Ms. Diviner: The Prodigal Daughter's Return

Chapter 185: 185 naughty boy, what’s cute about him?

”Senior Qu, you wouldn’t have forgotten our previous bet, would you?” Mu Hanyan asked with a teasing smile.

Qu Shanling opened his mouth but couldn’t utter a single word.

What could he say, was he going to cheat? An obscure auction house had signed a Heaven and Earth Contract with Long Yan Academy to become a long-term partner, and the contract was personally signed by a Holy Dragon Master who was also the dean of the Illusion Dragon Branch. Could the sensation this caused be compared to a show put on by an old god-man?

Even if he wanted to cheat, he couldn’t find a reason!

It was over. This time it was really over. Qu Shanling’s face showed helplessness and bitter resentment.

He had witnessed Mu Hanyan’s tactics firsthand. At first, he didn’t mind when Mu Hanyan flattered him so much that he was overjoyed, thinking this youngster was adorable and to his taste.

But having seen him flatter Wenren Qingqiu, pleasing his dignity so much that he spontaneously signed the Heaven and Earth Contract, Qu realized that such flattery was not to be enjoyed without cost. This stinky kid adorable? He was nothing but a sly and crafty little fox! His previous cuteness was nothing but an illusion, an illusion!

Although having been a god-man for most of his life, Qu Shanling found that he couldn’t see through Mu Hanyan.

How did he know that Wenren Qingqiu urgently needed those medicinal herbs, and it even seemed extremely urgent? Qu Shanling couldn’t understand no matter how hard he thought.

The more he couldn’t understand, the more uneasy he felt in his heart. Associating with someone so hypocritically sweet-tongued, full of schemes and calculations, and for ten years at that, ten whole years, might mean that even his bones would be gnawed clean.

Thinking of serving someone else for free for an entire decade, not knowing how much business he would miss and how much money he would lose, made his heart bleed profusely.

”What’s wrong, Senior Qu, surely someone of your esteemed stature wouldn’t deny losing the bet, would you?” Mu Hanyan noticed him alternating between despair and gritted teeth, amusedly pressed him further.

”I, Qu Shanling, honor my bets and accept my losses. For the next ten years, I’ll be at the Nanmu Auction’s service. However, there’s one thing I can’t figure out—how did you know that Master Wenren urgently needed those medicinal herbs, and how did you know he would come to Heishi Field?” Qu Shanling, with a reputation to maintain, dared not break his word, but as he fulfilled his bet, he also voiced the doubts in his heart. If he couldn’t get the answers, he would never be able to rest in his life.

”That’s easy, because Brother Han Yan is also a Star Divination Master,” Mu Nan laughed heartily.

Finally seeing Mu Hanyan’s Star Divination Technique perform splendidly, forcing Qu the Godman, a fellow Star Divination Master with a well-known reputation, into such frustration was even more painful than the ten thousand taels of silver Mu Nan had once lost himself. His mood was as refreshing as drinking ice water in the scorching summer, and he rushed to explain.

”What, you’re saying you are a Star Divination Master?” Qu Shanling suddenly jumped up, staring intently at Mu Hanyan.

”Yup, I am a Star Divination Master,” Mu Hanyan nodded.

She couldn’t tell others that in her previous life, Wenren Qingqiu had traveled far and wide to purchase these medicinal herbs and had even sought out Mu Rui An. Although the medicinal herbs he needed were not rare in themselves and didn’t require high quality, because the varieties were too numerous, Mu Family in Heishi City had not prepared and could barely provide a few. He had ultimately returned empty-handed.

Mu Hanyan hadn’t known this fact until much later. Today, it just happened to be useful, not only boosting the reputation of the Nanmu Auction but also attracting a highly discerning Treasure Appraiser, who would serve as a free long-term worker, providing some compensation to Mu Nan as well.