Chapter 81
"No, no, no, my friend didn't say anything..."
Yan Xiaomi nervously moved closer to Xu Gui, tugged at her sleeve, and whispered quickly, "Xu Gui, what are you saying? What if something really happens to this person later?"
Public opinion can be devastating. If the woman who attempted suicide ends up alright, then everyone will be happy. But if something happens to her... Xu Gui's current statement might lead to him being gossiped about and cyberbullied later.
Yan Xiaomi became very anxious when she thought of this, and kept looking at Xu Gui with disappointed eyes.
Xu Gui smiled and whispered to her, "Don't worry."
After saying that, she raised her eyes again and looked at the young woman sitting on the bridge. The woman's face was covered in tears and her eyes were swollen. She looked at Xu Gui and asked in confusion and surprise, "You, you said I won the lottery?"
Xu Gui nodded: "It's me."
The woman looked at Xu Gui suspiciously and asked, "How did you know I won the lottery? Do you know me?"
Xu Gui glanced at the time on his phone and casually said, "Of course I calculated it... Have you thought it through? The river is raging right now, and you'll definitely die if you jump in, but if you don't jump, your lottery ticket will win right away."
"Thirty million..."
Xu Gui uttered the number, "With this money, you'll see your boyfriend, who treated you like dirt yesterday, turn around and hug your legs, crying his heart out, full of regret."
"Parents who think you're a financial burden will immediately say you're their most beloved and closest child, and your younger brother will have to take a backseat."
"Oh, right." Xu Gui remembered something else. She looked at the woman and said, "And the company that fired you. If you won the lottery, would you care about the pittances you earned at the company? You can just go straight to your boss's office and tell him: You fired him!"
The woman's thoughts drifted along with Xu Gui's words, as if she were truly witnessing that scene.
She wiped away her tears and choked out, "If only that were true."
Some say that for most ordinary people in this world, 90% of their troubles stem from not having money. If she could really win 30 million, then 90% of her troubles would be solved.
“I know you’re lying to me.” She looked at Xu Gui and exposed her lie: “The lottery draw is at around 9 p.m., how could you know I won in advance? Besides, I don’t even have the habit of buying lottery tickets.”
The woman gave a slight smile and said, "However, thank you for saying those comforting words."
Xu Guique: "I'm not talking about this lottery draw, I'm talking about the last one. You might have forgotten, but you bought a lottery ticket last time. It's in your right pocket right now. You just need to reach into your pocket and you'll find it."
The woman was startled and subconsciously reached into her right pocket. After rummaging around for a bit, she froze, her face blank and stiff. Her right hand slowly pulled a piece of paper out of her pocket.
"Wow!"
Seeing this scene, the crowd was in an uproar. Everyone's surprised eyes fell on Xu Gui. Even Yan Xiaomi, who had been worried that Xu Gui might be cyberbullied after saying the wrong thing, couldn't help but look at Xu Gui in surprise.
Xu Gui smiled, his clear gaze fixed on the woman on the bridge, and said, "See, I wasn't wrong. I told you, I'm a fortune teller, and my predictions are very accurate."
The woman looked at the lottery ticket in her hand and finally remembered when she had bought it.
She doesn't have a habit of buying lottery tickets, but her boyfriend loves buying them. Although he loses every time he buys, he's still happy to do it and buys every single time. The lottery ticket in the woman's hand was one she bought casually last month when she accompanied her boyfriend to buy lottery tickets.
Her boyfriend bought two tickets, but she hadn't planned to buy any herself because she wasn't interested in them. After all, she'd never been lucky growing up; she'd never even won a scratch-off lottery ticket at the school gate. Over time, she'd become wary of any activity that relied on luck.
But that day, after her boyfriend bought two lottery tickets, the lottery shop owner casually suggested that she buy two tickets as well.
"...I never buy these things."
"Hey, that's exactly why you should buy one, since you've never bought one before! Ever heard of the newbie buff? People like you who have never bought lottery tickets are the most likely to win. Last time, there was a young girl here who bought a lottery ticket for the first time and won five thousand... Maybe your luck will be just as good as hers?"
The lottery ticket wasn't expensive, and with her boyfriend also offering some encouragement, she bought one. She didn't look at it closely after buying it, just casually put it in her pocket, and then forgot about it.
The woman glanced at the pants she was wearing. These were the pants she had worn when she bought the lottery ticket that day. She had only worn them for one day, and when she got home, she had casually tossed them into the laundry basket by her bedside. She hadn't worn them since, until today, when she finally put them on again.
The woman sobered up completely.
Xu Gui looked at her with a smile and said, "Since I can tell that you have lottery tickets in your pocket, you should believe that what I said is true, right?"
"You'd better hold on tight," she said, pointing to the lottery ticket in the woman's hand. "This ticket is for the first prize. If you lose it, you'll lose thirty million."
Upon hearing this, the woman's hand trembled, and her grip on the lottery ticket tightened, as if afraid that if she loosened her grip, the ticket would be swept away by the wind.
Xu Gui walked over, held out his hand to her, and said, "Give me your hand, I'll help you down..."
The woman looked at her, her hand trembling as she reached out. Xu Gui grabbed her hand and helped her down from the bridge. Immediately, the crowd of onlookers surged forward, chattering and asking questions.
"How are you? Are you alright?"
"Honey, are you hurt anywhere?"
"Phew, thank goodness! They're all alright now..."
Several older men surrounded Xu Gui and her group, blocking their way to the bridge.
The woman had been on the bridge for quite some time, enduring the wind for an unknown amount of time. Her legs were already weak, and as soon as she came down, she couldn't help but sit down on the ground. But at this moment, she couldn't care less about that. She just held Xu Gui's hand tightly and looked at her intently.
"Are you telling the truth? You're not lying to me, are you?" she pressed Xu Gui, her tone urgent. "You didn't tell me about winning the lottery just to get me to come down from the bridge, did you?"
Xu Gui smiled and said, "Don't worry, I wouldn't say something like that to comfort you. If you don't believe me, you can check the lottery numbers from the last draw on your phone right now."
She must be crazy to say something like that to deceive people. If she's really lying, then she's giving women poison to quench their thirst.
Xu Gui can't keep an eye on women forever. Even if she manages to appease someone temporarily with those words, who can guarantee that the other person won't try to commit suicide again once they find out that what she said was a lie?
Xu Gui wouldn't do that, so what she said is true.
"Ah, you're Xu Gui?" Suddenly, someone in the crowd pointed at Xu Gui and shouted, their eyes shining, "You're the legendary fortune teller Xu Gui?"
Xu Gui looked in the direction of the voice and saw a young girl in the crowd pointing at her and shouting excitedly, "Xu Gui, I'm your fan!"
The girl was so excited that she stomped her feet.
"What kind of fortune teller?" someone asked curiously from the side.
The girl said, "She's the fortune teller! Have you guys seen the '360 Trades' program on Hunan TV? She's a guest on the show, a celebrity!"
"So you're saying she's a great fortune teller?"
"Yes, being a fortune teller is her main job, being a celebrity is her side job... You don't know, Xu Gui's fortune telling is really accurate. She has more than ten million followers on Weibo, and many of them became fans because of her fortune telling... The fact that Mr. Mao donated hundreds of millions of assets to the country was predicted by her!"
"Mao Taiping, right? I know him. I heard that this matter was predicted by a master, and this master is this young lady?"
"Yes, it's our Xu Gui! She not only foresaw the matter of Old Master Mao Taiping, she foresaw many other things as well..."
The girl started chatting wildly with the people around her, revealing all of Xu Gui's background in just a few words. Everyone who listened had to say that Xu Gui was "awesome" and "amazing," as if they were listening to a story.
However, they had indeed seen many of the things the girl mentioned online, especially the story about Mao Taiping, which had been trending on social media for several days.
So, does the other person really know how to tell fortunes?
Just then, someone in the crowd suddenly said, "...Then, is it true that this young lady won the lottery?"
Everyone's eyes immediately fell on the woman sitting on the ground, their gazes becoming somewhat fiery.
The woman who was listening intently to everyone's discussion: "..."
She clutched the lottery ticket tightly, nervously glancing at the people around her, and said, "This is mine!" So don't look at her like that, she'll think you're all eyeing my lottery ticket.
Seeing this, everyone felt embarrassed.
"I've never seen a winning lottery ticket before, so I'm a little curious," someone said.
The woman pursed her lips, still clutching her lottery ticket warily. Now, she no longer wanted to commit suicide; all she could see was wariness of those around her. Now, she saw everyone around her as a bad person.
Among the crowd, there were also people who were curious about Xu Gui. Many people gathered around Xu Gui, hoping that she could help them with their calculations.
A thin but incredibly strong old woman pushed everyone else aside and went straight to Xu Gui, pleading earnestly, "...Master, look at me, look at me! Can you tell me if my daughter-in-law's baby is a boy or a girl?!"
The old lady made a surprising remark, saying something that made everyone around her turn their heads.
Xu Gui glanced at the other person casually and asked, "So what if your daughter-in-law is carrying a girl?"
The old lady raised an eyebrow and said matter-of-factly, "Then of course we should abort the child. Our family can't afford to raise a daughter!"
Upon hearing this, many people around couldn't help but frown. An elderly woman of similar age advised, "Sister, you can't have such a mindset. What era are we living in? We don't have that kind of preference for sons over daughters anymore."
"As the saying goes, it's the same whether you have a son or a daughter. If your child is not filial, it's useless even if you have ten sons! Besides, girls are so much better. Most girls are more obedient and considerate than boys from a young age, and they care about their mothers... In my family, I don't have any sons, but I have three daughters, and they are all filial to me. Each of them gives me three thousand yuan every month. Isn't that better than having a son?"
The aunt spoke from the bottom of her heart, but the old lady was not moved in the slightest.
"Hmph, is my family the same as yours? My family has only had one son for three generations. If my son doesn't have a son, our family line will end!" The old lady said righteously. "Besides, my daughter-in-law has already given birth to two daughters. If she has another daughter, does she expect us to have three golden flowers in our family?"
The old lady said with dissatisfaction, "Anyway, if she has another daughter this time, I will make my son divorce her. I don't think she looks like the type to have a son. She has small breasts and a small bottom. If this were our time, no husband would even look at a woman like her."
Her tone made it sound as if her son had married her daughter-in-law and that the daughter-in-law had gotten a huge advantage, which made people feel a little disgusted.
"So, Master, please help me calculate, if my daughter-in-law's baby is really a girl..." The old lady frowned, pursed her lips and said, "Then I'll have to tell her to get an abortion!"
Xu Gui noticed someone in the crowd secretly taking pictures with their phone. She glanced at the mean-looking old woman and said lightly, "You yourself never had a son in your life, so why do you expect your daughter-in-law to have one?"
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