Chapter 6
Xu Gui happily accepted the five hundred yuan and immediately greeted people with a very friendly and enthusiastic attitude.
"...What would you like to have your fortune told, sir?" she asked immediately, her eyes eager and confident. "I can tell you anything here, whether you want to know about marriage, children, fortune, misfortune, joy, or sorrow... In short, whatever you want to know, I can tell you!"
The woman glanced at Xu Gui, hesitated, and then sat down on the small stool in front of her.
"Can you really calculate everything?" she asked.
Xu Gui nodded, then suddenly remembered something: "By the way, what should I call you?"
"My surname is Yang..."
The woman spoke casually, then pursed her lips, and after thinking for a few seconds, she seemed to have made up her mind.
Xu Gui decided to call her Ms. Yang.
"Didn't I tell you before? When my husband and I got married, his family gave me a dowry of five million yuan!" Ms. Yang brought up the matter again, and as she spoke, a hint of pride appeared on her face, clearly very pleased with the matter.
However, the smug expression on her face didn't last long before turning into distress.
Ms. Yang said, "That's where the problem lies. My parents had some trouble, so I wanted to withdraw some money to help them out, but my husband's family refused."
Xu Gui asked curiously, "Why won't they agree?"
Ms. Yang sighed and said, "My father-in-law is superstitious and believes in luck. He said that the dowry he gave me was specially calculated by a master, who said that the number five million would bring wealth and should not be touched for a short period of time. As long as the money is not touched, our family's wealth will accumulate more and more. On the contrary, our family will lose money!"
“But my parents urgently need the money, and my in-laws are unwilling to lend them any. The only money I have is this five million! But now they won't let me touch it. What can I do?”
At this point, Ms. Yang couldn't help but feel a little irritated, and her tone was somewhat depressed, clearly indicating that she had been troubled by this matter for quite some time.
She said resentfully, "Since my father-in-law is superstitious, then I can only treat the symptoms with the remedy, fight poison with poison... Doesn't he believe in masters? You are a master too, surely he will listen to what you say?"
She looked at Xu Gui and said, "So, I need you to help me calculate when I can withdraw this money? Actually, I think today would be a good day, what do you think?"
Xu Gui: "...Let me calculate it first."
A few seconds later, Xu Gui's expression turned strange. She looked at Ms. Yang, her face showing a hesitant expression.
"You might not be able to withdraw your five million," she said tactfully.
Ms. Yang was taken aback, then asked anxiously, "Why? Does it mean that if I take this money, our family will really suffer financial loss?"
She had previously seemed completely skeptical, but now, hearing Xu Gui's words, her expression turned genuinely anxious and worried—it seemed she did believe it a little.
When Xu Gui heard her question, he said, "...No, it's just that you'll be unhappy if you go to get it."
Ms. Yang frowned, not understanding what Xu Gui meant. She said with some dissatisfaction, "Speak clearly, don't be vague and mysterious."
Xu Gui sighed, then looked up at Ms. Yang with a determined expression.
“Since that’s the case, then I’ll be blunt!” she said quickly. “Is it possible that your husband’s family is actually lying to you, and that they didn’t actually give the five million yuan dowry at all?”
Ms. Yang was stunned and said without thinking, "Impossible!"
"How could something like this be fake? I'm not stupid. Do you think I don't know whether there's a bride price or not?" She looked at Xu Gui with dissatisfaction, picked up her bag, and was about to leave when she said angrily, "I think you're just jealous of me. You're jealous that my husband gave me so much bride price and that he's so good to me, so you're talking nonsense here!"
Xu Gui was bewildered.
"Me, jealous of you?" she asked incredulously, pointing at herself.
Ms. Yang looked down at her and said, "Isn't that right?"
She curled her lip and said with obvious disdain, "I knew it! You fortune tellers are all just swindlers and liars, spouting nonsense... I don't know what's wrong with my father-in-law, he's so superstitious!"
Despite being insulted like that, Xu Gui wasn't angry. She simply asked in return, "Are you sure there really is five million? Did you see five million with your own eyes? Or did you go to the bank to ask if five million really exists?"
Ms. Yang replied, "Of course I saw it with my own eyes! You don't believe me?"
She reached into her bag and pulled out a bankbook, slamming it on Xu Gui's desk. "If you don't believe me, open it and see for yourself. It clearly says five million here. How could this be fake? Are you saying the bank is cheating people?"
Xu Gui opened the passbook and glanced at it. He saw that the number written on it was indeed "five million," but...
"You've probably never touched the money in this passbook, nor have you ever checked the money in it at the bank, right?" She looked at Ms. Yang with her bright, clear eyes, tapped the passbook lightly with her finger, and said meaningfully, "Actually, passbooks can be faked. As long as you don't take it to the bank to ask, who can tell if it's real or fake?"
Xu Gui continued, "If you don't believe me, you can take the passbook to the bank and check. That way you'll know if what I'm saying is true or false... Haven't you ever thought about why your husband's family won't let you touch the money in the passbook? Do you really think it's because your father-in-law is superstitious?"
Ms. Yang's expression changed.
It has to be said that Xu Gui's words really hit a nerve. She recalled the strange behavior of her in-laws. Every time she mentioned needing the five million, her husband's reaction was very strange. He couldn't possibly use the five million...
Ms. Yang felt increasingly uneasy, but dared not think too deeply about it.
However, when facing Xu Gui, she dared not show any sign of it, and only said, "I don't believe you. My husband and my in-laws treat me so well, they would never lie to me!"
"Hmph, I'll take the passbook to the bank right now to inquire... If it turns out that what you said is all false, I'll smash up your stall!"
Xu Gui was dumbfounded: ...What did her stall do wrong? Why would they smash her stall?
Seeing Ms. Yang take the passbook and leave, Xu Gui remained sitting blankly on the stool. The person filming couldn't help but anxiously remind him, "Teacher Xu, aren't you going to go and check on her?"
What a great topic! It's going to generate a lot of traffic!
However, it's not appropriate to be so blunt when following the reporter. One could only say, "If you don't see it with your own eyes, what if the bank clearly proves the passbook is fake, and Ms. Yang doesn't accept it? Wouldn't that ruin your reputation as a fortune teller?"
Xu Gui: "...That's right!"
She suddenly stood up and said, "You're right, I should go and see too!"
She hurriedly followed Ms. Yang, and as she passed the elderly conman wearing sunglasses, she casually said, "Old man, could you please watch my stall for me? Thank you!"
Old man: ?
The cameraman looked excited and followed them with his equipment—this was all traffic! No matter how the matter ended, the topic was already generating buzz. Although he couldn't see how popular their live stream was right now, he figured it couldn't be low.
The cameraman sighed: "Teacher Xu is so disappointing, I, the cameraman, have to try my best!"
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Xu Gui's Live Stream:
[What the heck? Does Xu Gui mean this passbook is fake? There's actually no money in it?]
Wait a minute, if this bankbook is fake, then that huge diamond ring on Ms. Yang's hand... could it also be fake?
[Ha, if it's fake, then it makes sense. I always thought that this Ms. Yang, no matter how you look at it, didn't seem like a wealthy person at all; she was too pretentious.]
If this bankbook is fake, and this huge diamond ring is fake, then what is real? Although Ms. Yang seems a bit showy, I suddenly feel a little sorry for her.
[What you're saying only has any credibility if Xu Gui is truly a diviner and everything she says is true; otherwise, it's all speculation. I find it strange that you all believe Xu Gui so readily. This matter hasn't even been confirmed yet, and you're already so eager to convict Ms. Yang.]
[Yes, why do we believe Xu Gui so much?]
[It's okay, we'll know soon enough whether it's true or not. Tsk, if it's fake, Xu Gui will probably be cursed to death. But then again, if it's true... wow, that'll get interesting.]
*
Xu Gui's observations were correct; Ms. Yang's matter was indeed a big topic. The number of viewers in Xu Gui's live stream was increasing rapidly. Previously, there were only about a thousand viewers, but now there are five thousand, and the number is still rising.
As for Xu Gui, she was spotted by Ms. Yang as soon as she walked out of the overpass.
"What are you doing following me?" Ms. Yang frowned at her, her expression quite displeased.
Xu Gui said matter-of-factly, "I'll go to the bank with you. Otherwise, what if the bank tells you this passbook is fake, but you refuse to admit it and insist that I'm a swindler? What am I supposed to do then? I can't let you ruin my reputation as a fortune teller!"
She couldn't tarnish the reputation of their Xuan Turtle clan; she wanted to prove that their Xuan Turtle clan were born diviners!
Ms. Yang was amused by Xu Gui's words and asked, "Do you think I'm the kind of person who would never admit it?"
Xu Gui: "How would I know? I only met you today."
Ms. Yang: "..."
Seeing Xu Gui's stubborn expression, Ms. Yang lost interest and said, "Fine, if you want to come, then go ahead." After this commotion, the anger she had been holding in seemed to dissipate a bit, and she couldn't even muster up any more anger.
She looked at the passbook in her hand and gritted her teeth—what she wanted to know most right now was whether the passbook was real or fake.
Logically speaking, she should trust her husband and in-laws more, since she had never believed in feudal superstitions before. However, thinking about their strange attitude when they mentioned the bride price, she inexplicably leaned towards Xu Gui's words and felt that what she said was correct.
Ms. Yang stormed into the nearest bank. As soon as she entered, she went straight to the lobby manager, slammed her passbook on the table, and said, "Help me check whether this passbook is real or fake!"
The lobby manager looked at Ms. Yang's ferocious face, then at Xu Gui behind her with a gossipy expression, and behind them was a burly man carrying a camera.
Lobby Manager: Oh no, they're coming for our bank!
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