Destined Entwining: Capturing My Devoted Beau

Chapter 848: Chapter 425: A Skilled Diviner Does Not Divine

”It’s that girl! That fortune-telling girl said she’ll face calamity today! That girl said she’d face great misfortune today! She even refused the spirit money! — This is all bad luck!”

The hands of the four men gradually stopped.

”...What did you say? Someone else read her fortune? We all heard it was you who did it.”

”It really wasn’t me! I said all good things! It was that girl!” Old Chang shouted desperately, ”I understand! It’s that girl causing trouble! You know, I’ve been here in this street for decades. Would I deceive anyone? If I was deceitful, I would’ve been chased away long ago!”

”My fortunes are accurate! — But that girl! Ruthless! She’s as fierce as a dragon crossing the river, wanting to make a name for herself! That’s why she’ll definitely pull a big stunt!”

Maria’s father’s face darkened, ”You mean that girl caused trouble? Hired a hitman to kill my daughter?”

Old Chang, beaten by the four of them with a bruised and swollen face, seemed to be forced to tell the truth. He immediately spread his hands and said, ”I’m just deducing, she wants to quickly make a name for herself, and the fastest way is to make her fortune-telling come true! Look, I said Maria would have a smooth life and soon find a match, and what she said was the opposite.”

”To prove me wrong and herself right, what do you think she would do?” Old Chang rubbed his swollen face and whimpered, ”If you don’t believe me, you can go and check with the Grant Branch’s office; she didn’t register, didn’t get permission, yet dared to set up her fortune-telling stall on the street!”

Maria’s three brothers and father immediately headed to the Grant Branch’s office in Chinatown.

The office was a three-story building with over two hundred years of history, its red bricks and Victorian architectural style.

Inside, everything was decorated with an ancient Oriental style.

They went in and soon came out, accompanied by two mid-level managers from the Grant Branch office.

The Grant Branch operates globally as an NGO-like organization, not much different from private companies.

Their regular personnel are referred to as agents.

The next level up is manager, above them is a regional superintendent, and several regions form a large district.

Thus, above regional superintendent is the directors of each large district.

Above the directors of each large district are the president and vice president.

Grant Branch also has a board-like organizational structure, authorizing the president to manage.

However, Grant Branch doesn’t call it a board, they call it the Elder Council.

The Elder Council consists of three people, only one of whom has the surname Grant, while the other two must have different surnames.

The manager from the Grant Branch community in Chinatown came out with Maria’s three brothers and father.

One of the managers handles registration, and the other has a lawyer’s license, managing external relations.

They look very professional.

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Lawrence Winters went upstairs with Sally and Jiji, exchanged a few pleasantries, and then returned to her room.

For some reason, after returning to her room, she felt uneasy, as if something major was about to happen.

She couldn’t resist taking out the Big Five Emperors Coins, casually tossing them.

The resulting hexagrams differed greatly, and some even conflicted with each other.

”The wise foretell little. I’m overdoing it today...” Lawrence murmured.

Generally speaking, when fortune-telling for oneself, it should be at least three months apart.

She had just done one this morning, causing her to abandon her plans of going out, and instead spent the day playing mahjong with Tianjie in the hotel lobby.

And now she was doing it again, not yet twelve hours later, which definitely means it wouldn’t be accurate.

However, since Lawrence felt something might be wrong, she couldn’t do nothing.

Waiting helplessly for disaster is not her style.

So she quickly thought it over and decided to go to the restroom to wash off the disguise on her face and restore her true appearance.

Facial features and a person’s fate are mutually reinforcing.

Changing to a different appearance would surely change her fate.

Moreover, she knew that ever since she learned the path, her luck kept getting better.

So going to wash her face and change clothes couldn’t be wrong.

Lawrence took her toiletries to the small restroom, hastily washed off the dark foundation from her face, then applied face cream, followed by a bit of lip gloss.

The yellow-faced plain girl in the mirror quickly transformed into a fair, translucent urban maiden.

Her hair was short; a light tousle turned it into a trendy style.

Changing into a brand name white silk lapel blouse, straight cropped pants, and Christian Louboutin red-soled heels.

Once the spokesperson for the NewHuman Corporation’s PR department, her imposing manner emerged again.

She even dug out her rarely used Chanel Double Chain Lambskin purse to boost her fortune.

Standing in this humble room, her attire seemed out of place here.

She shook her head with a smile, realizing she needed to move.

But not tonight; it wasn’t suitable. She’d move tomorrow; she hadn’t booked a hotel yet.

Just the thought of the expensive hotel fees made her heart ache, unable to breathe.

Being miserly has this downside; money can only come in, not go out.

Just as Lawrence finished tidying up, someone knocked heavily on her door.

She heard Sally and Big D’s voices too.

”Hey! What are you doing?! That’s a friend’s room you’re banging on! Mind your manners!”

Big D came forward first, seeing Maria’s three brothers and father, squinted and said, ”Why aren’t you arranging Maria’s funeral instead of coming here to wail?”

Then to the two other Grant Branch managers, ”Manager Hu, Manager Hou, why are you here at this hour?”

The manager with the surname Hou was the one managing external affairs for Grant Branch.

He had a lawyer’s license and was smooth and diplomatic, adept at dealing with all situations.

He knew Big D was also part of the Grant Branch, also a manager, but specifically in charge of collections and maintaining public order—essentially what was commonly called a gang leader.

Such individuals couldn’t enter the core.

Manager Hou smiled and said, ”Big D, it’s great you know the people here. Could you ask her to come out? We need to take her back to assist with the investigation of Maria’s shooting case.”

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This is the first update, two updates today.

The second update will be at 7:30 p.m.

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