The Villain's Mom Becomes Famous for Fortune-Telling and Gossip Ch. 104

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[Master Yu, have you ever seen Black and White Impermanence? Is King Yama really as tall as on TV? And Lu Pan—I hated that Lu Pan in "Strange and Mysterious Tales from a Chinese Studio" who swapped hearts for Zhu Erdan when I was a kid!]

[Don't leave, "Strange and Mysterious Tales from a Chinese Studio" fans upstairs! I like watching it too! My mom used to hold me while watching because she was too scared but still liked it hahaha.]

[If Black and White Impermanence and King Yama exist, then Monkey King shouldn't be far behind, right?]

[Master Yu, do you know the God of Wealth? Can we invite him over during Chinese New Year?]

...

Yu Yuan didn't expect her one sentence to trigger so many lurkers to start chatting. She looked at the screen, amused and helpless, seeing "ma" (question particle) everywhere.

[By the way, didn't anyone watch this morning's "Strange and Mysterious Tales of the Demon World" livestream? The contestants were divided into three teams: demons, Celestial Master Hall, and—Master Yu's badge said Fengdu!]

[Fengdu? That name sounds familiar.]

[The Fengdu where the Ghost Fire King with the Fire Spirit Pearl lives?]

[Ghost Fire King? Childhood nightmares suddenly attacking me...]

[Fengdu, Fengdu! That's the Underworld! What else were you thinking?!]

[OMG! If Celestial Master Hall and the demon clan are real, then our Master Yu must be a temp in the Underworld!]

[!!! I'm shook!]

[Well... how to say this, I think it's a bit over the top. Celestial Master Hall is real, no doubt, anyone into metaphysics knows that. Master Yu's abilities are obvious, so let's assume the Underworld exists. But what's this demon clan? Is "Strange and Mysterious Tales" culture making a comeback?]

[I also think the demon clan thing is ridiculous...]

In the next room, little Yu Liang could read almost everything from the chat but struggled with the hardest characters.

His chubby little finger pointed to the characters "Fengdu" on the phone, asking Uncle Zhou, "Uncle Zhou, how do you read these? Do demons really exist in this world?"

Zhou Yu: "..."

Whether demons exist or not, their master really works as a civil servant in the Underworld.

"Well..." Looking at Yu Liang's eager eyes, he didn't know how to answer. Standing up, he tried to change the subject, "How long has it been marinating? Is our chicken leg ready?"

"Ah! Time's up!" Yu Liang had been super eager helping make a late-night snack for his mom. Zhou Yu led him away by the nose, "Uncle Zhou! Come check our meat! It's time for the next step!"

Hearing voices from the next room, Yu Yuan glanced at the half-finished teriyaki chicken leg, sighed quietly, and returned her attention to the sobbing Magpie.

Magpie had already been comforted by her sister-in-law in a short time and was now waiting with red-rimmed eyes for Yu Yuan to speak.

"You..."

Having solved two issues already, the dark aura between Magpie's brows remained dense. Yu Yuan knew those two probably weren't the main causes of the troubles in her family.

"Besides those two things, has anything else happened in your family? To your husband?"

Among the two strange things, one was that Magpie herself saw a little girl in a red dress in the mirror, and the other was that the mother and daughter saw the woman on the ceiling. But the husband in the house seemed completely invisible.

"My husband, my husband—he..." Magpie's expression froze, her eyes darting nervously. "I..."

"Is there something you can't say?" Yu Yuan's voice turned more serious. This kind of "ghost encounter inception" was rare. Seeing Magpie hesitate and hold back, she pressed, "The dark energy between your brows hasn't faded yet, which means the root cause of your family's troubles hasn't been truly solved. If you don't tell me, I can't help you."

"But..." Magpie still hesitated. Her sister-in-law looked down, thinking for a moment, then gently urged her, "You can find another job, but a life lost is gone for good."

Worried Yu Yuan might get frustrated by her sister's hesitation, the sister-in-law explained to the camera, "My sister-in-law's husband has a pretty special job, so please forgive her, Master Yu."

Yu Yuan shook her head, "An executive at a company, in the middle of a career climb, fighting for an important position. I understand."

Seeing Yu Yuan seemed to have figured it all out, Magpie wiped her eyes, closed them, and poured out all the strange things happening at home in these past days.

The day after she and her daughter saw the woman on the ceiling, she cried and went to find her brother.

Her brother was over ten years older, had watched her grow up, and cared for her a lot. Plus, he'd been in business for years and knew people in many industries. When her brother saw his sister coming over with her niece, knowing she'd encountered a ghost, he immediately introduced her to a very famous master.

"My brother said this master was very well-known. His junior disciple is even the president of the Celestial Master Hall in Shancheng. He's pretty powerful. We spent a lot of money bringing the master over. But..."

Magpie's eyes flickered with fear, "That master hung two Bagua (Eight Diagrams) mirrors in our room. That night, the cold chill I felt at my back disappeared. I thought everything would go back to normal, until I noticed my husband acting weird..."

"Of course, I'm not blaming Celestial Master Hall's masters, and I don't mean to discredit anyone," she hastily explained, "It's just that all this... it's too bizarre—I think my husband fell in love with... butterflies..."

[WTF?! I thought it was something scary! I was clutching my cat for dear life, and you're telling me this?!]

[Okay, I get it now. This doesn't mean the Celestial Master Hall masters did anything wrong.]

[This client's got too small a spine! What's there to fear? Butterflies are so pretty!]

[I get it, I'm scared of all things with wings—whether butterflies, mosquitoes, or sparrows. My mom says it's because I lost a fight with an old hen at my grandma's when I was little, left me traumatized...]

"No, no, that's not it." Seeing the chat get crazier, Magpie quickly interrupted, "I don't mean that kind of love... it's just..."

She took a deep breath, clearly embarrassed, "He's obsessed with eating butterflies. He raises them big and then eats them raw..."

The chat went silent for a full ten seconds.

[...]

[Bro, I'm not gonna puke if you don't, so here goes. Ugh...]

[I... ugh...]

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