"...He,"
Xu Gui blurted out amidst the old man's proud expression, "His luck seems really good!"
The old man was full of question marks: ? ?
So, you only saw his luck? What about the others? Didn't you see anything else? Like his handsome appearance, dashing looks, and wealth?
The old man's face darkened, displeased. So when Lu Baiyi walked over, he was met with his grandfather's disappointed gaze. Now, the one who was puzzled was Lu Baiyi.
Was it because he had stepped over with his left foot first?
Lu Baiyi was pondering what he had done to offend the old man when he suddenly heard a clear and cheerful voice beside him, asking, "Are you the old man's grandson?" Lu Baiyi
turned his head in the direction of the voice and his gaze met a snow-white and radiant face.
Lu Baiyi: ...A snow-white glutinous rice ball.
A snow-white glutinous rice ball—that was Lu Baiyi's first impression of Xu Gui.
Xu Gui's appearance wasn't aggressive at all. Her skin was fair and delicate, like a peeled pink lychee, and her face had a plump, radiant glow. Her bright, clear eyes added to her radiant, youthful purity.
Lu Baiyi's heart skipped a beat.
"...Wow, your luck is incredible!" Xu Gui circled Lu Baiyi, staring at him. She muttered, "How can a human's luck be this good? It doesn't make sense."
The old man leaned closer and asked, "You mean my grandson is very lucky?"
Xu Gui nodded vigorously, saying, "Yes, incredibly lucky... People like him, no matter what they encounter, always turn misfortune into good fortune. No! They don't even have that concept of misfortune; they're born to be blessed, destined to enjoy a lifetime of happiness."
But how could such good fortune possibly be human? Xu Gui had only ever seen creatures with such good luck before, the kind of auspicious beasts of the world, like dragons and Bai Ze…
But this guy in front of him looked exactly like a human!
The old man stroked his chin, recalling the past, and nodded with certainty, saying, "Now that you mention it, thinking back, my grandson's luck has indeed always been pretty good."
Xu Gui looked at Lu Baiyi with bright eyes and said, "Can I touch your hand?"
Lu Baiyi: …?
"I don't mean anything by it, it's just that we turtles…" Xu Gui said the word "turtle," then suddenly realized something was wrong, and his voice quickly changed, becoming somewhat awkward, "We fortune tellers especially like lucky people, so I want to share in your good fortune."
Their Xuan Turtle clan knows destiny and can see a person's fortune or misfortune. Perhaps for this reason, all the turtles in their clan especially like lucky members.
To put it simply, creatures with great fortune are like catnip to the Xuan Turtle clan—they want to take a big whiff of it, they are practically "turtle mint."
As a turtle, Xu Gui never had the chance to come into contact with "turtle mint" because the reputation of her Xuan Turtle clan for inhaling it was so well-known that the few lucky clans would run away at the sight of them, fearing they would grab her and inhale it indiscriminately.
Xu Gui never expected that she wouldn't encounter "turtle mint" as a turtle, but would instead after becoming human.
Waaaaah, turtle mint, she wanted to inhale it, she really wanted to! Xu Gui
looked at Lu Baiyi expectantly.
Seeing the overflowing anticipation in her eyes, Lu Baiyi hesitated for a moment, then reached out his
hand. As soon as he did, Xu Gui, as if afraid he would regret it, grabbed his hand and held it tightly. Then, the grandfather and granddaughter of the Lu family saw her holding Lu Baiyi's hand with a delighted expression.
Lu Baiyi: It felt kind of strange.
Because Xu Gui's actions in holding his hand didn't have any erotic connotations, nor did they carry any hint of intimacy or taking advantage; she was simply touching his hand in a purely innocent way.
Lu Baiyi: ...This seems to be getting weirder and weirder.
In short, Xu Gui's actions didn't offend him much; at most, he just felt a little uncomfortable.
If Xu Gui knew what Lu Baiyi was thinking, she would definitely nod vigorously. After all, what other thoughts could a tortoise possibly have?
Xu Gui held Lu Baiyi's hand, a look of intoxication on her face—they, the Xuan Turtle, really had no resistance to "luck."
After absorbing for two minutes, Xu Gui reluctantly let go. She looked at Lu Baiyi and praised, "Mr. Lu, you're such a good person!" A good person willing to let her absorb "luck."
Lu Baiyi hesitated for a moment, then said, "Thank you..." He took it as a compliment.
After saying that, he turned to the old man and asked, "Grandpa, can we go back now?"
The old man nodded and turned to say goodbye to Xu Gui.
After the grandfather and granddaughter got into the car, Xu Gui blinked, seemed to remember something, ran to the driver's seat, bent down, and knocked on the window.
Lu Baiyi rolled down the car window and saw Xu Gui smiling, saying, "Mr. Lu, although I don't know if you need it, I just did a fortune telling for you... You should be careful with coffee tomorrow, or you'll attract unwanted attention from others!"
Attract unwanted attention from others?
Lu Baiyi looked puzzled, but Xu Gui didn't seem inclined to explain. After saying this, she took two steps back and waved to them.
Seeing this, Lu Baiyi could only suppress his confusion and drive away.
After driving some distance, Lu Baiyi asked the old man sitting in the back, "Grandpa, how did you meet that young lady?"
The old man replied casually, "You mean her? She's like me, a fortune teller under the overpass!"
Lu Baiyi: "..." No wonder she said she did a fortune telling; so that's what she meant.
"It's strange," Old Man Lu muttered, "that girl saw me, did my fortune telling, and then said I was a billionaire… I guess she might be a kid from one of our circles."
Otherwise, there's no way to explain it; people can't really be fortune tellers, right?
"…Remember to check for me later," he instructed Lu Baiyi, "I want to see which family she's from. She's joking around with an old man like me."
Lu Baiyi was about to agree when he suddenly heard a slapping sound behind him.
"Oh dear!" the old man exclaimed, slapping his thigh, "I forgot to ask that girl's name!"
Lu Baiyi: "…"
…
The next day, Lu Baiyi had already forgotten what Xu Gui had told him to pay attention to the coffee, but when he got to his office and saw the coffee his secretary had made for him, he suddenly remembered it.
Seeing his gaze on the coffee, the secretary cautiously asked, "…General Manager, is there a problem with the coffee?"
Lu Baiyi snapped out of his reverie and said, "No…"
He composed himself and started talking to his secretary about work.
His secretary recounted his schedule for the day: two meetings in the morning, and a dinner with the head of a partner company in the afternoon. After the dinner, there would be no other work.
Lu Baiyi nodded and stood up: "Let's go to the conference room first."
Once he got busy with work, he forgot about Xu Gui's prophecy until the dinner with the partner company head ended.
Adult dinners inevitably involve social obligations; by the time the meal was finished, it was already 8 PM. After parting ways with the partner company head at the restaurant entrance, he could finish his work and go home.
But just then, a figure suddenly rushed towards him.
Amidst the gasps of others, Lu Baiyi felt a burning sensation on his chest, followed by the distinctive aroma of coffee.
He looked down at the large, dark coffee stain on his chest, and it dawned on him: Ah, coffee!
"I'm so sorry, sir, are you alright? I didn't mean to!" a sweet, apologetic voice rang out as the other person took out a handkerchief and began wiping his chest.
Lu Baiyi frowned and took two steps back to avoid the spill.
"General Manager, are you alright?!" the secretary asked anxiously.
Lu Baiyi didn't speak, but instead frowned as he looked at the person who had splashed coffee on him. However, he stared at her for a while, causing her to misunderstand.
The woman blushed, looking at him shyly, saying, "Mr. Lu, I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to..."
"Ah!" Lu Baiyi suddenly exclaimed, slapping his right fist against his palm, "You're a rotten peach blossom!"
The woman: ? ? A rotten peach blossom? ? Me?
The people around her: !!
Lu Baiyi didn't notice everyone's reactions; he only had one thought in his mind: spilled coffee and a rotten peach blossom—both were spot on!
*
Meanwhile, Xu Gui, just like yesterday, finished breakfast and then casually went to the overpass to continue her fortune-telling business.
However, her fortune-telling business had barely begun when she encountered an obstacle.
"...The director said that your fortune-telling job seems to violate our program's anti-feudal and anti-superstition principles!" The cameraman, having received the director's message, spoke somewhat tactfully.
Xu Gui looked at him blankly: "What do you mean?"
The cameraman sighed and said, "Well, maybe you need to find a new job..."
Xu Gui was puzzled, then furious.
"Your program is going too far!" she fumed. "This job is off-limits, that job doesn't fit your program's principles, am I allowed to wash dishes in a restaurant?"
"If you keep doing this, I'm not filming anymore..."
The cameraman said at the right moment, "The director said that if you don't film, the penalty for breach of contract is thirty million..."
"On another note," Xu Gui's tone quickly changed, and she said righteously, "Not filming is not an option, after all, I'm a person of integrity, how could I breach a contract like this?"
[Pfft!] Xu Gui's quick change of expression amused many people in the live stream, with many commenting: [Is Xu Gui really this funny?]
The funny Xu Gui was now wearing a bitter face.
As a turtle who had just become human, she really didn't know what other jobs she could do besides fortune telling.
Why was fortune telling considered feudal superstition?!
Xu Gui was indignant.
Suddenly, Xu Gui thought of something.
"I've got it!"
Since fortune telling was feudal superstition, what if it was fortune telling without superstition?
Xu Gui abruptly stood up from the folding stool.