Chapter 2 Betting
Lin Zhixian was dragged out by A Ting's hand. Before he could ask, he saw a video.
The girl had a boyfriend who was gentle, fair, soft-spoken, caring and elegant. The girl soon fell in love with him and married him. Unexpectedly, the boy turned out to be a gay. He married her because of her gentle personality and easy to control. After marriage, she would give birth to children for him, take care of the elderly and provide cover.
As the man expected, the girl gave birth to children soon after marriage and took care of the elderly, turning herself into a haggard woman. The man, no longer having to worry about the future, became more and more glamorous and energetic, which made the woman feel more and more inferior. She thought it was her fault that the man no longer touched her, and she was afraid that the man would abandon her, so she worked harder and harder. After a few decades, the man became successful and the society was no longer as exclusive and discriminatory towards gays as before. So he kicked the woman away and lived with his lover. The woman was kicked out of the house but was scolded by her parents and elders for being incompetent, and was abandoned and abused by her children. In the end, she got cancer and died alone due to long-term hard work and depression.
Fuck, what a scumbag.
Lin Zhixian couldn't help but swear, and he pulled A Ting to ask, "A Ting, are you in love?"
Ah Ting's ears turned red unconsciously, and she stamped her feet: "Oh, what time is it now? You still care whether I have a relationship or not? Hurry up and go to the store, don't let the Fruit King really beat your mother."
Lin Zhixian thought so too.
Things have different levels of urgency and importance. Obviously, A Ting's matter is not that urgent, but her mother's matter is more urgent.
She followed A-Ting to the storefront and asked, "Why did Fruit King destroy my store?"
"He said the Three Fairies were lying." A Ting said as she ran.
It turned out that a few days ago, the Fruit King saw that his business was not good and everything was not going well, so he came to the Three Fairies for fortune-telling. The Three Fairies told him that it was an unlucky year and he had offended Tai Sui. The Fruit King spent a large sum of money to ask the Three Fairies to help him perform a ritual to break the bad luck. The Three Fairies took the money and did the work, but the Fruit King still felt that nothing he did was going well, so he said that the Three Fairies had deceived him and asked the Three Fairies to pay him back.
Of course Sanxiangu refused, and the two sides started arguing, and the Fruit King wanted to smash Sanxiangu's shop.
When Lin Zhixian and A Ting arrived, the Fruit King and the Three Fairies were arguing fiercely.
"Who is this? You come to cause trouble before 24 hours have passed! Even if the Bodhisattva is your mother, it is impossible for her to help you get rid of all the bad luck in one go. But with your attitude today, the Bodhisattva will not bless you."
The Three Fairies’ voices were like a loud bell, and even with so many people and so much noise, Lin Zhixian could hear them clearly!
The Fruit King had a bad temper. When he heard this, he rolled up his sleeves and said, "If I don't smash your store today, I'm not the Fruit King!"
"Come on and smash it. See if I dare to call the police and make you pay for it until all your pants fall off!" Sanxiangu added fuel to the fire.
This is because I’m afraid I won’t be able to fight.
Lin Zhixian was overwhelmed with admiration, but there was nothing she could do. Who said this was her biological mother?
I could only join the neighbors in trying to stop the fight.
"If you have something to say, talk it over. Don't use violence."
"Everyone should speak less."
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Lin Zhixian grabbed the Fruit King's hand accidentally, and darkness suddenly appeared in front of him. The dim street lights made the whole street seem even quieter. The Fruit King twirled the key in one hand and hummed a tuneless song, staggering across the street and into the alley. Then someone covered his mouth and dragged him inside, stabbed him several times, and blood was all over the ground. The murderer ran away in the cover of night, but the Fruit King fell on the street and died of excessive blood loss. He was not found until the next morning.
"Ah!" Lin Zhixian was frightened when she saw such a bloody scene for the first time. Just then, the Fruit King pushed her away and she fell to the ground without noticing. She couldn't help but scream.
When the Three Fairies saw this, she screamed and rushed over to grab the Fruit King, making his face bruised.
"I told you to beat my daughter. If I don't beat you to death, I won't be named Lin!"
There was another commotion over there, and Ah Ting ran over to help Lin Zhixian up. "Ah Xian, are you okay?"
Lin Zhixian pressed his chest and said, "I'm fine."
The one in trouble is the Fruit King!
Lin Zhixian looked at the Fruit King with complicated eyes: This man is clearly still alive, but thinking that he will become a corpse in three days, he can't look at him directly.
Ah Ting also followed Lin Zhixian's gaze and looked over, very angry: "What a fool the Fruit King is! You didn't offend him, why would he hit you?!"
Lin Zhixian was embarrassed. Although she didn't offend the Fruit King, her mother did. It's only natural that the daughter pays back the mother's debts.
"I'm fine." Lin Zhixian patted A Ting's arm, then said loudly: "Fruit King, I will calculate for you once. If I calculate correctly, you will give my mother a gift to apologize. If I calculate wrong, my mother and I will give you a gift to apologize, and I will return you double the money I paid for the ritual. How about that?"
Instantly everyone fell silent and looked at Lin Zhixian.
The Three Fairies glared at her fiercely: "What are you talking about?"
How could she not know how much her daughter weighs?
What kind of bad idea is this?
Just as the Three Fairies knew Lin Zhixian's character, the Fruit King, as an old neighbor for many years, naturally knew that Lin Zhixian was a blockhead who had not learned even a single skill from the Three Fairies, let alone her biological father.
He immediately raised his eyebrows and said, "Okay. If you are right, I will kowtow to you as a token of my appreciation and give you the divination fee. If you are wrong, I will tell you that you and the Three Fairies will kowtow to me and apologize, and I will return double the divination fee."
"no!"
"OK!"
San Xiangu and Lin Zhixian spoke at the same time, and Lin Zhixian answered first: "I agree."
The Fruit King looked at the Three Fairies and said, "Your mother is not as courageous as you."
The Three Fairies gritted their teeth and clenched their fists, wanting to beat someone up.
Lin Zhixian held Sanxiangu's hand and winked at her: "Mom, I have made a lot of progress in palmistry recently. Didn't you praise me before? Why do you have no confidence in me now? You have to believe in your daughter. I will definitely not embarrass you."
The Three Fairies stared at Lin Zhixian: When did she ever boast about her ability to read palms?
What nonsense!
But since Lin Zhixian had already said so, if she refuted it, Lin Zhixian would definitely lose face.
She knows her daughter best. She is inferior and sensitive. If she is embarrassed, she might not even dare to leave the house.
Forget it, my children are all debts.
The Three Fairies had a dark face and said nothing.
Seeing this, Lin Zhixian secretly breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the Fruit King: "Look, my mother also agreed."
The Fruit King proudly called out to his neighbors: "Come on, come on, everyone, be a witness."
Old neighbor Uncle De said angrily: "You take what a little girl like Ah Xian said seriously? Have some shame?"
Other neighbors also blamed the Fruit King, but the Fruit King didn't care: "I didn't force her to do that."
Lin Zhixian also smiled and said, "Don't worry, everyone. I brought up this matter myself, and I know the seriousness of it."
Since Lin Zhixian said so, the neighbors had nothing to say.
The Fruit King casually pulled over a chair and sat down, holding out his hand. "You want to read my palm? Come on."