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by MarineTLChapter 161: After the Wealthy Lady Went Bankrupt – 4
Book Spirit Number One offered Ren Xin some cold comfort. “See, I told you that you’re basically useless!”
“Get lost!”
“I won’t! Shen Shen, are you really going to go dig up a grave? You’re already lacking in moral merit; won’t doing this make it even worse?”
It made sense, but the ginseng spirit wasn’t listening.
Book Spirit Number One kept nagging. “Then again, as they say, once you have enough lice, you stop feeling the itch1. Once a person lacks enough merit, they just become a thick-skinned, slippery ginseng.”
Ren Xin: “………..” She missed the original, silent version of the Book Spirit.
Ren Xin began muttering to herself as she pulled out stacks of yellow paper and cinnabar2, preparing to whip up some low-level spells.
“Actually, Shen Shen, sometimes I’m genuinely confused about what kind of spirit you actually are.”
“The all-around kind. I can do everything, but I’m a master of nothing.”
That was the honest truth.
Over the next few days, Ren Xin spent her time preparing life-saving trinkets, but she didn’t forget to stream. However, not a single person was willing to pay for a reading. Most of the free fortunes were people looking for lost cats, dogs, or wallets.
On this particular day, Ren Xin planned to just go through the motions, finish her free readings, and log off. Unexpectedly, a “Carnival” gift flashed across the screen, and a paid order arrived.
“Hello, streamer! I’ve been following you for a few days now. Your content is great. I know you’re heading to Luoyang in a few days; we’ll be partners then,” an upbeat young man said at a rapid-fire pace.
Ren Xin: “???”
“Do you want a fortune reading?”
The cheerful boy shrugged. “Sure, why not! My name is Zhan Tian.”
This wasn’t just some boy-next-door; this was a pathetic, unlucky little villain.
“You grew up in a single-parent household, and your mother has likely passed away. Your facial features show that you are distant from your relatives and have to do everything yourself. Your life is full of misfortune and constant gossip, yet you are always aided by influential benefactors who help you turn peril into safety. Are you about to lose money recently? You are currently in the Gui-Mao year3, and your elemental sign is ‘Gold Leaf Gold,’ which acts as your ‘Brother’ star. Moving through a ‘Brother’ year while clashing with the Grand Duke makes it very easy for financial loss or breakups to occur, and your career is unstable…”
Zhan Tian: “……….” Was there any hope left for him?
【Why can’t I understand a word of this?】
【This is what professionalism looks like~】
【I wonder if the streamer can broadcast the grave-digging. I’m super curious.】
【Probably not. After all, there are some things science just can’t explain. We have to give the scholars time to make up their excuses!】
【Show some respect to the person above. It’s hard work for us to pretend we believe them every time, okay?】
【Hahaha…】
After the stream ended, Book Spirit Number One said to Ren Xin with admiration, “The way you swindle people looks incredibly impressive.”
Ren Xin tilted her chin up. “Actually, I was just talking nonsense. I don’t know why the feedback from the ‘Charlatan Mastery’ skill is always in plain language; it doesn’t sound like a master at all. I just memorized a few passages from a perpetual calendar4 to put on an act.”
Book Spirit Number One: “Treating you like a human is a waste of time.”
Huhu hadn’t participated in the group chat for a long while. When a child is quiet, a parent needs to be on high alert.
“Huhu? What are you doing?”
No answer.
Ren Xin immediately entered her space and saw Huhu curled up in a pile of pill boxes, snoring loudly.
Ren Xin was speechless. She had no idea how many pills this silly tiger had eaten. She couldn’t even remember where she had scavenged these elixirs from, but seeing Huhu’s comfortable posture, it probably wasn’t a big deal.
Let her sleep then!
Book Spirit Number One was indignant. “Why aren’t you scolding her?”
Ren Xin summarized, “Because she’s fluffy~”
Book Spirit Number One: “……….” So it was its fault for not having fur?
Translator’s Notes
- once you have enough lice, you stop feeling the itch: A Chinese idiom (虱多不痒) meaning that when one is overwhelmed by many problems or debts, they become numb to them and stop worrying. ↩
- yellow paper and cinnabar: Traditional materials used in Taoist sorcery for writing talismans (fulu). Yellow paper represents the earth or divinity, while red cinnabar is believed to possess yang energy to ward off evil. ↩
- Gui-Mao year: The 40th year of the 60-year sexagenary cycle in the Chinese calendar, associated with the Water Rabbit. ↩
- perpetual calendar: Refers to the ‘Huangli’ or Imperial Calendar, which contains daily auspicious and inauspicious activities, astronomical data, and fortune-telling guides. ↩
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