The Villain's Mom Becomes Famous for Fortune-Telling and Gossip Ch. 126

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He smiled obsequiously, reaching out to shake her hand, but Wen He avoided it coldly. "Can we go see that room again now?"

"Uh..." The manager hesitated, glancing at Wen He and her companions Yu Yuan and Zhou Yu. "Miss Wen, there really isn't anything wrong with our rooms. That one's just being cleaned, so it's not convenient to show you."

He offered a carrot along with the stick. "How about this—if you stay with us, I'll cover today's cost and arrange the presidential suite for you all. How's that?"

Wen He snorted coldly, a smile playing on her lips. "Since you say that, then never mind."

"Oh, thank you so much," the general manager's smile faltered. "Then we..."

"We'll handle this through public opinion," Wen He interrupted sharply.

She wore an orange dress, bright and elegant, with wine-red lips holding a smile but eyes sharp as knives. "I'll say online that your hotel's haunted, that I brought a master who refused to solve it, and that you're out to get me. Then you can sue me, and we'll see whose legal team is better."

The manager's smile froze.

He looked at the composed Wen He, then at the very familiar-looking Yu Yuan, unable to place her at first.

But a lawsuit involving the company, especially with a movie star like her, would get him fired if the higher-ups found out.

After a moment's thought, he made his choice, rubbing his hands and smiling. "Miss Wen, there's no need for all this anger. If you want to see the room, of course that's possible. No need to drag things to court and make everyone look bad..."

"Xiao Li," he called to the secretary beside him, "go get the key to that room. I'll take Miss Wen and the others to see it."

The secretary responded and brought the key.

On the way, the manager talked up a storm. Wen He crossed her arms, smiling but not saying a word, silently watching the manager perform a one-man show.

The manager's smile nearly faded. Finally, at the door of the room, he personally unlocked it but didn't step inside.

"Please, have a look?"

Wen He stepped in, but Yu Yuan stayed outside. She glanced at the awkwardly smiling manager at the door and asked quietly, "Manager, why aren't you coming in?"

The manager glanced around the room nervously, his eyes flickering. "This... it's just a room, I don't need to go in. All the rooms in the hotel are the same anyway..."

"So, manager, you've never actually entered any of the hotel rooms?"

The manager: "..."

He forced a smile, clearly at a loss for words.

Yu Yuan didn't waste time on him and just stared at the dark energy swirling around him, warning, "You know this place is haunted but still let people stay here—that's damaging your karma."

The manager wouldn't admit it in front of Wen He, so he tried to deny, "I don't... How could I..."

Yu Yuan cut him off and stepped into the room.

Compared to the heavy dark energy around the manager, the aura inside the room was lighter. Probably because the ghosts had left with Wen He earlier, the dark energy there was several days old, just a thin layer settling on the furniture. It made the room feel a bit suffocating but wasn't actively harmful.

Yu Yuan walked around twice but found nothing unusual. The darkest energy was actually near the doorway.

Her gaze scanned the doorframe, then stopped, focusing on the top part of the frame.

"Zhou Yu," she said, pointing up at the doorframe, "touch the top and see if there's anything there."

"Okay."

Zhou Yu, over 1.8 meters tall, reached up and indeed felt a rough, uneven bump above the doorframe.

"Master, it feels like a coin," Zhou Yu said, handing it to Yu Yuan with a frown. "Why is this coin red?"

"It's a blood coin."

Now that Zhou Yu had entered the basics, Yu Yuan planned to teach him more.

"See this corner of the coin? That symbol... it's a control charm from the Ghost Suppression Sect."

"Ghost Suppression Sect control charm?" Zhou Yu thought the name sounded both powerful and eerie but understood quickly. "So someone intentionally left a ghost in this room?"

"Yes."

Yu Yuan looked directly at the manager, whose eyes were fixed on the coin in her hand.

"Explain this, please. Don't say you can't. If you don't confess, I'll report this to the special department."

The manager blurted, "The police handle this?"

"Not the regular police, but the special police might."

Seeing he was stubborn, Yu Yuan tossed the coin into Zhou Yu's arms.

"Zhou Yu, call Hua Nan and have him report this and bring people for an interrogation."

"Got it." Zhou Yu nodded.

The manager didn't panic until Hua Nan showed up with the police. Then he was thoroughly flustered.

But it was about time, and Yu Yuan didn't want to waste more time there—she left everything to Hua Nan to handle.

She got into the car and video-called Yu Liang, who was alone at the temple, making sure the little guy was starting to feel sleepy, and reminded Gua Gua to guard the door until they returned.

"Master..." Zhou Yu was worried about their missing friend, but since it was already 9 pm, it was definitely time for the fortune-telling session.

Having spent these days together, he understood the master's personality well—always lying down if possible, mostly sleepy, hated being bothered, and hated overtime even more.

He wasn't sure if his master would want to go to the friend at this hour...

"Hmm." Yu Yuan nodded, glanced at the time.

8:50 pm—almost 9.

"We'll visit your friend first. Today's daily fortune will be replaced by drawing ten names from the audience to receive peace talismans." She buckled her seatbelt. "You'll draw the ten talismans."

Zhou Yu's eyes lit up. "Great! Thank you, Master!"

"No need to thank me." Yu Yuan lowered her head and opened the shopping app on her phone. "The stone steps leading to the temple need to be fixed up again. All the expenses for your friend have to be paid properly. Oh, and take the card that Wen He's manager gave you—deduct the costs from that, and return whatever's left."

Zhou Yu couldn't stop smiling happily. "Got it! I'll go to the bank first thing when it opens tomorrow!"

He first posted an announcement on the Lujiang livestream platform that there would be no livestream tonight. After drawing ten lucky winners from hundreds of thousands of viewers at 9 PM, he finally felt at ease heading toward his friend's place.

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