Chapter 52

"Master, this is a true grand master. Last time I asked the master to calculate my children's fortune, and he got it right on the dot." Mr. Gu had also realized the ambiguity of his previous words and was a bit flustered, momentarily forgetting what Xia Yunjie had told him.

However, since everyone was just a chance encounter, and they happened to be in the same car, it didn't matter even if they said something indiscreet.

"Grand master? Fortune teller?" Upon hearing this, Du Haiqiong and Shen Liti both took off their sunglasses, widened their eyes, and stared at Xia Yunjie as if he were an alien.

Now they understood that the taxi driver was calling the young man "master" out of respect, not because it was his name. Of course, when they heard "master," they naturally imagined a fortune teller sitting on a small stool, with a yin-yang and eight trigrams chart in front of him, with big words written on it like "Exorcism, fortune telling, face reading, hand reading, finding auspicious sites, etc."—all sorts of grandiose claims. In fact, fortune tellers were a polite term; in reality, they were just scammers.

But those scammers at least put some effort into their professional image. Some wore sunglasses, some grew goatees, and some wore white robes, and they were usually older, giving off an air of mysticism to make people believe they had some real fortune-telling skills, so they would willingly pay for a bright future. In this sense, it was similar to being a flight attendant. Flight attendants had strict requirements for appearance, height, figure, age, and attire, all to make passengers believe that the airline was high-end and that they would receive top-notch service, so they would willingly pay for expensive tickets. But a young man, no more than twenty, who looked ordinary in both clothing and appearance, being a fortune teller, no, a scammer, was simply too unprofessional and absurd. It was even more surprising that the middle-aged driver was still respectfully calling him "master" and thanking him for his wife's pregnancy. Was there anything more shocking and absurd in the world?

So Du Haiqiong and Shen Liti stared at Xia Yunjie with wide eyes, finding it more and more amusing. Their eyes, which were usually charming and captivating, gradually curved, and their sexy lips pursed tightly. Finally, they couldn't help but burst out laughing, and once they started, their defenses completely broke down. They laughed so hard that they were shaking and looked even more alluring.

"Hehe, big brother driver, you said he's a master? A fortune teller? I'm dying of laughter!" Du Haiqiong, still laughing, pointed at Xia Yunjie, gasping for breath. She had completely forgotten her previous displeasure and even added "big brother" to her address to the driver. However, Du Haiqiong didn't notice that the driver's expression was not friendly at all.

Not only was it not friendly, but the driver suddenly stepped on the brake, stopping the car by the roadside, turned around, and said to the two women who were laughing so hard that they were almost in tears, "Get out!"

"What?" Du Haiqiong and Shen Liti were taken aback. They never expected the driver to be so affected by the "master" that he would suddenly turn on them.

"I said, get out..." The driver still had a stern face and said it without any courtesy.

"Big brother Gu, what are you doing? Drive, drive! Besides, fortune telling is a matter of belief. I just listened to the old fortune teller in the village and made some random predictions. Don't take it too seriously," Xia Yunjie, seeing the driver's anger, quickly smiled and tried to persuade him, while giving him a meaningful look.

With Xia Yunjie's words and the meaningful look, Mr. Gu suddenly remembered the master's instructions from last time and was startled. He quickly laughed and said, "I believe you."

Then he started the car again.

It seemed that the driver was beyond help! Du Haiqiong and Shen Liti, seeing that the driver obediently drove the car and even remained "loyal," exchanged a glance and shook their heads in silence. They thought, how could such a young and unimpressive scammer fool someone so thoroughly? The driver must be pretty dumb!

However, although they thought this, they were now curious about Xia Yunjie. After all, a young scammer like him was rare, and it seemed he had some convincing skills.

"Hey, master, can you give me a reading?" After the car had driven for a while, the energetic Du Haiqiong couldn't contain her curiosity and took the initiative to approach the man.

"Hehe, sorry, I'm not a fortune teller," Xia Yunjie said without hesitation, shaking his head.

What a joke, did they really think he was a street scammer? Just because he said he could read fortunes! He was the master of the Wu Xian Sect!

Xia Yunjie's straightforward refusal genuinely surprised Du Haiqiong and Shen Liti, and their faces showed a hint of disbelief.

Since becoming flight attendants, they had gotten used to men harassing them and looking at them with colored eyes. They thought Xia Yunjie's mention of going to Deya Community was the start of a pickup, and he would surely find an excuse to talk to them later. Now that they had taken the initiative, they didn't expect him to put on an air and refuse them.

How could this be? Was he playing hard to get? That didn't make sense. Fortune telling usually involved reading palms, which was a legitimate excuse to touch hands. Any other man would have been overjoyed and already reached out with his "dirty hands."

"It's fine if you're not a fortune teller. Let's just play!" Du Haiqiong, not giving up, or rather, not willing to give up, extended her delicate hand toward Xia Yunjie.

Miss, I don't believe that with my looks, you can resist touching this hand offered to you!

"Hehe, sorry." Xia Yunjie still smiled indifferently and shook his head, not even glancing at her hand.

So, he was treating fortune telling as a game!

Seeing that Xia Yunjie was still unmoved, Du Haiqiong reluctantly retracted her hand and pouted, feeling frustrated and angry.

When had she ever been rejected like this?

Shen Liti, seeing her friend's embarrassment, was both surprised and amused. She rarely saw Du Haiqiong being ignored like this! The taxi driver secretly gave Xia Yunjie a thumbs up.

Damn, the master is awesome, not even touching the offered hand!

Du Haiqiong was angry for a while, seeing the young scammer sitting calmly in the passenger seat, admiring the skyscrapers passing by, looking so arrogant, as if he were really a master, which made her even angrier.

But sometimes people are just like that, and so are beautiful women. If a man really pursued her, she would find it annoying, but a man like Xia Yunjie, who ignored her, made her even more determined to test him and make him look bad.

"Will you do it if I pay? How about one hundred yuan? The fortune tellers at Xianren Bridge only charge ten yuan per session." Du Haiqiong finally spoke again.

Xia Yunjie was truly at a loss, so he said, "I really am not a fortune teller. Please go to Xianren Bridge if you want a reading."

"Ha!" Shen Liti couldn't help but laugh at Du Haiqiong's embarrassment.

"Fine, if you won't do it, so be it! What's so great about it anyway? It's all a scam!" Du Haiqiong pinched Shen Liti and said with a sneer.

"The fortune tellers at Xianren Bridge are the scammers. The master is a genuine expert. Let me tell you, last time..." The taxi driver, hearing Du Haiqiong say that Xia Yunjie's fortune-telling was a scam, couldn't stand it.

"Hehe, Big Brother Gu, I was just guessing," Xia Yunjie interrupted.

The taxi driver, interrupted by Xia Yunjie, smiled awkwardly and didn't say anything more. Du Haiqiong, already furious, rolled her eyes and didn't say another word.

She had wanted to put Xia Yunjie down and regain some dignity, but someone was actually defending him! Not only that, but he was acting so mysterious and indifferent.

In silence, the taxi arrived at Deya Community.

The taxi driver still insisted on not taking Xia Yunjie's money, so Xia Yunjie let him be.

Getting out of the car, Xia Yunjie walked straight to the eighth building where he rented a room, while Du Haiqiong and Shen Liti looked at each other and suddenly burst out laughing.

"I thought he would be like other men, but this scammer actually lives in Deya Community," Du Haiqiong said.

"So, next time, don't be too conceited and confident!" Shen Liti laughed.

"Ha, with my figure and looks, do I need to be conceited? I seriously doubt this guy is gay!" Du Haiqiong raised her chin arrogantly.

"Hehe, you really are something!" Shen Liti laughed and rolled her eyes at Du Haiqiong.

"Exactly! Men have no reason to be uninterested in women. If not, there must be something wrong with him," Du Haiqiong said nonchalantly.

"Alright, alright, it's the scammer's problem, right? Let's go," Shen Liti playfully hit Du Haiqiong and urged her.

"Is it his problem, or is there something wrong with my charm?" Du Haiqiong rolled her eyes at Shen Liti and walked to the fifth building where she lived.

Deya Community was an old neighborhood with houses built in the early 1990s. All the buildings were six stories high, with two households per floor. Du Haiqiong and Shen Liti lived on the fifth floor.