Chapter 20 (1/2)

Translator: Sparrow Translations  Editor: Sparrow Translations

The next day!

It was 7:30 pm.

Lin Fan woke up refreshed and more energized than ever.

“Ho! Today has to be better than yesterday!”

He hurriedly changed out, brushed his teeth and washed his face without hesitation. Lin Fan was all ready to walk his new path of becoming a fortune-teller.

He took in a deep breath as he opened the door. His morale was at an all-time high.

“I can do this!”

“Oh? You’re up early. Your leg injury hasn’t gotten you down I see,” Old Man Wang said as he sipped his morning tea while sitting on his front porch.

“None of your business,” Lin Fan retorted. Old Man Wang was such a drag. “Your fortune tells me that you will have a disastrous day.”

“Haha! How absurd! A disastrous day for you I suppose,” Old Man Wang said indignantly.

Lin Fan didn’t say anymore. He turned his back on Old Man Wang and made his way to his shop.

As he reached the front door.

“Lil’ Fan…”

A voice rang out. It was warm and familiar.

That can’t be right, Lin Fan thought to himself. Who was familiar with him anyway?

Lin Fan turned his head around, seeing Aunt Zhang and her son along with a whole group of neighbors.

“Aunt Zhang? What’s up?” Lin Fan pretended he didn’t know what was going on. He knew that they were here to thank him for what he did yesterday.

“Lil’ Fan, I can never thank you enough. If I believed what you said at first, Pearl would have never gone through so much suffering.”

After saying that, Aunt Zhang bowed down in thanks to Lin Fan.

“Ah, you don’t have to bow!” Lin Fan said cheekily. “We’re all neighbors here so we should help one another. As long as Pearl is fine, there’s nothing to worry about. Next time you shouldn’t be this careless”

Lin Fan shrugged it off naturally as he thought that it was nothing really. It didn’t require any effort at all and they didn’t have to keep going over it.

As Lin Fan kept on doing that, Aunt Zhang felt a greater sense of gratitude as it was really important to her.

While she tried to sleep last night, she kept on thinking how things would have turned out if Lin Fan hadn’t warned her. The more she pondered, the more frightened and fearful she became.

Mao Zhong Xing suddenly did something out of the ordinary, causing even Lin Fan to be amazed”

*Plop!*

Mao Zhong Xing fell on his knees, head bowed. “Lil’ Fan, I’m sorry for what happened yesterday. I can’t thank you enough for saving my beloved daughter’s life. You sincerely wanted to save my daughter, but I shrugged it off then. I hope you can forgive me!” he said reverently, “If it would please you, you can even kick me a few times.”

Mao Zhong Xin was now profusely thanking Lin Fan, which was such a stark contrast from his aggressive behavior towards Lin Fan yesterday. How the tides have turned.

“Brother Mao, please get up. I am not worthy of this…” Lin Fan said, “I didn’t control my emotions yesterday. To be honest my words were a little frank yesterday. If any father had heard that their daughter would be hurt, I am sure they would also have reacted the same way.” Any bad blood between the two had dissipated.

When Lin Fan was telling Pearl’s fortune, he also received an idea of how her father was like. Despite walking astray in his youth, he still grew up to be a fine man. If it was anyone else, it would have been out of the question to kneel in front of others in gratitude.

The neighbors saw how sincere Mao Zhong Xin’s apology was, to the extent of kneeling in front Lin Fan. Lin Fan couldn’t stay angry at Mao Zhong Xin.

“Lil’ Fan, let us all go into the house to talk, it’s too hot standing outside here”

The neighbors who followed Aunt Zhang and Mao Zhong Xing were all curious. They wanted to see what kind of abilities Lin Fan had.

A master fortune-teller who could divine the future was as good as a god to them.

Oh, what mysteries await!

Lin Fan wanted to open a fortune-telling stand a first, but seeing the current situation, he didn’t think it was possible anymore.

Even the skeptical Old Man Wang became curious after seeing the large crowd say for so long.

“Old Man Ji, what are you guys doing?” Old Man Wang asked.