At that moment, she was certain that the female swindler in front of her wanted to cheat her out of money, so she deliberately scared her and then made her buy her amulet to avert danger.
"You female swindler! Where are the urban management officers? I'm going to tell them you're trying to extort me!" the middle-aged woman shouted angrily.
"Help! Help! A female swindler has cheated us out of money! Everyone come and see!" the middle-aged woman shouted loudly.
This attracted the attention of passersby, and soon a crowd gathered around to watch the spectacle.
Li Zhiyi knew that the blood of the Chinese people had awakened again at this moment. Seeing the growing crowd surrounding his stall, Li Zhiyi said helplessly:
"Auntie, are you sure that's your son's birth date and time? Could you say it again?" Li Zhiyi thought he had misheard.
The middle-aged woman, exasperated, repeated her son's birth date and time, hands on her hips, looking ready to have a big argument with Li Zhi.
She calculated it again, and it was still the birth chart of a dead person. Could someone have been born on the same day, month, and year as her son? "What's your son's name?"
The middle-aged woman, wanting to see how she would cover up her lie, immediately loudly announced her son's name:
"My son's name is Wang Qiang, Wang as in 'King of Kings,' and Qiang as in 'There's always someone stronger among the strong.'" The aunt even showed off her literary talent.
Li Zhi frowned, confirming that Wang Qiang was dead, and had died a gruesome death!
"Tell me quickly, what's wrong with my son? Is it that you can't figure it out, or are you trying to scam me out of my money?" the middle-aged woman interrogated relentlessly.
"You can leave now. I can't calculate your son's birth chart."
"Hey, explain yourself clearly, why can't you just let it go?" The middle-aged woman thought that Li Zhiyi had changed his mind and didn't want to give her a free consultation.
"I told you but you wouldn't believe me, so there's nothing more to say."
"I believe you, go ahead and tell me." Although the middle-aged woman suspected she was a fraud, she still wanted to hear what she had to say about her son.
“Your son is indeed dead, and has been dead for many days. How long has it been since you last saw your son?” Li Zhiyi asked.
This angered not only the middle-aged woman, but also the onlookers who began to condemn Li Zhiyi.
"This female swindler dares to curse people like this on her very first day setting up a stall here. She has no shame!"
"Yeah, don't you get nightmares in the middle of the night from making money with such a bad conscience?"
"If you ask me, this kind of person should go to hell. He was just telling fortunes and he actually cursed someone's son to die." Anyone would be outraged by this.
"You dare to curse my son, girl! I'll beat you to death!" The middle-aged woman was furious that Li Zhizhi still insisted that her son was dead. She kicked the small stool that Li Zhizhi had been sitting on to the side.
She picked up the Bagua diagram on the ground again, intending to tear it to pieces, but unfortunately, the Bagua diagram was made of cloth, and she couldn't tear it in one go. However, that didn't stop her from throwing it on the ground and stomping on it a few times to vent her anger!
Everyone thought the middle-aged woman did a good job, and some people were even ready to applaud.
Looking at the middle-aged woman and the crowd of onlookers who seemed to enjoy the spectacle, Li Zhiyi finally understood that the world was not simply black and white, as her master had once told her; human hearts were far too complex.
Just then, the middle-aged woman's phone rang. Her expression immediately changed upon answering: "What? I'm coming back right away!" The woman hurriedly left Li Zhiyi's stall without looking back.
The crowd came here to watch the show, but now that the main characters have left, what are they still doing here?
Everyone turned to leave, but Li Zhi pointed at one of the men and said, "Don't go. You're facing a calamity today. Do you want to avert it?"
Although Li Zhiyi was telling the truth, everyone felt that she was trying to scam money. After all, these charlatans all said the same thing: you have a calamity, you are in danger and need to be averted, or you are a virgin and need to be given away.
"Haha, then tell me, what calamity have I been facing?"
The man turned around and stood in front of Li Zhiyi. Li Zhiyi noticed a faint black aura swirling between his brows, clearly a sign of impending bad luck.
"You're going to encounter bad luck. At best, you'll lose money to avoid disaster; at worst, you'll lose money and even get hurt!"
"So, all you're trying to do is resolve it, right?" the man asked impatiently.
"Do not believe me if you will!" Li Zhiyi did not expect these people to be so stubborn, only regretting that they did not listen to advice when they were about to suffer a disaster.
The man didn't say anything harsh, but hesitated, unsure whether he distrusted Li Zhi or was worried about the money. In the end, the man left.
Li Zhiyi had given up most of her desire to tell fortunes at this point, because no one trusted her at all, which made her feel bad.
Just then, an old man walked over, trembling. "Young lady, do you not charge for fortune telling if it's inaccurate?"
"Yes, please sit down, sir."
The old man, leaning on a cane, sat down in front of Li Zhiyi and asked, "Young lady, can you calculate when my lifespan will end? I don't want to live anymore." He really felt that he had no motivation to live. His daughter had married far away, his son was henpecked, and his daughter-in-law was unfilial, constantly calling him an old geezer.
Although he repeatedly told himself to be magnanimous, that she was his daughter-in-law, not an outsider, and that he should let her scold him, he sometimes wondered if he was superfluous in his life.
Li Zhiyi could tell from the old man's face that he was a very kind person, and that he was blessed with good fortune and longevity. However, his children's palace was very bad, which meant that his children were here to collect debts in this life.
The old man revealed his birth date and time.
Li Zhi calculated the old man's birth chart, and she was right. The old man was a very kind person in his previous life, but because of his good deeds, he caused the deaths of three people in a chain reaction. These three people became his son, daughter, and daughter-in-law in this life.
Originally, he was supposed to repay the debts to these three people in this lifetime, and once the debts were paid off, he could be reborn into a better life in his next life.
Seeing that Li Zhi was silent, the old man thought it was because his fate was too bad. "Young lady, I know that I have a bad fate. Just say it. It's alright."
"Grandpa, you're saying the exact opposite. It's precisely because your fate is so good that you're encountering so many bad things. Life is a journey of self-cultivation, and everyone has their own mission to fulfill."
The old man was silent for a moment after hearing Li Zhiyi's words. "Thank you, Master. I understand."
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