Chapter 5 Accomplice

Qin Qing opened a can for Mumu, too lazy to bother with this junior who was clearly not a potential customer.

“You’re going to have a small problem soon, but I can’t solve it, so I can’t charge you.”

“I’m not going to believe in evil today. 100, right? Fine, I’ll scan. I insist on letting you earn my money.” Lu Yang directly scanned the QR code next to him to pay, and struck a victorious pose, “This young master has paid. I’d like to see how you explain yourself. How come I don’t know what troubles I have? And let me point out a bug in your rhetoric. First you say I’m in a good mood, then you say I have troubles. This is clearly contradictory, sister.”

Lu Yang didn’t care that the ground was dirty, and sat directly on the ground, crossing his arms, determined to challenge Qin Qing.

This was typical behavior of a young master: enduring hardship even when there was none, creating difficulties for himself when there were no difficulties.

Since she had already collected the money, Qin Qing smiled and spoke.

In fact, she just read out the content written in the gray text at the bottom of Lu Yang’s System Panel log.

[May 9th, 10:20 AM, girlfriend Liu Yang called to break up.]

Qin Qing hid the name and made up a story based on the May 8th log: “Your trouble is that you’re a bit unlucky in love. You came hiking today because your girlfriend has been cold to you for a while, and last night’s date didn’t happen, so you came out early today to clear your head.” Ignoring Lu Yang’s gradually changing expression, she continued, “Today at 10:20 AM,”

She checked her watch and continued: “It’s 9:50 AM now, which means in half an hour. She will break up with you.”

Then she added: “Irreparably.”

Lu Yang: “I don’t believe it.”

“Whether you believe it or not doesn’t matter. It’s only half an hour away. The truth will reveal itself when the time comes.”

“I know! You’re Yangyang’s friend, and you two planned this to prank me, right? You also said you can only calculate the past, not the future. Half an hour later is the future, so I found another bug of yours, hahahaha…”

Lu Yang’s laughter stopped as Qin Qing’s expression remained unchanged, looking a little flustered.

Qin Qing: “That’s right, what I consult here are things that have already happened, but past events can also deduce inevitable outcomes. The fact that I can predict your girlfriend breaking up with you only means that at the moment we are speaking, she has already made that decision, and without hesitation.”

If there was hesitation, the content displayed in Lu Yang’s log would appear intermittently.

Another boy who came with Lu Yang, who had been silent, pulled him up.

“That’s enough playing around, are you really fooled by a few words?”

Lu Yang patted his butt and stood up, looking unconvinced, making a last-ditch effort.

He pulled his friend over and said indignantly to Qin Qing: “Then calculate for him, I don’t believe it. I’m a big mouth and I blab everything out, so it’s easy for people to find out information about me. But my brother here is very tight-lipped, there are some things even I don’t know about him, let alone outsiders. You calculate for him, calculate his troubles.”

Qin Qing looked at Lu Yang’s System Panel’s Intelligence Value again. It wasn’t low, so why did his actions seem so brainless?

His reaction to feeling cheated wasn’t to cut his losses in time, but to drag a friend along to experiment again, to prove that he was indeed cheated.

His friend shot him a glance, clearly not interested in Qin Qing’s so-called consultation and fortune-telling, but surprisingly, he didn’t refute Lu Yang.

Qin Qing realized that Lu Yang’s ability to do idiotic things despite normal intelligence was enabled by the people around him.

Lu Yang’s friend was named Liang Jian, and he seemed quite aloof, not as fond of smiling as Lu Yang.

Qin Qing confirmed again: “Are you sure you want me to calculate?”

Lu Yang pushed Liang Jian forward: “Yes!”

After flipping through the log, Qin Qing felt like she had eaten a melodramatic melon, and it wasn’t very tasty.

She blinked to calm herself down, and said to the two lovely customers: “To confirm the trouble, pay 100 first. To solve the root cause, it’s an additional 1000.”

Lu Yang quickly paid 100: “Tell me.”

He gave an OK sign.

Qin Qing didn’t keep them in suspense: “You argued with your father before leaving home this morning. The superficial reason for the argument was that he wanted to arrange for you to work in the family company, and you felt he looked down on you and didn’t trust you to take care of your own future. As for the fundamental reason for the argument, you simply wanted to… challenge him? You think if he’s unhappy, you’re happy?”

As she read this passage from the System Panel, she had doubts. Liang Jian looked like a cool, aloof guy, but was he actually so chuunibyou? Was chuunibyou contagious? Were chuunibyou’s friends also chuunibyou?

But Liang Jian’s Intelligence Value was much higher than his chuunibyou friend’s, reaching a rare 78. No, it should be said that this was the highest Intelligence Value she had seen since acquiring the System Panel Skill.

With such high intelligence, why play chuunibyou?

Liang Jian’s gaze towards Qin Qing became complex, not friendly.

Whether it was the argument or the hidden secrets in his heart, he hadn’t told anyone. And this person…

Lu Yang’s reaction was even more bizarre, full of interest: “You’re still playing rebellious with your dad now? I only knew you had a bad relationship with Uncle, but I didn’t expect it to be this bad. I stopped arguing with my dad after I went to college. Sigh, it’s not easy for old men either. That’s enough.” He patted Liang Jian’s shoulder.

Lu Yang himself didn’t realize that his words were equivalent to admitting he believed the information Qin Qing provided.

Liang Jian looked at him as if he were mentally challenged.

Qin Qing: “I said 1000, to help you resolve the father-son conflict. It’s up to you whether you pay or not.”

Turning to her, Liang Jian had already changed his expression: “Even if what you say is true, how will you resolve it? Forcibly make me bow my head. Changing a person’s inner motivation is not that easy.”

His emotions were well-masked, but the fluctuating Mood Value on the System Panel showed that his heart was not calm.

Qin Qing: “Don’t try to trick me. I’ll tell you if you pay.”

[WeChat received, 1000 yuan.]

It was the chuunibyou Lu Yang who paid first.

It’s really good to be friends with a chuunibyou, especially a rich one.

Qin Qing reminded Liang Jian: “What I’m about to say involves your privacy. Do you want your friend to step aside?”

Before he could react, Lu Yang scoffed and moved his long legs away: “I’m going to Baiyun Temple to burn some incense.”

Qin Qing thought this chuunibyou would throw a tantrum and refuse to leave, as curiosity was written all over him, but he actually moved away voluntarily. This made her think highly of him; despite his lack of brains, he was a decent person.

She tried to keep her tone and intonation as flat as possible, otherwise it would sound too much like she was gossiping about the main character.

“Your mother and the father you are currently living with…”

“The father I’m currently living with? What do you want to say?”

Oh, quite sharp, what were you doing before?

She continued: “They got married in October twenty years ago, and your birth date was just three months later. That means they had a shotgun wedding… Don’t glare, I’m not judging anything, this is just important plot background… And their divorce date was after your first birthday. Of course, you didn’t know this at first, because they truly separated and stopped living together when you were 5 years old. Not long after they separated, your father married his then-girlfriend, now his wife.

Your mother originally intended to take you with her when they divorced. It was you who actively asked to follow your current father, not because you couldn’t bear to leave her, but because you wanted to get revenge on him. You believed he abandoned her, especially after you grew up a bit and saw the real divorce date on their divorce certificate. From childhood to adulthood, you never missed an opportunity to cause him trouble and make him unhappy.”

(⊙o⊙)…Why didn’t your dad beat you to death?

“Now what I want to tell you is that your biological father is someone else. Your current father, that is, your adoptive father, married your mother purely out of friendship and support, to get you a household registration. This is also why they divorced after the breastfeeding period ended. Your adoptive father is truly generous and truly loves you.”

“In your eyes, he seamlessly moved on and got married immediately after separating from your mother. The truth is, to ensure you had a complete family during your childhood, he and your mother maintained a superficial marriage until they absolutely couldn’t anymore. For your sake, your mother, adoptive father, and adoptive mother all made efforts and sacrifices. But you only saw your own grievances. For so many years, you provoked them again and again, and your adoptive father and mother actually managed to endure not telling you the truth, letting you act like a bully at home… This kind of protective love is truly beyond ordinary people.”

“To be honest, you are the smartest person I have met so far. I don’t believe that you haven’t found any clues over the years. You were just swayed by emotions, seeing only a leaf and missing the forest. Alright, I’m done. For such a big matter, a thousand yuan is quite worth it, right?”

While Qin Qing was speaking, Liang Jian never interrupted.

It seemed that the impact of the truth didn’t shock him as much as it left him bewildered. More than anything, it was the bewilderment of suddenly losing a long-held goal.

The person he had always regarded as an object of revenge was actually a benefactor.

Qin Qing didn’t disturb him, waiting for him to slowly digest it.

Mumu had finished its can, licking its mouth, still wanting more. It rubbed its belly, which was round and full.

She poured some water into the empty can, and it immediately lowered its head to drink. The sound of it drinking water was like a frog croaking, croak~ croak~ croak~

Liang Jian came back to his senses and looked at Mumu drinking water.

Qin Qing was a little embarrassed. She had to teach little Qin Jiamu table manners when she got back!

Liang Jian asked calmly, “My biological father…”

Qin Qing shook her head: “He has never lived with you, there’s no interaction, I see… I can’t calculate it.”

Perhaps it would be possible after accumulating enough Experience Points to upgrade and earn Energy Points, then exchanging them for the “Relationship” attribute in the Energy Mall.

Judging people from a distance, she was a little expectant.

Seeing that it was over, Lu Yang ran back.

He was very observant and didn’t ask what they talked about. He just said to himself, “I went to your colleagues and had two more readings. They both said I have good luck in love and that my relationship will be smooth. They didn’t say my girlfriend was going to break up with me like you did.”

This chuunibyou actually gloated: “Your results are different, huh?”

He wanted to see Qin Qing feel guilty and flustered. He was destined to be disappointed.

Qin Qing no longer felt apologetic for taking his money and not being able to solve the problem. This fool had just gone out and thrown money around again. Rather than saying he was looking for a fortune teller, it was more like a way for this young master to experience life.

Qin Qing: “That’s why I said their results aren’t guaranteed.”

She made no secret of her disdain for his wasteful spending, perhaps this was resentment of the rich: “What’s the difference between you taking the top student’s answers to compare with a poor student’s after an exam?”

The young master was not to be outdone: “But they have theoretical basis, and the results are all derived.”

“What theory?”

“Like birth dates and zodiac signs, palm lines and stuff. It sounds much more professional than you. It sounds very reasonable.”

Qin Qing: “Have you ever seen a top student do problems?”

“What?”

“When top students do problems, unless necessary, they only write the answer, not the process.”