Chapter 1739: Fraud or Master?

"Alright." Influenced by her mother since childhood, Bai Manman also believed in things like fortune-telling.

Mother Bai had a servant invite the old fortune-teller in, and before Mother Bai could speak, the old fortune-teller took the initiative to say, "Madam, you wish to have your daughter's marriage prospects divined, correct?"

The old man had the air of an immortal, looking nothing like a commoner.

Now that her thoughts had been laid bare in a single sentence, Mother Bai was even more convinced.

"That's right, how did you know?"

The old man did not answer directly, but continued, "Your family has only one daughter, what a pity, what a pity..."

Mother Bai's heart jumped to her throat; she was terrified the old man would say something about her daughter having a short life.

But the old man said, "You were originally destined to have a son, but unfortunately, your family's business involves too much killing, which has clashed with your descendants' luck, and that is why you only have one daughter."

Mother Bai was impressed to the point of prostration, and Bai Manman's jaw nearly dropped in shock.

The fortune-teller was very accurate.

When Mother Bai was young, she had indeed been pregnant with a boy, but she lost the baby when she was already six months along; she had been heartbroken at the time.

Later, she was never able to conceive again, having only Bai Manman as her daughter.

Bai Manman asked, "How did you know that?"

The old man smiled as he stroked his goat-like beard and said slowly, "Heavenly secrets must not be revealed."

What kind of heavenly secret was this?

Anyone who thought about it for a moment could hear that the old man was being mysterious for no reason.

The Bai family had lived in this neighborhood for many years, and many old neighbors around them knew their family's situation; one could find it out just by asking around.

But the mother and daughter of the Bai family were deeply convinced; they preferred to believe that the old man was a highly accurate Daoist priest and wanted him to help guide them out of their confusion.

The old man asked for Bai Manman's birth date and time, calculated it on his fingers, and his brows furrowed.

"Old sir, what is wrong? Is my daughter's fate bad?" Mother Bai was very nervous.

"It is not that her fate is bad, but that it is too good, which is very strange..."

The old man stopped mid-sentence, which made Mother Bai even more anxious.

"What is strange about it? Please, continue."

The old man remained silent for a while longer, then slowly said, "Judging by her fate, your young lady is destined for great wealth and status, but it seems something is obstructing her, preventing her from continuing on that path, and she will even encounter misfortune."

"Old sir, how can we break this? Tell us how much money you need; our family does not care about money." The thought of her precious daughter suffering misfortune was absolutely unacceptable to a mother, and Mother Bai was so anxious she was losing her composure.

The old man lowered his head and remained silent again. After a long while, he took several talisman papers from the cloth bag he carried, wrote and drew on them, though no one could understand what he was drawing.

After another long while, he suddenly slapped the table and said loudly to Mother Bai, "Let me ask you, is your daughter currently seeing someone with a Fire-element fate?"

That was correct, Sheng Zirui had a Fire-element fate!

Before their relationship was confirmed, Mother Bai had taken their birth dates to a temple to be divined, and the monk had said they were a match made in heaven, a perfect pair!

Thus, they had happily confirmed the relationship.

But after the relationship was confirmed, the daughter had not been happy at all. They weren't even married yet and it was like this; if they were to marry, there was no telling how they would endure life together.

Mother Bai voiced her inner doubt: "We once had a high monk at a temple calculate their birth dates, and at the time, he said they were a match made in heaven. Could you see if they were wrong?"

The old man chuckled, his goat-like beard stroking quite elegantly.

With an air of absolute confidence, he said, "Some monks should just stick to chanting scriptures; it is wrong for them to go around randomly playing matchmaker. Their birth dates are incompatible. Right now he is suppressing you, and later you will suppress him; there will be no happiness in a forced union."

"Nonsense, you are the one talking nonsense! Where did this stinking old man come from to spout such rubbish? Get out!" Bai Manman was agitated and began pushing and shoving to drive the old man away.

Mother Bai was even more agitated; she pulled her daughter over and slapped her across the face: "You muddled thing, you don't know what's good for you."

This slap left both mother and daughter stunned.

Bai Manman had been the apple of her parents' eye since she was small and had never been hit; let alone hitting her, her parents were afraid of even speaking loudly to her for fear of scaring her.

Now her mother had actually slapped her, all because of this bad old man!

Bai Manman was stunned for a moment, but once she realized what happened, she immediately began to cry and make a scene.

"Wuu wuu wuu, you actually hit me? You hit your daughter for this old thing who came from who knows where? You don't love me anymore, wuu wuu wuu..."

"Fraud, fraud! Get out right now! It's because of you that I got hit; my mom hasn't hit me once since I was little!"

Seeing her daughter making a scene, Mother Bai felt a pang of heartache and hurriedly pulled her into her arms, coaxing her like a treasure.

"Good daughter, you are mother's heart and soul, mother is only doing this for your own good..."

Mother Bai felt a pang of heartache and hurriedly comforted her daughter. After finally calming her down, she said to the old man, "Please, continue."

But the old man stopped talking, stood up, and prepared to leave.

"Forget it. Fortune-telling is a matter of 'it exists if you believe, it doesn't if you don't.' The Buddha saves those with affinity; if you don't believe, no matter how much I say, it's all in vain."

He was dressed as a Daoist priest, yet he said "The Buddha saves those with affinity." The Bai mother and daughter, one furious and the other anxious, failed to notice the flaw.

Mother Bai immediately took some banknotes and stuffed them into the old man's hand: "Please calm your anger, don't lower yourself to the level of a young girl. Meeting is fate; consider this a good connection."

"Very well."

The old man sat back down.

"I am very worried about the young lady. She is completely different now compared to before. If this continues for long, the young lady's mental state will be very concerning..." This hit Mother Bai's sore spot, and she repeatedly agreed that this was the case.

After her daughter officially confirmed her relationship with Sheng Zirui, she had been acting strange all day long, and her whole self was not well.

Bai Manman was about to lose her temper again, but the old man changed the subject and said, "For now, it seems your daughter is the one being affected, but in the long run, the boy on the other side will be affected even more. The two of them together are mutually destructive; it is very likely she will end up suppressing him to death!"

Originally, Bai Manman was very repulsed, but upon hearing the latter part, she took it to heart. Why would it affect Zirui?

She wiped away her tears and asked, "Old sir, you said it would affect the man, why is that?"

The fortune-teller stroked his goat-like beard, still maintaining an inscrutable air: "Cannot say, cannot say. Heavenly secrets must not be revealed. I have already told you enough; if you truly wait until that time, it will be too late to regret it."

Having said this, he stood up and left.

Before leaving, he took out the money Mother Bai had just stuffed into his pocket and placed it on the table, not taking a single cent!

The old man not taking the money was a gesture that surprised the mother and daughter, making them believe his words even more.

If they don't take money, they can't be a swindler; where would you find a swindler who doesn't want money?

I like that my wife always wants to make me angry.