" and "I knew it."
Sure enough, the scans showed an abnormal mass in the upper abdomen.
"This... this doesn't prove it's stomach cancer..."
Wang Dandan finally faced the truth completely. "Mom, get a gastroscopy tomorrow. Then you won't be able to keep lying to yourself!"
Sun Luo said, "Dandan, ma'am, don't worry. Master Xiao already said that wearing the Heart-Clearing Talisman and resting at home will cure it. No surgery, and no expense! But you should still get the gastroscopy. That way, you'll have even more faith in Master Xiao!"
Wang Dandan said, "I already believe Master Xiao. If he says there's no need for treatment, then we won't get any! Surgery might do even more harm to her body!"
Wang Dandan's mother still struggled to accept it and looked dazed.
Sun Luo said, "Dandan, take your mom to her room so she can rest, and try talking her around. Watch Master Xiao's stream with her while you're at it. His abilities are bound to win her over! As long as she believes in Master Xiao, she'll definitely be saved!"
"Okay!"
Sun Luo let out a long sigh of relief. "Master Xiao, thank you for saving my best friend and her mother. Today, I'd like a reading for myself."
"All right. What would you like to know?"
"I'd like to check my health and my family's. I've finally figured it out. Love, money-none of that matters more than being healthy!"
Xiao Yu smiled. "One person per reading."
"Huh? Then why did Her Majesty get to ask about both her health and her mother's? You really do like her, Master Xiao! You're giving her special treatment!"
Lord Purple: "Master Xiao, is that true? Were you only rejecting me because you were shy?"
"That's the truth! Goddess Luo figured it out!"
"OHHH! Master Xiao won't be single anymore! Congratulations, Master Xiao!"
Xiao Yu rolled his eyes, not bothering to explain. She wouldn't understand even if he did.
"You're not particularly healthy. You'll often suffer minor illnesses and mishaps. In about five years, you'll face a life-or-death crisis."
Sun Luo's expression changed, and she looked ready to cry. "A life-or-death crisis? Master, I... I don't want to die..."
"Don't worry. Since I discovered it through a reading, of course I'll save you. In a while, I'll mail you a jade pendant. It'll be poor quality, like something from a street stall that costs a few yuan. Make sure you keep it safe. Don't throw it away as junk. That pendant can avert your fatal calamity."
"I won't throw it away! I'll wear it around my neck every moment of every day! Thank you, Master! Mwah!"
The chat started teasing her again.
"What do you mean, Master? Don't you call him hubby every day? Why switch to Master when you're on video?"
"Heartless woman! Suddenly refusing to acknowledge your hubby!"
"Player! Afraid other guys will see?"
Sun Luo blushed bright red at their teasing, her gaze darting away. Suddenly, she squeezed her eyes shut and shouted, "Hubby, I love you! Hubby, thank you for saving me!"
As soon as she finished shouting, she disconnected in embarrassment!
The chat erupted in teasing once again!
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