21 We Can Never Be Too Sure About Tha (2/2)

After some thorough thinking, she decided to go look for him at the hospital.

She paced up and down Chi Rui'er's hospital ward, hiding her face beneath a mask. When a nurse entered the ward, An Xiaoning quickly took a peek inside, only to realize that there was no one in at all.

”Where's the patient inside?” asked An Xiaoning, having waited until the nurse had exited.

”She was discharged today.”

”Didn't she suffer a major leg injury?”

”It wasn't too major. She had gone home to rest and recuperate,” answered the nurse.

”Alright, thank you.”

An Xiaoning stood at the entrance of the hospital and searched online about Chi Rui'er. To her surprise, there was no information about her at all.

She had initially thought it was a connectivity issue with the Internet. However, she soon realized that all photos and information regarding Chi Rui'er had been blocked by every site on the Internet. It was in fact a tough feat to achieve that.

Since she could not find him, An Xiaoning decided to head back home.

However, An Xiaoning happened to stumble across a young girl seated along the alley when she was passing by. The girl had a table in front of her, and next to it was a sign that read: ”Fortune-telling.”

The girl seemed to be exceptionally spiritual, although she was dressed rather simply.

She looked gloomy and forlorn, perhaps because no one had believed her fortune-telling skills. ”How much does each fortune-telling session cost?” asked An Xiaoning as she approached the girl.

”It costs 10 yuan, pretty lady. Why don't you give it a try? My readings are very accurate,” answered Mei Yangyang. Her eyes had lit up at the sight of a beautiful lady.

Breaking into laughter, An Xiaoning sat down on the stool next to her and said, ”No one is going to believe you this way.”

”Why not? I am really very accurate with my readings,” asked an intrigued Mei Yangyang.

”Firstly, you're too young to be setting up a fortune-telling stall. Passers-by are just going to smile at you out of perfunctory courtesy, without really thinking that you actually possess real fortune-reading skills. Then again, because you're constantly claiming to be 'very accurate,' people who might be half-believing your skills aren't going to be convinced or patronize you anymore, even if you are really capable of accurate readings,” explained An Xiaoning.

”Yes, you are right,” answered Mei Yangyang immediately upon hearing An Xiaoning's words.

”How many customers do you get on a daily basis?”

”None at all. Once in a blue moon, I would get a few here and there. Otherwise, it would just be some gangsters coming by to harass and take liberties with me,” said Mei Yangyang, sounding rather dejected.

”How about this, tell my fortune and I'll see how accurate you are!” exclaimed An Xiaoning as she placed 10 yuan on the table.

An Xiaoning could not give her own birth characters since she did not know her real exact ones or who her biological parents were. Thus, she gave Chi Rui'er's birth characters instead.

Mei Yangyang wrote the birth characters on a piece of paper and flipped through a book. ”Look, you're destined to have two sons, according to your birth characters. Unfortunately, one of them had already passed on,” she continued, stopping at a specific page on the book.

With a raised eyebrow, An Xiaoning asked, ”Then, can you tell when the child is expected to arrive?”

”Congrats, pretty lady. You're going to be expecting soon.”

Mei Yangyang was indeed rather accurate, in terms of reading birth characters. However, she was definitely not psychic, for she could not even tell that the set of birth characters did not belong to An Xiaoning.

”This set of birth characters aren't mine, but rather a set I had read previously. I just wanted to know if you were really as accurate as you claimed to be. Not bad, you do know a thing or two.”

An Xiaoning turned around to leave as soon as she finished her sentence.

”Wait up!” exclaimed Mei Yangyang.