Ch 413: Guarding the Stall

Su Ning was truly speechless.

Ten money for a fortune-telling.

Isn’t this obviously fake?

What kind of normal person charges ten money for a fortune-telling? That would make the fortune-telling profession too worthless and cheap…

A proper fortune-teller would definitely not charge so little.

Generally, a Master either doesn’t charge anything, or is worth a thousand gold pieces.

Su Ning sized up the skinny Taoist Priest.

A swindler.

But you can’t really call them swindlers.

It’s just a very fake profession.

“Forget it, I don’t need a fortune-telling, and you can’t give me one anyway!” Su Ning said.

“Little Brother, I see a connection with you. How about we chat?” the Fake Taoist Priest said with a grin.

Su Ning originally didn’t want to pay him any attention.

But he kept rambling on and on.

Su Ning even wanted to turn around and leave.

“Ai… Ai…” The Fake Taoist Priest’s expression suddenly changed as he clutched his stomach.

“Little Brother, our meeting is fate. Let’s be Friends…” The Fake Taoist Priest watched as beads of sweat streamed down his forehead:

“My stomach is upset. Can you watch my Stall for me? If anyone comes, just tell them to wait. When I get back, I’ll scam them out of some money… I mean, calculate a fortune-telling fee, and I’ll split it with you.”

As the Old Taoist Priest spoke, he tore off a tissue from his prop bag while also clutching his butt…

Su Ning: ???

Hey… wait.

I didn’t even agree…

The Old Taoist Priest didn’t care whether Su Ning agreed or not and dashed off towards the public restroom. Su Ning wanted to say something, but seeing him releasing a series of farts along the way… he gave up on the idea of calling the Fake Taoist Priest back.

After all, holding in poop… is indeed quite uncomfortable.

The faces of some passersby who the Old Taoist Priest passed changed drastically:

“Did that person just fart?”

“It seems so. A slightly warm fart…”

“Good heavens, could it be…”

The passersby avoided him with disgusted expressions.

…

Su Ning shook his Head.

He had nothing to do anyway, and he was tired of walking around, so he sat down on the Taoist Priest’s seat to rest.

Of course, with Su Ning’s physique, he definitely wouldn’t be tired.

He was mentally exhausted, weary…

Su Ning placed the small Terrarium Box on the table and carefully examined the props on the table, playing with them.

“Oh… these props are quite interesting.”

A Bagua Mirror, some Talismans… and a Pair of Yin-Yang Fish.

The Taoist Priest may be fake, but the props are quite complete.

“These Yin-Yang Fish are a bit interesting…”

Su Ning discovered that the Yin-Yang Fish on the table were actually emitting an ancient Qi.

According to Tingquan Jianbao, the item is old and authentic.

“I didn’t expect that old guy to have some old items.”

When that Fake Taoist Priest comes back, perhaps I can discuss it with him and acquire this old item.

With nothing better to do, Su Ning casually picked up a book from the table and started reading.

He hadn’t been sitting down for long.

A pale-faced, absent-minded Uncle wandered through the crowd for a while and walked straight towards Su Ning’s Stall.

The Uncle looked like he had lost the will to live.

He was probably in his forties, with sallow skin, greasy hair, and cloudy eyes, wearing a not-so-clean yellow leather jacket.

“Um… Mister, could you give me a fortune-telling?”

Su Ning moved the book away from his face and said calmly, “Sorry, I’m not a fortune-teller. The fortune-teller went to the restroom. I’m just watching his Stall for him.”

The Uncle in front of the Stall was stunned for a moment and looked at Su Ning carefully.

He shook his Head…

Such a clean and young man didn’t seem like a swindler fortune-teller.

Hmm…

The Uncle also believed that these Misters who did fortune-telling on the streets were fake.

But he still chose to have a fortune-telling.

Sometimes people have their fortunes told not because they believe it, but just to seek some psychological comfort.

The Uncle got up to leave.

Su Ning frowned slightly.

He thought for a long time:

“Uncle, the thing you seek concerns your daughter, right? Your daughter is missing, and you’re looking for your daughter?”

The Uncle was stunned. His dim and lifeless eyes turned back, looking at Su Ning with some surprise…

Su Ning sighed helplessly, “The thing you seek is to the west. There should be a bridge there. The thing your heart is connected to is there. If you look there, you will be able to find the thing your heart is connected to…”

Su Ning: “But you need to get there as soon as possible, otherwise…”

“I can sense that the thing your heart is connected to will be severed in about ten minutes.”

“West, a bridge?” The Uncle looked blank:

“Ten minutes???”

He couldn’t possibly get there in time.

“What will happen if the connection disappears?”

“Either you die, or she dies. That’s how your bond will disappear,” Su Ning said.

The Uncle trembled all over…

Either I die, or she dies!

I can’t possibly die in ten minutes, so that means she will die???

The Uncle’s heart trembled violently…

His Tiger eyes filled with tears.

“West, my Brother-in-law is searching over there…”

The Uncle immediately called his Brother-in-law.

“Hello, Brother-in-law, did you find Xiao Yun?” On the other end of the phone, the Brother-in-law’s anxious voice came.

The Uncle said, “Hurry up and go to the Minghu Overpass to take a look. Xiao Yun might be there. Hurry up, if you go late, there won’t be any time left.”

“Ah? Did Xiao Yun call you?” The Brother-in-law wondered why his Brother-in-law knew Xiao Yun was there.

“There’s no time to explain. Go take a look first.”

The Uncle would rather believe it than not.

“Okay, then I’ll go take a look.”

…

After hanging up the phone, the Uncle looked at Su Ning: “Thank… thank you.”

Su Ning waved his hand: “No need to thank me. Some things depend on fate. I just happened to be sitting here, and you just happened to need help, so I helped you.”

Su Ning was calm and collected.

“It’s a pity… the bond between your heart is very weak. Even if you save her this time, she will still leave.”

The Uncle was silent…

“That child is too foolish.” That’s all he could say.

Su Ning looked at the Uncle’s face.

This should be a rural family.

The family is of average means…

People from average families can’t withstand great storms. If something happens, the family will be ruined?

For example, a family member gets sick?

As the saying goes, Su Ning had once been in despair, and he knew that kind of despair.

He stared at the Uncle for a moment…

He took out half a piece of something crystal clear, like medicine…

“Take this. Perhaps this little thing will be useful to you.”

The Uncle was puzzled: “This is???”

“You can tentatively call it medicine.” It was actually just a small piece of Radish.

“Medicine?” The Uncle looked suspicious… but he still accepted it.

“But… I don’t have that much Money.”

…

Su Ning was just about to say something.

When he saw a Woman with a tripod walking out from the side. The Woman’s face was pretty, probably in her early twenties.

“Sisters in the Livestream Room, look, this is a typical street swindler. Don’t be fooled.” The Woman said while filming Su Ning: “The first step to lure you in is to give you a fortune-telling, saying you have some kind of calamity. The second step is to sell props, either Talismans or medicine, to resolve your calamity. In fact, they are all scams, all to swindle the Money in your pockets, so you must keep your eyes open!”

This is a self-media blogger?

Doing a Livestream?

The Woman’s words immediately attracted the attention of the surrounding passersby.

Everyone looked at Su Ning with strange eyes…

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