Tarot

After finishing the phone call with Qu Shiyao, Yi Yu's heart, which had been hanging in suspense for several days, finally settled down, and even his eyebrows and eyes relaxed.

Seeing this, Zhao Henxi, who had been waiting to the side with a basketball in her arms, immediately hooked her arm around his neck and said with a grin, "See! I told you your girlfriend would be fine! You didn't believe me!"

"You know?" Yi Yu, unusually, didn't mind his arm around her shoulder and followed his lead towards the dormitory building, asking curiously in return.

"You just don't understand!" Zhao Henxi proudly raised his chin.

"I recently learned some divination from Li Yue! And believe it or not, it's pretty accurate!"

Ever since Zhao Henxi went to the beach with Yi Yu and Qu Shiyao, she has become familiar with all of Qu Shiyao's colleagues.

Especially Li Yue, who mentioned astrology during the chat, which broadened his horizons, even though he originally thought it was something only girls did. He practiced it quite a bit in private.

Yi Yu: "..." How come he didn't know that Henxi had recently become obsessed with this?

"You don't believe me? Then I'll go back to the dorm and get you one!" Seeing Yi Yu's expression, Zhao Henxi reluctantly took out a small, exquisite box from the inside pocket of her coat.

"Why do you still carry it with you?" Yi Yu was surprised by his actions.

"Don't worry about it! This is a limited edition that I managed to snag with great difficulty! What if it gets stolen if I don't carry it with me?" Zhao Henxi said as she opened the dormitory door.

Fortunately, two of my roommates were still in class, and the other had gone out to work, so the dormitory was very quiet.

"Who would steal this..." Yi Yu followed into the dormitory, somewhat speechless, but what could he do when this was his brother?

Zhao Henxi cleared out the table in the center of the dormitory, carefully wiped it clean, and laid out a dark black divination cloth.

Next, he rummaged through the cabinet and found a locked wooden box. After unlocking it, he took out a bottle of aromatherapy.

Draw the curtains, close the door, and light the incense; a faint herbal scent fills the air.

He then sat down at the table, his expression unusually solemn.

Seeing how much ceremony he was putting into it, Yi Yu had no choice but to sit down opposite him in compliance.

"Is your phone on silent?" Zhao Henxi asked Yi Yu, looking up after switching her phone to airplane mode.

Although Yi Yu knew nothing about tarot cards, seeing how serious Zhao Henxi was, she cooperated by taking out her phone as well.

Thinking that Sister Shiyao's matter was not yet fully resolved and that she probably wouldn't contact him for the time being, he put his phone on silent.

Zhao Henxi took his precious limited edition tarot deck out of the small box and placed it in the center of the black cloth.

He remained silent for a minute, until his mind was completely calm, before looking up at Yi Yu and asking in a calm tone, "What do you most want to know right now?"

Caught up in the atmosphere, Yi Yu unconsciously sat up straighter. After a moment's thought, she asked softly, "I want to know... can Shi Yao and I stay together forever?"

Have you discussed future plans?

“She mentioned it, saying that we should focus on the present first.”

Do you go on dates frequently?

"About once every one or two weeks, depending on how busy she is with work."

...

After briefly learning about Yi Yu's situation, Zhao Henxi took the cards in his hand, skillfully shuffled them, and then pushed the entire stack of cards out in front of him at once, forming a neat row.

"Concentrate and choose a card to place here based on your intuition..." Zhao Henxi instructed.

Yi Yu calmed his mind and did as instructed.

After Yi Yu took out all five cards and placed them in the designated position, Zhao Henxi said, "Silently think about what you want to know, and turn over the first card."

Yi Yu took a deep breath, turned over the first card, and then looked at Zhao Henxi with a hint of nervousness.

“This card represents your past; it’s the Hermit, upright,” Zhao Henxi said, examining the card before translating its meaning:

"This means your love is introverted, deep, and cautious; you started as a secret crush."

Yi Yu's eyes flickered slightly, and he nodded in approval.

Indeed, in the beginning, he could only keep his feelings hidden in his heart and try to appear in front of Sister Shiyao every day under various pretexts.

He turned over the second card.

The card depicts a man and a woman exchanging Holy Grails, their posture harmonious and beautiful.

"This is the upright Two of Cups," Zhao Henxi said, a hint of amusement in his voice as he looked at the card.

"You and she began with a natural and profound attraction, a destined harmony, and you fell in love."

Yi Yu's lips curled up uncontrollably.

His relationship with Sister Shiyao was indeed as natural and beautiful as water flowing into a channel.

Even though she initiated the relationship, he can still feel the happiness he felt back then.

Full of anticipation, he turned over the third card.

The image depicts a majestic sphinx pulling a chariot.

“This is the upright position of the Chariot,” Zhao Henxi explained.

"You have recently experienced some external setbacks, but your beliefs in each other remain strong, and your relationship has become more solid through the test and is moving forward."

Yi Yu nodded inwardly.

The first three cards perfectly matched his and Sister Shiyao's situation.

His initial casualness was gradually replaced by conviction, and he unconsciously sat up straight.

With a touch of nervousness, he turned over the fourth card, which represented the possibilities that would follow.

On the card, a person is hanging upside down, but his expression is unusually calm.

When Zhao Henxi saw this card, her breath hitched almost imperceptibly, and her normally steady heartbeat skipped a beat.

He tried to calm himself, closed his eyes, and opened them again to check the cards, his voice lower than before:

"Upright The Hanged Man... This symbolizes sacrifice, the inevitability of fate, and seeing the world from different perspectives. The card suggests that you may later willingly dedicate yourself, or even your life, to someone or something."

Yi Yu suddenly opened her eyes wide and looked at Zhao Henxi.

Zhao Henxi's lips moved as if she wanted to say something, but she swallowed it back in the end.

He forced himself to calm down and pointed to the last card: "There's also the final result card."

Who will be in trouble?

Is it him?

Was he willing?

Is it for Sister Shiyao?

What kind of changes will occur?

A series of questions flooded Yi Yu's mind, causing his heart to race.

He was silent for a few seconds, then his eyes gradually hardened, as if he had figured something out.

In any case, if it's for her...

He took a deep breath, and with a sense of relief, turned over the last card.

"Upright Judgment!" Zhao Henxi's eyes suddenly lit up, his previously tense mind instantly relaxed, and even a hint of excitement appeared.

"Resurrection, awakening, the reckoning of cause and effect, and the final summons! This foreshadows your potential to overcome the calamity, be reborn, and start anew with her!"

After finishing his analysis, Zhao Henxi reached out to collect the cards, but his fingertips trembled slightly uncontrollably, and several cards slipped out. He had to pick them up several times before he could hold them firmly.

"Hey, I'm still here perfectly fine!" Yi Yu couldn't help but laugh and scold him when she saw his distraught appearance, trying to dispel the heavy atmosphere in the air.

Zhao Henxi forced a somewhat strained smile.

He and Yi Yu had been classmates since junior high school and all the way to university, so he knew Yi Yu's situation very well.

He was abandoned at the gate of an orphanage as an infant. He was first adopted, but was sent back to the orphanage when he was 8 years old because his adoptive parents went bankrupt.

She was adopted a second time when her adoptive parents were in a car accident; she was already 16 at the time. After that, she supported herself by working part-time while studying.

Before reaching adulthood, Yi Yu's life was full of hardships.

When Zhao Henxi learned that Yi Yu had fallen in love with Qu Shiyao at first sight, he offered many suggestions, hoping that his brother could find someone who truly cared for and loved him, so that they could live a peaceful and happy life together.

Just when everything seemed to be going well, the tarot cards predicted such a setback, which left him feeling very uneasy and even made him doubt the accuracy of the tarot readings.

Perhaps Yi Yu wasn't focused enough when drawing cards?

Perhaps tarot cards themselves are not scientific enough?

Even after Zhao Henxi put all the props back into the cabinet and reopened the curtains to let the sunlight stream into the dormitory, she was still somewhat uneasy.

Yi Yu felt a warmth in her heart, but also found it somewhat amusing, so she comforted him with a few words.

Although Zhao Henxi usually seems carefree and unreliable, during the difficult times in his life, it was always this brother who insisted on taking him home for dinner, and Zhao's parents also often cared about him.

He will always remember this friendship.

"Alright, cheer up! I need to go back and cook." Yi Yu glanced at his phone; it was almost five o'clock. He planned to go back and cook a big dinner to eat with Sister Shi Yao when she got back.

"Wait!" Zhao Henxi grabbed Yi Yu, who was about to leave, and solemnly instructed her:

"Try not to go out alone lately, and avoid going to places with few people. If you absolutely must go, ask me or your girlfriend to come with you..."

If it weren't for the fact that the other two guys in the dorm came back from get out of class at that moment and interrupted him, judging from Zhao Henxi's demeanor, he could have given her another ten or eight more pieces of advice.

"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing." Yi Yu nodded seriously, patted his shoulder, and turned to leave the dormitory.

Zhao Henxi stood at the door, her brows still furrowed, watching Yi Yu's figure disappear at the top of the stairs. The unease in her heart had not completely dissipated.

"This won't do..." he muttered to himself, pacing back and forth in the dormitory unconsciously, when suddenly a flash of inspiration struck him.

"Oh right, I should tell his girlfriend! No, it's better to send her a message first!"

Without hesitation, Zhao Henxi immediately took out her phone, found Qu Shiyao's number, and edited a long message, detailing the divination results and her concerns.

On the other side, Yi Yu had just arrived at the place where she parked her electric scooter and was about to ride it back to her apartment.

My phone suddenly vibrated, indicating a new text message.

He pulled out his phone in confusion. It was a message from an unknown number, along with a photo.

He glanced at it only once, and his expression changed drastically. Forgetting his promise to Zhao Henxi, he suddenly turned the motorcycle around, twisted the handlebars, and the little electric scooter emitted a slight hum as it sped off in the opposite direction from the apartment.