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Chapter 132 Again Criticizing Fate (2)_1

Chapter 132: Chapter 132 Again Criticizing Fate (2)_1

"This must have cost quite a bit," Qian Xiabai set down the tobacco, truly reluctant to refuse such an offer.

He had been abandoned at the entrance to the village at birth, raised on the generosity of numerous families. As an unregistered person with no land, nobody wanted to share their life with him. He had remained single and later learned some skills, but they were just enough to get by. Generous people like the Ruanlin Family were rare; just asking for a date was rewarded with a pound of meat, while others would simply give some grain or coarse rice.

This time, they had even given him two pounds of tobacco...something he absolutely couldn’t afford to buy himself.

His hand trembled slightly as he caressed it, and when he touched something else, he felt the gifts were too valuable.

Just as he was about to say he couldn’t accept them, the lady of the Ruanlin Family spoke first, "Brother Qian, don’t be too hasty to refuse. I truly have something I need to ask of you this time."

"Ah? You say, you say." Qian Xiabai quickly replied.

The lady of the Ruanlin Family narrated the recent situation with Ruan Jiaojiao, including the incidents with the animals that suddenly appeared. Of course, she didn’t put it too bluntly, afraid of bringing misfortune to Ruan Jiaojiao. She delicately asked whether Ruan Jiaojiao’s great fortune brought these things to the Ruan Family while simultaneously depleting her own health.

Qian Xiabai lived in the same team as the Ruan Family and had heard some things about them, including the gossip that Ruan Jiaojiao had been snatched by a monkey into the mountains and returned unharmed after a day and a night. There were rumors whether some mountain spirit had transformed in this way.

But he had not expected this twist, and it took his breath away.

Ruan Jiaojiao herself could hardly believe it, looking at the lady of the Ruanlin Family in disbelief. Had her grandmother actually seen through her "golden finger"?

"Brother Qian?" Seeing that Qian Xiabai had not responded for a while, the lady of the Ruanlin Family prompted him.

Qian Xiabai instantly returned to the moment, a clever man, quickly steadying his mind.

His fortune-telling did have some merit, but in his line of work, what was said was often half-true, half-false. The last time he did Ruan Jiaojiao’s life reading, he simply followed her birth date and time, casually throwing in some flattery for the elder lady of the Ruanlin Family.

But the words from the lady of the Ruanlin Family and the gifts she brought made him take the matter seriously.

He looked towards Ruan Jiaojiao, "Little girl, give your hand to grandfather, your right hand."

Ruan Jiaojiao glanced at the lady of the Ruanlin Family, and seeing her nod, handed over her small hand.

Qian Xiabai held the back of her hand with one hand, and with the other, he felt around her palm, using his fingertips to carefully sense the lines in her palm. His white eyeballs rolled as if calculating something.

His expression was serious, and the lady of the Ruanlin Family became nervous alongside him, Ruan Jiaojiao hardly daring to breathe loudly for fear of disturbing his thoughts.

After a long while.

Qian Xiabai withdrew his hand.

"Elder sister, have the little girl bring in a branch from the peach tree in my yard, the one by the door," he said to the lady of the Ruanlin Family.

The lady of the Ruanlin Family’s heart sank.

Ruan Jiaojiao looked at Qian Xiabai, knowing he intended to send her away. With the silent prompting of the Ruanlin matriarch, she slowly made her way out.

When Ruan Jiaojiao reached the peach tree, Qian Xiabai stood up and walked over to the table behind him, caressing it before he opened the middle drawer. From the very bottom, he fumbled out a small yellow cloth bag.

He said to the lady of the Ruanlin Family, "Elder sister, I won’t lie to you. Your granddaughter indeed has a top-notch wealthy fate, but there is an ominous presence in her destiny, a consequence of her past life. My abilities are limited, and I’m afraid I can’t offer much help. This is a peace charm left to me by my master; I hope it will be useful to her."