Siheyuan Fortune Telling: Starting from a Buyer to Become an All-rounder

"Is Xu Dongsheng home?"

Xu Dongsheng finished reading a book and felt mentally exhausted. He immediately prepared to go back to the house to rest. Unexpectedly, just as he put the book into the hemispherical space, a voice was heard at the gate of the courtyard. Xu Dongsheng felt that the voice was familiar, but it seemed to be a long time ago.

"I'm at home, young man. Who are you? Do you want to talk to Xu Dongsheng?"

Xu Dongsheng hadn't gone out yet. At this time, the residents of the back house had already asked for him. Xu Dongsheng was too lazy to go out and see, so he just waited at home.

"I'm Xu Dongsheng's classmate. I haven't seen him since graduation. I came to visit him."

The sound at the gate of the courtyard disappeared. Xu Dongsheng heard it and immediately remembered who that person was. This person was his junior high school classmate named Mo Hailin. However, this Mo Hailin was one of the people sitting in the back row, and he was basically the type who was punished to stand every day.

Although he and Xu Dongsheng were classmates, they basically had no friendship, because these people in the back row didn't have a very good reputation. Although Xu Dongsheng didn't know whether it was true or not, he basically didn't get along with them. How could it be like they were on good terms with him when they came to see him?

It has been almost a year since graduation, and there has been no movement from these junior high school classmates, let alone anyone coming to see him. Why did they suddenly come to visit him today?

"Dongsheng, you are home. I called out to you at the door but you didn't come out. I thought you were not at home. How come you don't recognize me after graduating from junior high school? This is Mo Hailin."

Although there must be something wrong when things are abnormal, Xu Dongsheng still wanted to see what the demon was. He came out of the house and saw a man standing in the middle of the front yard. This man was none other than Mo Hailin. At this time, Mo Hailin was wearing a gray Zhongshan suit, shiny leather shoes, and a coquettish hairstyle. He looked as glamorous as he could be, holding a red and green gift box in his hand. If you didn't know him, you would think he was a big leader.

Looking at Xu Dongsheng's surprised expression, Mo Hailin thought that he had changed too much and Xu Dongsheng didn't recognize him.

"Mo Hailin? It's you, kid. I didn't expect you to be doing so well. You must be over a hundred years old, right?"

Xu Dongsheng couldn't understand why Mo Hailin came to him. Was he here to show off? Their relationship wasn't that good, nor was it that bad. What was there to show off? Was he here to ask him something? He was puzzled and laughed it off with Mo Hailin.

"This is nothing. What I'm doing now is making a lot of money. Why don't you invite me in and have a seat?"

Mo Hailin waved his hand, looking like a successful person. Then he looked around at the eyes looking at him, and Mo Hailin looked at Xu Dongsheng jokingly.

"Oh, sorry, I was a little surprised for a moment. I didn't expect you to have changed so much. Please come in."

Xu Dongsheng patted his head, then invited Mo Hailin into the house. After entering the house, Mo Hailin handed the gift box in his hand to Xu Dongsheng.

Xu Dongsheng didn't expect that today was not a good day to go out, but a good day to receive gifts. As soon as Xiao Yitu left, Mo Hailin, a remote classmate, came, and brought gifts with him.

Moreover, Xu Dongsheng took a look at the gift brought by Mo Hailin, and it was actually worth eight yuan. It was most likely Beijing cakes. This was quite generous.

"Mo Hailin, you are doing pretty well. Where are you going? You are a thousand times better than us."

After Xu Dongsheng poured some water for Mo Hailin, he immediately asked Mo Hailin what he did to be so successful.

"Hey, we may look good on the surface, but we still have to rely on ourselves. My luck has been bad recently, and now I can only make about ten or eight yuan a day."

Mo Hailin pretended to be modest, but he was very proud to show off to Xu Dongsheng. Xu Dongsheng felt that this guy deserved a beating. Ten or eight yuan a day, that would be two or three hundred a month, and that was when he was unlucky.

What about when you’re lucky?

"Oh, your business is really great, you make two or three hundred yuan a month, no wonder you dress so beautifully. I'm just a laborer, I only make twenty or thirty yuan a month."

Xu Dongsheng did not delve into what Mo Hailin did. After all, such a lucrative business was probably not very good these days, and he might even be risking his life, so Xu Dongsheng did not intend to ask.

"Then your life will be difficult, but it doesn't matter. If you are interested, you can come and work with me. We can form a partnership and share the profits. To tell you the truth, I didn't just look for you today. I visited all the students in our class who didn't get into high school or technical secondary school.

After all, we are old classmates. Although we don’t chat often, our friendship is still there. I, who am in the back row, can make money, so naturally I want to help other students in our class.

It just so happens that I have been having bad luck recently, so I thought of visiting everyone to see which family is a little tight and willing to make money with me. I will pull him into the group, borrow his luck, and make a fortune. Then we can share the money together."

When Mo Hailin heard Xu Dongsheng say that he only made twenty or thirty yuan a month, his face immediately turned pitiful, and then he acted like a good person and said that he would help everyone make money.

"You are really great, aren't you trying to attract investment?"

Xu Dongsheng immediately looked at Mo Hailin with caution. Attracting investment in this day and age? Isn't this like kneeling in the execution ground and waiting to die?

"How is that possible? Money is tight these days, who would take the risk to invest? Besides, it's illegal. I'm investing in others, I'm paying the money, and you're paying for the luck.

To tell you the truth, I make money in the black casino. I made a lot of money before. I also invested in a few classmates and made a lot of money with them. But in recent times, I have been unlucky. I feel that our luck has been consumed too much.

So we thought about injecting new blood. As long as you join us, you can use your luck to dominate the card table. If you lose, we'll take the blame, and if you win, everyone will share the money. Using this method, almost everyone of us now has a bicycle.

Moreover, several brothers bought their bicycles in just a few days. So, are you interested in joining us? Don’t worry, you don’t have to pay for the whole process. You just need to sit there and place your bets according to your feeling. You don’t have to worry about money at all.”

Upon hearing this, Mo Hailin quickly waved his hands, then looked around and moved closer to the table. Xu Dongsheng also moved closer to listen to him whispering about how they made money, which was to attract new people into the casino and use methods similar to protecting newbies to make money.

But when Xu Dongsheng heard what Mo Hailin said, he became more alert. First of all, this was related to gambling. Xu Dongsheng hated gambling the most in his two lives. Basically, anyone who got involved in gambling would either lose everything, be separated from his wife and children, or end up working on a sewing machine, and some would even have both.

It would be strange if Mo Hailin persuaded people to gamble. And it seems that he doesn't need to spend money, just luck, but it's impossible to think about it. How can there be so much protection for novices? Nine out of ten gambling scams have a pitfall, how can it make you make money?

If you gamble with other people's money and lose, your employer will hate you to death and will punish you and your whole family. If you win and get a share of the money, and you like the feeling of getting something for nothing, he will do something else on his own.

Over time, addiction sets in. So, Mo Hailin is like a frog in boiling water. This guy is probably a hand in the black casino, specifically catching new people outside to join the trap.

"Forget it. I am just an ordinary person. How can I become rich? I'd better make money honestly. Luck is too mysterious. I dare not gamble. Although I don't have to pay for it myself, it's okay if I win. If I lose, I will feel bad.

Besides, if you win too much in this underground black casino, the casino may regret it and rob you of your money. It's too unsafe. I'd better make honest money. I can't help you with this matter."

Xu Dongsheng refused without even thinking too much. No matter whether Mo Hailin had ulterior motives or not, he just didn't want to have any contact with him.

"Okay, if you don't want to, forget it. If you regret it, you can come to No. 19 Feima Hutong to find me. Then I will go visit some other classmates. I will come to visit you some other day when I have time."

Seeing Xu Dongsheng refused, Mo Hailin did not feel strange, as if he was used to this kind of rejection, and then stood up and said goodbye to Xu Dongsheng. Xu Dongsheng did not try to keep him, nor did he go out to see him off, but just watched him leave.