Chapter 3

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The next day at noon, an unfortunate accident occurred in the canteen of the Imperial University. A male student, after getting his boxed meal, accidentally dropped it on the ground. He quickly squatted down to clean the floor but, in his panic, stepped on the fried eggplant and fell face-first, losing consciousness. He was carried to the hospital by the students around him...

The result of this incident was: Guanyin Sister's fortune-telling stall became incredibly popular!

When Tang Sen finished his meal and walked out of the canteen, Guanyin Sister's stall was still packed with people, surrounded so tightly that there was no room to move. Tang Sen stood nearby, feeling a bit itchy inside. He wanted to leave but couldn't bear to. Well, he might as well get his fortune told. He really wanted to know if his mother would have a happy life in the future, which was his greatest concern at the moment, without a doubt.

Tang Sen squeezed through the crowd and approached Guanyin Sister.

"Guanyin Sister, please help me with my love fortune..." a cute little girl called out.

"Hmm... You will confess to the man you like at 7:54:11 AM tomorrow, and he will tell you that he only likes otaku girls, and non-otaku girls are destined to be unmatched. You will break up and be heartbroken, and you won't fall in love again throughout your college years..."

"Ha ha!" The boys and girls around her burst into laughter. "Oh, so you like Tang Sen!"

The little girl was very embarrassed. "What should I do?"

Guanyin Sister smiled. "Although you will soon break up, after graduation, you will immediately meet a handsome man at your company. You will fall in love, and he will be your lifelong partner, living a happy and fulfilling life... I think you don't need to seek my help; just let things take their natural course."

"O... Oh, I see. Okay, I'll follow this destiny. I'll confess to Tang Sen tomorrow morning." The little girl clenched her fists, as if making a decision, and turned to leave. She had only taken a few steps when she bumped into Tang Sen, who was trying to squeeze in.

"Hey? Did you... hear that?" The little girl's face turned bright red.

Tang Sen, of course, had heard, but he said considerately, "What did I hear? I just got here and don't know what happened."

The little girl breathed a sigh of relief. "Tomorrow morning, at the school bicycle parking lot, I'll be waiting for you..." She ran off like the wind.

Tang Sen shrugged, feeling a bit helpless. He had to cruelly reject another girl tomorrow. He squeezed to the front of Guanyin Sister's stall. "Ahem, Miss..."

"Not 'Miss,' but 'Guanyin Sister.'" The beauty in white ancient attire smiled with a solemn expression.

"Alright, Guanyin Sister, I also want to get my fortune told..." Tang Sen said seriously. "Can you please tell my mother's fortune, about her future health and life? I want to know if she can live a happy life until the end. If she will face any disasters, how can I help her overcome them?"

Hooked! He's definitely hooked! A triumphant voice laughed in Guanyin Sister's heart. Hahaha, how can a mere mortal resist when I'm on the job? Tremble in fear under my terrifying plot, and then obediently go to the West to worship Buddha and marry Rulai Girl.

The solemn Guanyin Sister waved her white scarf, looking ethereal. Her white, jade-like hand picked up the jade bottle on the table, and her other hand drew a willow branch from the bottle, sweeping it across the table. A rainbow of light flashed, and the table turned into a mirror...

"Wow, is this real?" The students watching couldn't help but exclaim. "Is this real magic? It doesn't seem like a trick!"

Tang Sen carefully examined the table. Indeed, it wasn't a trick; it was a real mirror that had appeared out of nowhere.

The mirror slowly displayed a scene. In the scene was a woman in her thirties, very beautiful, with an excellent figure, wearing casual home clothes, sitting in front of a computer, typing away. Tang Sen recognized her immediately. "Oh, that's my mother. She's running an online store..."

Guanyin Sister smiled. "That's right, this is your mother five years from now. Watch carefully."

In the scene, the mother suddenly slumped to one side and slowly fell to the ground. Then, the future Tang Sen rushed over, picked her up, and cried out, "Mom, what's wrong?"

The mother, weakly, said, "Our online store... has gone bankrupt... We can't keep it running. Mom owes 5 million and can't pay it back. What should we do?"

The scene froze there, with no further development.

"Wow!" Tang Sen pointed at the mirror, sweating. "Hey, this must be a trick, right? My mother is very good at running an online store... How could it go bankrupt and owe 5 million? I don't believe it!"

Guanyin Sister wiped a sweat from her forehead. This sharp man, he saw through my trick at a glance. Is my story too cliché? Hmph, but my trick isn't that easy to see through. At this moment, I need to use my willpower to make you fall for it! Guanyin Sister maintained her solemn expression, not panicking at all. "I never charge for my fortune-telling. What benefit would I have in tricking you?"

"Ah..." Tang Sen was taken aback. That's true, it makes sense to charge for a trick, but what's the point of a free trick?

Guanyin Sister pretended to be angry. "If you don't believe me, fine. The boy yesterday didn't believe me either, and now he's lying in the hospital. Believe it or not, it's up to you. Move aside, I still have to tell the next student's fortune."

Tang Sen hesitated, tentatively asking, "If... I mean, if your prediction is accurate, what can I do to help my mother avoid bankruptcy?"

Here it comes! He's still falling for it, hahaha! Guanyin Sister laughed inwardly but maintained her solemn expression, making a gesture as if calculating. Then she said seriously, "Actually, your mother's suffering is predestined. Even if she doesn't go bankrupt, she will face other disasters, ultimately ending up in poverty and illness, living a miserable life... There is only one way to change her fate..."

"What is it?" Tang Sen asked, frowning.

Guanyin Sister shook her head and said, "You must go to the West, to Ling Shan, to Da Lei Yin Temple, to meet a girl named Rulai. If you can fall in love with her and marry her, it will create a 'joyful shock' effect, dispelling your mother's bad luck... Otherwise, there is no other way to help your mother."

"Hey, are you kidding? That's so far away?" Tang Sen asked, puzzled. "Can I marry another woman to create a 'joyful shock'?"

"No!" Guanyin Sister shook her head seriously. "If it were that easy to resolve disasters, they wouldn't be called disasters. There is no other way for you except to marry Rulai. I must warn you, the journey to the West is 108,000 miles, and you are not allowed to use modern transportation. The only allowed means is your 'Little White Dragon' bicycle. If you don't have enough determination, forget it."

Tang Sen frowned, feeling something was off but couldn't pinpoint it. Everything this woman said seemed like a trick, but she wasn't charging. What benefit would she have in tricking me? This concerns my mother, so I must be cautious! Better to believe it than to doubt it!

Tang Sen left Guanyin Sister's stall, deep in thought. After walking a few dozen meters, he suddenly heard a loud commotion behind him. Turning around, he saw all the students looking up at the sky. The beauty in ancient attire, who had been sitting at the fortune-telling table, was now slowly floating in the air, standing on a giant white lotus. Her left hand held the jade bottle, and her right hand held a willow branch, dipping it into the bottle and then gently waving it forward...

A gentle rain began to fall from the sky. Guanyin Sister's voice, like celestial music, spread across the earth: "Prajna wisdom, penetrating the world, all five aggregates are empty, the realm of self-mastery, saving the suffering and the needy..." As she spoke, her body slowly became transparent and then turned into a golden light, disappearing.

"Wow! Is she really a deity?"

"This... This can't be a trick, right?"

"Deity Sister... I love you..." A boy actually knelt on the ground, shouting to the sky.

Tang Sen frowned, jumped onto his beloved "Little White Dragon" bicycle, and rode home...

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