Chapter 172 Fortune Teller
"Since both donors are here, why are you in such a hurry to leave?"
The two saw the man who was talking. He was wearing a black gossip robe, a big mole at the corner of his mouth, and small black glasses. He was smiling at the two of them while twirling his beard. No matter how you looked at him, he seemed a little out of place in the current scene.
Huo Juncheng looked at the man and frowned obviously, but Lin Yilan found it interesting and looked at him curiously with stars in her eyes.
"Hey... sir, what do you do?"
Before the man could speak, Huo Juncheng took Lin Yilan's hand and said quietly, "You're just a charlatan, a liar."
"You can't say that. Although I do want to make a living, I have to rely on my own abilities. If you don't believe me, I can tell you your fortune, how about that?"
"It's boring." Huo Juncheng didn't even look at the man, and directly took Lin Yilan's hand and wanted to leave.
Seeing this, the man grabbed Lin Yilan, who was closer to him, and said, "Since we're all here at the temple fair, it's not a bad idea to get a fortune told. How about this, I think we have a connection, so how about I tell you my fortune for free?"
Lin Yilan glanced at Huo Juncheng. At that moment, Huo Juncheng was looking at the man holding Lin Yilan's hand with a serious face. His gaze seemed as if he would make the man disappear in the next second if he continued to hold Lin Yilan's hand.
The man noticed Huo Juncheng's burning gaze and wisely let go of Lin Yilan's hand. "Girl, please think about it. I'll tell you this fortune for free."
"Free?"
"Yes, yes, I'll tell you your fortune for free. Come here, my fortune is under the big tree not far away. Let's go over there to tell it, okay?" After the fortune teller said this, he wanted to go up and grab Lin Yilan's hand again.
But thinking of Huo Juncheng's murderous gaze just now, he retracted his half-extended hand and instead signaled Lin Yilan with his eyes.
Lin Yilan had only heard of fortune tellers before, but had never actually experienced one. When the fortune teller said he wanted to tell her fortune, she was thrilled. She followed the fortune teller directly to the tree he mentioned. Huo Juncheng felt a little helpless, but he didn't say much and followed Lin Yilan to the tree.
"You may look delicate and frail, and your figure doesn't appear to be that tall and strong, but I can tell you're quite skilled in martial arts."
As soon as the man walked to his stall, he sat down on his small stool, stroked his mustache, and spoke calmly.
"Master, you're right. I may not be good at other things, but I'm very confident in my martial arts skills."
"It's not just your martial arts. I can see that you've had a difficult life since childhood. If you hadn't met a noble person who helped you stay away from the world and not care about worldly affairs, you might not have such a good life now."
Hearing the man say this, Lin Yilan pursed her lips and thought about what happened to her at home when she was a child. If she had not chosen to go up the mountain to practice, she really couldn't say what the situation would be like now.
"Of course, what I'm talking about here is your past. Now, let me give you some advice about your future that I can foresee."
As the man spoke, he pinched an orchid finger with his right hand, and then rubbed his thumb back and forth on the tip of his index finger. Lin Yilan looked at him quietly, waiting for his next words. After a long pause, the fortune teller slowly spoke:
"Your fate is destined to be extraordinary. Although you've experienced many things that ordinary people wouldn't encounter, the threat you pose hasn't disappeared, and your unknown dangers still exist. However, if you wait patiently, the clouds will eventually part and the moon will shine, and brighter days await you."
Huo Juncheng looked at the fortune teller's smug expression, then glanced at Lin Yilan's excited face, and finally resisted the urge to complain.
Of course, everyone faces unknown dangers. It would be strange if life were always smooth sailing. And how could one endure disasters and ultimately embrace a beautiful life? Tsk tsk, the more he listened, the more it sounded like those useless chicken soup stories he'd read as a child...
"Let's get going now that we're done. Didn't you say we were going to the small pavilion halfway up the mountain?"
Huo Juncheng didn't wait for the fortune teller to say anything else before pulling Lin Yilan away. Lin Yilan was held by one hand by Huo Juncheng, with her body half sideways, and she didn't forget to say "thank you".
"Huo Juncheng, did you hear that? The master just said that my fate is destined to be extraordinary. I turned out to be such an extraordinary person."
"I'm not deaf, how could I not hear you? Then why didn't you mention that he just said your life was full of ups and downs? Aren't you afraid? You look so excited. Do you really like a life full of ups and downs?"
"What's wrong with a lot of difficulties? The master said that my fate is destined to be extraordinary. I want to be an extraordinary person. What's wrong with encountering a few setbacks? That's my life experience."
Lin Yilan looked at Huo Juncheng's cold expression and the hint of sarcasm in his words to her. Lin Yilan couldn't understand what was wrong with Huo Juncheng. It was obvious that Huo Juncheng had just found it interesting and dragged her to the Yue Lao Temple, but now Huo Juncheng acted like this, as if she, Lin Yilan, had done something wrong.
It must be because Huo Juncheng was jealous that the fortune teller gave him a free fortune but didn’t tell his own fortune, so he was jealous. Yes, it must be like this!
Lin Yilan thought, if this is really the case, then Huo Juncheng is really childish. But she still inexplicably found him cute.
The two held hands, and the road was bustling with people! However, Lin Yilan and Huo Juncheng were very quiet along the way. Except for Lin Yilan teasing Huo Juncheng a few times at the beginning, the two of them didn't say anything else.
But even if the two of them didn't say anything and just walked quietly, it felt as if time had stood still, which was particularly beautiful.
But happiness is always short-lived...
Lin Yilan was staring at the pine tree not far away, thinking that when she got there, she would definitely ask Huo Juncheng to take a photo of her and the crooked tree. As a result, her left foot stepped on a stone and she didn't stand firmly...she sprained her ankle!
Huo Juncheng heard Lin Yilan's soft exclamation and shifted his gaze from the surrounding scenery to Lin Yilan. "What's wrong with you? Are you okay?"
Facing Huo Juncheng's concern, Lin Yilan felt extremely embarrassed. Why did she always encounter such bad luck every time she went hiking? Either she broke her arm or sprained her ankle. She had even claimed to Huo Juncheng that she was a martial arts expert and would not let herself get hurt at all, but in the end, she ended up getting injured both times...
"What’s wrong with you?"
Seeing that Lin Yilan was silent, Huo Juncheng asked again with concern. Lin Yilan looked at Huo Juncheng awkwardly, then looked at her left foot.
Huo Juncheng followed Lin Yilan's gaze and looked at Lin Yilan's left foot, and instantly understood.
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