Arc 17Fates Changed and Tested

Xiao Yu used his livestream and fortune-telling to change lives, expose crimes, and help people facing hardship. The arc ended with Li An disregarding Xiao Yu’s warning and sinking underwater while trying to rescue two people.

  • Xiao Yu urged Wei Junqing to study so he could pursue Qiu Yisi, while confronting Chen Ling’s paid-troll attack and helping Dong Fan end their relationship.
  • Xiao Yu helped Jiang Wen contact her future husband Shang Hui, then offered Yu Zhong and Xue Xin jobs and a chance to recover from debt and injury.
  • At Xia Ze’s engagement banquet, Xiao Yu warned Tao Long about danger, then helped him expose Zhou Shuchun and Fang Yuan’s attempts to kill him for insurance money.
  • Xiao Yu helped Su Lin escape Zheng Xing’s harassment, persuaded Zheng Xing to leave Sun Cheng, and later learned police had arrested Sun Cheng.
  • Xiao Yu told Bu Yun about Yang Dong’s generosity and vowed to find the people he had helped so they could honor his final wish.
  • Xiao Yu warned Li An that he would drown and advised him not to risk his life rescuing someone, but Li An jumped into the river and sank while entangled with two people.
Chapters 401–425 Vol. 5 Read

Ch. 401What Made You Think You Had a Chance?

Xiao Yu explained to Wei Junqing why he had no chance with Qiu Yisi, revealing that she planned to study abroad while Wei Junqing knew little about her ambitions. He left Wei Junqing with the choice of pursuing his studies and going abroad or accepting that their paths would remain separate.

  • Outside Xiao Yu's shop, Zhao Yan told Liu Shan that Xiao Yu supposedly could not get it up, but Liu Shan reacted with delight rather than giving up.
  • Xiao Yu went home, donated money for Merit, and began his livestream while Wei Junqing and Zou Yang watched.
  • Wei Junqing tipped Xiao Yu five hundred and joined the video call to ask for help making Qiu Yisi his girlfriend, despite her having blocked him.
  • Xiao Yu told Wei Junqing that Qiu Yisi would soon go abroad to study and that Wei Junqing would need to study and go abroad himself to have any chance of pursuing her.
  • Xiao Yu explained that Qiu Yisi dreamed of learning advanced technology abroad and returning to help her country, while Wei Junqing had focused on her appearance and knew little about her goals.

Ch. 402Want to Win Your Goddess's Heart? Improve Your Grades First!

Xiao Yu challenged Wei Junqing to prove his devotion to Qiu Yisi by raising his grades, and Wei Junqing committed to pursuing the goal. After the call, Xiao Yu revealed that academic success could lead Wei Junqing to become an academician and help Qiu Yisi, though that future was unlikely.

  • Xiao Yu revealed that Wei Junqing and Qiu Yisi had been childhood friends and neighbors, confirming their shared past.
  • Xiao Yu told Wei Junqing that reaching second place in his year on next year's Gaokao would give him a chance with Qiu Yisi.
  • Wei Junqing vowed to stop playing games, study through the summer, and aim for first or second place.
  • Xiao Yu told Xia Mo that Wei Junqing had a possible future as an academician of the Huaxia Academy of Sciences, but that future depended on his academic achievement.
  • Xiao Yu explained that he wanted Wei Junqing to regain that future through love and help prevent Qiu Yisi from having an unhappy love life.

Ch. 403Paid trolls raid the livestream!

Xiao Yu explained that he had helped Wei Junqing seize a possibility, and Wei’s hard work transformed his grades and improved life for his family and teachers. As Xiao Yu began a prize draw, paid trolls flooded the livestream with accusations against him, and the viewers suspected the raid was connected to a woman from his afternoon stream.

  • Xiao Yu told Wei Junqing to meet him again in a year, and Wei’s parents celebrated as their son began studying seriously.
  • Wei Junqing’s grades rose, his dream girl unblocked him, and his father, mother, and teacher also benefited from his progress.
  • Zou Yang’s expectations of Wei Junqing steadily grew until he encouraged Wei to beat Qiu Yisi in the college entrance exam.
  • Xiao Yu said Wei’s success depended on hard work and began the livestream prize draw.
  • New users flooded the chat with accusations that Xiao Yu had rigged the draw, faked a donation, and harassed a woman.
  • The viewers recognized the attack as a paid-troll raid and speculated that the woman from Xiao Yu’s afternoon stream was behind it.

Ch. 404Deliberately breaking us up? You got that right!

Xiao Yu called Dong Fan during a livestream to expose Chen Ling’s attempt to profit from their relationship and warn him about her future infidelity. Dong Fan accused Xiao Yu of trying to break them up, and Xiao Yu told him to check his work group and watch a video before they continued.

  • Xiao Yu recognized that Chen Ling had hired trolls to flood his livestream and decided to confront Dong Fan before dealing with them.
  • Chen Ling watched the abuse in the livestream, pleased with her revenge after spending ten thousand yuan on the trolls.
  • Xiao Yu called Dong Fan and explained that Chen Ling had agreed to leave him for a man offering her twenty thousand yuan a month.
  • Dong Fan realized Chen Ling had considered leaving him for money, and Xiao Yu urged him to watch Xiao Ya’s street-interview video.
  • Xiao Yu warned that Chen Ling would later become a wealthy boss’s mistress and bear a child who was not Dong Fan’s, but Dong Fan accused him of trying to split them up.
  • Xiao Yu told Dong Fan to check his QQ work group for a video and promised to continue the conversation after he watched it.

Ch. 405Not only am I going to curse you out, I'm going to kick you out

Dong Fan watched Xiao Yu’s video exposing Chen Ling’s willingness to leave him for a man offering more spending money, then confronted her and ended their relationship. Chen Ling denied the evidence and demanded to know why Dong Fan was treating her this way as he ordered her out of his apartment.

  • A coworker shared Xiao Yu’s video in the Penguin Group, and Dong Fan watched Chen Ling agree to leave him for a man offering twenty thousand a month.
  • Dong Fan apologized to Xiao Yu, said he could no longer accept marrying Chen Ling, and decided to break up with her in person.
  • Chen Ling mocked Xiao Yu’s livestream and reported him while Dong Fan drove home.
  • Dong Fan showed Chen Ling the video and accused her of lying, but Chen Ling claimed it was fake and maliciously edited.
  • Dong Fan told Chen Ling they were finished and ordered her to return his key and bank card before leaving his apartment.
  • Chen Ling challenged Dong Fan and asked whether someone had influenced him.

Ch. 406Police! Open up!

After Xiao Yu’s call led Dong Fan to break up with Chen Ling, Xiao Yu turned his attention to the paid-troll operation that had targeted him. The chapter ended with police arriving at the operation’s apartment and ordering He Lin and his employees to open the door.

  • Dong Fan confirmed to Chen Ling that Master Xiao had called him, then threw her out of the apartment; Chen Ling regretted provoking Xiao Yu and cried outside the door.
  • Xiao Yu decided to deal with the professional paid trolls after his intervention left Chen Ling with no chance to repair her relationship.
  • He Lin’s employees struggled to out-flame viewers during Xiao Yu’s livestream while He Lin lounged and collected most of the ten-thousand-yuan job fee.
  • He Lin bragged about his profitable paid-troll business and encouraged his employees to keep attacking Xiao Yu.
  • Police knocked urgently at He Lin’s apartment and shouted, “Open up! Police! Open up!”

Ch. 407An older, overweight woman with low self-esteem

Xiao Yu had the paid trolls’ headquarters raided and arrested their boss, then resumed his livestream and drew Jiang Wen for a reading. Jiang Wen avoided asking about marriage, but Xiao Yu asked whether she struggled to lose weight.

  • He Lin was arrested with his employees after police raided the trolls’ headquarters.
  • Xiao Yu told his viewers that he had reported the paid trolls, and they celebrated as the remaining trolls fled when the website went offline.
  • Xia Mo wondered how Xiao Yu had contacted the police, while he resumed the stream and began the giveaway.
  • Jiang Wen joined the video call and, despite wanting to ask about marriage, asked Xiao Yu for a career reading.
  • Xiao Yu suggested she ask about something else and asked whether she had trouble losing weight despite dieting and exercising.

Ch. 408A thousand misfortunes rolled into one

Xiao Yu told Jiang Wen that he could treat her obesity but that her future husband would die from overwork a year after they married. He proposed a way to change that fate by having Jiang Wen contact the man as his future wife, but she feared he would reject her appearance.

  • Jiang Wen tearfully asked Xiao Yu to help her after years of unsuccessful attempts to lose weight, and Xiao Yu said he could treat her obesity.
  • Xiao Yu revealed that Jiang Wen would meet her future husband at thirty-five, marry him at thirty-six, and lose him to overwork a year later.
  • Jiang Wen worried that she would cause her husband's death, but Xiao Yu explained that the man would die from overwork regardless of whom he married.
  • Xiao Yu suggested that Jiang Wen contact the man as his future wife so her words could help change his fate.
  • Jiang Wen blushed and protested that she could not call him, then worried he would ask for a photo and reject her appearance.

Ch. 409Every overweight person had hidden potential

Xiao Yu encouraged Jiang Wen to see her beauty and gave her a plan to lose weight, then urged her to contact Shang Hui, her future husband. Shang Hui answered her call and heard Jiang Wen nervously introduce herself as his future wife.

  • Xiao Yu had Jiang Wen turn a face-slimming filter all the way up, and she was astonished by her appearance.
  • Xiao Yu promised Jiang Wen a special pill to help change her obesity-prone constitution and encouraged her to keep exercising.
  • Xiao Yu sent Jiang Wen Shang Hui's number and information, and she called him despite her nervousness.
  • Shang Hui, a socially anxious customer service worker, repeatedly rejected the unknown caller before finally answering.
  • Jiang Wen told Shang Hui that she was his future wife.

Ch. 410I'm your future wife

Jiang Wen called Shang Hui and convinced him she was his future wife by revealing details about his Azur Lane account and adding 648 yuan to it. She warned him that he would die young if he worked himself to death, and Shang Hui promised to stay alive for their future together.

  • Shang Hui assumed Jiang Wen was a scammer and nearly hung up, but she offered to prove she was his future wife.
  • Jiang Wen named Shang Hui’s Azur Lane account details, including his first married character, Laffey, and his plans to marry another character.
  • Shang Hui checked the game and found that Jiang Wen had used his account to buy 648 yuan worth of gems, leaving him shocked and convinced she might be telling the truth.
  • Jiang Wen sent Shang Hui a photo and told him she had called to warn that he would die young and should not risk his life to earn money.
  • Shang Hui promised to remember her warning and stay alive so they could be together, while Jiang Wen ended the call happily and her livestream chat celebrated.

Ch. 411An heir to debt against despair

Xiao Yu revealed that Yu Zhong, once a wealthy heir, had inherited more than ten million in debt and stayed behind to protect his girlfriend, Xue Xin, who later became partially paralyzed after an accident. Yu Zhong asked Xiao Yu for help finding a high-paying job, but the chapter ended with him and the livestream viewers waiting to learn what would become of the couple.

  • Xia Mo congratulated Jiang Wen on her future marriage, then introduced the livestream’s next winner, Yu Zhong.
  • Yu Zhong asked Xiao Yu to help him find a high-paying job, and Xiao Yu said he would first tell Yu Zhong’s story.
  • Xiao Yu revealed that Yu Zhong had stayed in China to protect Xue Xin from creditors, taking responsibility for his father’s debts after his parents’ company collapsed.
  • Xiao Yu explained that Xue Xin had remained with Yu Zhong, but an accident during a family argument left her partially paralyzed and unable to work.
  • Xiao Yu described Yu Zhong’s alternative style as a way to hold on to his youth and hope for a happier future, while the viewers pleaded to hear how the couple’s story ended.

Ch. 412A Hero! The Theme Was Elevated!

Xiao Yu arranged a dealership manager job and treatment for Yu Zhong and his girlfriend, giving them hope of paying off their debts and building a future together. Yu Zhong thanked Xiao Yu and prepared to bring Xue Xin to Magic City.

  • Xiao Yu admired Yu Zhong for struggling to care for Xue Xin despite their debts and bleak prospects.
  • Xiao Yu offered Yu Zhong a dealership manager position in Magic City and promised to help treat Xue Xin's legs and find her work.
  • Yu Zhong's eyes lit up with hope, and livestream viewers encouraged him and offered advice and job opportunities.
  • Yu Zhong kowtowed to Xiao Yu and vowed to repay his kindness.
  • Xiao Yu arranged for a friend to pick up Yu Zhong and Xue Xin, and Yu Zhong agreed to come to the shop the next day.
  • Livestream viewers praised Yu Zhong and Xiao Yu's story and sent gifts in support.

Ch. 413A woman's narrow view! Do you know how formidable Master Xiao is?

Xiao Yu helped Yu Zhong and Xue Xin find work, treated Xue Xin’s legs, and gave Jiang Wen medicine before attending Xia Ze’s engagement banquet. After the banquet, he advised Zheng Guangjin on his business and future, and more guests lined up to ask Xiao Yu for readings.

  • Xiao Yu treated Xue Xin’s legs, arranged jobs for Yu Zhong and Xue Xin through Xia Ze, and advised Xue Xin about her future.
  • Xiao Yu gave Jiang Wen miraculous medicine and urged her to exercise and take precautions.
  • Xia Ze picked Xiao Yu up for his engagement banquet, where Xiao Yu drank several toasts and declined requests for readings until the gathering ended.
  • Xiao Yu told Zheng Guangjin to buy a Fortune Talisman Board, consider changing his feng shui, do good deeds, and quit smoking.
  • Zheng Guangjin dismissed his wife’s doubts about Xiao Yu and went to withdraw money, while more guests asked Xiao Yu to tell their fortunes.

Ch. 414What do you think of male best friends?

Xiao Yu offered free fortune readings to the hotel guests and workers, drawing a large crowd. After advising Chen Jing about her views on relationships and warning Jin Qi of a future calamity, he grew serious when Tao Long asked about an upcoming contract and told him to set his career aside.

  • Xiao Yu promised to read the fortunes of everyone who wanted one, and guests and hotel staff lined up to see him.
  • Chen Jing asked about her future partner, and Xiao Yu said she needed to reconsider her views on male best friends and relationships if she wanted lasting love.
  • Jin Qi asked about her love life, and Xiao Yu warned her that she would face a life-threatening calamity in three years and told her to buy a talisman.
  • Tao Long asked about his career and an upcoming contract, but Xiao Yu advised him to put his career aside for now.

Ch. 415Terrifying malice

Tao Long ignored Xiao Yu’s warning and was badly injured in a nighttime car crash, but a spell saved his life. In the hospital, he noticed his wife Zhou Shuchun seemed disappointed he had survived and began to suspect she had wanted him dead.

  • Tao Long insisted on having his career read, and Xiao Yu reassured him about his contract while warning him to be careful at night.
  • Xiao Yu secretly cast a spell to protect Tao Long and advised him not to go out at night.
  • Tao Long drove Zhou Shuchun to her office after dark, and a truck struck his car, leaving him unconscious.
  • Tao Long woke in the hospital and realized Xiao Yu’s warning had anticipated the crash.
  • Tao Long noticed Zhou Shuchun showed disappointment and irritation at his survival, then reconsidered the strange things she had said and done after he came home.

Ch. 416This was murder! Gathering evidence at their door

After realizing his wife had tried to kill him, Tao Long apologized to Xiao Yu and learned she had conspired with her lover for years to murder him for insurance money. Xiao Yu took Tao Long to gather evidence at the lover’s home, where they heard the pair discussing their plans.

  • Tao Long reconsidered his wife’s suspicious behavior and went to apologize to Xiao Yu the next day.
  • Xiao Yu told Tao Long that his wife wanted him dead so she could be with her lover and collect insurance money, and that the previous day had been her third attempt.
  • Xiao Yu offered to help Tao Long record his wife and her lover discussing another staged accident, and Tao Long agreed.
  • Xiao Yu and Tao Long went to the lover’s home, where Xiao Yu opened the door lock with spiritual energy and led Tao Long inside.
  • Xiao Yu and Tao Long stood outside the bedroom and heard Tao Long’s wife and her lover talking.

Ch. 417Sorry, I have two recordings

Tao Long and Xiao Yu confronted Zhou Shuchun and Fang Yuan after overhearing their plan to murder Tao Long for his money and insurance payouts. Fang Yuan deleted one recording, but Xiao Yu revealed a second recording that could be submitted in court and stopped Fang Yuan from taking it.

  • Tao Long overheard Zhou Shuchun and Fang Yuan discussing their failed attempts to kill him and lost his temper outside the door.
  • Xiao Yu and Tao Long confronted the pair, and Xiao Yu said their conversation had been recorded.
  • Fang Yuan snatched Xiao Yu’s phone and deleted its recording, then admitted to the affair and the attempts to kill Tao Long.
  • Xiao Yu detailed the couple’s five-year affair, insurance plans, and three paid car-crash attempts, which Fang Yuan confirmed.
  • Xiao Yu revealed a second recording on Tao Long’s phone and kicked Fang Yuan away when he lunged for it.
  • Xiao Yu explained that the second recording could be submitted in court, unlike the first recording made while eavesdropping.

Ch. 418Trouble for His Disciple's Future Best Friend

Xiao Yu helped Tao Long expose Zhou Shuchun and Fang Yuan’s plot, and the police arrested them. Later, Xiao Yu took Hu Feifei to meet her future best friend, a soon-to-be college student working at a food stall, just as someone tapped him to move aside.

  • Xiao Yu returned Tao Long’s phone and told him to call the police, while Zhou Shuchun begged Tao Long to spare her and Fang Yuan collapsed in despair.
  • Tao Long called the police, who arrested Zhou Shuchun and Fang Yuan; Tao Long and Xiao Yu gave statements at the station before returning home.
  • Hu Feifei asked Xiao Yu about her future college roommates, and he told her she would eventually make a lifelong friend who was currently facing trouble.
  • Xiao Yu took Hu Feifei to a food market, where they met the young woman working at a pickled-food stall and learned she was about to start college.
  • As Xiao Yu watched the girl, Hu Feifei nudged him about the trouble they had come to address, and someone tapped Xiao Yu’s shoulder to ask him to move.

Ch. 419What century was this? Still pulling this old routine?

Xiao Yu confronted Zheng Xing after he threatened Sister Lin and Hu Feifei at a vegetable shop. He exposed Zheng Xing’s past and appealed to his conscience, leaving him to consider the hardship of the young woman he was bullying.

  • Zheng Xing pressured Sister Lin to leave her vegetable shop for a job arranged by his boss, Sun Cheng, and threatened her when she refused.
  • Hu Feifei challenged Zheng Xing and threatened to call the police, but he taunted her with threats of human trafficking.
  • Xiao Yu revealed Zheng Xing’s history as a school dropout and street thug working for Sun Cheng.
  • Xiao Yu explained that Zheng Xing had previously persuaded Sun Cheng to offer women money instead of forcing them, then urged him to consider Sister Lin’s struggles and stop preying on someone vulnerable.

Ch. 420A guiding light, turning over a new leaf!

Xiao Yu stopped Zheng Xing from harassing Su Lin and used a fortune-telling prediction to persuade him to leave his criminal boss and change his ways. Zheng Xing accepted Xiao Yu’s advice and departed, while Xiao Yu offered to help him find honest work.

  • Xiao Yu rebuked Zheng Xing for bullying Su Lin and urged him to live with dignity.
  • Xiao Yu revealed that he was a fortune-telling livestreamer, and the market crowd recognized him as Celestial Master Xiao.
  • After Zheng Xing agreed to hear his fortune, Xiao Yu predicted that he would go to prison as a scapegoat for his boss and struggle to find work in the coming Credit Era.
  • Xiao Yu told Zheng Xing to cut ties with Sun Cheng and promised that changing his ways could let him build a family.
  • Zheng Xing vowed to stop serving Sun Cheng and harassing Su Lin, then left after Xiao Yu offered to help him find a job.

Ch. 421Meeting the Parents? Bring Extra Spirit Money!

Xiao Yu helped Su Lin escape Sun Cheng’s threat, then returned home to stream and gave viewer Bu Yun an ominous suggestion about meeting his girlfriend’s parents. The chapter left Bu Yun alarmed and asking what Xiao Yu meant by bringing spirit money.

  • Xiao Yu introduced Su Lin and Hu Feifei as lifelong friends and took them to a seafood hot pot feast.
  • Hu Feifei asked why Xiao Yu had not simply had Sun Cheng arrested, and Xiao Yu claimed he had wanted Zheng Xing to reform.
  • Police arrested Sun Cheng and uncovered evidence of his crimes, while Zheng Xing felt grateful to Xiao Yu for ensuring his safety.
  • Xiao Yu returned home and resumed streaming for his eager viewers.
  • Bu Yun asked whether meeting his girlfriend’s parents would go smoothly, and Xiao Yu told him to bring extra spirit money.

Ch. 422A great ordinary man

Xiao Yu told Bu Yun about the regrets of his late girlfriend Yang Liu’s father, Yang Dong, whose lifelong donations began as a way to feel the gratitude of people he helped. Before he died, Yang Dong regretted never seeing the students he supported thank him, leaving Bu Yun to fulfill that unspoken wish.

  • Bu Yun asked Xiao Yu whether his girlfriend was a ghost, and Xiao Yu clarified that her parents had died and advised him to show proper respect when visiting them.
  • Xiao Yu stopped Bu Yun before he disconnected and explained that Yang Liu’s father had an unfinished regret he could help address.
  • Xiao Yu recounted how Yang Dong began giving rice to starving people during a famine as a teenager and found joy in their gratitude.
  • Yang Dong continued donating to people in need and supported more than four hundred impoverished students, until his spending and his failing factory drained his family’s assets.
  • After Yang Dong developed cancer, he stopped donating and declined treatment so he could leave something for Yang Liu, then died; his grieving wife died soon after.
  • Xiao Yu revealed that Yang Dong’s secret wish was for the people he had helped to gather, kneel before him, and thank him as they had during the famine.

Ch. 423Repay kindness-thanks are a must!

Xiao Yu promised to gather the children helped by Yang Dong so they could thank him at his memorial, then received a foreign viewer who wanted to become his disciple and learn fortune-telling to save the world and attract beautiful women. The chapter ended with Xiao Yu hearing Li An’s request to become his disciple.

  • Bu Yun agreed to find the notebook listing the 412 children Yang Dong helped and bring it to Xiao Yu’s shop.
  • Xiao Yu vowed to find the people Yang Dong had helped and bring them or their families to thank him at Yang Dong’s memorial.
  • Xia Mo reflected on the importance of sharing uplifting stories before she welcomed the final livestream viewer.
  • A young foreign man introduced himself as Alders, then chose the Huaxia name Li An and said he planned to stay in Huaxia.
  • Li An told Xiao Yu he had come to study martial arts but now wanted to learn fortune-telling so he could become a superhero and attract beautiful women.
  • Li An asked Xiao Yu to take him as a disciple.

Ch. 424Get yourself in order before worrying about others

Xiao Yu told Li An that he was fated to drown and warned him not to risk his life saving anyone, advising him to call the police instead. After a canceled food delivery forced Li An out late at night, he heard a splash while crossing the bridge on his way home.

  • Xiao Yu refused to take Li An as a disciple but offered to recommend martial arts masters and warned that Li An was in danger of dying soon.
  • Xiao Yu said Li An would drown and told him to stand by and call the police if saving someone would put his own life at risk.
  • Li An accepted Xiao Yu’s advice, though he doubted he could drown and felt uneasy about the possibility of refusing to help someone.
  • Hungry after midnight, Li An ordered food, but the delivery was canceled, so he went out to buy something to eat.
  • Li An crossed the nearby bridge without incident on his way to a roadside stall, then heard a splash as he crossed it again on his way home.

Ch. 425Leaving People to Die Was No Way to Be a Hero!

Li An struggled with Master Xiao’s warning and his conscience before jumping into the river to rescue a woman and the person who had jumped in first. The pair’s heavy restraints and desperate grip trapped him underwater, leaving him sinking with no clear way to survive.

  • Li An tried to leave after realizing someone had jumped into the river, but a woman called for help and jumped in herself.
  • Li An hesitated, then saw both people disappear beneath the water and decided he could not leave them to die.
  • Li An leaped into the river and grabbed the woman, but a heavy weight dragged them underwater again.
  • Li An realized the first person was clinging to the woman and weighed down by something, while the panicking woman also grabbed him.
  • Li An became entangled with both people, ran out of strength, and sank as he feared he was going to die.
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