Chapter 344 Her protective nature towards her family VS His soft heart towards his wronged child (Part 2)
Fu Chengyan was so angry he almost laughed.
"How come I didn't know you could tell fortunes?" He lifted her face and looked her over.
Those big, watery eyes were staring at him innocently, lively and bright.
He doesn't look stupid, but his mind is always filled with all sorts of nonsense.
"I'll hire someone to do my fortune telling. I'll bring back a few masters, and I'll just be the boss behind the scenes..."
Jiang Zhiyi wasn't acting recklessly this time; she had thought about it for a long time before deciding to enter this industry.
Firstly, she genuinely wanted to make money.
Some people in this circle have so much money they don't know what to do with it, and even if they don't believe in it, they are sometimes willing to spend money to buy good luck.
Last time she went to a club with him, they happened to overhear two women chatting. They said they had gone to the hospital for a checkup and everything was normal, but they just couldn't get pregnant. So they went back to their hometown and spent millions to find a master to help them break the curse and improve their chances of having children...
Secondly, her second uncle, Jiang Yonggui, is a fortune teller, so she can invite him over when the time comes.
Her second uncle used to work as a craftsman, but he later went blind in one eye in an accident and became disabled, so he could no longer do anything too delicate.
He happened to know about this stuff, and his blind appearance suited the identity of a fortune teller, so he often set up a stall by the bridge to tell fortunes for people.
However, he only interacts with ordinary people and doesn't earn much money. He works very hard every day, exposed to the wind, sun, and rain.
She would give him money from time to time, hoping he could get some rest, but her second uncle refused to accept it.
If she could hire him to work at the store now and pay him wages directly, that would solve one of her worries.
“I’m serious,” Jiang Zhiyi emphasized.
She remembered something else, reached for Fu Chengyan's left hand, and rolled up his sleeve.
There was nothing on my wrist; it was perfectly clean.
She looked at his right hand again, but there was still nothing there.
"Where's the red string I got for you? Why aren't you wearing it?" Her tone was somewhat displeased.
Fu Chengyan reached out and tapped her head, then slowly replied, "Ugly."
He was telling the truth.
It's too ugly; he doesn't want to wear it.
Last year, when her second younger brother, Jiang Zhi'er, took the college entrance examination, she went to the temple to pray for him, hoping that everything would go smoothly and that he would get good results in the exam.
When she came back, she brought him a red string, saying that they had prayed for it together at the temple, and that it would ensure his business prospered and his wealth flowed in.
However, he was not a superstitious person. He only wore it once, the day she gave it to him, and then put it away and never touched it again.
"Hmph—you won't even wear it, if you're so disgusted by it, I'll never get these things for you again! You don't know, getting these things for you also drains my luck, I'm sacrificing myself..."
Jiang Zhiyi's face fell, both angry and aggrieved, like a puffed-up pufferfish.
"After I came back that time, I suddenly got sick, you know? I had a cold and fever, and it took me almost half a month to get better. You don't care about me at all, and you treat my feelings so cruelly..."
She became more and more upset as she spoke, and tears were about to fall again.
Fu Chengyan hadn't expected there to be so many twists and turns involved.
Although he didn't believe it, he knew she was somewhat superstitious, and even if it was just psychological, these things would still have some influence on her.
He reached out to wipe away her tears and said, "Okay, stop crying. If you want to go through with it, then go through with it. If there's anything you need to do, just go to Wang Yu. I'll have him cooperate with you."
"Really? You're not lying to me?" Jiang Zhiyi looked at him, a single tear still glistening on her face.
"Why would I lie to you? It'll give you something to do, otherwise you'll always be causing me trouble. You seem quite idle most of the time..."
It's not a big deal anyway, just consider it money spent to make her happy, otherwise it's annoying to see her crying all the time.
Jiang Zhiyi was quite sensible. Having achieved her goal, she didn't cause any more trouble. She obediently hugged him, her voice gentle: "I knew you were the best to me. You don't believe in these things, but I do. I sincerely prayed for you. I want you to be well. You can just take it as a beautiful wish; it won't change anything..."
She kissed his cheek again. "Actually, I went to the marriage temple that day and prayed for something else for you, hoping for a happy marriage... but I can't bear to give it to you right now, I'll give it to you later. If you get married, we'll separate... I don't want to separate from you so soon, I like being with you..."
She leaned against him affectionately, whispering sweet nothings.
Fu Chengyan listened quietly.
He knew in his heart how much of it was true and how much was false, and perhaps it was even a test, but he had to admit that these words were indeed nice to hear. She was always good at coaxing people and knew how to say things that would soften his heart.
He wasn't a heartless person. Although he wouldn't give her any official title, he wouldn't mistreat her financially.
Fu Chengyan's voice held a hint of pity: "Sweetie, there's an auction overseas in a couple of days. I'll take you to see it and buy you a belated gift..."
"Okay." Jiang Zhiyi nodded.
Seeing that she was finally behaving herself and not making a fuss like before, and was lying obediently on him, Fu Chengyan couldn't help but touch her soft hair.
Jiang Zhiyi cooperated and let him touch her.
But after staying there for a while, she became restless again, saying with a grin, "Actually, I know a little bit about fortune telling..."
"Huh?" he asked, puzzled.
She grasped his fingers, slowly took one of them into her mouth, and gently bit it with her teeth.
"Does it hurt?"
She asked the question knowingly: "How can it hurt if you didn't exert any force?"
Fu Chengyan didn't speak, but his Adam's apple bobbed a few times.
Jiang Zhiyi bit down hard again, leaving a clear tooth mark on her finger. "You just hit my head with this hand, it hurt so much, so I'm biting back... This is karma..."
She was talking nonsense with a straight face, a smug expression on her face.
“That does make some sense…” he echoed her words, “But do you know what cause and effect, the cycle of cause and effect, means, without end?”
He picked her up in one go and carried her straight to the bedroom.
It's obvious that I didn't get enough of him last night, so he still has the nerve to provoke me today. It seems I have to teach him a lesson he won't forget.
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