Chapter 7 7. He has a partner, but no girlfriend

Li Fei felt a little puzzled, but he didn't have time to ask more questions. He just turned around and left immediately.

Watching the two people's backs as they left, Jinjiu went back to sit down and stayed there for the entire afternoon. During this time, several people came up to him and asked for fortune-telling because of his strange configuration. After all, it was common for old men and women to tell fortunes, but it was the first time for a young girl to tell fortunes.

As long as the price is not high, they all want to join in the fun.

But Jinjiu is different from others. Her divination fee is not fixed. The highest one quoted is ten thousand, and the lowest one is only ten yuan. When the two customers who heard the high price naturally left with a dark face, and did not forget to curse before leaving. When the two customers who paid the low price heard that Jinjiu was not fortune-telling but divination, they seemed very interested.

The two guests were students from a nearby university, both girls about the same age as Jinjiu. Nowadays young people are no longer interested in fortune-telling, but are more interested in tarot cards, divination, and astrology.

In addition, Jinjiu looked friendly and cute, and a divination only cost ten yuan, so the two female students paid readily.

"I want to tell my luck in love." The curly-haired girl said shyly.

Because her natal pearl had returned, she didn't need to use external objects for divination on ordinary matters. She just glanced at the other person and shook her head: "Be good, don't think about peach blossoms, study hard."

The curly-haired girl was a little unhappy when she heard that, and the short-haired girl next to her also frowned, but before they could get angry, Jin Jiu said, "I saw your beauty... well, that's what you call your luck in love, which is rather bumpy and harmful. For example, the person you like now already has a partner, but it's not made public."

"What?! He already has a girlfriend!" The curly-haired girl was full of disbelief.

"No, he doesn't have a girlfriend." Jin Jiu shook his head with a complicated look and spoke tactfully.

The curly-haired girl felt like she was being fooled and said angrily, "You said he has a girlfriend, but then you said he doesn't have a girlfriend. What do you mean by that?!" She was so angry that she didn't think of another possibility at all.

The girl with short hair seemed to have thought of something. She carefully pulled the sleeve of the person next to her and whispered a few words.

The curly-haired girl was immediately struck by lightning, and then she hugged the short-haired girl and whimpered: "I... why am I so unlucky..."

Seeing her like this, the girl with short hair thought she was sad because her crush was gay, and immediately tried to comfort her. But Jinjiu knew that this was only one of the reasons. The real reason she was sad was that similar situations had happened six times.

Otherwise, why do people say that this girl has a bumpy love life?
"Well, I also want to have my fortune told once, is that okay?" After comforting her good friend, the girl with short hair also took out ten yuan.

Jin Jiu glanced at her and nodded: "Okay, what do you want to predict?"

"Actually, I don't know anything about divination. Can you just say a few words?" The girl with short hair felt that Jinjiu was quite capable, so she couldn't help but change her address to a respectful one.

The reason she thought so was because she also knew the person the curly-haired girl had a crush on, and she did see the other party having relatively close contact with a boy outside of school. She didn't take it seriously at the time and just thought it was a brotherly relationship. Now, after listening to Jinjiu's words, she suddenly realized it.

"Go home early tonight." Jin Jiu spit out eight words.

The girl with short hair was a little confused. She didn't expect Jin Jiuzhen to say that so casually.

Although she felt strange, she still thanked him politely and left with her friend.

After they left, Jinjiu also packed up and left.

...A large classroom.

As the bell rang, teachers and students began to pack up their things. Since this was the last class, everyone was a little anxious.

Tang Ke, the short-haired girl who had asked Jinjiu for divination in the afternoon, quickly packed up her things and prepared to go home.

"Xiao Ke! Do you want to go to the dinner party tonight?" a classmate shouted to Tang Ke.

If it were any other time, Tang Ke would have agreed for sure, because she had a good relationship with this classmate and they would often have dinner together. But when the words of agreement came to her lips, she couldn't help but think of Jin Jiu's words - go home early tonight.

Usually they would go singing after dinner, and when everything was over, although it wasn't late at night, it would be around eight or nine o'clock, which was definitely not considered 'early'.

"Sorry, I have something to do today and need to go home early. Maybe next time."

"Okay then." Although the classmate felt a little regretful, he still smiled and waved at her.

Tang Ke breathed a sigh of relief, then got up and left. Unexpectedly, when she reached the school gate, her cell phone rang, and the caller ID showed it was her tutor.

"Xiao Ke, are you in school now? I need your help with something, are you free?" A gentle female voice sounded. This was a tutor who took good care of Tang Ke. She usually asked Tang Ke for help, but it was not for nothing. Every once in a while, she would give Tang Ke a red envelope.

"Sorry, teacher. I have something to do today." This was the first time that Tang Ke lied in front of a teacher, especially since this was a teacher who had always taken good care of her. So her face turned red and her voice trembled.

But it was summer now, and there were many people with red faces because of the heat, and the streets were noisy, so the teacher didn't notice anything wrong with Tang Ke's voice.

"If you have something to do, forget it. Go and get busy. It's summer time. Don't run around. It would be bad if you get heatstroke." Hearing the teacher's gentle and caring voice, Tang Ke struggled even more internally. She regretted it for a moment, but the words had already been said, so she could only respond softly.

After hanging up the phone, Tang Ke's heart was pounding. She nervously put away the phone and hurried home.

"Mom, I'm back." After opening the door, Tang Ke called out habitually, but there was no response for a long time.

Did he go out?

Tang Ke felt inexplicably uneasy. If it was at this normal time, her mother would definitely have been home. Of course, she might have gone out to buy groceries. This had happened before.

But whenever Tang Ke thought of Jin Jiu's words, she became extremely nervous. She always felt that something bad was going to happen.

She suppressed her inner uneasiness and prepared to go to the kitchen to get a glass of water, but she saw someone lying on the ground.

"Mom?!" Tang Ke rushed over to check the situation. When she found that her mother's pills were opened and scattered all over the floor, she felt a loud bang in her head as if she was hit by a thunderbolt.

With trembling hands, she dialed the hospital's number.

Fortunately, Tang Ke's home was in the city center, not far from the hospital. In less than ten minutes, Tang Ke watched her mother being carried into the ambulance by the hospital staff, and she followed with weak legs.

(End of this chapter)