Chapter 199 Try and Die
Pei Qinyue stepped aside to introduce Xia Lili. "This is Miss Xia, who specializes in special fortune-telling. Yesterday, she met Song Kai and realized that his life would be in danger within three days."
Song's father and mother looked at Xia Lili - she was wearing a simple beige gown today, her hair casually tied up with a wooden hairpin, and her whole body exuded a clean and neat temperament.
Those eyes were exceptionally clear, making people unconsciously want to believe her words, but they usually only saw old men with beards, but had never seen such a young female Taoist priest.
Father Song hesitated and said, "Miss Xia looks very young."
Song's mother asked tentatively, "Can you help us look at our horoscopes first?"
Xia Lili smiled slightly. "My research area is quite special. I only predict matters of life and death. Ordinary numerology is not within my scope of research."
She smiled slightly and said firmly, "If you insist on looking at the horoscope, it's like looking at the stars with a microscope. It's not the right profession."
Song's father and mother looked at each other, half believing and half doubting.
"Please listen to me, both of you."
Xia Lili spoke calmly and confidently, "Two days from now at 5 p.m., Song Kai will be racing on the winding mountain road. Although he will be ahead at the beginning, he will encounter a rockfall at the third sharp turn, and his car will lose control and fall off the cliff."
Upon hearing this, Song's father and mother's expressions suddenly changed. Song's mother's fingers unconsciously twisted the corners of her clothes. "This child does often race and cause a lot of trouble... Master, are you serious? Is this really... a fatal disaster?"
Pei Qinyue spoke at the right moment: "Uncle and aunt, you may not be familiar with the master, but you should trust me. Our two families have been friends for over twenty years. How could I possibly find someone to deceive you?"
He looked sincere and said, "It's not worth damaging the friendship between our two families for such a small matter."
Xia Lili calmly took over the conversation: "I understand that empty words are hard to trust."
"So I won't take any money this time. I'll just consider it a good relationship."
Song's father and mother looked at each other in surprise: "Master, what are you doing..."
"Whether it's true or not, you'll know in three days." Xia Lili smiled calmly, "It won't be too late to verify my words then."
Looking at the hesitant expressions of the Song couple, Xia Lili knew that she was halfway to success.
Song's mother hurriedly called her son and asked him to cancel the highway racing competition, but Song Kai only rejected her impatiently.
She looked at Xia Lili helplessly: "Master, this child won't listen to any advice. We really can't stop him!"
"Let me tell you how to crack it first." Xia Lili pulled a tablet from her bag, pulled up a satellite map of the winding mountain road, and pointed to the third sharp turn. "We just need to place spikes here to stop him before any danger occurs. This is the simplest and most effective method."
She zoomed in on the map and continued, "In three days, he'll be driving a fluorescent green Lamborghini to the race. If you don't believe me, you can go and verify it yourself."
As he spoke, he pushed the tablet towards Song's father and said, "If you say even a single lie, you can always come to me to hold me accountable."
Song's mother nervously grabbed her husband's arm and said, "Old Song, how about...just try what the master said?"
Father Song pondered for a moment and sighed: "It's better to believe it... especially since it's a master brought by Qin Yue."
He turned to the housekeeper and ordered, "Contact the engineering team immediately and help me purchase some speed bumps and nails."
Just as Xia Lili and Pei Qinyue were saying goodbye, Song's father suddenly exclaimed, "Wait!"
Xia Lili's heart skipped a beat, thinking that her identity as a fake master had been exposed.
She looked back nervously, only to see Father Song Min-go quickly walk to the entrance, carefully straighten a crooked jade Pixiu ornament, and take out a gold-edged talisman paper from the drawer and stick it underneath.
"Master Yunxiao said that if the entrance decorations are tilted, it will ruin your fortune."
Father Song explained with a pious look on his face.
Xia Lili: ???
The ornament was clearly accidentally knocked askew by the doorman when he was tidying up the umbrellas. Just move it back.
After leaving the Song family villa, Pei Qinyue lowered his voice and said to Xia Lili, "That piece of talisman paper costs 300,000 yuan each."
"How much?!" Xia Lili stumbled and almost tripped over the stairs. "Just that piece of yellow paper?"
Pei Qinyue nodded helplessly: "This is still the membership price. The Song family spends tens of millions every year just on talisman paper."
Xia Lili looked at the luxurious villa behind her and suddenly felt that her identity as a "master" was really too conscientious.
After successfully convincing the Song family's parents, Xia Lili immediately called Li Qihan:
"Captain Li, everything has been arranged with Song Kai."
She said anxiously, "Any news about the grandparents?"
Li Qihan's slightly tired voice came from the other end of the phone: "Not yet. We checked the entire town, and no one knows them." He paused, "I suspect they may live in the village on the mountain or at the foot of the mountain."
The early morning mist enveloped the police compound, and Xia Lili was awakened by a series of rapid knocks on the door.
Li Qihan stood outside the door, his uniform still stained with morning dew and with obvious dark circles under his eyes.
"We've checked the entire town," he said in a hoarse voice. "We've even checked the migrant population register, but no one recognizes this grandparents and grandchildren. The mountain is too vast, and we haven't found any trace of them yet."
Xia Lili's heart sank. With only three hours left before the race, they had to quickly find the grandfather and grandson who might be gathering herbs in the mountains.
"Think carefully again," Li Qihan opened his notebook, "what exactly did the mushrooms and herbs in the old man's backpack look like?"
Xia Lili closed her eyes, and a clear image emerged in her mind: "The mushroom is reddish-brown, with delicate scales on the cap, and a slender stem with the smell of humus. The herb... the leaves are oval, with smooth edges, and small purple flowers."
"Russula and Purple Beadgrass!"
Li Qihan's eyes lit up. "This is a species unique to the southern mountainous areas. Red mushrooms only grow in the humus layer under oak forests, and purple grass mostly grows in the shade and damp places beside streams - they are probably herbalists living in the mountains!"
The two of them immediately rushed to the town's farmers' market. The damp atmosphere was filled with the stench of fish and dirt. Li Qihan flashed his ID and took Xia Lili to question everyone.
"Red mushroom?" An elderly woman selling mountain products pushed up her reading glasses. "This must be a rare thing found only in the deep mountains and old forests."
She studied the portrait carefully. "But I've never seen this grandfather and grandson. The people selling red mushrooms in the market are all Old Zhang's gang."
A middle-aged man selling mushrooms examined the portraits carefully. "Setting up a stall here requires paying management fees, and also paying tribute to the local bosses. This grandfather and grandson look unfamiliar. They don't seem to be frequent visitors."
He pointed to the backpack in the portrait and said, "But the two things you mentioned are also sold by mountain folk at the morning market."
Li Qihan frowned: "I asked, there has been no market in the past three days..."
The clue was cut off.
As he walked out of the market, Xia Lili looked at his watch - it was 2:15 p.m., less than three hours left before the drag race started.
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