The Useless Heiress Is Actually A Bigshot
Chapter 499 - Chapter 499 Chapter 499 Calculate a Divination

Chapter 499: Chapter 499: Calculate a Divination Chapter 499: Chapter 499: Calculate a Divination Zhong Nianyao shrugged her shoulders and chuckled, “My profession is quite interesting too. Would you like to hear about it?”

“Profession?” Long Jiarui was a bit astonished, “Don’t tell me you’re still a student? Are you doing a part-time job?”

She hadn’t expected Zhong Nianyao to be so down-to-earth, going out to do a part-time job to earn her keep. That was totally unexpected.

“Part-time job?” Zhong Nianyao smiled and then shook her head, denying, “That’s not a part-time job, but a full-time job. I work as a fortune teller under the Tongtian Bridge.”

“Hah? What? Fortune-telling?” Long Jiarui couldn’t believe her ears, skepticism written all over her face, “Did I just mishear something?”

“You didn’t mishear.” Zhong Nianyao blinked, unembarrassed, “My full-time job is to set up a fortune-telling stall. How about it? Interested in getting your fortune told?”

Looking at Zhong Nianyao’s interested expression, Long Jiarui’s smile froze. She didn’t know if Zhong Nianyao was joking, but she genuinely had never heard of any rich family’s daughter becoming a fortune teller. That must be considered superstitious!

Considering Zhong Nianyao’s enthusiastic demeanor, it didn’t look like a joke at all. For a moment, she really didn’t know how to respond. She even started to wonder if approaching Zhong Nianyao for a chat had been a mistake.

“So, you don’t believe it?”

Zhong Nianyao was not surprised by Long Jiarui’s reaction. She smiled faintly and continued, “I’m telling the absolute truth. If you don’t believe it, you can check it out at the Tongtian Bridge hall; I’m quite well-known there.”

Thinking about it, she seemed to have not set up her stall there for a while. It looks like before heading to Changbai Mountain, she needed to find some time to set up her stall again. It had been quite some time, she really wasn’t being professional.

Across from her, Long Jiarui, having heard Zhong Nianyao’s words, didn’t know how to react.

“Want to have your fortune told?” Zhong Nianyao blinked, asking again, “If it’s inaccurate, it’s free!”

Seeing Zhong Nianyao repeatedly tempting her to have her fortune told, Long Jiarui also became interested, then nodded, “Alright! Then do a reading for me!”

She didn’t know if Zhong Nianyao was just playing with her, but since that was the case, she would play along.

“Alright! Then give me a reading!”

Zhong Nianyao nodded and then asked, “What would you like to know about? Physiognomy, character testing, or divination?”

“Then let it be physiognomy,” Long Jiarui said with a smile, “Didn’t you also say that you’re quite famous at the Tongtian Bridge? Then read my face and tell me what I want to find out!”

She also wanted to see if Zhong Nianyao really had the skills, or if she was just fooling around.

Zhong Nianyao glanced at Long Jiarui’s face, then raised her right hand, quickly calculating with her fingers, the movements were so fast that they were almost a blur.

Watching the movements of Zhong Nianyao’s fingers, Long Jiarui’s eyes widened, feeling like she couldn’t keep up. She didn’t know if Zhong Nianyao was just pretending, but those hand movements truly shocked her.

After a moment, Zhong Nianyao looked up again at Long Jiarui and then said, “You come from a distinguished family, being the youngest daughter in the family, you have been pampered and loved since birth. Throughout your life, you’ve had a smooth path, and although sometimes arrogant, you haven’t lost your kindness. One could say, in the eyes of outsiders, your life is absolutely perfect.”

Listening to Zhong Nianyao’s words, Long Jiarui’s expression didn’t change, and she even felt it somewhat amusing. At the same time, deep down, she started to think that Zhong Nianyao’s claim of fortune-telling must have been a joke!

Because the things Zhong Nianyao just mentioned could easily be learned by asking around or even by searching online.

However, what Zhong Nianyao said next made the smile on Long Jiarui’s face freeze.

“Actually, if you’re unwilling to marry Lu Chenran, your family will not force you, they truly love you,” Zhong Nianyao shook her head slightly, her tone tinged with a bit of regret, “And you’re willing to marry Lu Chenran only because the person you loved most has already died, and you feel marrying anyone doesn’t matter. Hence, you chose to marry Lu Chenran to contribute to your family.”

Hearing about the beloved person, Long Jiarui abruptly looked up at Zhong Nianyao, the shock in her eyes impossible to conceal.

“You–”

Before she could speak further, she found her voice was hoarse, “What did you say?”

She wasn’t sure if Zhong Nianyao had really divined it or just guessed. However, this was something no one else knew, not even her parents. Yet now, it was being spoken by Zhong Nianyao.

“The person you loved the most was your former bodyguard,” Zhong Nianyao continued without any change in expression, “When you were twenty, you were kidnapped, and he died protecting you. No one knows he was your boyfriend, and you had been secretly dating him for over a year.”

“Until his death, no one knew the two of you were lovers. Everyone thought he died loyally doing his duty to save his employer. But only the two of you knew that he died to save his beloved.”

Sometime during the conversation, Long Jiarui’s face was covered in tears. She opened her mouth, but it felt like something was blocking her throat, unable to speak.

Zhong Nianyao said nothing more, just pulled a tissue from the table and handed it to Long Jiarui, “Wipe your tears.”

Taking the tissue, Long Jiarui wiped her face haphazardly, then looked up at Zhong Nianyao again, no longer playful but filled with trust, “Does he… does he hate me?”

“For saving me, he died in his prime. But I married someone else and bore someone else’s child. Yes! He must hate me.”

“He loved you very much, which is why he was willing to die for you,” Zhong Nianyao shook her head, thought for a moment and then said, “Also, he must have been in the military before becoming your bodyguard, right?”

“Mhm.” Long Jiarui nodded, seemingly recalling something, a nostalgic expression appeared on her face, “He was injured too severely during his last mission, so he chose to retire. Originally, the organization wanted to arrange a position for him, but around that time his father fell ill, so he chose to take the money and leave.”