Prince charming, your persona has collapsed!
Chapter 829 - 341: Getting Along with the Mother and Daughter_3

After leaving the hotpot restaurant, the three of them took the stairs down. With the New Year approaching, the mall was bustling with activity.

The county-town mall really only came alive during these few days around the New Year.

Usually quiet and empty, it suddenly became lively, packed with people both inside the shops and in the hallways.

The three of them had just finished eating and were walking it off.

It's a habit of women to shop, especially someone with a touch of sophistication like Pan Min, who often went out window-shopping.

She dragged Zhou Yuwen and Su Qing into a few menswear stores, intent on buying Zhou Yuwen some outfits.

Su Qing thought that the brands in small-town stores were mostly fake, expensive yet particularly awful in design, but before she could voice her thoughts, Zhou Yuwen grabbed her hand to stop her.

Pan Min picked up a piece of menswear and compared it against Zhou Yuwen, asking him how he felt about the garment.

Zhou Yuwen responded, "If Aunt Pan likes it, I like it too."

Hearing that, Pan Min couldn't help but chuckle, "You little rascal, such a sweet talker! No wonder my daughter likes you."

Zhou Yuwen offered her a playful smile in response.

From the fourth floor to the first, Pan Min ended up buying Zhou Yuwen a jacket and an overcoat, and she paid for all of it herself—proof of her acceptance of him.

After all, the other side was already prepared to buy her daughter a car and a house; if she didn't express her goodwill somehow, that would indeed seem unreasonable.

The first floor of the mall was even more crowded. Vendors who normally didn't show up had found random spots to set up their stalls—selling spring couplets, cotton candy, and other odds and ends. There were even some old men who casually plopped themselves in a corner.

Doing fortune-telling.

"Don't miss out as you walk by~!"

Su Qing ran ahead, munching on cotton candy, while Zhou Yuwen followed behind, holding her hand.

As they passed by one of the fortune-telling stalls,

Pan Min suddenly had the idea of matching the Eight Characters for Zhou Yuwen and Su Qing.

She stopped the two of them in their tracks.

These fortune-telling old men were notorious for spouting nonsense. No matter what, they'd always predict lifelong harmony and everything going smoothly—mostly just for laughs.

The fortune-teller said that compared to matching the Eight Characters, he actually had a unique secret skill.

Su Qing grew curious and asked with a smile, "Oh? What is it?"

"Face reading! I can tell just from looking at your faces how many children you'll have in the future!"

"Oh?"

Su Qing became even more intrigued and laughingly said, "Alright then, tell me, how many children will he and I have?"

With that, she grabbed Zhou Yuwen's hand.

The fortune-teller calculated with his fingers and grinned at Su Qing, "Young miss! You'll have a son and a daughter in the future, the perfect pair!"

"Haha! Zhou Yuwen, did you hear that?! He said we'll have one son and one daughter in the future!" Su Qing laughed aloud.

Zhou Yuwen chuckled along with her.

But when the fortune-teller looked over at Zhou Yuwen, he suddenly froze for a moment.

"Eh? That's not right?"

Su Qing frowned upon hearing the old man's remark directed at her husband and asked, "What's not right?"

"This fine young man here, oh wow, it's incredible! I just calculated: in this lifetime, you'll have thirteen daughters and eight sons in total!"

As soon as the words came out, Su Qing, Zhou Yuwen, and Pan Min all froze momentarily.

Su Qing looked at Zhou Yuwen with narrowing eyes, her expression growing cold. She knew exactly what this implied and spoke gruffly, "Zhou Yuwen!"

Zhou Yuwen felt extremely awkward, especially since this was happening in front of his mother-in-law.

This was pure nonsense!

He quickly said, "He's just making it up! Come on, sir, why don't you calculate for this lady instead—how many kids she'll have!"

With that, Zhou Yuwen pushed Pan Min into the spotlight.

Pan Min looked youthful, and Zhou Yuwen deliberately called her "lady" as a distraction.

Sure enough, the old fortune-teller took the bait. After asking for her name and birth date, he began flamboyantly calculating with his fingers.

Then, with a completely solemn expression, he said, "Hmm, if my calculations are correct, this lady will have one son and one daughter! Your eldest daughter has already been born. Are you and your husband currently considering having another child?"

Hearing this, Pan Min's face immediately filled with question marks.

And Zhou Yuwen seized the moment to say, "See? I told you this guy is just talking nonsense!"