Chapter 014 The Fourteenth Melon
"Brother Qiang, the boss asked why you haven't come to work today?!"
In a public telephone booth, Wang Mingqiang held the corn in one hand and the microphone in the other, "Tell the boss that I'm not going home today and I'm going to dig for materials."
"What's the news? Today's newspapers are all reporting on the Taoist temple female corpse case. The boss is pressing for help." The colleague took the microphone and looked in the direction of the office: "Sun Ming, that friend, is still saying bad things about you in front of the boss!"
Wang Mingqiang took a bite of corn. The person behind him urged him to hang up the phone quickly. He waved his hand and said to his colleague, "I know. I came here to find information about this matter. Now everyone is reporting on the Taoist temple case. What can we report? The information I found is very explosive. I guarantee that I can sell 10,000 copies tomorrow!"
After saying this, Wang Mingqiang hung up the phone without waiting for his colleagues to ask.
There are many newspapers in Hong Kong, with at least several hundred of them famous and unknown. The place is small, so any disturbance will attract paparazzi from all over Hong Kong.
However, citizens are not so willing to spend money to buy newspapers. Unless there is some explosive news or some pornographic novels, it is not easy for a tabloid to sell tens of thousands of copies.
"Master Gu of Temple Street, Master Gu..."
While eating breakfast, Wang Mingqiang asked people where Master Gu was setting up his stall.
Fortunately, Gu Xicao has become somewhat famous recently, so it is not too difficult to find her.
But when Wang Mingqiang saw the 17 or 18-year-old girl sitting behind the table, he was still shocked. He rubbed his eyes and pulled the student brother who was leading the way: "Student brother, you said that Master Gu is her?!"
The student brother was chewing on a popsicle, nodded, and pointed at Gu Xicao: "Yes, it's her. My grandma said that her predictions are very accurate. The people from the Taoist temple came to cause trouble for her yesterday, but they were taken away by the police. My grandma said that she had predicted that someone was going to harm her, so she teamed up with the police early on."
Is it really that magical?
Wang Mingqiang has been a paparazzi for more than ten years. He has seen all kinds of new and strange things. He has interviewed people about raising ghosts and haunted houses, but he has never seen anything real.
Hearing what the student said, he muttered in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face. He took out ten yuan and gave it to him, "Thank you very much, you can go now."
"Wow, uncle, you are so generous. Do you want me to go over and introduce you guys?"
The student received the money, smiled widely and spoke enthusiastically.
Wang Mingqiang waved his hand: "No, just do your thing, I will take care of it myself."
Although it has become a tacit understanding for paparazzi to report false information, if you want to sell newspapers, you still need real information.
Wang Mingqiang simply moved aside and pretended to stroll around, but he was actually paying attention to Gu Xicao's stall.
Coincidentally, today, Sun Jiaying brought a female colleague here for fortune-telling.
When the female colleague came, she was still skeptical and said to Sun Jiaying: "Jiaying, can you trust this master you mentioned? It doesn't matter if it's over a hundred. The most important thing is that it's accurate."
Sun Jiaying patted her colleague on the shoulder and said, "Please believe me. I never brag. When you see the master's skills, you will know that I am not lying. Master, it's a good thing that you are here today."
Sun Jiaying pulled her female colleague over enthusiastically.
Gu Xicao looked up and greeted them with a smile, "Hello, you don't have to go to work today?"
Sun Jiaying said, "Yes, but we are from the sales department, so we should be more relaxed. I have an important matter to discuss with you today, Hermione, hurry up and tell me."
Lin Miaoli was stunned when she saw Gu Xicao. When she heard Sun Jiaying urging her, an embarrassment flashed across her face. However, she had always been soft-hearted and had a good relationship with Jiaying, so she thought that she was just doing a good deed. "I want to find out the whereabouts of my boyfriend. He said he was on a business trip this time, and there has been no news for more than half a month. I am very worried about him."
"It's considered a boyfriend. How about this? You give the money first, then write down your name and your boyfriend's name. Also, do you have a photo of your boyfriend?"
Gu Xicao could see that Lin Miaoli was hesitant, so he went through the process more rigorously and asked for an extra photo this time.
Make sure the guests feel that their 188 is worth it.
Lin Miaoli wrote her name and took out her wallet from her purse: "This is our photo. This is my boyfriend. Do you want to know his date of birth?"
Wang Mingqiang ordered a bowl of rice cake and leaned against the wall, seemingly eating, but actually secretly watching the situation over here.
Gu Xicao looked at the photo, then looked at Lin Miaoli, "That's not necessary, but now there are two pieces of news, one is good news and the other is bad news, which one do you want to hear first?"
Lin Miaoli was stunned for a moment, and then she exchanged glances with Sun Jiaying. She moved her lips and whispered, "So fast? No need to ask for divination or anything like that?"
"No need. A true master doesn't need so many tricks." Ever since seeing Gu Xicao's abilities, Sun Jiaying has completely become her believer and spoke in a very arrogant tone.
Wang Laoshi, who was standing next to him, heard this suddenly and coughed heavily.
Sun Jiaying looked at him. On the table in front of Wang Laoshi were gossips, fortune sticks and other things. Sun Jiaying smiled awkwardly, "Master Wang, we are not talking about you, don't take it too seriously."
Wang Laoshi snorted but didn't say much.
"Is that so?" Lin Miaoli thought for a moment, "That's good news."
Gu Xicao said: "The good news is that your boyfriend is fine now, he is safe and has returned home."
"Really?!" Lin Miaoli was pleasantly surprised and shocked, "Master, don't lie to me, I'll call him later."
"Why would I lie to you?"
Gu Xicao spread out his hands and said, "If you want to verify whether what I said is true or not, you can call me now."
Seeing Gu Xicao speak so confidently, Lin Miaoli was a little shaken. She asked hesitantly, "What's the bad news?"
"Bad news. Your boyfriend has been missing for the past half month. Nothing happened to him. He was visiting a prostitute in Pengcheng and was caught by the police there."
Gu Xicao said sympathetically.
"Cough cough cough." Sun Mingqiang, who was eating bowl-shaped cake opposite, almost choked when he heard such gossip. When he met the gazes of Sun Jiaying and others, he quickly turned around and coughed at the wall.
"Impossible, don't talk nonsense, my boyfriend loves me very much!"
Lin Miaoli's expression suddenly became extremely ugly. She grabbed the table with her hands and said, "Master, are you kidding me?"
"Just kidding, I won't talk about this even if I'm joking."
Gu Xicao shook her head and said, "Your boyfriend is a truck driver, right?"
Lin Miaoli subconsciously looked at Sun Jiaying, who hurriedly said, "We all decided to come here for fortune-telling today. How could I possibly tell the fortune-teller about your boyfriend's situation?"
Lin Miaoli thought so too.
Sun Jiaying had never mentioned fortune-telling before. It was only this morning when she said she couldn't contact her boyfriend and was worried that Sun Jiaying suggested bringing her here for fortune-telling.
Moreover, Jiaying had been with her since coming here from the company, so she had no chance to call the master.
Lin Miaoli's face turned pale when she thought of this. "Yes, you are right. He is a truck driver, but he is different from others. He told me that his colleagues all have mistresses in Pengcheng, but he never does that."
When Wang Mingqiang heard these words, as a man, he felt speechless.
It means that women like Lin Miaoli are easy to deceive. Otherwise, how could a person who really keeps himself clean say that his colleague is having an affair and that he himself is innocent?
"You believe what he says?" Sun Jiaying couldn't help but get angry. "Hermily, they treat you like a fool. Being caught this time doesn't mean it's the first time. It just means he hasn't been caught before."
"No way, no, he's not that kind of person."
Lin Miaoli was hit hard and was a little dazed.
Gu Xicao said, "If you don't believe me, you can give him a call and test him by saying that you already know that his family has bailed him out and see what he says."
"Okay, I don't believe Jiaming would do this to me!"
Lin Miaoli's mind was a mess. On the one hand, she held on to some hope that what Gu Xicao said was false, but on the other hand, she didn't want to be kept in the dark, so she simply took the money and borrowed a phone from the shop and made the call.
“Ring, ring, ring—”
The phone kept ringing.
Zhao Jiaming came out of the bathroom and wiped his hair with a towel. He heard the phone ringing and shouted, "Mom, answer the phone."
No one in the room answered, and the phone kept ringing, so Zhao Jiaming had no choice but to walk over and answer it, "Hello."
Hearing Jiaming's voice on the other end of the phone, Lin Miaoli was stunned. Holding the microphone, she looked in the direction of Gu Xicao in disbelief.
"What's the matter?" Sun Jiaying asked in a low voice.
Lin Miaoli's lips were dry. She covered the microphone and said to Jiaying, "It's Jiaming's voice."
Wang Mingqiang's eyes widened, his jaw dropped to the ground. The girl's boyfriend was actually at home? !
"Hello? Who is it? Speak up!"
Zhao Jiaming said impatiently.
Lin Miaoli held the microphone tightly, her face pale: "Jia Ming, it's me."
"Hermily?!"
Zhao Jiaming was startled and stood up quickly, "Why is it you? Don't you have to go to work?"
"I, I haven't heard from you for half a month, I'm worried about you," Lin Miaoli held the microphone tightly, her knuckles turned white.
"Hey, why are you worried about me? I'm fine. It's just that there are too many goods this time, so I was delayed." Zhao Jiaming rolled his eyes and made up an excuse.
He sniffed his body and it smelled like grapefruit leaves.
After staying in the police station for half a month, he was almost rotten.
"You lied to me. I know everything. You were arrested in Pengcheng, and your family bailed you out, right?"
When Lin Miaoli said this, her eyes became red and she couldn't help holding her breath.
On the other end of the phone, Zhao Jiaming's face changed. "What are you talking about? What about being arrested? Don't listen to what others say."
"Zhao Jiaming! Stop pretending. I already know what's going on. You've been so kind to me, but you're still calling a prostitute!"
Although Lin Miaoli was soft-hearted, she was not stupid and could tell that Zhao Jiaming's tone was wrong.
Zhao Jiaming felt guilty, and after hearing what Lin Miaoli said, he thought that she really knew, so he quickly pleaded: "Miaoli, it's my first time, it's all because of those people who dragged me over. I didn't do anything with that prostitute, please believe me!"
“Bang!”
Lin Miaoli hung up the phone directly and burst into tears on the spot.
The stall owner, Wang Mingqiang and others all lowered their heads, looking like they were busy with their own things.
Sun Jiaying looked at Lin Miaoli worriedly: "Miaoli, don't cry. It's not worth crying for a man like this."
"I know. I will break up with him." Lin Miaoli wiped her tears and looked at Gu Xicao with complicated eyes. "Thank you, Master, for telling me the truth."
"You're welcome. We are both women. Of course I will help you."
Gu Xicao said directly: "Men are like buses. When one dies, there is another one. There is no need to be sad."
"Ahem."
Wang Laoshi couldn't help but cough again.
Gu Xicao glanced at Wang Laoshi and said, "Master Wang, does your throat hurt?"
Wang Laoshi said helplessly: "No, but you could be more direct. What bus?"
"Any taxi is fine, depending on what you prefer. But your car is an old one."
Gu Xicao teased.
Wang Laoshi rolled his eyes.
Lin Miaoli was so amused that she burst out laughing, "Thank you, Master Gu, don't worry, I'm not a stupid girl, I won't do anything stupid."
Lin Miaoli asked Gu Xicao for her phone number and left with Sun Jiaying.
Wang Mingqiang ate a piece of melon and witnessed Gu Xicao's ability. He was more and more convinced that he had dug up good stuff this time. Apart from anything else, just this piece of melon was enough to attract the attention of those housewives.
He walked up with a big smile on his face, "Master, I'm a reporter from Today's Times, and I want to interview you."
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