Destined Entwining: Capturing My Devoted Beau

Chapter 846: Chapter 424: People Only Want to Hear Good Things

”Miss Maria, you have a major misfortune today, you should avoid crowded places. If you’re still interested tomorrow, you can come to me and ask more,” Lawrence Winters said, glancing at the incense he had lit.

This time, because of the wind, the three sticks of incense were burning particularly fast.

During the short time they talked, the incense was almost burned to the base.

Maria was very disappointed, grabbed her money back all at once, and said discontentedly, ”What the hell is this?! Are you in cahoots with Jiji and Sally! I was even telling everyone you were a ’Fairy Sister’!—What the hell is this?!”

Lawrence didn’t speak further, he casually packed his things, folded up the folding table and chairs, and picked them up.

The onlookers were completely baffled.

What is this about?

Just a few minutes and not a single deal was made, that’s it?

Isn’t this overhyped?

They even suspected whether this little sister knew Ah T and intentionally hyped it up...

The fortune-tellers on this street breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, she’s young, inexperienced, and has no skills—and she wants to compete with them for business!

Lawrence didn’t pay attention to the people gossiping behind her.

She could see very clearly that Maria’s face was called ”Smoke in the Fire,” meaning the wood had burned to its end, leaving only the remnants of smoke.

She had said all she could, it was up to Maria whether she cared or not.

Maria clearly didn’t believe her.

She came excitedly for a fortune-telling, and this was the result.

She just refused to believe it.

Maria turned to the fortune-telling booth to the left of Lawrence, queued up for a while, and finally saw the bald fortune-teller, loudly saying, ”Mr. Liu! Tell me about my marriage prospects, this five hundred US dollars is yours!”

The fortune-teller had been somewhat wary of Lawrence Winters.

People in their line of work, traveling around to make a living, know they must be particularly cautious of young women, children, and old people.

These three kinds of people are either particularly skilled or have powerful backgrounds.

Otherwise, they wouldn’t be out living the life of a wanderer, competing for business.

Of course, among these three types, there are also a very few who have neither skill nor backing and are out to try their luck purely by chance, so they are quickly sorted out and disappear without a trace.

Seeing Lawrence Winters being forced to pack up the day after starting, they were no longer worried at all.

This was a girl with neither skill, backing, nor luck!

So he cheerfully took on Maria’s business, carefully examining her face and saying cheerfully, ”Maria, you’re a blessed person, don’t listen to others talking nonsense!”

”I see your complexion is so good, your face is practically glowing, that’s a sign of luck!—Maria, right now, whatever you ask, you’ll prosper!” The fortune-teller’s setup was much better than Lawrence Winters’; he even had a block of wood for dramatic effect.

He held the block of wood and lightly tapped the table, saying, ”Husband and wife keep secrets, familial harmony prevails, children are benevolent, and marriage is better early.—Maria, you won’t have great wealth, but you will find a good person; husband and wife harmony, growing old together!”

For Maria, who had always longed to have a boyfriend, these words were more pleasing than great wealth.

She eagerly asked, ”...So when can I get married? You said ’marriage is better early,’ so when can I?”

The fortune-teller was dumbfounded, ”I already said, marriage is better early, why are you in a hurry?”

”But aren’t you going to give me a specific time? That little sister even gave a timeline to Jiji! Told her to wait a maximum of three days, and then Jiji didn’t even need to wait, she turned around and saw the person she wanted to marry! You know they went to register today!” Maria was so agitated she stood up.

The fortune-teller secretly cursed that little sister for breaking the norms.

In their business, who gives specific times and places in such detail?

Everyone speaks vaguely to leave room for interpretation.

Saying it clearly is asking for trouble.

He didn’t argue, just snorted, ”Then go find her! What are you doing here?!”

Maria looked at the five hundred US dollars she had thrown away, her heart aching so badly it was almost cramping, and she complained, ”You’re only worth a hundred US dollars at most!”

Moreover, the fortune-telling stalls on this street charged no more than twenty US dollars at most per reading.

Lawrence Winters’ ”five hundred US dollars” yesterday, had made more and more onlookers skeptical.

Is it really worth that much?

Were Jiji and Ah T really not in on it?

Maria left one hundred US dollars behind, cursing as she left the fortune-telling street.

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After Lawrence Winters left the street, he first put the folded table and chair back in his little inn, then wanted to go for a walk.

With a day unexpectedly free, he wanted to make good use of it.

But before heading out, he spontaneously did a divination for himself and found that it was unfavorable to go out, better to sit quietly.

So today was not a good day to go out.

He could only hold back and stay inside.

But after spending some time on the internet alone in the room, he still couldn’t sit still, so he went downstairs to chat with Sister Tian.

There were actually two plump middle-aged women at Sister Tian’s place.

Seeing Lawrence Winters come in, the three of them excitedly said, ”Great! We need one more for mahjong! Little girl, do you know how to play mahjong?! Let’s play mahjong!”

Lawrence happened to be free and wanted to take the chance while playing mahjong to talk to these people and learn more about the Grant Branch.

He smiled and nodded, ”I’m itching to play! Sister Tian, you should be careful; my luck is very strong today!”

The four of them then sat in the inn’s entrance hall to play mahjong.

Everyone coming in and out could easily see them.

Some who knew about Lawrence Winters’ ”fortune-teller” identity even took a few more curious glances.

Lawrence Winters played mahjong with Sister Tian and the other two until ten in the evening.

He hadn’t planned on playing so long, but he kept winning, so the other three naturally wouldn’t let him leave the table.

He later couldn’t handle it anymore and had to subtly give them tiles to lose until all the money he had won was given back, only then did they agree to stop playing.

As the four of them were packing up the mahjong table and getting ready to head home, Sally and Jiji suddenly rushed in.

Seeing Lawrence Winters in the hall, they both froze for a moment, then exclaimed, ”Little sister, why are you here?!”

Lawrence looked up, curiously saying, ”I’ve always been here!”

Sister Tian also said, ”Little sister has been playing mahjong with us here all day!”

”Really, all day?!”

The other two nodded, ”Of course, everyone in the inn today can attest to it, we even ordered takeout for lunch and dinner!”

Sally, clutching her chest, said with lingering fear, ”...Little sister, do you know, Maria was suddenly hit by a stray bullet an hour ago, and after being taken to the hospital, we just got the news that she has now unfortunately died!”

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