Chapter 64
Chapter 64
At the mention of buying an apartment, Wu Zhaodi’s face instantly turned ashen.
Over the past two months, her parents really had been going on and on about buying her younger brother a marital home. They had even wanted her to take out several million in online loans to help pay for it.
Back then, Zhao Hang had talked her out of it, so she hadn’t agreed to borrow the money.
After that incident, her parents had kept cursing her as an ungrateful wretch, saying she had no conscience and that they had raised her for nothing.
However, starting half a month ago-the same time her run of bad luck began-her parents seemed to have stopped cursing her. They also stopped bringing up money.
She had thought her parents had given up on buying her brother a marital home in Capital City. But now that she thought about it carefully, there was a very real chance they had sold her off and gotten the money, which was why they were no longer in a hurry.
When the others saw Wu Zhaodi’s expression, they knew the Little Celestial Master had been right. They couldn’t help cursing.
“Those parents are worse than animals. Is a daughter not a human life too? They actually did something like this just so their son could buy a house and get married!”
“Damn it, you scared me so badly I had to check the calendar. This isn’t the Qing dynasty, so how are there still parents this obsessed with sons over daughters?”
“If I had such a beautiful daughter, I’d spoil her like a treasure. How could I ever bear to let her suffer like this?”
Beside Wu Zhaodi, Zhao Hang quietly pulled his girlfriend into his arms to comfort her. For a moment, he didn’t know what to say, so he could only hold her in silence and give her strength.
Feeling the warmth of her boyfriend’s body, Wu Zhaodi’s eyes stung. She couldn’t help crying in his arms.
“Ah Hang, all these years, I’ve clearly given them the money I earned. I even told them that when we got married, they wouldn’t have to provide any dowry. So why are they still so cruel to me? What exactly did I do wrong?”
Hearing his girlfriend sob, Zhao Hang felt awful too. He raised a hand and gently patted her back, comforting her. “Don’t cry. From now on, we’ll just stop contacting them.
“They’ve shown you no kindness. They aren’t worth your tears.”
Zhao Hang comforted her for a long while before Wu Zhaodi gradually calmed down.
Once Wu Zhaodi’s emotions had settled, Zhao Hang looked at Xia Sheng and asked, “Little Celestial Master, is there any way to cancel Zhaodi’s Ghost Marriage?”
“There is,” Xia Sheng said. “Canceling the engagement is actually very simple. You just need to return the bride price the man’s family gave Wu Zhaodi’s parents, then burn the Eight Characters that were combined for the two of them. Once that’s done, the engagement will be considered canceled.”
The method really wasn’t difficult.
But Wu Zhaodi knew her parents’ nature all too well.
Once money was in their hands, there was absolutely no way they would spit it back out.
“Little Celestial Master, is there any other way besides that?”
Xia Sheng said, “There is one other way. Transfer the engagement between you and the deceased onto someone else.”
That method was far too immoral. Naturally, Wu Zhaodi could never do it.
One of the onlookers chimed in, “Since this engagement can be transferred, why not transfer it to her father and mother? They’re the ones who took the money, so they should be the ones to suffer for it, right?”
Hearing that person’s words, everyone began agreeing, urging Xia Sheng to transfer Wu Zhaodi’s Ghost Marriage to Wu Zhaodi’s parents.
Xia Sheng didn’t respond. She simply looked quietly at Wu Zhaodi, waiting for her to make her choice.
Wu Zhaodi tightened her grip on the hem of her shirt. After hesitating for a moment, she said, “I’ll go back and ask them first. Maybe if I talk to them properly, they might repent and help me cancel the marriage.”
Xia Sheng had long since guessed that Wu Zhaodi would give this answer, so she wasn’t surprised. She merely handed a Talisman Paper and a business card to her. “Keep this Talisman on you. It can block one calamity for you. Also, this is my business card. I won’t be setting up my stall tomorrow, so you can use this to contact me.”
Wu Zhaodi glanced at the Talisman Paper and business card in her hand. Her fingers tightened slightly. “Little Celestial Master, did you already calculate that my parents wouldn’t agree to call off the engagement?”
Xia Sheng said nothing, which was as good as admitting it.
Wu Zhaodi felt a pang in her chest, but she still wanted to give her parents one last chance.
“Thank you for your help, Little Celestial Master. How much is the Divination Fee? I’ll transfer it to you.”
“The Divination Fee plus the Talismans comes to six hundred in total. Scan this.”
Wu Zhaodi scanned the payment code, transferred the money to Xia Sheng, and left.
After the two of them were gone, Xia Sheng packed up her stall and left as well.
When she got home, Xia Sheng received a call from Shen Ze.
“Little Celestial Master, check the news. I arranged a surprise for you.”
Shen Ze sounded extremely excited on the other end of the line.
Puzzled, Xia Sheng hung up and opened an app to check the trending news. There, she saw a video of Xia Zhiruo and Zhou Yichuan lying naked in bed, caught in the act by the Xia Family and the Zhou Family.
A scandal among wealthy families was already the sort of thing that could stir up public emotions the fastest. On top of that, Shen Ze had spent a little money to boost it, so the news that Xia Zhiruo and Zhou Yichuan had fooled around at Old Master Zhou’s birthday banquet instantly shot to the top of the trending list, where its popularity refused to die down.
The comment section was full of people saying the two of them really knew how to play. Xia Zhiruo wasn’t even of age yet, and that little bastard from the Zhou Family had already tricked the girl into bed.
Xia Sheng had no interest in the news. She casually skimmed through the comments, then set her phone aside and went back to drawing Talismans.
In stark contrast to her indifference, the Xia Family exploded the moment they saw the trending news.
Xia Yanzhi was so furious that he threw his phone to the floor. He glared at Yu He and snapped, “This is all your fault! Why did you have to go provoke Xia Sheng for no reason? Well, great. Now the Xia Family’s reputation has been completely destroyed by you!”
Xia Yanzhi had always been gentle and pleasant toward Yu He before. When had Yu He ever been scolded to her face like this?
She was resentful, but this matter had indeed started because of her. She had no way to talk back or defend herself, so she could only swallow her grievance.
Xia Zhiruo sat on the sofa to the side, tears falling with soft plops. Sobbing, she said, “Dad, what should I do? If Brother Chen sees this news, he’ll definitely despise me for having slept with someone else. Maybe he won’t want me anymore.”
Xia Yanzhi had always doted on this daughter of his the most, but now, hearing Xia Zhiruo cry, he couldn’t suppress his irritation. “Cry, cry, cry! All you know how to do is cry! Even without this incident with Zhou Yichuan, do you really think you were still clean?
“Last night, when Zhou Yichuan said you weren’t a virgin, someone put that online too. You’re not even eighteen this year, yet you’ve already slept with several men. The Shi Family has probably found out by now. How could they possibly let you marry into their family?”
At that, Xia Zhiruo cried even harder. “Dad, hurry and think of something. I don’t want to marry that good-for-nothing Zhou Yichuan! If I really marry him, my whole life will be ruined!”
Yu He also said from the side, “Honey, Zhiruo is your only daughter. In the future, the family fortune will all be handed to her, so we still have to find a reliable son-in-law. Only then can your assets be protected.
“If Zhiruo really marries Zhou Yichuan, not only will the rest of her life be ruined, but the wealth our Xia Family has accumulated over a century will be wasted too!”