The video call connected.
A man sat in an office.
A luxurious office, a handsome face.
Designer clothes and a watch that was clearly outrageously expensive.
The Livestream Viewers couldn't sit still when they saw him.
"Holy shit, another big boss?"
"I've got a feeling Little's fourth-place spot is about to get snatched!"
"Even first and second place might be in danger!"
"Bro, you shouldn't call yourself Today's Lucky Winner. You should call yourself Today's Big Spender!"
Today's Lucky Winner smiled. "Master Xiao, to be honest, I only came to your stream today. Even now, I'm still a little skeptical of you."
Xiao Yu calculated on his fingers and raised an eyebrow, looking slightly surprised.
"Wei Zhuo, male, thirty-five. You're the owner of the Yanjing Live-Streaming Platform we're on. You started from nothing and, in five years, turned a small, newly established company into one of the biggest in the business. Your greatest ambition is to become the industry leader and dominate the streaming world."
"You grew up in an ordinary family and were an average student, until your senior year of high school, when the girl who sat beside you, whom you had a crush on, became a rich man's mistress. That shock made you determined to earn big money, and you realized that studying was the only way to change your future."
"Your first college entrance exam results were mediocre. You repeated a year, then got into one of the country's elite Project 985 universities on your second attempt. From then on, you went from an ordinary student to an academic star."
"You tried starting a business in college and failed. After graduation, with no capital left for another venture, you joined a large company, saving money while thinking about what kind of business to start."
"Then, at thirty, you quit a job paying five hundred thousand yuan a year and entered the streaming industry. That was where your rise began..."
Wei Zhuo's gaze grew slightly distant, a nostalgic look crossing his face.
Clap, clap, clap!
He applauded vigorously.
"Boss, you're freaking awesome! From an average guy to a top student, then quitting a high-paying job to start a business!"
"That's so inspiring!! I'm going to study hard too!! Once this stream ends, I'm picking up the books I haven't touched in a year, starting tonight!!"
"That counts as building everything from scratch, right? With an ordinary family background, it definitely does! That's incredible!"
Wei Zhuo gifted Super Rocket x5.
"Master, I was wrong. I shouldn't have doubted you. You're the real fucking deal!"
"I wasn't planning to chase any rankings, since the company is mine anyway, but now I've decided to! Nobody minds if I take fourth place, right?"
"Boss Wei, listen to yourself. The whole company is yours. Even if you took first place, nobody would dare complain."
"Hahaha! Master, you're amazing! Even the company owner has become your fan! One word from him, and all the platform's promotional resources will belong to our Master Xiao!"
"Holy shit, I'm regretting it now! I should've sold everything I owned to win that fortune-telling slot!"
Xiao Yu said, "Boss Wei, what would you like me to read?"
"Tell me about my career. When will I dominate the streaming world?"
"In about three years."
"Haha, thank you for the good news, Master!"
Wei Zhuo was delighted, his face glowing!
Today's Lucky Winner gifted Super Rocket x10!
"Big spending from the boss!"
"You're awesome, boss!"
"Boss, you're a legend!"
"Is this what it means to spend however you like when you're rich? Money flowing like water? I'm crying with envy!"
"Next."
"Let's welcome our next lucky winner!"
"Will the Livestream Viewer 'Xia Mo' please connect to the video call?"
Meanwhile.
On another streaming platform.
A female streamer interacted with her fans through her computer while also watching Xiao Yu's fortune-telling stream on her phone.
Xia Mo said, "Guys and girls, it's finally my turn! Today, I'll show you all whether this mysterious fortune-telling streamer is really as amazing as his fans claim!"
"Time to challenge him!"
"Waiting for this scammer to make a complete fool of himself!"
"I bet everything just now was scripted!"
"It had to be scripted. Nobody could be that accurate!"
"Mo Mo, you're a huge influencer. Your personal information is easy to find, so it proves nothing no matter how accurate he is. I've got a great idea: write something on a piece of paper and make that scammer divine what it says!"
"Hahahaha, I'm already laughing! That's so nasty. Even if he really has some ability, he couldn't figure that out!"
"I think that's a good idea. Doesn't that streamer claim he can divine anything? He rattles off people's pasts like he knows them by heart, with such accuracy. A few sentences should be a piece of cake, right?"
"Waiting for Mo Mo to humiliate him and expose the scam!"
Xia Mo said, "All right, I'll do what you say. Nobody but me will know what I wrote. This is a little mean, but if this streamer can't figure it out, that'll prove he's a fraud. And the reverse is true too: if he can, it'll prove he has real skill."
The video call connected!
"Hey, handsome, give me a reading first, just like you did for that guy! I suspect you're a fake!"
Xiao Yu nodded slightly.
Now that he had reached the fourth level of Qi Refining, he no longer needed the other person to turn off their beauty filter.
Seeing Xiao Yu close his eyes, Xia Mo leaned toward her computer and quietly asked the fans in her own stream, "That's weird. After this streamer closed his eyes, his whole face went blurry. It's all white and hazy, and I can't see it clearly. What about you?"
"We can see him perfectly clearly. Are your eyes playing tricks on you, Mo Mo?"
"Hahaha, did Mo Mo put on too much foundation?"
"I think so too!"
Xia Mo frowned.
She had only put on a little light makeup and turned on a beauty filter. How could her eyes be playing tricks on her?
But with so many fans denying it, she could only assume she had been mistaken.
When she looked at her phone again, everything had returned to normal.
She muttered that it was strange, then thought no more of it.
Xiao Yu watched her with a meaningful gaze. His eyes were so deep that Xia Mo's heart fluttered, and her face even reddened a little.
That's strange. Did my heart just skip a beat?
This is so bizarre!
Xiao Yu said, "Xia Mo, female, twenty-four. Your screen name is your real name. You started streaming in high school, and you're now among the top hundred streamers in the entire industry."
"You grew up poor. Both your parents were ordinary workers, and your dream was to become a big star because it would earn you a lot of money.
"The reason you wanted to earn money was your grandparents, who died from illness because they couldn't afford treatment. You didn't want your parents to end up the same way.
"When online streaming took off, you saw an opportunity, but you suffered repeated setbacks at first. No matter how hard you worked, putting in fifteen hours a day, seven days a week, you never really took off. You couldn't compete with the other female streamers back then, who would stoop to anything."
"It wasn't until the industry-wide crackdown, when large numbers of female streamers were banned, that your wholesome image paid off. Not only were you unaffected, you unexpectedly became a huge hit... Hmm, you're extremely conservative, and you're destined to bring prosperity to your husband. You met an old blind man when you were ten, and that's what he told you, isn't it?"
At this point, Xiao Yu's gaze grew even more peculiar and meaningful.
This woman had a boyfriend, yet they had never even held hands. Xiao Yu almost wondered whether his reading was wrong.
Xia Mo shuddered, goosebumps rising all over her body as her expression changed dramatically.
He even knew about my grandparents?
I've never told anyone why I wanted to make money, or anything about my past!
Everyone online knows I'm conservative and wholesome, but bringing prosperity to my husband... An old blind man really did say that when I was little, but even I don't remember whether I was ten!
A trace of dread and fear crept into her heart.
Everything deep inside me has been laid completely bare!
This feels so terrifying, so bizarre!
Could he really have looked up all of that so thoroughly in just a few seconds?
In Xia Mo's stream.
Her fans were all buzzing with discussion!
"She brings prosperity to her husband??"
"Amazing! Amazing! He even figured out the old blind man from when she was ten! Absolutely insane!"
"This fortune-telling streamer is impressive. Finding out so much in a few seconds really is surprising, but this still isn't enough. That slip of paper is our ultimate finishing move!"
"Quick, Mo Mo, use the paper to expose him!"
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