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"Sister-in-law!" Xiao Mingkun greeted her in a nonchalant manner.

"Ah Kun, is this your girlfriend?" Chen Manyun asked after glancing at Yun Shu a few times.

At this moment, Yun Shu also came over and called out "Sister-in-law".

Mingkun answered, "Yes, her name is Yunshu. How has everything been at home lately, sister-in-law?"

"Everything's fine at home, except Dad caught a cold a while ago and was sick for a few days," Chen Manchun said with some helplessness towards her father-in-law. He refused to see a doctor even when he was sick, but thankfully, he gradually recovered after taking a few doses of traditional Chinese medicine.

"Really? Where is Grandpa now? I'll go see him." It would be unfilial not to visit him now that we're here, and besides, the old man is getting on in years, so his illness is very worrying. So Mingkun took Yunshu and followed Chen Manchun into her courtyard.

The old man's house was a bit smaller than Xiao Mingkun's, but they had rebuilt it two years ago—a proper two-story new house. Under the big banyan tree in the yard, an old man was lying on a recliner listening to Peking Opera.

“Dad, Ah Kun has come to see you,” Chen Manchun said softly as she approached the old man.

The old man was none other than Mingkun's grandfather, Xiao Wanmin.

"Hello, sir! This is my girlfriend."

Yun Shu walked over to Ming Kun and greeted him as well. He was an elderly man with a full head of white hair. A pair of reading glasses sat on his high cheekbones, and he had a white beard and a face full of wrinkles, making him look somewhat serious. However, he was lame in one leg, an injury he sustained while serving in the army. Due to the harsh conditions at the time, he didn't receive timely treatment and his leg became useless.

Grandpa Xiao opened his eyes and looked up, glancing only at Mingkun, but he looked at Yun Shu very intently.

After examining her for a while, the old man said, "Kunzi, your girlfriend isn't from around here, is she?"

"Yes, sir, is there a problem?" Mingkun was taken aback, a bad feeling creeping into his heart. Could this old man also want to tell Yunshu's fortune?

"Let your girlfriend go inside and draw a lot." Grandpa Xiao didn't move, and although he was talking to Xiao Mingkun, his eyes were looking in the direction of Yun Shu.

Mingkun guessed it immediately and hurriedly grabbed Yunshu to stop her from drawing lots, saying, "This...sir, Yunshu is fine, there's no need to have her fortune told!"

Grandpa Xiao stared at Yun Shu coldly and said, "Girl, your life is not simple. You've died once, haven't you!" After saying that, Grandpa Xiao didn't even look at her reaction and closed his eyes to listen to Peking Opera again.

"I'm just here for a quick look, don't be afraid." Chen Manchun was quite surprised. Her father-in-law hadn't told fortunes for the past two years. It was said that telling fortunes too often would shorten one's lifespan, so the family forbade anyone from coming to him for fortune telling, and he stopped doing it himself. Today, he actually offered to tell the fortune of Ah Kun's girlfriend. Did his girlfriend have a problem with her destiny? After thinking about it, a glint of light flashed in her eyes, disappearing so quickly that it was almost imperceptible.

When Yun Shu heard the old man say that she was someone who had died once, she was startled, her chest tightening so much that she could hardly breathe. This was a secret she had kept to herself, not even to Xu Ruo and Yi Yi. It was her biggest secret, and the fact that it had been revealed to her in just a few glances made her very uneasy, and she also began to believe that the old man had the ability to tell fortunes.

Seeing Yun Shu's face turn pale, Xiao Mingkun assumed she was frightened by the old man's words and apologetically comforted her, "Yun Shu, don't be afraid, or we can skip the lottery!"

Yun Shu calmed herself down, and it took her several seconds to regain her composure. She wasn't as scared as she had been when she first heard it. Having died once, she wanted to see what her life would be like this time. Although she was a medical student and shouldn't believe in ghosts and superstitions, the fact that she could be reborn and live another life couldn't stop her curiosity.

"It's alright, just taking a look. It's quite amazing. I've never drawn a fortune stick before. Let's see what my fate will be like in this life!" After saying that, she pried open Mingkun's big hand that was grabbing her, turned around and followed Chen Manchun to the back side room, which was where Grandpa Xiao used to receive people who came to ask for fortune sticks and have their fortunes told.

The room wasn't large. On the table sat a red divination tube, but it looked very old and weathered. Inside were divination sticks for people to draw lots for fortune-telling. Chen Manchun had Yun Shu kneel on a thick cushion on the floor and bow three times to the Bodhisattva before handing her the worn-out tube. Yun Shu cautiously took it and shook it vigorously a few times, causing a slip of paper to fall out. Picking it up, Yun Shu couldn't understand the complex divination characters on it. Chen Manchun walked over, saw the characters in her hand, and her eyes narrowed. "Alright, that's fine. Give me the slip."

After saying that, he took the slip of paper from Yun Shu's hand and took it outside to show her father-in-law. Yun Shu followed him out immediately.

After taking the fortune stick from Li Manchun, Grandpa Xiao frowned after glancing at it, because he knew all too well the meaning of the divination text. After looking closely at Yun Shu's appearance, he sighed and shook his head.

"Grandpa, is there something wrong with the fortune slip Yun Shu drew? Could it be another bad one?" Xiao Mingkun felt a tightness in his chest when he saw the old man's sighing expression, and even his hands started to sweat.

"You two... are destined to be together but not to stay together. You can't force it. If you force yourselves to be together, you'll get divorced in the future! The girl just drew the worst fortune stick!"

These words stunned the three people present, especially Yun Shu, who hadn't expected this outcome! She had drawn the worst possible result; could she really be this unlucky?

"Grandpa, your fortune telling can't be that accurate! You said I was destined for greatness when I was little, and I'm doing just fine now, with my own career too," Mingkun said, dissatisfied. Even if the fortune telling was true, he didn't want to accept his fate. There's a saying: "Fate is determined by heaven, but fortune is created by oneself." A person's destiny is still in their own hands, and they can change it themselves.

"You call that being lucky? Three years ago, you were almost killed, and your career was ruined. If you had insisted on being with her, you would have been in mortal danger, and you might have even lost your family!" Old Master Xiao shook his head, harshly criticizing Mingkun.

From their conversation, Yun Shu was utterly devastated. Her face was ashen, and she swayed precariously. She had initially thought it incredible that she could be reborn and live another life, and she felt quite good about herself, believing that fate had been kind to her. But someone could see with the naked eye that she was someone who had died once and come back to life, and even foresaw her fate in this life. Ironically, it turned out she still wouldn't have a good destiny or a good marriage in this life; she was still so pathetic!

“Girl, don’t be sad. You have a tough life. Although you were born without the blessing of your parents and your ancestors, if you don’t stay with Kunzai and marry someone else, everything will be fine. Kunzai’s life is also not good. The two of you clash. Being together will only bring more disaster and harm innocent people!” Grandpa Xiao couldn’t bear to discourage a girl who was only a few years old, but judging from the divination text on the divination slip, this was her fate.

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