Fraud-Busting Expert Sun Badao 4

Hearing this, Wen Jiu couldn't help but chuckle. "My dear, I really don't appreciate hearing that. Your bad luck is simply due to the low fortune caused by the malicious deeds you committed in the past. What does that have to do with me?"

However, Zhuang Rudie wasn't about to fall for Wen Jiu's act; she was a fake witch herself who made a living by pretending to be a mystic to swindle money.

She fundamentally disbelieved in so-called karmic reincarnation, nor did she put any faith in the fluctuations of fortune.

"Stop spouting nonsense! If you're a man, own up to it and admit that you were cursing me behind my back!"

No, I am not.

This time, Wen Jiu pressed her lips tightly together, struggling to keep herself from bursting into laughter.

Seeing that Zhuang Rudie was still preparing to make a fuss and pester her endlessly, she quickly put on the expression of an enlightened master and said coldly, "My dear, the dark aura between your eyebrows has yet to disperse. I'm afraid you will continue to face tribulations ahead."

"Cursing me again, aren't you?" Instead of calming down, Zhuang Rudie grew even more furious upon hearing Wen Jiu's words. If Wen Jiu hadn't already packed up her table, Zhuang Rudie would have flipped it over on the spot.

"Not quite. If my calculations are correct, you are about to encounter an unexpected disaster," Wen Jiu continued with absolute composure. "Not only were you inexplicably and narrowly saved from being cornered and beaten by a mob, but you also lost important valuables."

Zhuang Rudie was in the middle of a rage, but Wen Jiu's words felt like a basin of cold water poured over her, instantly sending a chill through her body. When she spoke again, her voice was somewhat trembling. "H-how... how did you know?"

Earlier, after watching Wen Jiu walk away without looking back, she had originally intended to lurk around a bit longer to see if she could spot some wealthy prey to fleece.

Suddenly, she sensed activity in the real world, prompting her to hurriedly log out of the Star Network.

Yet, the very second she disconnected, a group of robbers broke through her door.

The security measures in Zhuang Rudie's residential area were usually quite reliable, and she had no idea where this gang of bandits had materialized from. They all looked fierce and malicious, acting like desperate criminals.

Even though her esper ability rank was high and she had undergone professional combat training, she still found them very difficult to handle. Moreover, combat mechs were strictly prohibited within residential districts, forcing her to rely entirely on hand-to-hand combat and esper powers.

After fighting them off for a while, the gang fled in a panic. Just as Zhuang Rudie thought she had escaped a calamity, she discovered that almost all the various pieces of jewelry she had purchased had been swept away by those people.

After reporting the case to the authorities, Zhuang Rudie learned that those individuals were repeat offenders notorious for home invasions. However, the security guard team had yet to apprehend them, so they could only record her losses for the time being and settle accounts after a successful capture in the future.

Amidst her grief and indignation, she suddenly recalled what Wen Jiu had said earlier, prompting her to immediately log back into the Star Network.

It took her quite a while to track Wen Jiu down. She had originally assumed Wen Jiu was just an ordinary person spouting nonsense, only to hear Wen Jiu hawking her wares the moment she arrived.

Could it be that she was in the same line of work?

Consequently, Zhuang Rudie grew furious, subconsciously suspecting that Wen Jiu might have used some underhanded method to curse her.

Yet now, upon hearing Wen Jiu's words, Zhuang Rudie's convictions began to waver.

She could confirm that her home invasion was indeed an entirely unexpected disaster, yet Wen Jiu had effortlessly laid out almost every detail without even asking a single question.

This was simply too incredible.

"It just happened like this, then that, and then I knew." Wen Jiu had no patience to keep entangling herself with Zhuang Rudie; she was in a rush to log off the Star Network, get some rest and sleep, and attend classes early the next morning.

Zhuang Rudie's emotions always came and went quickly. She grabbed Wen Jiu's arm, put on a pitiful and endearing expression, and softened her voice. "Brother Sun, if you know anything else, won't you just tell me~?"

"I'm really so scared, Brother Sun~"

Wen Jiu lowered her gaze slightly, meeting Zhuang Rudie's mist-filled, beautiful eyes. Zhuang Rudie knew that her allure was a sharp weapon; as long as she used it right, there was no man she couldn't conquer.

As for this fierce-looking, burly man before her, she only needed to appear vulnerable enough to break through his defenses.

Just as she expected, Wen Jiu indeed lowered her head further, almost pressing against her face.

However, Wen Jiu turned her head slightly, her warm breath gently brushing against Zhuang Rudie's earlobe, bringing a trace of a blush to her face.

"Brother Sun~ You're so ba—"

"Physiognomy for six hundred, divination for one thousand, an amulet for two thousand five hundred. Care to give it a try?"

With those words, Wen Jiu abruptly straightened up, striking a pose intended to maintain a safe distance from Zhuang Rudie.

This statement brought Zhuang Rudie's coquettish charm, which she hadn't yet finished expressing, to an abrupt halt, leaving her beautiful eyes filled with disbelief.

"Do you want it or not? If not, I'm leaving." Wen Jiu casually clapped her hands twice. "I'm pressed for time, my dear."

Seeing that her seduction strategy had failed, Zhuang Rudie recovered her wits and hurriedly replied, "I want it! I want it! Give me that divination thing."

"Payment first, service second."

After receiving the one thousand star coins transferred by Zhuang Rudie, Wen Jiu finally produced the three copper coins from earlier, cupped them in her palms, squatted down on the ground, and tossed them, repeating the process several times.

Seeing Wen Jiu squatting on the ground, Zhuang Rudie squatted down alongside her, quietly watching her movements. Yet inwardly, she couldn't help wondering how she had become so bewitched as to rely on metaphysics.

Previously, she had always thought only fools would believe in such things, but now, watching Wen Jiu's pious and practiced movements, she felt an inexplicable sense of sacredness.

"Water-Mountain Jian, Kan on top, Gen on the bottom. Advantageous to the southwest, disadvantageous to the northeast." Wen Jiu put away the copper coins and continued, "Danger and traps lie ahead, with towering mountains behind. Caught in a dilemma between advancing and retreating, it is as difficult as a lame person trying to walk."

Hearing this, Zhuang Rudie wore a puzzled expression. "What does that even mean? Can't you explain it in a way I can understand?"

Since this Sun Badao clearly wasn't falling for her sweet, gentle maiden routine, Zhuang Rudie simply sat down cross-legged on the ground, dropping her coquettish voice entirely.

"It means you will face numerous disasters ahead, but you must not act rashly, otherwise you will only invite even greater misfortune."

These words only left Zhuang Rudie more bewildered. She asked, "Are you saying I should just stupidly wait around for trouble to strike?"

"Not necessarily." Wen Jiu stroked an imaginary beard with an inscrutable air. "The dark aura around you is thick and unyielding. You've done quite a few things to swindle money in the past, haven't you?"

Since Wen Jiu had exposed her, Zhuang Rudie straightforwardly admitted that she had indeed done some unscrupulous things in the past, but she had never cared much for the concept of karmic retribution.

Therefore, it had never crossed her mind that her current misfortunes were related to her past misdeeds.

"I can see you have no genuine intention of repenting. Let me give you a suggestion: if you want to resolve your future fortune, go out and do more good deeds. Also, your turning point lies in the southeast; find a time to move soon." With that, Wen Jiu stood up and patted the dust off her clothes.

Zhuang Rudie remained squatting on the ground in deep thought. Frankly speaking, she simply couldn't bring herself to believe in the notion of karmic retribution.

Perhaps she was just having a streak of bad luck today?

"If there's nothing else, I'll be leaving." Seeing that Zhuang Rudie didn't respond, Wen Jiu figured she had said all she could. As for whether Zhuang Rudie believed it or not, that was entirely up to her.

After all, when it came to fortune-telling and divination, one could only ever reveal three parts of it.

Saying too much would damage the fortune-teller's own luck, and the five afflictions and three defects were a common occurrence.

With those words spoken, Wen Jiu logged out of the Star Network and returned to reality.

It was already quite late, and Qiao Shishi had long since fallen asleep.

Therefore, Wen Jiu first posted the previously promised recipe to her dynamic feed, then went to wash up before finally drifting off to sleep.