"February 11th? What happened?"

Xie Qingyan blinked, not understanding what he meant.

"No, let me calculate your fortune."

Mr. Xu took a sip of tea, then muttered in a mystical tone, "According to your birth date and time, your overall fortune today will fluctuate slightly."

Instead of worrying about bad luck, maintain an optimistic and steadfast mindset and believe in your abilities. Whether passively or actively, you need to make some new changes, and the process may require time to adapt. In terms of life, don't let small things affect your mood.

"In terms of career, this is a period of striving to enrich and improve yourself. Maintain a stable work and study routine, and don't slack off because of temporary setbacks. Instead, constantly remind yourself to strengthen your skills and knowledge reserves, and seize opportunities to showcase your talents and abilities."

"In terms of health, feeling tired and unwell may be due to work pressure and mental stress. It is recommended to arrange rest time reasonably, maintain good work and rest habits, and also pay attention to diet and exercise, and relax to relieve stress."

"Why?"

Listening to his long analysis, the woman's doubts deepened.

It actually makes a lot of sense. I've been emotionally unstable lately, not to mention my health—I have complications to deal with... I don't need to worry too much about church matters either; it's been pretty uneventful...

But if it were her, she certainly wouldn't give up just because things are going well. She would take this opportunity to hone her skills, and there are other things she would prefer to do afterward...

That being said, something still feels off.

"wrong!"

She quickly realized what she meant, "We're together every day, of course you know all about these things! Besides, what you're saying seems a bit vague..."

"But it's right within your scope, isn't it?"

Xu Shi laughed and said, "It actually has nothing to do with familiarity. What we need is this vagueness... How can we broaden the scope if it's not vague? How can we get close to it if we don't broaden the scope? And if we don't let you get close to it, how will you believe us?"

This is actually a common tactic in superstitious activities: if someone can answer one out of ten questions, it's considered a success.

Going a step further, it's all just repeating the same old thing over and over again—the most obvious example being "If you can't predict accurately, you won't get a penny; if you can predict accurately, you can tip as you like." It sounds very sincere at first, but it's actually just useless nonsense. If you can't predict accurately, you won't get any money anyway, right?

But if the fortune teller says it first, even if it's inaccurate, you don't seem to have any reason to blame him... He made his statement first, so if you keep dwelling on it, it becomes your problem...

Including the more classic saying "a dark face between the eyebrows indicates bad luck," if something bad really happens, then what they said is true. If nothing bad happens, you'll be overjoyed and won't care whether their prediction is accurate or not.

"Anyway, I'll organize some of these things later. With these, it'll be enough to deal with the people of the Empire... Plus, the royal family will be there to support us, so there's nothing to worry about."

He said leisurely, "Actually, these are all very simple little tricks. I remember a lot of people in Sin City used to do these things, to coax naive young girls who had never experienced anything..."

"Um?"

Xie Qingyan had been listening with great interest, but she quickly realized something was wrong. She narrowed her eyes and said irritably, "You mean, I'm a silly girl?"

"Forehead……"

Xu Shi then realized his slip of the tongue and quickly tried to make amends, "Of course you are not. Director Xie is high and mighty, so of course you rarely come into contact with such low-class things."

Besides, you're not love-obsessed, so it's normal that you don't know about things you don't care about, right?

"cut."

The woman sneered, but didn't pursue the matter too much. Instead, she leaned closer with a touch of melancholy, "Forget it, ever since I fell for your trap, I'm not much different from a silly girl... No matter how you look at it, it's all your fault."

Or perhaps this is the consequence of relying on others... Before, she thought that no matter what her relationship with Xu Shi was like, she could never become like Xia Wuyou and the others.

But the current outcome is clearly not like that; all we can say is that it's just talk.

No way, you're the smartest.

Xu Shi pinched her cheek and, in a sarcastic tone, flattered her.

Just then, the others also finished their day's work and returned to the back room in twos and threes.

"Master, I've done the count, and the number of people today is twice that of yesterday."

The junior priestess in charge of coordination, Pan Ling, took out a small notebook and handed it over. "More than half of them are new faces, but so far it's only limited to the DC area. And many people come and go quickly. If they see that the wait is long, they don't even want the milk and just leave... I'm afraid they're still worried about the legitimacy of our Holy Fire Cat Cult."

"Is that so...? That makes sense."

Xu Shi nodded, "You've worked hard."

"It's not hard at all!"

Ye Shanshan jumped out to pledge her loyalty, saying, "To be honest, it's been a long time since I've done these things, and I'm a bit rusty."

"Um?"

Xu Shi raised an eyebrow. It seemed this guy had done a lot of dirty work for Xie Qingyan in the past... But thinking about it, it was normal. Isn't that what secretaries do?

Not to mention she's a combat-type secretary; my own Miss Su Lin is pretty much the same...

"Miss Ke'an's safety is not a problem either; the people who came today have all behaved themselves."

Shen Qin echoed, saying that she had been sent to protect Xia Ke'an and hadn't had a moment's rest all day.

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