Chapter 123: Chapter 123: A Correct Reading, You’ll Get Another

Seeing he’d been exposed on the spot, the effeminate man couldn’t hide his embarrassment.

So, he squawked in a grating, duck-like voice, “Hey! How can you slander me like that! I never said I wouldn’t pay, I just said I’d pay after your prediction comes true! You’re so annoying!”

Shen Zhiyao smiled. “Alright then, let’s make a deal. After this reading proves accurate, you have to come back for another one!”

The man had thought Shen Zhiyao had seen right through him. ’So she was just giving me a reminder.’ He agreed without a second thought, “Fine! If this reading comes true, I’ll come back for another one!”

Anyone could tell he was lying.

But Shen Zhiyao wasn’t one to fuss over small things, though she didn’t like being taken advantage of either.

Trying to get away with something under Shen Zhiyao’s nose was a pipe dream.

On camera, Shen Zhiyao pinched her fingers together, her expression serious. “The pact is sealed. If you break it, you will be cursed with a lifetime of bad luck!”

As she finished speaking, a golden light appeared at her fingertips, shot through the screen, and landed on the man.

In an instant, the faint golden glow became linked to his fate.

The man, completely oblivious, continued to boast shamelessly. “Don’t you worry, I’ll definitely pay. Look at me, all my clothes are designer. Do you think I’m short on cash? Take a look at this outfit. Can you even tell what brand it is?”

Before he could finish, Shen Zhiyao decisively kicked him from the livestream.

“Alright, let’s begin the third reading!”

[Hahahaha, the host must have been holding back for a long time. That kick was so clean!]

[Damn, I couldn’t stand him either. Decked out in fake designer brands and still showing off! Does he really think we’re all blind?]

[Why is tonight full of idiots? Can’t we get one normal person for a reading? All you haters, get lost! Don’t hold up the readings for us real fans!]

[I can’t believe it. Those trolls have already snatched up three connection slots from us!]

Of course, the haters weren’t going to leave.

The first reading wasn’t very convincing, and the second one would take days to show results.

The haters still thought Shen Zhiyao was a charlatan. They spammed the public chat with insults, and Shen Zhiyao’s fans got caught in the crossfire.

Shen Zhiyao didn’t care about being insulted herself, but now that it was affecting her fans, she couldn’t just ignore it.

She pulled out her phone and called Jin Fan for help.

Soon, the number of viewers in the livestream dropped from 1.3 million to 100,000.

With the haters kicked out, the stream became much quieter.

Soon, she successfully connected with a user named “Beautiful Alone”.

When Beautiful Alone saw himself appear on screen, he was overcome with excitement. “I finally got a spot! Host, do you know how long I’ve been camping in your stream for this? It’s been half a month!”

Shen Zhiyao asked him, “What would you like a reading on?”

Beautiful Alone said, “I’m connecting for my wife. She…”

Beautiful Alone glanced nervously toward the door, as if afraid someone would walk in, then lowered his voice. “I think she’s been possessed by a ghost!”

The moment he said that, the public chat erupted with discussion:

[Ahhh! Possession again! Is it the same kind of possession as that girl from before? Can your wife channel spirits?]

[Whoa, something you only see in TV dramas is actually happening in real life? I guess art really does imitate life!]

[Alright, I’ll stop pretending. I was actually possessed by the Emperor when I was a kid. Venmo me 500 yuan, and my soul will lead you to conquer the world!]

[Hahahaha, bro, don’t make me laugh this late at night. I’m a student and I snuck my phone into school!]

[Is this a Metaphysics stream or a fantasy stream?! The readings on here are all so bizarre! Nothing you’d ever see in real life.]

Everyone was just joking around, clearly not believing that something like demonic possession could happen in the real world.

Beautiful Alone explained anxiously, “I didn’t believe it was real at first either, but it’s all true! Please stop joking around!”

Shen Zhiyao, however, looked as if this were nothing out of the ordinary. “Tell me what happened, specifically.”

Beautiful Alone nodded and began to recount the story of him and his wife.

“My wife and I met in college. We dated for four years, have been married for eleven, and have a son and a daughter.”

“After years of hard work, we bought two apartments in the city and a BMW. We’re doing pretty well for ourselves.”

“My work is demanding, and since there was no one to look after the kids, I had her quit her job to take care of them full-time.”

“My wife doesn’t have many hobbies. In her spare time, she just likes to watch short web dramas, like ’After Being Haunted by a Ghost, I Found Love with a Daoist’ or ’The Mute Riddle.’ They’re all suspenseful shorts.”

“Sometimes she’d even tell me that if she were possessed by a ghost, she could meet a Daoist and start her own sweet journey with him.”

“Every time she told me these things, I’d laugh at her for being fanciful. I just never thought any of it would come true.”

“It started two months ago…”

His wife, Lin Wei, was a very devoted housewife.

She placed the utmost importance on her family’s diet and nutrition, preparing all sorts of varied meals for her husband and children every day.

She would wake up at five every morning to clean and cook. Only when everything was ready would she go wake her husband and children to eat.

It had been like this for eleven years, and her husband had grown accustomed to waking up to a ready-made meal.

Until one day, his wife suddenly slept in until 9 a.m.

Seeing how late it was, Beautiful Alone rushed to wake her.

But the first thing his wife said after waking up was, “Who are you? What are you doing in my house?”

Beautiful Alone didn’t yet realize the gravity of the situation and just urged his wife to hurry up and take the kids to school, as they were about to be late.

But his wife said, “What kids?”

Beautiful Alone replied, “Our kids, of course.”

His wife grew even more confused. “I’ve been living free and single my whole life, where would I get kids? When did my dad arrange a business marriage for me? Holy crap, you’re so old! How could I possibly have kids with you?”

Seeing that something was wrong with his wife, Beautiful Alone took the kids to school himself.

He said to his wife, “You get some more rest. I’ll take the kids to school.”

When he returned, he found his wife sitting on the bed, glaring at him ferociously. “Who are you? What are you doing in my house?! Whose kids are those? You’re so old, how could you have such young children?”

Beautiful Alone was left speechless. “Whose kids do you think they are? You gave birth to them, you raised them, and now you don’t recognize them? Can you please stop reading so many of those trashy web novels?”

“My kids?” His wife’s eyes were blank with confusion. “But I’m only twenty-five this year. How could I have kids? And your house is so small! You look so old, why would I have kids with you? Am I an idiot?”

Beautiful Alone pulled a photograph from a drawer and handed it to her. “See this? We took this last year. Our family of four. You said this was the best one, so we had it framed and put it here. We’ve been married for eleven years, and you’re telling me you don’t know me? Are you serious?”

Lin Wei held the family portrait in her hands, then stared at the desk calendar, flipping through the pages. Finally, it dawned on her. “Oh! I know! I’ve soul-traveled! Wasn’t I in the year 2085? How did I end up in 2025?!”

Beautiful Alone was dumbfounded. “Uh… soul… soul-traveled?”

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