You said you would tell fortunes, so you can catch ghosts and exterminate zombies easily?

"There are two."

Upon hearing Su Chen's words, the shop owner immediately turned her gaze to her two cousins.

"Are you wearing blue or pink clothes?"

Upon receiving Su Chen's confirmation, the shop owner took a deep breath.

Her fists were clenched so tightly that her nails almost dug into her palms, but she eventually slowly loosened them.

Su Chen smiled and said, "Boss, I won't get involved in your family matters. I'll be going now."

"Master Su, thank you for reminding me. I noticed that your children really enjoyed eating cake before. I'll pack a few extra for you to take back for them to enjoy."

The shop owner quickly composed himself and packed about ten cakes for Su Chen.

Su Chen didn't stand on ceremony with her and waved his hand, putting them all into the cave.

Seeing the cakes disappear, the shop owner became even more respectful to Su Chen, personally escorting him to the door and opening it for him.

As soon as the door closed, her face turned cold.

To catch a thief, you need to catch him red-handed, and having only my cousin as a witness isn't ideal. What if they turn around and accuse me...? We should invite a few more relatives to witness this.

Since they can be so heartless as to act like ingrates, they can't be blamed for making them lose face.

When Su Chen returned with Yueyue carrying a large bag of snacks, the cake shop was already packed with people.

The shop owner greeted them warmly: "Second Aunt, Third Aunt, take whatever you like to eat. Anyway, the younger sisters are all inside making cakes, so there's plenty to go around. Big Aunt, Little Aunt, you too, eat as much as you like."

Su Chen glanced at it and then took Yueyue back.

In the teahouse, Xiao Liu'er had already turned halfway through her book. Su Chen glanced at it and realized it wasn't a primary school textbook, but an extracurricular book in traditional Chinese characters, titled "Mechanical Design".

He raised an eyebrow: "Little Willow, you can even read these characters?"

The little girl shook her head and pointed to the dictionary next to her: "I have to look up a lot of words in the dictionary."

Her eyes lit up when they landed on the bag of snacks.

Yueyue dragged the bag over.

"Sister picks~"

"Thank you, Yueyue."

The two children quickly divided up the large bag of snacks, one bag for the other, while the other continued reading and drawing.

The difference is that Xiaoliu'er's books are always clean, while Yueyue's drawing paper is scattered with many snack fragments.

Su Chen sat on the side for a while, listened to the prayers, selected a few to help, and kept track of the progress of the ten chosen believers.

Because the shrines don't need to be too luxurious, most of the progress is quite fast, and some statues are already finished, but... they don't look like they have any ethereal or otherworldly air about them.

Su Chen looked at those tiny, bean-sized eyes, sighed for a moment, and then opened them.

There was a lot of noise on the street.

Many people ran to see what was going on.

The girl in front of him also subconsciously peeked over there, but didn't see anything. She turned around and smiled at Su Chen.

"Fortune-telling?"

"Mmm." The girl said with a hint of grim determination, pulling out a notebook, opening it and handing it to Su Chen. "I want to calculate whether I can pass this exam."

Su Chen: "..."

He examined the girl's attire closely.

She wore a white hat, large, bright red earrings that were very eye-catching, a trendy red striped skirt, and white leather shoes.

Why do girls from wealthy families care so much about exams?

He began to calculate with questions in mind.

His lips twitched quickly.

Seeing his expression, the girl looked very uneasy: "Won't it pass?"

Su Chen stopped calculating and looked at her carefully.

"You want to take the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) exam?"

The girl nodded repeatedly and put her hands together: "I have taken the test for three years in a row, and I always just barely pass."

"I've really prepared for this for a long time. If I still fail, I really, really... want to bang my head against the wall!"

"This is a huge blow to my confidence."

“Master Su, everyone says you are very accurate in your predictions. If you say I can’t pass today, I’ll just not take the exam and try again next year.”

Su Chen also felt sorry for her.

"I had diarrhea and was exhausted for two days during my first exam, but I was full of energy again after the exam."

The girl chuckled and scratched her head: "I was probably too nervous."

Su Chen: "You have food poisoning."

"……what?"

"During the second exam, the pen stopped writing altogether, and it took a long time to replace it, which caused a delay."

The girl said helplessly, "Because I fell when I entered the exam room, and that's probably when I broke my pen."

"I got very anxious when I realized that my writing was disjointed. Fortunately, the proctor was very kind and helped me communicate with the teacher to get me a new pen."

"I must have been too anxious at that time, and I wasn't in a good state."

Su Chen nodded: "The third time..."

The person sitting in front of you was farting the whole time.

Mentioning this, the girl seemed to be back in a nightmare: "Not only that, the person behind me also had a strong body odor, and I could barely breathe."

The girl sighed after she finished speaking.

"After reflecting on it, I realized that even if I'm not in good shape, as long as my skills are strong enough, I shouldn't have to fail to pass. So I've been studying like crazy this year, but... I'm really a little scared."

"I'm not very confident."

Su Chen nodded: "So you never suspected that your poor condition was set up by someone."

The girl was stunned: "...What?"

Meeting Su Chen's gaze and confirming she wasn't hallucinating, the girl asked blankly, "Who...set me up?"

Think back to the exams of the past three years.

She had a vague suspicion, but wasn't sure.

"Master Su, you mean...it's not my mother, is it?"

Su Chen: "To be precise, your whole family was involved."

"What?!" The girl stood up in disbelief, her expression one of astonishment, then asked in bewilderment, "Why?"

Su Chen shrugged.

"You can go home and ask them for the specific reason."

The girl pursed her lips, then her eyes hardened, and she pulled out her cell phone from her bag: "No need to go home, I can ask right now."

She called home, and the call was answered shortly afterward.

Su Chen could vaguely hear the woman's gentle voice on the other end of the line.

The girl softened her voice instinctively upon hearing the voice, but quickly clenched her fists and began to question him.

There was no response for a long time.

The girl was intelligent and knew this was a tacit admission; her eyes immediately filled with tears, and her voice choked with emotion.

"Mom, why?"

"Why are you doing this?"

"Am I not your most beloved daughter?"

"Why do you do this to me?"

……

Su Chen shook his head helplessly.

The noise from the street gradually subsided, and soon a cheerful sound of footsteps approached.

Huang Nansong paused when he saw the crying girl, his smile fading slightly. He tilted his head and approached her, carefully observing her.

Once they reached Su Chen's side, she asked in a low voice, "Master Su, why is she crying?"

"You must be feeling wronged."

Su Chen looked at him: "You went to the cake shop to watch the fun?"

"Hehe, what a show."

"However, Niannian is not someone to be trifled with."

"Master Su, let me tell you, didn't Niannian hire her two cousins ​​to help out at that cake shop?"

Su Chen nodded.

"These two ungrateful little devils, they seemed so well-behaved before, right? Who would have thought they'd be stealing Niannian's money every day?"

"This time, Niannian caught him red-handed."

"According to Niannian's second aunt, they were all relatives, and Niannian thought that it was enough for her family to know about this. She told her two cousins ​​to go home and stop coming to the cake shop. Guess what happened?"

Before Su Chen could react, Huang Nansong slapped his thigh: "Tsk tsk tsk, that family has such thick skin!"