Chapter 11: Being fooled
A good fortune telling revealed both financial loss and murderous intent. Many crew members who originally just wanted to join in the fun now looked dazed, wondering "Who am I? Where am I? What happened?"
Yang Jiantao opened his mouth and was about to say something, but was interrupted by Du Anrao.
"The way you write a word may just be a personal habit, but fortune telling is about your current state of mind and future. Just like I just asked you to write a word, and the first thing you thought of was this word, it means that your future is related to this word."
Yang Jiantao was speechless. Some people always say that if they had a chance to do it again, they would do this and that. But can things in this world really be done over again?
Similarly, he now also wanted to go back to the moment and change the word he wrote to something else.
But can this really be done? Can we still call fate a future that can be changed?
Du Anrao did not directly ask Yang Jiantao to believe in himself, but he still easily made him fall into a logical circle and start to doubt himself.
Du Hexuan looked at his old friend who had obviously been fooled, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly. He had a better understanding of his sister's ability to lie with open eyes.
"It sounds serious. We must take it seriously. But An An, you are being too general. Even if Brother Yang wants to take precautions, there is nothing he can do. Can you be more specific?"
Du Anrao immediately pretended to be mysterious and embarrassed: "Then I'm afraid I have to ask Brother Yang to write another word, because this is all I can see from the word just now."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's attention was focused on Yang Jiantao again.
Yang Jiantao was moved but refused, fearing that the words he wrote casually would become another bomb that could explode at any time.
But the crew members who were watching the fun were unwilling to let him go, and laughed and said, "Brother Yang, just write one more word. The little girl is just playing around, and we adults can't spoil her fun."
"Yes, yes, just write one more word and let us see what else she can say."
Yang Jiantao was in a dilemma. He picked up the pen and thought about what Du Anrao had just said. For some reason, he wrote a word on the notebook.
Duanrao took a quick glance and almost couldn't help but exclaimed "Wow!" on the spot.
The second character Yang Jiantao wrote was Di, the Di in his wife’s name!
[Could it be that there is a will of heaven, and even God cannot bear to see an honest man being wasted by two evil people? Aren’t these two people, a woman and a brother, telling you clearly that the people who want to harm you are your woman and brother? Well, your wife’s brother is also a brother, but they don’t treat you as a brother.]
Although this word was straightforward in the eyes of those who knew the truth, Du Anrao was troubled as to how to explain it.
[I told him directly that your wife and your brother-in-law are planning to take away all your money and give you a loan shark. What's the difference between this and a fool running up to someone and getting close to him? ]
In short, it is too straightforward and lacks style, making it ineffective in fooling people and not mysterious enough.
[At times like this, I need to use some language arts to process it. Next, let me tell you how I’m going to deceive you… ahem, I’ll remind him. ]
Du Hexuan, whose master filter was shattered, and Xi Jingyue, who had just gone out to scold his cousin and came back to hear Du Anrao preparing to lie: ...
Du Anrao first rehearsed the words in his mind, and then he spoke slowly in a drawn-out tone: "This word..."
Yang Jiantao's heart suddenly lifted: "What's wrong with this word?"
"First of all, judging from the shape of the characters, the left character is "woman" and the right character is "brother". The woman on the left is opposite to the person on the left side of the character "sword". If the person on the right side of the character "sword" is Brother Yang, then the person on the left is the other person who had an argument with Brother Yang. Therefore, it can be seen that this person should be... a woman."
"Woman?" Many people widened their eyes in surprise.
Duanrao just talked a lot about financial disputes and knife-fighting, and everyone almost conceded that the person who could fight with Yang Jiantao and hurt him was most likely a man, but now he says it was a woman!
Looking at Yang Jiantao's pale face again, this is... right again? !
"The overall meaning of the word 'Di' tends to be used to refer to sisters-in-law, younger brother's wife, or even concubines of the same husband. In other words, judging from the meaning of the word, this person has a close relationship with Brother Yang and can be considered a relative, but they are not related by blood."
With so many prerequisites, it’s hard not to guess who this person is.
Du Anrao also stopped talking and changed the topic to another person: "Let's look at the right half of the word 娣, which has a character 弟. This character 弟 corresponds to the knife on the right. If we talk about the cause and effect of the past, the one on the right is the cause, and the things that happened later related to the left are the results."
Yang Jiantao had some suspicions before, and this time after Duanrao's hint, he couldn't help but take it personally and his face became even uglier.
The crowd who had originally been making a fuss noticed the strange atmosphere and dared not say anything anymore, and the situation became somewhat stalemate for a moment.
"What are all these people doing here? Don't they have anything to do?"
The slightly harsh question startled everyone, and they realized that the director had been standing behind them, staring sharply at the people in the encirclement.
Several staff members who were familiar with the director were also smart and jokingly put the blame on Yang Jiantao and the other two.
"Brother Yang found a little girl to help with fortune-telling, and we just watched the fun from the side for a while."
It would have been better if you hadn't said anything. This made the director laugh: "Still watching the fun? Don't think I don't know what you old-timers are thinking. You're just pretending to watch the fun, but you're really being lazy. Hurry up and get to work. You've delayed today's filming. Your wages will be deducted."
As soon as the method of deducting wages was used, everyone scattered like birds and beasts.
The director snorted coldly and glanced at the three people involved. Unable to afford to offend the big Buddha, he decisively pointed his gun at Yang Jiantao.
"I don't ask those old guys wearing sunglasses under the overpass to tell my fortune, I ask a little girl like this. If it's not accurate, it's fine, but if it is accurate, you want to keep the money. Old Yang, I'm not saying anything, you are already a grown-up, how can you be so ambitious!"
Yang Jiantao also felt a little relieved at this moment. He wiped the cold sweat from his head and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, it's my fault, my fault."
The other party admitted his mistake with a good attitude, which made the director feel guilty. After thinking about it, he decided to give them both fifty lashes.
"Xiao Du, uncle knows that you like to do new things at a young age, but the crew is a serious place. Forget it this time, but don't do it again!"
This is almost like telling Duan Rao to stop practicing these feudal/superstitious things in their crew.
Du Anrao: “…” It’s over, now I’m really being treated as a liar!
(End of this chapter)
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