Bai Wei simply didn't believe that Wei Yuan would be so generous as to give me ten million just for exorcising evil spirits. She took out her phone and dialed a number.
In order to curry favor with Lin Shuya, Bai Wei had also grown quite close to Wei Yuan. However, although Wei Yuan was a playboy, he had no interest in returnee women like her. He preferred young and cute girls, not those who tried to act like strong and independent heroines. But since Lin Shuya liked this flatterer who was good at ingratiating herself, Wei Yuan politely called her "Sister Weiwei".
When the call connected, Bai Wei didn't use the speakerphone. After working in the corporate world for so long, she knew that one should always leave room for maneuver.
"Hello?!" The person on the other end clearly wasn't in a good mood. "What is it?!"
"A Yuan, how's your health recently? Don't stay up too late and race cars." Bai Wei naturally wouldn't come straight to the point and ask if he was such a fool.
"No. Is there something you need, Sister Weiwei?" Wei Yuan wasn't stupid. Bai Wei wouldn't call him out of the blue just to ask about his well - being.
"Well, last time when you took me to Yizhou Province, it must have cost you a fortune, right?" Bai Wei asked.
"What do you mean?" Wei Yuan was immediately on guard. "Is Xiao He with you?"
"… Um." Bai Wei glanced at me.
"Give the phone to her. I'll talk to her." Wei Yuan's voice sounded even more irritable.
"Oh, okay... Never mind. I thought it was impossible. Well, I'll hang up first." Bai Wei stammered and hung up the phone. Then she turned to look at me sideways and said, "Fraudster. Young Master Wei would never do such a stupid thing. We're rich, but we're not fools!"
"You're right. Ten million! It's really a rip - off for fools!"
"Hehe. I wonder if selling her would be enough..."
"That's hard to say!"
...
For a moment, the women in the circle started chattering like flies. Every word was clear, but it was impossible to tell who was saying what. I couldn't help but sigh. It was really not easy to master such a skill!
Facing Bai Wei's aggressive questioning, I was too lazy to respond. Why should I prove myself? If she thought I was lying, then let her find the evidence herself!
At the moment, I still held the four fingers of Ma Su's right hand and looked at her. "You went to the southwest three years ago and brought back an evil object that absorbs luck and changes fate. The person who gave it to you should have asked you to return it to him three years later... You're a bit reluctant to part with it now, so the evil object is feeding on your flesh and blood."
"… Let's find some time and a place to talk?" Ma Su was silent for a moment and then said as if she had made up her mind. "I'm not as wealthy as Young Master Wei, but you can name a price. I'll try my best to raise the money."
"Sister Susu, you believe her?" Bai Wei exaggeratedly said, "Du Xinghe must have investigated you. The news of you going to Thailand to find the 'Green Dragon King' three years ago was so sensational. You can find out just by looking at the news."
"Miss Bai." Ma Su withdrew her hand from mine and gave Bai Wei a cold look. "If she had investigated me, how could she not know that the Green Dragon King is already dead and I can't return 'Nannan' even if I want to?!"
"… But it doesn't cost a million, does it?!" Bai Wei also felt that she might have said too much. "I... I'm just afraid you'll be scammed."
"It's not just a million." Zhao Zifeng beside me still smiled at Bai Wei. "It's the starting price. A million yuan and up!"
Zhao Zifeng was straightforward. I found that she had no problem putting these "tea - art experts" in their place. One sentence was enough to make Bai Wei speechless.
"A million yuan and up. Sister Susu, don't be scammed..." Cheng Rui also chimed in.
"Beep beep beep..." My phone suddenly rang in my handbag.
"Excuse me. I'll answer the phone." I nodded slightly to Ma Su, got up, and walked to the side while taking out my phone.
"Wei Yuan..." The caller ID on my phone made me break out in a sweat. This guy must have been provoked by Bai Wei and thought of me again?! I hung up the phone casually.
Immediately, the WeChat app on my phone rang with one voice message after another.
[Du Xinghe, what do you mean?] As soon as I clicked on one of them, Wei Yuan's voice roared out from the speaker. [It's just ten million. Do you have to send Sister Weiwei to urge me? I've already got the money. Come to me and I'll give it to you right away!]
I quickly pressed the stop button and then set my phone to silent. Then I turned back and gave Ma Su an apologetic smile. Unexpectedly, the women around the sofa behind me, as if they had seen a precious treasure, suddenly surrounded me. They affectionately held my arm and led me back to sit on the sofa. Their chattering voices almost split my ears!
"I said Miss Du must be very capable."
"She was brought here by General Manager Si. How could she be a fraudster..."
"No fraudster is this beautiful!"
"Don't listen to Bai Wei. She's just jealous!"
"Miss Du, please read my palm too!"
"I want to know about my love fortune..."
...
I was surrounded by a group of noisy women.
"One should do things in order. Since Sister Susu asked Xinghe first, let's solve her problem first." Zhao Zifeng seemed to be very used to dealing with these petty tricks among women. Her voice was not loud, but it successfully stopped those hands that were trying to reach out.
Ma Su also spoke up. The voice message just now had completely dispelled her last bit of hesitation. "Miss Du, I'm a few years older than you. How about I call you Xinghe too?" She took out her phone and opened WeChat. "Let's add each other as friends. The timing is not right today. I'll invite you to have a chat later."
This was my business, so of course I couldn't refuse. Ma Su took the lead, and then countless phones were stretched out. I added all of them on WeChat.
Women were naturally very interested in fortune - telling and luck - changing, and they liked to follow the crowd blindly. Since even the well - known Sister Susu and Young Master Wei were my customers, they all wanted to give it a try and peek into their future luck. These should all be high - quality customers, and of course I had no reason to refuse.
Bai Wei, who had been pushed out of the crowd, stood there stupidly for a long time. She never expected that all her painstaking efforts to ruin my reputation would actually make me popular among the socialite circle! The "culprit" of this situation was Zhao Zifeng, who was attending the banquet for the first time!!
Bai Wei and her crony Cheng Rui looked at each other, as if they wanted to teach Zhao Zifeng a lesson!
Zhao Zifeng was different from me. The male companion who brought me here was Si Jiangchen, a person that no one dared to provoke. And Zhao Zifeng herself had said that her boyfriend was also a feng shui master who told fortunes. In other words, he was just a so - called spiritualist. What status could he have in the capital? An insignificant man couldn't possibly protect his girlfriend!
Bai Wei remembered the pranks she had played when she was studying abroad. People with no money or power could only be framed and toyed with by people like them...