Forced into a romantic relationship

Chapter 274 The Crystal Ball is Broken?
Unlike in junior high and high school, Gu Zheng was quite popular in college. Not only her roommates, but also her classmates had a deep and good impression of her. The reason was not complicated; it was mainly because she was beautiful.

It has to be said that good looks are always a significant advantage in social interactions.

After learning that Guzheng had made an outstanding "sacrifice" for the class during today's social event, everyone became even more friendly towards her. Some boys even excitedly said they would repay her with their bodies as a token of gratitude. However, before these words could reach Guzheng's ears, she was scolded by others who said that there was more to it than met the eye, and that she was too young to handle it, so they should do it instead.

These were obviously jokes; in fact, there had been rumors in the class that Guzheng actually had a boyfriend.

This rumor can be traced back to the military training period, but no one has been able to confirm its authenticity, including Guzheng's roommates.

Wang Runxue was very interested in Guzheng, even to the point of being a little fangirl. She had long been interested in this so-called "boyfriend" of hers. She had seen him from afar a few times and remembered that he was a very handsome boy. She thought that she could try to find out more about him after getting to know Guzheng better. Unexpectedly, she met him here today.

Wang Runxue remembered Han Zhou's eyes. She used to think they were very beautiful, but now she only felt disgusted because this guy was holding hands with a girl, a girl other than Guzheng!

She didn't know what was going on, nor did she know if Guzheng knew about it, but a surge of anger welled up inside her—this scumbag was absolutely unforgivable!
Even Gu Zheng herself didn't know that she actually had a little fangirl in her class who admired her.

Wang Runxue and Guzheng barely interacted, only spending a little more time together during PE class. After witnessing Guzheng catch a basketball flying towards her head and scold the senior students who tried to flirt with her in that way, Wang Runxue uncontrollably began to admire her.

Leaving aside these digressions, as a member of the fortune-telling club, Wang Runxue originally only planned to earn some extra money during this event. As it turned out, the club president's theory was correct: people who long for love are often interested in fortune-telling, and are willing to try it even if it's just for good luck. She had already seen quite a few customers today and had earned a little money as she wished. However, before she could be happy for long, she saw Guzheng's "rumored boyfriend".

"By the way... do you know what a guzheng is?"

Before she could even utter those words, Wang Runxue swallowed them back down. She wasn't an unreasonable person, and planned to observe the situation before drawing any conclusions. If necessary, she would notify Guzheng so that she could see the true face of this scumbag!

"Excuse me, but what makes this premium package so premium?"

Han Zhou was unaware of Wang Runxue's identity and thoughts; otherwise, he certainly wouldn't be in the mood for divination at the moment. He was looking down at the crystal ball, tarot cards, and tortoise shell on the table, which were props used for divination. He thought to himself that, no matter what, at least this guy's equipment was quite complete and he looked quite professional.

Wang Runxue gathered her thoughts and said with a smile, "The advanced level allows both of you to experience all the divination methods."

Han Zhou was speechless. After a moment of silence, he asked in bewilderment, "What if different methods of divination yield different results?"

"Theoretically, it shouldn't happen, but if that does happen, the best divination result will be taken as the final result."

Wang Runxue sneered inwardly. Of course, this is how she would do divination for others, but not for you two. She vowed that no matter what the divination result was, she would tell the two the worst possible outcome.

Just then, the girl next to that scumbag who hadn't said much spoke up: "Can this guarantee the accuracy of the results? If I remember correctly, you just said that the higher the price of the package, the higher the accuracy rate, right?"

His tone was indifferent, as if he were asking a trivial question.

Wang Runxue suddenly remembered that the money for the divination had been paid by this girl, and she felt even more contempt for Han Zhou. In addition to being a scumbag, she silently added the label of a gigolo to his list of scumbags.

She smiled mysteriously, then explained with a serious expression, "Gentlemen, I need to clarify that so-called divination doesn't simply lead to a certain outcome, but rather points out a possibility. The future is never fixed; it's like a river with many tributaries. Therefore, what I'm going to do is..."

"So, it's about finding as many possible future scenarios as possible, and then choosing the one you're most satisfied with as the divination result?" Mo Yixia took over her words with a half-smile.

For some reason, Wang Runxue felt as if her thoughts had been read, and forced a smile to correct him, "It's not the one I'm most satisfied with, but the one that's most ideal..."

"I understand, let's begin."

The girl was quite rude, interrupting her again. Wang Runxue was displeased but didn't show it. She placed her hand on the crystal ball and smiled, "Then what would you two like to have divined?"

Mo Yixia glanced at Han Zhou and said without hesitation, "When can we be together?"

These two are definitely not a couple...

Wang Runxue sneered inwardly, said "Please wait a moment," then closed her eyes and started touching the crystal ball, muttering incantations rapidly. If she were wearing a cloak and a witch's hat, she would actually look quite convincing.

Of course, the ambiguity only applies to others. Han Zhou is currently in a state of enhanced hearing, and he can even hear the sound of bells, let alone this level of muttering.

"Two times two equals four, two times three equals six, two times four equals eight, three times seven equals twenty-one..."

The more he listened, the stranger his expression became. Wasn't this just the multiplication table?
"Nine times nine equals eighty-one..."

After reciting all the multiplication tables, Wang Runxue finally opened her eyes solemnly, wrote down a result on the paper, said "Wait a moment," then picked up the tarot cards and began muttering incantations again.

It's still the multiplication tables.

Making money is so easy these days...

Han Zhou shook his head inwardly, too lazy to expose and question her. Just as Mo Yixia said, divination is a matter of opinion, and it's just for good luck. He didn't really believe in it to begin with, so there was no need to accuse her of faking it.

Speaking of divination, he couldn't help but think of the "interesting upper, middle and lower fortune slips" on his body. This time, the fortune slip said that he might encounter danger today, but nothing has happened so far. Mo Yixia should not deliberately cause him trouble again. So where could the problem be?
Could it be the guzheng?

Or perhaps the danger has passed?
Han Zhou sighed inwardly. This was why he disliked divination. It was a waste of points to spend on worrying about an uncertain possibility.

Just then, Wang Runxue finally finished the divination, looking exhausted. She smiled breathlessly and said, "I'm sorry to have kept you both waiting. The divination is over."

Mo Yixia remained noncommittal: "And the result?"

"let me see."

Wang Runxue picked up the slip of paper on the table, which recorded all the results of her divination. Normally, she would have to choose the best result from all the results as the answer to tell the customer, but this scumbag in front of her only deserved to hear the worst result. So she cleared her throat and scanned the slip of paper with her eyes. Unexpectedly, the more she looked, the more shocked she became. Her mouth was wide open, as if she was doubting her own eyes.

Seeing her incredulous expression, Han Zhou raised an eyebrow and asked, "What's wrong? Was the result terrible?"

He tolerated the multiplication tables, since it was just for good luck anyway. But if this guy wasn't even willing to give him good luck, saying that he and Mo Yixia would have bloodshed in the future, then he wouldn't be polite.

"That's not..."

Realizing she had lost her composure, Wang Runxue quickly regained her senses. Her surprise wasn't because the outcome was bad, but because it was too good. She had clearly only wanted the worst possible result, something like "destined to be together but not meant to be," as an answer. Who knew the worst outcome would be two years from now, and the best one would be six months later!
What does it mean?
Is the crystal ball broken?

Wang Runxue was genuinely surprised. She had done so many divinations, but this was the first time she had ever seen all the results leaning towards a positive outcome.

She was indeed reciting multiplication tables, but it wasn't random divination as Han Zhou thought.

The essence of divination is calculating the probability of the future, and probability has always belonged to mathematics—this was the first sentence the club president taught her after she joined the club, and she thought it made a lot of sense. In the club, multiplication tables were used as divination incantations.

However, this painstaking divination yielded such an unbelievable result that Wang Runxue seriously suspected there was something wrong with her divination.

"Then what does that expression mean?" Han Zhou pressed.

"I'm just a little surprised..." Regaining her composure, Wang Runxue took a deep breath and said, "According to the divination results, the two of you will be able to get together within two years at the latest."

This was the worst fortune-telling result she could find. At least these two paid her money; it would be unprofessional of them to spout nonsense.

Han Zhou was taken aback, and exchanged a glance with Mo Yixia beside him. The latter seemed quite satisfied and said, "I paid for three divinations, which means I should have two more chances for divination, right?"

"Yes."

Wang Runxue smiled and nodded, thinking to herself that you guys were lucky this time. Let you be smug for a while, but you'll have your day to cry later.

"Then you can divine whether we will separate after we get together, and if we do separate, when."

"Hold on."

Wang Runxue's eyes lit up. This question would definitely not have a good result like before. Even if they separated after decades, they would still eventually separate. So she immediately closed her eyes excitedly and started the divination again.

Mo Yixia looked at her for a while, then turned to Han Zhou and asked in a soft voice, "Do you think we'll break up in the future?"

"No." Han Zhou shook his head.

He might not be able to be with Mo Yixia, but he would never let her leave him.

Seemingly sensing his thoughts, Mo Yixia curled the corners of her lips and said lightly, "If you can't hear me, come closer."

"I can't hear you either," Han Zhou said irritably.

"Then take off your mask, and I'll whisper it in your ear."

"Can't you hear me clearly?" Han Zhou's lips twitched.

Mo Yixia remained noncommittal for a while before saying in a disdainful tone, "You don't even have the courage to get close to me, so how can you guarantee that you won't break up with me in the future?"

Han Zhou was taken aback for a moment, then subconsciously tightened his grip on the soft hand in his, saying in a tone that seemed less like the one he was about to repeat, "Isn't that what I'm doing, holding your hand?"

"You've only grabbed one of my hands. What are you going to do with the other hand? Grab it?"

Han Zhou felt guilty and was about to speak when he saw the girl who was doing divination suddenly open her eyes and look at them with a complicated expression.

He thought the other person had overheard his conversation with Mo Yixia, and his heart tightened. However, he quickly realized that this was not the case. The girl seemed to be simply alarmed by the divination results.

Wang Runxue was indeed alarmed.

She hasn't done many fortune telling sessions, but she hasn't done very few either. She's seen questions like "Will we break up in the future?" many times, but in the past, she's never given a clear answer like "We won't break up."

Is the crystal ball really broken?
Feeling bewildered, she took out her tarot cards and continued to divine, following up with tortoise shells and playing cards, but the more she divined, the more alarmed she became.

There were a total of seven divinations, which should have yielded seven different outcomes, but all the results were surprisingly consistent—

We won't separate!

What's going on?
Wang Runxue was completely dumbfounded.

She had previously told Han Zhou that "theoretically, there shouldn't be a situation where the results of several divinations are different." Of course, that was just to fool him. If she could get a completely consistent result so many times, then she wouldn't be doing divination; she could apply to be the president of a club.

No, no, no, there are more than just club presidents; after graduation, they could all go out and set up fortune-telling stalls!
There's a problem, there's definitely a problem...

Seeing that the girl's expression was even more blank than before, even somewhat dazed, Han Zhou was momentarily stunned and asked in bewilderment, "What was the result this time?"

Wang Runxue was silent for a moment, then forced a smile and said, "We will never be apart. This is the result of this divination."

"You don't seem very happy?" Mo Yixia said calmly.

“No, I am very moved by the future of the two of you. I just… it’s just the first time I’ve seen something like this…” Wang Runxue said with a complicated expression.

A thought inexplicably arose in her mind: could these two people really be destined for each other, and that Guzheng was the third party?
No, no, no, how could that be? She quickly dismissed the absurd thought.

Han Zhou asked curiously, "Are these kinds of divination results rare?"

Surprisingly, he's in a pretty good mood right now.

"Yes, it's unheard of."

Wang Runxue hesitated before nodding, thinking to herself that not only the divination result, but also the divination process itself was quite rare...

Could it be that the crystal ball is really broken?
(End of this chapter)