Chapter 272 Fortune Telling (I slept and woke up at ten o'clock)

"Little girl, you have a good face. You are destined to be rich and noble, and you will have no disasters or worries in your life."

The woman in front of him was the one who came to Lin Shutang on her own. She was holding a bucket of bamboo sticks in her hand and carrying a bag on her back. The bag looked wrinkled and pilled, and must have been there for quite a while.

She started out speaking Cantonese, but when Lin Shutang seemed confused, she switched to Mandarin. She probably wasn't from Hong Kong, as her accent sounded like she was from Tianjin.

Lin Shutang ignored her and tried to leave, but the woman kept chasing after her, as if she would keep following her unless she listened. Lin Shutang was so frustrated that she casually drew three lots, and then she said what she had just said.

Hearing the woman say that she had lived a life without disasters or worries, Lin Shutang was not angry, but found it a little funny. The corners of her lips curved up: "Auntie, I didn't live a very good life before."

The woman heard this, but without feeling embarrassed by being exposed, she continued, "That's all in the past. You'll have a good life in the future. You have good taste in choosing people, and you'll be happy in the future. You have a good heart and a kind face, but you're a little soft-hearted. As long as you don't get soft-hearted, your life will be smooth."

She didn't say who she chose, and her words were ambiguous. Lin Shutang turned to leave, but she stopped him again: "But, your relationship with children is shallow."

Hearing this, Lin Shutang stopped and looked back at her.

Seeing that something was going to happen, the woman's smile deepened. She pulled out a piece of yellow paper from her bag. It had red patterns on it, like a talisman.

"But you don't have to worry too much. As long as you use this magic weapon of mine, you will eventually get what you want."

With a few deft movements of her hands, she folded the yellow paper into a triangle and handed it to Lin Shutang: "Put it in your phone case and carry it with you at all times. It will protect you."

Lin Shutang didn't take it, but she didn't care and just stuffed the thing into her hand. Then, she took out a QR code from her bag and said with a smile, "Let's ask for an auspicious number. I'll give you sixty."

Lin Shutang hesitated for a moment, but since the money was not much, he just handed it to her.

As she turned to go up the stairs, Lin Shutang looked at the Guanyin statue in the Zhusheng Hall and squeezed the yellow triangle with her hand. Subconsciously, the thoughts and emotions she had ignored for a long time became clear again.

"What are you thinking about?" came the man's gentle voice.

Lin Shutang looked up. It was Li Yansheng. He must have come out to look for her because he saw she hadn't returned.

Lin Shutang smiled and shook his head, then shook the yellow talisman casually: "I just met a fortune-teller who said this could bless me with safety and success."

Li Yansheng asked with a smile, "How much did it cost?"

"Sixty" Lin Shutang frowned, a little annoyed: "I feel like I've been cheated."

As she spoke, she lifted the yellow talisman and examined it carefully, then added, "The characters on it seem to be printed. Even if a god really exists, he probably wouldn't bless me with such insincerity!"

"It's good that you realize you've been cheated." Li Yansheng chuckled and rarely said something teasing to her.

Lin Shutang raised his head and gave him a look that seemed to be reproaching him: "You talk as if I'm stupid."

Upon hearing this, Li Yansheng raised his hand and took off the sun hat on her head: "Well, not stupid..."

Seeing her hair slightly damp with sweat on her forehead, he reached out to smooth it down and asked, "Are you hot?"

Lin Shutang: "Not bad."

Li Yansheng: "After it starts, it may last for a long time. Let's go eat something first, and then take a rest."

"good."