Chapter 21: Chapter 21: Plagued by Bad Luck

Shen Zhiyao said, “Your 24th year was your zodiac birth year, and it was the turning point of your life. From that year on, no matter what you did, something would go wrong. You’ve been plagued by an endless string of accidents, big and small. Anyone who gets close to you is also tainted by your bad luck, and nothing goes right for them. By the time you turn 35, your father will finally lose his patience and throw you out of the house after your mere presence in the company building causes profits to plummet. You will ultimately freeze to death in a pile of trash during a snowy winter.”

Reckless Young Master Jin: “…”

“A… Ancestress, you must be joking, right? Freezing to death in a pile of trash… that’s too tragic…”

A hint of sympathy finally colored Shen Zhiyao’s usually placid face.

“I never speak carelessly.”

Reckless Young Master Jin dropped to his knees on the spot, grabbing Shen Zhiyao’s legs and wailing, “Great Master, Ancestress, help me! I don’t want to die yet!”

Shen Zhiyao yanked Reckless Young Master Jin up and threw him back into his wheelchair. “We’re in public. Don’t embarrass me.”

Reckless Young Master Jin said, “I heard that powerful fortune-tellers can change fate. I never used to believe in destiny, but now, I believe you! You’re so incredible, you can definitely change fate, right? For the sake of our acquaintance, you have to save me! As for the divination fee or whatever, name your price. I can afford it.”

Shen Zhiyao said, “Changing fate isn’t difficult. But looking at your destiny, it’s clear it has already been altered by someone. If I were to step in and change it again, I wouldn’t be saving you—I’d be killing you.”

Reckless Young Master Jin froze for a moment before it sank in. “You’re saying… my fate has been changed by someone?”

Shen Zhiyao nodded. “Your original destiny was one of great wealth and fortune. You were meant to live a life without worrying about food or clothing, excelling in both your career and studies. Your life would have been smooth and prosperous, and you would have eventually died of old age. But your destiny was changed and stolen, replaced with a fate of converging baleful stars.”

“Generally speaking, a person’s destiny can only be swapped once in their lifetime. Anyone capable of doing so must be incredibly powerful. Once a destiny is swapped, attempting to change it again would cause your body to rupture and kill you.”

Reckless Young Master Jin roared in anger, “Who was so goddamn despicable as to swap my destiny?! If I ever get my hands on them, I’ll kill them!”

After a couple of curses, he remembered the key to solving his misfortune and hurriedly begged Shen Zhiyao for help. “Mama! Help! Please save me! Help… I’m still so young, I can’t die!”

Shen Zhiyao rolled her eyes at him. “Who are you calling ’Mama’? Don’t just shout nonsense!”

Reckless Young Master Jin quickly asked, “Should I stick with ’Ancestress,’ then? As long as you help me through this crisis, from now on, you’ll be my one and only ancestress. I’ll worship you like one! If you tell me to go east, I’ll never go west.”

Shen Zhiyao didn’t mind the title “Ancestress.” As a Cultivator who had been training for over a hundred years, she was indeed worthy of such an address.

“Changing your fate arbitrarily is indeed dangerous. But if we can find your original destiny and switch it back, your body and fate won’t reject each other, and there won’t be much risk.”

“Hearing you say that is a relief! I’ll risk my life to catch the bastard who swapped my destiny! But… how can I tell who it was? I don’t know how to read destinies!”

Shen Zhiyao glanced at him. “It’s perfectly normal that you can’t tell. Find an opportunity to have everyone around you meet me. From your relatives to your friends, bring them all. I need to see every one of them. Only relatives or friends would have had the chance to take your birth chart and destiny.”

’Although I can glimpse a person’s destiny through a photograph, Reckless Young Master Jin’s situation is too unusual. I have to meet them in person.’

Reckless Young Master Jin thought for a moment. “Oh, right! My dad’s birthday is on the 25th of next month. All the prominent figures in Beijing will be there to celebrate. You can come then and see who took my destiny. As long as you solve this problem for me, I’ll give you any amount of money you ask for.”

Shen Zhiyao said, “The money you gave me last night was more than enough to cover today’s divination fee. But in return, I’d like you to do something for me.”

Reckless Young Master Jin was about to ask what favor she needed and whether he could even help.

But then Shen Zhiyao said, “You can’t help right now, so there’s no point in telling you. Let’s leave it at that. I’ll see you on the 25th of next month.”

With that, she stood up and left.

Reckless Young Master Jin tried to follow her, but he couldn’t move fast in his wheelchair. He had barely gone two steps when a fan’s shriek came from the side. “AHHHH! Reckless Young Master Jin, I’m a fan! Can I get a picture with you?”

The fan held up a camera to take a picture, but maybe they were too excited, because their foot landed squarely on his injured one, causing his face to twist in pain…

Shen Zhiyao sighed. “I forgot to remind you. You’re going to have a few accidents today. It’s best if you don’t go out.”

Reckless Young Master Jin: “…”

After a quick meal, Shen Zhiyao returned to her room to meditate.

Her follower count had skyrocketed in the past few days, and the Belief Power from her fans was constantly increasing. As a result, Shen Zhiyao had more and more Spiritual Energy for her cultivation.

So, she used every spare moment to intensify her training.

Her meditation session lasted for an entire day.

At 9:30 PM, Shen Zhiyao had a small bite to eat, then started her livestream right on schedule.

As soon as the stream went live, netizens flooded the chat with questions about the two main guests from yesterday:

[I want to know if that auntie found her son after she got to Southern City. Will she connect with the host again?]

[I was totally hooked on the stream yesterday. I went and asked my mom if she got into college back in the day. She grabbed me by the hair and gave me a beating, saying I was mocking her. Only later did I find out that her family was poor back then, so even though she got into college, she couldn’t afford the tuition and didn’t go.]

[LMAO… You really know how to hit where it hurts. Bro, you totally deserved that beating!]

[Speaking of which, I’m curious if Da Jiang, Da Hai told his mom about the acceptance letter.]

As usual, Shen Zhiyao selected her first guest of the day.

The person who connected was a handsome, sunny young man. He jumped up in excitement when he got through. “Mom, I’ve made it! I connected with a huge internet celebrity! I’m so happy!”

Shen Zhiyao asked, “Handsome, what do you want a reading on?”

The handsome guy struck what he thought was a cool pose for the camera. “Wanna date, beautiful?”

Shen Zhiyao rejected him coldly. “I don’t date. Your divination is complete. Please pay the fee.”

With that, Shen Zhiyao immediately disconnected him.

[LMAO, I’m dying! A thousand yuan gone just like that. He would have been better off asking where the host lives. Maybe he could’ve engineered a ’chance encounter.’]

[I actually wanted to hit on the host too. Thanks, bro, for scouting ahead. You saved me from wasting a thousand myself.]

Seeing the chat’s thoughts going off the rails, Shen Zhiyao felt it was necessary to make a statement. “This stream is for divination only. It does not involve personal relationships. I, your host, currently have no plans to marry or date. I hope everyone can watch rationally.”

When the host made this cold statement, some people were reminded of her romantic entanglement with the superstar Zhou Ye, and they assumed she still had him in her heart.

Many others secretly pitied her—’She seems so emotionless, but she actually values relationships deeply.’

Although the handsome guy from before had been rejected, he still sent Shen Zhiyao ten Douyin Number Ones and requested to connect again…

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